So, who would you rather believe, an NHL person or Wayne Gretzky?
Obviosuly The Great One, knows Hocckey better than anyone, and he said it last month, Hamilton is the next logical place for a NHL team.
Having Gretzky say something like this is like getting blessed by The Pope, who is going to doubt what he says!
I think something we need to do and hopefully we can do it through this website, is to put forth the facts on Hamilton, Hockey, its history and its future.
The first thing everyone needs to know is that Hamilton is on the move, and that is forward.
For Canadians or Americans reading this blog, you need to know that our own Canadian Business Magazine put Hamilton as #3 in Canada as the best place to do business in.
A very special honour for Hamilton and its people.
Hamilton is also known as " The Waterfall Capital of The World", it has more waterfalls in its City limits than any other City, who would not want to live here!?
I think a good thing we can do here is to put together a list of reasons on why Hamilton should have an NHL team, and put it together and submit it to the league, if one thing has become clear, its the fact that a lot of people simply are not armed with the facts.
www.hockeynightinhamilton.com
Wednesday, October 22, 2008
A second NHL team in Toronto ?
Its incredible what happens when a journalist writes a column isn't it?
Lets set the record straight.
There will never be a second team playing out of the Air Canada Center in Toronto.
That in itself is a disaster in the making.
It would water down the Maple Leaf Brand, and would be a marketing persons nightmare to try to introduce a second team and build the hype around it.
It would be virtually an impossibility to try to separate the two and build upon the new team.
The damage that could happen to both teams is a huge possibility and something impossible to even imagine.
Look at any successful sports franchise and you will find that they have a very distinct character, fan base, and "feel" about them.
A second team in Toronto would be an impossibility to try to create something out of nothing and to build something that would basically morph Toronto.
So, lets put that notion to bed right away, as the President of a marketing company, I would not even take a project like this on, it has failure written all over it.
April Fools was just played on the hockey world.
www.hockeynightinhamilton.com
Lets set the record straight.
There will never be a second team playing out of the Air Canada Center in Toronto.
That in itself is a disaster in the making.
It would water down the Maple Leaf Brand, and would be a marketing persons nightmare to try to introduce a second team and build the hype around it.
It would be virtually an impossibility to try to separate the two and build upon the new team.
The damage that could happen to both teams is a huge possibility and something impossible to even imagine.
Look at any successful sports franchise and you will find that they have a very distinct character, fan base, and "feel" about them.
A second team in Toronto would be an impossibility to try to create something out of nothing and to build something that would basically morph Toronto.
So, lets put that notion to bed right away, as the President of a marketing company, I would not even take a project like this on, it has failure written all over it.
April Fools was just played on the hockey world.
www.hockeynightinhamilton.com
Thursday, October 9, 2008
Tim Miller Joins Hockey Night in Hamilton
I am very proud to announce that veteran sports writer for The Hamilton Spectator, Mr. Tim Miller has come aboard and will be writing columns and conducting research for us.
Tim is a well respected journalist and has covered sports for longer than I can remember, and is the author of several books.
Welcome aboard Tim, good to have you with us here at Hockey Night in Hamilton!
www.hockeynightinhamilton.com
Tim is a well respected journalist and has covered sports for longer than I can remember, and is the author of several books.
Welcome aboard Tim, good to have you with us here at Hockey Night in Hamilton!
www.hockeynightinhamilton.com
Monday, October 6, 2008
Building our Hockey Night In Hamilton Website
Well we have been busy over the weekend researching all things hockey in Hamilton, and Rosie will be back from New York Tommorow and will start to build the website with the information that we have gathered.
I have also received some emails from people that have old stories, pictures, etc..., so please yes send them in and we will include them in the website!
Many thanks
Chris Ecklund
http://www.hockeynightinhamilton.com
I have also received some emails from people that have old stories, pictures, etc..., so please yes send them in and we will include them in the website!
Many thanks
Chris Ecklund
http://www.hockeynightinhamilton.com
Saturday, October 4, 2008
Starting The Movement To Get Pops Kenesky Into The Hockey Hall Of Fame
Today during a neighbourhood fundraiser I had the chance to talk with Tyler Banham Federal Candidate for the Liberal Party for Hamilton Mountain.
