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Audio Slideshow: Ducks with the Cup

by Alanah McGinley on 10/13/07 at 07:47 PM ET
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From the LA Times,

One of the unique spoils of winning the NHL’s Stanley Cup is that each player on the championship team gets to take the trophy anywhere he wants. [...]

This summer, Los Angeles Times photographer Robert Gauthier traveled across the U.S. and to Sweden, Finland and Canada with the Ducks players to document the cup’s journey. As a lifelong hockey player, the shot of fan-favorite Teemu Selanne hoisting the cup before a Helsinki crowd of 10,000 made me misty-eyed.

You can view Gauthier’s audio slideshow here.*

*that link should pop up. If not, the direct page link is here.  It also provides numerous, additional audio slideshows.

 

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More Hockey Radio

by Alanah McGinley on 10/12/07 at 03:50 PM ET
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From William Houston at the Globe & Mail,

Two weeks after the debut of Hockey Night In Canada Radio on Sirius, the Hardcore Sports Radio channel on Sirius is set to launch a new prime time hockey talk show with Steve Kouleas as host.

The Kouleas show, which will debut Monday at 10 p.m. EDT, will feature analysts Al Strachan, the hockey writer, and Steve Ludzik, the former NHL player.

Kouleas, Strachan and Ludzik work for The Score Television Network, which owns and operates Hardcore Sports Radio.

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Controlling Content

by Paul on 10/12/07 at 10:17 AM ET
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from the Toronto Star,

Before your eyes begin to glaze over because this column deals with media access, be warned that it’s something all sports fans should be concerned about.

The latest skirmish in the ongoing war between the media and sports rights holders involves the Toronto Maple Leafs, who have banned hand-held video cameras from their dressing room both here and on the road.

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HNIC Goes For The Big Time Look

by Paul on 10/11/07 at 11:51 PM ET
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from William Houston of the Globe and Mail,

Najak says Hockey Night, which stayed with the same programming for more than 10 years, needed a change.

“And the thing is, change doesn’t come without some pain,” he said. “If we had come back with [the previous Hot Stove panel of sportswriters], we wouldn’t have had the energy. I’m not averse to taking risk, and the only way to get some gain is to be unafraid.”...

The objective, Najak said, is to separate the show from the standard hockey telecast — to be different yet entertaining.

“This show has to be representative of the people who watch it,” he said. “And a lot of Canadians don’t like being yelled at. I don’t want it to be like the regular sports show. I want to be big time on Saturday nights. That’s what we’re going for and that’s what we’re going to get to.”

read on... I asked Eric Duhatschek earlier today about his views of HNIC, especially the Hot Stove segment.  You can find the audio interview here...

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A Conversation with Eric Duhatschek

by Alanah McGinley on 10/11/07 at 03:23 PM ET
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Paul talks to Eric Duhatschek of the Globe & Mail this morning about all things hockey including the hit on Kesler last night, CBC’s Satellite Hot Stove and more.  Eric’s also talks about his new book (more info here).

From Eric’s publisher:

Eric Duhatschek was the winner of the Hockey Hall of Fame’s Elmer Ferguson Memorial Award for “distinguished contributions to hockey writing” in 2001. In 2000, after twenty years of writing about the NHL and the Calgary Flames, he joined globeandmail.com, where he writes a five-times-a-week NHL column. A frequent contributor to Hockey Night in Canada’s Satellite Hot Stove segment, he has covered four Winter Olympics, nineteen Stanley Cup finals, every Canada Cup and World Cup since 1981, plus two world championships. Most recently, he was appointed as the newest member of the Hockey Hall of Fame’s annual Selection Committee.

Interview can be heard on the player below, or you can download it directly here.

Update 1:42pm ET -

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Looking At The Blog Box

by Paul on 10/09/07 at 04:57 PM ET
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from Eric McErlain at the NHL Fanhouse,

But if you had taken a trip to the “Blog Box” on Long Island on Saturday night, you would have seen something quite different: A group of fans segregated from the rest of the press who were only allowed guided access to Islanders players and no access to the visiting locker room at all. Most galling of all, many of the box bloggers trooped down to the Islanders locker room wearing Islanders jerseys….

All throughout the SI.com piece, you’ll see claims about how this “experiment”—one that comes complete with a couple of academics from a university in Pennsylvania who ought to be ashamed of themselves—is some sort of incredible innovation in sports media.

That’s actually the last thing that this deserves to be called. Instead, we ought to call it for what it is—a glorified fan club. That this farce is sponsored by Eklund, the least credible voice in sports blogging today, only makes the joke complete.

much more

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ESPN Plays Of The Week

by Paul on 10/09/07 at 04:20 PM ET
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Some great camera action, pretty good stuff!

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Changing Game Times

by Alanah McGinley on 10/09/07 at 03:50 PM ET
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From Tim Wharnsby on the Globe & Mail blog,

So the Leafs-Hurricanes game has an opening puck drop of 7:07 p.m. tonight to accommodate the U.S. network, Versus. We love it. Thirty minutes earlier translates into finishing sooner and possibly having an extra post-game beverage.

Seriously, though, the earlier start does help us newspaper guys. Even though there have been so many technological advances in the past 30 years, newspaper deadlines have been stuck in the same rut. On most occasions when the Leafs weekday home games begin at 7:30 p.m., I don’t have time to stick around to hear the wisdom of Toronto coach Paul Maurice because I have to return to the press box to file my rewrite by 11:05 p.m.

continued… (*Wharnsby finds out what some Leafs fans think)

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Stupid Questions

by Alanah McGinley on 10/09/07 at 02:36 PM ET
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From David Shoalts on his Globe & Mail blog,

Blake has the good fortune, if you can call it that, that it was caught in the chronic, or earliest stage, and can be treated with a drug called Gleevec and he is not expected to miss even one game for the Maple Leafs.

But he had the misfortune of having Damien Goddard of Sportsnet attend his press conference.

Goddard asked Blake if cancer put his “mini-slump” into perspective. Blake, who scored 40 goals for the New York Islanders last season, had yet to score in three games for the Leafs.

As jaws in the Leafs’ media centre dropped, Blake looked incredulous.

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NHL.com- Measuring Your Visits

by Paul on 10/09/07 at 11:04 AM ET
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from Marketwire via CNNMoney,

Using Omniture SiteCatalyst® Web analytics, the NHL will gain a comprehensive view of visitor engagement to NHL content through RSS feeds, podcasts, video clips, wireless devices and emerging digital channels.

“Our job is to make sure people have access to NHL content how they want it and where they want it,” said Keith Ritter, president, NHL Interactive Cyber Enterprises (ICE). “We are committed to devoting resources to the channels that are most appealing to our fans. Omniture allows us to understand how each element of our Web platform is performing—helping us better serve our customers while also optimizing our marketing strategies.”

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