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January 17, 2011
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Having a Stake in Fish
Most hockey teams attract fans to the stands to turn a profit. One ECHL squad uses them to fund a charity of sorts: itself. The Toledo Walleye, who are affiliated with the NHL’s Red Wings and Blackhawks, are operated by Toledo Arena Sports Inc., a not-for-profit corporation that resuscitated the city’s hockey franchise last season after a two-year hiatus from the league. The Walleye play in the 7,431-seat Huntington Center, a new $98-million arena. The fans ordered a second helping of hockey in 2009, but they’ll have to pay the bill, with all ticket revenue and net proceeds going toward the mortgage on the rink. Fan support is the lifeblood of the team. “Because there’s not one owner of the team, there’s a source of pride in the community,” said Jason Griffin, Toledo’s…
Smarts and Size A Great Combo
The story is one Philippe Hudon has explained to people many times, but for the purposes of a mass audience, he answers the question again: How did a French-Canadian kid wind up playing prep school hockey in Connecticut? Simple. Hudon, a gifted student who spent his middle school years in an enriched program at a French-speaking private school, was poised to play midget AAA in his home province of Quebec. But the teams in the league are based around high schools, so Hudon would have had to transfer. “The issue was I would be moving out of a very good school to one that was…not what I was looking for,” Hudon said. “It didn’t suit me because I knew I was a good student.” Good is putting it lightly. With the help…
Interest In the U.S.?
When it comes to hockey’s place on television in the United States, uncertainty is tempered by some unique content and a tinge of excitement. The NHL’s contracts with both Versus and NBC expire at season’s end. That has led to inevitable speculation with regard to what the league’s future on U.S. television is and if there’s a chance the sport could re-emerge on ESPN, which carried NHL games during the first half of the decade. Just as GMs and agents don’t get very verbose when it comes to contract negotiations, both the networks and the league were understandably tight-lipped about the next step. However, commissioner Gary Bettman endorsed the job being done by the NHL’s current carriers. “Both Versus and NBC have been extraordinarily good partners and if people get behind the rhetoric,…
By the NUMBERS
RBK 21 GOALIES COMBINED STATS 133-104-32/2.88/.903/18 VAUGHN 16 GOALIES COMBINED STATS 152-90-31/2.48/.919/18 BAUER 10 GOALIES COMBINED STATS 72-66-14/2.88/.908/15 SHER-WOOD 4 GOALIES COMBINED STATS 20-30-6/2.98/.902/3 WARRIOR 2 GOALIES COMBINED STATS 4-14-2/3.03/.886/1 KOHO 1 GOALIE STATS 14-11-3/2.78/.917/1 BRIAN’S 1 GOALIE STATS 12-7-4/2.24/.916/3 MISMATCHED EQUIPMENT 7 GOALIES COMBINED STATS 41-20-11/2.71/.914/9 * 62 GOALIES (MIN. 5 GAMES PLAYED) CATEGORIZED BASED ON FULL SET OF EQUIPMENT, NOT INCLUDING STICK.…
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