Barking Pumpkins Hockey

10/16/2024

RIP Johnny “Ham n’ Cheese and brother Matthew. And condolences to the Gaudreau family.

11/22/2023

https://www.upmatters.com/video/u-p-hockey-veterans-give-back/9164167/?fbclid=IwAR3_r4M6V_M6YUlZ4TvdV4xB3S_7XetepBW_Y4mE0-BodY2LUIQctPfz9Lg

U.P. Hockey Veterans Give Back

10/26/2023

05/12/2022

Where's Carney-Nadeau when you need him?

04/21/2022

Is there a Zamboni driver that hasn't done this?

The Detroit fired zamboni driver Al Sobotka in March for peeing into a drain, a lawsuit now revealed. According to the Detroit Free Press, Sobotka (67) was caught peeing into a drain between two Zambonis in the machines’ garage at Little Caesars Arena.

Sobotka — who was with the club for 51 years and is famously known for swinging fan-thrown octopi — is suing the club for violation of civil rights, claiming discrimination on the basis of age and disability. He was diagnosed with benign prostatic hypertrophy, which causes a frequent and uncontrollable need to urinate.

Sobotka’s legal team is seeking compensatory damages.

11/23/2021

https://dierstraits.com/featured-post/the-inspiring-life-of-ken-ruohonen?fbclid=IwAR1e0WVWBrQNIHMeuhjoc_p04SJ5NmZhtDvjOMCz5zg-1fKu7C4OLeFq97o

A History of The Green Bay Bobcats Chapter 28: The Inspiring Life of Ken Ruohonen Ken Ruohonen, known to everyone as Kenner, was more than a hockey player. Father of six children, husband of Nona, restaurateur, business owner, hockey coach, army veteran, hunter, a friend indeed to those in need. Alw...

11/16/2021

Our legendary rink manager, Kevin "Ducky" Maki is retiring after 21 years of perfect sheets. We will miss all of the laughs and all the Ducky wisdom he shares with us. Ducky, the beach is calling!

11/16/2021

https://www.upmatters.com/veterans-voices/jon-french-from-the-blue-line-to-the-front-lines/

Jon French, MTU Hockey ’91-’92 HOUGHTON, Mich. (WJMN) – Jon French was introduced to hockey at a young age. He instantly fell in love with the sport. “I was three years old …

11/01/2021

”We brought in seven players for a series of psychological and physical tests. One of them was Trevor Linden.
He called me the night befor and said, ’Hi, Mr. Burke, it’s Trevor Linden. My dad said I should call you because I can’t come on Saturday.’
I said, ’Well, Trevor, none of the players call me Mr. Burke. Call me Burkie. And, why can’t you come?’

’My dad said I had to call you to say I couldn’t come.’ I said, ’I know, I get that part. I heard that twice – your dad made you call me and you can’t come. This is the this time now, why can’t you come?’
Minnesota had the first pick overall, so I thought they were up to something. And Linden said, ’Well it’s branding day at my uncle’s ranch in Medicine Hat, and my dad says I have to stay and help him.’

So, I said, ’I’m a city boy, so tell me what branding is.’ He said, ’Well, we run range cattle up here in the Hat, and in the spring we round them up and we brand all the calves. We turn one-year-old male calves into steers.’

I said, ’Well, what’s your job on branding day?’ He said, ’When the cattle comes out of the pen, I grab them and hold them down and pin them while we brand them and cut their nuts off.’
I said, ’You can skip these tests’.
We never tested him”

03/17/2021

Michigan Tech alumni is welcomed to the NHL

Calgary Flames' Brett Ritchie and Edmonton Oiler's Jujhar Khaira get in spirited fight, Khaira was caught with a punch forcing him to leave the game.--------...