Hockey Stinks (in an olfactory sense)

[jkahn]

Worst job in ECAC hockey: visiting penalty box attendant on Saturday night.

To go off on a slight tangent: interesting article at SI.com, with some quotes from Ryan O'Byrne, on another olfactory offense in hockey that, thankfully, seems to have mostly died out.

For those who haven't followed the link above, the article is about smoking and NHL players.  Although not at all referenced in the article, smoking was one of the key issues that caused a rift between Ned and the Red Wing players he inherited.  Alex Delvecchio, in particular, was very fond of smoking cigars in the locker room, even between periods, and the older guys on the team basically fought against Ned's new rules.

[Greenberg '97]

So wait, keeping my goalie equipment in the car because I have games on back-to-back nights isn't the way to combat stench?

My favorite hockey-related T-shirt: "My Hands Stink" above a Bauer logo.

[Josh '99]

Although not at all referenced in the article, smoking was one of the key issues that caused a rift between Ned and the Red Wing players he inherited.  Alex Delvecchio, in particular, was very fond of smoking cigars in the locker room, even between periods, and the older guys on the team basically fought against Ned's new rules.

I'd never heard that before, thanks for the info!

[jkahn]

Although not at all referenced in the article, smoking was one of the key issues that caused a rift between Ned and the Red Wing players he inherited.  Alex Delvecchio, in particular, was very fond of smoking cigars in the locker room, even between periods, and the older guys on the team basically fought against Ned's new rules.

I'd never heard that before, thanks for the info!

I just tried googling "Alex Devecchio and cigars" to see if I could find an old story about it - and I found this ebay auctioned picture of their old top line:
http://www.ebay.com/itm/GORDIE-HOWE-TED-LINDSAY-ALEX-DELVECCHIO-SIGNED-16X20-CIGAR-PHOTO-PSA-Q41503-/130621078339
Jack Berry of the Detroit Free Press was the pro-Ned writer in town, seeing that necessary changes had to be made, but Joe Falls of the Detroit News was absolutely brutal toward Ned.

[OdorGladiator]

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Mike Morneault
Chief Gladiator
mike@odorgladiator.com

[billhoward]

5-10 years ago we saw ads for a hockey gear bag with what looked like a dryer vent port at one end. It came with a blower that air-dryed the gear, more or less, while still in the bag. The modern American garage or mud room ought to have an air circulator system with a dozen 2"-3" hoses for drying gloves, boots, skates, lax gloves, helmets.

[jtn27]

We launched Odor Gladiator in Pittsburgh last September with a primary focus on lax (our two sons have played for 8+ years).  Not surprisingly, the hockey community has jumped on board, too.  Given the discussion here, I thought folks might be interested in what parents and players have to say about OG http://odorgladiator.com/store/testimonials/

Mike Morneault
Chief Gladiator
mike@odorgladiator.com

Yay! An advertisement! My favorite! Off to go buy some Odor Gladiator now even though I don't play hockey or lacrosse.