Posted on 07/17/2006 4:15:00 PM PDT by SandRat
MARINE CORPS BASE CAMP LEJEUNE, N.C.—Carolina Hurricanes defenseman Glen Wesley speaks to Marines wounded in the War on Terrorism at the Wounded Warrior Barracks here July 13. Wesley, a long time veteran of the National Hockey League, shared the Stanley Cup with the Marines to wish them good luck and a speedy recovery.Somehow Hockey and Marines just seems to go together.
Hockey Ping!!
For this, I will say Hockey is great!
This guy goes to the church I attend. Besides being a good hockey player he is a good Christian role model.
That's cool and great!
Here is a good story on Glen: http://www.carolinahurricanes.com/custom/radA4BF3.asp
I play hockey with a bunch of Marines from Jacksonville NC.
Good bunch of guys.
Hockey Ping!
Freep mail/ping airborne or Hat-Trick if you want on or off the Hockey Ping List.
TFTP! This is the painful time of year when we end up losing favorite players to trades and options. We just traded away Scott Walker today for a 25 year old Hurricane center with a rebuilt knee. The Predators are quickly becoming the Little Czech Republic team.
Still, it's a lot better than the SL Blues who traded off 80 percent of its defense and offense in order to get the payroll down so they could sell the team. It worked (although the bluz had their worse season in years) the bluz sold.
Hey at least the blahs sold. We still have Wirtz in Chicago. I remember going to the Checkerdome watching the hawks play the blahs. Basil McRae in the line up was good for a lot of yuks.
What a great story!
I LOVE HOCKEY!!!
Not so. The Cup was purchased for 10 Guineas (about$50) in 1892 when the price of silver was much lower than today. Being that the cup and each engraved ring are probably "900" silver(900 parts/1000), the cup is worth a few thousand in silver weight alone, not counting the antique, sentimental and nostalgia value.
I only give a crap because I work with silver and metal plating, and have a small idea how much the thing would be worth.
Also I wasn't aware that each player gets a small replica of each conference trophy and the Stanley Cup when their team wins the cup. Former Penguin Jay Caufeild brought his trophies in (to my job) to be repaired and polished a few years ago. It's the closest I'll be to the cup anytime soon. I have pics of the trophies somewhere, I intended to blow up the pic of the cup and do a series of pics of my friends and I doing all sorts of crazy things with it, but never did.
Not that any of this is important, I just felt chatty just then:)
Thanks for the ping! A fantastic story. I just sent it to everyone on my e-mail list.
It's a shame we can't trade him. After the whole Havilat thing Yawney was giving an interview. He said, "We won't settle for mediocrity." Then a few seconds later he said, "We should have three good lines." Somehow, I just don't think he saw the irony.
I go there, too, and completely agree.
I attend church there as well...
I attend church there as well...
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