#bob brickley

[ninjagocitizen01114]

I’m so glad I’m out of school every time I ask them “hey what year did the Serpentine war happen?” They just look at me confused.

[classicrockblog1]

James Kottak (born December 26, 1962) is an American drummer. Kottak is best known for his work with the German hard rock band Scorpions, which he joined in 1996. At the time of his firing from the band in 2016, he was their all-time longest-serving drummer, surpassing Herman Rarebell, who spent 18 years in the band.

Prior to joining Scorpions, Kottak was a drummer for the Bob Brickley Band, Nut House, Mister Charlie, Buster Brown, Montrose, Kingdom Come, Wild Horses, the McAuley Schenker Group, Warrant, and Ashba. He gained early mainstream exposure during his time with Kingdom Come, appearing on the band's first two studio albums, the first of which included their biggest hit, "Get it On." This track prominently features Kottak's drumming, culminating in a drum solo just before the song's conclusion.

In February 1997, he helped Dio on their US tour by replacing Vinny Appice for four or five shows when Vinny Appice had pneumonia. He also gave drum lessons at Far-Out Music in Jeffersonville, Indiana, once having as students former Bride drummer, Jerry McBroom. He also played with guitarist Michael Lee Firkins.

Kottak also plays in his own band Kottak, formerly known as KrunK.

On April 28, 2016, it was announced that Kottak would be replaced by Mikkey Dee on 12 North American headlining dates, including a run of shows at the Hard Rock Hotel in Las Vegas dubbed "Scorpions blacked out in Las Vegas".[1][2] On September 12, 2016, it was announced that Kottak was no longer in the band.[3]

Kottak endorses Ddrum and Yamaha drums, Aquarian drumheads, Zildjian Cymbals, Ahead drumsticks and accessories and Danmar percussion.

[mothgodofchaos]

Requests

Please pay attention to what letters are next to the egos! I will not write for them outside of the set categories. They’re also subject to change! I leave that to my own discretion. I may not be comfortable writing a full fic or drabble of a character, but short situational headcanons may be available. Just look for asterisks. 

Will Not Write Under Any Circumstance: comfort for x insecurity or x disability beyond generic chronic fatigue/pain. This isn’t me trying to say that you aren’t valid to want comfort for these things, here is just not the place to ask for that. Makes me hella uncomfy and hyper-aware of myself.

These are open for drabbles, fics, or headcanons! I will always default to gender neutral unless otherwise specified! 

These work for Ego x Reader, Multi!Ego/Poly x Reader, Ego x Ego, or just Ego.

H - Horror | A - Angst | R - Romantic | P - Platonic | * - Headcanons

Markiplier Egos:

Dark (HARP) #midnight mint*

Wilford (HARP) #colonel mustache*

Actor (HARP) #dramatic diva*

Host/Author (HARP) #spooky storyteller #smack bat*

Google (HARP) #titan tin can*

Bing (ARP) #bingo bongus*

Yancy (ARP) #strong songbird*

Illinois (HARP) #pantry dweller*

Murdoch (HAR) #stabbington*

Night (HAR) #glowstick god*

Noir (HARP) #mc monologue*

Engineer (HARP) #head himbo*

Damien (HARP) #meek mayor*

Date!Mark (AR) #date mate*

Heist!Mark (HARP) #heist hunk*

HeeHoo (HARP) #heehoo weewoo*

Eric Derekson (ARP) #starshine son*

Necromancer (HARP) #necrobastard*

Bim Trimmer (HP) #contestant cannibal*

Septic Egos:

Antisepticeye (HAR) #electric limeade*

Jackieboy Man (HARP) #comic escapee*

Marvin (HARP) #nyan magician*

JJ (HARP) #silent cinnamonroll*

Chase (HARP) #sad dad*

Schneeplestein (HARP) #schneeple steeple*

Robbie (HARP) #ghoulish giant*

Inserts:

District Attorney #shattered law*

Heist Partner #sneaky splitter*

Captain #wormhole jumper*

Will Not Write (But I Have Tags For):

Captain Magnum #colossal captain*

King of the Squirrels #nutty monarch*

Jim #news scuttler*

Stan the Water Man #water rad dad

Bomb Defuser!Mark (Doom Rogers) #explosive electrician

Unus & Annus #memento mori*

Dr. Iplier #medic moron*

Dave Torres (Edge of Sleep) #unwilling insomniac

Iron Lung!Mark #doomed detainee

FNAF Musical!Mark #animatronic annihilator

Pornipliers #homebrew horndogs

Resident Enis! Mark #horror huntsman

Silver Shepherd #sheepman cloak

Shawn Flynn (BaTIM) #fedora floorboards*

Marcus Brickley (Poppy Playtime) #toy tattler*

Blank #clean slate

Celine #ma’am medium

Celci #ice queen

Burt #reverse wrench

Gunther #guns and guns

Detective Abe #abernathy poptarts

YouTubers (OOC):

Mark #markus plier

Sean #coffee king

Ethan #soft skriddle

Wade #blame minion

Bob #bobbert my skerms

Danny #unicorn wizard

Arin #video game boy

Brian #get wecht

Gabs #giggly goobers

[goalhofer]

Every Junior/Professional Peter Budaj Teammate

Toronto St. Michael’s Majors

Keith Delaney (1999-2000)

Ryan Walsh (1999-2001)

Darryl Bootland (1999-2002)

Kenny Corupe (1999-2000)

Mark Popovic (1999-2002)

Matt Ellis (1999-2002)

Adam DeLeeuw (1999-2001)

Matt Bannan (1999-2002)

Jeffrey Doyle (1999-2001)

Chad Woollard (1999-2000)

Chris Minard (1999-2001)

Chris Boucher (1999-2001)

Dave Csumrik (1999-2000)

Michael Gough (1999-2002)

Greg Mizzi (1999-2001)

Lorne Misita (1999-2001)

Brian Simpson (1999-2000)

George Nistas (1999-2000)

Tyler Cook (1999-2002)

Brad Pierce (1999-2000)

Philippe Lakos (1999-2000)

Mike Sellan (1999-2001)

Steve Farquharson (1999-2001)

Michal Kolarik (1999-2000)

Kyle McAllister (3 games 1999)

Dwayne Bateman (1999-2000)

Ryan Delaney (1 game 2000)

Ryan Rasmussen (1 game 2000)

