NHL Connect Fights Cancer

Updated Table of Contents: February 6, 2009

2009-02-05T21:35:00.000-08:00

“From the Blueline- NHL Connect Fights [Cancer/ for a Cure]
A Collection of Fan Writings”

TABLE OF CONTENTS

I. FORWARD – Kevin Smith (Request Pending)
II. INTRODUCTION, THANKS AND ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

CH. 1 MOTLEY SU (Pittsburg Penguins)
Hockey Fights Cancer
Reliving “The Miracle” Through Dad’s Eyes
Hope & Heartbreak: A Tale of Two Moms
The HEART of the NHL

CH. 2 ALICIA (Philadelphia Flyers)
“We Believe!”
Getting So Attached to Your Team
Experience of a Live NHL Game …
Jeff Carter: My Favorite Warrior in Orange and Black

CH. 3 CASSIE (Tampa Bay Lightning)
The Lightning Stretch Run
The Zednik Injury
Lecavalier Needs a Nickname
Women and the HHOF

CH. 4 CCD3M (Detroit Red Wings/ Washington Capitals)
Game 1 Experience as A Wings fan in VA
Favorite Moments from the Awards Show
Get to know Alex Semin

CH. 5 ECPARKE (Detroit Red Wings/ Washington Capitals)
All Aboard the Washington Ovechkin Bandwagon
A Tribute to Sean Avery
In Defense of Sean Avery
Ted’s Round Two Pics: Hope you like Big Reads
A Gonzo Night of Hockey

CH. 6 GIVINITAGO (Montreal Canadiens)
October 21, 2008
October 22, 2008
October 23, 2008
October 24, 2008
October 27, 2008
October 29, 2008
November 2, 2008
November 6, 2008

CH. 7 JENNA TEE (San Jose Sharks)
Oh Boy …
Something About The Way He Slams Into The Boards…
You Saw it Coming
Who is the Captain of a Team and What Does He Do?

CH. 8 JUICE IN LA (Detroit Red Wings)
Nothing but Love
Oh Eight
Cali Hat Trick I and II
Mac and Drapes
Wingers, Defensemen and Goalies In the Land of The Joe

CH. 9 KATE THE GREAT (Carolina Hurricanes)
Live from NASCAR Country
Storytime!
Trade Talk and Stupid Conspiracy Theories
Goalie Smackdown 2008!
All Hail “The Bod”

CH. 10 JLEWINGS (Detroit Red Wings)
In Defense of Hockeytown
Meeting Chris Chelios
Red Wings Training Camp
The Much Anticipated Wings Fan Fest Blog

PHOTOS TAKEN BY NHL CONNECTORS

CH. 11 NINH LY (Toronto Maple Leafs)
Origins of 30 NHL Team Names
NHL’s Worst Trades
NHL’s Top 15 Stupidest Names
How to Make your Own Hockey Jersey I and 11
NHL’s Weirdest Superstitions
Hockey Fight: Unwritten Rules of Fighting

CH. 12 LAUR (Toronto Maple Leafs)
The Great Outdoors
Regular Season Wrap Awards
The Boy Band Effect
Play on Playa

CH. 13 LEFTWING3HUGGER (New York Rangers)
The NHL Dictionary
NHL Coach- A Thankless Role?
GMs-Always Somebody Else to Blame?
A Guide to Booing

Ch. 14 MACKSAYEV (Buffalo Sabres)
Mickey Renaud Remembered
The League and Non-English Speaking Players
Meeting Luke Adam
Off to Montreal I and II

CH. 15 MARJOLAINE (Montreal Canadiens)
100 Years of Price, 110 years of MTL Canadiens Fans
Dreams Come True

CH. 16 MICHICONSKY (Wings)
It’s a Blank
Karma Bomb
The Secret Club
Featured Member: The Ride
Playground Hockey, NHL Style
Christmas Hockey

CH. 17 METALHEADHOCKEYFANUK (Toronto Maple Leafs)
Origins of a British NHL Fan
The Victoria Cup
Hockey’s Forgotten Pioneers: Larry Kwong
Stop the Moralizing!

CH. 18 RED WINGS QUEEN 19 (Detroit Red Wings)
You Know You Are A Diehard Fan When…
Fighting in the NHL
#19 Around the NHL

CH. 19 SUPER_DAVE (Toronto Maple Leafs)
End of the Dynasty (as we know it?)
In Defense of the Great One
What if?

