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Hockey Parents Behavior

Mark — Thu, 21 Oct 2010 14:53:46 +0000

We’ve all seen overly zealous hockey parents. Perhaps we’ve even been one in a weak moment. Sometimes it’s more entertaining than what’s happening on the ice. Sometimes it’s ugly.

For whatever reason, we tend to behave differently at the rink. You know exactly what I mean. We’ve all seen the accountant father of the goalie, so quiet outside the rink, but he turns into this raving lunatic when an opposing player drifts into his son’s crease. Screaming and clawing at the glass. Demanding that one of his son’s teammates rip the 9-year-old player’s head from his body.

Then there’s how we treat our own kids. We tend to put demands on our hockey-playing children that we would never apply to other activities meant for enjoyment. In fact, I’ve always found it particularly disturbing how so many parents place much higher demands on hockey than they place on their child’s schoolwork.

Several years ago Hockey Canada and USA Hockey teamed up to develop a series of ads called ‘Relax, It’s Just a Game’ meant to show parents how they look when they ice their normal parenting guidelines inside the hockey rink. If you’ve never seen these, I’ve included links.
And for those of you that stand by your right to misbehave, or would like to make a tongue-in-cheek confession, I’ve designed a t-shirt just for you! It’s the official ‘I Didn’t Sign the Parental Behavior Form’ t shirt.

More “Relax, It’s Just a Game” ads:
Manhole
Grocery Store
Traffic Ticket
Potato Sack
Golf

Stanley Cup playoff stuff

Mark — Fri, 16 Apr 2010 14:36:19 +0000

Dude! It’s on! The Stanley Cup playoffs!

If you’re a hockey fan, I think it’s safe to say you’re lovin’ you some Versus right now. But for some of us that’s just not enough to ease our hockey jones. So here, HockeyShirtShop will do our part. Check out these fascinating cup-related links while you’re between games.

Really great stuff on this page!
Records, great stories about chasing the cup, videos, commercials. And best of all – you really need to grab this – an awesome, free downloadable .pdf media guide as well as individual media guides for all playoff teams.

Believe me, you could blow a bunch of time on that page alone. But if that’s still not enough, check out these really sick ‘Top Ten’ videos.

Top 10 NHL Playoff Moments (CBC Digital Archives)
Top 10 NHL Playoff Goals (ESPN)

Sick nasty shootout goal

Mark — Fri, 05 Feb 2010 14:06:09 +0000

O.K. I realize I’m a little late to the party on this one, but I just gotta have a link to it on my blog. It’s simply one of the most creative goals I’ve ever seen.

It happened on March 31, 2009 by Linus Omark of Sweden in an exhibition game against Switzerland.

Related designs from the eBrush Design hockey collection? Of course there is!
But only one that does it justice . . . Wicked Sick & Nasty

More Funny Hockey Commercials

Mark — Mon, 19 Oct 2009 20:29:56 +0000

My last post was a smelly hockey equipment commercial. If you could relate to that, here’s another one for you.

There are actually quite a few hysterical hockey commercials out there. Unfortunately for Americans, many of them seem to get released only in Canada. And If you don’t look for them on the Web or have a source like The HockeyShirtShop Blog, you may never see them. But hey, I’m here for ya! For example, the first three links below are McDonalds commercials only released in Canada. Below those are just a few of my favorites.

McDonalds commercial #1
McDonalds commercial #2
McDonalds commercial #3

ESPN Security
Figure Skater
Spitball
Roller Girls
Ice Bath
Stud Goalie
Hockey Baby
Bowling

Funny Smelly Hockey Equipment Commercial

Mark — Fri, 18 Sep 2009 21:01:34 +0000

If you’ve played hockey, or have a child that plays, you know just how stinky hockey equipment can get. I came across this commercial that just cracked me up. It’s really gross! So watch it at your own peril.

Speaking of stinky hockey equipment, here’s a link to one of my t-shirt designs that happens to address this particular olfactory offense – “Smell My Bag” Disgusting? No doubt. But it happens to be one of my best selling t-shirts. What is wrong with you people?

One More for the Pittsburgh Fans

Mark — Sat, 29 Aug 2009 15:48:56 +0000

I certainly never intended this blog to be a rah-rah site for my personal favorite teams. So to all of you that aren’t Pittsburgh fans, I apologize and ask you to indulge me one more time. It was just such an unusual year. A friend sent me a link to this video and I had to share it with all you Penguins/Steelers fans out there.

Also, if you get a chance, check out my Pittsburgh t-shirt designs “got ‘burgh?” and “The Joy of Six“.

Honda Hockey Parents Commercial

Mark — Fri, 17 Jul 2009 19:37:42 +0000

Like most folks, I used the commercial breaks during the Stanley Cup playoffs to answer the call of nature or grab some munchies for the next face-off. But there was one commercial that I watched almost every time it ran. Honda, which coincidentally has been my family’s vehicle of choice for many years, has picked NHL fans as a target group recently. They ran a wonderful spot about parents toting their hockey-playing kids around, through snow, in the wee hours of the morning – hours when there’s no one else on the road but truckers and hockey parents. It was a comfortably familiar commercial for those of us who intimately know the routine.

There are a few bumper stickers in the eBrush Design collection that go hand-in-hand with the spirit of this commercial – and perhaps just as comfortably familiar.

Hockey Taxi
(Endless Shift) Hockey Taxi
Driver Carries No Cash (Kid Plays Hockey)
I Have No Life (My Son Plays Hockey)
Caution: This Vehicle Makes Frequent Stops at Hockey Rinks
What’s Life Without Goals (Play Hockey)
Hockey ATM

Great hockey goals video!

Mark — Tue, 09 Jun 2009 01:09:52 +0000

Couldn’t pass up posting this one. Some classic goals including the now famous ‘Michigan’ and the worst open net miss I’ve ever seen!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GTcu6rEOCws