Ask Shinny: Icing, The Lockout, and Goalie Pads
Shinny Baggataway answers questions from the twelve and under set about hockey. This month she answers questions about icing, the NHL lockout, and how much all of that goalie armor really weighs.
Jas Faulkner
Dispatches From Planet Hockey: See U In Buffalo Edition
by Jas Faulkner, contributing editor BEGIN DISPATCH::TERRESTRIAL TIMESTAMP NINER-TWO-SIX-NINER-FIVE-SIX-GEE MINUS SIX “We’re going to be watching a lot of hockey, come October.” That rather optimistic statement came from Phil Housley,…
Dispatches From Planet Hockey: What Did You Do Before The Lockout, Daddy? Edition
by Jas Faulkner, contributing editor BEGIN TRANSMISSION: terrestrial timestamp: 12/12/7.22 The topic everyone, I mean ev-ery-one brings up when they see me these days is the lockout. Is there going…
Dispatches From Planet Hockey: Magickal Hockey Poppets Edition
A recent story by Ben Sumner of Caps Outsider revealed that it’s not just frosty Russian beauties and GMs who find Alexander Ovechkin cuddly. A toddler decided her best buddy Ovi was the perfect companion for a brief hospital stay. It seems that Ovi, or at least his Bleacher Creature counterpart, may have a soothing effect on little ones. Not too long after the story appeared, someone added a comment that their nineteen-month-old son cuddled a stuffed Ovi while recovering from heart surgery.
Dispatches From Planet Hockey: The Ilya, Ilya, Ilya! Edition
by Jas Faulkner, contributing editor Terrestrial Date Oh Eight Two Two Twelve, Six-Fourtyone -6 GMT A couple of years ago, an editor decided we were all going to drop what…
Dispatches From Planet Hockey: Kisses For Hershey Edition
Meanwhile, in Hershey, the Bears have announced their season schedule. For those of you who think all professional hockey is brought to you by the letter “N”, this team is a part of the AHL.
Dispatches From Planet Hockey: U Shoulda Been There Edition
Somewhere in Colorado Springs, Colorado, the office that serves as nerve central for the administrative body that determines the fates of young hopefuls all over the country has been busy. While other hockey entities may lay claim to down time and an off-season, USA Hockey (originally known as AHAUS until 1989) has been in a state of perpetual motion since 1936.
Dispatches From Planet Hockey: Show Me The Money Edition
The Seventh Man has been showing the NHL the money for quite some time and did so in a big way this year. Subjects of the Los Angeles Kings snapped up all but a little less than hundred premium season ticket packages on their July 30th Select-A-Seat event. On August ninth, the Sabres Organisation announced that their renewal rate for season tickets was at 99%.
Dispatches From Planet Hockey: “Meet Me In St. Louis, Oshie!” Edition
by Jas Faulkner, contributing editor From a media person’s standpoint, the NHL is starting to resemble a koi pond at feeding time. Someone taps on the edge of the pond…
Dispatches From Planet Hockey: Family Values Edition
by Jas Faulkner, contributing editor Are NHLers passing the puck, er, buck to their better halves? Let’s look at the tape… During a telephonic press conference on July Ninth, Sharks…
The NHL Exhales As Suter And Parise Go Off The Market
by Jas Faulkner, contributing editor There is no joy in Nashville on this hot Fourth of July. Earlier today, Predators GM David Poile held a press conference during which the…
Dispatches From Planet Hockey: “TikTok” Edition
By Jas Faulkner, contributing editor author’s note Stick taps to jball0918 for catching my mistake about Zach Parise’s nationality. “Play ‘FREEBIRD,’ Y’all!” The remaining hours of June 2012 are whithering…