All Posts Tagged With: "hockey games"

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Vacation Beckons . . .

I had been hoping to have installment two of the Arena Saga up by now, but the draft, free agency, and the Rick Nash brouhaha got in my way, and that darn work stuff did the same. So, I am off for 8 days of vacation with the family, heading to Ft. Lauderdale, Cozumel, Costa [...]

July 3rd, 2009 | | 1 comment | Continued
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Nothing Is Ever Easy . . .

As the 3rd period was beginning tonight, my thoughts were along the following lines: “Gee, this is great. A 4 – 1 lead after playing two great periods of hockey, and no need to have the cardiologist on call, for a change. We always dominate the third period.”My profound apologies to the CBJ faithful for [...]

February 19th, 2009 | | 1 comment | Continued
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55 Minutes

The Jackets learned a hard lesson last night — hockey games are 60 minutes, not 55. After playing a really strong, solid game, for the most part, for 55 minutes, we lost our focus and paid the price. First, the good. After taking a bit of time to adjust to the pace, we found our [...]

January 21st, 2009 | | 1 comment | Continued