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Old Thu Oct 22, 2009, 06:49pm
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Originally Posted by Mark Padgett View Post
If I really had to pick my favorite to watch, it would be the NHL back in the day when I had season tickets for the Blackhawks for two years. This was when they had Bobby Hull, Stan Mikita, Glenn Hall, Dennis Hull, Pit Martin, Phil Esposito, Ken Hodge, Pat Stapleton, Gilles Marrotte, etc. Man, that was an exciting time. Watching Bobby Hull play against Gordy Howe was almost a fan's fantasy.
You're right. That was before southern expansion ruined the NHL. Gordie Howe played here in Connecticut, on a team called the Whalers. Now the Whalers are called the Hurricanes and play in North Carolina, a real hockey hotbed, not.
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