Frazz by Jef Mallett for April 18, 2021

A very long lasting earthquake.

“He’s got more elbows than an octopus. If an octopus has elbows.” Frank Selke

I barely knew about Gordie Howe, so I looked him up on Wikipedia. WHAT a stud. And I loved reading about “the Gordie Howe hat trick” where you get a goal, an assist and into a fight in one game.

Dennis Rodman was also like that. Very flamboyant and a high scorer, but also had 1600 assists and 11,954 rebounds in his career.

70s bumper sticker in Detroit ‘Jesus saves, but Howe scores on the rebound…’

How does that kid know about Gordie Howe?

A-a-a-a-n-n-n-d WE’RE OFF.

Why are those football players carrying sticks?

I remember Derek Sanderson in his autobiography describing Gordie Howe. He tried to loan a sport jacket to Howe, but his arms were too big to go in the sleeves.

Love hockey! I’m from Minnesota and every school had a skating rink and a hockey rink. It’s what we did for recess!

Goodie Howe Hat Trick: a goal, an assist and a fight…

Getting closer to the end of the regular season and the Carolina Hurricanes are doing very well. They are working hard and also look like they are having fun. What Coach Rod Brind’Amour has done in the past few years has been awesome.

Remembering that was accomplished on an expanded season

No. 9 was the first player in NHL history to score 50 goals in one season, accomplishing the feat in 50 games in 1944–45, and the first to reach 500 career goals. Richard retired in 1960 as the league’s all-time leader in goals with 544.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maurice_Richard#:~:text=He%20was%20the%20first%20player,leader%20in%20goals%20with%20544.

not much of a hockey fan, but even I know who Gretzky is

Great seeing Jef give Hockey, Gordie, and Wayne some Love!The playoffs are coming! Go Avs!

Pattie Marleau will break Gordie Howe’s record for most games played with his next start.

‘Saturdays and Sundays always get us up’…..

♪♪ Skating around without a cap and gown

Referees and linesman often show a frown…

♪♪ Funny but is seems that there were double 85’s

Wearing linesman stripes

Funny but it seems that 85 got shoved out twice

Out between the pipes…..♪♪

…. with that double vision……

( Seriously, NHL Linesman 85 seemed to appear in both the Buffalo Sabres rink and the Detroit Redwings rink on April 17. 2021. Has this ever happened before? )

For my money, the greatest sports movie of all time was the 2004 film Miracle, starring Kurt Russell (no relation) as Herb Brooks. And I don’t even like hockey.

Q: If April showers bring May flowers, what do May flowers bring?

A: Pilgrims.

It was much easier scoring goals when the goalies didn’t wear masks. Howe and Gretzky are no big Taiwan Deal to me.

Funny, in French we say In April don’t take a stitch off, in May do as you please.

Who’s Gordie Howe? What’s this “hockey” of which you speak? lol

Plus, they are both Canadian.

I was born and raised in the Era of the “Original 6”… I was in denial that any good player could come from any expansion team until Gretsky came to play with my beloved NY Rangers…I still do not agree that hockey belongs in states that never freeze over, if you cannot play the game outside on a pond frozen solid in January, you really don’t deserve an ice hockey team. When my 1st grandchild was born, I tried to convince my daughter to name her Avery Messier … yet another one of many times She ignored a request of mine.

Humanity is force of nature. What we do knowingly or not changes our world.

Thanks Jef, for the Hockey Talk.. :-)

That statement on the board is all wrong! The Mayflower landed in November! It wasn’t brought to Plymouth Bay by April Showers!!!