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Currently ReadingRecently Read | In those immortal words, “and now for something completely different,” the leaves turning and fall in the air means one thing — it’s almost hockey season. My online hockey fantasy league had its draft last night. Among other places, we’ve got guys from Southern California, the UK and Canada. Having randomly been selected to get [...]            Tim September 28th, 2007 | Tags: Hockey | Category: Hockey | Comments are closed |  Print This Post |  Email This PostOne of the purposes of checking in hockey is to disrupt your opponent’s play. The front office of the NHL’s Dallas Stars apparently decided to take a cue from its players and to put a few body checks in their advertising for the upcoming season. Here’s what two of the billboards the Stars have up [...] Tim September 4th, 2007 | Tags: Hockey, NHL | Category: Hockey | Comments are closed | Print This Post | Email This PostA letter I opened when I got home tonight really pumped up my spirits. It started: “We are pleased to inform you that your application was selected for tickets to the 2008 NCAA Men’s Frozen Four at the Pepsi Center in Denver.” While I won’t know the specific seats until March, I at least have [...] Tim August 6th, 2007 | Tags: Hockey, NCAA hockey | Category: Hockey | Comments are closed | Print This Post | Email This PostThe Sioux Falls Stampede are bringing home the first Clark Cup in franchise history after defeating Waterloo 3-0 tonight. Quite an accomplishment for a team that started the season 0-5-1 and spent much of the season in or near last place in the USHL’s strongly competitive western division. The coaches and players, especially goalie Matt [...] Tim May 13th, 2007 | Tags: Hockey, USHL | Category: Hockey | Comments are closed | Print This Post | Email This Postlet’s talk hockey. I know. Most of the U.S. is either basking in the return of baseball or watching NBA playoffs. But hockey season ain’t over (that’s a topic for another day) and there’s a couple items that have been on my mind. First, of course, is to wish the Stampede good luck in the [...] Tim May 11th, 2007 | Tags: Hockey | Category: Hockey | Comments are closed | Print This Post | Email This PostThis year’s Frozen Four again showed some of the best and the competitiveness of college hockey. None of the number one seeds in the four regions made the final grouping. Michigan State, a “bubble team” just prior to tourney selections, ended up the champion, winning Saturday night with 18.9 seconds left on the clock. The [...] Tim April 9th, 2007 | Tags: Hockey, NCAA hockey, USHL | Category: Hockey | Comments are closed | Print This Post | Email This PostUSA Today has a couple nice pieces on the USHL today. Still, maybe the reporter should have done a bit more fact checking. The main story reports: “Sioux Falls boasts a spacious $50 million arena.” Sure wish the guy would tell the Stampede and everyone here where it is. Not sure how much the current [...] Tim February 6th, 2007 | Tags: Hockey, USHL | Category: Hockey | Comments are closed | Print This Post | Email This PostBeing a latecomer to the sport of hockey (not surprising as I’ve only been on ice skates once in my life), I occasionally try to learn more about the sport through a primary obsession — reading. Not surprisingly, hockey books don’t really rise to the level of great literature. Still, they’re often worth the time [...] Tim February 5th, 2007 | Tags: Book Reviews, Books, Hockey | Category: Book Reviews, Hockey | Comments are closed | Print This Post | Email This PostOn a hockey note, the Des Moines USHL franchise brought in the Hanson Brothers for an appearance at Saturday night’s game against Indiana. For those who don’t know, the Hanson Brothers were the lovable “goons” in the hockey movie, Slap Shot, and all of whom went on to play professional hockey (and get in more [...] Tim January 30th, 2007 | Tags: Hockey, USHL | Category: Hockey | Comments are closed | Print This Post | Email This PostWhile I’m not the biggest NHL fan, there is news worthy of note. Former Stampede and U of M Gopher star Thomas Vanek received the largest number of write-in votes for this year’s NHL All-Star team. Vanek, who holds the Stampede records for most goals and most points in a season and in a career, [...] Tim January 11th, 2007 | Tags: Hockey, NHL | Category: Hockey | Comments are closed | Print This Post | Email This Post |         The views expressed here are mine and mine alone. I do not speak for my law partners, our associates, staff and clients or my family and friends. Not only should any opinions here not be attributed to them, chances are they probably don't agree with me.  | ||
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