Dudes. I am alive. Very busy. I have much to share. Most of it non Goon related. I am going to the Lake to drink and fish this weekend, but I’ll be back Sunday. I will post some stuff then. I hope all is well. Hockey is almost here!
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Bob Probert's Funeral: Farewell to a Legend
Remembering the greatest hockey enforcer of all time: Bob Probert.
Return of the Goons
I guess we can call this the Goonblog 2013 Stanley Cup Special, or, 2013 Playoffs: How I lost all Respect for Sidney Crosby. Either way, I'm feeling creative, so, here we are. Where have I been you ask? You care? Let's get up to speed.
In 2011 my daughter Caroline was born - and the Bruins went on a magical run to win Lord Stanley's Cup. Fast forward to the end of 2012, and Victoria is born. Now the Bruins are marching their way back to the coveted Cup once again. Every time I have a chil...
Turn out the Lights
Finally the Bruins have gotten on the board with a fight last night in Chicago. Nice work by Gregory Campbell to try to spark the boys. Not much of a scrap, but good on Soupy to get it started. The fight I wanted to talk about happened Thursday between Pittsburgh's Arron Asham, and Washington's Jay Beagle. It was a bit of a one sided affair, and the fight got the hockey world talking. Personally, I thought it was a good scrap, and had to be done, but others don't see it that way.
The fight st...
Turning the Page
We are now 9 games into the NHL season, and there has been a total of 1 fight. One. Uno. That's not a lot. It was a decent scrap in yesterday afternoon's contest between LA's Kyle Clifford, and the Rangers Brandon Prust. I am not here to offer any analysis on why there has only been one fight, I'm just saying, there hasn't been many.
https://youtu.be/NpGTNXVIHGM
The Flyers and Bruins sure could have used one the other night. I was certain Andy Ference and Zac Rinaldo were going to have i...
Michael P. Russell 1975-2011
Well, I hate to do it again with the bad news about a hockey player dying, but here we go. An old friend of mine from way back in the day was killed in a car accident last Saturday night. Of all the deaths over this summer, the death of Mike Russell hits the hardest. Mike was 36, had a wife and 2 kids, and was my best friend growing up. He will be missed.
I don't know exactly when and where Mike and I met. I would assume it was the early 80's, at either a soccer field, or a hockey rink. Mike'...
i am a pirates fan and you could see pretty much that trevor gillies days as a pirate where numbered.. they picked up mike hoffman midway through the season and sent trevor to augusta for like a week and came back and scored a few goals.. nows hes in albany.. then again portland pretty much pissed away a lot of players at mid season .. they didnt make the playoffs but the ducks got there cup.. loved trevor to death but the business side of the game is brutal.. he will be missed.. I like what hoffman brings to the table.. sorta like a Cam Neely type..real quite but he will drop the gloves with anything in the building..
Great website…haven’t seen many that still believe that the aggressiveness of hockey is still (or should be) part of the game.
I grew up a Rangers fan in south New Jersey (Flyers country) cutting Orest Kinderchuck’s lawn and my dad drinking coffee with Bobby Clarke at the local Seven Eleven in the mid-Seventies. SITTING in those games made a great impression on my love of the game…so with that….
Keep up the blogging and looking forward to the season to hit!
The Dark Ranger
Don’t get too drunk! Remember drinking and boating can be a bad combo!
Next thing you know , your hook will be in your buddies lip and you’ll be swimming up shit creek without a paddle!
Cheers have fun!
Hey Chris, Catch A San Jose Shark for the home team will ya.
Remember when I said I liked my new Sony? Well, forget that bullshit. That thing sucks. MOL was using the other computer, so no post. I will have something tonight. I promise.
Hey Chris, not even married yet and you already kicked your goon buddies to the curb?