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Post by Fugazi on May 6, 2020 9:45:13 GMT -8
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Post by Fugazi on May 8, 2020 9:21:38 GMT -8
NEW YORK / TORONTO (May 8, 2020) – The National Hockey League and National Hockey League Players’ Association today announced the postponement of its 2020 international games.
The NHLPA and the NHL remain committed to maintaining and growing our international presence. We hope that our fans overseas understand the need to postpone the 2020 games, but we look forward to being back with them in 2021.
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Post by Fugazi on May 8, 2020 9:23:01 GMT -8
from Paul Friesen of the Winnipeg Sun,
Two of the women victimized in a misogynistic chat that rocked the hockey world this week are saddened and disgusted with what happened to them.
The women agreed to speak with the Winnipeg Sun about the impact it’s had on them, although both said they’re more concerned about other women who suffered even more humiliating treatment than they did.
Chloe Giesbrecht, a 24-year-old Winnipegger, was out on a walk with a friend on Wednesday when she checked her phone and was shocked to find she was being mocked in a group chat on Instagram, led by NHL player Brendan Leipsic, a Winnipegger with the Washington Capitals.
“Thank god I was on a walk with my friend,” Giesbrecht said, Thursday. “The reason I wasn’t so negatively affected is I was with my friend, so she was able to say these are just low-life guys that are getting off on slandering women.
“When I read the other ones, it was so disgusting. Mine was bad, but I feel for the women whose name got brought up numerous times, and especially about their weight.”
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Post by John96 on May 8, 2020 10:37:38 GMT -8
from Paul Friesen of the Winnipeg Sun, Two of the women victimized in a misogynistic chat that rocked the hockey world this week are saddened and disgusted with what happened to them. The women agreed to speak with the Winnipeg Sun about the impact it’s had on them, although both said they’re more concerned about other women who suffered even more humiliating treatment than they did. Chloe Giesbrecht, a 24-year-old Winnipegger, was out on a walk with a friend on Wednesday when she checked her phone and was shocked to find she was being mocked in a group chat on Instagram, led by NHL player Brendan Leipsic, a Winnipegger with the Washington Capitals. “Thank god I was on a walk with my friend,” Giesbrecht said, Thursday. “The reason I wasn’t so negatively affected is I was with my friend, so she was able to say these are just low-life guys that are getting off on slandering women. “When I read the other ones, it was so disgusting. Mine was bad, but I feel for the women whose name got brought up numerous times, and especially about their weight.” continued By no means is Leipsic the only hockey player who has/does talk like this but doesn’t excuse his behaviour either. Guy seems like the last person in the world you’d want to meet and this getting public almost assuredly ended the meagre career he had. |
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Post by Fugazi on May 8, 2020 10:51:24 GMT -8
from Paul Friesen of the Winnipeg Sun, Two of the women victimized in a misogynistic chat that rocked the hockey world this week are saddened and disgusted with what happened to them. The women agreed to speak with the Winnipeg Sun about the impact it’s had on them, although both said they’re more concerned about other women who suffered even more humiliating treatment than they did. Chloe Giesbrecht, a 24-year-old Winnipegger, was out on a walk with a friend on Wednesday when she checked her phone and was shocked to find she was being mocked in a group chat on Instagram, led by NHL player Brendan Leipsic, a Winnipegger with the Washington Capitals. “Thank god I was on a walk with my friend,” Giesbrecht said, Thursday. “The reason I wasn’t so negatively affected is I was with my friend, so she was able to say these are just low-life guys that are getting off on slandering women. “When I read the other ones, it was so disgusting. Mine was bad, but I feel for the women whose name got brought up numerous times, and especially about their weight.” continued By no means is Leipsic the only hockey player who has/does talk like this but doesn’t excuse his behaviour either. Guy seems like the last person in the world you’d want to meet and this getting public almost assuredly ended the meagre career he had. The Capitals put Leipsic on waviers this morning to terminate his contract. He's done in the NHL |
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Post by carolinasharksfan on May 8, 2020 11:06:54 GMT -8
