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Afternoon Line

by Paul on 03/15/10 at 12:42 PM ET
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A woman came up to me at the grocery store and chewed me out, telling me if I thought I was going to take Mike (Fisher) away from Ottawa, I had another thing coming, and she wasn’t kidding.  She let me know she loved him and he was going to stay here, period, no matter what I said. She might have been kidding, but she wasn’t being funny.”

-Carrie Underwood via TheBoot.

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Reminder Canada- It’s Only A Game

by Paul on 03/14/10 at 08:35 AM ET
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from Rosie DiManno of the Toronto Star,

Hockey is Freudian for Canadians – it puts the id in our collective identity.

The father of psychoanalysis would have had a wet dream dissecting the thumb-sucking relationship between a game and a people. Not that there’s been a shortage of behavioural experts to probe this particular symbiosis, from pinhead academics to press-box philosophers…

Canada is one coast-to-coast Hot Stove League. Put another way, hockey for Canadians is chronic masturbation: Can’t keep our hands off it. Hence the perpetual kneading and modifying and mutating, not always as justifiable as deterring hits to the head.

Whether talking hockey at Tim Horton’s or hand-wringing hockey at “stakeholder” symposiums, weighing opinion polls or dispatching delegations to study how the game is conducted elsewhere, romanticizing in prose and mythologizing in culture, even occasionally bleeding over into political debate and courtroom pseudo-defendant, this, our national sport and obsession, is the common denominator.

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Now That’s A Raffle I Would Enter

by Paul on 03/13/10 at 10:04 AM ET
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from Harold Carmichael of the Sudbury Star,

A Lively man will get to see six big-league teams in action after being selected the winner of a provincial draw involving the National Hockey League alumni and minor hockey associations across the country.

Mark Popowich, along with NHL Alumni Hockey Dream Draw ticket seller Cindy Mousseau of the Walden Minor Hockey Association, will be going with one guest each on a week-long hockey vacation.

The four will go on an NHL alumni-escorted road trip beginning in Toronto on Saturday and wraping up in Buffalo on March 26. The trip includes flights, ground transportation, eight nights in hotels, game tickets, practice passes (when available) and Hockey Hall of Fame passes. A total of three NHL games are included in the package.

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You Can’t Make This Stuff Up

by Paul on 03/11/10 at 09:19 AM ET
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from the Universal Cynic,

Mall purchases, check. Spare tire, check. Dude in a hockey bag...um....

We’ve all done it: You’re hanging out with friends, you have one too many rye and gingers, then you come up with the brilliant idea of attempting to stuff your smallest friend into a hockey bag.

And that’s fine—as long as you don’t try to smuggle him across the border in such a fashion.

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De Niro Plays Lombardi - Who Would Play Bowman?

by Paul on 03/10/10 at 10:12 AM ET
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from ESPN,

Academy Award-winning actor Robert De Niro is attached to play legendary coach Vince Lombardi in the theatrical motion picture “Lombardi” being developed by ESPN Films, Andell Entertainment and the NFL.

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Now my question, if a movie were to be made about Scotty Bowman, which actor would you like to see portray him?

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Power Skating 101

by Paul on 03/08/10 at 07:00 PM ET
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I discovered these videos today and after you view them over the next few days, your powerskating should improve.

Hopefully some KK readers will benefit from the instructions.

Today we feature the first three videos:How to Power Skate for Ice Hockey, Balance and Edges of Hockey Power Skating and The Backward Stride of Hockey Power Skating.

Continue Reading »

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Russia’s President Not Happy With Olympic Performance

by Paul on 03/01/10 at 09:24 AM ET
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via Russia Today,

President Dmitry Medvedev has vowed to make sure Russia’s Olympic team learns a bitter lesson from Vancouver, where it had one of its worst performances in the history of the winter games.

Medvedev said the Olympic Games revealed flaws in the training system which must be addressed before Sochi 2014.

“Taking into consideration all that happened in Vancouver, we have to change our methods of training drastically. We’ve been living on Soviet resources for a long time, but it’s over now. We do make a huge investment in sport, but money’s not everything. Those responsible for preparing Russian athletes for the Olympics have to make a brave decision and resign. And if they don’t, we’ll help them to do it. But the most important thing now is the preparation for the 2014 Olympics,” Medvedev said.

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KK- Taking Advantage Of A No Mens Hockey Night

by Paul on 02/25/10 at 07:00 PM ET
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I have a copy of Woodstock, the 40th Anniversary Ultimate Collector’s Edition on blu-ray that I have been trying to watch for two months and tonight I plan to do it.

I am watching the Womens Gold Medal Game but after that, I plan to find a patch of mud, turn on a black light and enjoy the show.

Hockey tomorrow, prepare for gold medal game on Saturday, watch the gold medal game on Sunday, then it is 3 days and nights of hockey games and trades.

Wednesday night I can kick back a bit, but until then, it will be all hockey, except for tonight.

Peace & Love,

Paul

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Russian President Won’t Be Traveling To Vancouver

by Paul on 02/25/10 at 02:41 PM ET
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from CBC,

Russian President Dmitry Medvedev has cancelled his visit to Vancouver to attend the closing ceremonies of the Winter Olympics on Sunday evening, CBC News has learned....

No official reason for the cancellation was given, but Olympic protocol does not require the president of the next host country to attend the closing ceremonies.

Instead, it is the mayor of the host city that is expected to receive the Olympic flag at the end of the Games.

But the news follows the defeat of the Russian men’s hockey team 7-3 by Canada on Wednesday night. It was the first time in history the Russians exited the Olympic tournament without playing for a medal.

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Take A Tour Of Molson Canadian Hockey House

by Paul on 02/23/10 at 03:06 PM ET
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Christine Simpson is your host.

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