The dictionary defines SWAGGER as:
swag•ger
1.to walk or strut with a defiant or insolent air.
2. to boast or brag noisily.
3. to bring, drive, force, etc., by blustering.
4. swaggering manner, conduct, or walk; ostentatious display of arrogance and conceit.
We in the hockey realm have taken the definition of Swagger and formed our own word; “SWAGG”.
Thursday, March 12, 2009
KHL…….In Mother Russia Hockey Plays YOU!
With the forming of a new "super league", the KHL in Russia, many players are being lured away from the NHL with the promise of high, tax free, salaries in Russia. However there have been plenty of horror stories being leaked out of Russia regarding this new league. Rumors of MOB involvement are rampant in the hockey world, even stories of players being threatened by mobsters for having bad games. I say good for the MOB, they have been successful at attracting NHL talent like Jeff Jillson (R.I. Native) and Ray Emery, not to mention the superstar, Czech Born, Jaromir Jagr. The KHL is making a push to surpass the NHL as the best hockey league in the world, and to tell you the truth I think they have a good shot at it. In Russia Hockey is king, there is no sport that comes close to hockey when it comes to spectators. Hockey in the United states in a fourth tear sport, it falls behind baseball, basketball, and football. In Russia and other parts of Europe hockey is the number one spectator sport and they are able to attract a far broader fan base. The old USSR used to dominate hockey because Russians take the sport as if it were their religion. So, NHL players will undoubtedly begin to flock to the KHL in years to come because of high, tax free, contracts. But players beware, if you have a bad game and your next stop might be a dirt nap somewhere in Siberia under about fourteen feet of snow.
My name is Rob, I am a 22 year old student at the University of Rhode Island. I come from a suburb just north of Boston, about 10 minutes outside of the city. I have been playing hockey since I was two years old, it is the thing I love to do the most in the world. Every since I can remember I have been fascinated with everything about hockey, and I mean everything. Beginning at a very young age I became obsessed with the look of my hockey “dress game”. My older cousin told me when I was younger, “look good, feel good, wheel good.” Now at that time I didn’t really know what he was talking about, but all I heard was you needed to look good, so I mimicked all the pro’s gear and especially the gear my cousin was wearing.
I follow the NHL and collegiate ranks respectively, and I am a HUGE Boston Bruins fan. My father has had season tickets to the Bruins since I was five years old. Some of my best memories were at the old Boston Garden, especially when the Bruins faced off against the Canadians. Now I know that the new Garden has nothing on the old Boston Garden, but the 2008-2009 Bruins are making a push to bring hockey fever back to a city who hasn’t had much to cheer about (hockey wise) in a long time. The days of Neely and Bourque have passed, but a new era of Chara, Savard, Kessel, and Krejci has been ushered in. Watching hockey is my passion, and critiquing a player’s SWAGG has almost become nature to me.
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