from Paul Friesen of the Winnipeg Sun, Two of the women victimized in a misogynistic chat that rocked the hockey world this week are saddened and disgusted with what happened to them. The women agreed to speak with the Winnipeg Sun about the impact it’s had on them, although both said they’re more concerned about other women who suffered even more humiliating treatment than they did. Chloe Giesbrecht, a 24-year-old Winnipegger, was out on a walk with a friend on Wednesday when she checked her phone and was shocked to find she was being mocked in a group chat on Instagram, led by NHL player Brendan Leipsic, a Winnipegger with the Washington Capitals. “Thank god I was on a walk with my friend,” Giesbrecht said, Thursday. “The reason I wasn’t so negatively affected is I was with my friend, so she was able to say these are just low-life guys that are getting off on slandering women. “When I read the other ones, it was so disgusting. Mine was bad, but I feel for the women whose name got brought up numerous times, and especially about their weight.” continued By no means is Leipsic the only hockey player who has/does talk like this but doesn’t excuse his behaviour either. Guy seems like the last person in the world you’d want to meet and this getting public almost assuredly ended the meagre career he had. And its not just hockey players. When are people going to learn that the stupid stuff you say to your “friends” on the internet are going to bite you in the ass at some point? |
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Post by danvilleshark on May 8, 2020 12:00:04 GMT -8
By no means is Leipsic the only hockey player who has/does talk like this but doesn’t excuse his behaviour either. Guy seems like the last person in the world you’d want to meet and this getting public almost assuredly ended the meagre career he had. And its not just hockey players. When are people going to learn that the stupid stuff you say to your “friends” on the internet are going to bite you in the ass at some point? I get that posting something like this is really bad form and dumb. Some want to compare it to a physical attack that causes PTSD. This is where I disagree. Completely classless and the team has every right to can his ass. Should he be banned for life? |
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Post by cjelli on May 8, 2020 12:36:58 GMT -8
By no means is Leipsic the only hockey player who has/does talk like this but doesn’t excuse his behaviour either. Guy seems like the last person in the world you’d want to meet and this getting public almost assuredly ended the meagre career he had. And its not just hockey players. When are people going to learn that the stupid stuff you say to your “friends” on the internet are going to bite you in the ass at some point? "What two people know, a pig knows", Heinrich Mueller of Yulian Semenov. |
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Post by carolinasharksfan on May 8, 2020 13:53:58 GMT -8
And its not just hockey players. When are people going to learn that the stupid stuff you say to your “friends” on the internet are going to bite you in the ass at some point? I get that posting something like this is really bad form and dumb. Some want to compare it to a physical attack that causes PTSD. This is where I disagree. Completely classless and the team has every right to can his ass. Should he be banned for life? I don't even know what he said...but in general, I’m not a big believer in life time bans for things people say. Cheating, intentionally hurting someone, then I’m more open to it. |
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Post by Fugazi on May 8, 2020 14:52:05 GMT -8
I get that posting something like this is really bad form and dumb. Some want to compare it to a physical attack that causes PTSD. This is where I disagree. Completely classless and the team has every right to can his ass. Should he be banned for life? I don't even know what he said...but in general, I’m not a big believer in life time bans for things people say. Cheating, intentionally hurting someone, then I’m more open to it. From Deadspin Some shitty hockey player said shitty things about a bunch of people! This isn’t that important, really, when we’re dealing with global pandemic, worldwide economic collapse, murder hornets, and the bewildering name of Elon Musk and Grimes’ love child: X Æ A-12 But, anyway, the details: Brendan Leipsic, whom you’ve never heard of (I love hockey and he was on the Vegas Golden Knights when I lived in Vegas and loosely rooted for them in their inaugural year, and I’ve never heard of him), had his Instagram chat leaked on Wednesday. He said a lot of misogynistic, nasty things, with a lot of insults aimed at