Brent Mulder (2 games 2000)

Rory Glaves 6 games 2000)

Frank Lukes (2000-02)

Tim Brent (2000-02)

Drew Fata (2000-02)

Kevin Klein (2000-02)

Lindsay Plunkett (20 games 2001)

Matt Bacon (2000-02)

T.J. Reynolds (2000-02)

Ryan Robert (2000-02)

Scott Talbot (3 games 2001-02)

Andy Chiodo (2000-02)

Joe Guenther (2001-02)

Scott Heffernan (2001-02)

Darryl Boyce (2001-02)

Ryan Rorabeck (2001-02)

Scott Horvath (2001-02)

Daryl Knowles (2001-02)

Jordan Freeland (2001-02)

Jerrod Smith (2001-02)

Geoff Patton (2001-02)

Steven Rawski (2001-02)

Kyle Spurr (2001-02)

Matthew Seymour (2001-02)

Mike Carlesimo (1 game 2002)

Tyson Gimblett (2001-02)

Hershey Bears

Eric Bertrand (2002-03)

Brian Willsie (2002-03)

Mark Freer (2002-03)

Charlie Stephens (2002-04)

Steve Brule (2002-04)

Brett Clark (2002-05)

Jordan Krestanovich (2002-04)

Cail MacLean (2002-03, 2004-05)

Steve Moore (2002-04)

Bryan Muir (2002-03)

Mikhail Kuleshov (2002-04)

Brent Thompson (2002-03)

Alexander Riazantsev (2002-03)

Riku Hahl (2002-03)

Marek Svatos (2002-03, 2004-05)

Marc Busenburg (2002-04)

Brad Larsen (2002-04)

Bruce Richardson (2002-04)

Travis Brigley (2002-04)

Tim Wedderburn (2002-03)

Vaclav Nedorost (5 games 2003)

Kent Davyduke (14 games 2002-04)

Jeff Paul (2002-03)

Rob Voltera (2002-03)

Agris Saviels (2002-05)

Philippe Sauve (2002-04)

Sylvain Deschatelets (4 games 2003)

Joe Goodenow (2002-03)

Pierre-Luc Emond (4 games 2003)

Nick Bootland (16 games 2003)

Daniel Goneau (3 games 2002)

Adam Edinger (5 games 2002)

John-Michael Liles (5 games 2003)

Michael Henrich (9 games 2003)

Sandro Sbrocca (1 game 2003)

Simon Tremblay (1 game 2002)

Chris Bogas (1 game 2002)

Dylan Gyori (1 game 2002)

Steve Rymsha (2 games 2003)

Brad Wingfield (2 games 2003)

K.C. Timmons (2 games 2003)

Mike Verhaug (2 games 2002)

Sergei Klyazmin (2003-05)

Eric Perrin (2003-05)

Shane Willis (2003-04)

Pascal Trepanier (2003-04)

Gavin Morgan (2003-04)

Sheldon Keefe (2003-04)

Martin Hlinka (2003-05)

D.J. Smith (2003-04)

Ryan Craig (2003-04)

Tomas Slovak (2003-05)

Jeff Finger (2003-05)

David Masse (2003-05)

Dennis Bonvie (2003-05)

Cody McCormick (2003-05)

Chris Bala (2003-05)

Yevgeni Artyukhin; Jr. (2003-04)

Jean-Francois Soucy (12 games 2004)

Darren Rumble (5 games 2004)

Rob Voltera (2003-04)

Dean Arsene (2003-05)

Mark Jerant (2003-04)

Dwayne Hay (4 games 2004)

Jeremy Van Hoof (5 games 2004)

Brian Fahey (12 games 2004)

Nikita Alexeev (14 games 2004)

Martin Cibak (1 game 2004)

Jon Cullen (1 game 2004)

Frantisek Skladany (2004-05)

Judd Medak (5 games 2004)

Lanny Gare (9 games 2004)

Tom Lawson (2003-05)

Mike Amodeo (2004-05)

Greg Barber (2004-05)

Adam Borzecki (2004-05)

Johnny Boychuk (2004-05)

Ed Campbell (2004-05)

Carl Corrazini (2004-05)

Nicolas Corbeil (2004-05)

Mathieu Darche (2004-05)

Jean-Francois David (2004-05)

Trevor Johnson (2004-05)

Evgeni Lazarev (2004-05)

Carl Mallette (2004-05)

Graig Mischler (2004--05)

Nick Naumenko (2004-05)

Josh Olson (2004-05)

Jamie Rivers (2004-05)

Andre Savage (2004-05)

Darrel Scoville (2004-05)

Mike Souza (2004-05)

Ryan Steeves (2004-05)

Jeff Ulmer (2004-05)

Mikko Viitanen (2004-05)

Martin Wilde (2004-05)

Colorado Avalanche

Joe Sakic (2005-09)

Alex Tanguay (2005-06)

Andrew Brunette (2005-08)

Milan Hejduk (2005-11)

Rob Blake (2005-06)

Marek Svatos (2005-10)

John-Michael Liles (2005-11)

Pierre Turgeon (2005-07)

Ian Laperriere (2005-09)

Brett McLean (2005-07)

Joseph Brisebois (2005-07)

Brett Clark (2005-10)

Antti Laaksonen (2005-07)

Steve Konowalchuk (2005-06)

Karlis Skrastins (2005-08)

Dan Hinote (2005-06)

Brad Richardson (2005-08)

Cody McCormick (2005-09)

Bob Boughner (2005-06)

Brad May (2005-07)

Wojciech Wolski (2005-10)

Kurt Sauer (2005-08)

Ossi Vaanaanen (2005-07)

Jim Dowd (18 games 2006)

David Aebischer (2005-06)

Vitali Kolesnik (8 games 2006)

Paul Healy (2 games 2006)

Jose Theodore (2005-08)

Paul Stastny (2006-11)

Tyler Arnason (2006-09)

Ken Klee (2006-07)

Mark Rycroft (2006-07)

Ben Guite (2006-09)

Jordan Leopold (2006-09)

Jeff Finger (2006-08)

Kyle Cumiskey (2006-11)

Scott Parker (2006-08)

George Parros (2 games 2006)

Tyler Weiman (1 game 2008)

Johnny Boychuk (4 games 2008)

Scott Hannan (2007-11)

Ruslan Saliej (2007-10)

Adam Foote (2007-11)