CH. 20 TEAL GIRL 730 (San Jose Sharks)
A Silly Word Called Fanhood
Summer School Term Paper
Don’t Act Like I Never Told Ya
What Happens When….
Close Of The Season

CH. 21 THORN058 (Pittsburgh Penguins)
The Face of the NHL
The Kimmo Timonen Story
Luke it’s a Trap, It’s a Trap!!!!
Raiders of the Lost Art: Argument
Growing up in a Hockey Town

CH. 22 TWENTY TWO (Philadelphia Flyers)
Teaching Us to Fly parts I,II and III
Love of the Game
Generation of Fans
Lindros Time to bury the Hatchet
Attacking Shootouts

CH. 23 PETS AND HOCKEY
ALLINTRBL - Of All Dates
ALLINTRBL- Opening Day pisser
ALLINTRBL- One Lucky Dog
MCHICONSKY -Hockey Dog Gone Bad

CH. 24 THRILL OF VICTORY - AGONY OF DEFEAT
Yodaman - Acceptance
SuperDave- Chill of an Early Spring
Motley Su - Redemption

CH. 25 CONTROVERSIES
Radulov
Kyle 720-The Skinny on Radulov
Kyle 720-Preds Suspend Radulov
Kyle 720-KHL to allow Arbitration
Avery Rule
JHRangers- The Avery Rule
Need an Avery Blog
Laur - Land Of The Free, Home Of The Avery

Sidney Crosby
Need Pro- Sidney Blog
MetalHeadHockeyFanUK-Everybody Hates the Kid
Hockeyfan 48- Pens Salesman

CH. 27 RIVALRIES
Jenna Tee- I hate you, You hate me
RedWingsQueen19-Fanatical Rivalries

CH. 28 DADS
Jenny Canuck- For Dad
Pens4life-Living with the Enemy Parts I and II
RedwingsQueen – Ice Princess

CH. 29 NEW KID IN TOWN
AnnihilatorRich-Different Breed
CCD3M- Mike “Game Over” Green
Jenna Tee- New guy on in the block, er league
CCD3M- Petition for a New face
Motley Su- Class of 2005

CH. 30 LOVE OF THE GAME
7Deuce_Kid - The Heart of a Hockey Fan
True Fan – Inspired Fanaticism
Sportsfanatic-Jabberhockey
Circa- O Dallas
DDyte-Uncle Jack the Blackhawk 1918-1974
Carcillo13- You Might be a Hockey Fan if

TEAM ROSTER

January 21- Progress Report

2009-01-21T17:24:00.000-08:00

Hi all! I hope your holidays were fantastic, and that you are settled into the new year. here is a quick and dirty progress report.

EDITING

The book is almost fully edited for format. We are down to the last 30 or so pages of text left to be edited and the photographs. Photographs are tricky and jleWings and I are working to figure out the best way to do it. Its a ton of trial and error.

IP LICENSING

I have approval on the use/license of certain NHL intellectual property.

HOCKEY FIGHTS CANCER

While the NHL is fully on board with our project, We encountered a bit of a setback with respect to affiliating ourselves with Hockey Fights Cancer. As a result, we will be changing the title of the Book. As it stands, we will still contribute all net proceeds to Hockey Fights Cancer. In the event they cannot accept our contributions, we will - as a group figure out what Hockey related charity to donate to.

TITLE OF BOOK

We need you to vote on the title for the book. Please check your Connect email for the link to the poll. despite my Connect message, I did not post the poll here, because I did not want random people to be able to vote on the matter. If you need the link to the Poll, send me a Connect message.

COVER ART

I know many of you got a preview of the gorgeous work Nihn has been doing for us last month- Hooray for Nihn!!!!! Once we determine a final Book Title, we will ask him to create one more proto-type. Thanks for your hard work and being patience Nihn.

BIOS

Have you turned your bio in yet? Have you told us what you want us to use as your picture? Pictures or team logos should be sent to myself or Cassie in a jpeg format, 200x200 pixels or less than 50kb. If you use a photo, you must be sure that it a photo you have legal right to use.

That is all I have these days, friends. Questions? You know where to find me. Stay warm and safe and take care,

Juice

2008-12-11T16:49:00.000-08:00

From the Blueline: NHL Connect Fights Cancer:

Progress Report 12/10/08

Hi all, here is your update on the book. Your Fabulous CFC Executive Team: jleWings, Motleysu, TealGirl730,Cassie, and Kate the Great- (oh and me) have been HARD at work editing all the chapters for format. Let me just say that when we started this project I had the honor of going through all your blogs to find the best of the best, (yes I read every last one of each of your blogs, INCLUDING all of 22's) and as I read through them again now, I am tremendously excited about how this book is gonna turn out. We have funny, insightful, hard hitting, touching and just plain fun stuff- its a fantastic mix. for every longwinded Juice Blog, we have a funny Strawman or Ninh Blog. Just when Motleysu gets us all choked up we have levity from ECParke. Its gonna be great ! So here is the report:

From the Blueline: NHL Connect Fights Cancer

Book Editing:

Chapters Finished 6, 8, 10, 12, 15, 17, 18, 19, 29, 30

Team Roster-Bios:

Well My little chickadees- we are missing quite a few bios- so I'll be sending around the "format" again, and Cassie is in charge of collecting...

