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Ian and I are leaving at dark:30 tomorrow morning to drive up to Everett Washington to watch a Western Hockey League (WHL) pre-season tourney. 9 games in 3 days. Other than the fact it will be fun to hang out for a weekend like that, it should also be interesting seeing this with Ian. Because of his involvement with Mountain View Ice Arena, he knows a number of the Portland Winterhawk players as well as some of the kids that are playing for the other five teams that will be represented. There will also be scouts, agents, and other people of that ilk there who he's aware of, so it will be a situation of the father learning from the son over the next few days.
I'll be back late Sunday night (early Monday morning?), but we have Labor Day off. So you'll see me return sometime around them...
Ian and I are leaving at dark:30 tomorrow morning to drive up to Everett Washington to watch a Western Hockey League (WHL) pre-season tourney. 9 games in 3 days. Other than the fact it will be fun to hang out for a weekend like that, it should also be interesting seeing this with Ian. Because of his involvement with Mountain View Ice Arena, he knows a number of the Portland Winterhawk players as well as some of the kids that are playing for the other five teams that will be represented. There will also be scouts, agents, and other people of that ilk there who he's aware of, so it will be a situation of the father learning from the son over the next few days.
I'll be back late Sunday night (early Monday morning?), but we have Labor Day off. So you'll see me return sometime around them...
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This is where trivia comes in for all you hockey fans. Rememeber the movie "Slapshot"? Well this movies was based on the old NAHL and the characters , even the Hanson brothers, were real, larger than life players in the league. I got to interview Rod Bloomfield of the Dusters for my elenetary school newspaper. He was Paul Newman's stunbt double in the movie.
Take a look at "Reel life" vs the "Real Life" at
http://espn.go.com/page2/s/closer/020501.html
Another former Duster, Ken Holland, is now the very successful GM of the Detroit Red Wings:
http://www.detroitredwings.com/thewings/frontoffice/ken_holland.asp
So tell your son to keep these contact/memories. You never know where these guys will end up.
Posted by Christopher Byrne At 07:28:14 On 03/09/2004 | - Website - |