teammates, former teammates, and their wives, or girlfriends. Leipsic deleted his Instagram account, but the Internet is undefeated and Twitter captured the images. On former teammate Tanner Pearson’s wife: “Look how fat Pearson’s wife is lol” On star Connor McDavid’s girlfriend: “Greasy beat up legs on Cindy Lou” McDavid and his girlfriend, Lauren Kyle, were dressed as The Grinch and Cindy Lou Who from “The Grinch Who Stole Christmas” for the holidays. There’s a lot of fat shaming, some talk about how Leipsic, “Love(s) coke.” And there is plenty of “locker room talk,” as President Trump might put it. One image shows a conversation with “tonyone,” who asks, “How high are you,” to which Leipsic responds, “Significantly.” There’s an unavailable story, presumably depicting a sexual conquest, and Leipsic says, “My finger was up her ass Hollywood.” Hilariously, Leipsic probably hurt his chances at getting future action by admitting he’s no endurance champ: “She is a lot to handle in the sack bois. Second kill of the night she sat on my hog and busted in 7 pumps. I was blow away.” There’s a group pic including former Vancouver teammate Jake Virtanan and his crew: “Easily the worst crew in the world,” Leipsic said. He called current Washington linemates Garnet Hathaway and Nic Dowd “losers.” Leipsic — who has scored as many as 7 goals in a season, and 16 total in his 4+ years in the league with Toronto, Vegas, Los Angeles, Vancouver, and now Washington — issued a perfunctory apology: “Yesterday my friend’s Instagram account was hacked and an individual circulated images that are representative of private conversations I was a part of. I fully recognize how inappropriate and offensive these comments are and sincerely apologize to everyone for my actions. I am committed to learning from this and becoming a better person by taking time to determine how to move forward in an accountable, meaningful way. I am truly sorry.” |
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Post by Fugazi on May 8, 2020 19:39:05 GMT -8
One year ago and now pretty much everything has turned to shit
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Post by Fugazi on May 10, 2020 10:39:40 GMT -8
Every so often, an old retired hockey player emerges from the haze and muck to provide a quote proving why they probably shouldn’t share their thoughts with the world.
Step up, Brett Hull!
For some reason, Sean O’Leary of The Score decided to ask Hull about the Brendan Leipsic what-have-ya. What followed was a classic old-man-yells-at-cloud-about-not-getting-to-be-a-misogynist-anymore rant. Here’s the meat of it, all of which is between Hull’s ears:
“We did the same things, we said the same things, but there was no way to get caught,” Hull said on Sportsnet’s “Hockey Central” on Friday. “We can go out after games, we can go to strip clubs, we can go to bars, and we could do whatever we wanted, and it would all be hearsay.”
“The fun is gone,” he added. “The game is not fun anymore to me.”Apparently, making fun of your teammates’ wives or degrading any woman you see was part and parcel of being an NHL hockey player, and without that what’s the point of making millions playing a game? Whenever these things happen, there isn’t a call within the game for the players to be better, just be better at not getting caught. Hull certainly wouldn’t be alone in the hockey world thinking Leipsic did nothing wrong other than get exposed.
Hull goes on to complain that players take their “XBox” on the road with them (how did Xbox corner the market on being the name greying farts use to deride video game systems? Do you ever hear a codger railing against the youth and their PS4s?) because they’re afraid of getting caught doing something on the road. This ignores A) finding stories of hockey players out and about is just about as tricky as throwing a rock out your window (same intelligence level, too) and B) It could just be hockey players take their physical conditioning a tad more seriously than they did in Hull’s heyday, where doing keg stands shirtless at a bar was considered your conditioning test.
No sport is as suspicious of outsiders or more beholden to its “ways” than hockey, even when it comes to exposing the occasional pig, asshole, or downright danger to society. Hockey always assumes that because it was done one way in the past, that’s how it should be done, and when those things change, the game is lost. Nothing looks backward as well as hockey does.
Of course, being a shitbird seems to run in the Hull family. And yet you’ll still find Bobby Hull in NHL circles as an ambassador for the Blackhawks, or glad-handing at various other events, or interviewed during broadcasts rather regularly. Hockey never lets go, even when it’s so obvious.