Wyatt Smith (2007-08)

T.J. Hensick (2007-10)

David Jones (2007-11)

Cody McLeod (2007-11)

Ryan Smyth (2007-09)

Peter Forsberg (9 games 2007-08, 2 games 2010)

T.J. Galiardi (2008-11)

Raymond Macias (6 games 2009)

Lawrence Nycholat (5 games 2009)

Derek Peltier (14 games 2008-10)

Andrew Raycroft (2008-09)

Chris Stewart (2008-11)

Daniel Tjarnqvist (2008-09)

Darcy Tucker (2008-10)

Mike Vernace (12 games 2009)

Brian Willsie (2008-10)

Chris Durno (2008-10)

Matt Hendricks (2008-10)

Craig Anderson (2009-11)

Matt Duchene (2009-11)

David Koci (2009-11)

Peter Mueller (15 games 2010)

Ryan O’Reilly (2009-11)

Kevin Porter (2009-11)

Kyle Quincey (2009-11)

Ryan Stoa (2009-11)

Ryan Wilson (2009-11)

Stephane Yelle (11 games 2010)

Brandon Yip (2009-11)

Philippe Dupuis (2009-10)

Shawn Belle (4 games 2011)

Brian Elliott (12 games 2011)

Tomas Fleischmann (2010-11)

Jonas Holos (2010-11)

Matt Hunwick (2010-11)

Erik Johnson (2010-11)

Jay McClement (2010-11)

Ryan O’Byrne (2010-11)

Mark Olver (18 games 2010)

Daniel Winnik (2010-11)

Montreal Canadiens

Mike Blunden (2011-14)

Rene Bourque (2011-14)

Chris Campoli (2011-12)

Erik Cole (2011-13)

Mathieu Darche (2011-12)

David Desharnais (2011-14)

Raphael Diaz (2011-14)

Lars Eller (2011-14)

Alexei Emelin (2011-14)

Brian Gionta (2011-14)

Scott Gomez (2011-12)

Josh Gorges (2011-14)

Tomas Kaberle (2011-13)

Andrei Markov (2011-14)

Travis Moen (2011-14)

Petteri Nokelainen (2011-12)

Max Pacioretty (2011-14)

Tomas Plekanec (2011-14)

Carey Price (2011-14)

Brad Staubitz (19 games 2012)

P.K. Subban (2011-14)

Yannick Weber (2011-13)

Ryan White (2011-14)

Brendan Gallagher (2012-14)

Alex Galchenyuk (2012-14)

Michael Ryder (2012-13)

Brandon Prust (2012-14)

Francis Bouillon (2012-14)

Colby Armstrong (2012-13)

Davis Drewiske (9 games 2013)

Gabriel Dumont (12 games 2012-14)

Jeff Halpern (19 games 2013)

Jarred Tinordi (2012-14)

Nathan Beaulieu (2012-14)

Greg Pateryn (3 games 2013)

Daniel Briere (2013-14)

Thomas Vanek (2013-14)

Michael Bournival (2013-14)

Mike Weaver (2013-14)

Dale Weise (2013-14)

Douglas Murray (2013-14)

George Parros (2013-14)

Joseph St. Pierre (1 game 2014)

Louis Leblanc (8 games 2014)

Joonas Nattinen (1 game 2014)

Christian Thomas (2 games 2014)

Patrick Holland (5 games 2014)

Dustin Tokarski (3 games 2014)

St. John’s IceCaps

Jason Jaffray (19 games 2014-15)

Jerome Samson (19 games 2014-15)

Andrew Gordon (19 games 2014-15)

Kael Mouillierat (19 games 2014-15)

Brenden Kichton (19 games 2014-15)

John Albert (19 games 2014-15)

Carl Klingberg (19 games 2014-15)

Eric O’Dell (19 games 2014-15)

J.C. Lipon (19 games 2014-15)

Kyle MacKinnon (19 games 2014-15)

Will O’Neill (19 games 2014-15)

Adam Lowry (19 games 2014-15)

Patrice Cormier (19 games 2014-15)

Zach Redmond (19 games 2014-15)

Blair Riley (19 games 2014-15)

Ben Chiarot (19 games 2014-15)

Jordan Hill (19 games 2014-15)

Julian Melchiori (19 games 2014-15)

Josh Lunden (19 games 2014-15)

Paul Postma (4 games 2015)

Austen Brassard (19 games 2014-15)

Kris Fredheim (19 games 2014-15)

Travis Ehrhardt (8 games 2015)

Ryan Schnell (19 games 2014-15)

Ian O’Connor (3 games 2014)

Jamie MacQueen (5 games 2015)

Josh Morrissey (8 games 2015)

Tyler Beskorowany (12 games 2014-15)

Michael Hutchinson (19 games 2014-15)

Eddie Pasquale (19 games 2014-15)

Cody Sol (1 game 2015)

Eric Comrie (2 games 2015)

Colton Beck (3 games 2015)

Adam Pardy (3 games 2015)

Jussi Olkinuora (10 games 2015)

Cody Lampl (19 games 2014-15)

Ontario Reign

Sean Backman (2015-16)

Nic Dowd (2015-16)

Michael Mersch (2015-16)

Justin Auger (2015-16)

Vincent LoVerde (2015-16)

Jonny Brodzinski (2015-16)

Adrian Kempe (2015-16)

Kris Newbury (2015-16)

Jordan Samuels-Thomas (2015-16)

Andrew Crescenzi (2015-16)

Kevin Gravel (2015-16)

Jeff Schultz (2015-16)

Kurtis MacDermid (2015-16)

Ryan Horvat (2015-16)

Valentin Zykov (2015-16)

Nick Ebert (2015-16)

Joel Lowry (2015-16)

Derek Forbort (2015-16)

Brett Sutter (2015-16, 2018-19)

Scott Sabourin (2015-16)

Derek Army (12 games 2016)

Zac Leslie (2015-16)

Kevin Raine (2015-16)

Matt Leitner (15 games 2016)

Paul Bissonnette (2015-16)

Christian Ehrhoff (5 games 2016)

Matt Schmalz (3 games 2016)

Jamie McBain (3 games 2016)

Sam Herr (9 games 2016, 2018-19)

Mike Amadio (11 games 2016, 2018-19)

Paul LaDue (3 games 2016)

Kenton Miller (1 game 2016)

