Saturday, November 22, 2003
OH JOY
I'm listening to the Heritage Hockey Classic right now and I wish I could be watching it on national TV, but such is not the case in the States. If I was back in Brem, I could flip on the CBC and watch it, but alas, no such dice in EBurg.
Lemme tell ya though, it gave me chills to hear Mark Messier, Guy Lafleur, and Wayne Gretzky's names announced, especially with the little bio-line they gave them before the announcements. Gretzky's had something close to "he is the NHL's all-time leading scorer, with over 1000 more points than the nearest player..."
Gretzky has won the opening faceoff. The radio announcer -- "he's still got it."
Here's what the Canucks remember about outdoor hockey as kids. There's a part where Trevor Linden says the games would be called off if the temperature got below minus-18 Celsius. The temperature in Edmonton right now is minus-20.6 Celsius.
The announcers are having trouble seeing the numbers on the old-school Habs jerseys. The colors clash -- there's a lot of dark colors.
And here's the ESPN take on the Classic...
And the official site of the whole deal.
A little cartoon about the whole deal.
Lemme tell ya though, it gave me chills to hear Mark Messier, Guy Lafleur, and Wayne Gretzky's names announced, especially with the little bio-line they gave them before the announcements. Gretzky's had something close to "he is the NHL's all-time leading scorer, with over 1000 more points than the nearest player..."
Gretzky has won the opening faceoff. The radio announcer -- "he's still got it."
Here's what the Canucks remember about outdoor hockey as kids. There's a part where Trevor Linden says the games would be called off if the temperature got below minus-18 Celsius. The temperature in Edmonton right now is minus-20.6 Celsius.
The announcers are having trouble seeing the numbers on the old-school Habs jerseys. The colors clash -- there's a lot of dark colors.
And here's the ESPN take on the Classic...
And the official site of the whole deal.
A little cartoon about the whole deal.
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