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Post by cert. murse aphex on Mar 3, 2006 9:11:17 GMT -5
WTF happened to the mexican smiley, I can't see it. AHA! North American conspiracy!  Huh! Mexico is part of North America too!   |
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Post by Lee on Mar 7, 2006 17:03:25 GMT -5
It's a very sad story. I'm not a fan of Theo Fleury (quite incredible as he started his career in Calgary when I was there) but *sigh* sports.espn.go.com/nhl/news/story?id=2356682Fleury vows he won't 'return to this league'SportsTicker BASINGSTOKE, England -- Former NHL star and Olympic gold medalist Theo Fleury again made the headlines in British hockey on Saturday. After being in the spotlight for all the wrong reasons a few weeks ago following his alleged verbal abuse toward fans in the Belfast Giants' clash at the Coventry Blaze and his recent tantrum in a packed Odyssey Arena, Fleury found himself being thrown out of the game early again. After receiving a straightforward two-minute penalty for elbowing from referee Mike Hicks, Fleury argued the call and refused to take his place in the penalty box before being assessed an additional 10-minute misconduct. When the Basingstoke Bison scored an empty-net goal later that game, Fleury got the puck from the net and intentionally fired it toward the referee, missing his head by only inches. A second misconduct penalty and automatic expulsion from the rest of the game followed before he lost it completely and threatened the officials, for which he received an additional match penalty. Fleury, who repeatedly reminds officials that he is the only star in the league and should be protected by them, turned out to be one of the hardest players to control. Although Fleury's hockey skills are shown on the scoring charts with 22 goals and 55 assists in just 35 games, he has also accumulated 217 penalty minutes, of which at least half are for misconduct. After a great NHL career with a troublesome finish in his late 30s, it seemed likely that Fleury would never play professional hockey again. When personal friend Jim Yarowski got involved with the Giants, Fleury was handed another lifeline and player-coach Ed Courteney welcomed the former Chicago Blackhawk into his lineup after Elite League officials pulled all strings available to get his work permit sorted. Fleury has since criticized the league and its on-ice officials and has stated he will "not return to this league ever again." |
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Post by Lee on Mar 7, 2006 17:42:56 GMT -5
NHL mailbag from TSN.ca www.tsn.ca/nhl/news_story/?ID=157433&hubname=nhlI'm an Islanders fan in Ireland who goes to see the Belfast Giants a couple of times a year. So I'm not sure what you meant last week by "If the Theo Fleury experiment had worked out a little better ..." He tops the League in scoring even though he missed the first two weeks of the season, and the Giants are in first place. Sure, he's had hiccups, but that's to be expected from him. Given all this, can you see Britain becoming a retirement home for aging NHLers, the way Germany has been for the past few years? Thanks, Richard, Dublin Richard, My judgement on the Fleury Experiment was coming on the heels of fans taunting Fleury, his attempts to get into the stands to get after relentless heckling fans and talk that there was "no way" he'd ever return (and this was before his recent suspension for shooting the puck at a referee). I suppose in the grand scheme of things, some of these things could have been expected. As for whether or not Britain becomes a haven for aging NHLers, it will all come down to money. If the league pays enough to compete with leagues in Germany, Switzerland, Italy and so on, then the British league will see its calibre of play improve. - SC |
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Post by cert. murse aphex on Mar 8, 2006 6:29:05 GMT -5
 Kenta 'Mr Magic' Nilsson, if you remember him, played in the Spanish hockey league I think, when he was like 47. |
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Post by Vera on Mar 10, 2006 2:16:13 GMT -5
Given all this, can you see Britain becoming a retirement home for aging NHLers, the way Germany has been for the past few years? Thanks, Richard, Dublin Is that a problem? I'm sure Canada and US are retirement homes for the Brit footballers . |
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Post by Lee on Mar 14, 2006 0:56:36 GMT -5
After narrowly blowing off a 3-0 lead, winning 4-3 vs Avs, the Flames will start the terrible 11 days/7 games road trip in the middle of March.
I will be happy if they have a .500 result on this road trip.
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Post by Lee on Mar 14, 2006 19:03:06 GMT -5
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Post by Vera on Mar 17, 2006 2:18:03 GMT -5
Should I even bother to whine about my team? Pathetic is all I can say! Effortlessly driving themselves out of the playoff. Well done!  |
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Post by Lee on Mar 17, 2006 10:44:56 GMT -5
Should I even bother to whine about my team? Pathetic is all I can say! Effortlessly driving themselves out of the playoff. Well done!  |
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Post by Lee on Mar 18, 2006 22:37:33 GMT -5
:red: :red: Quite a record that Flames managed to score 4 goals. But unfortunately, they gave up 9. Poor Boucher, the goalie with longest shutout record in NHL. :red: :red:
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