June 2011
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Quick hits from Vegas
The Mayor – You can’t take Doug Weight anywhere. Never mind being constantly stopped in the streets by fans, as were all of the nominees; Dougie couldn’t even walk past another player without slowing down for a stop-and-chat.
Teen Grabner – Michael Grabner’s former billets from Spokane tell great stories about “Teen-Gremlin”. He didn’t speak a lick of English at the start of his first WHL season,...
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Islanders vs. Real Life
I went to a friend’s wedding this weekend and, like everything else in my life, couldn’t help but compare it to a typical team function.
That means it’s time for an exciting episode of “Islanders vs. Real Life”
This week: “The Islanders Pregame Meal vs. A Real Life Wedding”
Before I go any further, a quick message from our sponsor (errrr, my conscience): Let’s get it on paper that the...
The New York Islanders Select...
I recently finished writting press releases for EVERY single possible player that could feasibly be selected by the Islanders in the first round, fifth overall, of this year’s draft. Talk about getting your hopes up… Usually it’s easy to think logically about what players are likely to fall to you, but that drastically changes after you’ve written an extensive bio on Player-X’s record-breaking...
Making a Case for a Sponsor
Considering the likelihood that Justin Johnson, the Islanders Senior VP of Corporate Sponsorships, has a Google Alert set up for his name, it feels like a good time to make my case for Skates On A Plane to get an official sponsor or two (or ten). What’s the payoff for JJ? The world famous Skates On A Plane twitter bump – good for about three (count em, three) new twitter followers every time I...
