https://nickdoeshockey.com/2017/05/19/the-end/https://nickdoeshockey.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/img_0127-1.jpgIMG_0127 (1)Jumping the boards. I'm not done yet, hopefully.https://nickdoeshockey.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/screenshot-2017-05-19-14-47-28.pngScreenshot 2017-05-19 14.47.28My happy place. Hanging with the Cherokees.https://nickdoeshockey.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/screenshot-2017-05-19-14-44-06.pngScreenshot 2017-05-19 14.44.06Where it all began. Literally trying to stand upright on skates. January, 2011. (Some would say nothing has really changed)2018-07-03T08:30:58+00:00monthlyhttps://nickdoeshockey.com/2017/04/29/sometimes-you-need-to-feel-the-pain/https://nickdoeshockey.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/knee.jpegkneeWhat the cool kids are wearing. Well, the old dog hockey players, anyway.https://nickdoeshockey.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/img_1619.jpgIMG_1619All the boxes. Well, some of them. Up another flight of stairs.https://nickdoeshockey.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/img_1486.jpgIMG_1486The big clean-out, at the top of two flights of stairs. Not knee-friendly. 2017-04-29T01:00:27+00:00monthlyhttps://nickdoeshockey.com/2017/04/10/goodbye-to-the-joe/https://nickdoeshockey.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/ndh_joe_octopi.jpgNDH_Joe_octopiThe weird tradition of octopi on the ice (and Joe manager Al waving them crazily over his head) will no doubt start again in Game 1 at the new stadium. https://nickdoeshockey.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/ndh_joe_zee.jpgNDH_Joe_ZeeCaptain Hank: The Perfect Human 2.0.https://nickdoeshockey.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/p1050403.jpgP1050403Flashback to 2011: The Podium Line of Place boys at the Joe. A life highlight.https://nickdoeshockey.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/ndh_joe_octocount.jpgNDH_Joe_octocountRally Al the octopus's only appearance this season: as part of the final game's octocount.https://nickdoeshockey.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/ndh_goodbye-joe_tv.jpgNDH_goodbye joe_TVUnfortunately, this was as close as I got to the Red Wings season-ending last game at the Joe today. I cried anyway, from half a world away.2017-04-10T04:10:47+00:00monthlyhttps://nickdoeshockey.com/2017/02/27/hope/https://nickdoeshockey.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/jurco.jpgjurcoSo long, Jurco. Have a great career (but not too great: you are now a Blackhawk)https://nickdoeshockey.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/screenshot-2017-02-27-10-47-29.pngscreenshot-2017-02-27-10-47-29Michael 'Disco' Roach (#8) taking his greatest mark ever, with Kevin 'Hungry' Bartlett (#29) roving the pack. Once Tiger champions, now Lotto numbers.https://nickdoeshockey.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/hope.jpghope2017-02-27T00:32:54+00:00monthlyhttps://nickdoeshockey.com/2017/02/09/doc-oak-aka-the-double/https://nickdoeshockey.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/img_1016.jpgimg_1016The Oakleigh ice surface. I've never been able to skate as well there as I do at Docklands. https://nickdoeshockey.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/img_1015.jpgimg_1015Big Cat Place, sporting the latest in Double fashion: Doc Martens and leg armour. https://nickdoeshockey.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/img_1013.jpgimg_1013Skating destination two: the magnificent ice skating stadium in Oakleighhttps://nickdoeshockey.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/img_1011.jpgimg_1011Through the Goalposts: Driving across the Bolte Bridge, en route from Docklands to Oakleigh2017-02-08T23:00:09+00:00monthlyhttps://nickdoeshockey.com/2017/01/23/we-need-to-talk-about-the-odour/https://nickdoeshockey.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/engagement-hockey.jpegengagement-hockeyNate and Christine's engagement classic, the after-game photo. They argued about whether the other had stacked their team, she bent the rules to score on a penalty shot. It was marriage, summarised,on ice. Pic: Veronica Ryanhttps://nickdoeshockey.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/will-ong-and-i-for-aust.jpgwill-ong-and-i-for-austWill Ong and I, ready to make our debuts for Australia* (*not actually playing for Australia) Photo: Limpy Wunderbombhttps://nickdoeshockey.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/img_1596.jpgimg_1596Wilsons Prom: so goddamn beautiful. Pic: Chloéhttps://nickdoeshockey.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/img_0872.jpgimg_0872The moment before the long-awaited post-hokey, post-camping shower. Just before a crew of feds in hazmat suits descended. https://nickdoeshockey.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/img_0452.jpgimg_0452A constant, hopefully downwind sight in my pokey backyard: the big dry.2017-01-23T03:08:33+00:00monthlyhttps://nickdoeshockey.com/2017/01/11/a-good-week-to-be-a-bat/https://nickdoeshockey.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/screenshot-2017-01-11-23-24-09.pngscreenshot-2017-01-11-23-24-09Fly on, my bats.https://nickdoeshockey.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/img_0759.jpgimg_0759The bats heading west.https://nickdoeshockey.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/screenshot-2017-01-11-23-07-28.pngscreenshot-2017-01-11-23-07-28Save me, Betty Davis.https://nickdoeshockey.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/screenshot-2017-01-11-23-04-57.pngscreenshot-2017-01-11-23-04-57The People's Champion: America keeping it real.https://nickdoeshockey.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/img_0263.jpgimg_0263I can explain, Your Honour ... 2017-01-11T12:33:31+00:00monthlyhttps://nickdoeshockey.com/2016/12/15/the-lucky-mo/https://nickdoeshockey.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/screenshot-2016-12-15-21-05-13.pngscreenshot-2016-12-15-21-05-13Army's Movember style. https://nickdoeshockey.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/img_0258.jpgimg_0258So long, mo. It was fun while it lasted.https://nickdoeshockey.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/screenshot-2016-12-15-21-00-21.pngscreenshot-2016-12-15-21-00-21Christine Cockerill in action for the Ice. Pic: Tania Chalmers Photography.https://nickdoeshockey.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/img_0229.jpgimg_0229The lucky mo. Deep in Movember.2016-12-18T23:56:47+00:00monthlyhttps://nickdoeshockey.com/2016/11/16/the-great-escape/https://nickdoeshockey.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/screenshot-2016-11-16-16-09-37.pngscreenshot-2016-11-16-16-09-37When you're on the ice, the rest of the world fades away. Pic: Luke Milkmanhttps://nickdoeshockey.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/screenshot-2016-11-15-11-21-05.pngscreenshot-2016-11-15-11-21-05The proof. Amazeballs, as the kids like to say. Well, used to like to say. https://nickdoeshockey.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/img_0155.jpgimg_0155Have bad mo, will travel. https://nickdoeshockey.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/img_0098.jpgimg_0098My happy place: the spacious, luxuriously appointed expanses of an Oakleigh change room, with the 16/17 incarnation of the Cherokees. https://nickdoeshockey.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/img_5559.jpgimg_5559Lids and bottles ready: Big Cat and Nicko side-by-side. 2016-11-20T13:32:46+00:00monthlyhttps://nickdoeshockey.com/2016/10/31/using-the-blog-for-good-instead-of-evil/https://nickdoeshockey.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/img_6849.jpgimg_6849How it looked last time I shaved down to a mo ...https://nickdoeshockey.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/travis-garone_movember-charity-co-founder.jpgtravis-garone_movember-charity-co-founderTrav Garone, founder of Movember and a good guy ... Pic: Royal Auto2016-10-31T06:06:40+00:00monthlyhttps://nickdoeshockey.com/2016/10/24/saturday-afternoon-in-oakleigh/https://nickdoeshockey.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/img_1310.jpgKat defendingKat defending. (Pic: her dad)https://nickdoeshockey.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/img_13371.jpgactionOakleigh action. Rain outside.https://nickdoeshockey.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/img_1255.jpgcrowdBig crowd in for the Cherokees.https://nickdoeshockey.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/img_1254.jpgpenguinHelpful penguin.https://nickdoeshockey.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/img_1259.jpghockey streetWelcome to the shop.https://nickdoeshockey.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/img_1258.jpgretail hubEverything you need.https://nickdoeshockey.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/img_1260.jpgskatersPre-game general skaters. https://nickdoeshockey.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/img_1262.jpgbrandingBranding.https://nickdoeshockey.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/img_1265.jpggame timeGame time.https://nickdoeshockey.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/img_1264.jpgwaitingThe wait for the gate.2016-10-24T23:11:16+00:00monthlyhttps://nickdoeshockey.com/2016/10/07/the-flow-of-the-ice/https://nickdoeshockey.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/img_0535.jpgimg_0535A nudibranch, somewhere underwater just off Heron Island, Qld. (about two centimetres long, for context). Pic: Nickohttps://nickdoeshockey.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/screenshot-2016-10-07-11-37-00.pngscreenshot-2016-10-07-11-37-00One of the Cherokee incarnations. I just noticed that I seem to always kneel in the same spot for team photos. Weird. https://nickdoeshockey.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/screenshot-2016-10-07-11-32-22.pngscreenshot-2016-10-07-11-32-22My first summer team, the Interceptors (missing: Alex McNab)https://nickdoeshockey.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/screenshot-2016-10-07-11-30-09.pngscreenshot-2016-10-07-11-30-09A new season begins ...2016-10-24T12:01:28+00:00monthlyhttps://nickdoeshockey.com/2016/08/24/when-the-coaches-fly/https://nickdoeshockey.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/screenshot-2016-08-24-13-22-39.pngScreenshot 2016-08-24 13.22.39This weekend. https://nickdoeshockey.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/img_5488.jpgIMG_5488Big weekend coming up for the Ice. https://nickdoeshockey.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/img_5486.jpgIMG_5486The Ice working on shots, Tuesday before finals weekend. https://nickdoeshockey.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/img_5485.jpgIMG_5485The Ice on Tuesday night, preparing to hopefully add a new addition to the banners on the far wall. 2016-08-24T04:21:04+00:00monthlyhttps://nickdoeshockey.com/2016/07/13/the-door-in-the-jungle/https://nickdoeshockey.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/img_0124.jpgIMG_0124The Ice and Bears get acquainted on Henke Rink. Pic: Nickohttps://nickdoeshockey.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/img_4820.jpgIMG_4820The dormant bags of adventure.https://nickdoeshockey.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/img_4819.jpgIMG_4819The wilds of Fitzroy North2016-07-12T23:56:58+00:00monthlyhttps://nickdoeshockey.com/2016/06/21/an-important-announcement/https://nickdoeshockey.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/img_0126.jpgIMG_0126Place managing to stay vertical in a previous summer. Pic: Luke Milkman2016-06-21T05:39:15+00:00monthlyhttps://nickdoeshockey.com/2016/06/16/play-like-a-girl/https://nickdoeshockey.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/screenshot-2016-06-16-11-15-14.pngScreenshot 2016-06-16 11.15.14Hello elite women's footy. Goodbye noses. Pic: Gettyhttps://nickdoeshockey.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/screenshot-2016-06-16-10-32-52.pngScreenshot 2016-06-16 10.32.52The Vixens' Geva Mentor. She rocks. https://nickdoeshockey.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/screenshot-2016-06-16-11-06-47.pngScreenshot 2016-06-16 11.06.47Female footballer Tayla Harris displays a flawless kicking technique. Pic: Gettyhttps://nickdoeshockey.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/screenshot-2016-06-16-11-04-42.pngScreenshot 2016-06-16 11.04.42Georgia Carson flying, for the Melbourne Ice. 2016-06-17T00:56:55+00:00monthlyhttps://nickdoeshockey.com/2016/05/06/now-is-the-winter-of-my-content/https://nickdoeshockey.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/screenshot-2016-05-06-13-50-23.pngScreenshot 2016-05-06 13.50.23Unhappy humerus. Poor Todd. https://nickdoeshockey.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/dsc_0060.jpgDSC_0060Nicko, Bang footy version. Trying to get back to this, hammies permitting.https://nickdoeshockey.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/img_0039.jpgIMG_0039Uzes, France. A place where you need to watch your head if you try to run through the town.2016-05-06T04:48:58+00:00monthlyhttps://nickdoeshockey.com/2016/04/19/losing-with-a-capital-l/https://nickdoeshockey.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/red-wings-cup.jpgred wings cupDetroit's 2008 Cup: I was lucky to see it. https://nickdoeshockey.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/rance2.jpgrance2Alex Rance: life is about more than silverware.https://nickdoeshockey.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/tiger-flag.jpgtiger flagThe Tigers triumph in 1980. My one and only premiership. Back before the world was in colour.https://nickdoeshockey.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/roys.jpgroysA big crowd in for the 'Roys at home on a perfect autumn afternoon. Shame they lost. Pic: Nicko2016-04-19T02:06:28+00:00monthlyhttps://nickdoeshockey.com/2012/05/01/things-i-dont-understand/https://nickdoeshockey.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/tramp1_worked.jpgtramp1_workedFlying on a Sunday. Pic: Chloe Brugale.https://nickdoeshockey.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/trex_worked.jpgtrex_workedThe Docklands' Feature Ornamental T-Rex. Why ask why?2016-03-24T05:01:13+00:00monthlyhttps://nickdoeshockey.com/2016/02/29/bidding-for-history/https://nickdoeshockey.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/screenshot-2016-02-29-16-42-28.pngScreenshot 2016-02-29 16.42.28An unhappy turtle and Macon's sexy name.https://nickdoeshockey.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/screenshot-2016-02-29-16-39-12.pngScreenshot 2016-02-29 16.39.12French Aces, and Canadian Cowboys and dubious Sharks. https://nickdoeshockey.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/screenshot-2016-02-29-16-32-15.pngScreenshot 2016-02-29 16.32.15CRAZY TEAMS: Sun-loving hockey-playing polar bears and lump but cranky fish.https://nickdoeshockey.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/walleye.pngwalleyeThat's one mean looking fish...https://nickdoeshockey.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/solarbears.pngsolarbearsOrlando's finest ...https://nickdoeshockey.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/macon-whoopee.pngmacon whoopeeOoh err, vicar ...https://nickdoeshockey.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/prince-rabbits.pngprince rabbitsThe mighty (and extinct) Seibu Prince Rabbits.https://nickdoeshockey.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/screenshot-2016-02-29-16-20-11.pngScreenshot 2016-02-29 16.20.11Aces, Cowboys and Dynamoshttps://nickdoeshockey.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/screenshot-2016-02-26-13-59-40.pngScreenshot 2016-02-26 13.59.40The Fishermen. Damn, I wish I had the funds to have bought this jersey, just to wear around.https://nickdoeshockey.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/img_0188-1.jpgIMG_0188 (1)Lliam Webster rocks out one of the NHL Old Timer jerseys.2016-02-29T05:51:40+00:00monthlyhttps://nickdoeshockey.com/2016/02/16/look-out-cliff/https://nickdoeshockey.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/nicko-chases-puck_hockey-2016-1.jpgnicko chases puck_hockey 2016 (1)Summer League - well, me and Jimmy - in full flight. Pic: Luke Media.https://nickdoeshockey.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/nicko-hockey2-2016.jpgnicko hockey2 2016So happy this can still happen... Pic: Luke Mediahttps://nickdoeshockey.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/screenshot-2016-02-16-11-14-23.pngScreenshot 2016-02-16 11.14.23Hmm. Maybe Shane Warne should start doing dodgy hair-restoration adverts for knees? 2016-02-16T04:07:52+00:00monthlyhttps://nickdoeshockey.com/2016/01/18/riding-the-brain-loop/https://nickdoeshockey.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/ndh_fancy-bike.jpgNDH_fancy bikeWith my fancy bike; brain loop purged.https://nickdoeshockey.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/ndh_under-the-bolte.jpgNDH_under the bolteRiding Railway Canal ... the glamour mile of Melbourne's bike paths.https://nickdoeshockey.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/ndh_helmet-and-coffee.jpgNDH_helmet and coffeeAll the essentials: helmet, gloves and coffee.https://nickdoeshockey.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/ndh_runkeeper-log.jpgNDH_runkeeper logSunday ride ... https://nickdoeshockey.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/ndh_yarra-riding.jpgNDH_Yarra ridingRiding the Yarra on a perfect day.2016-01-18T00:14:57+00:00monthlyhttps://nickdoeshockey.com/2016/01/12/back-to-work/https://nickdoeshockey.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/lorne-fire-by-amanda.jpglorne fire by amandaThe view from my parents' house on Christmas Day. Lorne was lucky. Poor Wye River and Separation Creek weren't. Pic: Amanda Placehttps://nickdoeshockey.