WE LOST A GOOD ONE LAST WEDNESDAY! MY GOOD HOCKEY FRIEND OF OVER 40 YEARS – RONNIE HINGST! RONNIE WAS A BOARD MEMBER AND SECRETARY OF THE MICHIGAN STING IN THE EARLY YEARS AND THE LONG TIME CAPTAIN OF THE STORIED TOURNAMENT TEAM CALLED THE FOGS. THE CLEAN VERSION OF THE NAME IS “FAIRLY OLD GUYS.”  YOU CAN FIGURE OUT…

WE LOST A GOOD ONE WEDNESDAY! MY GOOD HOCKEY FRIEND OF OVER 40 YEARS – RONNIE HINGST! RONNIE WAS A BOARD MEMBER AND SECRETARY OF THE MICHIGAN STING IN THE EARLY YEARS AND THE LONG TIME CAPTAIN OF THE STORIED TOURNAMENT TEAM CALLED THE FOGS. THE CLEAN VERSION OF THE NAME IS “FAIRLY OLD GUYS.”  YOU CAN FIGURE OUT THE…

SHARKS   1     HAWKS   1 As a member of the Flyers last season, the self proclaimed best 11 in the league Jeff Morton, never saw the ice on the power play, penalty kill or critical late game situations.  Guess what!  Morton buries the game tying goal with 11 ticks left on the arena clock for a clutch…

WINGS   6    HAWKS   2 Complete domination as the Wings continue on their Hurricane Ian course!  Zach Wagner with the trick.  Singles for European sub Kostesich(Also 3 Helpers), Ryan Boyette and Dad Terry.  Terry lost one of his longtime hockey buddies recently, Bill Cook.  They were longtime teammates of the storied Utica Old Puckers(Clean Version Name) tournament team.…

WINGS   4    HAWKS   1 The Wings and sub goalie Billy Papciak declaw the Hawks.  Marcin Niecalek dents the twine twice.  Singles for Doug Beck and Mike Lawson.  Sammy “The Bull” Bonanno with the Hawks marker. BRUINS   2     HABS   2 The Bruins take an early 2-0 lead on goals by Steve Lemieux and Chuck…

1970 GTO, WHICH STEVE LEMIEUX DROVE ON HIS CANNONBALL RUN LAST WEEK THROUGHOUT THE UNITED STATES! NICE! AFTER ROUGHLY 800 MILES – THE ENGINE BLEW!   FLYERS   5     HAWKS   4 The Hawks tie the game up 4-4 late in the final stanza.  11 seconds later, long time sniper Mark Rogers goes top shelf for the Flyers…

AN AUTOMOTIVE THEME THIS WEEK!   1970 GTO, WHICH STEVE LEMIEUX DROVE ON HIS CANNONBALL RUN LAST WEEK THROUGHOUT THE UNITED STATES! NICE! AFTER ROUGHLY 800 MILES – THE ENGINE BLEW!   HAWKS FORWARD AND FORMER INDY CAR DRIVER JEFF MORTON PARTICIPATED IN AN OFF TRACK EVENT THIS WEEK IN LEXINGTON, KENTUCKY. BELOW IS HIS AMG GTR PRO CAR HE…

CONGRATS TO LONGTIME STING MEMBER TERRY BOYETTE, WHO WAS AWARDED THE INAUGURAL TERRY BOYETTE PRESIDENTS AWARD AT THE GOLF OUTING!  WHICH IS NOW PROUDLY DISPLAYED IN THE TROPHY CABINET AT TROY ARENA! WINGS   3     FLYERS   3 Wings center Zach Wagner ties the game up late in the final period.  Scott Chodun and defenseman Kurt Salvadore with…

  CONGRATS TO LONGTIME STING MEMBER TERRY BOYETTE, WHO WAS AWARDED THE INAUGURAL TERRY BOYETTE PRESIDENTS AWARD AT THE GOLF OUTING!  WHICH IS NOW PROUDLY DISPLAYED IN THE TROPHY CABINET AT TROY ARENA! WINGS   4     FLYERS   3 The Wings do all their scoring in the final stanza as they sport four subs today.  Marcin Niecalek, Dave…

LAST FRIDAY I ATTENDED THE LANSE CREUSE NORTH HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL GAME AND STUMBLED UPON THIER HALL OF FAME INDUCTION CEREMONY. SECOND FROM THE LEFT IS FORMER PITTSBURGH PENGUIN AND STANLEY CUP WINNER STEVE OLEKSY. CONGRATS STEVE!   HABS   1     FLYERS   1 A great goaltender battle!  You have the grizzled veteran from Notre Dame HS Billy…