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As a Canadian, I often find it difficult to dissociate myself from my nation's past time: hockey (although, contrary to popular belief, it is not Canada's national sport). So this week I am bringing to you a little treasure that hockey brought to my attention. This season of the HBO show 24/7: The Road to the NHL Winter Classic followed the Philadelphia Flyers and the New York Rangers in the weeks leading up to the Winter Classic – an outdoor hockey match shortly after New Years. In the first episode, the Flyers returning to their dressing room after [...]

Tweet vaso link I love the power of music. I love that at times I get goosebumps listening to a powerful piece of songwriting, including when set to any combination of moving images on a screen. I also love hockey. Upon a recent switch in cable providers, HBO and other premium cable channels became available in my household. Of the programs I decided to catch up on, a series I lamented being unable to watch prior was the documentation of the NHL's Winter Classic, entitled "24/7 [...]

Photo by Jade Kasem It takes some serious cojones to name your new local band after the hockey squad that just beat the home team in the Stanley Cup Finals. Then again, Philly's Blackhawks did drop their first single, "Sunday Morning," back in early April—a few days prior to the Philadelphia Flyers barely squeaking into the 2009-2010 playoffs (via a shootout victory in the last game of the regular season), and well before the Chicago Blackhawks' Patrick Kane ended the Flyers' run by scoring the most anticlimactic, series-winning overtime goal in NHL history [...]

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Trey Anastasio provides a unique perspective on hockey, the great Philly players, Mickey D's, arena rock and what makes venues unique. He relives some pretty unique memories in this interesting clip. I am thinking the William Penn statue needs to try on a Henrietta dress the next time the boys roll into Philly.

As far as PR stunts go, having the Republican VP candidate and Alaska Gov., Sarah Palin, drop a ceremonial hockey puck at an NHL game was a good move.?? After all she is a self-professed "hockey mom." It could have been a well orchestrated maneuver.?? But where the stunt may have gone wrong is when her handlers inexplicably decided to have her drop a puck at Saturday's Philadelphia Flyers opening night . ???I am surprised that the candidate would go on the ice in Philly ??? Philly fans threw snowballs at Santa Claus and booed Beyonce( * [...]