-> On 15 Feb 09  07:15:00, PETER COGGON got back to DAN CEPPA 
-> Re: Taglines

 PC> at the bench by players in my day would have been a bench penalty
 PC> for delay of game, as after a goal...we slap each other for a great
 PC> job...but we are expected at center for a faceoff....whereby today
 PC> they have this skate by...punk rock music pumping, and it seems
 PC> a show and way to get fans and players pumped up...

And don't forget the time outs for commercials!  

 PC> Hard to figure out....just where the NHL and hockey are going
 PC> but then I like the Eurpoean leagues and their setup.
 
I couldn't say.  I haven't watched any hockey in some time.  I've seen 
just enough to know that I hate the shoot-offs they use to break 
tied games.  

 PC> Goaltenders are a breed apart.   Even their skates are not sharpened
 PC> the way ours are.    I can not remember what other sports the
 PC> Goalies played to help them..just saw them throwing the ball back
 PC> and forth or off a wall.   Yeah being a catcher in baseball would
 PC> have helped, but then thats for a Goalie to say.

With the pitchers I caught for, they would feel right at home! 

 DC> As to rinks, have you ever been to the Boston Area?  No, not 
 DC> Boston Gardens.  

 PC> Boston Gardens is small.   I have no idea what the area rinks are

The Boston Arena's rink was shaped like an elipse.  Thgere were no straight
boards.  Pucks took strange paths off the boards.  As it was, the goals were 
placed at the 2 focal points.  


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