Strike Three
Yes, I'm an Ovie fan.He's fun to watch when he is on top of his game.His show-boat style and wild goal celebrations are entertaining to me.He may not be the games classiest player, but he does demand...
View ArticleGoons Gone Wild
I think I'll keep that title and do little installments here and there, depending on what I can dig up, and post stories about the common hockey player being involved in stoopid goonish situations and...
View ArticleCry Me A River
This blog is my shout-out to you Pens fans that have been rejoicing in the suspension of Alexander Ovechkin.For one thing, I was all for a suspension being handed out here, and I am one of his...
View ArticleHockey For The Hood
As a kid growing up in the inner-city, Flint’s Rico Phillips didn’t know a whole lot about hockey until he was a sophomore at Southwestern High.He recalls watching a game at Perani Arena. "I remember...
View ArticleUh Oh Skettios
Officiating has become so intolerable that one general manager filed a protest in a league that doesn't allow protests and several coaches have talked about reading the rulebook again to see if it had...
View ArticleGoons Gone Wild - Jr Edition
I really hate to call this kid a Goon. I think punk ass bitch fits him better! Patrice Cormier, Team Canada's World Junior captain and forward for the Rouyn-Noranda Huskies was ejected from a QMJHL...
View ArticleFrom Russia with love
Did I say love? My bad!A huge fight that stopped a KHL Championship game just after four minutes of play has led to a criminal investigation being launched into the reasons behind the major brawl at...
View ArticleUSA USA USA
Has it been 30 years now since the US beat the Soviet Union at the 1980 Winter Olympics in Lake Placid?(It seems like only yesterday...) The Americans went on to win the gold medal in hockey that year...
View ArticleHockey Police Really
Dangerous head hits in hockey are spinning out of control. The NHL pretends they don't really exist and junior players get the kind of suspensions that don't seem to act as a deterrent, because no...
View ArticleCoyote Ugly - Deserted Dogs
Keith Jeffries of Huntsville Sports Ventures has been the owner of the Havoc, a member of the Southern Professional Hockey League, for all six years - the longest stint of the city's four previous...
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