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/img_0026.jpgIMG_0026Off-season distraction: French duo Brigette. https://nickdoeshockey.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/nio-v-icebreakers.jpgnio v icebreakersShowing amazing stick-holding technique v the Icebreakers in December. Pic: Eyal Bernardhttps://nickdoeshockey.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/img_0055.jpgIMG_0055Just another quiet gig for Soviet Suprem, at So Frenchy So Chic. https://nickdoeshockey.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/the-belier-family-2015-movie.jpgThe-Bélier-Family-2015-movieFrench Billy Eliott done well: Is that Lliam Webster playing the dad? 2016-01-12T02:23:55+00:00monthlyhttps://nickdoeshockey.com/2015/11/09/trouble-in-the-making-of-nickdoeshockey-the-movie/https://nickdoeshockey.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/screenshot-2015-11-09-11-06-17.pngScreenshot 2015-11-09 11.06.17Not even they could save this film ...https://nickdoeshockey.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/screenshot-2015-11-09-10-47-14.pngScreenshot 2015-11-09 10.47.14Nicko Place, yesterday.https://nickdoeshockey.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/img_2759.jpgIMG_2759La Niche tartiflette. The ultimate post-hockey meal.https://nickdoeshockey.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/img_2705.jpgIMG_2705Nicko and Fly in the Icy Obrien rooms: this guy needs a life.https://nickdoeshockey.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/screenshot-2015-11-09-10-46-37.pngScreenshot 2015-11-09 10.46.37The Lobster: amazing film.https://nickdoeshockey.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/screenshot-2015-11-09-10-48-29.pngScreenshot 2015-11-09 10.48.29Not Nicko Place: damn. 2015-11-09T22:36:49+00:00monthlyhttps://nickdoeshockey.com/2015/10/29/bruises-and-bacon/https://nickdoeshockey.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/screenshot-2015-10-29-13-10-13.pngScreenshot 2015-10-29 13.10.13Not your average crossroad: LA comes to Port Melbourne/Docklands.https://nickdoeshockey.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/screenshot-2015-10-29-14-13-01.pngScreenshot 2015-10-29 14.13.01Danger, danger. Me on my latest bike: hurt myself the first time I rode it.https://nickdoeshockey.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/screenshot-2015-10-29-14-07-54.pngScreenshot 2015-10-29 14.07.54me diving with a manta ray. Worth any risk ...https://nickdoeshockey.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/screenshot-2015-10-29-13-51-34.pngScreenshot 2015-10-29 13.51.34Bacon: the death of you?2015-10-30T11:15:55+00:00monthlyhttps://nickdoeshockey.com/2015/10/21/the-pelican/https://nickdoeshockey.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/washington-segway.jpgwashington segwayYes, we segwayed Washington. Not even sorry. https://nickdoeshockey.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/first-wings-game.jpgfirst wings gameGood seats at my first ever NHL game. Shame about the scoreline. Pic: Nickohttps://nickdoeshockey.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/first-wings-game-sign.jpgfirst wings game signSomething I had waited years to see. Pic: Nickohttps://nickdoeshockey.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/carolina-camping.jpgcarolina campingCamping by the South Toe River, North Carolina. Bear country. 2011.2015-10-20T23:44:02+00:00monthlyhttps://nickdoeshockey.com/2015/09/01/a-finals-weekend-for-the-ages/https://nickdoeshockey.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/ndh_raise-the-cup.jpgNDH_raise the cupWell played, North Stars. Pic: Nickohttps://nickdoeshockey.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/ndh_newcastle-fan.jpgNDH_Newcastle fanA fully committed Newcastle fan. Pic: Nickohttps://nickdoeshockey.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/ndh_discarded.jpgNDH_discardedNewcastle gear abandoned on the ice, after victory. Pic: Nickohttps://nickdoeshockey.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/ndh_beaten-ice.jpgNDH_beaten IceThe beaten Ice team watch Newcastle receive the medals. Pic: Nickohttps://nickdoeshockey.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/ndh_the-hair.jpgNDH_The HairThe best hair of the final. In fact, nothing short of a skating shampoo commercial. Well played, sir. Well played.https://nickdoeshockey.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/ndh_lliam-after-semi.jpgNDH_Lliam after semiIce captain Lliam Webster shows the joy and relief of beating Perth in Saturday's semi. Pic: Nickohttps://nickdoeshockey.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/ndh_victory.jpgNDH_victoryNewcastle's moment of victory. Pic: Nicko2015-09-03T02:55:18+00:00monthlyhttps://nickdoeshockey.com/2012/01/19/remembering-detroit/https://nickdoeshockey.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/nick-place-at-joe_detnews1.jpgnick place at joe_detnews1Us at the Joe Louis Arena.https://nickdoeshockey.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/wings-win-cup.jpgwings win cupThe Hockeytown Cafe's awesome photo.https://nickdoeshockey.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/comerica-tigers2.jpgcomerica tigers2Comerica Park tigers lurk2015-08-25T04:22:52+00:00monthlyhttps://nickdoeshockey.com/2012/01/25/playtime-is-over/https://nickdoeshockey.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/jimmy-fight.jpgjimmy fightJimmy Howard takes on pretty much the entire St Louis team yesterday. (Pic: Detroit News)https://nickdoeshockey.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/stickpuck_jan24_edit.jpgstickpuck_jan24_editThe crowd thins out, late in Stick & Puck last night.2015-08-25T04:16:13+00:00monthlyhttps://nickdoeshockey.com/2015/08/24/preparing-for-a-vintage-summer/https://nickdoeshockey.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/img_0127.jpgIMG_0127Giddyup. Pic: Luke Milkovichttps://nickdoeshockey.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/screenshot-2015-08-24-11-04-55.pngScreenshot 2015-08-24 11.04.55Sylvie Guillem. This, peoples, is elite fitness. Pic: Balletoman.https://nickdoeshockey.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/screenshot-2015-08-24-11-04-19.pngScreenshot 2015-08-24 11.04.19Sylvie Guillem in flight. Amazing. I feel honoured that I got to witness her dancing, live, before she bows out.https://nickdoeshockey.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/screenshot-2015-08-24-11-01-18.pngScreenshot 2015-08-24 11.01.18The Large No. 12s, at the Labour In Vain, with Tiger Mick on guitar (in the back, far right) and a lead singer with a working back. https://nickdoeshockey.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/screenshot-2015-08-24-10-57-42.pngScreenshot 2015-08-24 10.57.42Magnificently vintage Shonko battles the red dust of central Australia last week.2015-08-24T01:23:54+00:00monthlyhttps://nickdoeshockey.com/2015/07/30/the-responsibility-of-the-sports-fan/https://nickdoeshockey.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/adam-goodes.jpgadam-goodesAdam Goodes: it's time for empathy, not taunting.https://nickdoeshockey.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/joey-hughes-hewitt-sport.jpgjoey hughes hewitt sportJoey Hughes, vertical and pain-free, for the Mustangs. Pic: Hewitt Sports. 2015-07-31T00:17:37+00:00monthlyhttps://nickdoeshockey.com/2015/07/17/a-reality-check-in-more-ways-than-one/https://nickdoeshockey.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/img_1676.jpgIMG_1676The Melbourne Ice players salute the fans after a recent win at the Icehouse. Pic: Nickohttps://nickdoeshockey.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/reality-check.jpgreality checkReality Check, by Will Brodie2015-07-17T01:58:42+00:00monthlyhttps://nickdoeshockey.com/2015/06/12/splattered/https://nickdoeshockey.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/tavares-ko-on-boards.jpgtavares ko on boardsAnother nasty board collision. You do not want to lose an edge while heading towards the wall.https://nickdoeshockey.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/yrangers-articlelarge.jpgYRANGERS-articleLargeThis is NOT how you want to hit the boards. Somehow, Ranger Brad Richards came out of this okay. Pic: Getty.https://nickdoeshockey.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/img_1282.jpgIMG_1282Lady Elliot Island - so small that the strip across the middle is the runway. 2015-06-12T03:22:02+00:00monthlyhttps://nickdoeshockey.com/2015/05/19/dancing-in-the-dark/https://nickdoeshockey.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/nlnl.jpgnlnlDance like nobody's watching.https://nickdoeshockey.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/nlnl-founders.jpgnlnl foundersThe founders of No Lights No Lycra, doing what they do. 2015-05-19T04:11:16+00:00monthlyhttps://nickdoeshockey.com/2015/05/14/each-to-their-own/https://nickdoeshockey.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/soccer-fans.jpgsoccer fansSoccer fans getting passionate.https://nickdoeshockey.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/ice-v-mustangs.jpgice v mustangsIce v Mustangs at the Icehouse. Now we're talking ...https://nickdoeshockey.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/red-wings.jpgred-wingsOne of my other mobs: The Cup-winning Red Wings that captured my heart.https://nickdoeshockey.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/tiger-fans.jpgtiger fansOne of my mobs. Go Tigers!!! (you hopeless, underachieving bastards)https://nickdoeshockey.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/flare.jpgflareSoccer fans having fun.https://nickdoeshockey.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/victory-fans1.jpgA-League Rd 1 - Melbourne v Western SydneyVictory fans having fun. Pic: Getty.https://nickdoeshockey.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/victory-fans.jpgA-League Rd 1 - Melbourne v Western SydneyMELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA - OCTOBER 10: Victory fans celebrate a goal during the round one A-League match between Melbourne Victory and the Western Sydney Wanderers at Etihad Stadium on October 10, 2014 in Melbourne, Australia. (Photo by Michael Dodge/Getty Images)2015-05-14T08:08:04+00:00monthlyhttps://nickdoeshockey.com/2015/05/06/guest-blog-author-will-brodies-two-hockey-lives/https://nickdoeshockey.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/ndh-brodie-1980.pngNDH Brodie 19801980 Blackhawks, featuring Will Brodie. You can tell they're hockey players because nobody is looking at the right camera.https://nickdoeshockey.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/ndh-brodie-australia-1977.pngNDH Brodie Australia 1977Hockey as Will Brodie used to know it: The 1977 Australian team that played West Germany. https://nickdoeshockey.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/ndh-brodie-ringwood.pngNDH Brodie RingwoodThe old Ringwood rink. Man, couldn't we use that now!https://nickdoeshockey.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/ndh-brodie-_great_1977.pngNDH Brodie _great_1977All hail the 1977 junior Blackhawks.https://nickdoeshockey.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/ndh-brodie-glenn-will-tim.pngNDH Brodie Glenn Will TimWill Brodie, centre, as a young Blackhawk in 1977. With his best mates, Glenn and Tim.2017-04-12T05:46:41+00:00monthlyhttps://nickdoeshockey.com/2015/04/30/becoming-what-you-might-have-been/https://nickdoeshockey.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/wings-v-lightning.jpgwings v lightningDetroit and Tampa Bay battle it out in the NHL play-offs.https://nickdoeshockey.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/nathan_drummond_knee.jpgAFL 2015 Rd 04 - Richmond v MelbourneTiger Nathan Drummond buckles his knee in his first game. Pic AFL Media2015-04-30T01:08:49+00:00monthlyhttps://nickdoeshockey.com/about/2015-08-24T04:45:58+00:00weekly0.6https://nickdoeshockey.com/2015/02/20/the-end-of-another-summer/https://nickdoeshockey.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/cherokees-play.jpgcherokees playIn my happy place (pun intended): playing the goon for the Cherokees.https://nickdoeshockey.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/jack-riewoldt.jpgjack riewoldtJack Riewoldt shows his style at training.2015-02-19T23:55:39+00:00monthlyhttps://nickdoeshockey.com/2014/12/18/ho-ho-ho-homiliation/https://nickdoeshockey.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/lliam-skates-2.jpglliam skates 2Lliam Webster moving at maybe 50 per cent capacity during the coach scrimmage. Pic: Nickohttps://nickdoeshockey.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/lliam-coach-scrimmage.jpglliam coach scrimmageLliam at full capacity during the coach scrimmage. Pic: Nickohttps://nickdoeshockey.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/shona-coach-scrimmage.jpgshona coach scrimmagehttps://nickdoeshockey.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/lliam-moving-coach-scrimmage.jpglliam moving coach scrimmageLliam Webster moving at maybe 50 per cent capacity, during Intermediate scrimmage. Pic: Nicko2014-12-18T00:45:39+00:00monthlyhttps://nickdoeshockey.com/2014/12/11/get-a-real-job/https://nickdoeshockey.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/screenshot-2014-12-11-11-03-52.pngScreenshot 2014-12-11 11.03.52... another by night.https://nickdoeshockey.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/day-job.jpgday jobOne way by day ... 2014-12-11T22:51:41+00:00monthlyhttps://nickdoeshockey.com/2014/11/27/the-death-of-a-cricketer/https://nickdoeshockey.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/hughes2.jpghughes2Phillip Hughes.https://nickdoeshockey.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/phillip-hughes.jpgphillip hughesPhillip Hughes as I prefer to remember him. Batting with daring and style.2014-11-27T06:04:01+00:00monthlyhttps://nickdoeshockey.com/2014/11/20/surviving-the-hockey-hangover/https://nickdoeshockey.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/empty-streets.jpgempty streetsLate night in the hood. Empty streets, apart from shiftworkers, emergency workers, desperadoes and hockey players.https://nickdoeshockey.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/coffee.jpgcoffeeThursday survival strategy: coffee.2014-11-20T05:08:26+00:00monthlyhttps://nickdoeshockey.com/2014/11/17/pondering-the-question-is-there-actually-a-hockey-god/https://nickdoeshockey.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/maurice_richard_canadiens_1942.jpgmaurice_richard_canadiens_1942Maurice 'Rocket' Richard's all-conquering and Quebec-changing Canadiens. https://nickdoeshockey.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/first-indoor_canadiens_victoria_rink.jpgfirst indoor_canadiens_victoria_rinkThe early days: ice hockey under a roof. Montreal, 1893.https://nickdoeshockey.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/jesus_saves_hockey_funny_tshirt_postcards-r39a7084bc86c4b578c051da674023148_vgbaq_8byvr_512.jpgjesus_saves_hockey_funny_tshirt_postcards-r39a7084bc86c4b578c051da674023148_vgbaq_8byvr_512You can buy the t-shirt ...https://nickdoeshockey.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/edberg-poker-face.jpgedberg poker faceStefan Edberg (right) manages not to roll his eyes as Michael Chang drones on and on. Roland Garros, 1989.2014-11-17T23:58:48+00:00monthlyhttps://nickdoeshockey.com/2014/11/13/these-little-aches-and-pains/https://nickdoeshockey.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/cherokee-collision.jpgcherokee collisionOne of my fellow Cherokees and a Demon player demonstrating what I mean by 'collision' during a recent summer league battle. Pic: Luke Milkovićhttps://nickdoeshockey.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/cherokee-nicko1.jpgcherokee nicko1Careering towards the boards probably doesn't help my injury list get shorter. Pic: Luke Milković2014-11-13T00:52:31+00:00monthlyhttps://nickdoeshockey.com/2014/11/06/you-cant-go-back/https://nickdoeshockey.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/reebok-stick.jpgReebok stickEverything old is new again ... the 2014 Reebok.https://nickdoeshockey.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/police-squad.jpgpolice squadPolice Squad! - In Colour!https://nickdoeshockey.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/cropped-nicko-striding1-e1430357615841.jpgcropped-nicko-striding1.jpgMy beloved 2011 Reebok stick.2014-11-06T01:27:04+00:00monthlyhttps://nickdoeshockey.com/2014/10/23/blow-the-horn-at-last/https://nickdoeshockey.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/big-cat-scores.jpgbig cat scoresMy boy, Big Cat, is mobbed by Cherokees after scoring. He got a hat-trick last night and is a pure goal-scorer when fit and firing. Pic: Luke Milkovic.https://nickdoeshockey.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/goalscore2.jpggoalscore2For a forward, a person in vertical black and white stripes making this signal is the most beautiful thing in the world (unless you're in the defensive zone. Then it sucks.)2014-11-05T10:27:10+00:00monthlyhttps://nickdoeshockey.com/2014/10/16/shot-by-shock/https://nickdoeshockey.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/omar1.jpgomar1Omar Little: just one of the characters that made The Wire great. https://nickdoeshockey.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/beware-of-flying-pucks1.jpgbeware of flying pucksSolid advice, at the Icehouse.https://nickdoeshockey.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/beware-of-flying-pucks.jpgbeware of flying pucksSolid advice, at the Icehouse.https://nickdoeshockey.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/dev-league-1.jpgdev league 1Fresh from trying to kill me, Phil Clements (blur, front) leads another White team charge.2014-10-15T23:19:23+00:00monthlyhttps://nickdoeshockey.com/2012/08/27/monday-notebook-rookie-triumph-the-jets-and-lockouts/https://nickdoeshockey.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/screen-shot-2012-08-27-at-12-18-20-pm.pngScreen shot 2012-08-27 at 12.18.20 PMNicko in flight, for the Rookies.https://nickdoeshockey.