May 2011
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Two Trips A Year To The Peg
While Celebrations in Winnipeg get underway, it’s worth noting that hockey fans from the Peach State weren’t the only one’s who lost with today’s announcement that True North Sports and Entertainment has acquired the Atlanta Thrashers…
With two away games next season diverted from Atlanta to Manitoba, the Islanders stand to lose:
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1. About 80 degrees Fahrenheit (I...
Five Lists of Five from Moulson and Quick's visit...
I had the pleasure of escorting Matt Moulson and Jonathan Quick on their media tour yesterday at the NHL offices in Manhattan.
While this post was initially intended to be a behind-the-scenes narrative of their day, two important facts have come to my attention:
1. The Islanders official site has great coverage from the event, including videos, photos and stories.
2. Short, informative...
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A Quick Wish List...
With Nassau County Executive Edward P. Mangano announcing his plan for a “world-class sports-entertainment destination center” today, I thought the future building’s designers could use a few suggestions from a guy that’s recently taken a pretty comprehensive tour of the NHL’s best arenas.
I won’t bother with the requisites of today’s modern arenas, like wide concourses, decadent executive suites,...
Making Our Own Fun... at least trying to
This blog is based loosely on the notion that being around the Islanders is phenomenally entertaining. In fact, my whole job is loosely based on that notion. So what happens when you take a six-person communications department that’s used to spending hours a day (and night) at the rink, and chain them to their desks in the windowless bowels of the Coliseum? We restlessly attempt to make our own...
