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Donners
Member
09-15-2006
| Monday, October 02, 2006 - 11:18 pm
Having lived in both Ontario and BC now, I've seen TONS that both the Leafs and Canucks do for charity - mostly kids. On top of all the summer hockey camp stuff, and on top of all the fundraising and hospital visits to sick kids, I've heard of instances where both teams made an effort to come out and personally cheer up a kid who needs it. When I was growing up, this little boy down the street was playing with matches in the garage, lit everything up, and while he was healing from his burns - half the Leafs drove up the street and went in to spend some time with him. ...I've never heard about Nascar folks cornering the charity market, but that's not as popular up here as I hear it is down there.
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Marysafan
Member
08-07-2000
| Wednesday, October 04, 2006 - 4:11 am
WOOHOO! Today's the day! The Fantasy teams are drafted. The Direct TV Center Ice package is all set to go. There are plenty of beverages in the fridge, and it looks like this bizarre heat wave is going away. We are ready! I can't wait to see Alexander the Great back in action. I love the young Petr Prucha and am excited to see if he will be the NY Rangers version of Pavel Datsyuk paired with Brendan Shanahan. I'm hoping King Henrik (Lundquist) has another stellar year because I have him on all three of my fantasy teams. The same with the gigantic Zdeno Chara. Did you hear about Alexander Ovechkin's hole in one at the charity golf outing? It ws one of those deals where you got to play a hole with someone. So he got to play the same hole over and over. It was the first time he golfed...ever! And after shanking the ball several times, asked for a bigger club. And dozens of balls later...*whack*...away it went...and landed in the hole! Not many can say they got a hole in one on their very first day! I am looking forward to seeing the Red Wings back in action, but without a lot of the "old guard", it's going to be different. My second favorite team is the NY Rangers...but thanks to Direct tv...we watch most teams...and a LOT of hockey. With a few exceptions...it's good bye to network tv until next spring. Tigergfan...I hope your Yotes can help Cujo out this year...because I have him on one of my teams! I also have those incredibly talented Sedin twins from Vancouver....but not together on the same team. It seems that when one gets hot...the other goes cool. (Got my fingers crossed that it's Naslund with them on that line). I'm doing the happy dance today. Hubby says that he didn't know I was such a dork when he married me. I told him that yes he did, because I've always been a dork. He agreed but added that he just didn't realize that I was the Queen of the dorks!
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Tigerfan
Member
11-06-2003
| Wednesday, October 04, 2006 - 6:58 am
Woo Hoo! It's Hockey Season!!! Happy Opening Day hockey fans!!! We're sooo excited!! We went to three pre-season games and had a blast! We won all three games in exciting fashion! If that was a preview of how the season will go, we will be VERY happy! Our penalty kills were amazing!! We do need to work on our power play though, too much passing and not enough shooting... Yes Mary, so far they are really helping Cujo out, which makes me happy because I am his biggest fan! Mary, how does that Center Ice thing work? Do you need a phone line? We want to get it! Let's Go Coyotes!!! 
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Marysafan
Member
08-07-2000
| Wednesday, October 04, 2006 - 9:14 am
I can tell you that Direct tv is a satillite system that works with a phone line for special programs like the Center Ice package, and pay per view movies. Any more than that, I am so technically challenged that I am of no help. But we get almost all the games! I don't know if they block out teams in your area or not because I live in Iowa, and we have no teams in our area. So you might want to check on that. We get a lot of the Canadian games via Canadian television. It's nice to get the Canadian perspective on things. Although I do find myself hollering at the tv with some of things Don Cherry says...but from what I gather...so do a lot of other people.
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Tigerfan
Member
11-06-2003
| Wednesday, October 04, 2006 - 10:46 am
We were afraid of that...We have Directv and we love it, but we don't have a phone line (it's cheaper for us to use our cell phones) So I guess we'll be watching OLN or VS. or whatever they're calling it this season... Thanks for the info! Go 'Yotes!!
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Marysafan
Member
08-07-2000
| Wednesday, October 04, 2006 - 10:54 am
Hubby says that because so many people use cell phones these days...there may be a way around it or a very economic price from the phone company with minimal service. If you really wanted it...it might be worth checking out. But fair warning...once you have it...it's hard to do without it. You don't miss what you never had.
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Tigerfan
Member
11-06-2003
| Wednesday, October 04, 2006 - 11:13 am
That's what we were thinkling too...I mean if you dont pay your bill they can shut it off from their office, so why can't they just switch it on the same way?? LOL! We do really want it, but you make a very good point, something tells me we'd never leave home if we had it...well unless of course we were going to the game 
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Cindori
Member
07-25-2003
| Wednesday, October 04, 2006 - 12:31 pm
We would leave home, Tigerman - there's poker at the bar, going out to eat, going shopping, playing softball, and of course, there's always watching away games AT the bar to get that crowd feel! So one of the guys at work has a fantasy team that he built using entirely American players . . . he had to go down to number 128 to get his FIRST player! He's hoping his team makes at least a fair showing since he's playing against a bunch of Canadian friends, but I thought it was an interesting way to put a fantasy team together. Oh, and Go Yotes!
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Marysafan
Member
08-07-2000
| Wednesday, October 04, 2006 - 12:45 pm
Oh Man! I wouldn't even consider building a team with all US players. Team USA is very much in transition. We are going to be in much better shape when the next Olympics come around. We've got some great youngsters coming up. The top three right now are Goalie Ryan Miller of Buffalo yahoo ranked at 22, Brian Gionta of the NJ Devils ranked at 36, and Scott Gomez also of the NJ Devils ranked at 78. Gionta and Gomez are golden together and will be the nucleus from which to build on. (Poor guy must have missed out on those.) The next team will be better than the last one, but we've got a ways to go to get to where the Swedes, Canucks, Russians, and Czechs are. But miracles can happen!
