Wednesday, October 31, 2012
update on the Gamblers,and their season...
the Green Bay Gamblers are 2-7-2(wins-losses-overtime losses),seventh place in the Eastern Conference,in the United States Hockey League(USHL),so far,in this season... the USHL is the top junior hockey league,in the nation... the Gamblers have won four Clark Cup Championships,including being defending champion,this season...
commentary...
honestly,i am very upset about the callous tones,of the NHL/NHLPA,in the new collective bargaining agreement talks... both sides seem to want to cancel the entire season,no matter what they say and pose,and say to the true fans of the most beautiful game of hockey... i am a true fan of the game,not of the Red Wings,or the NHL/NHLPA,right now,when i say this,but i am proud of the Red Wings,their players,and their team history... the heads of the NHL negotiating teams have not done their jobs in getting a new collective bargaining agreement in place,and i blame them no end... after seven years of record revenues,for both the players,and owners,even though there are teams who are in financial trouble(so they say),there should be a CBA in place,and both of them have really forgotten the real,and true,fans of the game of hockey,some of them,who travel long distances to see their teams,even though the price of tickets,and other things can be outrageous,when traveling,and the NHL and NHLPA have gotten so proud,in believing that fans will come back,and see the game,after disrespecting the true fans of the game,who really finance the game,let alone the seasonal workers who work for the arenas,and for the teams,themselves... to NHL Commissioner Gary Bettman,and NHLPA head Donald Fehr,shame on both of you,PERIOD,for this circus of this situation...
Tuesday, October 30, 2012
Monday, October 29, 2012
Red Wings' trivia...
Gordie Howe wore his now familiar number nine for first time against Chicago,sixty five years ago,today(October 29,1947)...
Sunday, October 28, 2012
this weekend's Griffiths' games...
Rockford IceHogs 6,Grand Rapids Griffiths 5,overtime... Grand Rapids Griffiths 3,Chicago Wolves 2...
Saturday, October 27, 2012
Friday, October 26, 2012
AHL and ECHL news...
Charlotte Checkers 6,Grand Rapids Griffiths 4... Trenton Titans 4,Toledo Walleye 1...
Thursday, October 25, 2012
Wednesday, October 24, 2012
NHL news...
NHL Commissioner Gary Bettman has now said that having a eight two NHL game schedule,is "unlikely"... my opinion:so what!!!!!! get on with the collective bargaining agreement(CBA)negotiations!!!!!!
NHL news...
there is a report that the New York Islanders will move from Nassau Coliseum,on Long Island,to the brand new Barclay's Center,in Brooklyn,in 2015... there is a press conference with all the major big wigs,in NHL,scheduled for today...
Tuesday, October 23, 2012
Monday, October 22, 2012
Sunday, October 21, 2012
weekend Gamblers' home and home series scores...
Dubuque Fighting Saints 5,Green Bay Gamblers 2... Dubuque Fighting Saints 2,Green Bay Gamblers 1...
AHL,and ECHL scores...
Grand Rapids Griffiths 4,Toronto Marlies 3,shootout win... last night:Kalamazoo Wings 4,Toledo Walleye 2...
Saturday, October 20, 2012
story of friendship...
this is a story of two friends,who lived in Canada,and got into a fight(boxing match),and one "whupped" the other(as one said),and became very good friends... one got drafted by the WHA,and the NHL(and won a Stanley Cup,with the Montreal Canadiens),and one was in the main event of the original WrestleMania,after years of being in the independent circuits,and the other guy was in fifth row,in Madison Square Garden,besides Billy Crystal... one became a WWE Hall of Fame member,and when the Canadiens won the Stanley Cup,the other players would not allow the engravers to put any names on the Stanley Cup,without having the other person's name on the Stanley Cup... so they have been friends since the boxing match so long ago... who are they??? answer:Rod Toombs("Rowdy" Roddy Piper),and Cam Connor...
Friday, October 19, 2012
AHL,and ECHL scores...
Rochester Americans 4,Grand Rapids Griffiths 3...
Toledo Walleye 3,Cincinnati Cyclones 2...
Thursday, October 18, 2012
NHL news,and commentary...
