Kelly Hrudey and "Reading Rainbow" - 1987, via PuckDaddy. Wow.
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Is that mask he's playing with Billy Smith's?
It has a 31 on the back. I guess they asked to use it or else LaVar Burton would not have lived to pilot the Enterprise D a few years after this.
Sweet mullet on Hrudey, too.
"He's depriving some small village of a pretty good idiot" - Mike Milbury on Ziggy Palffy's agent Paul Kraus.
You may be right
I was so focused on the fact he had a mask and yet didn’t put it on as he skated around and faced shots.
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Bah
I put this in today’s thread too. Didn’t see it, sorry.
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I think we've gotten to that point
Where we can’t keep track what has been where now. Growth!
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Seriously
600+ comments in preseason game threads??? If that keeps up, in season we’re going to have to do multiple per game. So many people posting quality stuff!
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by Keith Quinn on Sep 28, 2011 8:11 AM EDT via mobile up reply actions 1 recs
This is ADORABLE
Let Us Go, Islanders! (Ever notice how strange that sounds without the contraction?)
This is when my little bro was in 1st grade and he used to watch this show. I would watch it with him because he was so damn cute when he was little.
“Take a look! Its in a book! Reading Rainbow! Reading Rainbow!”
I would bet money that we watched this together… little did I know that a half dozen years later I would be a hockey fan lol.
Let Us Go, Islanders! (Ever notice how strange that sounds without the contraction?)
by TheMetalChick on Sep 28, 2011 7:28 PM EDT up reply actions
That show had the most annoying theme song. There was way too much high pitched stuff going on. If you’re an idiot and burned a CD of old TV theme songs and blasted it on a stereo for amusement with your friends, this was one of the worst songs to have.
by dunnowhat2type on Sep 29, 2011 2:17 PM EDT up reply actions
I remember this first-run
My brother was six. I would have thought it was silly except, of course, that it was the NEW YORK ISLANDERS.
“Ready, LeVar?” The Casio Ride of the Valkries as they rushed the net makes it perfect.
Love that you posted this.
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