Also if you want a picture in your bio- send it to me!

Photos:

We are contemplating adding more photos, if you have 1-2 photos that you took with your camera, and have ownership of, and which you think are book worthy, or integral to a blog, and you want them in the book, send them to me.

Kevin Smith- Forward:

Letters sent to Publicist and Agent, no response, still waiting.

Cover Art:

Received a gorgeous prototype from Ninh, and will share that with you all very soon.

Licensing:

I am still working with the NHL. Will be sending the NHL a list of the specific items we want licensed this week, just to give them an idea of what we need.

So that is the project update. Because we elected to work with the NHL and things have slowed a bit there, it looks like the book won't be published before the holidays this year. Lesson learned. Wish we would have thought of this before November. Next year we will start the process in October (so get all your GOOD blogs into Connect before then ...)

2008-11-26T08:17:00.001-08:00

“From the Blueline- NHL Connect Fights Cancer:
A Collection of Connect Blogs from 2008”

Table of Contents
11/26/08

These pages are the most current assemblage, subject to change especially when real “book” formatting comes along. This is just so you can follow the project and alert me to any errors or omissions. All blogs listed are assembled in the draft. If you would like your blogs to be ordered differently, please let me know ASAP, I made no decisions about how to order- so if you want to lead with something stronger or more heartfelt in your personal sections- let me know! As I mentioned before, three bloggers are out of alphabetical order: Motley Su, because her Hockey Fights Cancer Blog is perfect and topical; Me, because I selfishly wanted to be No. 8 AND because I wanted to break up two consecutive Wings fans, so I also switched Kate and jleWings.

Pages
I. FORWARD – Kevin Smith (Request Pending) i
II. INTRODUCTION, THANKS AND ACKNOWLEDGMENTS ii-iv

CH. 1 MOTLEY SU (Pens) pp. 1-10
• Hockey Fights Cancer
• Reliving “The Miracle” Through Dad’s Eyes
• Hope & Heartbreak: A Tale of Two Moms
• The HEART of the NHL
• Live for the Moment
• Hard Hitting, Soft Hearted

CH. 2 ALICIA (Flyers) pp. 10-18
• “We Believe!”
• Getting so Attached to Your Team
• Experience of a Live NHL Game …
• Jeff Carter: My Favorite Warrior in Orange and Black

CH. 3 CASSIE (TBL) pp. 18-23
• The Lightning Stretch Run
• The Zednik Injury
• Lecavalier needs a Nickname
• Women and the HHOF

CH. 4 CCD3M (Wings/Caps) pp. 23-27
• Game 1 Experience as A Wings fan in VA
• Favorite Moments from the Awards Show
• Get to know Alex Semin

CH. 5 ECPARKE (Wings/Caps) pp. 27-39
• All Aboard the Washington Ovechkin Bandwagon
• A tribute to Sean Avery
• In Defense of Sean Avery
• Ted’s Round Two Pics: Hope you like Big Reads
• A Gonzo Night of Hockey

CH. 6 GIVINITAGO (Habs) pp. 39-61
• Carpe Diem : October 21, 2008
• I’m Back!: October 22, 2008
• The day after the Morning After: October 23, 2008
• Million Miles to go: October 24, 2008
• Venting a Little: October 27, 2008
• Another Day: October 29, 2008
• Two-a-Days/11 Goals: November 2, 2008
• Restless: November 6, 2008

CH. 7 JENNA TEE (Sharks) pp. 61-69
• Oh Boy …
• Something about the Way he slams into the boards…
• You Saw it Coming
• Who is the Captain of a Team and What Does He Do?