Hockey still has huge problems with this sort of thing, and some of it stems from the fact that a good portion of its players’ only social upbringing took place in just a hockey locker room room. They’re away from parents and schools in their mid-teens. Perhaps one day the hockey media will figure out there’s not much use in consulting retired players who, after getting through all that being an NHL player used to mean, have settled into a life of....well, this.
Sadly, we’re not there yet.
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Post by carolinasharksfan on May 10, 2020 12:23:59 GMT -8
Every so often, an old retired hockey player emerges from the haze and muck to provide a quote proving why they probably shouldn’t share their thoughts with the world. Step up, Brett Hull! For some reason, Sean O’Leary of The Score decided to ask Hull about the Brendan Leipsic what-have-ya. What followed was a classic old-man-yells-at-cloud-about-not-getting-to-be-a-misogynist-anymore rant. Here’s the meat of it, all of which is between Hull’s ears: “We did the same things, we said the same things, but there was no way to get caught,” Hull said on Sportsnet’s “Hockey Central” on Friday. “We can go out after games, we can go to strip clubs, we can go to bars, and we could do whatever we wanted, and it would all be hearsay.” “The fun is gone,” he added. “The game is not fun anymore to me.”Apparently, making fun of your teammates’ wives or degrading any woman you see was part and parcel of being an NHL hockey player, and without that what’s the point of making millions playing a game? Whenever these things happen, there isn’t a call within the game for the players to be better, just be better at not getting caught. Hull certainly wouldn’t be alone in the hockey world thinking Leipsic did nothing wrong other than get exposed. Hull goes on to complain that players take their “XBox” on the road with them (how did Xbox corner the market on being the name greying farts use to deride video game systems? Do you ever hear a codger railing against the youth and their PS4s?) because they’re afraid of getting caught doing something on the road. This ignores A) finding stories of hockey players out and about is just about as tricky as throwing a rock out your window (same intelligence level, too) and B) It could just be hockey players take their physical conditioning a tad more seriously than they did in Hull’s heyday, where doing keg stands shirtless at a bar was considered your conditioning test. No sport is as suspicious of outsiders or more beholden to its “ways” than hockey, even when it comes to exposing the occasional pig, asshole, or downright danger to society. Hockey always assumes that because it was done one way in the past, that’s how it should be done, and when those things change, the game is lost. Nothing looks backward as well as hockey does. Of course, being a shitbird seems to run in the Hull family. And yet you’ll still find Bobby Hull in NHL circles as an ambassador for the Blackhawks, or glad-handing at various other events, or interviewed during broadcasts rather regularly. Hockey never lets go, even when it’s so obvious. Hockey still has huge problems with this sort of thing, and some of it stems from the fact that a good portion of its players’ only social upbringing took place in just a hockey locker room room. They’re away from parents and schools in their mid-teens. Perhaps one day the hockey media will figure out there’s not much use in consulting retired players who, after getting through all that being an NHL player used to mean, have settled into a life of....well, this. Sadly, we’re not there yet. Do you know who wrote that article? |
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Post by Fugazi on May 10, 2020 14:23:02 GMT -8
Every so often, an old retired hockey player emerges from the haze and muck to provide a quote proving why they probably shouldn’t share their thoughts with the world. Step up, Brett Hull! For some reason, Sean O’Leary of The Score decided to ask Hull about the Brendan Leipsic what-have-ya. What followed was a classic old-man-yells-at-cloud-about-not-getting-to-be-a-misogynist-anymore rant. Here’s the meat of it, all of which is between Hull’s ears: “We did the same things, we said the same things, but there was no way to get caught,” Hull said on Sportsnet’s “Hockey Central” on Friday. “We can go out after games, we can go to strip clubs, we can go to bars, and we