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Christopher Botta: Living the Dream
by Patrick Hoffman on 04/27/10 at 09:03 AM ET
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This professional hockey writer/blogger needs no introduction. He worked with the New York Islanders as a media relations executive for many years before delving into the hockey writing/blogging world full-time for well-known outlets such as IslandersPointBlank.com and NHL FanHouse at AOL. More importantly, he’s doing what he’s always wanted to do in life and that’s be involved in hockey.
He is the great Christopher Botta. Mr. Botta was kind enough to take time out of his very busy schedule to do an e-mail interview with me where he tells us how he got into the game, his time with the Islanders, his experience at IslandersPointBlank.com and Fanhouse, and his thoughts on the Stanley Cup Playoffs.
Enjoy:
PH: How did you get into hockey?
CB: During my junior year at La Salle University in Philadelphia, I interned at WIP Radio for Merrill Reese - the longtime play-by-play man for the Philadelphia Eagles. I would help him get “sound” for his morning sportscasts by interviewing Flyers, Sixers and Phillies after their games. On the last day of my internship, the Flyers asked me what I was doing during my senior year. (Free help!) I worked the entire 1986-87 season when they went to the Stanley Cup Final. I worked in PR and wrote a lot of stories for their team publications. If you look at the Flyers’ version of their Stanley Cup Final program, I pretty much wrote the whole thing. It was an incredible experience for a young lad.
PH: Growing up, who was your favorite team/player?
CB: I became an Islanders fan when they were born in 1972 and I was 7. By the time they won their first Stanley Cup, John Tonelli was my favorite.
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