Damir Sharipzyanov (1 game 2016)

Maxim Kitsyn (2 games 2016)

Kyle Clifford (2 games 2016)

Ray Emery (3 games 2015)

Derek Arnold (4 games 2015)

Michael Houser (7 games 2016)

Curt Gogol (7 games 2016)

Mason Bergh (2018-19)

Daniel Brickley (2018-19)

Kale Clague (2018-19)

Jamie Devane (2018-19)

Aidan Dudas (2018-19)

Michael Eyssimont (2018-19)

Max Gottlieb (2018-19)

Jacob Ingham (2018-19)

Alex Lintuniemi (2018-19)

Matt Luff (2018-19)

Philippe Maillet (2018-19)

Connor McDonald (2018-19)

Zack Mitchell (2018-19)

Brad Morrison (2018-19)

Matt Moulson (2018-19)

Cal Peterson (2018-19)

Chaz Reddekopp (2018-19)

Sheldon Rempal (2018-19)

Nikita Scherbak (2018-19)

Austin Strand (2018-19)

Craig Wyszomirski (2018-19)

Los Angeles Kings

Anze Kopitar (1 game 2016, 2016-17, 1 game 2018)

Drew Doughty (1 game, 2016, 2016-17, 1 game 2018)

Milan Lucic (1 game 2016)

Alec Martinez (1 game 2016, 2016-17, 1 game 2018)

Dustin Brown (1 game 2016, 2016-17, 1 game 2018)

Jeff Carter (1 game 2016, 2016-17, 1 game 2018)

Marian Gaborik (1 game 2016, 2016-17)

Tanner Pearson (1 game 2016, 2016-17, 1 game 2018)

Tyler Toffoli (1 games 2016, 2016-17, 1 game 2018)

Kevin Gravel (1 game 2016, 2016-17)

Dwight King (1 game 2016, 2016-17)

Vincent Lecavalier (1 game 2016)

Trevor Lewis (1 game 2016, 2016-17, 1 game 2018)

Brayden McNabb (1 game 2016, 2016-17)

Jake Muzzin (1 game 2016, 2016-17, 1 game 2018)

Jordan Nolan (1 game 2016, 2016-17)

Luke Schenn (1 game 2016)

Nick Shore (1 game 2016, 2016-17)

Nic Dowd (2016-17)

Derek Forbort (2016-17, 1 game 2018

Kyle Clifford (2016-17, 1 game 2018)

Devin Setoguchi (2016-17)

Jarome Iginla (19 games 2017)

Paul LaDue (2016-17)

Adrian Kempe (2016-17, 1 game 2018)

Tom Gilbert (18 games 2017)

Matt Greene (2016-17)

Andy Andreoff (2016-17)

Teddy Purcell (12 games 2017)

Jonny Brodzinski (6 games 2017)

Jhonas Enroth (1 game 2017)

Jonathan Quick (17 games 2016-17)

Ben Bishop III (7 games 2017)

Jeff Zatkoff (17 games 2016-17)

Jack Campbell (1 game 2017)

Dion Phaneuf (1 game 2018)

Mike Amadio (1 game 2018)

Oscar Fantenberg (1 game 2018)

Derek Forbort (1 game 2018)

Alex Iafallo (1 game 2018)

Ilya Kovalchuk (1 game 2018)

Cal Peterson (1 game 2018)

Nate Thompson (1 game 2018)

Tampa Bay Lightning

Nikita Kucherov (15 games 2016-18)

Victor Hedman (15 games 2016-18)

Jonathan Drouin (7 games 2017)

Ondrej Palat (15 games 2016-18)

Tyler Johnson (15 games 2016-18)

Brayden Point (15 games 2016-18)

Alex Killorn (15 games 2016-18)

Vladislav Namestnikov (7 games 2017)

Anton Stralman (15 games 2016-18)

Steven Stamkos (15 games 2016-18)

Andrej Sustr (15 games 2016-18)

Braydon Coburn (15 games 2016-18)

Jake Dotchin (15 games 2016-18)

Cedric Paquette (15 games 2016-18)

Jason Garrison (7 games 2017)

Yanni Gourde (15 games 2016-18)

J.T. Brown (15 games 2016-18)

Gabriel Dumont (14 games 2017)

Ryan Callahan (15 games 2016-18)

Cory Conacher (15 games 2016-18)

Luke Witkowski (7 games 2017)

Slater Koekkoek (15 games 2016-18)

Adam Erne (15 games 2016-18)

Michael Bournival (15 games 2017)

Joel Vermin (7 games 2017)

Matthew Peca (15 games 2016-18)

Greg McKegg (7 games 2017)

Erik Condra (7 games 2017)

Byron Froese (4 games 2017)

Tanner Richard (3 games 2017)

Andrei Vasilevskiy (2016-18)

Ben Bishop III (7 games 2017)

Kristers Gudlevskis (1 game 2017)

Mikhail Sergachyov (8 games 2017)

Chris Kunitz (8 games 2017)

Daniel Girardi (8 games 2017)

Syracuse Crunch

Mathieu Joseph (2 games 2018)

Carter Verhaeghe (2 games 2018)

Matthew Peca (2 games 2018)

Alexander Volkov (2 games 2018)

Mitchell Stephens (2 games 2018)

Anthony Cirelli (2 games 2018)

Mat Bodie (2 games 2018)

Michael Bournival (2 games 2018)

Kevin Lynch (2 games 2018)

Adam Erne (2 games 2018)

Erik Condra (2 games 2018)

Dominik Masin (2 games 2018)

Jamie McBain (2 games 2018)

Dennis Yan (2 games 2018)

Ben Thomas (2 games 2018)

Gabriel Dumont (2 games 2018)

Olivier Archambeault (2 games 2018)

Erik Cernak (2 games 2018)

Daniel Walcott (2 games 2018)

Cory Conacher (2 games 2018)

Reid McNeill (2 games 2018)

Jonne Tammela (2 games 2018)

Jason Akeson (2 games 2018)

Matthew Spencer (2 games 2018)

Alex Gallant (2 games 2018)

Alexei Lipanov (2 games 2018)

Chris DiDomenico (2 games 2018)

Cal Foote (2 games 2018)

Troy Bourke (2 games 2018)

Brendan Bradley (2 games 2018)

Matt Petgrave (2 games 2018)

Josh Pitt (2 games 2018)