CH. 8 JUICE IN LA (Wings) pp. 69-96
• Nothing but Love
• Oh Eight
• Cali Hat Trick I and II (edits needed)
• Mac and Drapes
• Wingers Defensemen and Goalies In the Land Of Joe

CH. 9 KATE THE GREAT (Hurricaines) pp. 94-108
• Live from NASCAR Country
• Storytime!
• Trade Talk and Stupid Conspiracy Theories
• Down with Southern Hockey
• Goalie Smackdown 2008!
• Ode to Colesey
• All Hail “The Bod”

CH. 10 JLEWINGS (Wings) pp. 108-128
• In Defense of Hockeytown
• Meeting Chris Chelios
• Red Wings Training Camp
• The Much Anticipated Wings Fan Fest Blog

[Special Pictures Section- page numbers not accounted for here]

CH. 11 LAUR (Leafs) pp. 125-144
• The Great Outdoors
• My First Time - Losing My NHL Game Virginity in San Jose
• Regular Season Wrap Awards
• The Boy Band Effect
• Play on Playa

CH. 12 Leftwing3Hugger (New York Rangers) pp. ?
• The NHL Dictionary
• NHL Coach- A Thankless Role?
• GMS-Always Sombody Eles to Blame?
• A guide to Booing

CH. 13 MACKSAYEV (Sabres) pp. ?
• Mickey Renaud Remembered
• The League and Non-English Speaking Players
• Meeting Luke Adam
• Off to Montreal I and II
• Montreal. What can I say?

CH. 14 MARJOLAINE (Habs) pp. ?
• 100 Years of Price, 110 years of MTL Canadiens Fans
• Dreams Come True

CH. 15 MICHICONSKY (Wings) pp. ?
• It’s a Blank
• Karma Bomb
• The Secret Club
• Featured Member: The Ride

CH. 16 METALHEADHOCKEYFANUK (Leafs) pp. ?
• Origins of a British NHL Fan
• The Victoria Cup
• Hockey’s forgotten Pioneers: Larry Kwong
• Stop the Moralizing!

CH. 17 RED WINGS QUEEN 19 (Wings) pp. ?
• You know you are a diehard fan when…
• Fighting in the NHL
• #19 Around the NHL

CH. 18 *NINH (Leafs) pp. ?
• Origins of 30 NHL Team Names
• NHL’s Worst Trades
• NHL’s Top 15 Stupidest Names
• How to Make your Own Hockey Jersey I and 11
• NHL’s Weirdest Superstitions
• Hockey Fight: Unwritten Rules of Fighting

CH. 19 SUPER_DAVE (Leafs) pp. ?
• End of the Dynasty (as we know it?)
• In defense of the Great One
• What if?

CH. 20 TEAL GIRL 730 (Sharks) pp. ?

• A Tale of two Cities…and two places I call Home
• A Silly word called Fanhood
• Summer school term paper
• What happens when East Coast Boys come out West
• The Worchester Chronicles
• So this is my Season Closer

CH. 21 THORN058 (Pens) pp. ?
• The Face of the NHL
• The Kimmo Timonen Story
• Luke it’s a Trap, It’s a Trap!!!!
• Raiders of the Lost Art: Argument
• Growing up in a Hockey Town

CH. 22 TWENTY TWO (Flyers) pp ?
• Teaching us to fly parts I,II and III
• Love of the Game
• Generation of Fans
• Lindros Time to bury the Hatchet
• Attacking Shootouts

CH. 23 PETS AND HOCKEY
• All In Trouble (Sharks) pp. ?
Of All Dates
Opening Day pisser
One Lucky Dog
• MChiconsky (Wings) pp. ?
Hockey Dog Gone Bad

CH. 24 THRILL OF VICTORY /AGONY OF DEFEAT
• Motley Su (Pens) pp. ?
Redemption
• Yodaman (Sharks) pp. ?
Acceptance
• SuperDave (Leafs) pp. ?
Chill of an Early Spring

CH. 25 CONTROVERSIES
Radulov pp. ?
Kyle 720-The Skinny on Radulov
Kyle 720-Preds Suspend Radulov
Kyle 720-KHL to allow Arbitration
Avery Rule
JHRangers- The Avery Rule ?
TxHockey-My Thoughts on Sean Avery ?
Laur - Land Of The Free, Home Of The Avery ?

Sidney Crosby
Strawman64-Whipping Boy or Saviour? ?
MetalHeadHockeyFanUK-Everybody hates the Kid ?
Hockeyfan 48- Pens ?

