Hi all, I anyone has the English version of this book, I would love to see the pages on Demers' time in the WHA -- especially his days in Indianapolis. Any and...
Leave it to the NHL to pull one over on hockey journalists - most of whom do not know the sport well enough to know that the NHL is back up to its usual...
... The English version will be released mid-February. For those who haven't heard, Demers confesses that, to this day, he can barely read or write. He's...
Ahh... now it becomes clearer... it's a vehicle for acquiring cheap real estate, and having that pay for the teams. And it works so well when Ottawa's founders...
Putting Alfie with Spezz and Heat is just sick. Coach Murray has been trying to avoid it, saying he didn't want all the production on 1 line. If Havlat ...
Even the Tampa Bay Lightning were part of a valuable land deal a few years back when they were bottomfeeders... ... __________________________________ Yahoo!...
It is a smart approach. It deflects the issue away from the hockey, sort of as I suggested with the apparel. The CHL merged with Global Management and is into...
Hey there Folks, Last night (November 2nd, 2005), game 1 of the Hockey Hall of Fame Legends Classic Tour 2005 took place at the MTS Centre in Winnipeg,...
Tonight former NHLer Grant Ledyard and the Winnipeg Jets teams that won the WHA championship in 1975-76, 1977-78 and 1978-79 will be inducted into the Manitoba...
Who knew that Don Cherry and the higher courts of the Commonwealth of Virginia would end up on the same side of a question? Instead of Virginia is for lovers,...
Agreed; fighting is against the rules, just like hooking. Hence, a penalty is awarded for both infractions. Fighting is prohibited, but not banned. Keith...
But a ban _is_ a prohibition. It might, on the other hand, be fair to say that fighting is prohibited, but not nonexistent. It is interesting that the appeals...
... I think a ban is one step further than a ban. In international hockey, say the Olympics, why is there no fighting? Because it is banned. Does a player...
sorry - a ban is one step further than prohibition...is what I emant to right in my last post... Keith Lenn, The Hockey Collector hockeycollector@......
All that speaks to is a variation on the degree of punishment. Again, returning to murder. In Canada, the federal Criminal Code calls for a maximum penalty of...
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Ditto in the NCAA a player is tossed... This is no surprise to me at all. Fighting is against the rules with a nod and wink in pro hockey. Anyone who went into...
In a message dated 11/3/2005 9:24:05 AM Pacific Standard Time, ... Just to clarify, the CHL is owned by Global Entertainment. That company was started by the...
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... The courts decide if something is "integral" to a sport independently from what the sport's governing bodies think. One obvious example is the 2001 (U.S.)...
Your example does not yield a clear-cut answer. Would the goalie be responsible? Morally and technically, yes. Criminally? Hard to say, but not impossible. The...
I don't know how much of a blow it is to fighting. In then end it still pays for itself. We have seen fighting go down this year but not due to any real ...
... I'd say the second. But what I think what they meant was it is de facto an expected part of the game both on the part of fans and participants. To...
Yes I should have worded that better. Thanks Brian! And this points out the difference between the WHA venture and the CHL one. ICC was pre existent. Unless...
Not a blow to fighting. Only to the credibility of those who run the game. ... -- Lloyd Davis Communications 304-115 Danforth Ave., Toronto, ON M4K 1N2 416...
And before Mr. Holzman jumps in, I'll say it for him. Not a particularly damaging blow. <g> ... -- Lloyd Davis Communications 304-115 Danforth Ave., Toronto,...
I think it is only a blow to a VERY cheap owner...again anyone who seriously didn't believe that this is the situation before the case probably leaves cake out...
