Archive for the ‘Hockey’ Category
Bravo NHL
Congratulations to the NHL for earning the distinction of being the only major professional sport in North America to cancel an entire season over a labor dispute. Way to gain the mind share of the public you’re trying to cater to. A public who, for those of you not paying too much attention, weren’t overly [...]
We won’t have hockey
I “asided” the news about the offer by the NHLPA to the NHL a short while ago. Earlier this week we received the NHL’s response and counter-proposal. Bettman remarked:
The players’ proposal to reduce current contracts is a big-time, significant and meaningful move. It is essential that we have reductions in that order of magnitude to [...]
Welcome to the Hockey Friendly South
Last night was the exciting game 7 — a relative rarity in itself — in the Stanley Cup finals. Tampa Bay pulled off a quality win despite a momentum-crushing call against them midway through the third period that gave Calgary a power-play which they capitalized on to make it a 1 goal game. This was [...]
Poor, poor Rod
I almost feel bad for him. The Hurricanes’ Rod Brind’Amour reviews Shrek 2. Here’s a little snippet to give you a taste, with questionable English highlighted for your pleasure:
This sequel has a lot to live up to, following the enormous succes of the original, and judged by the crowds at the theater this weekend, [...]
Gimme the cheap seats
Hark! Another universal axiom! Prythee:
ColdForged’s Immutable Law of Seating
When attending a professional sporting event people sitting in seats of higher cost are, almost without exception, utter tools.
First Corollary: The cheapest seats are invariably filled with belligerent drunks. Second Corollary: The most expensive seats are invariably filled with belligerent drunks.
Last week, I had the distinct pleasure to [...]
Great, I needed another hobby
As if gaming and kung fu weren’t enough (let’s not even enter my wife and daughter into the equation… these are hobbies), now I greatly desire to learn to play hockey. Yes, real hockey, on ice, with pucks and commensurate increase in dental problems.
I may have mentioned that Cat signed me up for Hurricanes U [...]
Better than a yule log
While the rest of you yahoos watch contestants eat an exhumed corpse (seriously, you know it’s coming some day) on “Fear Factor” I’ll be learning some on-ice hockey fundamentals at the RBC Center at Hurricanes U. To say I’m excited would be an understatement.
Many thanks to Cat for my wonderful Christmas present :).
Kevyn Adams and I go WAY back
Way back since yesterday, at least. We got to “meet” all of the Hurricanes at the annual Skate With The Canes charity event. “Meet” is a term used rather loosely, since the only one I actually talked to was Kevyn Adams. That’s not a bad thing, since Kevyn is my favorite player on the team. [...]
