« The life | Main | Swimming pool »
July 31, 2006
God bless the internet
Tonight I went on a music downloading binge and my travels took me to a band called Les Dale Hawerchuk. I had to look because this band MUST be named for the great Dale Hawerchuk, who toiled for the Buffalo Sabres in the 1990's. The 1992/93 edition of the Sabres was so offensively stacked that Hawerchuk, who was recently elected to the Hockey Hall of Fame, picked up a boggling 80 assists and 96 points and was still THIRD on the team in scoring. He would have been fourth had the Sabres not traded the similarly named Dave Andreychuk for defensive help - he ended up with 99 points. Now, that was a much higher scoring era in the NHL, but to compare, 96 points would have been tenth for the entire NHL this year.
So, the point is, Dale Hawerchuk was a hell of a hockey player, and he was one of my favorite players back in those days. I am totally amused that he has a band named after him. This band, as you would know if you had clicked the link, also apparently speaks only French. What a wacky world we live in!
My favorite thing about Dale Hawerchuk: his nickname, "Ducky." For some reason I think Duck or Ducky is the coolest nickname ever, whether in English (Duck) or Spanish (Pato), as in former Columbus Crew defender Sergio "Pato" Miguez. I wish I was joking about this, but I'm not. I think it would be really cool if people started calling me Pato. So from now on (that is, until I forget about this tomorrow morning), please call me Pato.
I hope you really enjoyed this post.
Cheers,
Pato
Posted by oz115 at July 31, 2006 12:28 AM