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The Lighter Side of Hockey
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Stars analyst has a way with words
It didn’t take Daryl Reaugh long to win over the masses in Dallas – not with lines like this: “He looks as confused as a breast-feeding baby in a topless bar.” The color analyst for Stars’ broadcasts – both radio and television – has become as much a hockey celebrity in town as Mike Modano. He is a staple on the local sports radio station and his internet offerings on www.dallasstars.com bring in new fans and keep the old ones laughing. “He is by far the funniest guy in the organization,” said team president Jim Lites. “You can be watching practice and he’ll have you on the carpet in tears with his play-by-play.” Reaugh’s antics run the gamut from sight gags (he once dressed as Herb Brooks to coach a charity hockey game) to…
Lady Labre plays it cool in hospital
JUNE 4, 1980 Capitals captain Yvon Labre was booked into a Washington hospital which was unfamiliar with French names. He was sent to a room occupied by three elderly ladies. Not wanting to cause a commotion he put on his pajamas and got into bed. A passing nurse noticed his mustache, looked a little closer and had him immediately moved. OCTOBER 24, 1980 When Don Cherry was fired as coach of the Colorado Rockies, the team issued a lengthy release explaining the move. “I couldn’t believe the six page indictment the Rockies handed out to the media,” Cherry complained. “They had more charges against me than Charles Manson had. I couldn’t believe it. When I finished reading it, I didn’t even like me.” MARCH 11, 1994 After the NHL handed down a four-game suspension to…
Using my noodle
Like Paul Newman and Robert Redford in the final scene of Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid, I didn’t see the shot coming. I should have. I realize that. After all, I was at a hockey game sitting about 12 feet above the goalie’s net in the pressbox at the Swift Current Centennial Civic Centre. I had spent almost two Western League seasons dodging pucks deflected from the ice and sent caroming up in my direction. The gashes on the upper walls and ceiling of the pressbox looked like a mural of Gerry Cheevers’ goalie mask. I had been conditioned to ‘hit the deck’ more times than I can count. To this day, I respond with a skittish flinch any time I see a defender put his stick in front of…
Strong game? That was nothing, kid
JAN. 1, 1971 A Philadelphia reporter remarked to goalie Doug Favell after a strong game, “Gosh, Doug, that was the finest game I’ve ever seen you play.” To which Favell replied: “That only proves you haven’t been around long.” MARCH 10, 1972 Toronto defenseman Rick Ley was asked what was wrong with the Leafs. Ley replied: “Everybody and everything.” When GM Jim Gregory was asked if punitive measures would be taken against Ley for his criticism of management, he very sensibly replied: “What do you want me to do, call him a liar?” APRIL 5, 1983 One of Toronto defenseman Dave Farrish’s favorite travel moments concerned former Leafs rookie Normand Aubin, who was late for a team bus prior to a Western Canada road trip because he was at the bank getting American money. Said…