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/screen-shot-2012-08-27-at-12-04-34-pm.pngScreen shot 2012-08-27 at 12.04.34 PMGame winner: Aimee "Christmas Angel" Hough.2014-10-09T01:35:35+00:00monthlyhttps://nickdoeshockey.com/2012/07/17/guest-writer-theresa/https://nickdoeshockey.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/theresa-posing.jpgtheresa posingTheresa Neate, about to tear it up at the Icehouse. Pic: Wayne McBridehttps://nickdoeshockey.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/theresa-2.jpgtheresa 2Theresa where she's happiest: on the ice with a bunch of Rookies.2014-10-09T01:30:52+00:00monthlyhttps://nickdoeshockey.com/2014/10/07/going-under-in-paris/https://nickdoeshockey.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/catacombs_skull-art.jpgcatacombs_skull artAh, Paris.https://nickdoeshockey.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/catacombs_skull-art-big.jpgcatacombs_skull art bigCatacombs art. Picture: Nickohttps://nickdoeshockey.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/catacombs_picnique.jpgcatacombs_picniqueA candlelight dinner in the Oyster Room.https://nickdoeshockey.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/catacombs_bones.jpgcatacombs_bonesFive hundred years ago, there was a plague ... https://nickdoeshockey.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/catacombs_crawl2.jpgcatacombs_crawl2'Spider-man' training kicking in. Picture: 'Twist'.https://nickdoeshockey.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/catacombs_skull.jpgcatacombs_skullResting in not much peace. Picture: Nickohttps://nickdoeshockey.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/catacombs_spongebob.jpgcatacombs_spongebobSpongebob makes an appearance among the catacomb artwork. Picture: Nickohttps://nickdoeshockey.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/catacombs_water-tunnel.jpgcatacombs_water tunnelA shallow part of the water-logged section of the tunnels. Picture: Nickohttps://nickdoeshockey.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/catacombs_nicko-crawls.jpgcatacombs_nicko crawlsEdging along a particularly narrow part of the illegal catacombs, below Paris. Picture: 'Twist'.2014-10-07T05:01:49+00:00monthlyhttps://nickdoeshockey.com/2014/08/31/totally-called-this/2015-03-15T08:36:27+00:00monthlyhttps://nickdoeshockey.com/2014/08/29/victorian-fans-its-time-to-choose/2014-08-29T04:53:15+00:00monthlyhttps://nickdoeshockey.com/2014/08/27/finals-fever-takes-over-melbourne/2014-08-29T05:35:10+00:00monthlyhttps://nickdoeshockey.com/2014/08/21/power-skating-where-pain-meets-purpose/https://nickdoeshockey.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/ndh-powerskating-dead_edit.jpgNDH-powerskating dead_editThe end of another hour of Power Skating with Zac. Dig deep, peoples. Dig deep. Photo: Macklin Place2014-08-30T11:35:49+00:00monthlyhttps://nickdoeshockey.com/2013/11/12/what-to-wear/https://nickdoeshockey.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/wings-practice.jpgwings practiceA recent pick-up: a genuine Red Wings practice jersey, as worn by the players at pre-season training camp. Got my name and #17 on the back. I rock this one out for Braves training and it has a lot of movement, lightness, which is good to skate in. I like it a lot.https://nickdoeshockey.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/lids-jersey.jpglids jerseyThe signed Lidstrom No. 5, bought at the Joe Louis Arena. It went 'straight to the Pool Room.' But occasionally gets broken out for everyday wear, to the horror of collectors. https://nickdoeshockey.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/nicko-brave_ndh.jpgnicko brave_NDHDoing my best to look bad-ass in my Braves jersey. Summer 2013-14 season. Go Braves!https://nickdoeshockey.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/ceptors-v-ibm.jpgceptors v IBMWorking hard for the Ceptors, in my beloved Jets purple (in an IBM practice match) last summer.https://nickdoeshockey.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/rookies-white1.jpgrookies whiteAbout to jump the boards in the Rookies white.https://nickdoeshockey.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/rookies_black_action.jpgrookies_black_actionWearing the Rookies black, in action against IBM at the Icehouse.https://nickdoeshockey.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/nick_big-cat_braves.jpgnick_big cat_bravesBig Cat and I before our first (and only, so far) game together. He then fell over on cowboy boots and broke his anhkle, so who knows if and when we'll get to suit up together once more.https://nickdoeshockey.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/braves-jersey_back.jpgbraves jersey_backWhoever made the Braves jerseys didn't know about punctuation, so I've become kind of Czechoslovakian. The N in Place is silent.https://nickdoeshockey.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/braves-jersey1.jpgbraves jersey1My new world: I'm playing for the Cherokees, part of the Braves, in Div 3 this summer and I frickin' love the jersey. Not just because it's Richmond colours. But that helps. I'm loving life as a Brave.https://nickdoeshockey.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/slapshot_back.jpgslapshot_backAnd for the record, of course I'm Hanson brother, no. 17. Big Cat and Macquist have the other two Hanson jerseys, so we can form the entire line if required.2014-08-21T03:06:50+00:00monthlyhttps://nickdoeshockey.com/2013/01/29/friday-on-my-mind/https://nickdoeshockey.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/interceptors.jpginterceptorsFriday's winning Interceptors line-up. I was so happy with the win and the game that I didn't even care my post-helmet hair looked like Milton the Monster. So there. Pic: Dave Walker.https://nickdoeshockey.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/jack-and-me.jpgjack and meJack Hammet, on the move for the Rookies, as I attempt, probably unsuccessfully, to close him down and Big Cat waits, ready to pounce. Pic: Dave Walkerhttps://nickdoeshockey.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/jake-fights.jpgjake fightsCeptors' captain Jake Adamsons fights for the puck on Friday.2014-08-21T02:10:51+00:00monthlyhttps://nickdoeshockey.com/2013/07/26/nothing-to-see-here-move-along-peoples/2014-08-21T00:07:18+00:00monthlyhttps://nickdoeshockey.com/2012/02/02/finally-the-wait-is-over/https://nickdoeshockey.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/nick-falls_dev-league_feb1-20121.jpgNick falls_dev league_feb1 2012https://nickdoeshockey.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/230px-condoleezza_rice_cropped.jpg230px-Condoleezza_Rice_croppedCondoleezza Rice: not relevant here.https://nickdoeshockey.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/nicko-breakaway2_dev-league.jpgnicko breakaway2_dev leagueMe (in red) winning a breakaway in my Dev League debut. A very rare photo. Pic: Ben Weisserhttps://nickdoeshockey.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/nicko-breakaway_dev-league_feb1.jpgnicko breakaway_dev league_feb1Me winning a breakaway in Dev League. A very rare photo. Pic: Ben Weisserhttps://nickdoeshockey.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/jack_dev-league_feb1.jpgjack_dev league_feb1Jack, a committed Penguins fan, in a Washington jersey, so he could play Dev League in the red team. These are the lengths people will go to. Pic: Ben Weisserhttps://nickdoeshockey.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/nick-falls_dev-league_feb1-2012.jpgNick falls_dev league_feb1 2012This was always going to happen in my Dev League debut. Pic: Ben Weisserhttps://nickdoeshockey.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/will-dev-league_feb1.jpgwill dev league_feb1Kittens, in classic pose. Of course, he scored a goal. Uppity kid. Pic: Ben Weisserhttps://nickdoeshockey.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/nicko-moving_dev-league_feb1-2012.jpgnicko moving_dev league_feb1 2012Me, on the move, in Dev League. Pic: Ben Weisser2014-08-21T00:00:12+00:00monthlyhttps://nickdoeshockey.com/2014/08/13/kettlebells-rubber-bands-icelandic-horse-sex-and-me/2014-08-13T05:06:29+00:00monthlyhttps://nickdoeshockey.com/2014/07/24/playing-the-arenas/https://nickdoeshockey.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/nicko_rod-laver-arena.jpgnicko_rod laver arenaSeeing how it feels to skate like a USA-Canada star, just, you know, without the talent.https://nickdoeshockey.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/screenshot-2014-07-24-16-46-14.pngScreenshot 2014-07-24 16.46.14Happy skaters: Big Cat, Christmas Angel and Apollo on the ice.https://nickdoeshockey.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/big-cat-apollo.pngbig cat apolloBig Cat and Apollo Patrick get a feel for international hockey ice.2014-07-26T05:40:45+00:00monthlyhttps://nickdoeshockey.com/2013/06/14/miracle-on-ice-at-drop-in/https://nickdoeshockey.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/quincey111.jpgquincey111Detroit d-man Kyle Quinceyhttps://nickdoeshockey.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/tfp_quincey_fall10_002.jpgtfp_quincey_fall10_002Kyle Quincey in a Melbourne nightclub this week? Actually it's from a mag called 'The Fourth Period', a 'hockey lifestyle magazine'.https://nickdoeshockey.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/quincey.jpgquinceyKyle Quincey on the bench at an Icehouse drop-in. Pic: Wayne McBridehttps://nickdoeshockey.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/whiteboard.jpgwhiteboardGeoff's pic of the whiteboard. Note the 5 pm slot.2014-06-06T00:18:29+00:00monthlyhttps://nickdoeshockey.com/2013/04/21/a-sleepy-sunday-makes-for-happy-owls/https://nickdoeshockey.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/icehouse-crowd.jpgicehouse crowdThe queue to get into the Icehouse yesterday. Hockey's popularity is getting scary. (And hi, Richard, in the NY cap!)https://nickdoeshockey.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/joey-from-vip.jpgview from vipThe view from the VIP Box. Could be worse. (Thanks, Jason and Shannon!)https://nickdoeshockey.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/la-niche-drink.jpgla niche drinkCalvados - the final shot that did all the damage.2014-06-05T23:55:42+00:00monthlyhttps://nickdoeshockey.com/2012/09/07/guest-writer-liam-patrick-on-the-newcastle-adventure/https://nickdoeshockey.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/screen-shot-2012-09-07-at-3-59-35-pm.pngScreen Shot 2012-09-07 at 3.59.35 PMPure Joy. Pic: Kittens Placehttps://nickdoeshockey.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/screen-shot-2012-09-07-at-3-41-44-pm.pngScreen Shot 2012-09-07 at 3.41.44 PMChristmas Angel, Aimee Hough, drinks from the Cup. Pic: Jess Houghhttps://nickdoeshockey.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/screen-shot-2012-09-07-at-3-41-06-pm1.pngScreen Shot 2012-09-07 at 3.41.06 PMhttps://nickdoeshockey.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/screen-shot-2012-09-07-at-3-40-45-pm.pngScreen Shot 2012-09-07 at 3.40.45 PMThere's a very good chance this is NOT Martin Kutek. Pic: Jess Houghhttps://nickdoeshockey.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/screen-shot-2012-09-07-at-3-46-03-pm.pngScreen Shot 2012-09-07 at 3.46.03 PMThe noble hockey art of 'tailgating'. Pic: Jess Houghhttps://nickdoeshockey.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/screen-shot-2012-09-07-at-3-46-36-pm.pngScreen Shot 2012-09-07 at 3.46.36 PMThe Rookies underpoooosh their way onto the Novastrian ice, pre-finals. Pic: Jess Houghhttps://nickdoeshockey.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/screen-shot-2012-09-07-at-3-40-16-pm.pngScreen Shot 2012-09-07 at 3.40.16 PMThe Melbourne Rookies take to the Novacastrian ice, pre-finals. Pic: Jess Houghhttps://nickdoeshockey.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/screen-shot-2012-09-07-at-3-41-06-pm.pngVinnie and the cupVinnie Hughes brings the Cup to the Rookies. Newcastle, 2012. Pic: Jessica Hough2014-04-22T06:08:45+00:00monthlyhttps://nickdoeshockey.com/2014/04/01/finding-meaning-on-the-radio/https://nickdoeshockey.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/helm-crashed-net.jpghelm crashed netDarren Helm shows standard Red Wing desperation, crashing the Tampa Bay net. Pic: Detroit Newshttps://nickdoeshockey.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/place-faceoff.jpgplace faceoffOne of so many face-offs with Kittens and I working together. Circa 2012.https://nickdoeshockey.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/car-crash-neck.jpgcar crash neckNot a Warhol: MRI cross-sections of my car crash neck.https://nickdoeshockey.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/stubbs-show.jpgstubbs showGreat moments of Australian radio: Richard Stubbs, Lliam Webster and Nicko Place, in the 774 studio.2014-04-01T04:33:20+00:00monthlyhttps://nickdoeshockey.com/2014/03/21/whale-sharks-wounded-wings-and-arnold-the-estonian/https://nickdoeshockey.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/nicko-v-wolverines.jpgnicko v wolverinesNicko v The Wolverines. What happens when Kittens and Chris Hodson peel off for a line change without me realising I'm now all alone ... (Pic: Luke Milkovic)https://nickdoeshockey.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/arnold-and-nicko.jpgarnold and nickoHockey BFF: Arnold and Nicko. (Pic: Arnold's wife)https://nickdoeshockey.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/screenshot-2014-03-21-10-25-07.pngScreenshot 2014-03-21 10.25.07Estonia's Total hockey team. Arnold on the right, middle row.https://nickdoeshockey.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/nicko-brave-underwater.jpgnicko brave underwaterMixing hockey and diving underwater off Thailand.2014-03-21T03:22:40+00:00monthlyhttps://nickdoeshockey.com/2014/02/28/saving-the-canberra-knights/https://nickdoeshockey.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/lake-burley-griffin.jpglake burley griffinLake Burley Griffin: freeze that sucker.https://nickdoeshockey.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/queanbeyan.jpgqueanbeyanThe previous biggest moment in Queanbeyan ...https://nickdoeshockey.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/mannequin-pis.jpgmannequin pisThe Manneken Pis - Brussels' greatest symbol.2014-02-28T00:08:12+00:00monthlyhttps://nickdoeshockey.com/2014/01/28/heavy-legs/https://nickdoeshockey.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/morning-skate.jpgmorning skateA Red Wings 'morning skate'. There's rarely such a thing as a day off in the NHL.https://nickdoeshockey.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/screenshot-2014-01-28-14-09-32.pngScreenshot 2014-01-28 14.09.32The Cherokees gather for post-break training. Pic: Alex McNab (instagram)2014-01-28T03:37:01+00:00monthlyhttps://nickdoeshockey.com/2014/01/15/a-heatwave-the-winter-classic-and-question-marks/https://nickdoeshockey.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/jurco.jpgjurcoTomas Jurco celebrates knowing he's pretty much NHL ready. Pic: Ducks website.https://nickdoeshockey.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/place-parsons-faceoff.jpgplace parsons faceoffMy first ice-time of 2014: facing Brendan Parssons in a face-off with his girlfriend, Lex, dropping the puck. Life's a loaded deck, folks, but that doesn't mean it can't be fun. Pic: Big Cat.https://nickdoeshockey.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/wayne-does-the-tank.jpgwayne does the tankWayne McBride does his best Frank the Tank post-brawl celebration, after 'fighting' Apollo Patrick in the Charlie game. Pic: Big Cat.https://nickdoeshockey.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/big-cat-skates_ndh.jpgbig cat skates_NDHA highlight of summer: Big Cat Place back on two legs and back in skates, at the Charlie Srour game.https://nickdoeshockey.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/winter-classic-seats.jpgwinter classic seatsCold, cold seats at the Winter Classic, half a world away from a Melbourne summer.https://nickdoeshockey.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/winter-classic-overview.jpgwinter classic overviewA panorama of the Big House: the largest hockey crowd ever, and in snow and 12 degrees F.2014-01-15T01:56:14+00:00monthlyhttps://nickdoeshockey.com/2013/12/18/playing-like-a-girl/https://nickdoeshockey.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/ice-v-goannas-from-box.jpgice v goannas from boxMy view from the home team penalty box. Pic: Nickohttps://nickdoeshockey.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/georgia-carson.jpggeorgia carsonMy coach, Georgia, on the move v the Goannas. Pic: facebookhttps://nickdoeshockey.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/nic-cliff.jpgnic cliffNic Cliff in action on saturday. Pic: Matt Wragg Photographyhttps://nickdoeshockey.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/shona-green.jpgshona greenShona Green in action. Pic MIW Facebook page2013-12-23T21:24:13+00:00monthlyhttps://nickdoeshockey.com/2013/12/02/the-bottom-of-the-bag/https://nickdoeshockey.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/brave-warm-up.jpgbrave warm upWarming up, for the Braves. Pic: Luke Milkovichttps://nickdoeshockey.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/hockey-bag-bottom_edit.jpghockey bag bottom_editWhat rattles around, below the gear ...2013-12-01T22:52:08+00:00monthlyhttps://nickdoeshockey.com/2013/11/29/watching-my-garden-grow/https://nickdoeshockey.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/my-garden.jpgmy gardenThis is pretty much what will happen any time I'm left in charge of a garden. Pic: Flickrhttps://nickdoeshockey.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/nyquist_free-press.jpgnyquist_free pressGus Nuyquist, finally where he belongs: wearing the winged wheel and tearing it up at the Joe. Pic Detroit Free Press.https://nickdoeshockey.