CH. 26 RIVALRIES
Jenna Tee- I hate you, You hate me
RedWingsQueen19-Fanatical Rivalries

CH. 27 DADS
Jenny Canuck- For Dad
Pens4life-Living with the enemy parts 1 ands 2 287-288
RedwingsQueen – Ice Princess

CH. 28 NEW KID IN TOWN
CCD3M- Petition for a New face
CCD3m- Mike “Game Over” Green
Jenna Tee- New guy on in the block, er league
Motley Su- Class of 2005
Twenty Two- Lucic (in process)

CH 29- LOVE OF THE GAME
True Fan – Inspired Fanaticism
Sportsfanatic-Jabberhockey
Carcillo13- You might be a Hockey Fan if
THCG- Stars Training Camp fun
Yodaman-Congratulations Sergei 3
Circa- O Dallas

Ch. 30 TEAM ROSTER (Alphabetical order by Connect ID)

Alicia (Flyers)
AllinTrouble (Sharks)
Annihilator Rich (Kings)
Carcillio13 (Phoenix)
Cassie (Lightning)
CCD3M (Wings/Caps)
Circa (Dallas)
Ddyte (Sabres)
Motley Su (Pens)
ECParke (Wings/Caps)
Givinitago (Habs)
Hockeyfan48 (Sabres)
Jenna Tee (Sharks)
Jenny_Canuck (Canucks)
JHRangers (Rangers)
jleWings (Wings)
JuiceinLa (Wings)
Kate the great (Canes)
Kyle 720 (Wings)
Laur (Leafs)
LeftWing3hugger (Rangers)
Macksayev (Sabres)
Marjolaine (Habs)
Mchiconsky (Wings)
MetalheadhockeyfanUK (Leafs)
Ninh (Leafs)
Pens4Life (Pens)
Red Wings Queen 19 (Wings)
Sportsfanatic(Sharks)
Super_Dave (Leafs)
Teal Girl 730 (Sharks)
Thorn058 (Pens)
True fan (Dallas)
Twenty Two (Flyers)
Txcowgirlhockeyfan (Dallas)
Yodaman (Sharks)

Teams Represented:

1. Detroit Red Wings (4-6)
2. Sharks (5)
3. Flyers(2)
4. Sabres (2)
5. Bruins (1)
6. Hurricanes (1)
7. Pitt (3)
8. Tampa (1)
9. Phoenix (1)
10. Leafs (3)
11. Dallas (2)
12. Canucks (1)
13. Caps/Wings (2)
14. Montreal (2)
15. Canucks (1)
16. Rangers (1)
17. Devils (1)– If K. Smith plays with us.

2008-11-17T19:18:00.000-08:00

“From the Blueline- NHL Connect Fights Cancer:

A Collection of Connect Blogs from 2008”

Working Table of Contents

11/17/08

These pages are the current assemblage, subject to change especially when real “book” formatting comes along. This is just so you can get a feel for what the book will look like. All blogs listed are assembled in the current draft, and the executive team will start working on edits this week. PS- formatting on this website stinks- bear with me!

Since I understand that actual publishing will reduce page numbers from the MS Word fomrat I am drafting in, I think it would be great to have extra blogs. We need some blogs on the "Thrill of Victory", I can always move my "Nothing but Love" to that section, but I'd like to see a blog by an unrepresented team- if there is a good blogger out there I just missed please let me know. Also, I'd like one more killer blog for the final blog- in the the Love of the Game Chapter. Any suggestions?

If you would like your blogs to be ordered differently, please let me know ASAP, I made no decisions about how to order- so if you want to lead with something stronger or more heartfelt in your personal sections- let me know!

As I mentioned before, three bloggers are out of alphabetical order: Motley Su, because her Hockey Fights Cancer Blog is perfect and topical; Me, because I selfishly wanted to be No. 8 AND because I wanted to break up two consecutive Wings fans, so I also switched Kate and jleWings.

Pages

I. FORWARD – Kevin Smith (Request Pending) pp. i

II. INTRODUCTION, THANKS AND ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS pp. ii-iv

CH. 1 MOTLEY SU (Pens) pp.1-8

Hockey Fights Cancer
Reliving “The Miracle” Through Dad’s Eyes
Hope & Heartbreak: A Tale of Two Moms
The HEART of the NHL

CH. 2 ALICIA (Flyers) (Edits Coming) pp.8-16

“We Believe!”
Getting so Attached to Your Team
Experience of a Live NHL Game …
Jeff Carter: My Favorite Warrior in Orange and Black

CH. 3 CASSIE (TBL) pp. 16-20

The Lightning Stretch Run
The Zednik Injury
Lecavalier needs a Nickname
Women and the HHOF

CH. 4 CCD3M (Wings/Caps) pp.20-25

Game 1 Experience as A Wings fan in VA
Favorite Moments from the Awards Show
Get to know Alex Semin

CH. 5 ECPARKE (Wings/Caps) pp.26-36

All Aboard the Washington Ovechkin Bandwagon
A tribute to Sean Avery
In defense of Sean Avery
Ted’s Round Two Pics: Hope you like Big Reads
A Gonzo Night of Hockey

CH. 6 GIVINITAGO (Habs) pp. 36-55

Carpe Diem (?) : October 21, 2008
I’m Back! (?): October 22, 2008
The day after the Morning After; October 23, 2008
Million Miles to go(?): October 24, 2008
Venting a Little: October 27, 2008
Another Day: October 29, 2008
Two-a-Days/11 Goals(?): November 2, 2008
Restless(?): November 6, 2008

CH. 7 JENNA TEE (Sharks) pp. 55-63

Oh Boy …
Something about the way he slams into the boards…
You Saw it Coming
Who is the Captain of a Team and What Does He Do?