Brandon Marino (2 games 2018)

Ben Wilson (2 games 2018)

Stephen MacAulay (2 games 2018)

Mathieu Brodeur (2 games 2018)

T.J. Melancon (2 games 2018)

Craig Wyszomorski (2 games 2018)

Shane Conacher (2 games 2018)

Connor Ingram (2 games 2018)

OHL All-Stars

Nathan Robinson (2002)

Mike Renzi (2002)

Jason Spezza (2002)

Miguel Desliles (2002)

Mark Popovic (2002)

Erik Reitz (2002)

David Chant (2002)

Team Slovakia

L’ubos Pisar (2001)

Ladislav Gabris (2001)

Tomas Slovak (2001)

Alexander Valentin (2001)

Tomas Starosta (2001, 2008, 2010, 2014)

Tomas Malec (2001-02)

Miroslav Durak (2001)

L’ubos Velebny (2001-02)

Rene Vydareny (2001, 2008, 2014)

Peter Szabo (2001)

Milan Bartovic (2001, 2010, 2014)

Jozef Balej (2001)

Roman Tvrdon (2001)

Lukas Hvila (2001)

Tomas Surovy (2001, 2006, 2014)

Miroslav Kristin (2001-02)

Martin Drotar (2001)

Marcel Hossa (2001, 2006, 2008, 2014)

Tomas Kopecky (2001-02, 2014)

Tomas Skvaridlo (2001)

Milan Dubec (2001)

Peter Hamerlik (2002, 2010)

Stanislav Hudec (2002)

Karol Sloboda (2002)

Peter Fruhauf (2002, 2010)

Radovan Sloboda (2002)

Richard Stehlik (2002)

Milan Jurcina (2002, 2006, 2014)

Peter Gajdos (2002)

Tomas Jasko (2002)

Tomas Oravec (2002)

Ivan Kolozvary (2002)

Marek Svatos (2002, 2006, 2010)

Michal Macho (2002, 2010)

Frantisek Skladany (2002, 2008)

Peter Holecko (2002)

Igor Pohanka (2002)

Michal Kolarik (2002)

Karol Krizan (2006)

Jan Lasak (2006, 2008)

Zdeno Chara (2006, 2014)

Ivan Majesky (2006, 2008, 2010)

Andrej Meszaros (2006, 2014)

Martin Strbak (2006, 2008)

L’ubimir Visnovsky (2006, 2008)

L’ubos Bartecko (2006)

Peter Bondra (2006)

Pavol Demitra (2006)

Marian Gaborik (2006)

Marian Hossa (2006, 2014)

Richard Kapus (2006)

Ronald Petrovicky (2006)

Miroslav Satan (2006, 2010)

Jozef Stumpel (2006)

Richard Zednik (2006)

Ivan Ciernik (2008, 2010)

Peter Fabus (2008)

Dominik Granak (2008, 2010)

Peter Huzevka (2008)

Andrej Kollar (2008)

Juraj Kolnik (2008)

Miroslav Kovacik (2008)

Karol Krizan (2008)

Tibor Melicharek (2008)

Branislav Mezei (2008)

Juraj Mikus (2008)

Robert Petrovicky (2008)

Peter Podradsky (2008)

Andrej Podkonicky (2008, 2010)

Andrej Sekera (2008, 2010, 2014)

Radovan Somik (2008)

Vladimir Dravecky (2010)

Stanislav Gron (2010)

Roman Kukumberg (2010)

Richard Lintner (2010)

Vladimir Mihalek (2010)

Richard Panik (2010, 2014)

Tomas Tatar (2010, 2014)

Marek Zagrapan (2010)

Miroslav Zalesak (2010)

Rastislav Stana (2010)

Ivan Baranka (2014)

Tomas Jurco (2014)

Michal Handzus (2014)

Jaroslav Halak (2014)

Jan Laco (2014)

Martin Marincin (2014)

Tomas Marcinko (2014)

Tomas Zaborsky (2014)

Peter Olvecky (2014)

Michel Miklik (2014)

Branko Radivojevic (2014)

[brn1029]

On this day in music history…music, mind ya, not just rock, a lot of milestones on this date….

October 13th

2016 - Bob Dylan

Bob Dylan was awarded the 2016 Nobel Prize for Literature, becoming the first songwriter to win the prestigious award. The 75-year-old rock legend received the prize "for having created new poetic expressions within the great American song tradition".

2012 - Eric Clapton

An oil painting by the German artist Gerhard Richter which was owned by Eric Clapton sold for £21m ($34m) - an auction record for a work by a living artist. Clapton was set to give the money to the Crossroads Centre drug and alcohol rehabilitation center founded by the guitarist in Antigua.

2009 - Al Martino

Al Martino, a Pop crooner who scored over 10 hits including 'I Love You Because', 'Spanish Eyes' and 'I Love You More And More Every Day', died at the age of 82. He was often remembered for playing the Frank Sinatra type role of Johnny Fontane in The Godfather. Martino was at No.1 on the first ever UK pop chart published on 8th Nov 1952 by the New Musical Express.

2008 - Ringo Starr

In a video message on his website, Ringo Starr announced that he no longer has time to sign autographs and asked fans not to send him any mail at all. "No more fan mail and no objects to be signed. Nothing." After finishing a tour of the US and Canada, he was dividing his time between Los Angeles, the South of France and his UK home in Surrey.

1979 - The Police

'Reggatta De Blanc' the second album from The Police started a four-week run at No.1 in the UK. The album which features the band's first two No.1 hits, 'Message in a Bottle' and 'Walking on the Moon', cost only £6,000 to record.

1977 - The Orlons

32 year old Shirley Brickley of The Orlons was shot and killed by an intruder in her Philadelphia home. The Orlons had five US Top 20 hits in the 60’s including ‘The Wah Watusi’, ‘Don't Hang Up’ and ‘South Street’. The Orlons provided back-up vocals on Dee Dee Sharp's 1962 hit ‘Mashed Potato Time’ and Dee Dee Sharp's second hit, ‘Gravy (For My Mashed Potatoes)’.

1974 - Ed Sullivan

TV host Ed Sullivan died. Leader of the Ed Sullivan Singers and Orchestra. Introduced The Beatles and other UK acts to America via his Ed Sullivan TV show, from New York City, which ran from June 20, 1948 to June 6, 1971, on CBS every Sunday night at 8pm. The Beatles appearance on February 9th 1964 is considered a milestone in American pop culture and the beginning of the British Invasion in music. The broadcast drew an estimated 73 million viewers.

