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Americans Talking Hockey
by Paul on 12/02/08 at 11:01 AM ET
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from Mike Toth of Sportsnet,
Lacking the same romantic connections to hockey that are held by their Canadian brothers and sisters, American reporters often display a harder edge when covering the game. Veteran New York City hockey maven Stan Fischler, for instance, never shies away from controversy and recently described Montreal Canadiens netminder Carey Price as being nothing more than a “big stiff”. On a more serious note, meanwhile, it should be pointed out that a Massachusetts-based newspaper man named Russ Conway took the lead role into the investigation of corruption inside the NHL Player’s Association that resulted in Alan Eagleson being sentenced to prison.
With that combination of “tell-it-like-it-is” moxy combined with dogged reporting skills, it’s no surprise that Canadian media outlets are starting to incorporate Americans into their hockey coverage.
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Except that Fischler has a bad habit of “tell-it-like-it-isn’t-but-I-need-to-write- something-so-I-can-meet-my-deadline” articles.
So I would hope he wouldn’t be the model to follow. We’ve already got enough blowhards and rumor mongers on this side of the border.
Posted by PRC. on 12/02/08 at 11:09 AM ET