For many years, I enjoyed the hockey in much the same way as my Australian Shepherd, Duchess enjoys examining a new bug. Sort of with a “hey, look at that. What else is on?” attitude.
That was before my college days, when a guy I worked with at the University newspaper would bring his recreational hockey gear into the office after a game. The stink from his equipment was like death encased in Joy Behar’s colon. It was literally unbearable, and I was once a commercial fisherman, mind you.
Since then, I’ve been of the opinion hockey should be abolished. First of all, the players all must adore skating around that rink wrapped in their own filth. That gear they wear under their jerseys just sucks in bodily fluids. It’s nasty.
Plus, as far as the NHL is concerned, well, if I’m going to spend a chunk of time watching Eastern Europeans perform, there better be a trapeze and dancing bear involved.
So it was nice to see that the NHL All-Star Game was outshined by a golf news story about Tiger Woods possibly missing the British Open due to the birth of his first child. Think the British Open would be outshined if Lubomir Visnovsky was debating missing a big game?
It’s a small victory, but when the NHL’s best combine for 21 goals and get shown up by Tiger possibly missing a golf tournament several months from now, I get a warm feeling. I know it’s yet another sign that hockey will be eradicated in my lifetime, taking that nasty-ass equipment with it.
–WKW
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For the time being, does anyone wanna see me make a sweet save from my college hockey days as a goalie at IU????
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lf8Ege8hzf8
By the way? You may have wanted to wait to catch the morning recording of Sportscenter before trumpeting Tiger coverage over the All-Star Game. Guess what's at about the 12 minute mark of SC, nearly 20 minutes before Tiger coverage? You guessed it; Barry Melrose, his mullet, and the sport you seem to hate.
If you are going to denegrate a sport and it's fans, why even mention Tiger
Woods. I'm almost sure you don't speak for him.
As for Eastern Europeans, I guess it is as interesting as watchcing Chinese basketball superstars or Japanese superstar baseball players or Corean LPGA players or....
As for the NHL All-Star game... you are so right.
J.P. Corbeil
(you guessed it): Montréal
Face it mullett heads nobody watches or cares about hockey.