1973 - The Rolling Stones

The Rolling Stones started a four week run at No.1 on the US album chart with 'Goats Head Soup' the group's fourth US No.1.

1970 - Janis Joplin

Janis Joplin's ashes were scattered at Stinson Beach in Marin County, California. The singer had been found dead on the floor beside her bed at the Landmark Hotel in Hollywood California on 4th Oct. The official cause of death was an overdose of heroin, possibly combined with the effects of alcohol.

1965 - The Who

The Who recorded 'My Generation' at Pye studios, London. When released as a single it reached No.2 on the UK chart, held off the No.1 position by The Seekers 'The Carnival Is Over'. Roger Daltrey would later say that he stuttered the lyrics to try to fit them to the music. The BBC initially refused to play the song because it did not want to offend people who stutter.

1963 - The Beatles

The Beatles made their debut on ITV's 'Sunday Night at The London Palladium', topping the bill and transmitted live to an audience of 15 million viewers. They played, 'From Me To You', 'She Loves You', 'Twist and Shout' and 'I'll Get You.'

1962 - Don Everly

Don Everly collapsed during rehearsals on stage at the Prince of Wales Theatre in London on the eve of a 22 date Everly Brothers UK tour. He was flown back to the US for treatment and the tour continued with Phil Everly performing solo.

[preserved-dragons]

Before I start on Travis Brickley (Sean Penn’s) character from Best of the Best, there is another one to do first. . This actor is featured in Best of the Best and RoboCop. . The actor was in a short but memorable scene with Travis and equally, one with Bob Morton of RoboCop, who has been on my list to draw for quite some time now, so the timing couldn’t be better. . . . #bestofthebest #robocop #80s #retro #cultclassic #movies https://www.instagram.com/p/B782eFKJrNB/?igshid=dmbxnmtrptmv

[mitchbeck]

CRAWFORD: (FRI) WOLF PACK ROSTER UPDATE

Steven Fogarty Assigned by NY Rangers, Ryan Dmowski to Maine, Johnny Coughlin Released BY: Bob Crawford, Hartford Wolf Pack  HARTFORD, September 27, 2019:  Hartford Wolf Pack general manager Chris Drury today announced the following changes to the Wolf Pack’s training camp roster: Assigned to the Wolf Pack by the New York Rangers: Forwards (1):         Steven Fogarty Loaned by the Wolf Pack to Maine (ECHL): Forwards (1):         Ryan Dmowski  Released from training camp tryout by Wolf Pack: Defensemen (1):    Johnny Coughlin The Pack roster now includes 28 players, 17 forwards, eight defensemen and three goaltenders: Goal (3):           Francois Brassard, Adam Huska, Tom McCollum Defense (8):     Brandon Crawley, Sean Day, Mason Geertsen, Joey Keane, Vincent LoVerde, Darren Raddysh, Jeff Taylor, Zach Tolkinen Forwards (17):  Matt Beleskey, Connor Brickley, Greg Chase, Phil DiGiuseppe, Jake Elmer, Steven Fogarty, Gabriel Fontaine, Tim Gettinger, Ryan Gropp, Nick Jones, Dawson Leedahl, Shawn McBride, Ville Meskanen, Patrick Newell, Danny O’Regan, Ty Ronning, Lewis Zerter-Gossage The Wolf Pack open their 2019-20 regular season next Saturday, October 5, with a home-ice contest vs. the defending Calder Cup-champion Charlotte Checkers.  Faceoff is 7:00 PM.  Tickets for that game and all 2019-20 Wolf Pack home games are on sale now at the Sunwave Gas & Power Ticket Office at the XL Center, on-line at hartfordwolfpack.com and by phone at (877) 522-8499.  Tickets purchased in advance for kids 12 or younger start at just $10 each, and all tickets will have a $3 day-of-game increase. To speak with a Wolf Pack representative about season or group tickets, or any of the Wolf Pack’s many ticketing options, call (860) 722-9425, or click here to request more info.  To visit the Wolf Pack online, go to hartfordwolfpack.com. Read the full article

[thrashermaxey]

Ramblings: Deadline notes, Currie analysis, Trade Speculation, Zuccarello fallout and so much more (Feb 25)

Ramblings: Deadline notes, Currie analysis, Trade Speculation, Zuccarello fallout and so much more (Feb 25)

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With regards to today’s NHL Trade Deadline coverage, this will be the 14th year I am covering it on this site. Please check in throughout the day to see my breakdown of each NHL trade. When things get too nuts, Cliffy and Ian will be around to do a few as well. We’re fast, and we’re thorough. You’ve seen it year after year – and if you haven’t, then you’ll be impressed. We have the full list of trades, player links, and forum links related to that trade, in our Trade Deadline Tracker.

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When I saw Josh Currie scored his first goal and Allan Walsh, whom I’m assuming is his agent, tweeted that he had three consecutive 20-goal AHL seasons after working his way up from the ECHL, I wanted to look into him. Much like I’m always looking for the next possible Martin St. Louis – a smaller underrated player who becomes a superstar (so far I’ve dug up Cam Atkinson and Vinnie Hinostroza – obviously still waiting for the next steps if they ever come, but it’s as close as we’ve gotten so far), I’m also always on the lookout for the next possible David Desharnais. And as much as you probably have distaste for Desharnais due to his more recent years, he really was a fantasy boon early on. He was a prolific scorer in junior, was plunked into the ECHL without being drafted or having an NHL contract and worked his way up to the NHL. In his first couple of seasons he was not only very fantasy relevant, but it was also great because you were able to scoop him out from under the noses of your supposedly savvy fellow GMs and he helped you very quickly. The fun part, of course, is the ‘under the nose of your fellow GM’ part.

