Thanks to Ritch at American Hockey Fan for the heads up on this. By the way, if you're a "sandpaper" player for your team, you may not want to say things like "I just got a lovely cashmere throw from a friend who works at Calvin Klein". Esa Tikannen would have made a carrer out of making fun of all the metrosexual stuff Avery let's spill in this piece.
Sean Avery - New York Rangers - Hockey - Money -Wealth - New York Times
Monday, October 15, 2007
Sean Avery Talks to the New York Times
Friday, October 12, 2007
Funny Tim Robbins story
From the Islanders Point Blank Blog. Anybody, who has seen Tim Robbins on skates knows that he can give Zdeno Chara a run for the money in the height department. Always knew Al Arbour was hard core. NYI Point Blank
Breaking Ritchie Duncan's Heart
I've written before about my pal, Ritch Duncan. He's a fellow Mighty Squirrel, a top notch hockey blogger, and an all around good guy. And I'm about to shatter his dreams.
For the past couple of days Ritchie has been blogging on American Hockey Fan about the marketing efforts to launch the new NHL store in Manhattan. Ritchie is going up there today to get his first glimpse at that most beloved of hockey icons, the Stanley Cup.
Except, not really. The Cup that is generally brought out to these events is a replica cup created in 1995. Why would the league create a copy of hockey's holy grail? Blame the Rangers.
You see back in 1994 the boys got a little raucous and managed to break Lord Stanley's mug in to three different pieces. After the repair effort the league decided that it might be better not to have so much wear and tear on their beloved trophy so the replica was created.
For the record, I was lucky enough to drink out of the Stanley Cup during that amazing June in 1994 and then see the cup up close again later in that summer (I had friends who worked for the Rangers organization and they had it at their house!). The next summer, another friend of mine who was a die hard Devils fan dragged me to Jimmy Dowd's bar to see the cup. At that point I didn't mind seeing him get all gushy about a fake trophy. After all, he was a Claude Lemieux fan who had dragged me to Brick, NJ.
But Ritchie man. He deserves better.
Because in this new hockey world of hi tech sweaters, hockey themed Starbucks and franchises in Nashville every real hockey fan should be able to see the embodiment of everything we love about the sport.
And it doesn't get any more real than that.
Thursday, October 11, 2007
Tuesday, October 9, 2007
Bachelor of Hockey
With Rangers tickets hard to come by and Devils single game tickets not even on sale yet, folks are probably wondering how they can see some top quality hockey for a reasonable price. Luckily the city's college hockey season kicks off this week. Fordham open up against the Ramapo Saints at the Ice Hutch this Friday at 8:45 pm. meanwhile, back in the city NYU take on the University of Scranton at Sky Rink at 8:30 pm. Columbia open up next Friday with a tilt against St. Thomas at the Palisades Mall. Game time is 9:20 pm. All three matches offer a chance to see some quality hockey at a fraction of NHL prices some make sure to check them out!
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