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/nicko-braves-face-off.jpgnicko braves face offTaking a face-off for The Braves. Pic Luke Milkovic.https://nickdoeshockey.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/alfreddson-skating-stance.jpgalfreddson skating stanceUnfortunately, I'm still not striding like Alfy for the Wings. 2013-11-29T02:49:33+00:00monthlyhttps://nickdoeshockey.com/2013/11/07/wednesday-im-in-love/https://nickdoeshockey.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/helm-skating2.jpgDarren Helm, Jeff Petry, Boyd Gordon.Darren Helm, finally back for the Red Wings, shows that he remembers how to skate. Oh, to move like him. Pic: Detroit News.https://nickdoeshockey.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/willy-b-boots.jpgwilly b bootsThe awesome Williamsburg cowboy boot shop. New York, 2008.2016-07-18T05:32:54+00:00monthlyhttps://nickdoeshockey.com/2013/10/29/pick-a-card-any-card/https://nickdoeshockey.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/la-magic.jpgLA magicPerforming a trick for friends on Sunset Strip, LA, in 2011. Oh yeah.https://nickdoeshockey.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/ndh-fly-braves.jpgNDH fly bravesFly Girl gives my new #17 Braves jersey plenty of respect.2013-11-03T11:51:53+00:00monthlyhttps://nickdoeshockey.com/2013/10/02/can-you-feel-it-a-new-nhl-season-begins/https://nickdoeshockey.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/green-bay-gamblers-jersey.pnggreen bay gamblers jerseyIt's not often fans can openly cheer a bunch of gamblers.https://nickdoeshockey.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/dats1.jpgdats1Pavel Datsyuk: ready to rock the eastern conference.https://nickdoeshockey.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/youngstown-phantoms-jersey.pngyoungstown phantoms jerseyThe magnificent Youngstown Phantoms jersey.2013-10-02T06:10:35+00:00monthlyhttps://nickdoeshockey.com/2013/09/25/then-again/https://nickdoeshockey.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/casey-south-barwon-feature.jpgcasey-south-barwon-featureSouth Barwon and Casey Tutungi, before the Grand Final.https://nickdoeshockey.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/helm2.jpghelm2How we Wings fans want to see Darren Helm, after his endless injuries.https://nickdoeshockey.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/casey.jpgcaseyThe remarkable Casey Tutungi, and his South Barwon teammates, party hard.2013-09-26T01:03:16+00:00monthlyhttps://nickdoeshockey.com/2013/09/16/the-ruthless-bastard/https://nickdoeshockey.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/baclig.jpgbacligShattered: Ice stars like Jason Baclig couldn't stop a semi turning to shit.https://nickdoeshockey.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/nyquist2.jpgnyquist2Gustav Nyquist: deserves to be a Red Wing. Absolutely. But will he be?https://nickdoeshockey.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/dan-cleary.jpgdan clearyDan Cleary: battling fate, to be a Wing.2013-09-16T07:19:29+00:00monthlyhttps://nickdoeshockey.com/2013/09/06/a-weekend-of-impossible-choices/https://nickdoeshockey.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/tiger-80.jpgtiger 801980 Tiger celebrations, so long ago they wore lace-up guernseys: This was supposed to happen every year ... https://nickdoeshockey.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/nicko-big-climb-wide.jpgnicko big climb wideBraves altitude training in the French Alps. 600 m higher than Mount Kosciuszko, with a knee brace. Oh yeah.2013-09-06T04:33:19+00:00monthlyhttps://nickdoeshockey.com/2013/08/12/leaving-town/https://nickdoeshockey.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/houat1.pnghouat1Oh, bring it!https://nickdoeshockey.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/houat2.pnghouat2The French island of Houat, off Brittany. A long way from the NHL, or AIHL, or Dev League.2013-08-12T04:21:37+00:00monthlyhttps://nickdoeshockey.com/2013/08/07/maybe-just-maybe/2013-08-12T04:07:11+00:00monthlyhttps://nickdoeshockey.com/2013/07/15/the-bears-out-numbered-beaten-up-and-beaten/https://nickdoeshockey.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/frank-schlamp.jpgfrank schlampFramnk and Schlamp go at it at the Icehouse. Pic courtesy of: MosquitoByte - thanks, Andrew Mercieca!https://nickdoeshockey.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/ice-salute.jpgice saluteThe many Ice players still standing at the end of the game salute the crowd.2013-07-17T14:48:20+00:00monthlyhttps://nickdoeshockey.com/2013/07/09/hey-didnt-i-used-to-play-hockey/https://nickdoeshockey.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/charlie-cup-teams.jpgcharlie cup teamsThe teams for the Charles Srour Cup. 10 pm Dev League, Icehouse. Red team won. 2013-07-09T22:06:54+00:00monthlyhttps://nickdoeshockey.com/2013/06/24/the-stavro-mueller-edition/https://nickdoeshockey.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/don-t-panic-256831.jpgdon-t-panic-256831Sensible advice for galactic hitchhikers.https://nickdoeshockey.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/arthur-dent.pngarthur dentHave I become Arthur Dent to Charlie Jiang's Agrajag?https://nickdoeshockey.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/mostly_harmless_cover.jpegMostly_Harmless_coverMostly Harmless. Book five of the trilogy.2013-06-24T01:10:10+00:00monthlyhttps://nickdoeshockey.com/2013/06/20/learning-from-calvin-hobbes/https://nickdoeshockey.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/spacemanspiff2.jpgspacemanspiff2Spaceman Spiff about to get a minor penalty.2013-06-20T02:55:42+00:00monthlyhttps://nickdoeshockey.com/2013/06/18/ninja-moves/https://nickdoeshockey.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/tripping.jpgtrippingMy tripping penalty was basically one degree of blatancy behind this one.https://nickdoeshockey.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/trust-me-im-a-ninja1.jpgtrust me I'm a ninjaButton available here.https://nickdoeshockey.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/trust-me-im-a-ninja.jpgtrust me I'm a ninjaButton, available here.https://nickdoeshockey.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/ninja-chicks.jpgninja chicksBe a ninja, get the chicks. Actually this guy (askaninja.com) is hilarious, if you've never checked him out. And has a great opening tune.2013-06-21T02:50:00+00:00monthlyhttps://nickdoeshockey.com/welcome/2013-06-17T12:16:48+00:00weekly0.6https://nickdoeshockey.com/2013/06/16/miracle-free-on-ice-at-hisense-arena/https://nickdoeshockey.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/usa-canada1.jpgusa canada1Flames behind the goalie can only mean one thing. Canada scores at Hisense. Pic: Nickohttps://nickdoeshockey.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/richmond-down-race.jpgrichmond down raceRichmond's captain Trent Cotchin leads his team down the race. Pic: Nickohttps://nickdoeshockey.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/usa-final.jpgusa finalUSA v Canada from the cheap seats, at Hisense Arena. ... Meh.2013-06-27T08:44:16+00:00monthlyhttps://nickdoeshockey.com/2013/06/03/the-running-man/https://nickdoeshockey.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/2010helm.jpg2010helmDarren Helm in full flight. Hopefully he'll be back to that from Day One, next season.https://nickdoeshockey.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/dusk-at-bruns-st-oval.jpgdusk at bruns st ovalDusk at the Brunswick Street Oval as I ran.https://nickdoeshockey.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/fat-man.jpgfat-manWhat I'm trying to avoid.2013-06-03T01:15:21+00:00monthlyhttps://nickdoeshockey.com/2013/05/27/are-we-having-fun-yet/https://nickdoeshockey.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/great-songs.jpggreat songsMambo's magnificent 'Not With That Clown (great songs of sexual jealousy)'https://nickdoeshockey.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/wings-ducks-4_3_rx404_c534x401.jpgwings-ducks-4_3_rx404_c534x401The Red Wings' underdog run continues ...https://nickdoeshockey.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/bairnsdale.jpgbairnsdaleIn author mode, in deep dark Gippsland. Look how excited fellow writers Anne Crawford and Kate Forster are by my pearls of wisdom.2013-05-28T05:18:40+00:00monthlyhttps://nickdoeshockey.com/2013/05/10/learning-from-the-wings-never-surrender/https://nickdoeshockey.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/cleary-down.jpgcleary downDan Cleary hits the deck, versus the Ducks. You know he's getting up. Pic: Detroit News. https://nickdoeshockey.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/wings-playoff.jpgwings playoffThe Red Wings: down but not beaten. Pic: Detroit Free Press2013-05-27T23:16:19+00:00monthlyhttps://nickdoeshockey.com/2013/05/02/channeling-the-geebung/https://nickdoeshockey.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/ice-posters1_worked.jpgice posters1_workedLife-size Lliam Webster with a larger than life Lliam Webster, and friends.https://nickdoeshockey.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/ice-posters-2_worked.jpgice posters 2_workedWelcome to your home ice, Mustangs ... (see below)https://nickdoeshockey.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/geebung.jpggeebungArtist FJ (John) Beeman's depiction of the Geebung v Cuff & Collar showdown.2013-05-08T14:01:29+00:00monthlyhttps://nickdoeshockey.com/2013/04/19/falling-in-love-with-shifting-sands/https://nickdoeshockey.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/dev-league_worked.jpgdev league_workedLate night dev league: a cult classic.https://nickdoeshockey.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/petanque.jpgpetanquePetanque - an excellent use of sand.https://nickdoeshockey.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/author_oodna.jpegauthor_oodnaOn the road to Oodnadatta. Or on Mars. Who can tell?2013-04-19T04:05:55+00:00monthlyhttps://nickdoeshockey.com/2013/04/11/birds-with-arms-endless-politics-and-dinosaur-sex-i-need-hockey-back/https://nickdoeshockey.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/bird-with-arms-shrug.jpgbird with arms shrugLife without hockey: meh.https://nickdoeshockey.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/dorothy.jpgdorothy.jpgDorothy: say it ain't so.https://nickdoeshockey.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/presso-night.jpgpresso nightWhen hockey players scrub up: Spitfires presentation night.2013-04-11T13:30:27+00:00monthlyhttps://nickdoeshockey.com/2013/04/09/todays-word-of-the-day-is-patellofemoral/2013-04-09T06:45:09+00:00monthlyhttps://nickdoeshockey.com/2013/04/03/one-of-these-men/https://nickdoeshockey.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/shannon-birthday_cropped.jpgshannon birthday_croppedCan you spot the Australian captain?https://nickdoeshockey.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/shannon-birthday.jpgshannon birthdayCan you spot the Australian captain?2013-04-03T00:13:29+00:00monthlyhttps://nickdoeshockey.com/2013/04/02/guest-writer-liam-patrick-on-doing-it-for-charlie/https://nickdoeshockey.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/liam-and-charlie.jpgliam and charlieLiam, Wunders and Charlie taking hospital life seriously late last year.https://nickdoeshockey.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/patrick.jpgpatrickLiam Patrick in action for the Fighters.2013-04-02T03:46:39+00:00monthlyhttps://nickdoeshockey.com/2013/03/28/guest-writer-michael-coulter-on-the-crossroads/https://nickdoeshockey.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/michael-coulter.jpgmichael coulterMichael Coulter tearing it up for the Sharks.https://nickdoeshockey.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/staniowski80.jpgstaniowski80Oh Hells, yeah! Hockey, 1980 Winnipeg Jets style. How could Coulter not fall in love?2013-03-28T04:11:49+00:00monthlyhttps://nickdoeshockey.com/2013/03/26/relax-you-wont-feel-a-thing/https://nickdoeshockey.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/mri-scan-room.jpgMRI-scan-roomAn MRI machine. Riddle me this: how did this camera not get sucked into the machine? Shenanigans.https://nickdoeshockey.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/mri-office.jpgMRI officeThe scene of today's high drama.2013-03-26T07:52:46+00:00monthlyhttps://nickdoeshockey.com/2013/03/25/guest-writer-brendan-parsons-on-scorekeeping/https://nickdoeshockey.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/screen-shot-2013-03-25-at-3-04-16-pm.pngScreen Shot 2013-03-25 at 3.04.16 PMA final game sheet, as produced by the scorers from every official IHV game. Oh, wait, did I happen to pick one out where No. 4 (Nicko Place) got an assist and an unassisted goal? Wow, what are the odds? https://nickdoeshockey.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/scorer-box.jpgscorer boxRookies Rachael Hands and Lliam "Apollo" Patrick man the scorer's box during a Rookies v IBM social game.https://nickdoeshockey.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/scorers-oakleigh.jpgscorers oakleighThe scorer's box, looking down on the Ghetto's ice. @ Oakleigh.2013-03-25T05:06:26+00:00monthlyhttps://nickdoeshockey.com/2013/03/19/brought-to-you-by/https://nickdoeshockey.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/phoenix-jones-shoes.jpgphoenix jones shoesNot Nicko Place hockey-themed shoes ...https://nickdoeshockey.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/screen-shot-2013-03-19-at-11-08-27-am.pngScreen Shot 2013-03-19 at 11.08.27 AMPhoneix Jones in full facebook flight ...2013-03-19T01:39:30+00:00monthlyhttps://nickdoeshockey.com/2013/03/18/doppelganger-unchained/https://nickdoeshockey.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/hank-zetterberg.jpgHank-ZetterbergZetterberg, today.https://nickdoeshockey.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/henrikzetterberg-pow.jpgHenrikZetterberg-POWZetterberg, the Red Wing.https://nickdoeshockey.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/christoph-waltz-django-unchained.jpgchristoph-waltz-django-unchainedChristoph Waltz or Hank Zetterberg once he's hung up the skates?2013-03-18T19:57:24+00:00monthlyhttps://nickdoeshockey.com/2013/03/12/from-the-vault-mystery-alaska-film-review/https://nickdoeshockey.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/mystery-alaska_poster.jpgMystery-Alaska_posterMystery, Alaska: alternate poster.https://nickdoeshockey.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/crowe_mystery-alaska-1999-09-g.jpgcrowe_mystery-alaska-1999-09-gOur Rusty Crowe as a hockey player. How come he threw his weight behind the Rabbitohs in NRL instead of the Sydney Ice Dogs?https://nickdoeshockey.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/mystery-alaska_poster2.jpgmystery-alaska_poster2Mystery, Alaska chick-flick attempt poster.2013-03-13T00:39:41+00:00monthlyhttps://nickdoeshockey.com/2013/03/11/the-end-of-summer/https://nickdoeshockey.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/rooms2.jpgrooms2After the game: The original Interceptors team members have left the building, forever.https://nickdoeshockey.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/rooms1.jpgrooms1Interceptors get ready, before our final game.https://nickdoeshockey.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/goal-ceptors.jpggoal ceptorsHigh-fiving the bench: we Interceptors have always been good at celebrating goals.https://nickdoeshockey.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/benches_fighters.jpgbenches_fightersPeriod break, versus the Fighters last week.https://nickdoeshockey.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/ceptors-team.jpgceptors teamThe Ceptors, after one of our games this summer.2013-03-11T04:24:45+00:00monthlyhttps://nickdoeshockey.com/2013/03/07/yo-ranger-ever-heard-of-a-cage/https://nickdoeshockey.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/eaves-injury.jpgeaves injury"Is he dead?" That's what Drew Miller appears to be wondering after Red Wing Patrick Eaves' face met a puck. Eaves was out for a year. Would a face cage have helped?https://nickdoeshockey.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/staal-injury.jpgPhiladelphia Flyers v New York RangersMarc Staal wonders if he still has an eye, on Monday.2013-03-22T00:53:19+00:00monthlyhttps://nickdoeshockey.com/2013/02/27/puck-drops-too-many-goals-three-fights-in-four-seconds-and-a-ufo/https://nickdoeshockey.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/roll-with-it-cover.jpgroll with it coverRoll With It - in bookshops from Friday.https://nickdoeshockey.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/cleary-crashes-net.jpgcleary crashes netDan Cleary misunderstands the term "crash the net". Pic: Detroit News.https://nickdoeshockey.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/spraying-ice.jpgspraying iceHow awesome is this shot, by the Detroit News, from Wings v Canucks this week?2013-03-02T13:46:35+00:00monthlyhttps://nickdoeshockey.com/2013/02/25/a-full-house-of-hockey-life/https://nickdoeshockey.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/stylish-coaching.jpgstylish coachingThe most stylish coaches in Summer League Rec D. Pic: Rachael Handshttps://nickdoeshockey.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/fog.jpgfogOakleigh brings the summer fog.https://nickdoeshockey.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/cards.jpgcardsGetting ready for the Aussie Ben Laden Cup.2013-02-24T23:59:59+00:00monthlyhttps://nickdoeshockey.com/2013/02/19/the-zeitgeist-now-on-a-small-screen-near-you/https://nickdoeshockey.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/threepeat.jpgthreepeatWhen FoxSports discovered the glory of Australian hockey - a scene from The Ice: Road to 3peat.https://nickdoeshockey.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/poker-dogs.jpgpoker dogsNot hockey players. https://nickdoeshockey.