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by Paul on 09/02/10 at 08:10 AM ET
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from Helene Elliott of the LA Times,
Hockey fans will remember this summer for llya Kovalchuk’s endless free-agent odyssey and the NHL’s attempt to rewrite the collective bargaining agreement in midstream, but it will also be remembered as the summer NHL players plunged into using social media sites such as Facebook and Twitter and stepped into uncharted waters.
Including Kings captain Dustin Brown, who began tweeting in August, and Ducks winger Bobby Ryan, who hit the Twitterverse in July, more than 40 players are Twitter users. That estimate came from Michael DiLorenzo, the NHL’s director of social media marketing and strategy. He added that fewer than 40 players also use Facebook or have fan pages on Facebook.
Most players’ Twitter messages are funny: Ryan gets impatient in California traffic and Brown, watching Saturday morning TV with his kids, wondered what happened to all the good cartoons. Both needle teammates and talk about workouts and dinner plans, not revelations but information that gives them distinct personalities and builds rapport with fans.
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He added that fewer than 40 players also use Facebook or have fan pages on Facebook.
There is definitely something wrong with this statement. It should either be more than 40 players. Or the writer means public or fan pages created by the player (like Alan said) and should have written that more specifically. Because I’m fairly certain that there are more than 40 players with private/personal Facebook pages.
Posted by Susan on 09/02/10 at 03:39 PM ET
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I’m pretty sure that bolded line is wrong. There are several players in Atlanta alone that have fan pages on Facebook. The article didn’t specifically state “fan pages created by the players themselves,” so I’m only left to conclude he means fan pages in general.
Posted by Alan from Atlanta on 09/02/10 at 08:31 AM ET