Fighting in hockey is a tug of war of affection for me. Last night’s action provided perfect examples as to why. During the Leaf game (a spectacular game btw) Keith Aulie got into it with Scott Hartnell and KO’d the stooge (Sorry Scott; but I hate your team so I have to call you names). [...]
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The media hype for the trade deadline has become so big that it now sets up the day to be a failure of excitement. For the last few years the media build up to the trade deadline has been getting bigger and bigger. The hype obviously works because I – like so many other hockey [...]
Ok, sorry about this; but I have to do a post about the Leafs. The talk in town is that Kaberle will be traded to the Bruins. It could happen anytime and if it does and the Leafs do not give Kaberle’s assistant capitan designation to Mikhail Grabovski somebody is smoking crack in Leaf Land [...]
Well, the Juno’s (Canadian Music Awards for anyone who may not know) are just around the corner and that means that it’s time for the Juno Cup (in my opinion the best part about the Juno’s). The Juno Cup is a charity hockey game that pits Juno nominated artists against NHL alumni. Usually the organizers [...]
After the Rick Dipietro vs. Brent Johnson and the Tim Thomas vs. Carey Price goalie fights this past week, talk about goalie fights have been all the rage in the hockey world. My favorite of all time has to be the Felix Potvin vs. Ron Hextall fight way back on November 10th 1996. I remember [...]
Rick DiPietro of the Islanders got KO’d last night by Penguin Brent Johnson in a goalie scrap. It was the first goalie fight I had seen in a while. Here’s the video: I may be a bit of a hypocrite, but I love goalie fights (in general I think hockey could do without fighting). They [...]
Hey there, It’s been a while, but I have a few excuses. My wife and I had a little baby girl and the first two months have been an adjustment. Lot’s of sleepless nights, but I think we may have a future defense(wo)man for the Canadian Olympic team on our hands? Also, the band has [...]
Last night I watched the first episode of HBO’s 24/7 Penguins-Capitals series. It was amazing. Its the best insiders look of the NHL that I have ever seen. The production was slick, the interviews candid and the story line was captivating. HBO really got lucky because the drama produced by the Capitals poor play and [...]
Another beauty prospect for the Oilers. Linus Omark has some great hands. If you’re a hockey fan you’ve already seen his “controversial” shootout winner against Tampa from the other night (Dec 10th). If you haven’t here it is again: It was considered controversial because of the fancy 360 he did at the red line. Martin [...]
Anti-Flag/Pro-Penguin – My interview with Chris Number 2, bassist from Anti-Flag
Posted: December 9, 2010 in Good StuffI’ve toured with a lot of bands and met several hockey fans along the way. The biggest fan of them all was Number 2, the bassist of the mighty Anti-Flag (there are 2 Chris’s in Anti-Flag, hence the cool nick name). I got to know him on Warped tour in 2005 – I think that [...]
