CrashingTheGoalie

by Ron Spence
It’s an award that Brendan Shanahan has won – but not Mats Sundin.
There are 22 members of this group, recognized by IIHF.
What do you have to do – or accomplish – to be a member?
Name three former Canucks who are members.
Name five Canadians who are members – plus also members of an even [...]

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by desertdawg
Most teams are now arriving at the halfway point…and the realization is setting in that they are closer to the playoffs than they are to the pre-season. And if you look at the Western Conference, you realize how many teams believe they have a legitimate shot at the post-season. And as you [...]

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by Ron Spence
I consider Jerome Iginla the best player in the NHL today – a complete player.
He can score, set up linemates, defend his teammates, lead, etc.
He follows in the tradition of Gordie Howe, Wendel Clarke, etc.
I think that one of the best ever – at playing this style of hockey – is New Jersey’s [...]

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by desertdawg
Outfielder Andre Dawson once said, “I want to be a role model…have kids look up to me. I want to kids to copulate me.”
See, there’s the problem. We elevate our sports heroes to God-like status and when they show signs of having feet of clay, we take them down off the pedestal and [...]

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by desertdawg
Superstitious?
Not me, thank God. And knock on wood…and step on a crack and break your mother’s back.
Sports figures in general and hockey players in specific are amongst the most superstitious beings on the planet. And if you’re wondering why, good thing that I’m about to tell you.
Every first year university student taking the introductory [...]

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EVENGI AND SIDNEY ON THE ICE FLOW

 
“I told you, Jarkko bites!”
“But, would you believe me?”
“No!”
“I like Matt better. He just curls up in a ball and hides his head.”

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by Ron Spence
You think that Alain Vigneault’s pulling out his hair with Vancouver’s recurring “too many men on the ice” penalties.
Imagine if he had both Shane O’Brien and David Backes on his roster.
They are the NHL’s penalty leaders.
O’Brien has 120 minutes, while Backes has 113 – but has played four fewer games.
The Canucks’ Dman has [...]

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by desertdawg

So the coach says, well, what is it ignorance or apathy?
Coach, I don’t know and I don’t care.
We lead the league in bench minors. So who’s responsibility is this? What possible excuse…I mean reason could we have for having nine bench minors with the season half over? One excuse…I mean reason, is [...]

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by Ron Spence
These are hard times.
My nephew – a carpenter – was recently laid off from his job in Victoria. He and his wife have a new baby, and they bought a new truck on friday and he was jobless on monday.
Here in Thailand, things are getting really bad. Food prices have been escalating, while [...]

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