Rink Rat Review

There is no doubt that the 3 loudest persistently repetitive syllables I ever heard in my life was 45 years ago at the 1980 XIII Winter Olympic Games that came out of the Olympic Ice Center in Lake Placid, New York.  That’s right folks, the “Miracle On Ice” site, where the USA! USA! USA! chants could be heard over and over and over again.  Rumor has it that Warroad, Minnesota’s Davy Christian’s mom started the chant during their 2nd game against Czechoslovakia.  Those 20 scra

Hello, it’s me again.  In case you were wondering if there was a missing person’s report filed in my name, not to worry, as I am alive and well enough.  I am in retirement hockey mode, living 220 miles south of my hockey zone and have taken in enough high school games that I can actually count on one hand.  Yessiree Bob, my hockey life is the polar opposite of what once was.  Here it is, the 1st week in February and I am finally getting around to writing this season’s 2nd art

We’re baaaaack!  Did you miss us?  Well, I’m here to present the updated and improved all new Rink Rat Review for you.  The old version got up and running for the 1999 - 2000 season after 3 seasons of printing hard copy.  If you have a newspaper printing of our inaugural issue dated November, 1996 with a photo of The Miner’s Memorial Arena in Virginia on the front page, then you and I are probably the only ones.  The value of that issue would be at least a dollar two ninety e