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Doan Said Something, No One Cares, Cherry Agrees With Me
Want to know what Shane Doan said? From the Globe and Mail: Doan says he was trying to calm down goaltender Curtis Joseph, who was upset that a penalty hadn’t been called in a game against the Canadiens, when linesmen Michel Cormier though he heard the Phoenix Coyotes captain utter a slur against Francophones. As…
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What Part of Alleged Did You Not Understand?
Apparently, I was wrong. This is all the Canadian Government has to do right now. From the Toronto Star: Canadian PressOTTAWA – A parliamentary committee has summoned Hockey Canada officials to explain their choice of Shane Doan as captain of the national team at the World Hockey Championship. This is becoming completely stupid. A thesaurus…
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Labor Issues in Ottawa, Bigger Questions
I can’t imagine this is old news, but this story just caught my eye. From the CBC: Workers have voted to strike at the Ottawa Senators’ hockey arena and are in a position to walk off the job on the day of a possible NHL playoff game. Sixty-one workers at Scotiabank Place represented by the…
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Captain Doan in Luke Warm Water
Shane Doan cannot escape the iron fist of a Canadian Parliament scorned. The sheer accusation of remarks he may or may not have made about French Canadians in an NHL game have followed him to the World Championships. From the IHWC.net website: Meanwhile, back in Canada, the appointment of Shane Doan as the captain of…
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Old Man Shanny is Getting Tired.
Overtime is the topic-du-Jour, and every pundit who can’t stay up past 9:00 PM on a Tuesday is upset. Mostly, the upset seem to be reporters and MSM types looking to stir something up. For instance, from Kara Yorio of the Sporting News (via the AOL Fanhouse): Give the teams two 20-minute overtime periods, then…