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TomM wrote:
I finally figured out how to get the high def video that Dean took of the nhl teams practicing into a wmv file. It is at
http://hockeycoachingabcs.com/mediagallery/media.php?f=0&sort=0&s=2010111916214599 I will break the drills down in the next while and post them separately.

Thanks Tom,

Please excuse any bad language you hear during the video. I tried to keep quiet – except during the one Flames practice where my old friend, Dr. Dave P showed up… I haven't seen him for years… he is now working for the Flames now as a Sport Psychologist.

I used to play early morning hockey (630-730 am) with Dave and U of C staff "back in the day"…. we are talking 1984 to early 1990's. In fact, if memory serves me correctly, Tom also suited up with us way back then? Tom – did you use to wear a full, clear Itech face mask back then?)

I once drove from Moose Jaw SK on a day off in 1996 (leaving EARLY am) to play noon hockey in Calgary (7 hours one-way) with Dave and the boys at U of C; ate lunch, then drove back to MJ right afterward. I took a couple of sport psych classes from Dave during my undergrad years and we attended Pizza Hut on several occasions when they had their "all you can eat pizza lunches" – we did some serious damage (Dave is 6'5" and I am a shade over 6' … combined we probably tipped the Toledo's back then around 500+ lbs!) OBVIOUSLY we followed the 20-30 pieces of pizza EACH with a few JUGS of beer! BURP!

Tom taught Dr. Dave "back in the day" and they recounted the awesome noon hour floor hockey games they had… pretty cool stuff! (Tom and I went out for lunch that day to a restaurant called "Spolombo's" – the owners played in the CFL for the Stampeders and Tom taught one or two of them. They also played floor hockey with Dave too. Small world, eh?

And finally, RIP to Pat Burns, who passed away today from lung cancer. It was announced about an hour ago. Godspeed Pat.

I wish he would have been inducted into the HHOF two weeks ago while he was still alive. Bob McKenzie, from TSN and formerly of The Hockey News, was a good friend of MANSBREEK. Read the story here… kind of humourous and a nice tribute to Pat – when the media reported (falsely) his demise back in September.

MCKENZIE: SETTING THE RECORD STRAIGHT FOR PAT BURNS

http://www.tsn.ca/blogs/bob_mckenzie/?id=334094

Dean
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