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Hockey Night in Canada

The End of an Era
2008-06-08 21:04:00
(c) OnFrozenBlog - http://www.onfrozenblog.com/ - The Ubiquitous Logo It’s the end of the road for the Hockey Night in Canada theme song: After more than 13 months of negotiations, CBC is saddened to announce that a deal has not been reached with the rights holders for an extension of “The Hockey Theme” - CBC’S HOCKEY ...

By: On Frozen Blog

Does Hockey Really Need TV?
2008-05-20 13:32:00
(c) OnFrozenBlog - http://www.onfrozenblog.com/ - By now, you’ve probably read accounts of hockey enjoying a significant spike in the sport’s television ratings recently. No doubt you also know of (and admire) hockey’s embrace of alternative media. That union has been a fusion of opportunism, technology, and desperation. Generally, it seems to be working. ...

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The Color of Success
2008-04-02 17:20:00
(c) OnFrozenBlog - http://www.onfrozenblog.com/ - My good friend Eric McErlain didn’t pick a good night to play hookie from the hockey rink. But he doesn’t have much red in his wardrobe anyway. But first thing’s first. I asked for one WaPost columnist to attend Tuesday night and George Solomon sent two, including himself. There ...

By: On Frozen Blog

The Great Outdoors: On Ice-Covered Buffalo Wings and Frostbitten Big Lips
2007-12-31 17:19:00
(c) OnFrozenBlog - http://www.onfrozenblog.com/ - My New Year’s wish: that 64,000 of the expected 74,000 fans packing Buffalo’s football stadium tomorrow afternoon for the Winter Classic are Maple Leaf fans donning blue and white Leafs’ sweaters. Give the NHL credit when credit is due: the marketing for tomorrow’s game has been — most particularly by ...

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Leonsis on Bloggers: ?They?ve Become a Legitimate Media Outlet?
2007-12-18 10:51:00
(c) OnFrozenBlog - http://www.onfrozenblog.com/ - When it comes to new media and its coverage of the NHL, Ted Leonsis is both visionary and trailblazer, and so it should come as no surprise that his thinking on the matter is anything but static. When “Hockey Night in Canada” came to D.C. a couple of weeks back and profiled the ...

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Hockey Night in Canada on Bloggers
2007-12-02 02:36:00
(c) OnFrozenBlog - http://www.onfrozenblog.com/ - Our cousins to the north have taken notice of blogging’s impact on coverage of the NHL. Hockey Night in Canada was at the Phone Booth this past week taping a piece on Caps’ bloggers, and it aired tonight. Take a look at the results: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-wrkx-IQsihk Copyright © 2007 On Frozen Blog. ...

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Grapes on Dames at Games
2007-11-24 12:00:00
(c) OnFrozenBlog - http://www.onfrozenblog.com/ - We wanted to allow Liz to get settled in a bit here before we approached Grapes for his thoughts on our adding a member of the fairer sex to our townhouse of testosterone. In this week of giving thanks, we original OFBers are thankful she’s joined our team and ...

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In Hockey, It?s All in the Family
2007-11-13 15:10:00
(c) OnFrozenBlog - http://www.onfrozenblog.com/ - Quality human beings comprise the vast majority of the enrollment for the great game of hockey, and so when the giants within it are called upon to offer reflections on their journeys within the game, we shouldn’t be surprised at the quality they offer in that endeavor. It’s impossible to watch the NHL’s Hall of ...

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I?m Taking a Television Mistress
2007-09-14 16:50:00
(c) OnFrozenBlog - http://www.onfrozenblog.com/ - It’s Siberia-far from their best work, but the Cure have a song titled ‘Friday I’m in Love.’ I awoke and logged on this morning to news from my bloggermate Gus that beginning in just another couple of weeks cable and satellite television providers all across North America would be ...

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Hockey Night in Canada ? at the old folks home
2007-08-10 19:01:00
Why does everyone tip toe around the major issues of Hockey Night in Canada? It is as old as the CBC. In this article in the Toronto Star Hockey Night’s producer’s ready for risky business Chris Zelkovich alludes to how progressive new executive producer Sherali Najak is, rather than how pitifully conservative HNIC has been. God ...

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High Stakes for Hockey Night in Canada
2007-04-07 17:22:00
Is tonight’s Habs-Leafs tilt (Air Canada Centre, 7:00) the most significant between these historic franchies in a generation? For the purposes of a bit of fun and novel hype . . . yes. It’s the final game of the season for both teams, and the Habs and Leafs and the Islanders are in a ...

By: On Frozen Blog