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More Johnstown Pictures
I took a bunch of pictures from my time at the Johnstown Chiefs, but I thought the last post was long enough. Here are some more. You know it’s a tough crowd when the penalty box attendant gets heckled. From behind me I heard, “You throw like a girl.” More hot dog tossing. This is…
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Johnstown Chiefs vs. Elmira Jackals: Hockey Shrine
Welcome to Johnstown, PA. For a lot of hockey fans, it’s impossible to think of Johnstown as being it’s own town. The city has a double identity, shared with a mythical place of violence, hockey, bad hair, and horn-rimmed glasses. Johnstown will forever be confused with Charlestown, the fictional town that hosted the Charleston Chiefs,…
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Avalanche Attendance: Other Reasons
I have been tearing up a storm (ie: beating a dead horse) writing about the downturn in attendance, and I do not feel the need to stop. Sure, the rest of the world may have moved on, but not me. I stand at the front lines, atop the wall, ready to do battle. You have…
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Avalanche Attendance: Straight From the Horses Mouth
It doesn’t take much for me to get off on a tangent these days. I don’t know why, but it seems like I see something I don’t like, or something I think is flat out wrong, and I don’t feel like letting it go. Greg Wyshynski’s AOL FanHouse post about the attendance at the Avalanche…
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Avalanche Attendance: Woe is Everyone
They say that there are three sides to every story: yours, mine, and the truth. When it comes to hockey, and blogging about hockey, nothing seems more accurate. And then, if you are a blogger at the Fanhouse, you can apply that principle with the other blogging stalwart: If it worked once, do it again…