In the past two times I've attempted live blogging, it's been a spur-of-the-moment thing. Chores were done. Colin was asleep. And I ...
NOT-SO-RANDOM THOUGHTS AND CHISELED COMMENTARY ABOUT LIFE, HOCKEY AND COLLECTING AUTOGRAPHS (PRIMARILY ON PUCKS, STICKS AND MEMORABILIA) FOR THE PURE FUN OF IT, CERTAINLY NOT FOR PROFIT, DURING THE 2008-09 SEASON. TO FOLLOW THE 2009-10 HOCKEY-HOUNDING CAMPAIGN, PLEASE VISIT HOUND CENTRAL 5.0
In the past two times I've attempted live blogging, it's been a spur-of-the-moment thing. Chores were done. Colin was asleep. And I ...
With only hours to go before Hound Central 4.0's latest and most organized attempt at live blogging, why not get your questions or comme...
Having suffered through a 0-for-Western-Conference sweep in my first -- and rather poor -- upset-heavy attempt at this NHL playoff's pic...
To those who know, it should come as no surprise that Colin made out like a bandit yesterday, celebrating his eighth birthday. Among his pre...
You know, I rather enjoy compiling this weekly offseason feature. Each posting is a stroll down memory lane. Hopefully, you'll enjoy the...
Even if it is a tad presumptuous of myself to entertain the thought that Hound Central 4.0 readers -- even for a fleeting moment -- would be...
If you're not doing anything this Thursday night, why don't you stop by the old Hound shack, where I'll be taking questions, off...
... and visit the resurrected Baseball Mondays blog, which chronicles Hockey Bay's Goofiest Dudes' offseason hobby of watching and ...
As much as I'd like to give people more advance notice, these live chat sessions are the result of realizing that -- at the moment for t...
The Tampa Bay Lightning brass -- owner Oren Koules , general manager Brian Lawton and coach Rick Tocchet , will make themselves available f...
What started out as a blank slate , so to speak, quickly became one of my favorite pieces from the 2008-09 hockey-hounding campaign. All tol...
Like reading about or looking at hockey autographs? Me, too. Check out these installments from past hockey-hounding campaigns: Jan. 16, 2008...
If you look hard enough, it's easy to find art within the sport of speed, steel and vulcanized rubber. Even if you're sitting in a r...
What Hound Central 4.0 readers couldn't decide, the first round of the NHL playoffs will. For the time time ever, we had a tie among the...
We had a major announcement yesterday afternoon at my employer, the St. Petersburg Times . Thankfully, we wouldn't be hearing of the ch...
I can't let an opportunity pass to tip Hound Central 4.0's roughed-up Copper SK600 Boston's Patrice Bergeron for teaching Montr...
I'm not sure who was more nervous. Colin or me. Accepting an invitation to participate in a Tampa Bay Jr. Lightning mites practice, he m...
In the interest of saving time next season, I've reprogrammed my new cell phone's Quick Text responses to the messages I inevitably ...
Well, at least I know that Hound Central 4.0's Hockey Quizzes have at least two faithful and entirely correct readers -- Drew, an old Be...
For as long as I can remember, rooting for the underdogs in any playoff series carries great appeal. Still, though, one should be realistic,...
Now, I know most of you come here looking for tales of our hockey-hounding adventures. But, did you know there are hundreds of hounding repo...
I imagine this might come across as being extremely ungrateful, especially within the Big Apple, but what is an organization like the New Yo...
Well, folks, I don't know what to tell you. With the Tampa Bay Lightning missing the playoffs for the second straight year, our 2008-09 ...
Though Colin may have gotten more than 300 autographs on his hand-drawn team sheets over the course of the 2008-09 hockey-hounding season, ...
As much as I'd love to crow about snagging an autograph or two from Washington's Alex Ovechkin during the Capitals' visit Thurs...
Colin and I had just finished a great breakfast ( try the Belgian waffles and chocolate chip pancakes ) at First Watch in Tampa when I felt...
It wasn't until a moment ago, as I was importing this picture, did I realize that one of these two pucks signed by Washington's Nick...
If I have a calling card when it comes to hounding, it's my penchant for pulling out obscure pucks for players and coaches to sign. Not ...
Want to see what happens when you cram 22 autographs from 20 players ( yes, two players signed twice ) on one of Colin's team sheets? We...
After hearing of the hassles during one of the Capitals earlier trips to Hockey Bay , I didn't hold out much hope for a decent season-cl...
That Atlanta hounding report, online earlier in raw form for a few hours, posted a bit early. It will be back, once the proper time and effo...
Now that we're in the final week of the 2008-09 hockey-hounding season down here in Hockey Bay, we're turning our attention to certa...
It's hard to believe, isn't it, that it takes until the 2008-09 season's final week for Tampa Bay's Marty St. Louis to get ...
The Choice Rookies subset within the 2008-09 Collectors Choice set is a perfect complement to the 2008-09 Rookie Class so-called box set . ...
It'll have to go down as a pretty sad day in Hound Central history. When the biggest highlight of hounding the Pittsburgh Penguins Tuesd...
Looking back over the past 13 months, I've got to give Bill Guerin , a trade-day acquisition by the Pittsburgh Penguins, a long round of...
Chances are, Pittsburgh defenseman Philippe Boucher isn't at the top of too many hounds' wish lists. In a sense, that's a shame...
Want to see pictures of Pittsburgh's Big Three -- Sidney Crosby , Evgeni Malkin and Marc-Andre Fleury ? Me, too. For the second time th...
Want to know when the Hockey Gods are looking out for you? When someone trying to take advantage of you ends up with the short end of the st...
For a week devoid of hockey, I'm having a hard time remembering a better one in our time down here in Hockey Bay. From chasing trains to...
Just because the Lightning were up in Long Island tonight, it doesn't mean that we sat home and twiddled our thumbs. Nope, not with the ...