could do whatever we wanted, and it would all be hearsay.” “The fun is gone,” he added. “The game is not fun anymore to me.”Apparently, making fun of your teammates’ wives or degrading any woman you see was part and parcel of being an NHL hockey player, and without that what’s the point of making millions playing a game? Whenever these things happen, there isn’t a call within the game for the players to be better, just be better at not getting caught. Hull certainly wouldn’t be alone in the hockey world thinking Leipsic did nothing wrong other than get exposed. Hull goes on to complain that players take their “XBox” on the road with them (how did Xbox corner the market on being the name greying farts use to deride video game systems? Do you ever hear a codger railing against the youth and their PS4s?) because they’re afraid of getting caught doing something on the road. This ignores A) finding stories of hockey players out and about is just about as tricky as throwing a rock out your window (same intelligence level, too) and B) It could just be hockey players take their physical conditioning a tad more seriously than they did in Hull’s heyday, where doing keg stands shirtless at a bar was considered your conditioning test. No sport is as suspicious of outsiders or more beholden to its “ways” than hockey, even when it comes to exposing the occasional pig, asshole, or downright danger to society. Hockey always assumes that because it was done one way in the past, that’s how it should be done, and when those things change, the game is lost. Nothing looks backward as well as hockey does. Of course, being a shitbird seems to run in the Hull family. And yet you’ll still find Bobby Hull in NHL circles as an ambassador for the Blackhawks, or glad-handing at various other events, or interviewed during broadcasts rather regularly. Hockey never lets go, even when it’s so obvious. Hockey still has huge problems with this sort of thing, and some of it stems from the fact that a good portion of its players’ only social upbringing took place in just a hockey locker room room. They’re away from parents and schools in their mid-teens. Perhaps one day the hockey media will figure out there’s not much use in consulting retired players who, after getting through all that being an NHL player used to mean, have settled into a life of....well, this. Sadly, we’re not there yet. Do you know who wrote that article? Sam Fels at Deadspin.com |
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Post by carolinasharksfan on May 10, 2020 16:18:07 GMT -8
Do you know who wrote that article? Sam Fels at Deadspin.com I agree with him about it being stupid to cap on your teammates wives/girlfriends. I completely disagree about his dislike of hockey sticking to its traditions and keeping the retired players around. Hockey is the only pro sport I watch anymore and at least some of that is due to them honoring their traditions. |
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Post by Fugazi on May 11, 2020 8:48:27 GMT -8
via the YouTube channel of the NHL,
Check out some of the hardest hits of the NHL season so far, including crushing checks from Tom Wilson, Duncan Keith and Nikita Zadorov.
Part 1, part 2 coming.
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Post by Fugazi on May 11, 2020 8:51:30 GMT -8
SPRINGFIELD, Mass. … American Hockey League President and Chief Executive Officer David Andrews announced today that the league’s Board of Governors has voted to cancel the remainder of the 2019-20 AHL regular season and the 2020 Calder Cup Playoffs due to the ongoing COVID-19 public health crisis:
“After a lengthy review process, the American Hockey League has determined that the resumption and completion of the 2019-20 season is not feasible in light of current conditions.
The League’s operational focus has turned toward actively preparing for the 2020-21 season.
We are very grateful to the National Hockey League and its teams for their support and leadership in navigating through the challenges faced over the past two months.
The AHL continues to place paramount importance on the health and safety of our players, officials, staff and fans and all of their families, and we all look forward to returning to our arenas in 2020-21.”
The AHL’s standings – sorted by points percentage – and statistics as of March 12, 2020, are considered final and official, and will serve as the basis for determining league awards for the 2019-20 season.
