Written by: Larry “The Nucks IceMan” Johnson It’s like knowing that you have to go get that tooth out or a root canal and finally the day arrives. I’ve talked about it in the past, this “Road Trip Extraordinaire” that takes place before and after the Olympics, and now here is part one. February 2010 Date [...]
Filed under: Opinion | Comments Off
Written by: Larry “The Nucks IceMan” Johnson For those of you that may have forgotten what the Hart Trophy is, it’s awarded annually to the player most valuable to his team. You would definitely have to say that Vancouver Canucks Henrik Sedin, is that to his team. Not only does he sport a +23 [...]
Filed under: Opinion | Comments Off
David Backes Written by: Larry “The Nucks IceMan” Johnson There is a rumour circulating in Vancouver, first aired on TEAM 1040, that the St. Louis Blues and Vancouver Canucks are looking at a trade that would involve Blues David Backes for Canucks goalie prospect, Cory Schnieder. It was not that long ago, July 1st of [...]
Filed under: Vancouver Canucks | Comments Off
Written by: Larry “The Nucks IceMan” Johnson I’ve been sitting here thinking about what has happened to hockey with the violent tendencies and disrespect for fellow players. The Patrice Cormier incident was the most recent and as I watch the hit to the jaw of Mikael Tam and then the subsequent convulsions of Tam as [...]
Filed under: NHL | Comments Off
Written by: Larry “The Nucks IceMan” Johnson I realize this is a couple of days after it was aired but I only got to view it today as the pub I was at did not show it, so I was not aware of this until Sunday. So I’m watching this replay of the interview (Parts [...]
Filed under: NHL | Comments Off
Written by: “The Icelander” For a change of pace, the Icelander is going off-road here (the Icelander is The IceMan’s blog-editor…oh, and his wife too). Instead of the usual observations of the hockey game, the Icelander comments on those that call themselves professional sports, in this case hockey, TV journalists. In particular I speak of the TV interviewers. [...]
Filed under: NHL | Comments Off
