Question: What could be better than popular NHL Network analyst Kevin Weekes returning to the fold as a regular analyst on NHL Net's "On the Fly" and at all major League-wide events? Answer: Setting up Weekes to blog four times a week–both video and text–for NHL.com. Look for Kevin's insightful and always enthusiastic brand of hockey blogging beginning Tuesday, Oct. 4.
In a special sneak peak of "Weekes on the Web," here is Kevin's video view on Monday's 2012 Bridgestone NHL Winter Classic announcement that the game will be Jan. 2 at Citizens Bank Park in Philadelphia.
Kevin's take on the Winter Classic:
Kevin's view on HBO's '24/7'
Hockey Is For Everyone
Team photo, "Colored Hockey Championships of the Maritimes", date unknown.
It’s another sunny day in La Mesa, California. And another sunny day for hockey pioneer, Willie O’Ree. Just don’t call him that.
“The temperature is probably going to reach around 90, 92 degrees,” he says, looking out his office window. O’Ree is getting ready for a trip to Washington DC: just another in a long journey for the spry 75 year old. But it’s all for a good cause.
“Once you get the boys and girls on the ice, that’s 90 percent of the job,” he says. “What I tell them is ‘if you don’t like it, you can walk away.’ I have not had one boy or girl come up to me and say they’re not coming back. There’s just something about it.”
O’Ree and Kevin Weekes of NHL Network and Hockey Night in Canada fame, will join Washington’s own Neal Henderson of the Fort Dupont Ice Hockey Club, in attending the Congressional Black Caucus’ 41st annual meeting. This will mark the first time ever that the hockey community has had a formal presence at this annual affair.