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/baclig.jpgbacligJason Baclig in action for the Ice. Pic: Hewitt Sports Network.2013-02-20T04:47:46+00:00monthlyhttps://nickdoeshockey.com/2013/02/11/the-walking-wounded/https://nickdoeshockey.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/nicko-skates_icehouse-v-champs.jpgnicko skates_icehouse v champsNicko, v Champs at the Icehouse. Lots to work on, including not looking at the puck while skating, apparently. (Pic Elizabeth Vine)https://nickdoeshockey.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/jay-shutout.jpgjay shutoutA huge Oakleigh crowd watches the dying seconds of the Ceptors' win; Jay Hellis in perfect pose, mid shut-out. (Pic: Elizabeth Vine)https://nickdoeshockey.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/red-wings-v-oilers.jpgred wings v oilersRed Wings v Oilers. Pic: NHL (I think) via Facebook.2013-02-13T09:31:12+00:00monthlyhttps://nickdoeshockey.com/2013/01/24/guest-writer-clayton-powell-2/https://nickdoeshockey.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/clayton-changing.jpgclayton changingClayton Powell: "When you put on the gear you become a hockey player."https://nickdoeshockey.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/hockey-change-room.jpghockey change roomThe massive bags that fill your typical hockey change room. Pic: Nicko2013-01-24T09:30:47+00:00monthlyhttps://nickdoeshockey.com/2013/01/18/hanging-out-with-the-griffins/2013-01-18T01:44:09+00:00monthlyhttps://nickdoeshockey.com/2013/01/15/training-the-house-down-knees-intact/https://nickdoeshockey.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/zetter-trains.jpgzetter trainsLikely new Red Wings captain Henrik Zetterberg hits the gym this week. Pic: Detroit Free Press.https://nickdoeshockey.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/anti-inflam.jpganti inflamFor use on animals only. Well, me.https://nickdoeshockey.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/wikipedia-knee.pngwikipedia kneeWikipedia's version of a knee; research assistant to good doctors everywhere. Well, Lorne. And Fitzroy North. 2013-01-15T01:01:54+00:00monthlyhttps://nickdoeshockey.com/2013/01/03/a-death-in-the-family/https://nickdoeshockey.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/charles-smiling.jpgcharles smilingCharles Srour. You will be missed. Pic: Facebookhttps://nickdoeshockey.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/charles-srour-action.jpgcharles srour actionCharlie Srour shooting for goal, playing for the Fighters.2013-01-17T23:52:20+00:00monthlyhttps://nickdoeshockey.com/2012/12/31/2012-in-review/2012-12-31T07:10:30+00:00monthlyhttps://nickdoeshockey.com/2012/12/21/its-the-end-of-the-world-as-we-know-it-and-i-feel-fine/https://nickdoeshockey.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/car-wash.jpgcar washAfter midnight in a Footscray car wash ...https://nickdoeshockey.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/dev-league.jpgdev leagueDev league bench shenanigans. Pic: Brendan Parsonshttps://nickdoeshockey.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/ceptors-face-off.jpgceptors face offThe Interceptors ready for a face-off, versus the Nite Owls. Pic: Elizabeth Vinehttps://nickdoeshockey.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/you-only-live-twice.jpgyou only live twiceYou Only Live Twice: Connery as Bond. Hard not to like.2013-11-14T05:16:31+00:00monthlyhttps://nickdoeshockey.com/2012/12/13/monkey-bombs/https://nickdoeshockey.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/nicko-dan.jpgnicko danThe simple joys of life: passing pucks with fellow Ceptor-Jet Dan Byrne. 2012-12-13T07:04:17+00:00monthlyhttps://nickdoeshockey.com/2012/12/06/wonders-of-the-world/https://nickdoeshockey.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/ice-stand1.jpgice standThe perfect Christmas present, although possibly not for a member of the Australian anti-swearing league.https://nickdoeshockey.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/ice-stand.jpgice standThe perfect Christmas present, although possibly not for a member of the Australian anti-swearing league.https://nickdoeshockey.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/mack.jpgmackMackquist Place on the ice.2012-12-06T05:18:12+00:00monthlyhttps://nickdoeshockey.com/2012/12/04/canada-5-nicko-0/https://nickdoeshockey.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/andrew-poss.jpgandrew possAndrew Poss playing for the Champs. I mostly watched his back as he skated away from me. Pic: Facebookhttps://nickdoeshockey.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/hancock.jpghancock2012-12-04T01:45:53+00:00monthlyhttps://nickdoeshockey.com/2012/11/28/sometimes-you-need-context/https://nickdoeshockey.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/nicko-wolves.jpgnicko wolvesMe, battling it out against an Ice Wolf, as Kittens supports. Pic: Elizabeth Vinehttps://nickdoeshockey.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/supreme-court.jpgsupreme courtThe Victorian Supreme Court: where the nasty side of real life gets judged. Pic: Herald Sun.2012-11-28T08:41:15+00:00monthlyhttps://nickdoeshockey.com/2012/11/20/pucks-like-life-can-bounce-randomly-ask-rodriguez/https://nickdoeshockey.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/two-things-header.jpgTwo-Things-HeaderYes, this back cover photo convinced me to buy an album. I never said the game was smart, or sophisticated. But really, how could you not want to hear this band?2012-11-20T02:29:04+00:00monthlyhttps://nickdoeshockey.com/2012/11/07/the-most-beautiful-chime-in-the-world/https://nickdoeshockey.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/nicko-goal-celebration.jpgnicko goal celebrationCelebration time: Yes, the No. 4 still pumping the air would be me. OK, I probably shouldn't have kept doing this for 19 minutes ... Pic: Elizabeth Vine.https://nickdoeshockey.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/nicko-goal1.jpgnicko goalThe big moment. My first Summer League goal (We're in our cool Arato-designed white-and-red Interceptor "away" jerseys. I was wearing No. 4 instead of my usual 17. Now known as lucky number 4.) Pic: Elizabeth Vinehttps://nickdoeshockey.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/nicko-goal.jpgnicko goal2012-11-07T01:14:41+00:00monthlyhttps://nickdoeshockey.com/2012/11/01/signs-the-nhl-lock-out-is-starting-to-bite/https://nickdoeshockey.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/classic1.jpgclassic1The 2009 Winter Classic: New Year's Day's planned Classic, hosted by Detroit, ain't gonna happen.https://nickdoeshockey.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/blac-keys.jpgblac keysThe Black Keys: a fine way to fill in those lock-out hours. Pic: Brisbane Times.2012-11-01T03:23:57+00:00monthlyhttps://nickdoeshockey.com/2012/10/29/why-do-i-play-hockey-ask-the-laddergoat/https://nickdoeshockey.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/nicko-v-sharks.jpgnicko v sharksWhipping a pass to the slot, against the Sharks. Pic: Jess PowerHoughhttps://nickdoeshockey.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/detropia.jpgdetropiaDetropia imagery.2012-11-01T05:09:59+00:00monthlyhttps://nickdoeshockey.com/2012/10/24/guest-writer-liam-patrick-on-life-and-hockey/https://nickdoeshockey.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/liam-patrick-celebrates.jpgliam patrick celebratesGuess who just scored? Oh yeah! Pic: Nickohttps://nickdoeshockey.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/liam-skating.jpgliam skatingLiam Patrick (No. 28) in action for the Spitfire Fighters on Sunday. Pic: Nicko2012-10-24T00:09:01+00:00monthlyhttps://nickdoeshockey.com/2012/10/19/sunday-on-my-mind/https://nickdoeshockey.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/brendan-dragon.jpgbrendan dragonTigerShark and 11.15 pm dev league mate Brendan Parsons seems less stressed about the looming Summer League comp than some.https://nickdoeshockey.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/houghs.jpghoughsThe Power-Hough gals model the new Jets jersey.2012-10-20T03:23:36+00:00monthlyhttps://nickdoeshockey.com/2012/10/15/introducing-the-podium-line/https://nickdoeshockey.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/hodson-grinning.jpghodson grinningTHE MAN WHO TRIED TO KILL MY SON! Pic: Tarcha Louhttps://nickdoeshockey.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/podium-jump-boards.jpgpodium jump boardsHistory: Mack and I jump the boards together in a game. https://nickdoeshockey.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/podium-bench-3.jpgpodium bench 3Between shifts. Pic: Anna Heywoodhttps://nickdoeshockey.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/podium-line.jpgpodium lineThe Podium Line: Big Cat, Nicko and Mackqvist.https://nickdoeshockey.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/podium-pose.jpgpodium posehttps://nickdoeshockey.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/productionline1.jpgProductionLineDetroit's most famous line: The Production Line of G. Howe, Lindsay and Abel.https://nickdoeshockey.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/productionline.jpgProductionLineDetroit's famed Production Line of Howe, Abel and Lindsay.2012-10-16T13:21:12+00:00monthlyhttps://nickdoeshockey.com/2012/10/09/the-calm-before-the-lull-before-the-storm/https://nickdoeshockey.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/screen-shot-2012-10-09-at-1-54-41-pm.pngScreen Shot 2012-10-09 at 1.54.41 PMJake Adamsons in flight.https://nickdoeshockey.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/beasts-southern-jpg1.jpgBeasts of the Southern Wild - 6Who I spent my Monday night with: "Beasts of the Southern Wild".2012-10-09T03:01:37+00:00monthlyhttps://nickdoeshockey.com/2012/10/03/sneak-peek/https://nickdoeshockey.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/the-ice-road-to-3peat.pngThe-Ice-Road-to-3PeatThe Road to Three-Peat doco is getting close. Pre-order it. You won't regret your decision.2012-10-04T00:37:46+00:00monthlyhttps://nickdoeshockey.com/2011/01/19/setting-the-scene/https://nickdoeshockey.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/nicko_hockey1-e1401925400328.jpgnicko_hockey1Wobbly, in full protective gear, and surrounded by kids skating happily. The humiliation begins. 2012-10-02T06:07:39+00:00monthlyhttps://nickdoeshockey.com/2012/10/01/sub-standard-skating-in-context/https://nickdoeshockey.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/spitfires2.jpgspitfires2Big Cat Place prepares for a face-off against the Tigersharks.https://nickdoeshockey.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/spitfires-coach.jpgspitfires coachThe Spitfires team listen to our coach for the day, Melbourne Ice player Austin McKenzie. It's quite possible he was saying: "Kittens? Really? Kittens? Was that to get the chicks?" Pic: Zac Aratohttps://nickdoeshockey.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/sptfires-action1.jpgsptfires action1Several of my hockey mates on the move in Spitfires v Tigersharks action. Pic: Zac Arato.https://nickdoeshockey.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/benches.jpgbenchesSpitfires v Tigersharks. Waiting for a whistle to start things off. Pic: Zac Arato.2012-10-01T04:39:03+00:00monthlyhttps://nickdoeshockey.com/2012/09/25/this-shit-just-got-real/https://nickdoeshockey.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/big-cat-skates.jpgbig cat skatesBig Cat shows how it should be done: flying feet and puck control. Pic: Jack Hammethttps://nickdoeshockey.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/mack-hockey.jpgmack hockeyLike father, like son? My younger son, Macklin, takes out an opponent on the boards then passes from his knees. Yes, he's a Place, alright ... Pic: me.https://nickdoeshockey.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/nicko-puck-handling.jpgnicko puck handlingMostly, our hockey is getting more intense in lots of good ways. Pic: Jack Hammethttps://nickdoeshockey.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/vinnie.jpgvinnieVinnie Hughes infamous fight earlier this year. It really shouldn't happen in hockey school. Pic: me.https://nickdoeshockey.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/nicko-action.jpgnicko actionProof that I don't only go the knuckle these days. Me just getting the pass away in Dev League before James Oliver pounces. Pic: Jack Hammet2012-09-26T04:53:32+00:00monthlyhttps://nickdoeshockey.com/2012/09/08/love-for-lokomotiv/https://nickdoeshockey.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/locomotiv.jpglocomotivThe 'Love for Locomotiv' wristband. They were commissioned and sold by the wives and girlfriends of NHL players, to raise money for the families of those killed in the crash.2012-09-14T05:50:14+00:00monthlyhttps://nickdoeshockey.com/2012/09/05/heads-up-2/https://nickdoeshockey.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/ice-champions.jpgice championsPic: Melbourne Ice Facebook pagehttps://nickdoeshockey.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/kronwall.jpgkronwallThis is known as being Kronwalled. Pic: Detroit Red Wings2012-09-05T02:21:46+00:00monthlyhttps://nickdoeshockey.com/2012/08/31/a-day-is-a-long-time-in-skating/https://nickdoeshockey.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/nicko-fallen.jpgnicko fallen... there can still be a night like this.https://nickdoeshockey.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/nicko-striding1.jpgnicko stridingAnother round of glorious dev league begins ...https://nickdoeshockey.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/nicko-striding.jpgnicko stridingFor every night like this ...2012-08-31T09:21:09+00:00monthlyhttps://nickdoeshockey.com/2012/08/24/guest-writer-winifred-beevers/2012-08-24T02:21:29+00:00monthlyhttps://nickdoeshockey.com/2012/08/21/guest-writer-clayton-powell/https://nickdoeshockey.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/screen-shot-2012-08-21-at-5-48-48-pm.pngScreen Shot 2012-08-21 at 5.48.48 PMClayton on the ice: Army's support was vital.https://nickdoeshockey.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/screen-shot-2012-08-21-at-5-49-05-pm.pngScreen Shot 2012-08-21 at 5.49.05 PMClayton Powell: part-timer made good.2012-08-24T22:31:32+00:00monthlyhttps://nickdoeshockey.com/2012/08/16/guest-writer-origin-story-will-ong/https://nickdoeshockey.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/castle-mountain.jpgcastle mountainCastle Mountain, in the Rockies. Will's pre-hockey life. (Remember when we had pre-hockey lives?)2012-08-16T00:50:15+00:00monthlyhttps://nickdoeshockey.com/2012/08/14/late-on-a-tuesday/https://nickdoeshockey.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/val_kilmer_batman_forever_001.jpegval_kilmer_batman_forever_001Lliam Webster, today.2012-08-15T06:08:29+00:00monthlyhttps://nickdoeshockey.com/2012/08/13/youve-got-to-earn-your-pancakes/https://nickdoeshockey.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/wet-track-bang_worked.jpgwet track bang_workedThe waterlogged Wattie Oval turf, mid-Bang. My legs are still feeling it.https://nickdoeshockey.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/oakleigh-zamboni_worked.jpgoakleigh zamboni_workedWatching the Zamboni chug across the Olympic Rink's surface yet again, between classes.https://nickdoeshockey.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/oakleigh-players_worked.jpgoakleigh players_workedNext Level Hockey Australia students wait to take the ice at Oakleigh. The camera didn't catch the fog in the air. https://nickdoeshockey.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/bavarian-apple.jpgbavarian appleBavarian apple pancakes with ice cream. Oh yeah!2012-08-13T11:36:13+00:00monthlyhttps://nickdoeshockey.com/2012/08/09/i-heart-hockey-because/https://nickdoeshockey.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/goon-poster.jpggoon posterGoon: crude but funny.https://nickdoeshockey.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/nicko-flatfoot.jpgnicko flatfootFlatfoot Place strikes again: the bad habit I am working desperately to break.(Slowly getting there. Slowly)https://nickdoeshockey.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/rookie-balcony_worked.jpgrookie balcony_workedRookies invade the balcony for the Mustangs game.https://nickdoeshockey.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/mustang-horsemen_worked.jpgmustang horsemen_workedThe Four Horsemen of the Mustang Apocalypse. (Two are Red Wings.) Full respect.2012-08-10T22:50:14+00:00monthlyhttps://nickdoeshockey.com/2012/08/07/mortality-old-dogs-and-hockey-players/https://nickdoeshockey.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/nicko-old-dog.jpgnicko old dogThe latest incarnation: Old Dog Nicko in something resembling flight. https://nickdoeshockey.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/flydog-sleeping.jpgflydog sleepingSleepy Fly Dog submits to photo, in return for tummy rub.2012-08-07T04:53:14+00:00monthlyhttps://nickdoeshockey.com/2012/08/06/guest-writer-origin-story-chris-hodson/https://nickdoeshockey.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/hodson1.jpghodson1Chris, face to face with goalie Jay Hellis. Pic: Jason Bajada.https://nickdoeshockey.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/hodson4.jpghodson4Hodson: natural born goalscorer.https://nickdoeshockey.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/hodson3.jpghodson3Chris Hodson in flight. Pic: Jason Bajada2012-08-06T07:24:34+00:00monthlyhttps://nickdoeshockey.com/2012/08/03/guest-writer-liam-patrick-the-unlikely-sequel/https://nickdoeshockey.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/liam-patrick-goalie.jpgliam patrick goalieLiam Patrick: leaking goalie to the stars. 2012-08-03T06:05:18+00:00monthlyhttps://nickdoeshockey.com/2012/07/31/guest-writer-jason-bajada/https://nickdoeshockey.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/jason-bajada.jpgjason bajadaNowhere to hide: Goalie life.https://nickdoeshockey.