Lauren Shares Her Thoughts On Last Season
Written by Bill on June 26th, 2009 | 0 CommentsI have been following Lauren on Twitter for quite some time now (pretty much all of last season) and the one thing I can tell you about her is that she is passionate about her sports! Reading her Tweets about the games she worked and the games she watched gave me hope for the Carolina Hurricanes, and during the playoffs the excitement level and pure adrenalin was apparent in every one of her posts. Lauren and I have talked via email throughout the season (she also contributed a post to the Deke back in Feb - 7 Questions With The Carolina Hurricanes Storm Squad) and I asked her to give us a wrap up of the Hurricanes season through the eyes of someone that was there, integrated with the Organization and mingling with the fans! So - Here is Laurens take on the ‘Canes 08/09 Season … Continue reading...
Hockey For The New Fan!
Written by Bill on February 19th, 2009 | 3 CommentsI received a message from a friend of mine a while ago where he said “So yeah, hit me back with a few good reasons why I should like hockey and tell me a few key things I need to know, understand and watch for in order to understand the sport and start enjoying it.” After some thought, and also some input from my amazing hockey network on Twitter, I have drafted a semi-short “How to enjoy and learn to love Hockey as a new fan!” Special thanks to my Hockey Twitter buddies who took time to contribute - Dani (@dani3boyz), Grant (@voteforgrant), Marcia (@mmpotter), Kate (@antheia), Tom (@HockeyRocker), Mike (@mikemcbride9), Jennifer (@mediaphyter), Brian (@saucerpass) and Schuyler (@schuylerb) - if you’re on Twitter and not following them – look ‘em up. Continue reading...
2009 NHL Trade Deadline Hashtag!
Written by Bill on February 11th, 2009 | 2 CommentsToday we are launching the NHL approved Twitter hashtag. If you are not sure what a hashtag is on Twitter - Hashtags are a community-driven convention for adding additional context and metadata to your tweets. They’re like tags on Flickr, only added inline to your post. You create a hashtag simply by prefixing a word with a hash symbol (E.G. #hashtag). Over the past week we have been voting on 9 different hashtags … this morning I took the top 3 vote getters and emailed them to Michael DiLorenzo - Director of Corporate Communications for the NHL and told him about our vote. I asked which one would he like to use as the “official NHL Twitter Hashtag” and his response was … *drum roll please* Continue reading...
2009 NHL Trade Deadline Twitter Hashtag Vote!
Written by Bill on February 5th, 2009 | 5 CommentsOK … so we have 27 days before the GREATEST “non-game” NHL day arrives! The 2009 NHL Trade Deadline is quickly aproaching and in order to get our ducks (or Sharks, or Penguins, or Red Wings or {enter your favorite team mascot here}) in a row … we need to hammer out some details. I will be spending the day glued to my couch, laptop within arms reach ready to Twitter each and every trade that comes down the pipe, as will 236,894 of my closest Twitter friends! I want to know from you all what you want to use as our “Official NHL Hashtag” for any and all trades happening up until March 4th, 2009 @ 3pm ET - So, if you would so kindly … VOTE!!! (Poll closes Wed. Feb 11th @ noon ET) Continue reading...
