April 29, 2004
Rink Notes
The Hockey Rodent has been watching Robyn Regehr at work in the Calgary-Detroit series, and doesn't like what he sees:
I switch to the Red Wings and Flames in time to see a special description of The Tunnel of Death, a boarding move manifested by Calgary defenseman Robyn Regehr where he grabs the shoulder of an enemy forward from behind and rides the victim face-first into the boards twenty feet away!
While this is all very entertaining stuff to viewers of Vince MacMahon's Saturday morning fare, it is not hockey
Shame of Steve Levy for not denouncing it for what it is: boarding.
For us sleepy folk on the East Coast, PJ at Sharkspage has created a handy list unsung heroes on the Sharks. Color me guilty, as I turned in at 10:45 p.m. EDT last night. Still licking his wounds after seeing the Sens get bounced by Toronto, Black, Red and Gold is thinking over Ottawa's options in goal next season.
Blasphemy in Edmonton:
Oilers fans cheering for the Calgary Flames? Say it ain't so, Joe.
It would never have happened in the 1980s and early '90s when the two clubs waged wild Battles of Alberta that set a standard for gritty, no-holds barred, hockey.
But in the land of fading bumper stickers that proclaim "ABC: Anybody but Calgary," some Oilers fans are begrudgingly climbing onto the Flames bandwagon.
Mario Lemieux has resumed skating -- but who will he play for next: the Penguins, or Team Canada at the World Cup. Back in the States, the NCAA has revised eligibility rules for the NHL Entry Draft.
Steve Ovadia of Puck Update is getting married. Congrats to Steve and the new Mrs. Ovadia. Now if he's just moves out of Queens and gets a nice house in Scarsdale everything would be ok.
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For the record Vince McMahon hasn't had a wrestling show in a Saturday morning timeslot in at least 10 years. Raw airs on Monday, Smackdown! on Thursday. Various highlight shows run at other times, but none on Saturday morning to the best of my knowledge.
Some of us like wrestling AND hockey.
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at April 29, 2004 03:56 PM
Scarsdale? What's wrong with the Five Towns?
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at April 29, 2004 05:19 PM
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