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/jason-bajada_this-one.jpgjason bajada_this oneJason Bajada: feeling two metres wide. Pic: Wayne McBride2012-08-03T15:57:05+00:00monthlyhttps://nickdoeshockey.com/2012/07/26/guest-writer-origin-story-aimee-hough/https://nickdoeshockey.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/screen-shot-2012-07-26-at-3-16-28-pm.pngScreen shot 2012-07-26 at 3.16.28 PMAimee (in white) about to take out a helpless Rookie.https://nickdoeshockey.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/screen-shot-2012-07-26-at-3-16-16-pm.pngScreen shot 2012-07-26 at 3.16.16 PMLittle did the world know ...https://nickdoeshockey.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/screen-shot-2012-07-26-at-3-16-08-pm.pngScreen shot 2012-07-26 at 3.16.08 PMAimee Hough yesterday.2012-07-26T05:24:13+00:00monthlyhttps://nickdoeshockey.com/2012/07/23/guest-writer-jack-hammet/https://nickdoeshockey.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/jack_caps.jpgjack_capsThe only pic I could find of Jack in a Washington Capitals jersey, instead of his Penguins kit. He remains fun to annoy. ... oh, wait. I've made a huge mistake.https://nickdoeshockey.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/jack-ko.pngjack ko"What? Who? Me?" Jack (standing) in his element.2012-07-26T05:23:48+00:00monthlyhttps://nickdoeshockey.com/2012/07/06/guest-writer-chris-tran/https://nickdoeshockey.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/mighty-ducks-2.gifmighty-ducks-2The Tran house was ruled by: "Quack! Quack! Quack!"2012-07-26T05:23:26+00:00monthlyhttps://nickdoeshockey.com/2012/07/11/guest-writer-jess/https://nickdoeshockey.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/mustangs-celebrate.jpgmustangs celebrateThe Mustangs celebrate Jess joining the cheer squad.2012-07-26T05:22:51+00:00monthlyhttps://nickdoeshockey.com/2012/07/19/guest-writer-brendan-parsons/https://nickdoeshockey.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/brendan.jpgbrendanBrendan Parsons in action for the Tigersharks.https://nickdoeshockey.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/brendan-pic.pngbrendan picUs in last year’s Ice Blitz at the Winter festival (me, centre in orange, Aric to the left in orange) also, Dan Dixon, Todd Harbor, Will Ong, Emma Poyton, Chris Lourie) – this is where I first met all these people who are now all close hockey associates.2012-07-26T05:21:54+00:00monthlyhttps://nickdoeshockey.com/2012/07/24/meanwhile-whatever-happened-to-that-nicko-guy/https://nickdoeshockey.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/oakleigh-rink.pngoakleigh rinkThe magnificent if chilly Oakleigh rink.https://nickdoeshockey.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/joey-hughes.jpgjoey hughesJoey Hughes, in action for the Ice. Pic: Canberra Times2012-07-25T08:53:13+00:00monthlyhttps://nickdoeshockey.com/2012/07/22/guest-writer-jess-2/2012-07-22T04:45:46+00:00monthlyhttps://nickdoeshockey.com/2012/07/14/guest-writer-rachael-hands/2012-07-14T08:44:03+00:00monthlyhttps://nickdoeshockey.com/2012/07/10/guest-writer-alex-mcnab/https://nickdoeshockey.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/alex-mcnab-skating.jpgalex mcnab skatingAlex armoured up.https://nickdoeshockey.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/alex-on-the-ice_np-edit.jpgalex on the ice_np editAlex McNab on the ice.2012-07-10T22:09:33+00:00monthlyhttps://nickdoeshockey.com/2012/07/04/guest-writer-liam-patrick/https://nickdoeshockey.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/liam-boarding.jpgliam boardingBoarding, with Liam Patrick ...https://nickdoeshockey.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/liam-goal.jpgliam goalLiam Patrick (black and green) celebrates a goal at the Icehouse, Intermediate end of term game. Pic: Wayne McBride2012-07-04T08:53:31+00:00monthlyhttps://nickdoeshockey.com/2012/07/04/taking-it-to-the-roof/https://nickdoeshockey.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/big-wheel.jpgbig wheelBig Cat takes it to the car park roof under the wheel that never spins. https://nickdoeshockey.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/hockey-car.jpghockey carWhy yes, I do play hockey. How did you know?https://nickdoeshockey.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/screen-shot-2012-07-04-at-10-13-20-am.pngScreen shot 2012-07-04 at 10.13.20 AMhttps://nickdoeshockey.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/jess-hough-pic1.jpgjess hough pichttps://nickdoeshockey.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/jess-hough-pic.jpgjess hough picA Jess Hough panorama of street hockey on the harbourtown car park roof.2012-07-04T00:31:48+00:00monthlyhttps://nickdoeshockey.com/2012/07/03/over-to-you/https://nickdoeshockey.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/nicko_i-want-you.jpgnicko_I want youI WANT YOU! Nobody wants this to be "The face" of Australian hockey. Do your bit ...2012-07-03T06:53:20+00:00monthlyhttps://nickdoeshockey.com/2012/06/29/and-so-here-we-all-sit-again/https://nickdoeshockey.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/glaciarium04.jpgglaciarium04Bring back the Glaciarium, at Southbank, Melbourne. And 12 more rinks, while we're at it.https://nickdoeshockey.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/glaciarium1.jpgGlaciarium1To be fair, it looks as though the ice was pretty crowded at the Glaciarium, in Southbank, back in the day.https://nickdoeshockey.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/hockey-crowd-dev-league.jpghockey crowd dev leagueThe big question: who will win the lotto and click their way into Dev League for the next term?2012-07-14T09:46:16+00:00monthlyhttps://nickdoeshockey.com/2012/06/28/tumbleweeds-crickets-horses-eat-one-another-somewhere-a-dog-barks/https://nickdoeshockey.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/montreal-hockey.jpgMHow did anybody survive before helmets? (and how beautiful is this photo?)https://nickdoeshockey.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/face-off-530.jpgface-off-530Why did this picture end up in Google images on a "Gay Blades" search?https://nickdoeshockey.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/gay-blades-movie-poster.jpggay blades movie posterDid the makers of the film, "The Gay Blades" envisage that their hopefully timeless classic might take on a different hue by a new millennium?https://nickdoeshockey.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/sydney-view.jpgsydney viewThe crappy non-hockey view at our crappy non-hockey apartment in Coathanger City. Pic: Some rockstar-looking guy.2012-06-29T06:45:47+00:00monthlyhttps://nickdoeshockey.com/2012/06/23/heshootshescores/https://nickdoeshockey.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/nicko-check-5.jpgnicko check 5https://nickdoeshockey.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/nicko-check-6.jpgnicko check 6Bwahahahaha! (Actually, I was asking if he was okay. Lucky Lliam didn't hear that.)https://nickdoeshockey.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/nicko-check-4.jpgnicko check 4https://nickdoeshockey.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/nicko-check-3.jpgnicko check 3https://nickdoeshockey.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/nicko-check-2.jpgnicko check 2https://nickdoeshockey.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/nicko-check1.jpgnicko check1https://nickdoeshockey.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/the-bench.jpgthe benchThe bench during our Intermediate game ... Pic: Wayne McBridehttps://nickdoeshockey.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/legs-apart3_best.jpglegs apart3_BESTStill too many times where my legs are flat-footed like this. Pic: Wayne McBridehttps://nickdoeshockey.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/patrick-place-sledging.jpgpatrick place sledging... and more words, after Liam's (very good) goal. https://nickdoeshockey.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/patrick-v-place.jpgpatrick v placeLiam Patrick v Nicko Place at a face-off. Words were occasionally said. Pic: Wayne McBride2012-06-24T23:21:03+00:00monthlyhttps://nickdoeshockey.com/2012/06/15/a-question-without-notice/https://nickdoeshockey.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/army.jpgarmyA friendly member of the local hockey community ... unlike that prick, Nicko Place.https://nickdoeshockey.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/army-ie-bath-bigger.jpgarmy ie bath biggerArmy keeping it real in the local hockey version of an ice bath. Pic: Melbourne Icehttps://nickdoeshockey.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/woodies.jpgwoodiesThe Woodies - Mark Woodforde and Todd Woodbridge: great people on and off the court. 2012-06-15T07:50:43+00:00monthlyhttps://nickdoeshockey.com/2012/06/08/the-second-last-final-frontier/https://nickdoeshockey.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/lliam_in-action.jpglliam_in actionLliam Webster, my coach, in flight. Thankfully, this was not during yesterday's drop-in.2012-06-08T07:17:26+00:00monthlyhttps://nickdoeshockey.com/2012/06/04/old-dog-new-tricks/https://nickdoeshockey.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/fly-in-car.jpgfly in carFly Dog The Magnificent, as she spends more of her time these days, post injury: being driven around.https://nickdoeshockey.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/sam-visciglio.jpgsam visciglioSam works on the battered face of one of his fighters. No doubt with calm, soothing words when they're needed.https://nickdoeshockey.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/lidstrom_news.jpglidstrom_newsNicklas Lidstrom: will be oh so missed! Pic: Detroit News2012-06-04T12:11:34+00:00monthlyhttps://nickdoeshockey.com/2012/05/31/beating-the-funk/https://nickdoeshockey.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/parliamentfunkadelicgrouppromo.jpgParliamentFunkadelicGroupPromoGeorge Clinton's band, Parliament, back in the day. Oh yeah.https://nickdoeshockey.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/georgeclinton1.jpgGeorgeClinton1George Clinton. Different kind of funk.2012-05-31T04:54:01+00:00monthlyhttps://nickdoeshockey.com/2012/05/29/things-i-dont-know/https://nickdoeshockey.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/mustang-mascot.jpgmustang mascotThe Mustangs' mascot: real horse or not?https://nickdoeshockey.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/flatlining.jpgflatliningFlatlining ... but not dead.https://nickdoeshockey.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/red-wings-celebrate.jpgred wings celebrateThe Red Wings show how to properly celebrate a goal on the ice. Actually, they're celebrating just winning a Stanley Cup a few years ago but, you know, same thing, right?2012-05-29T05:16:12+00:00monthlyhttps://nickdoeshockey.com/2012/05/23/meme-me/https://nickdoeshockey.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/date-hockey-player.jpgdate hockey playerJust saying ... 2012-05-23T04:06:10+00:00monthlyhttps://nickdoeshockey.com/2012/05/21/the-100th-post-blow-the-horn/https://nickdoeshockey.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/calvin_and_hobbes_final_bigger.jpgcalvin_and_hobbes_final_biggerCalvin & Hobbes: the final cartoon. By Bill Watterson. https://nickdoeshockey.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/alex-ice-mustangs-2.jpgalex ice mustangs 2Celebrating an Ice goal against the Mustangs last Thursday night. Pic: Alex McNab.https://nickdoeshockey.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/nicko-cookie.jpgnicko cookieA recent highlight from 100 posts-worth of hockey life: Amy Hough's brilliant shortbread version of Rookie Nicko, number 17. (She made them of all the Rookies. It wasn't creepy) 2012-06-02T01:29:18+00:00monthlyhttps://nickdoeshockey.com/2012/05/11/backwards-is-the-new-forwards/https://nickdoeshockey.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/alex-mcnab-skating.jpgalex mcnab skatingAlex McNab laughs after killing another defenceless child.https://nickdoeshockey.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/tatar-at-worlds.jpgtatar at worldsThomas Tatar versus all of America, at the world championships.2012-05-12T14:35:26+00:00monthlyhttps://nickdoeshockey.com/2012/05/07/mullets-tigers-scattered-wings-and-future-dreaming/https://nickdoeshockey.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/maric.jpgmaricBig Ivan Maric: bringing mullety goodness to the Tigers. Pic: The Age.https://nickdoeshockey.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/datsyuk-for-russia.jpgdatsyuk for russiaPavel Datsyuk gets maybe a touch careless with a high stick while playing for Russia. Pic: Gettys/Detroit Free Press.2012-05-07T05:55:02+00:00monthlyhttps://nickdoeshockey.com/2012/05/03/heres-to-josh-a-true-hokey-player/https://nickdoeshockey.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/josh-and-cup.jpgjosh and cupJosh on a recent trip to America, posing with some Cup or another. Pic: Facebook (Yes, Josh, I stole it off your page. What?)2012-05-05T23:01:01+00:00monthlyhttps://nickdoeshockey.com/2012/04/26/the-avengers-a-hockey-team-waiting-to-happen/https://nickdoeshockey.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/hulk.jpghulkHulk as Goalie: penalty-minute concerns ...https://nickdoeshockey.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/the-avengers.jpgthe-avengersMy hockey team: Ironman takes Centre. Hulk. you're in goal, big guy.2023-06-30T20:13:59+00:00monthlyhttps://nickdoeshockey.com/2012/04/21/vale-the-octopus/https://nickdoeshockey.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/rally-al-better.jpgGame 1 - Anaheim Ducks v Detroit Red WingsSee you next year, Rally Al. https://nickdoeshockey.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/lidstrom-post-loss.jpglidstrom post lossNik Lidstrom, post today's loss. I so hope this isn't the last shot of him in the No. 5.https://nickdoeshockey.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/al-and-octopus.jpgal and octopusAl Sobotka does his best to discourage Wings fans from their favourite prank.https://nickdoeshockey.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/octopus1.jpgoctopushttps://nickdoeshockey.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/octopus.jpgoctopusThe legend of the octopus. Joe Louis Arena, in April.2012-04-21T13:42:30+00:00monthlyhttps://nickdoeshockey.com/2012/04/17/down-with-the-hockey-temperance-league/https://nickdoeshockey.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/cup-party.jpgcup partyHow hockey players should spend Saturday nights ...https://nickdoeshockey.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/arena-empty.jpgarena-emptyHow the rink was supposed to look when we arrived on Sunday morning.2012-04-17T05:43:59+00:00monthlyhttps://nickdoeshockey.com/2012/04/12/the-saucy-burlesque-edition/https://nickdoeshockey.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/intro-rookies_alex_worked.jpgintro rookies_alex_workedIntro Rookies dive into scrimmage action on Wednesday night.https://nickdoeshockey.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/amazons2.jpgamazons2Burlesque diva Radha Leigh and a fellow burlesquee pretending to be a lion. To the best of my knowledge, neither of these women are hockey players. https://nickdoeshockey.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/radha-leigh.jpgradha leighRadha Leigh, Amazon Goddesshttps://nickdoeshockey.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/amazons.jpgamazonsThe kind of company your average Icehouse Rookie keeps on a non-hockey evening ... 2012-04-13T12:14:26+00:00monthlyhttps://nickdoeshockey.com/2012/04/06/we-get-our-pucks-on-the-coast/https://nickdoeshockey.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/lorne-hockey2-e1333683310503.jpglorne hockey2Hockey training at Lorne. Bad skills. Good view. 2012-04-06T03:52:41+00:00monthlyhttps://nickdoeshockey.com/2012/04/03/celebrating-the-uncelebratable/https://nickdoeshockey.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/hockey-cake-6.gifhockey cake 6Sensing a theme here. What is it with hockey players and eating boots? https://nickdoeshockey.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/hokey-cake-9.jpghokey cake 9All round impressive. Players appear to be attempting to hold their positions, although it's obviously a violent cake: down to two-on-two. The Penalty Box cake must be overflowing with players.https://nickdoeshockey.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/hockey-cake-8.jpghockey cake 8Before biting into puck, see previous comments re hockey skates that may or may not be made of cake.https://nickdoeshockey.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/hockey-cake-7.jpghockey cake 7OK, it came up under "ice hockey birthday cake". He appears to be wearing a helmet. But seriously? Is that a walking stick or a hockey stick? Richmond FC colours just saves it.https://nickdoeshockey.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/hockey-cake-5.jpghockey cake 5Full respect. A cake with mood lighting.https://nickdoeshockey.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/hockey-cake-4.jpghockey cake 4One for the Canucks... Hello, Alex. Pretty good cake, despite the dodgy team branding.https://nickdoeshockey.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/hockey-cake-3.jpghockey cake 3OK, this skate is definitely edible. Red Wings backing colours too. Nice.https://nickdoeshockey.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/hockey-cake-2.jpghockey cake 2My understanding is that the cake under the beer, and the hockey skate, are edible. I really hope I'm not wrong on the hockey skate. That would be awkward. https://nickdoeshockey.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/hockey-cake-1.jpgHockey Cake 1Can't work out if this guy is an astronaut, about to plant the flag on a planet, or that's a hockey stick.https://nickdoeshockey.