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Providence College Summer 2011: The Hockey Guy Adventures

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Those free game tix were on the Hockey season tix package......we are already there what we need is other people to come so give the b-ball folks some free tix on their package and hope a few decide to come to more games as well as basketball......we know the price is right but if no one buys the tix then the price means nothing......we need some type of gimicks to start to fill the seats at least until the team turns itself around

BostonFriar said:
PC had a bunch of ticket deals for hockey including giving free game tickets (extras) to season ticket holders, having local youth team nights for discounted tickets and so forth. Adult tickets are only $5.00 which is far below other HE teams.
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satyking said:
Those free game tix were on the Hockey season tix package......we are already there what we need is other people to come so give the b-ball folks some free tix on their package and hope a few decide to come to more games as well as basketball......we know the price is right but if no one buys the tix then the price means nothing......we need some type of gimicks to start to fill the seats at least until the team turns itself around
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I believe they have given bbal folks hockey tix.

If the hockey team wins, people will come.

Happy Easter friends.
 
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I believe they have given bbal folks hockey tix
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They definitely have. I recall many times years ago where there would be a few more people in the stands and the reason was that it was free ticket night for the basketball people.
 
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Anybody going to the press conference tomorrow??
 
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cavbim said:
It is May 3. He will be down at the coach's convention this week.
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My bad, got my Tuesday's mixed up. Might he be looking to add to his staff, when he's down at the convention....
 
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Has this practice stopped ? If yes then lets do it again

HockeyMan2000 said:
They definitely have. I recall many times years ago where there would be a few more people in the stands and the reason was that it was free ticket night for the basketball people.
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RealHockeyDad said:
any idea on a second assistant?
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Cav. Not the one from BC but our favorite poster from PC. If they aren't going to hire my first choice for head coach then at least they can hire my other Cav as an assistant!!! :p:p:p

If he won't accept the position then I will step in. I too am a hockey guy!:D
 
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HockeyMan2000 said:
I'd say there's not much chance of that happening Freds. If you've seen the Projo lately it truly is more the "Providence Pamphlet" as Buddy Cianci likes to call it compared to what it used to be. They've cut staff to the point where even many/most of the game recaps for the Bruins and Celtics are AP stories now, so I don't think they have the manpower to do local game stories of anything except PC basketball and the like. I think we have to applaud Jim Donaldson at least for writing about the whole coaching situation over the last few seasons. It's good that one of their columnists is still paying attention, but beyond that, coverage will probably drop back to the occasional "hockey column" summary and that's it.

Thanks for the links to the Union stories... :)
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For the record, I have offered to cover the combination of PC and Brown hockey for the Projo as a freelancer asking virtually no pay. I have done it more than once and repeatedly been turned down. They just do not care.
 
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klumpmypants said:
For the record, I have offered to cover the combination of PC and Brown hockey for the Projo as a freelancer asking virtually no pay. I have done it more than once and repeatedly been turned down. They just do not care.
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Maybe it has something to do with the klump in your pants.
Leaving a bad taste in the room during the interview process may be killing you. ;) :p
 
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Thanks for the link Mike. It's nice to hear the coach's initial take. So Devin Rask has moved on and the future of David Berard is up in the air. The rebuilding is about to begin.
 
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The Freds said:
Thanks for the link Mike. It's nice to hear the coach's initial take. So Devin Rask has moved on and the future of David Berard is up in the air. The rebuilding is about to begin.
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Great coaching pick up. Look for big things to come.
 
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"And so he left a big impression on me.”
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I have no idea who the writer was but he did a better than average job. And yes Walsh left an impression on me too. Sometime it wasn't a good impression.

a freelancer asking virtually no pay.
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There are union rules.
The future of newspapers --what little is left-- is going to be more freelance friendly or their survival won't be lasting too long.
The projo is in a hyper-local mode right now. It's about putting suburban kid's photos and copy in the paper. As I've said before you have to provide your own coverage.
 
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D.Leo said:
"And so he left a big impression on me.”
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I have no idea who the writer was but he did a better than average job. And yes Walsh left an impression on me to. Sometime it wasn't a good impression.




Walsh was the man.....

Just because Jack Parker was jealous of him doesnt make him a bad guy. His players loved and respected him and thats what matters. Paul Kariya sent both his brothers and his sister to U Maine, one of the most stand up guys in hockey ever. If he respected him, so can I

Hockey East lost a great one when he passed.
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t make him a bad guy.
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I say good things about him and I wish he was still around (and alive). He just had some unbelievable explanations about certain controversies with the NCAA. The marital problems with Mason's (MSU) daughter, Noni Daly resigning from HE in support of him... the guy was controversial.

I'd say his team with the Ferarro bros, Imes, Thyer, (others) and superstar Paul Kariya was the quickest I've ever seen
 
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Shawn Walsh was always friendly with my wife and I whenever we saw him around various rinks. He worked really hard and his teams played great hockey. We were at Bright one night watching the world U18 champinships and UMaine was in Anaheim playing a holiday tournament. About 10PM in walks Shawn to look at players having just arrived in Boston and having sent his team on to Orono. He recognized us from PC games and made an effort to say hello after spotting us in the crowd.

Really hard working guy - regardless of all the true and false criticism we all face.
 
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He got divorced, who cares.
He was the best X's and O's guy the league has had in many years, if not ever. Taking nothing from JP or JY but send them to Orono in 1984 and see the results.

If you get bored, watch this video and the other 9 parts. An hour total. You tell me if you wouldnt want him coaching your kid...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=74jQlG_nTDI

Nice to see an F on the PP point...
 
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Seems like folks have forgotten, or are sweeping aside, the dark side of Walsh's career as the years have passed.

Walsh's legacy is close to Jekyll & Hyde. I met him a couple of times and found him unbelievably charismatic and seemingly genuine as a lot of folks will attest. I have no doubt he was phenomenal for his players, loved the school and had a passion for the game. And he was a terrific coach from a strategic standpoint.

On the other hand, history shows you he likely didn't win by doing it "the right way" either -- definitely not the first time at least. His personal problems and NCAA infractions -- and they weren't minor -- are well-documented and are a part of his legacy as much as his winning. You can't mention one without the other, and one could argue the way he built Maine's program from the ground up probably wasn't all "on the level" either.

Walsh was a complicated guy with some demons. Even the UMaine president mentioned the "low points" of his "personal and professional" life upon his passing -- it was a part of who he was, for better or worse. But you don't vacate wins, serve a year long suspension, and have your program barred from the post-season for two years for doing nothing either.
 
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