John Walton Hockey

Thu, Oct 22nd, 2009 4:35:00 pm

JW AND LEONE ON THE BEARS-OCTOBER 22

More from Giant Center Thursday, as Tim Leone and I discuss all things Bear. Which today mostly was the recalls of Keith Aucoin and Alexandre Giroux to the Capitals, but we hit some other topics of interest as well. At the end, we talk about next week's debut of "Gabby-Confessions of a Hockey Lifer", his collaboration with Bruce Boudreau. With the wait for the book nearly over, the ordering information is below...

http://www.potomacbooksinc.com/

Latest Puck Daddy column discusses the future of Michael Nylander, but it's the team in Avangard Omsk that has my attention. I'll be honest, I didn't know former Bears center Eric Perrin was centering a line that has Jaromir Jagr on it. Or that Perrin and Jakub Klepis are now teammates. Or that former Norfolk Admirals goaltender Karri Ramo is playing with them. Or that former Phantoms defenseman Lasse Kukkonen was there as well. Holy cow! You're only allowed five foreign-born players on each KHL team, and those are the five on one team! Read toward the bottom here...

http://sports.yahoo.com/nhl/

Finally, if you're been looking for the replica ring keychains, they're back. Just added, check it out.

http://www.hersheybears.com/