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/hockey-cake-10.jpghockey cake 10Not sure the snake as goalie is a smart play by the coach. 2012-04-03T09:56:01+00:00monthlyhttps://nickdoeshockey.com/2012/03/29/the-quadrella-part-iv/https://nickdoeshockey.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/everest.jpgeverestSome guy on top of Mt Everest. Yeah, yeah, yeah ... but could he have survived The Quadrella?https://nickdoeshockey.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/army-coaches_worked.jpgarmy coaches_workedArmy coaches Dev League.2012-03-29T05:07:16+00:00monthlyhttps://nickdoeshockey.com/2012/03/29/the-quadrella-part-iii/https://nickdoeshockey.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/dev-league-2_tommy_worked.jpgdev league 2_tommy_workedIce star Tommy Powell is all-business, reffing our game. https://nickdoeshockey.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/dev-league-march-27_worked.jpgdev league march 27_workedDev League, Tuesday night, in full flight. Pic: by me, on iPhone, on the bench. Cool or dweeb? Such a fine line.2012-03-28T13:47:39+00:00monthlyhttps://nickdoeshockey.com/2012/03/28/the-quadrella-part-ii/https://nickdoeshockey.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/boxing_taped-fist_edit.jpgboxing_taped fist_editTaped up and ready.https://nickdoeshockey.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/boxing-with-mischa.jpgboxing with mischaMischa and Zoe hang out pre-training at the nerve-centre of the Kensington fight scene.2012-03-28T13:30:29+00:00monthlyhttps://nickdoeshockey.com/2012/03/27/the-quadrella-part-i/https://nickdoeshockey.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/bang1.jpgbang1Tiger Mick (not me) goes the big roost at the Sunday Bang. 2012-03-27T04:55:05+00:00monthlyhttps://nickdoeshockey.com/2012/03/23/the-seinfeld-entry-a-blopg-about-nothing/2012-03-23T06:27:12+00:00monthlyhttps://nickdoeshockey.com/2012/03/08/stepping-it-up/https://nickdoeshockey.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/nicko-bench-hockey_worked.jpgnicko bench hockey_workedWho needs rest? Let me out there! Dev League last night. Pic: Ben Weisser.https://nickdoeshockey.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/will-collision-hockey_worked.jpgwill collision hockey_workedWill (in red) collides with an opponent. On the bench, Jay said Kittens is turning into a Big Cat. Pic: Ben Weisser.https://nickdoeshockey.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/you-ok_muthafucka_worked.jpgyou ok_muthafucka?_workedArmy watches, unmoved, as I fail to successfully bad-ass trash-talk, post collision. Pic: Ben Weisser https://nickdoeshockey.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/you-ok_muthafucka.jpgyou ok_muthafucka?Army watches, unmoved, as I fail to successfully bad-ass trash-talk, post collision. Pic: Ben Weisser 2012-03-20T02:15:18+00:00monthlyhttps://nickdoeshockey.com/2012/03/18/the-rookies-versus-ibm-night-fevers-and-other-stories/https://nickdoeshockey.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/blog_ibm-hanson.jpgblog_IBM HansonAnother member of the IBM social hockey team.https://nickdoeshockey.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/blog-ibmopponent.jpgblog IBMopponentA member of Friday's IBM team.2012-03-20T02:13:08+00:00monthlyhttps://nickdoeshockey.com/2012/03/09/rookies-on-film/2012-03-09T04:10:38+00:00monthlyhttps://nickdoeshockey.com/2012/03/01/chasing-the-night/https://nickdoeshockey.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/hurt-mcnabs.jpghurt mcnabsTwo McNabs down. Note to self: Wear shoes when you play street hockey.https://nickdoeshockey.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/carpark-hockey_worked.jpgcarpark hockey_workedHarbourside car park hockey. In the rain. Pic: Ben Weisserhttps://nickdoeshockey.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/carpark-hockey.jpgcarpark hockey2012-03-01T05:46:15+00:00monthlyhttps://nickdoeshockey.com/2012/02/29/warning-dick-swingers-in-the-house/https://nickdoeshockey.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/mad-max-big-boppa-caravan-smash.jpgmad-max-big-boppa-caravan-smashMad max action in full flighthttps://nickdoeshockey.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/cowboys-at-shady-pines.jpgcowboys at shady pinesCowboys at Shady Pines on Saturday night2012-02-28T23:07:33+00:00monthlyhttps://nickdoeshockey.com/2012/02/19/so-how-was-your-week/https://nickdoeshockey.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/nicko-one-finger-handstand-e1329651164862.jpgnicko one finger handstandThe difficult one-finger hand-stand push-up. What you - well, I - do when no mantas turn up mid-dive.2012-02-19T11:40:50+00:00monthlyhttps://nickdoeshockey.com/2012/02/09/polishing-a-turd/https://nickdoeshockey.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/golden-poo.jpggolden pooSome golden poo today. 2012-02-19T11:44:25+00:00monthlyhttps://nickdoeshockey.com/2012/01/31/strange-times/https://nickdoeshockey.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/giant-lego-man.jpggiant lego manGiant Lego man, before he was locked up. Pic: LA Timeshttps://nickdoeshockey.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/jelly-marble.jpgjelly marbleBlue jelly rain. Pic: The Guardianhttps://nickdoeshockey.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/super-kane.jpgsuper kaneSuper Kane. Pic: espn2012-01-30T23:53:55+00:00monthlyhttps://nickdoeshockey.com/2012/01/20/overwhelming-in-a-great-way/2012-02-08T14:23:20+00:00monthlyhttps://nickdoeshockey.com/2011/11/04/playtime-for-the-sporting-gods/https://nickdoeshockey.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/20111103-151233.jpg20111103-151233.jpghttps://nickdoeshockey.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/20111103-150924.jpg20111103-150924.jpg2012-01-19T21:10:50+00:00monthlyhttps://nickdoeshockey.com/2012/01/18/dangling-by-a-thread/https://nickdoeshockey.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/wings-celerate1.jpgNHL/The Red Wings hear that Kittens and I got into our chosen classes ...https://nickdoeshockey.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/fraying-rope.jpgfraying ropeMy hockey career ...2012-01-20T03:32:34+00:00monthlyhttps://nickdoeshockey.com/2012/01/12/cyclops-on-ice-and-other-lessons/https://nickdoeshockey.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/blood-and-sand-cocktail.jpgblood and sand cocktailThe Blood & Sand cocktail. Photo by me. Arty, huh?https://nickdoeshockey.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/witches-hats.jpgwitches hatsNon-skating witches hats.https://nickdoeshockey.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/pelligrinis.jpgpelligrinisPelligrini's, Bourke St. Sit out the back.2012-01-12T02:33:25+00:00monthlyhttps://nickdoeshockey.com/2012/01/04/things-you-might-not-know-about-hockey/https://nickdoeshockey.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/old-time-goalie_edit.jpgold time goalie_editBack in the day: goalies with no face protection.https://nickdoeshockey.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/fly-leg2_edit.jpgfly leg2_editFly Dog shows off quality stick-tape veterinary work.2012-01-19T03:05:03+00:00monthlyhttps://nickdoeshockey.com/2012/01/02/the-circle-of-ice/https://nickdoeshockey.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/hockey-rink-birthday-cake.jpgHockey rink birthday cakeHappy 1st birthday to my hockey career.https://nickdoeshockey.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/egg-on-road.jpgegg on roadEgg fries on road: why?2022-06-27T16:05:14+00:00monthlyhttps://nickdoeshockey.com/2011/12/21/saturday-night-special-come-die-sessions/https://nickdoeshockey.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/come-and-try_new.jpgcome and try_newThe great Come & Try hijack in flight. 2012-01-24T14:46:33+00:00monthlyhttps://nickdoeshockey.com/2011/12/15/triumph-and-disaster/https://nickdoeshockey.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/dev-league-2.jpgdev league 2Dev League actionhttps://nickdoeshockey.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/dev-league-game.jpgdev league gameThe Dev League game last night. Will AKA Kittens in orange socks mid-ice. Ray, still vertical, behind the goals.https://nickdoeshockey.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/mcnab-16.jpgmcnab 16Our custom jersey.2011-12-15T07:22:39+00:00monthlyhttps://nickdoeshockey.com/2011/12/09/stop-in-the-name-of-love-well-hockey/2011-12-09T00:21:38+00:00monthlyhttps://nickdoeshockey.com/2011/12/06/the-goalies-lament/https://nickdoeshockey.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/goalie-lament.jpggoalie lamentA goalie's dread: the puck in the net. Pic: ibtimes.com2011-12-06T03:55:36+00:00monthlyhttps://nickdoeshockey.com/2011/11/29/flat-out-or-just-flat/https://nickdoeshockey.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/eaves-jaw.jpgeaves jawA scary moment for Patrick Eaves this week. Pic: Detroit Free Press.2011-11-29T09:42:22+00:00monthlyhttps://nickdoeshockey.com/2011/11/22/unsightly-upper-lips/https://nickdoeshockey.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/nick-mo_blog_nov22.jpgnick mo_blog_nov22The Horror. Day 22.https://nickdoeshockey.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/maruk_mo.jpgmaruk_moJust another hockey player ... Dennis Marukhttps://nickdoeshockey.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/ty-conklin-mo1.jpgty conklin mo1Ty Conklin showing how to rock a mo.2012-01-19T03:08:36+00:00monthlyhttps://nickdoeshockey.com/2011/11/16/greetings-on-ice/2011-11-16T23:30:57+00:00monthlyhttps://nickdoeshockey.com/2011/11/15/playtime-for-the-sporting-gods-part-2/https://nickdoeshockey.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/joe-glass-view.jpgjoe glass viewOur crappy seats at our last Wings game ...https://nickdoeshockey.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/helm-goal.jpghelm goalRed Wing Darren Helm slots a nice goal, now we're gone. Pic: Detroit Free Press2011-11-15T05:45:04+00:00monthlyhttps://nickdoeshockey.com/2011/11/10/ive-made-a-huge-mistake/https://nickdoeshockey.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/nicko_chicago.jpgnicko_chicagoTesting my new Reeboks at a General Skate in Chicago, October, 2011.2011-11-10T03:47:03+00:00monthlyhttps://nickdoeshockey.com/2011/10/31/america/https://nickdoeshockey.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/20111030-122121.jpg20111030-122121.jpghttps://nickdoeshockey.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/20111030-122009.jpg20111030-122009.jpghttps://nickdoeshockey.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/20111030-121941.jpg20111030-121941.jpg2012-01-19T12:14:25+00:00monthlyhttps://nickdoeshockey.com/2011/09/23/so-wrong-it-was-totally-right/https://nickdoeshockey.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/nick-will.jpgnick & willNicko (in white, unbalanced), Will (in dark, poised) mid-game. Photo: Mack Place2011-09-23T02:52:56+00:00monthlyhttps://nickdoeshockey.com/2011/09/20/once-more-with-feeling/https://nickdoeshockey.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/nicko-manta_smaller.jpgnicko-Manta_smallerMe at Earthwatch's Project Manta.https://nickdoeshockey.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/p1030927.jpgP1030927hockey sledging in the Tropics.https://nickdoeshockey.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/kathy_nicko.jpgDCIM100GOPROCanadian Kathy.https://nickdoeshockey.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/nicko_manta_chris-gillies.jpgnicko_manta_chris gilliesNicko (right) and a manta friend.2011-09-20T01:51:31+00:00monthlyhttps://nickdoeshockey.com/2011/09/08/a-matter-of-life-death/https://nickdoeshockey.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/salei.jpgsaleiRIP Ruslan Salei2011-09-08T00:43:04+00:00monthlyhttps://nickdoeshockey.com/2011/09/07/triumph-travel/2011-09-07T04:45:23+00:00monthlyhttps://nickdoeshockey.com/2011/09/03/scubacam/2011-09-05T06:50:16+00:00monthlyhttps://nickdoeshockey.com/2011/09/01/punches-plans/2011-09-01T01:25:58+00:00monthlyhttps://nickdoeshockey.com/2011/08/25/be-the-puck-clear-your-mind-be-the-puck/https://nickdoeshockey.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/photo_trains_collision_show.jpgphoto_trains_collision_showAimee meets Nicko2011-08-25T05:47:08+00:00monthlyhttps://nickdoeshockey.com/2011/08/22/bobblehead-shenanigans/https://nickdoeshockey.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/bobbleheads.pngbobbleheadsRed Wing bobbleheads: competition is fierce. Pic: Detroit Red Wings2011-08-22T02:25:04+00:00monthlyhttps://nickdoeshockey.com/2011/08/18/supermans-kamikazes-a-hip-hopper-called-g-storm/https://nickdoeshockey.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/superman1.jpgsuperman1The Superman. Getting up is the hard bit.https://nickdoeshockey.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/hockey-whiteboard.jpghockey whiteboardSaturday whiteboard: Us (11.30 am), Melbourne Ice and Blue Tongues all sharing rooms.https://nickdoeshockey.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/will-changing-room.jpgwill changing roomWill getting ready.2011-08-18T07:11:38+00:00monthlyhttps://nickdoeshockey.com/2011/08/11/getting-edgy/https://nickdoeshockey.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/cossack.jpgcossackCossack dancing: Not so good on the ice, or on new edges.2011-08-11T05:32:49+00:00monthlyhttps://nickdoeshockey.com/2011/08/08/infiltrating-blue-tongue-country/https://nickdoeshockey.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/iceland-shower.jpgiceland showerThe "showers" at Iceland (Pic: Melbourne Ice)https://nickdoeshockey.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/ice-tongues.jpgice-tonguesAduba, Tommy Powell and Lliam watch the game; a long way from the AHL.https://nickdoeshockey.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/ice-tongues-bench1.jpgice-tongues-benchhttps://nickdoeshockey.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/denman_tongues.jpgdenman_tonguesIce goalie Stu Denman didn't bother trying to go outside to the change room during intervals. https://nickdoeshockey.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/iceland.jpgicelandThe Iceland rink, in all its glory.https://nickdoeshockey.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/ice-tongues-bench.jpgice-tongues-benchThe view from my seat: Ice players stand in front of the crowd between shifts.2011-08-09T10:53:19+00:00monthlyhttps://nickdoeshockey.com/2011/08/03/quack-quack-quack/https://nickdoeshockey.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/nicko-hockey2_aug-3-by-will.jpgnicko hockey2_aug 3 by willMe (left), shaping up to take on a defender, tonight. Pic by Will.https://nickdoeshockey.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/nicko-hockey_aug3-by-will.jpgnicko hockey_aug3 by willMe, beating a defender, tonight. Like a boss.https://nickdoeshockey.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/mighty_ducks.jpgMighty_ducksThe mighty mighty Mighty Ducks2011-08-03T12:03:13+00:00monthlyhttps://nickdoeshockey.com/2011/07/31/hockey-everywhere/https://nickdoeshockey.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/sydney-bears-e1312110989626.jpgsydney bearsThe Bears: fags hidden.https://nickdoeshockey.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/sydney-ice-e1312110938823.jpgsydney iceSydney's temporary ice rink2012-01-19T12:13:38+00:00monthlyhttps://nickdoeshockey.com/2011/07/26/the-f-word/https://nickdoeshockey.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/theres-nothing-to-be-scared-of-theres-nothing-to-be-scared-of-theres-nothing-to-be-scared-of-theres-nothing-to-be-scared-of.jpgtheres-nothing-to-be-scared-of-theres-nothing-to-be-scared-of-theres-nothing-to-be-scared-of-theres-nothing-to-be-scared-ofBehind you! Behind you!2011-07-31T10:46:06+00:00monthlyhttps://nickdoeshockey.com/2011/07/20/i-can-feel-my-heart-beating/https://nickdoeshockey.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/osgood.jpgosgoodChris Osgood: will be missedhttps://nickdoeshockey.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/osgood-cup.jpgosgood cupOsgood with the Cup, 20082011-07-20T03:41:08+00:00monthlyhttps://nickdoeshockey.com/2011/07/15/commodore-64/2011-07-15T00:46:23+00:00monthlyhttps://nickdoeshockey.com/2011/07/12/blissed-out-in-byron/https://nickdoeshockey.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/bromley-surfboard.jpgbromley surfboardDavid Bromley surfboard.https://nickdoeshockey.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/mike-commodore.jpgmike commodoreNew Red Wing Mike Commodore ... no, really.https://nickdoeshockey.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/byron_dolphins.jpgbyron_dolphinsDolphins surfing below the lighthouse.https://nickdoeshockey.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/grey-nurse.jpggrey nurseA grey nurse, as distinct from a great white ...https://nickdoeshockey.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/byron_inline-e1310437623165.jpgbyron_inlineWill and I rolling at our Byron Bay winter hockey training facility.https://nickdoeshockey.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/nicko_inline_byron.jpgnicko_inline_byronInline & sunshine, @ Byron.2011-07-12T04:53:29+00:00monthlyhttps://nickdoeshockey.com/2011/06/30/the-biggest-vaccuum-cleaner-in-the-world/https://nickdoeshockey.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/whats-the-point-of-being-alive.jpgWhats the point of being aliveJohn Green says it right. (c/o Lee Valentine)https://nickdoeshockey.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/hockey-game-2_pass.jpghockey game 2_passA rare moment as Nicko genuinely passes the puck.https://nickdoeshockey.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/hockey-game-2_open.jpghockey game 2_openOpen goal, bouncing puck. Sigh. https://nickdoeshockey.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/hockey-game-2_physical.jpghockey game 2_physicalGetting physical, chasing the puck. (Me in red)https://nickdoeshockey.