Hours of Aquos
Posted by jtbourne on April 6, 2009 · 6 Comments
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Happy Masters week!
The NHL Playoffs are about to get started too! Spring has sprung.
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I’m heading home to Canada to help Dad organize this years Hockey Great’s Fantasy Camp in August, which is perfect timing to get north of the border. (Check out the site if you haven’t already, at www.bournevents.com)
What’s wonderful about the timing is that I’ll get Canadian coverage of hockey, playoff hockey, which means all you NHL fanatics will get better hockey coverage on my blog, at just the right time. And by coverage, of course I mean opinions and observations; as you may have noticed I don’t really do scores and run-downs. Bob Cole, Harry Neale, here I come.
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The Isles keep fighting:
I got a text from Jeff Tambellini last night that said “we’re making our playoff push”. I recommended they stop it or they might lose that pesky first overall pick. Here’s to supporting his effort while wishing him losses.
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I’m in a No-Tiger Masters pool that lets you pick five players: I chose:
Phil Mickelson (shocker), Rory McIlroy (actual shocker?), Paddy Harrington (top o’ the mornin’ to ya), Trevor Immelman (past champ) and Sergio Garcia (he’s going to win a major someday, the kid is too good).
Plenty of coverage to come. On to other things.
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I watched The Godfather and Godfather II this past weekend for the first time. They’re unbelievable shows with some classic lines. I’m sure those of you who saw it way back when remember ”You come to me, on this, the day of my daughters wedding…”
And the all-time great: “I’ma make him an offer he can’t refuse”.
Or my personal favourite “leave the gun, take the cannoli’s”.
Brando was awesome.
Clark Gillies is a member at the Huntington Crescent Club, a place where a few of the members could quite possibly have been cast as extras in those movies. When I mentioned this to Clark, he said “that’s why there’s so many guy’s named Tony… they were all on the boat with – To NY - stamped on ‘em.”
So those are today’s little tidbits. A nonsensical random thoughts blog is in the near future as well — my planner has recently overflown with gibberish thoughts. Coming soon!
Hockey. Golf. Aquos.
I'm a hockey player turned writer. After playing for Alaska Anchorage in the WCHA (NCAA), I carried on with an NHL tryout (New York Islanders in 2007) before spending a couple seasons in the AHL/ECHL (last year was 2008-09). My father, Bob Bourne, won four Stanley Cups with the Islanders in the '80's, as did my fiancee's dad, Clark Gillies. I'm now the web editor for theScore's hockey blog "Backhand Shelf."
Tambellini was a guest speaker at a meeting I attended. He has terrific comedic timing. I told him to pursue Stand Up if hockey doesn’t work out for him. He’s a natural at it.
My guess is he’ll just keep playing in the NHL though, I hear that pays okay.
I honestly can’t wait to paste myself to my couch all weekend – and it’s only Monday. When I watch certain sporting events, I get some sort of feeling that I am laying witness to something of significance. The Super Bowl does it, Stanley Cup Finals do it, even the BCS Championship Game and the Final Four do it to an extent. But the Masters definately does it. I love everything about Sunday at the Masters. Amen corner, the stunning visual appeal of Augusta, Jim Nantz’s sappy, over-the-top, yet completely satisfying sentimental pieces, the pressure, the intensity, but most of all, I love this – http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eE5nxzSljCg.
Wow! Really impressed with your articles man. I have read them all and each one was better than the next. You have a lot of great stories that don’t get told often enough in hockey. Keep it up, and all the best!!
PS… I would really like to read about your take on goal celebrations.
Krisky,
I wrote about goal celly’s (as you know I enjoy them), and I’m cleaning it up for my next Hockey News article. It’s on the way!
Save yourself some valuable time and skip godfather 3.
So pumped for 3-4 playoff games per day….