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Remembering His Grandfather
by Paul on 04/02/06 at 09:45 AM ET
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I was watching the Sens/Caps game last night and noticed Washington goaltender Brent Johnson’s mask. On the back, he is honoring his grandfather, hall of famer Sid Abel. Nice touch Brent.
Sid’s #12 hangs from the Joe Louis rafters and he was the center of the famous “Production Line”.
After his playing career, Abel was the Wings GM/coach and finished up his hockey career in the radio booth. I ams sure Sid would have said something like this about his grandson’s shutout performance last night, “Brent, he are a good player, Bruce.”
updated 3:55pm, Well, at least to me Sid looks like Jack Nicholson. A reader pointed the picture looked alot like Jack, and so it is (see comments for more details).
added 11:09am, While on the topic of Sid, Abel to Yzerman found a nice piece about some of the Wild players paying tribute to Yzerman.
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Now you’ve gone and done it Jeff.
Seeing the number 12 on his mask, I assumed it was his grandfather’s picture. Now, I don’t know much about the shining but did some investigative work, and it could be.
Who knew old Boot Nose and Jack looked alike?
Posted by Paul from Motown Area on 04/02/06 at 02:51 PM ET
More investigative work..The back of Johnson’s new mask features a drawing of the classic Jack Nicholson evil grin from the movie “The Shining” and the exclamation: “Here’s Johnny!”]
Posted by Paul from Motown Area on 04/02/06 at 02:54 PM ET
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You sure that’s Sid Abel? Looks more to me like Jack Nicholson with his face through the bathroom door in The Shining.
Posted by Jeff on 04/02/06 at 02:36 PM ET