Recent content by mburner

As they say, that ship has sailed. Shoulda, coulda, didn't. Mommy, where are my friends? No one wants to play with me. There are whiners and losers: guess The Stable Genius is both, eh!

To quote John McEnroe, mere words cannot express how atrocious modern pop is. Here, here wise man. You can add rap and hip-hop or whatever it's called to that, too. Unless, of course, you can hum the catchy and memorable "tunes." I get bombarded by this every day at the gym I go to, with the...

For all you haoles out there:

Flannel PJ bottoms, the default outfit of middle and high schoolers for like a few decades now. Girls and, yes, boys, too. Basic baggy sweatpants and hoodies, too.

I saw Stan around the rinks a lot and would talk to him every now and then. The Maven knew/knows his stuff and he enriches hockey's present with a well-earned perspective. But I didn't really interact with him enough to offer a view of him as a person.

As much as liked Ratelle, he was as buttoned-up as an alter boy. Whereas Espo, he was all about fun, fun, fun. When he was coach I remember boarding the team plane for the flight back to NYC after Saturday night away games after seeing the plane stuffed with pizza boxes and beer. Those late 80s...

The other half the Winnipeg Swedes. Great player, indeed. Didn't forget about him at all but he doesn't fit into the young party boy coterie I was talking about.

No I wasn't at that game....I was working as night news/makeup editor at a daily in Union City, NJ, just outside the Lincoln Tunnel. Refresh me about the incident. All I recall is that Park didn't put in much of an effort in that game, a 6-4 Wings victory. He was dealt to the Bruins a week or so...

Another Brad Park story, true because I was at the game. His rookie year. Against the Red Wings. I guess you can see where this is going. Anyway, in the first period, he thought he try to show off his tough-guy bona fides by running the Wings No, 9--forget his name--hard into the boards from...

Keep the video running for the next video: A brawl for ages Habs vs Bruins

Yes, it did. Alleged. So those worms are best left in the can. Unopened. But Rangers fans are a tough crowd. Especially when it comes to the Islanders. And before the Isles were created it was the Bruins, when they got good and the Rangers did as well. Funny joke, of sorts: during warm-ups...

Lots of love for JD. He carried them thru those playoffs on one leg. He had a bum knee, which negatively affected the rest of his career. Also lots of love for JD as the color man on Rangers broadcasts. Pithy. humorous without being stupid, personable, and on and on. Got to know him during the...

As a lifelong Rangers fan, saw him play a ton of times at MSG. He was a part of the late 1970s-into-the-80s Oo-La-La crew of young Rangers--Donnie Murdoch, Ron Greschner (who was married to Carol Alt), Barry (Shoot the Puck, Barry) Beck, the Maloney brothers Dave and Don, Lucien DeBlois, and...

This is a case for.....ICE.