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Just announced this morning on Hockey Hotline, there will be a weekly Hockey Insiders segment. Once a month Elliott Friedman, Chris Johnston, Ryan Kennedy and Craig Custance will be on Hockey Hotline on a rotating basis. Sounds like one show per week, starts with Friedman tomorrow at 11 AM.

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Just announced this morning on Hockey Hotline, there will be a weekly Hockey Insiders segment. Once a month Elliott Friedman, Chris Johnston, Ryan Kennedy and Craig Custance will be on Hockey Hotline on a rotating basis. Sounds like one show per week, starts with Friedman tomorrow at 11 AM.

Wonder if the Hockey Insiders segment will be sponsored by Dicken's Cider?

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Interesting stuff today for a change. Is a women's pro league viable? Would Buffalo support a team?

It has virtually every year since 1970.

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Interesting stuff today for a change. Is a women's pro league viable? Would Buffalo support a team?

 

The problem with women's hockey is the lack of checking. It looks like an NHL all star game. This isn't 1940s A League of Their Own. Let them check and I might watch. Or go to the other extreme like the Lingerie Football League.

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The problem with women's hockey is the lack of checking. It looks like an NHL all star game. This isn't 1940s A League of Their Own. Let them check and I might watch. Or go to the other extreme like the Lingerie Football League.

That could work out veeeery badly. For every 1 Cammie Granato there's probably 10 more that look like Dave Schultz in drag.

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The problem with women's hockey is the lack of checking. It looks like an NHL all star game. This isn't 1940s A League of Their Own. Let them check and I might watch. Or go to the other extreme like the Lingerie Football League.

 

This doesn't look like an All Star Game to me.

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5aeoFvtM8OQ

 

That said, I don't think fighting would be a necessary component for a women's league to be successful. It'd just need to be good, intense, high-effort hockey to be entertaining. It's already shown to be reasonably successful in Olympic Women's Hockey and D1 Women's Hockey. A women's team could easily fill the Harbor Center. I watched the lady Badgers all the time under Mark Johnson and I had an excellent time- they were often Saturday and Sunday afternoon games and it was definitely a family-friendly environment that was great (and cheap) for kids -especially young women and girls- to come watch.

 

Buffalo Broadswords?

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This doesn't look like an All Star Game to me.

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5aeoFvtM8OQ

 

That said, I don't think fighting would be a necessary component for a women's league to be successful. It'd just need to be good, intense, high-effort hockey to be entertaining. It's already shown to be reasonably successful in Olympic Women's Hockey and D1 Women's Hockey. A women's team could easily fill the Harbor Center. I watched the lady Badgers all the time under Mark Johnson and I had an excellent time- they were often Saturday and Sunday afternoon games and it was definitely a family-friendly environment that was great (and cheap) for kids -especially young women and girls- to come watch.

 

Buffalo Broadswords?

 

Stilettos?

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This doesn't look like an All Star Game to me.

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5aeoFvtM8OQ

 

That said, I don't think fighting would be a necessary component for a women's league to be successful. It'd just need to be good, intense, high-effort hockey to be entertaining. It's already shown to be reasonably successful in Olympic Women's Hockey and D1 Women's Hockey. A women's team could easily fill the Harbor Center. I watched the lady Badgers all the time under Mark Johnson and I had an excellent time- they were often Saturday and Sunday afternoon games and it was definitely a family-friendly environment that was great (and cheap) for kids -especially young women and girls- to come watch.

 

Buffalo Broadswords?

 

I'll echo all of these sentiments as a fan of the RIT women's team for many years. They always appreciated the support and when they played higher level opponents it was a lot of fun to watch even without checking. Now that they've moved to D1 it's just good hockey. Skilled. The way it was meant to be played.

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This doesn't look like an All Star Game to me.

 

Meh, that's rare for women. I'm talking about legal checking. There's a reason why women's sports never come close in attendance to the men's equivilant, even with lower price tickets. They're watered down versions.

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