Pratt/Taylor made a great point today during their show. If the rink doesn't even have something as small as a defibrillator then how can you expect good playing conditions? They threw out an example of how Lecavlier played in an arena (during the lockout) that only had 1 washroom and he had to walk through the stands to get to it LOL

OT:

Nice to see the NHL broadcast in Chinese and now Punjabi....

MEDIA ALERT

CBC’s Hockey Night In Canada Select NHL Games in Punjabi Available on Rogers Digital Cable
Customers of Rogers Digital Cable can now enjoy 55 NHL games broadcast in Punjabi from CBC'S HOCKEY NIGHT IN CANADA 2008-2009 regular season schedule, including the 57th NHL All-Star Game in Montreal on Sunday, January 25th, 2009. Rogers will be offering these games FREE for all Digital Cable customers with a digital receiver in Ontario and New Brunswick on digital channel 401*. Parminder Singh, host of OMNI Television’s Punjabi-language program Chardi Kalaa, will handle the play-by-play for the Punjabi language broadcasts. He will be joined by Harnarayan Singh, a freelance radio reporter with CBC Radio in Calgary, who will be the analyst on the games. Both also provided play-by-play for the Punjabi language broadcasts during the 2008 Stanley Cup Finals. Customers without a Rogers digital receiver wishing to tune in to the games should contact 1-888-ROGERS1. Customers with a digital receiver can simply turn to Channel 401 and enjoy the game.

*NOTE: digital channel 401 will only have CBC’s Hockey Night in Canada in Punjabi during the respective games. Customers will see “Sports Preview Channel” content when there are no games in progress.

iirc, 8 rinks has defibrillators. im not sure if every rink has them, but i'm pretty sure i heard they have at least 1. as for RIC, i hope to god they have 1, since i play hockey there.

I never thot of this stuff until that incident

That's wonderful, but how would this help people to learn the English language? Just wondering.

Oh............. I get it. If we wanted to learn Chinese or Punjabi, we could watch hockey in those languages. It's like kids learning Japanese watching streaming Japanese Anime. Cool. Very Cool.

That's how I learned French.... what little I know. CBC French Hockey.

Pyatt...............

Sort of agree. My dad watches tons of Hollywood movies and actually learned a lot of English that way. On the other hand, it does bring in a larger audience for the NHL.

Very true.

you actually think that because it's offered in those languages, people who didnt watch before are going to watch now? :/

You can't see it? A bunch of old Indo Canadian men huddled around the TV watching HNIC in Punjabi. I can see it. And it would be wonderful....... CBC bridging the gap.

Not everybody will flock to watch it but I'm sure it'll help bring in a bunch of curious fans that never watched it because of the language barrier.

Bottom line is the NHL needs new fans. Tap into the newly immigrated communities and you have the potential to attract new fans. Also, I know of people who love hockey but don't understand what is going on because they have limited English. If you broadcast in their language, they'll understand the game better and keep watching.

Appearently Pylon Pyatt took a puck off the foot and will miss tomorrow's game. In his place, Wellwood will be on the "second" line with Raymond and Demitra.

This is Wellwood's shot to prove himself.

By the way, game is Thursday, not tomorrow :)

Kev

Oops. You are right.

I'm looking to buy some tickets to the nucks game and was wondering how to verify the authenticity?

Is there anything I should look for or someway to prove it prior to actually getting scanned at GM place?

bieska out for 7-10 days sprained mcl =(

:haha: @ Pylon Pyatt

I think this is good. Give Wellwood some decent ice time and an opportunity to produce.

I find that as a good thing, it could of been aliot worse thats for sure

But even if Wellwood does do good, will Pylon get replaced? Most likely not.



For sure. 7-10 days is considered very good compared to last season.
With all these injuries, makes me worried already though.

I remember the first game, I thought Kesler was gonna get injured again. He took a few good beatings including a skate in the face. Wasn't it two seasons ago he missed a bunch of games and then came back for one or two playoff games just to get his finger hit by a puck and go out again?

Although I like the guy, it still raises a few concerns about his game. Bieksa can't play grit hockey if he has to play cautious due to injury concerns. The guy will lose his edge that earned him his roster spot to begin with. :(

3rd jersey has been leaked...

meh nothing we haven't seen.

http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_r8tWGVHrjG...NUCKSTHIRD.jpg

not a fan to plain. The 3rd jersey should of been johnny canuck
or somthing different and unique

didn't do much on Monday aside from getting steamrolled by Ovy:p