NHL/NHLPA collective bargaining agreement talks broke down after a hour... the NHLPA's response to the offer was three proposals,with some variations,of their first proposal,made in August,which were a non-starter for the NHL,back then,so it was a non-starter for the NHL,now... the NHLPA is playing hardball,and it sucks,because the fans ultimately lose out... i really wonder if the NHLPA really wants a season,at all,because knowing what is known of NHLPA head Donald Fehr,that he is a real jerk,and someone who is all for the players,which may be alright,but it makes for a tough negotiation,and the fans ultimately lose out,because the NHL is the best hockey league in the world... Donald Fehr,and MLB Commissioner Bud Selig both shut down the 1994 MLB season,when Fehr was head of the MLBPA,and the lockout lasted into training camp the next season,so when the NHLPA hired Fehr to negotiate this CBA,i knew that the 2012-2013 NHL season was in jeopardy,and now the fruits of my suspicions are bearing the evil fruit,of no hockey,for awhile...
Wednesday, October 17, 2012
Tuesday, October 16, 2012
KHL hockey news...
during the Lokomotiv Jaroslavl-Traktor Chelyabinsk game,won by Lokomotiv,3-2,in a shootout,referees missed a too many men penalty,on Lokomotiv Jaroslavl,when Lokomotiv Jaroslavl scored to make game,2-1,Lokomotiv Jaroslavl,and because of that the KHL suspended the referees,and demoted the linesman...
NHL/NHLPA CBA talks update...
it looks like the NHL blinked first!!!!!! the League proposed a 50/50 split in revenue,on designing that the League has a 82 game season,starting,on November 2nd,2012... hopefully cross your fingers!!!!!!!
Monday, October 15, 2012
Sunday, October 14, 2012
Saturday, October 13, 2012
AHL,and ECHL scores...
Hamilton Bulldogs 4, Grand Rapids Griffiths 3,shootout...
Toledo Walleye 4,Kalamazoo Wings 1...
blog statement...
i have tried to be a blogger who gives you much hockey,trivia,and insight into the game of hockey... however,with the ongoing NHL lockout,and the arrogance of both the heads of the NHL negotiating teams,the NHLPA,the players,the NHL owners,and Commissioner Gary Bettman,it makes this lockout a little more bitter-tasting than in 2004-2005,when the NHL scrapped a season,for no good reason... you can tell that i still am a little bitter over that lost season... two days ago was supposed to be opening night of the NHL season... i got so upset that i actually watched a period of the University of New Hampshire-St. Cloud State game,last night,but the video quality of the game was poor and the close-ups of shooting of the puck toward the goaltender were non-existent,which means you could not tell how good the shots were,which sucks,and what replay? very poor... i am not happy about missing NHL hockey,and to tell you the truth,,it upsets me no end... i love the beautiful game of hockey,but i am not finding this lack of hockey disturbing,because people who are in NHL,and NHLPA simply do not care at all about the fans,who made the NHL a very profitable business,over the last seven seasons,and yet the greedy players,union,and owners want the majority of the revenues,of the game,and the fans get royally screwed,not watching the game throughout Canada,and the United States,and people,of the NHLPA,NHL,and the players not listening to their legitimate complaints,of no hockey... before you count your money corporately,remember this:you greedy people,THE FANS WILL REMEMBER YOUR ARROGANCE!!!!!!!!
Friday, October 12, 2012
Griffiths' game score,and comment...
Milwaukee Admirals 3,Grand Rapids Griffths 2... two third period goals doomed Griffths,in home opener....
USHL,and ECHL news...
Waterloo Blackhawks plays Green Bay Gamblers in Waterloo,Iowa,tonight...
Kalamazoo Wings play Toledo Walleye,tomorrow night,in Toledo,at the Huntington Center... the Huntington Center(the Walleye's arena is named for a bank)...
Griffiths' season opener...
Milwaukee Admirals vs. Grand Rapids Griffiths,tonight...
Hamilton Ontario vs. Grand Rapids Griffiths,tomorrow...
Thursday, October 11, 2012
Wednesday, October 10, 2012
brain cramp....
OOPS! Joe Malone scored seven goals in NHL game,for the Quebec Bulldogs,against the Toronto St. Patricks,or St. Pats,on January 31,1920...
NHL history,and trivia...
Maurice Joseph,"Joe" Malone holds NHL record for most goals in one game,on January 31,1920,for the NHL's Quebec Bulldogs(Quebec was bought by Hamilton,Ontario interests,and moved for 1921 season,and renamed the Tigers),against the Toronto St. Patricks,or St. Pats,(later named the Maple Leafs)... Hamilton survived until the 1924-1925 NHL season,but dissolved because of a players' strike,and the players' contracts were sold to New York interests,and became the expansion New York Americans...
