HockeyRhetoric

I watched the first period of Saturday night’s game on the television at home so I was listening to Rick Jeanneret and Harry Neale call the game. Chris Thorburn scored a weird goal for the Thrashers in that period. It was a shot taken from a bad angle and struck the white padding that covers the upper bar — top corner. The padding made a muffled sound and the puck popped right back out after only just crossing the goal line. At first glance it didn’t look like it went in. An overhead look showed the goal’s legitimacy. » Read the rest of this entry «

I grew up watching Dominik Hasek. Actually, I should say I grew up listening to Hasek. I’m not sure when Empire Sports Network started broadcasting Sabres games, but my parents didn’t get cable until I was about twelve-years-old. Even when they finally did, I wasn’t allowed to stay up late enough to watch the finish of most games. My point is that when I would listen to the Sabres on the radio, and I never missed a game, Hasek was great almost every single night it seemed. I have a lot of memories listening to the radio as a kid, under the sheets, with the lights out, hearing RJ’s voice rise on every dramatic save by Hasek. » Read the rest of this entry «