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Tigerfan
Member
11-06-2003
| Wednesday, October 04, 2006 - 12:56 pm
Good point my sweetest Cin I love doing all those things together! Now, if we could just find a bar that has OLN just kidding, but it's funny how many dont. Heh, Yes, miracles can/do happen...1980 comes to mind 
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Marysafan
Member
08-07-2000
| Wednesday, October 04, 2006 - 5:18 pm
I saw the funniest commercial on Versus (OLN) tonight. A man is the bathroom brushing his teeth. He finishes up and walks into the bedroom to see his wife sitting up in bed reading a book. Next to her is sitting Peter Forsberg in all his hockey gear. Man: Why is Peter Forsberg in our bed? Wife: Oh he's just here to let us know that tonight is the start of the season. Peter, can you get the light? Peter uses his hockey stick to smash lamp to pieces.
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Donners
Member
09-15-2006
| Thursday, October 05, 2006 - 1:46 am
ROFLMAO!!! That's awesome. I was just happy to see the Flashdance/"What A Feeling" ads, welcoming hockey back. And even though my Leafs lost, it was so good to be sitting there, beer in hand, watching sticks on the ice. I love this time of year.
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Marysafan
Member
08-07-2000
| Friday, October 06, 2006 - 8:01 pm
Headline in the Detroit Freepress: "Stevie, Come Back!" LOVE the Flashdance commerical.
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Karen
Member
09-07-2004
| Friday, October 06, 2006 - 8:13 pm
Leafs mighta lost their opening game, Donners... but a 6-0 game the next night is some kind of sweet redemption!
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Sherbabe
Member
07-28-2002
| Monday, October 09, 2006 - 8:37 pm
hey mary and all......go to msn.com there is an article there from fox sports about hockey and why the american public does not buy it. very interesting. don't know how to post a link, but the writer's name is ian donnell, i think.
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Marysafan
Member
08-07-2000
| Tuesday, October 10, 2006 - 7:29 am
Thanks for the heads up Sherbabe. I'm on my way.
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Karen
Member
09-07-2004
| Tuesday, October 10, 2006 - 12:47 pm
Link to Sherbabe's Article mentioned above.
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Karen
Member
09-07-2004
| Tuesday, October 10, 2006 - 12:50 pm
Oops -- the link I posted isn't to the article -- it's commentary on the article Sherbabe mentioned. THIS is the article in question.
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Tigerfan
Member
11-06-2003
| Tuesday, October 10, 2006 - 1:32 pm
Heck yeah Hockey fans are the best fans !! It is sad that it doesn't do well on TV, but nothing comapares to seeing it in person. We love our teams with a passion like no other. Here's proof:

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Marysafan
Member
08-07-2000
| Wednesday, October 11, 2006 - 4:07 pm
So Tigerfan...when the Wings play the Yotes...who do you pull for?
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Sherbabe
Member
07-28-2002
| Wednesday, October 11, 2006 - 5:44 pm
My husband drove up to Detroit today to see the Wing game. He was so excited. Go Wings....Go Tigers!
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Marysafan
Member
08-07-2000
| Wednesday, October 11, 2006 - 6:27 pm
Your hubby has to be having a great time. After 2 periods Wings are up 7-1!! Tigerfan, I feel your pain. I have Cujo in on one of my fantasy teams. Figures the Wings would wait until tonight to fix that broken power play and find the back of the net. OUCH! This is gonna hurt. Congrats to Schneider on the hat trick!!
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Tigerfan
Member
11-06-2003
| Thursday, October 12, 2006 - 6:49 am
Mary, it's a bittersweet situation. While I will always pull for the 'Yotes, I find myself in awe of the way the Wings skate. They are truly amazing. The way they handle the puck and work as a unit is a thing of beauty. You can't help but have the utmost respect for them. Cindori is one of their biggest fans, I get a kick out of watching her root for them, she gets this sparkle in her eyes that is priceless. I thank her for being a gracious winner. I felt so bad for Cujo, especially being a former Red Wing. He looked so helpless. In his defense, there is no stopping the kind of shots they were taking. I was surprised to learn that the Coyotes are 9-6-4 in Detroit. You couldn't tell by the way they played last night. It was like the Wings were playing a farm team from the AHL. Total domination. The Coyotes would do well to take the tape of that game and watch it over and over and learn from it, that is how hockey is played. Gretzky should take a lesson from their coach, uncross your arms and act like you care about your team, talk to your players!! All that being said, I look forward to seeing them play here in February! Go 'Yotes! Go Wings! 
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Karen
Member
09-07-2004
| Saturday, October 14, 2006 - 7:54 pm
Oh my, Sundin!! Congratulations to you! Mats scored his 500th career goal tonight. Game winning goal. In overtime. Shorthanded. The third of the evening, to make it a hattrick. You can't write better stories than this. Congrats, Mats!! 
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Flint
Member
10-04-2000
| Thursday, November 23, 2006 - 9:15 am
I got to watch a lot of hockey while I was back home for 6 months. Now that I am back in Korea...I am watching more hockey thanks to TVU. I am watching hockey every day. There have been sooooo many good games. Of course I am still, have been, and always will be a Habs fan. 
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