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Characters

On May 19, 2013June 1, 2013 By Rich CrowleyIn Cuss words, Humour, MoviesLeave a comment

Ogie Ogilthorpe - one of the greatest characters the game has ever known.   I love the movie Slapshot.   It was such a parody of the game and life itself.  While a little hard to listen to unless you are a longshoreman, like the movie Rocky, it's a collection of funny scenes, one after …

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Scorers, Not

On May 14, 2013June 1, 2013 By Rich CrowleyIn Humour, NHL'ersLeave a comment

Guys who just couldn't score - Matt Stajan (ever), and for one season in Montreal, Scott Gomez.  Or as Tiger Williams once said of Bob Gainey, "He couldn't shoot it in the ocean if he fell out of a boat."

Funny Guys

On May 5, 2013June 1, 2013 By Rich CrowleyIn Humour, NHL'ersLeave a comment

Who was a funnier interview - Brett Hull or Jeremy Roenick?

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