Who is Sammy Hancock? » detroit http://www.whoissammyhancock.com Tue, 10 Aug 2010 16:36:21 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 Fall is in the air… http://www.whoissammyhancock.com/2008/10/01/fall-is-in-the-air/ http://www.whoissammyhancock.com/2008/10/01/fall-is-in-the-air/#comments Wed, 01 Oct 2008 15:31:58 +0000 Sammy Hancock http://www.whoissammyhancock.com/?p=312 When it starts to get cool in the year, I get all sorts of chills. Why? No, not because I’m reminded of my ex, but because hockey season is returning! You see, I’ve always loved hockey since I first watched a game on ESPN back in the 90s. Just recently I got hockey fever when I had someone to talk hockey to at my last job. I’ve always been a die hard Red Wings fan since the 90s, before they won the Stanley Cup in 97, 98 and 02. So is was relieving this past year when they won again in 08.

Something about the ballet of ice skating, stick handling, line changes, hard hitting, slap shots and great glove saves make hockey the most interesting sport, in my eyes. This year is no different. With the recent inclusion of the salary cap after the last lock out, people say back to back cups are harder to come by. The wings for the most part kept a majority of their lineup and added a few to strengthen the rest of their lines. Right now in the pre-season they’re testing some new lines and new defensemen, so I won’t be at all disappointed if they lose before the season starts. I have a lot of faith in Mike Babcock to lead this team.

Tonight I will feel alive again, tonight Red descends on this city and consumes it.

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I’ve always been a big hockey fan and caught games whenever I could, but this year is different for some reason. I guess all the changes in my life this year have really brought forth how much I really do love hockey. What other sport combines the finesse of skating and stick handling with the brutal checking and be fast paced? Why doesn’t this sport catch on more in this country. It’s a great sport, filled with no ego players. I love it!

I joined another Fantasy Hockey team this year, with the Shacknews crew, and I’m paying way more attention to the details this year than I did in 2003, the last time I had a fantasy team. I guess another thing that helps is that a guy at my work is a die hard Calgary Flames fan, formerly Atlanta Flames, and I am a Detroit Red Wings fan, which means… we are rivals. Which is always a good thing. Now I have someone to talk hockey to, and he’s playing a fantasy team as well.

I just subscribed, via RSS, to a ton of hockey blogs, some for teams of goalies I have and others because, they are a lot of fun to read. I noticed that the die hard fans are really good at writing about their teams as well as giving a good analysis on the upcoming games and post game stats.

Now if I only have DirecTV or Comcast, I’d have the CenterIce package and I’d be watching hockey until my eyes bleed. I can’t wait for the playoffs, Stanley’s Cup is coming back to Hockeytown!

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