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Post by Fugazi on May 11, 2020 8:54:13 GMT -8
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Post by Fugazi on May 11, 2020 8:55:23 GMT -8
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Post by LordNelson on May 11, 2020 10:11:48 GMT -8
Do you know who wrote that article? Sam Fels at Deadspin.com Real fans know Brett Hull was refreshingly unfiltered to media in his career. now he offers truthful perspective on evolution of hockey player shit-talk, (but sounds crusty when he says 'game is not fun anymore') Sam Fels comes off here like a real ass-hole - but I guess that's what obscure bloggers do to get noticed from past-glory shit-heaps like Deadspin. Consider Hull's nuggets, not Sams - hockey players have been talking shit about women and each other since forever. Lazy stupid players of today also use the internet for that, then act surprised when your GM gets to read it too.. a blindside hit they deserve. what a dumb-ass Leipsic is. Thanks for posting the article, Fug. |
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Post by sjsharks59 on May 11, 2020 14:33:35 GMT -8
Do you know who wrote that article? Sam Fels at Deadspin.com Hull goes on to complain that players take their “XBox” on the road with them The Hanson Brothers bought their freakin toys with them Paul Newman / Coach Reggie Dunlap  |
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Post by jackalope on May 11, 2020 18:26:48 GMT -8
Real fans know Brett Hull was refreshingly unfiltered to media in his career. now he offers truthful perspective on evolution of hockey player shit-talk, (but sounds crusty when he says 'game is not fun anymore') Sam Fels comes off here like a real ass-hole - but I guess that's what obscure bloggers do to get noticed from past-glory shit-heaps like Deadspin. Consider Hull's nuggets, not Sams - hockey players have been talking shit about women and each other since forever. Lazy stupid players of today also use the internet for that, then act surprised when your GM gets to read it too.. a blindside hit they deserve. what a dumb-ass Leipsic is. Thanks for posting the article, Fug. I agree with Hull, he is not wrong on the shit talking and in the present day with a need to politicize/polarize every little thing (i.e. #metoo, the movement that swept the NHL of all the sports this season) and the dependence/obsession with posting things on the internet, its a different time and nothing you say is sacred or kept to yourself anymore. Correct me if I'm wrong but isn't the only reason this became a story is because Leipsic's messenger was hacked and leaked on the interwebz? Yes what he said was stupid but also I don't think he ever intended for the conversations to become public. It's like someone who's phone conversation was recorded without their knowledge and sold to the news. |
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Post by Fugazi on May 11, 2020 19:11:41 GMT -8
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Post by Fugazi on May 12, 2020 9:40:56 GMT -8
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Post by LordNelson on May 13, 2020 12:46:51 GMT -8
Real fans know Brett Hull was refreshingly unfiltered to media in his career. now he offers truthful perspective on evolution of hockey player shit-talk, (but sounds crusty when he says 'game is not fun anymore') Sam Fels comes off here like a real ass-hole - but I guess that's what obscure bloggers do to get noticed from past-glory shit-heaps like Deadspin. Consider Hull's nuggets, not Sams - hockey players have been talking shit about women and each other since forever. Lazy stupid players of today also use the internet for that, then act surprised when your GM gets to read it too.. a blindside hit they deserve. what a dumb-ass Leipsic is. Thanks for posting the article, Fug. Correct me if I'm wrong but isn't the only reason this became a story is because Leipsic's messenger was hacked and leaked on the interwebz? Yes what he said was stupid but also I don't think he ever intended for the conversations to become public. It's like someone who's phone conversation was recorded without their knowledge and sold to the news. Yea pretty sure Leipsic got his account hacked and contents then spilled all over the internet. also pretty sure he has no legal recourse to pursue for getting hacked. seems to happen plenty. My third guess is that it was an inside job, one of his 'victims' - perhaps that guessed the dumb-shits password was '123' and won. When the dust settles, he could play in Europe to put some coin in the bank. His new nickname over there can be 'Greasy Legs'.. Ha! |
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Post by danvilleshark on May 13, 2020 13:02:33 GMT -8
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Post by John96 on May 14, 2020 16:05:28 GMT -8
Bout time someone uploaded HD highlights of this game.
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Post by Fugazi on May 14, 2020 18:58:12 GMT -8
It looking like there won't be anymore Sharks Hockey this season
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Post by cjelli on May 14, 2020 19:11:32 GMT -8
It looking like there won't be anymore Sharks Hockey this season They can make a play-in game for all the teams but the Wings. |
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Post by d5shark on May 14, 2020 22:36:24 GMT -8
Bout time someone uploaded HD highlights of this game. What a time to be alive. |
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