CH. 8 JUICE IN LA (Wings) (needs edits) pp. 63-89

Nothing but Love
Oh Eight
Cali Hat Trick I and II (edits needed)
Mac and Drapes
Wingers Defensemen and goalies In the Land Of Joe

CH. 9 Kate the Great

(Hurricaines) pp. 89-99

Live from NASCAR Country
Storytime!
Trade Talk and Stupid Conspiracy Theories
Goalie Smackdown 2008!
All Hail “The Bod”

CH. 10 JLEWINGS (Wings) pp. 99-114

In Defense of Hockeytown
Meeting Chris Chelios
Red Wing Training Camp
The Much anticipated Wings Fan Fest Blog

[Special Pictures Section- page numbers not accounted for here]

CH. 11 MACKSAYEV (Sabres) pp. 114-121

Mickey Renaud Remembered
The League and Non-English Speaking Players
Meeting Luke Adam
Off to Montreal I and II
[Also offering Pictures for middle glossy section]

CH. 12 MARJOLAINE (Habs) pp. 121-124

100 Years of Price, 110 years of MTL Canadiens Fans
Dreams Come True
[Also offering Pictures for middle glossy section]

CH. 13 MICHICONSKY (Wings) pp. 124-128

It’s a Blank
Karma Bomb
The Secret Club
Featured Member: The Ride

CH. 14 METALHEADHOCKEYFANUK (Leafs) pp. 128-140

Origins of a British NHL Fan
The Victoria Cup
Hockey’s forgotten Pioneers: Larry Kwong
Stop the Moralizing!

CH. 15 NINH (Leafs) pp. 140-158

Origins of 30 NHL Team Names
NHL’s Worst Trades
NHL’s Top 15 Stupidest Names
How to Make your Own Hockey Jersey I and 11
NHL’s Weirdest Superstitions
Hockey Fight: Unwritten Rules of Fighting

CH. 16 RED WINGS QUEEN 19 (Wings) pp. 158-161

You know you are a diehard fan when…
Fighting in the NHL
#19 Around the NHL

CH. 17 KEVIN SMITH (Jersey) (Request Pending)

CH. 18 STRAWMAN64(Bruins) pp. 161-169

If it ain’t broke, don’t fix it
Wacky Wednesday
The NHL Connect Dirty Dozen
The Nine

CH. 19 SUPER_DAVE (Leafs) 169-181

End of the Dynasty (as we know it?)
In defense of the Great One
What if?

CH. 20 TEAL GIRL 730 (Sharks) pp.181-194

A Tale of two Cities
A Silly word called Fanhood
Summer school term paper
Don’t act like I never told ya
What happens when….
the Worchester Chronicles
Close of the Season
[Also offering Pictures for middle glossy section]

CH. 21 THORN058 (Pens) pp. 194-208

The Face of the NHL
The Kimmo Timonen Story
Luke it’s a Trap, It’s a Trap!!!!
Raiders of the Lost Art: Argument
Growing up in a Hockey Town

CH. 22 TWENTY TWO (Flyers) pp. 208-219

Teaching us to fly parts I,II and III
Love of the Game
Generation of Fans
Lindros Time to bury the Hatchet
Attacking Shootouts

CH. 23 PETS AND HOCKEY

All In Trouble (Sharks) pp.219-221

Of All Dates

Opening Day pisser

One Lucky Dog

MChiconsky (Wings) pp.221-223

Hockey Dog Gone Bad

CH. 24 THRILL OF VICTORY

Motley Su (Pens) pp.223-224

Redemption

Need more. Would like some bloggers who are not Red Wing, Sharks or Pens fans- as we are well represented in this book.

