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The Combine
Peter Mueller was as mellow as a cello when he sauntered into an airport hotel room for his get-down-and-get-personal interview with the Phoenix Coyotes. Sporting an ear-to-ear smile, his shoulder-length, sandy, blonde hair flowing freely, Mueller and his laid-back approach didn’t take long to win over GM Mike Barnett and the rest of the Coyotes’ staff. “So what about Bob Marley?” Barnett wondered, getting a round of laughs from the table and a surprised look on Mueller’s face. “Great artist,” said Mueller, who had listed the reggae superstar musician as one of the people he would like to have dinner with, along with Pamela Anderson and Tom Brady. “Got that right,” Barnett said to another round of laughs. The scene was the NHL’s draft combine in early June and the light-hearted exchange came at a…
‘IT OUTCELEBRITIES THE CELEBRITIES’
He’s larger than life, travels with an entourage, and definitely looks good decked out in silver. He’s also huge in Hollywood and never signs autographs. With the Stanley Cup, it’s all about schmoozing, which is exactly what the venerable mug did in order to promote NHL hockey last year after the league returned from a lockout. When the Cup isn’t property of its reigning victors, the NHL takes it around the world to promote the game and raise money for various charities through fundraisers. “It is the Cup of the people,” said Bernadette Mansur, the NHL’s group vice-president of communications. “It is the only major trophy that travels.” Mansur helped co-ordinate the Cup’s travels during the past year and even managed some schmooze time of her own. “I went out with Susan Sarandon and…
METALHEAD MILITIA LOVE THEIR HOCKEY
Many of them have ‘hockey hair,’ so it should be no surprise that the NHL has a lot of fans in the heavy metal world. Dave Mustaine, founder and frontman of thrashers Megadeth, is a huge Phoenix Coyotes fan and even wrote the song ‘Crush’em’ because he was sick of hearing Gary Glitter everytime the Desert Dogs scored. Texas maulers Pantera even held a Stanley Cup party for the Dallas Stars in 1999. Evidently, times have changed. Janne Niinimaa, a fan of Slayer, found his tastes weren’t entirely popular in Dallas. “They throw my CDs across the room,” he laughed.…
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