So what do we have in Currie? Well, he did get 104 points in his final year of the QMJHL…but he was 20 years old when he did that and tons of players have done that over the years. It’s almost expected of you at 20 years old to top 100 points in the Q. The year prior, he did get 30 goals but only managed 46 points. The rest of his PEI team wasn’t loaded with goal scorers, so maybe he could have had more assists with better star power around him, but he’s still a sniper. He’s a late October birth so he actually began those two years at 18 and 19. He went directly to the ECHL when he turned pro and steadily improved his numbers – from 41 points in 70 games to 49 points to a 65 pace. He made the jump to the AHL two months into the latter year, and had season-over-season points-per-game averages of 0.45, 0.54, 0.68 and 0.76 before getting the call to the big show last week at the age of 26. However, what’s interesting is the latter number includes 24 goals (though only 13 assists) in just 49 games. Very different from Desharnais in the following ways:

1. Currie is a sniper

2. Currie’s production is less than Desharnais’ at every level

3. Currie is a winger

On the surface, it appears that his upside is lower than Desharnais was. Clearly Currie is a passenger, whereas Desharnais was more of a driver albeit a low-level one. Put Currie with Kyle Brodziak, he gets 12 goals and 20 points. Put Currie with Connor McDavid? Because Desharnais never had a McDavid-type in winger-form to play with, he couldn’t possibly match Currie’s upside. So can Currie succeed where Ty Rattie, another solid AHL sniper, failed? Will he even get a chance to try? That’s the question. I’ll be watching as – for now – he’s just another one of a hundred players with a 1% chance of truly thriving with a lucky break. But as Jim Carrey once noted:

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Trade Speculation

If Tampa Bay does any trade other than a backup fourth liner or a No. 7 or 8 defenseman, then they are overthinking things. The roster as is should win the Stanley Cup, all that’s left now is pro roster injury protection.

It’s not just the big-name players you should be watching for today. Sure, that’s going to be much more exciting. But these are great players – they’re doing well now, they’ll do well no matter where they go. As far as fantasy is concerned, it’s not even going to move the needle. What we should be looking for, as fantasy owners, are the underused and underrated players who could stumble into a great opportunity. Yes, the odds will be slim in the way that Ty Rattie (or the aforementioned Currie) could get a chance and thrive. And between slim odds of getting decent ice time, and risk of injury (that to me derailed Rattie twice this year), you probably won’t see anything special. But the exciting thing is that you could. Chris Kunitz was once claimed off waivers. Patrick Sharp was traded to Chicago and considered a third-liner. Lots of examples out there. I wonder if Austin Czarnik goes anywhere. Or Nic Petan. Players not only on the cusp, but possibly getting their last shot. Keep in mind that whatever team they go to it will be a team with a shortage of forwards so they’ll get their chance.

Another name to watch for is Daniel Carr, who is embarrassing the AHL right now with 66 points in 47 games which is by far the league lead. Or whoever the Blues trade today. Could Robby Fabbri or Sammy Blais go? Any takers for Jordan Schmaltz as a throw-in?

At midnight, Sunday/Monday, Bob McKenzie reported that Gustav Nyquist was about to be traded to San Jose. I think we can assume that will happen. UPDATE: Deal done, for a 2nd and a conditional 3rd that can become a second if the Sharks re-sign him or make it to the Final. Trade breakdown on this will come in the morning (or is already up if you’re reading this later).

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Lots of minor moves as teams gear up for life beyond the deadline. The Islanders have signed Dennis Seidenberg, who had loyally remained with the team without a contract all this time. Depth option at less than half the cap hit. The Bruins have signed winger Lee Stempniak, also for depth. Both players need to get through waivers in order to join the team. The Sabres signed a depth goalie in Adam Wilcox, the Islanders have signed depth goalie Jeremy Smith, and the Panthers have signed depth goalie Chris Driedger. Teams are making sure that they have all the bases covered.

Anaheim Ducks traded Brian Gibbons to Ottawa for Patrick Sieloff. I’m not sure about that one, other than Ottawa maybe looking for an NHL body for their lineup to give the kids more AHL time…

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Goalie A vs. Goalie B

If you could take Goalie A, who has a strong likelihood of getting you 40 wins for the foreseeable future, is in his prime on a great team…or Goalie B, who also has a strong likelihood of getting you 40 wins, is probably a little more talented, has a slight chance of getting you 49 wins, but carries say a 10% chance of missing half the season with an injury. Which one do you choose? The answer is, both goalies are great, I’d be fine with either. And they easily top the rest of the field.

I’ve been taking heat on Twitter and FB over having Frederik Andersen at the top of my goalie list over Andrei Vasilevskiy. It’s the usual problem for writers when people don’t read the full article (or in this case, the intro). Andersen is not over Vas. He is in fact equal. They are in the same Tier and deservedly so. If you can’t see the reasoning I outlined above, you have a right to that opinion. If you want to see mine, I proudly present it every month. But do me the favor of reading the intro too, and know exactly what it is you are criticizing.

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This is unbelievable and I feel horrible for Dallas and their fans. But they lost Mats Zuccarello for four to six weeks after suffering a (apparent – at least as I write this) broken arm in the third period Sunday. He took a Connor Murphy shot off the arm. This is after Zuccarello slid seamlessly into the lineup and picked up a goal and an assist.

King Henrik breaks down, discussing Zuccarello:

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Jamie Benn also left game, but he left early and is day to day. Dallas, as I noted in the trade breakdown, was a three-forward team when it came to offense and it makes a huge difference when they added a fourth. It changes everything. So many more options now up front at even strength and on the power play. But now, instead of having four stud forwards they are down to two? Brutal!

In the game against Chicago, Patrick Kane had his 20-game point streak snapped. But Erik Gustafsson surges on with his seventh point in three games and 33 in his last 31. He also has 38 in 39.

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Kris Letang and Brian Dumoulin each left Saturday’s game. The latter has a concussion, the former has an upper-body injury.

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Rangers’ line combination with Zuccarello gone:

26.4%

KREIDER,CHRIS – VESEY,JIMMY – ZIBANEJAD,MIKA

19.1%

FAST,JESPER – NAMESTNIKOV,VLADISLAV – STROME,RYAN

10%

ANDERSSON,LIAS – BUCHNEVICH,PAVEL – CHYTIL,FILIP

7.7%

BRICKLEY,CONNOR – NIEVES,BOO

So Vesey has slid into Zuke’s spot and Lias Andersson takes Vesey’s spot. Advantage: Vesey, who picked up two points in the game.

Brett Connolly has seven points in his last nine games, but is still only getting 11 minutes of ice time. He’s already at a career high of 33 points and has tied his high of 15 goals. I’d like to see him get another chance – he got all his chances too early in his career. But now is the time he’s ready. As a big 6-3 player he needed more time than the average player. (And yes, Striker, that fits in with your model! Love that model)

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Another hat trick for Joe Pavelski gives him 18 points in his last 13 games, with nine of them goals. Kevin Labanc has 15 points in his last 15 games.

