Comments on: The One With Josh Ciocco

By: Donald Dunlop

Donald Dunlop — Mon, 19 Oct 2009 20:47:38 +0000

My readership was substantially lower back then (50 or 60 a day). I knew Dr. Cobb was and had a sense that some parents were reading the site but I had no sense of whether players were. I think my first real solid feedback with regard to players came when Justin Johnson found me at a game and wanted to shake my hand for my “Senior Tribute” post about him. I’d imagine since you started writing you’ve had a similar experience along the same lines. I hope you have because besides the fact that you make some coin doing this such feedback is priceless. These days (400 a day) … I’m dead sure that most parents and lots of players are reading me. My self-consciousness has grown exponentially … but it’s an interesting ride.

Hope I didn’t put you on the spot with my PD question i.e… “telling tales out of school”. Perhaps he’ll return here and straighten me out.

By: jtbourne

jtbourne — Mon, 19 Oct 2009 15:20:04 +0000

You know, I simply didn’t know about your blog, but had I, I definitely would have read it. Guys (myself included) are generally narcissists with time to kill when they’re supposed to be doing homework etc. I’d say once a month somebody in my house check the fan forum/chat boards on the WCHA websites and would tell the other guys something funny. They’re grossly inaccurate (and generally mean), but we always laughed. It would have been nice to get some UAA feedback. Charlie and I were convinced we were gonna be able to get Sully packed by our senior year, and tried hard to re-connect with the fans after previous teams had made efforts to actually sever the ties.

By: Donald Dunlop

Donald Dunlop — Mon, 19 Oct 2009 08:45:29 +0000

Not that I’m accusing PD of “messing” with Clarkie. If he was … it’s funny though.

By: Donald Dunlop

Donald Dunlop — Mon, 19 Oct 2009 08:43:04 +0000

How much did PD mess with players? I hear he recently told Clarkie that having me pimp out his twitter account on my blog would be fine. So Kevin emails me and I’m like … “ok cool. I’ll post it” … Then Backstrom nabs me at the next game and tells me this whole story about Clarkie getting his chops busted (Nils said “fined”) by everyone for doing it. I told him to stop reading my blog (it makes me self-conscious). LOL (<—– instead of a fruity smiley)

Did you you guys read my blog when you were there? Once I said you were a better skater than your pops … and now when I read the reverence you have for his career, I wonder if you thought I was some sort of rube.

By: SDC

SDC — Sat, 17 Oct 2009 07:37:51 +0000

a fair percentage of those 30 sticks were far from unusable, and came into my possession. I’m still reaping the summer stock benefits to this day… *tip of the cap in JTB’s direction*

By: P. D.

P. D. — Sat, 17 Oct 2009 06:41:48 +0000

Yes Bourno your senior class was the best for not being needy. Schmoops would use whatever I gave him! His last year, his sticks came in a different length and instead of cutting them down he just said f it and used longer sticks. Plus is took him 2.3 seconds to tape a stick! Kronsch only needed his skates sharpened like 5 times a season. Loweser Beam was happy that he finally got the right order on his skates! The only minor problems I had was Andy used those bummy Mission sticks and broke 8 million of them and you went through 30 sticks your senior year….. another UAA record! Overall best class in my 5 years so far. BTW I’m an equipment manager not a trainer! Damn Canadians….

By: SDC

SDC — Sat, 17 Oct 2009 01:41:15 +0000

Guilty as charged Corbett, I did possess a silver Easton Aluminum, Tackla pants, and some level of CCM Tacks, but I don’t remember if they contributed to the same Novice A gear setup or not. I was quite oblivious to gear style at the time, but I think I did alright with all my mid-grade equipment, most of the time. They were no match for the all-white Cooper pads, glove and blocker combo that you rocked out that year!

I’ll humbly accept your credit for being good at that time. Maybe if I’d had red gloves and unsharpened skates one year, I would’ve made it farther! [ just jokes bourne ] [wait, smiley's are out? crap.]

By: Bob

Bob — Fri, 16 Oct 2009 22:43:23 +0000

Josh Ciocco is one of the toughest players that ever tore up the ice, the net and more than his share of faces in the BCHL. In one of his first games with Vernon he took a high stick to the mouth. I believe he lost 3 chicklets on the top in the first period. He got frozen and stitched up by Doc and came back in the 2nd period without a bird cage. So now I suggest he might be a little bit tough to play without a cage, but when he says he wants to fight someone in the 3rd period… Umm, Josh, don’t know if you noticed or not but you’ve got a big hole where those teeth were and it might hurt a bit if someone punches you in the yap. I guess it was mostly frozen but still.
Chico, you were and still are one tough SOB, even if you are all of 5’10″. Good thing you didn’t wear two different socks in practice eh?

By: minnesotagirl71

minnesotagirl71 — Fri, 16 Oct 2009 21:41:12 +0000

JD – if I represent “Joe Blow in the stands” I can’t ID who has terrible style and who doesn’t. I thought I was pretty observant – I can’t believe all the things that you guys mentioned that I have never noticed! (I need to watch for those.)

I notice who wears a visor and who doesn’t, who keeps their chin strap fairly tight and whose is dangling three inches below their chin. I noticed that the inseams were torn out of Brent Burns pants. A google search informed me that he does it on purpose. Looks like he’s wearing Boogard’s hand me downs but the flash of thigh when he skates past is well worth it!

By: PVeltkamp

PVeltkamp — Fri, 16 Oct 2009 20:03:56 +0000

The turtle neck is all kinds of wrong. Can someone please tell this to Plekanec. Correct me if I am wrong but I think once upon a time the colored tuuks were all the rage, black and blue. I know I used to have black ones on my Bauer 2000. Looking back though someone should have stopped anyone from using them. Google an old picture of Gretz, he has the blue ones on and it just looks BAD.

Update on the stick tapping, one response on my hockey pool msg board. And he said it is douchey but…. if it works once in a while why the hell not. Sounds like a fence sitter to me.