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Posted on 10/06/2011 5:10:58 AM PDT by airborne
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Go Bruins!! Do it again!
woo hoo drop the puck!
Bruins repeat!!
add me to the hockey ping list please.
Please add me to the list. I love watching hockey. Must be all that pent up anger and fury. LOL!!
1st NHL game played in Dec. 1917 (1917-1918 season)
No 2004-2005 season
2011-2012 is the 95th season???
I like Vancouver - the city, not the team so much.
I’d prefer to see the city remain unburnt and unpillaged, so the Canucks can miss the playoffs, AFAIAC.
(I’m not bitter about last season’s playoff meltdown - not bitter at all!) ;^)
Can’t wait to see that banner raised in Beantown tonight. Go Bruins!
Mike
I honestly didn't give it any thought - just "cut & pasted" the headline.
But you do have a point. Perhaps, even though they didn't play, they count '04-'05.
When we talk about the lockout, we refer to the "2004-2005 season", don't we?
Consider yourself added!
Welcome FRiend!
Real men play hockey!
Welcome to the party, mom!
GO HABS GO!
LETS GO RED WINGS!!!
What you mean "WE"? (lol)
Became a fan of Ranger hockey on the radio in 1953. Went to my first game in 1956, the day Connie Mack passed away. Attended many games in the 60's and 70's, even had season tickets through the late 70's. With the coming of cable TV in Manhattan, followed it through the 80's. The strike near the end of the 91-92 season ended my love affair with the NY Rangers and the NHL. When the Rangers won the Cup in 94, I didn't even bother to watch the third period.....I just didn't care anymore.
Not sure why but I love watching them in the penalty box. When I see the gloves drop... I say, “Here we go!” Yes, real men play hockey! I’ve seen a few games live and it still amazes me how fast they go! It also amazes me that such big guys can be so “graceful” on skates/ice. (perhaps graceful isn’t the best term but they make skating look easy)
A couple of guys I work with are ex-HS football jocks, big-time NFL heads. I tell them football is for guys who can’t skate.
You would have LOVED the old Madison Square Garden. The penalty "box" consisted of a single door in the boards and two short benches, one on each side of an aisle, in the second row of seats. Fans were seated immediately next to and behind those benches. If player rancor was especially evident, a square badger (Rent-A-Cop) would sit on the steps of the aisle between them.
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