Tuesday, October 9, 2012
KHL game...
Dynamo Moscow 1,Lev Praha 0... Alexander Ovechkin,of the Washington Capitals,scored winning goal,in third period,for Dynamo Moscow...
sadness in Detroit...
Red Wings' legendary announcer Budd Lynch has died at the age of 95... he was with the Red Wings,from 1949,to 2008... RIP Budd...
hockey news...
Dominik "the Dominator" Hasek has retired,at age 47... he was a four time Olympian for the Czech Republic,winning gold,in 1998,in Nagano,Japan,and a bronze medal,in Turin,Italy,in 2006...
Monday, October 8, 2012
commentary...
this is to comment on something that a fan said on CBC.com... he wanted the fans to support the NHLPA's side,of the lockout,because he believes that since the players started to play the game for free,or for a small salary,at first,they deserve a larger chunk of the NHLPA/NHL revenue pie,than the NHL wants to give... well,people i support the team,not NHL,or NHLPA,because i love the game of hockey,above all... that is most important to me,and nothing else matters to me... to that fan,in Canada,that must be most important,because the players,and the NHL owners will come to an agreement,sooner or later,and it is the fans that are suffering,and very angry,not the players,or owners,period...
Sunday, October 7, 2012
trivia...
"Mr. Hockey" Gordie Howe signed his first Red Wings' contract,on October 7,1946-sixty-six years ago,today...
Saturday, October 6, 2012
KHL game on television...
also,as part of ESPN broadcasting KHL games on the internet(ESPN3),there will be,at least one KHL game on the the ESPN networks,live,on October 9th,on ESPN 2... it will be Lev Praha vs. Dynamo Moscow,at 1 pm. east coast time,live...
NHL news...
there was a meeting between the NHL,and NHLPA discussing the process of going forward with the talks,for the new collective bargaining agreement... they are supposed to get together to more talks this upcoming week,but no progress,yet... that simply sucks,period...
Friday, October 5, 2012
blog statement...
since there was no collective bargaining agreement(CBA)negotiations on September 15th,i count that as the de facto first day,of the NHL LOCKOUT,so my count is one day more,than the NHL counts,as the LOCKOUT...
hockey news...
NHL Network will simulcast American Hockey League games through October 28th,starting next week,on SiriusXM satellite radio...
Thursday, October 4, 2012
third sign of the apocalypse(laughing)...
NHL cancels games through October 24th... they say if deal is reached by then,possibility does exist that full 82 game season can be salvaged...
KHL game...
CSKA Moscow 2,Spartak Moscow 1,overtime win... Red Wings' player Pavel Datsyuk scored both goals,for CSKA Moscow... saw the highlight,of first goal,and reminded me of many of his Red Wings' goals... he stole the puck in Spartak's defensive zone,and shot it past goaltender...
NHL 700 plus goal club...
1)Wayne Gretzky:894 goals...
2)Gordie Howe:801 goals...
3)Brett Hull:741 goals...
4)Marcel Dionne:731 goals...
5)Phil Esposito:717 goals...
6)Mike Gartner:708 goals...
trivia...
Ray Bourque was the fifth player to play 1,500+ regular season games with one NHL team... he played 1,518 games with the Boston Bruins,of 1,612 games that he played with the Bruins,and the Colorado Avalanche...
hockey news...
ESPN announced yesterday that they will broadcast KHL games,on their streaming internet feed(ESPN3),starting on 6 October 2012...
Wednesday, October 3, 2012
NHL,and Red Wings' trivia...
most games played by one player,with one team:1,687 games,by "Mr. Hockey" Gordie Howe,with the Detroit Red Wings... four of the five players to play 1,500 games with one team,are Alex Delvecchio,Steve Yzerman,and Nicklas Lidstrom,all with the Red Wings...
NHL collective bargaining agreement update...
there was no progress in NHL/NHLPA collective bargaining agreement talks,on Tuesday,after only two hours... what moronic,and idiotic behaviour,on both sides of dispute... the NHL is close to canceling some of the regular season... it is scheduled to begin October 11,2012... expect it... what maroons!!!!!!!! i am sick of this circus.....
Tuesday, October 2, 2012
Monday, October 1, 2012
USHL game score...
Grand Rapids Roughriders 4,Green Bay Gamblers 1... Gamblers,0-2,so far,this season...
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