The hockey thread

[pooksma]

No problem.

I'm going to set the league to ready later today. If you know of anyone else who would like to join, this is the last chance.

Just wanted to say that since YOU didn't ask me to join, I joined anyway.
This may be a hint of things to come. GO FLAMES!!!

 

[declansdad]

Your teams have been drafted so we are all set to go. If you want to make changes before the season starts, now would be a good time to do it.

Go Habs!!!!!

 

[F4disneyfan]

Your teams have been drafted so we are all set to go. If you want to make changes before the season starts, now would be a good time to do it.

Go Habs!!!!!

Sounds great can't wait for the season to start. RDS is my new favourite station all 82 HABS games will be broadcasr with a reported 82 games in High Definition.

 

[nokidz]

Your teams have been drafted so we are all set to go. If you want to make changes before the season starts, now would be a good time to do it.

Go Habs!!!!!

i am too late to join, right?

 

[declansdad]

i am too late to join, right?

Sorry the teams were drafted last night.

 

[F4disneyfan]

I look to have a pretty decent team mind you I have to say I hate CINDY cry baby Crosby.

 

[nokidz]

Sorry the teams were drafted last night.

no prob, thanks anyways....

 

[pooksma]

YES!!!! I got Jarome and NO HABS!!!!!

 

[declansdad]

YES!!!! I got Jarome and NO HABS!!!!!

That's too bad.

 

[pooksma]

That's too bad.

Not for me!

 

[delta123]

I feel like My hockey season started in August my son's hockey camp then right into his regular team practices. Now the NHL season starting I love hockey!!!! Minor hockey, OHL hockey, and NHL just call me addicted. GO SENS GO!!!!!

 

[F4disneyfan]

Well it looks like I am out in front thus far with 8 points. Plus the HABS won tonight and the Leafs lost so all is right in the hockey world tonight.

 

[declansdad]

At least there is a Habs fan in the lead.

 

[declansdad]

For those of you who have never used a Yahoo pool before, there are a few things you can do.

You can edit your rosters at anytime (unless a game has started).

You can drop most players and pick up new ones (use the add a player link while viewing your team).

You can offer up trades with other teams.

Hope you all have fun and good luck to everyone except the Make Belief fans.

 

[declansdad]

WOOHOO, it's all over folks, you may as well go home now.

 

[dizneydiva2005]

OMG! My husband just ordered the NHL channel. NOW there's NOTHING on but hockey, hockey, and more hockey. My 10 year old lives to watch and play hockey. It's like feeding an obsession that is out of control.

 

[declansdad]

OMG! My husband just ordered the NHL channel. NOW there's NOTHING on but hockey, hockey, and more hockey. My 10 year old lives to watch and play hockey. It's like feeding an obsession that is out of control.

Now if he combined that with the NFL channel, he wouldn't have to get off the sofa all weekend.

 

[F4disneyfan]

Now if he combined that with the NFL channel, he wouldn't have to get off the sofa all weekend.

LOL well with the NHL network RDS and TSN and CBC I get hockey alomst 24/7 my PVR is getting overworked recording hockey games for me LOL.

 

[drag n' fly]

I just read that Ramage was found guilty. What a sad story for all involved.

Wed. October. 10 2007 6:50 PM ET

Former Toronto Maple Leaf captain Rob Ramage has been found guilty on all counts in the fatal car crash that killed his passenger, former Chicago Blackhawks defenceman Keith Magnuson, nearly four years ago.

Ramage looked straight ahead and showed little emotion when the verdict was delivered in a Newmarket, Ont. courtroom late Wednesday afternoon, CTV's John Musselman reported.

Ramage's family wept after hearing the verdict, which was returned after four-and-a-half hours of deliberations by the eight-man, four-woman jury.

Ramage was released on bail and will return for sentencing on Jan. 17.

Outside court, Ramage called the ordeal a tragedy for both families, Musselman said.

"It has taken a huge personal toll on Rob, his wife and his three children," Ramage's lawyer Brian Greenspan told reporters.

"Now it will take an even greater toll because the conviction will end up with him having to leave the life he has built in St. Louis over a long period of time."

Ramage was driving Magnuson, 56, home in December 2003 after they attended the funeral of NHL Alumni Association chair Keith McCreary in nearby Bolton.

The pair was travelling eastbound when the rented Chrysler Intrepid crossed over the centre median and smashed into a Nissan Pathfinder in Woodbridge, northwest of Toronto.

Magnuson died instantly due to head and chest injuries sustained in the head-on collision.

Ramage had pleaded not guilty to five charges, including impaired driving causing death and dangerous driving causing death.

During the trial, court heard that post-crash test results showed Ramage had at least two-and-half and perhaps nearly four times the legal limit of alcohol in his blood and urine.

Greenspan argued Ramage was sober during the time of the accident and that blood and urine samples were flawed.

A nurse admitted in court she used an alcohol swab to take samples and not the approved non-alcohol kit.

The jury also heard that when Ramage was pulled from the mangled vehicle he didn't remember driving the car and was confused as to who the passenger was.

A number of York police officers testified there was a pungent smell of alcohol emanating from the wreckage and from Ramage's breath.

However, other emergency workers testified Ramage did not appear inebriated while receiving treatment.

Ramage was captain of the Toronto Maple Leafs from 1989 to 1991. During his 15-year career, he also played for the Calgary Flames and Montreal Canadiens, winning Stanley Cups with both teams.

A number of former Leaf players attended the courthouse during the trial to show their support for Ramage.

With a report from CTV's John Musselman

 

[declansdad]

As of October 17th.

Rank Team Points
1. FlamesRock 86.00
2. Douglas Canadians 77.00
3. Disney HABS 73.00
4. SensRock 66.00
5. bellebeleafs 65.00
6. Leafs Win the Cup! 63.00
7. Northern Mouse 62.00