During our 30 minute marathon on all things Hamilton, I told him of my plan to get Pops Kenesky into the Hockey Hall of Fame.
Tyler then said that during his years in law school he got to be friends with Ken Dryden and will talk to him about this.
We have some messages ionto the HHOF and will hopefully talk with them next week to formalize how we go about the submission process.
I also had a chat with Steve Milton from The Spec about this as well.
More to follow.
www.hockeynightinhamilton.com
During our 30 minute marathon on all things Hamilton, I told him of my plan to get Pops Kenesky into the Hockey Hall of Fame.
Tyler then said that during his years in law school he got to be friends with Ken Dryden and will talk to him about this.
We have some messages ionto the HHOF and will hopefully talk with them next week to formalize how we go about the submission process.
I also had a chat with Steve Milton from The Spec about this as well.
More to follow.
www.hockeynightinhamilton.com
Friday, October 3, 2008
Kenesky Sports
After driving by it for my life time, ( well at least 40 years) I finally stopped into Kenesky Sports today, the icon of hockey in Hamilton, and the birthplace of the modern day goalie pad.
You see it was here that " Pops" Kenesky invented the goalie pad.
It was something else to see all the old pictures and upstairs old hockey greats even signed the wall, I saw Allan Bester's signature and a whole bunch of other players as well, and even coaches.
There was an old set of his pads from 1962 in a glass case as well, you know when you start to look at them closely, it made me wonder if I might have ever worn a pair playing road hockey, heck you never know.
It was like a trip down memory lane in a sort of way also.
One thing that we are looking into is to see if we can get "Pops" recognized in The Hockey Hall of Fame, he is mentioned but not inducted, this we believe is a very important thing to recognize for his achievements in the world of hockey.
Richard spent the day at the library researching and has completed some more on famous Hamiltonian born hockey players.
More to follow.
Chris Ecklund
http://www.hockeynightinhamilton.com/
You see it was here that " Pops" Kenesky invented the goalie pad.
It was something else to see all the old pictures and upstairs old hockey greats even signed the wall, I saw Allan Bester's signature and a whole bunch of other players as well, and even coaches.
There was an old set of his pads from 1962 in a glass case as well, you know when you start to look at them closely, it made me wonder if I might have ever worn a pair playing road hockey, heck you never know.
It was like a trip down memory lane in a sort of way also.
One thing that we are looking into is to see if we can get "Pops" recognized in The Hockey Hall of Fame, he is mentioned but not inducted, this we believe is a very important thing to recognize for his achievements in the world of hockey.
Richard spent the day at the library researching and has completed some more on famous Hamiltonian born hockey players.
More to follow.
Chris Ecklund
http://www.hockeynightinhamilton.com/
Thursday, October 2, 2008
Hockey Night In Hamilton
Welcome to our new blog!
It has been a very busy last 48 hours since we launched our Facebook group, and today we launched our new website!
In the first 48 hours we have gathered over 700 members alone!
Tonight we had a 2 hour meeting going over what we could do with the new site and where we could go with it.
My usual typical approach to anything new like this is to fly by my seat of the pants like I usually do, make it up as we go and change direction as we see fit.
Kind of the same approach when you are skating down the ice with the puck isn't it?!
Tonight we came up with some great ideas on what we could do with the site, we discussed a logo, covering the Bulldogs games, and junior hockey as well.
Lots of great ideas and we look forward to implementing them as we go along.
Many thanks for dropping by!
It has been a very busy last 48 hours since we launched our Facebook group, and today we launched our new website!
In the first 48 hours we have gathered over 700 members alone!
Tonight we had a 2 hour meeting going over what we could do with the new site and where we could go with it.
My usual typical approach to anything new like this is to fly by my seat of the pants like I usually do, make it up as we go and change direction as we see fit.
Kind of the same approach when you are skating down the ice with the puck isn't it?!
Tonight we came up with some great ideas on what we could do with the site, we discussed a logo, covering the Bulldogs games, and junior hockey as well.
Lots of great ideas and we look forward to implementing them as we go along.
Many thanks for dropping by!
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