Category: Hockey

  • Sioux Falls Stampede vs. Omaha Lancers: On the Road Again

    It’s been a while since I’ve been to a game on the road and done a post game… post.  So bear with me here, as I’m a little rusty. I’m in the middle of a drive from Denver to Minneapolis, where I will be spending the next 6 weeks, and of course, I had to…

  • How Not to Break Up a Fight

    Last night, in Vancouver’s loss to the Minnesota Wild, linesman Darren Gibbs (and thanks to Puck Daddy for pointing out the name, and the videos) took a fist to the face while breaking up a fight between Cal Clutterbuck and Maxim Lapierre. Here is the Minnesota Wild video of the ‘head shot:’ It’s easy to…

  • Words Will Never Hurt Me, Maybe

    The very first post on this blog was of a youtube clip of a classic game where the players on the bench were yelling at a guy from the opposing as he lined up for a face off. The language they were using was… salty. It was an entire salt lick worth of salty. It’s…

  • The Message was Lost in Translation

    You should really go read Ryan Lambert’s ‘What We Learned” post for this week on Puck Daddy.  No, really, you should.  At least, the first part about the Drew Doughty contract negotiations, because it’s really good. I mean, it’s one of the more well thought out posts I’ve read about what the Kings are doing…

  • Another Tragedy

    I have nothing but sadness over today’s plane crash that claimed the lives of the Yaroslavl Lokomotiv team.  Two former Avalanche players were on that plane, along with other former NHL players.  There is much better coverage of this tragedy elsewhere. I was wearing the last practice jersey Karlis Skrastins wore with the Avalanche yesterday.  It’s…