CH.25 AGONY OF DEFEAT

Yodaman (Sharks) pp.224-225

Acceptance

SuperDave (Leafs) pp.225-228

Chill of an Early Spring

CH. 26 CONTROVERSIES

Radulov pp.228-230

Kyle 720-The Skinny on Radulov
Kyle 720-Preds Suspend Radulov
Kyle 720-KHL to allow Arbitration

Avery Rule

JHRangers- The Avery Rule pp.231-232
TxHockeyCowgirl-My Thoughts on Sean Avery pp. 232-233

Sidney Crosby

Strawman64-Whipping Boy or Saviour? pp. 233-234
MetalHeadHockeyFanUK-Everybody hates the Kid pp. 234-236
Hockeyfan 48- Pens Salesman pp.237

East V West – Not sure we are keeping this segment…

CH. 27 RIVALRIES

Jenna Tee- I hate you, You hate me pp.238-241
RedWingsQueen19-Fanatical Rivalries pp. 241-242

CH. 28 DADS

Jenny Canuck- For Dad pp.243-244
Pens4life-Living with the enemy pp. 245-246
RedwingsQueen (In process)

CH. 29 NEW KID IN TOWN

CCD3M- Petition for a New face pp.246-248
CCD3m- Mike “Game Over” Green pp.248-251
Jenna Tee- New guy on in the block, er league pp.251-252
Twenty Two- Lucic (In process)
Motley Su- Class of 2005 (In process)

CH 30- LOVE OF THE GAME

True Fan – Inspired Fanaticism pp.253-255
Sportsfanatic-Jabberhockey pp.255-256
Carcillo13- You might be a Hockey Fan if pp.256-260
THCG- Stars Training Camp fun pp.260-261
Yodaman-Congratulations Sergei pp.262-263
Circa- O Dallas pp. 263-264

Teams Represented:

1. Detroit Red Wings (4-6)

2. Sharks (5)

3. Flyers(2)

4. Sabres (2)

5. Bruins (1)

6. Hurricanes (1)

7. Pitt (3)

8. Tampa (1)

9. Phoenix (1)

10. Leafs (4)

11. Dallas (3)

12. Canucks (1)

13. Caps/Wings (2)

14. Montreal (2)

15. Canucks (1)

16. Rangers (1)

17. Devils (1)– If K. Smith plays with us.

Ok, let me know how you feel about this! here or at the email address I will send to you in a NHL Connect message.

Tentative Outline- 11/11/08

2008-11-11T21:41:00.000-08:00

Ok all, here is the latest version of the book outline. I have compiled all of the blogs in Section 1, and they make up about 200 pages. I think the topics need some polishing in section 2, so send me your thoughts. Some of you are sending me edited blogs- great, by the end of the week would be stellar.

Everyone, please let me know by Friday 11/14 if I missed something you asked for, still need to subsititute/add/change any blogs, and Please let me know if you’d prefer that your blogs be set forth different order.

CURRENT OUTLINE FOR Updated 11/11/08

“From the Blueline- NHL Connect Fights Cancer:

A Collection of Connect Blogs from 2008”

PART I: INDIVIDUAL CHAPTER FOR EACH OF THE FOLLOWING CONNECT BLOGGERS (essentially, those who have embraced this project) using 4-5 of their 2008 blogs as identified below. Order is alphabetical except in two instances: The first is that Motley Su’s blogs start the book out, since she wrote about Hockey fighting cancer and secondly, in a completely selfish move, I made myself No. 8, and flipped Kate and JLEWings so we wouldn’t have two wings fans back to back…

1. MotleySu (Pens) (22 blogs)

· Hockey Fights Cancer

· Reliving the “Miracle” through my Dad’s eyes

· Hope and Heartbreak; a tale of two mothers

· The Heart of the NHL

2. Alicia (Philly) (86 blogs)

We Believe
Getting so attached to your team
Experience of a live NHL game
Jeff Carter- My favorite Warrior in Orange and Black

3. Cassie (Tampa Bay) (158 blogs)

Lightning Stretch Run

The Zednick Injury
3 Women inducted into the HHOF – new one
Lecavlier needs a nickname

4. CCD3M (Caps/Wings) (63 blogs)

Game 1 Experience as a Wings fan in VA
Ovechkin is always fast
Favorite moments from the Awards Show

5. Ecparke (Washington/Wings) (19 blogs)

All Aboard the Washington Ovechkin bandwagon
A Tribute to Sean Avery/In defense of SA
Ted’s Round 2 picks
A Gonzo Night of Hockey

6. Ginvantago (Montreal) (8 blogs)

The First of Many
The morning After
The Day after the Morning After
Venting a little
Another Day
A good week

7. Jenna Tee (Sharks) (26 blogs)

Something about the way….
You saw it coming
Are you kidding me?
Its about that time
Who is a Captain

8. Juice (Wings)- (78 blogs)

· Cali Hat Trick 1 and 1A (edited into a single blog)

· Nothing but Love

· Oh Eight!

