UTP Morning Hockey: Pavel & Friends
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Privet, dudes and ladies! Good morning. We're back for another round of covering the KHL, because it's the only hockey that's on.
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Privet, dudes and ladies! Good morning. We're back for another round of covering the KHL, because it's the only hockey that's on.
The Adirondack Phantoms are going to die at the end of this upcoming season. The Flyers' AHL affiliate is set to move to Allentown, PA for the 2013-14 season.
Sitting here and reflecting on the three-ring circus that is the Pittsburgh Penguins game against the Philadelphia Flyers, I can’t help but wonder how long until Mario Lemieux writes another open letter to the NHL. For those of you who don’t remember, the Comeback Kid got on his soap box last February to complain about the state of the NHL after his team was part of an all out brawl against the New York Islanders. I've finally reached my limit. I'm no longer keeping my mouth shut when it comes to him. Things must change!
The Hanson brothers know Old Time Hockey
Reading the newest issue of The Hockey News, a letter was published that read like a eulogy of “Old Time Hockey”. As I read it, I had to laugh at the guy’s complaint. He said, “no longer do we see bench brawls, blindside hits, or breaking sticks over backs”. He goes on to bemoan the newest trends of hockey, “visors, shootouts, and Twitter” and that the game has been “diminished to the point where players now have to consider the consequences of a hit, instead of the adulation”.
I shake my head at these people. I can’t figure out why they are sad these days are gone. Do I like a fight or two? Yeah sure, but to unnecessarily break up the flow of a game; I’ll pass on that. There’s no skill to whacking a guy with your stick, but there is finesse in today’s game. Honestly, if I want to go see staged antics and guys wailing on each other for 60 minutes, I’ll turn on WWE’s RAW on Monday nights.