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Avs Logo in Life and Death Struggle
The NHL Tournament of Logos is staging a battle of epic proportions, pitting logo against logo for the overall title of reigning world champion. Two logos enter, one logo leaves. Right now it’s the Avalanche (who, as far as I can tell, got a bye into the second round) against the Minnesota Wild. Go here…
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Slap Shot for the Avalanche
I just saw this news item. From the Daily American Online: JOHNSTOWN – The Johnstown Chiefs announced Friday that the team has entered into an affiliation agreement with the NHL’s Colorado Avalanche. During the upcoming 2007-08 season, the Chiefs will serve as the Avalanche’s secondary minor league affiliate. The expansion Lake Erie Monsters of the…
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NPR Thinks it’s OK to be Hockey
I woke up the other morning (not something I like to do often), to the sounds of Morning Edition on the local NPR station here in Charlotte, NC. They were talking about the various scandals that are rocking the sports world, except for hockey. They even acknowledge the now squeaky clean image hockey has at…
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Stepping Off the Plane into Greatness
As the plane touched down in Louisville, an hour and a half late, I turned on the not-a famous-Treo cell phone a little sooner than I should have. Email came streaming in, with one big title from Greg: YES! The Avs signed the scariest mug around to a five year deal, for less money than…
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Hockey Command
Thank goodness for Firefox. Thanks to all the extensions I have installed, I could keep multiple windows open at the same time, set to update every 30 seconds or one minute. This is how I’m keeping the refresh button sane and working. That and cleaning house have been my day today. Flying in a few…