· A Tale of friendship and Loyalty: Mac and Drapes

· Winger Defencemen and goalies in the land of Joe

9. Kate the Great (Hurricanes) (31 blogs)

Live from NASCAR Country
Story time
Trade Talk and Stupid Conspiracy Theories
Goalie Smackdown 2008
All Hail the “Bod”

10. JLEWings (Wings) (15 blogs)

In defense of Hockeytown

Red Wings Training Camp
The Much Anticipated Wings Fan Fest Blog
Meeting Chris Chelios
Pictures for Glossy Middle Section

11. Macks (Sabres) (111 blogs)

Mickey Renaud Remembered
The League and Non-english speakers
Meeting Luke Adam
Off to Montreal I and II

12. MetalHeadHockeyFanUK (30 Blogs)

SuperSaturday
Stop the Moralizing
Origins of a British NHL fan: A history in hockey videogames
Hockey’s forgotten pioneers

13. Mchiconsky (Wings) (11 blogs)

It’s a blank
Karma Bomb
Hockey Dog gone bad (goes in pets section)
The Secret Club
Featuredmember

14. Nihn (Leafs) (35 Blogs)

NHL’s Worst Trades
NHL’s Top 15 Stupidest Names.
Origin of Team names
How To Make Your Own Hockey Jersey.
NHL’s Weirdest Superstitions
Hockey Fight: Unwritten Rules of Hockey Fighting…

15. Redwingsqueen19 (Wings) -19 blogs

You know you’re a diehard fan

Fighting in the NHL
Fanatical rivalry

16. Strawman64 (Bruins) (25 blogs)

If it aint broke don’t fix it.
Wacky Wednesday- the blog itself and about 20 of the best limericks
The Nine
The NHL Connect Dirty Dozen

17. Super Dave (Leafs) (33 Blogs)

End of a Dynasty

In defense of the Great One
What If
The Chill of an Early Spring

18. TealGirl073 (Sharks) (23 blogs)

A Silly word called Fanhood
Summer school term paper
Don’t act like I never told ya
What happens when….

19. Thorn058 (Pens) (30 blogs)

· The Face of the NHL

· The Kimmo Timonen Story

· Luke it’s a trap, its trap!!!!

· Raiders of the Lost Art: Argument

· Growing up in a Hockey Town

20. Twenty Two (Flyers)

Teaching us to fly parts I and III

· Generations of Fans

· 100^th Post- Love of the game

· Lindros time to bury the hatchet

· Attacking Shootouts

II. A SECTION DEVOTED TO THE EACH OF THE FOLLOWING TOPICS

a. Controversies: Sid, Avery Rule, Homer’s Butt, Radulov…

i. Kyle_720- In defense of Sidney Crosby

ii. Strawman64-Whipping Boy or Saviour

iii. MHHFUK-Everybody hates the Kid

iv. Avery Rule (JH Rangers or NYRFAN)

v. Radulov Blog- someone did a really good one but I can’t remember who.

b. East Conference v Western Conference trilogy

i. Juice- Wild West vs. Explosive East

ii. 22- Rebuttal

b. Pets

i. AIT- all three Dog Blogs

ii. MCHI- Hockey Dog gone bad

c. Thrill of Victory/Agony of defeat

i. Yoda- Acceptance

ii. TG- Close of the season

iii. Need more- I know there are more out there!

d. Rivalries

i. RWQ19- Fanatical Rivalry Stories

ii. Jenna Tee-I hate you, you hate me

e. Dads

i. Pensfor life – Father Blog [need approval]

ii. Jenny_Canuck- For Dad

f. New Kid In Town

i. TBD: bloggers are writing as we speak.

g. Love of the Game: The Fan Experience

i. TrueFan (Dallas) -Inspired Fanticism

ii. Pam/TXhockeycowgirl (Dallas) -Stars Training Camp Fun

iii. Yoda (Sharks) -Congratulations Sergei Fedorov

iv. Sportfanatics (Sharks)- Jabberhockey

v. Carcillio13 (Coyotes)-You might be a hockey fan if…

VI. Glossy Middle Section of Amazing Pics taken by Connectors.

a. JLEWINGS

b. MACKSEYEV

c. Super_Dave

d. Anyone else who wants to contribute their own pics (except red wings pics – we have lots of those….)

Teams Represented:

1. Detroit Red Wings (4)

2. Sharks (5)

3. Flyers(4)

4. Sabres (1)

5. Bruins (1)

6. Hurricanes (1)

7. Pitt (3-4)

8. Tampa (1)

9. Phoenix (1)

10. Leafs (3)

11. Dallas (1)

12. Canucks (1)

13. Caps/Wings (2)

14. Rangers (JH Rangers promises to write on Avery Rule)

15. Montreal (1)