CrashingTheGoalie

by Ron Spence
I’m not totally out of touch – I have a business and deal with young people all of the time.
And I have a 23-year-old daughter who is getting married this summer.
But, none of “the kids” who I know, or deal with are making multi-millions a year, and the subject of total adulation.
I found that [...]

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There are some stories that you read and want to share with people that you know.
The following article was written by Jonathan Bombulie, who covers the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins – AHL farm team for the Stanley Cup champions.
He narrates the experiences of a group of minor league players and the Stanley Cup:

The group picture of [...]

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by Ron Spence
I have always enjoyed a hockey fight – or two.
When I was covering the NHL, I interviewed all of the fighters and had a blogsite: HOCKEYENFORCERS.COM
And I have always been aware of the arguments for fighting – in hockey – and the downside of the exchanges.
Don Sanderson died a half a year [...]

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The following are the excerpts from two Joe Starkey articles.
One was written just before the playoffs started – March 23rd – and the other after the Carolina series – on May 24th.
I have combined – and grouped – the points that he made before the Penguins started playing in the finals against the Red [...]

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A half a decade ago, every NHL team used to visit GM Place.
My seat – in the media section – was always next to the visitors.
I became friendly with Joe Starkey, who had just moved to Pittsburgh from Buffalo. It was in 1997, and he was working for the Tribune-Review.
I was impressed with [...]

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by Ron Spence
Joel Quenneville was crying over spilt milk.
“Well, I think we witnessed probably the worst call in the history of sports today at the end of the second period there, nothing play,” he said. “You know, they score, it’s 3-0, they ruin a good hockey game. They absolutely destroyed what was going on on [...]

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what did Patrick Kane do next?
I mean, the 20-year-old  had just decimated the Canucks, so what did he do after that?

He had 69 text messages waiting on his cell when he reached the Chicago locker room.
And he returned the one from his sister Jacqueline, and they created the Patrick Kane [...]

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There’s “a whole bunch of” hockey action in the southern part of the U.S.
Unfortunately, most of it’s in the court rooms.
One Texas team’s in the playoffs, however.
It’s the Houston Aeros, who are hosting the Manitoba Moose in the AHL semi-finals.
Because so much negative press has been written about sun belt hockey, we thought that the [...]

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by Ron Spence

The NHL was created in 1917 with the sole purpose of keeping one man out of the NHA.
His name was Eddie Livingstone – owner of the Toronto Blueshirts – and he was causing president Frank Calder and his three other owners nothing but trouble.
So, the three teams – under Calder’s direction [...]

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