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/hockey-game-2_figure.jpghockey game 2_figureFigure skating graduation nighthttps://nickdoeshockey.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/hockey-game-2_breakaway.jpghockey game 2_breakawayEvery hockey player's dream: clear ice between me and the puck, and the goal. (Photos: Will)2011-08-04T01:50:40+00:00monthlyhttps://nickdoeshockey.com/2011/06/28/a-magician-broken-bears-and-bill/https://nickdoeshockey.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/glaciarium.jpgglaciariumThe Melbourne Glaciarium, where Bill started out.2011-06-28T01:06:32+00:00monthlyhttps://nickdoeshockey.com/2011/06/21/judgment-day-comes-early/https://nickdoeshockey.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/will-hockey-stop1.jpgwill hockey stop1Will brings snow, showing how to hockey stop like a Boss!, mid-Assessment.https://nickdoeshockey.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/steve-holt.jpgsteve holtSTEVE HOLT!2011-06-21T06:12:41+00:00monthlyhttps://nickdoeshockey.com/2011/06/16/canuck-season-in-bruins-see-what-i-did-there/https://nickdoeshockey.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/bruins-415-tx.jpgbruins.415.txBoston Glee Party (c/o Si.com).2011-06-16T06:01:54+00:00monthlyhttps://nickdoeshockey.com/2011/06/15/juxtaposed/https://nickdoeshockey.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/giant-fish1.jpggiant fish1https://nickdoeshockey.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/be-free-card-girl.jpgbe free card girlBe Free.https://nickdoeshockey.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/giant-fish.jpggiant fishMakatron's giant fish. Smith Street, Collingwood.https://nickdoeshockey.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/fitzroy-everfresh.jpgfitzroy everfreshThe Everfresh crew's Fitzroy masterpiece.2011-06-15T02:02:45+00:00monthlyhttps://nickdoeshockey.com/2011/06/09/bones-can-break/https://nickdoeshockey.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/dr-nick-riviera-e1307590344288.pngDr-Nick-Riviera"Hi everybody ..."https://nickdoeshockey.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/st-john-e1307590133835.jpgst johnA St John First Aid kit yesterdayhttps://nickdoeshockey.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/cross-control_nicko.jpgcross control_nickoCross-control puck-handling, Like a Boss.https://nickdoeshockey.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/nicko-skates_june11.jpgnicko skates_june11Nicko, not breaking a collarbone, for the 17th week in a row!2011-06-09T03:38:10+00:00monthlyhttps://nickdoeshockey.com/2011/06/08/the-real-thing-melbourne-ice-in-flight/https://nickdoeshockey.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/dsc_1118.jpgDSC_1118Celebration: the Ice enjoy a goal.https://nickdoeshockey.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/dsc_1196.jpgDSC_1196The loneliness of a goalie...https://nickdoeshockey.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/dsc_1176.jpgDSC_1176Boarded: The Fresh Food forward gets introduced to the glass.https://nickdoeshockey.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/dsc_1201.jpgDSC_1201Shoot-out: Jason about to hand the Adelaide goalie his arse.https://nickdoeshockey.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/dsc_1146.jpgDSC_1146Tommy and Aduuuuuuba in the clinches.https://nickdoeshockey.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/dsc_1178.jpgDSC_1178Jason holds off a couple of Alcoholics.https://nickdoeshockey.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/dsc_1057.jpgDSC_1057Lliam shoots ... https://nickdoeshockey.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/dsc_1132.jpgDSC_1132Lliam inroduces an Adelaide player to the Ice bench (note horizontal Adelaide sock)https://nickdoeshockey.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/dsc_1034.jpgDSC_1034Army winds up, versus Adelaidehttps://nickdoeshockey.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/dsc_1011.jpgDSC_1011Ice fans respecting Andrew Erzen's hidden secret.2011-06-08T03:12:23+00:00monthlyhttps://nickdoeshockey.com/2011/06/02/life-death-hockey-and-the-whole-damn-thing/https://nickdoeshockey.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/nicko-ghia.jpgnicko ghiaDriving the Ghia.https://nickdoeshockey.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/chooey_rip.jpgchooey_ripRIP Choo Choo2011-06-02T00:56:08+00:00monthlyhttps://nickdoeshockey.com/2011/05/22/announcing-at-last-the-team-ill-play-for/https://nickdoeshockey.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/beard-shave-6.jpgbeard shave 6Mo-town: Having fun while shaving the Play-off Beard after the Wings lost.https://nickdoeshockey.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/nicko-crossover.jpgnicko crossoverArmy enjoying me failing to get onto the outside edge, as required, during crossover training. Pic: Will.2011-05-22T13:06:53+00:00monthlyhttps://nickdoeshockey.com/2011/05/16/look-out-shark/https://nickdoeshockey.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/great-white-shark.jpggreat white sharkNot the Melbourne Aquariumhttps://nickdoeshockey.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/shark-handstand.jpgshark handstandNot me at the aquarium ...2011-05-16T02:41:20+00:00monthlyhttps://nickdoeshockey.com/2011/05/12/dont-stop-believin/https://nickdoeshockey.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/dont_stop_believin.jpgDon't_Stop_Believin'https://nickdoeshockey.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/helm-empty-net.jpghelm empty netDarren Helm celebrates his empty-netter. Start playing our song ...2011-05-11T22:18:31+00:00monthlyhttps://nickdoeshockey.com/2011/05/10/the-playoff-beard-dilemma/https://nickdoeshockey.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/wings-celebrate.jpgwings celebrateVictory in Game 5! (Detroit Free Press)https://nickdoeshockey.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/nick-beard-and-fly_a.jpgnick beard and fly_aThe beard today ... almost as hairy as Fly Dog.https://nickdoeshockey.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/wings-plane2.jpgwings plane2The Red Wings disembark from their private jet, as you do. (Pic: Detroit Free Press)2011-05-11T03:01:33+00:00monthlyhttps://nickdoeshockey.com/2011/05/03/general-hockey-awesomeness/https://nickdoeshockey.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/hockey_stick_chair2bvia2btreehugger.jpgGeneral hockey awesomeness ...https://nickdoeshockey.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/cool-hockey-team_01.jpgcool-hockey-team_01Not me. Yet. https://nickdoeshockey.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/nicko-playoff-beard-may-3a.jpgnicko playoff beard may 3aNicko play-off beard, May 3https://nickdoeshockey.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/hockey-stick-chair.jpghockey stick chairA cool hockey-stick chair.https://nickdoeshockey.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/hockey-raffle.jpghockey-raffleThreatening or enticing?https://nickdoeshockey.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/nicko-playoff-beard-may-3-e1304393487629.jpgnicko playoff beard may 3Nicko play-off beard, May 3.2011-05-03T07:28:46+00:00monthlyhttps://nickdoeshockey.com/2011/04/28/feel-my-power/https://nickdoeshockey.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/otto.jpgFeel my power!https://nickdoeshockey.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/giant-hockey-stick.jpggiant hockey stickThe kind of monument I think the Icehouse should consider, to celebrate my first broken stick ... https://nickdoeshockey.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/nicko-beard_round-one1.jpgnicko beard_round one1My play-off beard: after round one.https://nickdoeshockey.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/otto-the-auto-goalie.jpgotto the auto-goalieOtto the Auto-Goalie. Beaten pointless by my stick-breaking shot.2011-04-29T15:40:11+00:00monthlyhttps://nickdoeshockey.com/2011/04/21/the-most-fun-you-can-have-with-your-pants-on/https://nickdoeshockey.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/nicko-getting-up.jpgnicko getting upA common sight: Nicko getting up off the ice.https://nickdoeshockey.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/dsc_0290.jpgDSC_0290Will controls the puck.https://nickdoeshockey.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/dsc_0534.jpgDSC_0534https://nickdoeshockey.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/dsc_0575.jpgDSC_0575Between shifts.https://nickdoeshockey.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/dsc_0548.jpgDSC_0548https://nickdoeshockey.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/dsc_0098.jpgDSC_0098Nicko (black jersey) v Will (white jersey) in our first-ever Face-Off. Pic: Jay2011-04-27T18:58:06+00:00monthlyhttps://nickdoeshockey.com/2011/04/14/pucks-fly-with-a-week-to-go/https://nickdoeshockey.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/will_ice2_apr13.jpgwill_ice2_apr13Will in flight. I love this pic. (Nice one, Photographer Stavros)https://nickdoeshockey.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/nicko_ice_apr13.jpgnicko_ice_apr13Nicko, mid-drill. Pic: Stavros.2011-04-13T23:53:49+00:00monthlyhttps://nickdoeshockey.com/2011/04/13/me-scary/https://nickdoeshockey.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/shona-green_ice.jpgshona green_iceShona Green in action.2011-04-13T06:17:51+00:00monthlyhttps://nickdoeshockey.com/2011/04/05/mexican-hockey-womens-underwear-bear-grylls-and-candles/https://nickdoeshockey.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/aust_mex4.jpgaust_mex4Goal mouth scramble: Australia and Mexico players get up close and personal.https://nickdoeshockey.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/aust_mex2.jpgaust_mex2Australia v Mexico action, The Icehouse. April 4.https://nickdoeshockey.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/will_jay_byrne.jpgwill_jay_byrneWill, Jay and Jason Byrne share underwear, on stage at the Athaneum.https://nickdoeshockey.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/aust_mex1.jpgaust_mex1Australia v Mexico, Icehoue, April 4, 2011.2011-04-05T11:44:23+00:00monthlyhttps://nickdoeshockey.com/2011/03/31/judgement-day/https://nickdoeshockey.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/sad-wings1.jpgMike Babcock, Darren Helm, Valtteri Filppula, Pavel Datsyuk, Marian HossaThe Red Wings hear that Nicko failed to make Intermediate.https://nickdoeshockey.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/judgement-day-on-cbs.jpgjudgement day on cbsThe verdict: hockey school grades are in ...2011-04-06T01:00:31+00:00monthlyhttps://nickdoeshockey.com/2011/03/29/lets-talk-about-violence/https://nickdoeshockey.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/probert2.jpgprobert2Bob Probert doing his fisticuff thing.https://nickdoeshockey.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/sparing_scot_brower_np.jpgsparing_scot_brower_npThe glamour of the Fitzroy Stars: Scotty Brouwer spars with Jim Bakoliashttps://nickdoeshockey.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/fitzroy_stars_fighters_np.jpgfitzroy_stars_fighters_npDana (back) and Fitzroy Stars fighters, 1991, including world kickboxing champ Stan Longinides.https://nickdoeshockey.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/dana-goodsen.jpgdana goodsenDana Goodsen in his prime. Greatly missed in the Melbourne boxing scene.2011-03-29T07:14:43+00:00monthlyhttps://nickdoeshockey.com/2011/03/24/nicko-now-hockey-free-since-last-week/2021-10-02T12:50:21+00:00monthlyhttps://nickdoeshockey.com/2011/03/16/happiness-is-a-lid-that-fits-and-a-puck-that-flies/https://nickdoeshockey.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/lid-issue.jpglid issueRental helmet issues ... now solved2011-03-16T10:52:31+00:00monthlyhttps://nickdoeshockey.com/2011/03/10/heads-up/https://nickdoeshockey.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/nicko-kinghit-2.jpgnicko kinghit 2Who? Me? ... No "Heads Up!" could lead to this (I hadn't really KOed a classmate here. Honest.https://nickdoeshockey.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/nicko-puck-2-crop.jpgnicko puck 2 cropNicko on an open-ice breakaway2011-03-14T19:58:49+00:00monthlyhttps://nickdoeshockey.com/2011/03/08/scenes-from-a-hockey-changing-room/https://nickdoeshockey.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/fake-leg.jpgfake legIcehouse Changing Room 1: on the floorhttps://nickdoeshockey.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/hockey-bags.jpghockey bagsIcehouse Changing Room 1.2012-05-08T12:51:08+00:00monthlyhttps://nickdoeshockey.com/2011/03/05/gearing-up/https://nickdoeshockey.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/nickdoes_glove2.jpgnickdoes_glove2Hockey glove in repose, front viewhttps://nickdoeshockey.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/nickdoes_zetter-stick.jpgnickdoes_zetter stickMy Zetterberg stick.https://nickdoeshockey.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/nickdoes_ready.jpgnickdoes_readyPrepared for battle.https://nickdoeshockey.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/nickdoes_glove.jpgnickdoes_gloveA hockey glove in repose.https://nickdoeshockey.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/nickdes_jersey.jpgnickdes_jerseySuited up, almost there.https://nickdoeshockey.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/nickdoes_elbows.jpgnickdoes_elbowsElbow padding tag-teams with the body armour.https://nickdoeshockey.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/nickdoes_armour.jpgnickdoes_armourArmour ... gridiron (or maybe Gladiators), eat your heart out.https://nickdoeshockey.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/nickdoes_knees.jpgnickdoes_kneesKnees and shins protected? Check.https://nickdoeshockey.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/nickdoes_bag.jpgnickdoes_bagHockey stuff = bulky.https://nickdoeshockey.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/nickdoes_shorts.jpgnickdoes_shortsHockey shorts ... always a fashion statement.2011-03-08T06:16:20+00:00monthlyhttps://nickdoeshockey.com/2011/03/02/fight-fight-fight-fight/2011-03-02T14:11:46+00:00monthlyhttps://nickdoeshockey.com/2011/02/28/puck-me-into-my-happy-place/https://nickdoeshockey.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/will-hockey-crop.jpgwill hockey cropWill showing how it's donehttps://nickdoeshockey.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/nicko-jack-faceoff.jpgnicko jack faceoffJack and Nicko face-offhttps://nickdoeshockey.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/nicko-lefty_wp-edit.jpgnicko lefty_wp editNicko, the leftie. Much better.https://nickdoeshockey.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/nicko-hockey-stick1_wp-edit.jpgnicko hockey stick1_wp editNicko, starting out right-handed2011-02-28T08:09:52+00:00monthlyhttps://nickdoeshockey.com/2011/02/03/staring-down-the-crapness/https://nickdoeshockey.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/sam_canberra_nicko.jpgsam_canberra_nickoNicko on the bow of the HMAS Canberra, not working on his skating. Pic: Sam Tanner2011-02-24T04:54:16+00:00monthlyhttps://nickdoeshockey.com/2011/01/21/hockey-player-versus-car/https://nickdoeshockey.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/witt-e1295613745816.jpgwittBrendan Witt, hockey player.2024-10-16T01:59:38+00:00monthlyhttps://nickdoeshockey.com/2011/01/20/the-start-of-it-all-how-hank-zetterberg-changed-my-life/https://nickdoeshockey.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/henrik_zetterberg.jpghenrik zetterbergStar Red Wing Henrik Zetterberg2013-01-15T23:28:26+00:00monthlyhttps://nickdoeshockey.com/2011/02/24/fig-jam/https://nickdoeshockey.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/fig-jam.jpgfig-jamFig Jam, yesterday2011-02-24T01:43:17+00:00monthlyhttps://nickdoeshockey.com/2011/02/17/theres-no-i-in-inspiration/2011-02-18T10:35:33+00:00monthlyhttps://nickdoeshockey.com/2011/02/14/blood-on-the-ice-a-ho-hum-weekend/https://nickdoeshockey.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/packed-icehouse1.jpgpacked icehouseSunday traffic jam at the Icehouse.https://nickdoeshockey.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/wings-celebrate1.jpgwings celebrateThe Wing celebrate v Bostonhttps://nickdoeshockey.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/penguin-fight.jpgpenguin fightThe Penguins and Islanders go at it. (Detroit News)https://nickdoeshockey.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/packed-icehouse.jpgpacked icehouseSunday jam at the Icehouse. https://nickdoeshockey.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/wings-celebrate.jpgwings celebrateThe Wings celebrate v Bruins2011-02-16T07:24:36+00:00monthlyhttps://nickdoeshockey.com/2011/02/10/the-bastard-that-is-the-pivot/https://nickdoeshockey.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/datsyuk-crash1.jpgdatsyuk crashRed Wing Pavel Datsyuk impersonates me attempting The Pivot.https://nickdoeshockey.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/datsyuk-crash.jpgdatsyuk crash2011-02-10T07:44:03+00:00monthlyhttps://nickdoeshockey.com/2011/01/31/how-i-roll/2011-01-30T23:58:20+00:00monthlyhttps://nickdoeshockey.com/2011/01/27/feedback/2011-01-27T05:11:10+00:00monthlyhttps://nickdoeshockey.com/2011/01/25/nicko-meet-ice-ice-meet-nicko/https://nickdoeshockey.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/lliam-webster.jpglliam websterOur instructor, Lliam Webster, in his real job, as Melbourne Ice captain.2011-01-25T01:19:32+00:00monthlyhttps://nickdoeshockey.com/2011/01/22/oh-the-humanity-saturday-arvo-at-the-icehouse/https://nickdoeshockey.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/ice-crash.jpgice crashJust another Saturday afternoon at the Icehouse.2011-01-22T12:28:34+00:00monthlyhttps://nickdoeshockey.comdaily1.02024-10-16T01:59:38+00:00