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Is there not a running NHL season thread?

Discussion in 'Sports and News' started by da man, Oct 9, 2015.

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  1. Huggy

    Huggy Well-Known Member

    Leaf fans have no trouble judging their current team after three games. Or one even. Maybe none.
     
    Huggy, Oct 14, 2015
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  2. Liut

    Liut Well-Known Member

    I've watched two of the three and what struck me was how poorly the Kings' power play performed.

    I still think Justin Williams' on-the-ice and in-the-room leadership will be greatly missed.
     
    Liut, Oct 15, 2015
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  3. JC

    JC Well-Known Member

    Maybe they aren't use to playing without coke in their system.
     
    JC, Oct 15, 2015
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  4. Liut

    Liut Well-Known Member

    Watched the Islanders' Barclays Center debut and was pleasantly surprised to hear the voice of the great Jiggs McDonald. I guess with Howie Rose handling the Mets' playoff run, Jiggs was brought in to do the games. I've been listening to him dating back to his stint with the Atlanta Flames. I was too young to catch him in Los Angeles, but Jiggs once regaled me in some Jack Kent Cooke stories.

    One of the greats and a damn good guy.
     
    Liut, Oct 15, 2015
    #40
  5. The Big Ragu

    The Big Ragu Moderator Staff Member

    I was growing up not far from the Nassau Coliseum during the 1980s, with Jiggs McDonald doing the play-by-play and Eddie Westfall doing the color commentary. Stan Fischler was the studio guy.
     
    The Big Ragu, Oct 15, 2015
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  6. Liut

    Liut Well-Known Member

    That's cool, Ragu. As I recall it, Jiggs had no interest in following the Flames to Calgary and landed the Islanders' job at one hell of a time to get it, didn't he? I watched him do Flames games on Ted Turner's WTCG, then the Isles on WOR. Fond memories from my childhood. Loved Jiggs with Boom Boom in the ATL; loved him with Westfall, too.
     
    Liut, Oct 15, 2015
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  7. The Big Ragu

    The Big Ragu Moderator Staff Member

    When I was probably about 12 or 13, during the postgame on Sportschannel, they would do a call in -- with Jiggs and Stan Fischler, I believe, answering questions. I was way into those teams -- and I started calling into the postgame show almost every night -- often getting on the air with them. I guess they knew I was a little kid, and they started to recognize me, and one time after they went off the air, the phone rang back (wall phone in the kitchen) and one of them told me I had been chosen for a prize for asking the best question of the night -- and they sent me a package with some fan gear. I am guessing the best question of the night thing was BS and they just recognized that I was a little kid. But I am not sure. Either way, it was really nice.

    The wild thing is that I got away from where I grew up when I was 18 and really never went back. I also fell out of love with hockey during the 1990s. I didn't hate it, but I didn't follow closely. When I finally rediscovered it, I started following the Rangers, and they are my team now. I am pretty ambivalent toward the Islanders, especially in Brooklyn.
     
    The Big Ragu, Oct 15, 2015
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  8. ChrisLong

    ChrisLong Well-Known Member

    Whenever any of the old Kings' announcers get together, the conversation always becomes Jack Kent Cooke stories: I'm talking about Jiggs, Bob Miller, Dan Avey, Rich Marotta, Pete Weber. And there are also a few George Maguire tales, like the time the team stayed at the Loew's hotel in NY and there was a phone in the bathroom. Maguire: "This is great. I can make trades while I'm taking a shit."
     
    ChrisLong, Oct 15, 2015
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  9. da man

    da man Well-Known Member

    Jiggs and Boom was the greatest combination in the history of hockey broadcasting. And Boomer's commercials for Colonial Lincoln-Mercury were comedy gold.

    BTW, I really like Darryl Reaugh here in Dallas (he was very, very good with Ralph Strangis), but he's no Boom Boom.
     
    da man, Oct 15, 2015
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  10. Songbird

    Songbird Well-Known Member

    "We're going to do it like Patrick Kane!"

     
    Songbird, Oct 16, 2015
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  11. BDC99

    BDC99 Well-Known Member

    They aren't even in the same ballpark. :)
     
    BDC99, Oct 16, 2015
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  12. JimmyHoward33

    JimmyHoward33 Well-Known Member

    What's wrong with the Ducks? No goals on 91 shots and 0 fer. Ugly.
     
    JimmyHoward33, Oct 17, 2015
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