grant shares the hockey love
The good news was that our good friend, Grant, snagged himself a plum teaching job after a long search. The bad news was that the job was in California and he had to leave right away. Before he loaded up the truck and headed west, however, we threw him a going away dinner at our place.
In an awesome gesture of hockey love, Grant gave me a parting gift that was immediately put on display in the home office.
See, while I grew up going to Atlanta Flames games with my family, Grant was a Connecticut kid who rooted for the legendary Hartford Whalers. And if you're a student of hockey history, you'll know that the most famous Whaler of all was one Mr. Hockey, aka, Gordie Howe.
Grant donated to the Evenkeel Hockey Depository a well-worn New England Whalers* kid's t-shirt, autographed by one "Gordon Howe." Words do not fully describe how cool this is.
Dig it.
This guy is one of the reasons Evenkeel wears #9 (see also: Richard, Maurice & Hull, Bobby).
And my favorite part? When asked how he could part with such an amazing piece of hockey memorabilia, Grant shrugged and said with a smile, "Easy. I have two of them."
*The New England Whalers were part of the WHA from 1972-1979, before merging with the NHL and becoming the Hartford Whalers (who later moved and became the Carolina Hurricanes in 1997).
In an awesome gesture of hockey love, Grant gave me a parting gift that was immediately put on display in the home office.
See, while I grew up going to Atlanta Flames games with my family, Grant was a Connecticut kid who rooted for the legendary Hartford Whalers. And if you're a student of hockey history, you'll know that the most famous Whaler of all was one Mr. Hockey, aka, Gordie Howe.
Grant donated to the Evenkeel Hockey Depository a well-worn New England Whalers* kid's t-shirt, autographed by one "Gordon Howe." Words do not fully describe how cool this is.
Dig it.
This guy is one of the reasons Evenkeel wears #9 (see also: Richard, Maurice & Hull, Bobby).
And my favorite part? When asked how he could part with such an amazing piece of hockey memorabilia, Grant shrugged and said with a smile, "Easy. I have two of them."
*The New England Whalers were part of the WHA from 1972-1979, before merging with the NHL and becoming the Hartford Whalers (who later moved and became the Carolina Hurricanes in 1997).
posted by Dr. Overboard and Prof. Evenkeel at 7:30 PM
2 Comments:
Thanks for the nice post on my behalf...very cool. Nobody I know -family and friends included - would appreciate that shirt more than you, Greg, so I know it is in good hands. And I am certainly honored to have it displayed on the hockey wall of fame in your office!
Wait a second!!! The Hartford Whalers MOVED?!?!?! In 1997??? Does anyone else know about this?!
-Shoes
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