Archive for the ‘hockey’ Category
October 8th, 2008 by
Miss604
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There are only five songs left in the search for the next Hockey Night in Canada theme song. John and I were going through them the other day and I believe we both have the same favourite. The semifinalists have all had their entries beefed up by producer Bob Rock but you can still view [...]
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Posted in canada, cbc, contests, hockey, music
October 7th, 2008 by
Miss604
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A few weeks ago we mentioned a special photo shoot we had at GM Place and now you are able to see JJ, Alanah, DaveO, John and me as featured bloggers and podcasters on the Canucks’ official website.
As it turns out, they’ve extended the FanZone campaign to outdoor advertising, including bus stops, Skytrain stations [...]
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Tags: the crazy canucks
Posted in canucks, contests, hockey, transit, vancouver
September 30th, 2008 by
Miss604
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What do Orland Kurtenbach, Andre Boudrias, Chris Oddleifson, Don Lever, Kevin McCarthy, Stan Smyl, Dan Quinn, Doug Lidster, Trevor Linden, Mark Messier, and Markus Naslund have in common? They’ve all worn the “C” for the Canucks since we entered the league in 1970.
This morning at a press conference at GM Place the organization announced [...]
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Posted in canucks, hockey, poll, vancouver
September 24th, 2008 by
Miss604
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The official snaps won’t be in the Vancouver Sun until tomorrow morning however earlier today I had the pleasure of traipsing around downtown with John, Jeff, and Alanah and meeting all kinds of Canucks thanks to Raise a Reader Day.
“The Canwest Raise-a-Reader program has excellent momentum and this year, on the morning of Wednesday, September [...]
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Posted in canucks, charity, hockey, vancouver
September 16th, 2008 by
Miss604
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A while ago I mentioned a photoshoot that us Crazy Canucks had at GM Place along with Richard Loat, well the pics are now up on the official Canucks website in the FanZone section.
You can listen to our first podcast of our third season, which was recorded and published Monday night with everyone on the [...]
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Tags: hockey, the crazy canucks
Posted in canucks, hockey, podcast, the crazy canucks, vancouver
September 9th, 2008 by
Miss604
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My weekly Hockey Stars post is now up and it discusses team logos and hockey jersey pride. I originally wanted to include a blurb about how in the locally-filmed movie, Happy Gilmore (during the opening credits), Adam Sandler is sporting a Surrey Minor Hockey jersey. Unfortunately I couldn’t find the clip anywhere online so I [...]
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Tags: hockey, surrey, whatthesurrey
Posted in hockey, surrey, whatthesurrey
September 4th, 2008 by
Miss604
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Yesterday John wrote a great warm up post for the 2008-2009 season of the Vancouver Canucks. If that wasn’t enough to get you riled up (in a good or bad way) this also just so happens to be season 3 of The Crazy Canucks podcast.
We have quite a bit brewing for our faithful listeners, [...]
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Tags: canucks, thecrazycanucks
Posted in canucks, hockey, podcast, the crazy canucks, vancouver
September 3rd, 2008 by
Miss604
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Not only can you find some posts I’ve written on Techvibes and E!Online, but I’ve now added amateur hockey to my portfolio.
Last month HockeyStars was launched, with a focus on minor hockey in Canada they offer games, money solutions for teams, and an online community for teams.
HockeyStars.com is a website devoted to the amateur [...]
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Tags: hockeystars
Posted in bc, canada, hockey, vancouver
July 3rd, 2008 by
Miss604
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New York took the Stanley Cup from under our noses in 1994, our beloved Captain Canuck went to the Islanders in 1998 and as of this afternoon the Rangers have scooped up our free agent captain, Markus Naslund.
Photo credit: John Bollwitt on Flickr
Markus Naslund signed a two-year deal with the New York Rangers today—New York [...]
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Tags: canucks, hockey
Posted in canucks, hockey, vancouver
June 23rd, 2008 by
Miss604
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On Friday I was over at the Strutta event tucked into an office with DaveO while his brother fed us draft updates over the phone. I admit I was much more involved in the processed when the event was held in Vancouver but nevertheless, there were some interesting results.
Continuing my Surrey love-fest this morning, it’s [...]
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Posted in canucks, hockey, surrey, vancouver