commentary...

the blogs that i have done with love of two sports(hockey,and football),but this blog is done for love of hockey,in general,and the Red Wings,in particular... i watch all levels of hockey,from high school(mostly played in cold-weather states,but to tell the truth,there are some very good high school hockey teams,in Southern California,because of the Gretzky trade,and the NHL teams,in California),to the NHL,and international leagues...i watch all the teams in NHL,because i learn about pure hockey,and i see some amazing play,in NHL... i am a big fan of the Red Wings,but am a bigger fan of pure hockey... seeing Ovechkin,and Crosby play is a honor,and a true thrill... why do i love,"Hockey Night in Canada",every Saturday night,on the Canadian Broadcasting Company,and especially,"Hockey Day in Canada"(which is February 12,2011,this season,in Whitehorse,Yukon)? it is because of the history of the game,and last year,they had a feature on one of oldest hockey rinks in North America,for a small town,in one of the towns they used to air HDIC,in last year... i believe that it(the hockey rink) was in Stratford,Ontario,but do not quote me... even though i hated both the Blackhawks,and Flyers last year,i watched every game,of the Stanley Cup Finals,last year... the Red Wings only have 82 games a year,but i watched over 1,000 games(one year,i watched parts of all 1,230 games),last year... why do i do that? it is because of the love of the game of hockey... we may disagree on facts,and on the games that i have watched,but never believe that i do not love the pure game of hockey...