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Oh Say, Can You Sing
It’s all the rage these days, mostly because it’s the playoffs. The recent display – and this is nothing new – of cross border agitation has taken form in the booing of the national anthem sung before a hockey game. Yes, I feel silly trying to figure out a way of phrasing that. It’s not…
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A Few Quick Things
Just a few notes around the hockey and blogging world (most of them are a little selfish, but there you go): – One of the funnier reviews of my podcast, The Rink I have ever seen came from Dirk Hoag, AKA The Forechecker on his excellent blog, On the Forecheck: James “Tapeleg” Gralian and Tom…
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Thin Air: Hockey Thoughts on a Sunday Afternoon, November 15th, 2009
Stuff that would normally go into the ether, were I still dealing with twitter. – I went to a Spokane Chiefs game with Jason Cohen, author of Zamboni Rodeo, still one of my top five hockey books. Jason was a lot of fun, and I thank him for showing up. Now, if only the Kamloops…
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Daytime Hockey Thoughts – November 5th, 2009
Just some thoughts: – You know what? Your incomplete theory on why attendance is low putting the blame squarely at the fans holds no interest for me. Fleshing out real reasons with actual ideas and research does interest me. Start a flame war on your own time. I don’t care. – I know people think…
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Thin Air: Hockey Thoughts on a November Evening
Haven’t done one if these in a long while. Here we… go: – Phil Kessel took 10 shots on goal in a 2-1 loss to Tampa Bay, and managed to be minus one. Congrats to the Toronto media, who will ignore everything in the name of overzealous reporting. Go team! – The Pittsburgh Penguins beat…