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After three games with the Minnesota Wild, Ryan Donato has four points. Now, before you start building that Donato shrine it’s important to note a couple of things. First, he made a similar splash at the end of last season when he arrived in Boston. Second, of his three assists all three of them were secondary assists. Great player, good upside, but before declaring that he has arrived I am preaching caution.

Jake Allen has faced 111 shots over the last three starts and he has stopped 105 of them. Perhaps the fear of losing his job is belatedly starting to kick in. But what he needs is to go three consecutive games without allowing four goals. The last time he did that was early December.

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Speaking of Austin Czarnik, who I made note of in the trade speculation above, I was wondering why after he scored in three consecutive games did he only get 10 minutes of ice time on Saturday? It just makes a Dobber Darling become even more of one when the coach holds him back. On Sunday he scored again, and it was the game winner. His ice time was 12:15.

Sunday also marked the first ever NHL game between Matthew Tkachuk versus Brady Tkachuk. Matthew won the game but Brady was the only Tkachuk to put a point on the board.

The Senators scratched Mark Stone, Mikkel Boedker and Cody Ceci, each of whom could be dealt before the deadline. With Stone out of the lineup, the top scoring forward on the Sens was Chris Tierney. And yet he still wasn’t on the first PP unit. That trio was Tkachuk, Bobby Ryan and Anthony Duclair. Frankly I prefer the second unit that had Tierney, Logan Brown and Drake Batherson.

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Interesting note from the NHL about Saturday’s outdoor game – 13 of the league’s 27 outdoor games have resulted in come-from-behind victories. That’s a shade under half. No lead is safe when the game is outside.

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The Coyotes retired Shane Doan’s number on Sunday, as they should. The guy played his entire career with the franchise and finished with 402 goals and 972 points in 1540 games. So close to 1000 points, I can see why he flirted with the idea of playing for another season had there been any takers. Doan’s best fantasy season was 2007-08 when he had 78 points in 80 games, though in 2005-06 he had 30 goals, 66 points and 123 PIM.

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Patrik Laine has three goals in his last two games and is now on the top line with Blake Wheeler and Kyle Connor. It gives Laine 28 goals on the season. Last year after 62 games he had 31 goals, so is his season really so bad? Assuming you’re not in a caveman league that still counts plus/minus, that is (ha ha). He could be right back to his usual self in two more good games, that’s all it takes.

Josh Morrissey was injured in the third period. He left the game and did not return.

When Clayton Keller scored Sunday it was his first point in seven games and his first goal since January 20.

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Personal Note

Friday marks 18 months since my stem cell transplant. Most of you already know this, but in May of 2017 I was diagnosed with Myelodysplasia and by July it had expedited to Acute Myeloid Leukemia (AML). Thankfully a world donor was a 100% match and after a summer in-hospital receiving chemo and radiation, I received the transplant. Today I am happy to report that I feel normal, and I am in disbelief that this can be the case. And of course, grateful. What 18 months means is that I am (or will be on Friday) officially halfway to being deemed cured of cancer. Needless to say, the more difficult half is behind me. At this point, the only thing different in my life versus before is the fact that I need to check into the hospital every few weeks for tests, and I need to gradually re-do all my vaccinations. In fact, things are even better because with the new blood I have more energy, and when I exercise it actually makes a difference – the body processes energy and calories better, to say nothing of an improved immunity. (You can read my initial statement here, my update here – and you can register to donate your stem cells here for Canada and here for the USA. As you can see this does save lives.)

Anyway, this is an enjoyable day for hockey fans and I just thought I would add my good news to that.

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See you…all day long as I pound out the trade analysis…

        from All About Sports https://dobberhockey.com/hockey-rambling/ramblings-deadline-notes-currie-analysis-trade-speculation-zuccarello-fallout-and-so-much-more-feb-25/

[blatchaw]

33 Years.

In the fall of 1981 I began my first teaching job. I knew so little. I'm grateful to Kent Denver Country Day School for giving me my first teaching job (thanks to a helplful push from Gene Aitken). I taught there for three years (Mike Gettel taught with me and took over all choir the second year, while I did all of the instrumental.) After three years I really felt like I had a passion to try high school band, so I got a job at Niwot High School in St. Vrain Valley (basically Longmont). My first year there (I followed Rich Inouye) I Asst. Band Directed at Longmont Junior High (with Jerry Fox - one of the old guard - you could hear a pin drop in his rehearsals - the band was incredible.) While at Niwot I taught with 3 different choir directors. The first was a controversial man named Phil Waite - he was a conservative Christian and REALLY had problems with kids. He resigned mid year and we hired a fellow who kind of went down in flames. Then Sid Hudson was hired and worked there for several years. Anyway - the next year Jerry retired and I took over the junior high, along with Indian Peaks and Burlington Elementaries (and still doing high school.) I did that for 3 years, I think, before realizing that marching band was making my life hell. I hated it, and would fret all summer about it. It's a wonder our marriage survived. So I went to my principal at the junior high (Bob Moderhak) and I asked him if there was any way for my job to be full time there. He was old school - he moved a few things around and pulled some strings and I was full time at Longmont Junior high for a few years. To supplement my load I did lunch duty and also taught a gifted and talented class ("Connections") with a very creative guy, Dave Hippensteel. That was a lot of fun, and a different sort of challenge.  At Longmont Junior High my colleagues were choir teacher Dawn Sickbert (whose husband was a music librarian at CU) and orchestra teacher Bill Kidd - Bill Kidd, what can I say - he was opinionated and bull headed, but he certainly got some things done. I had also taught with Bill at Niwot High. He was a controversial teacher, to say the least. Then came the middle school revolution - I truly believe that the driving force behind it was economic. We needed space in the elementarys, so we shifted those kids up a building… Anyway, I was on the good side of Moderhak, so when he was named as the principal of a new school that was opening (Westview) I was intrigued. The changeover to middle schools meant we would no longer teach instrumental music in the elementarys, so we were going to have to lose one instrumental teacher and gain one vocal teacher. I went to the music supervisor at that time (Dick Brickley - yes that was his real name - He took over for Leo Meyer, who really ran things with a pretty tight hand, but it led to strong programs across the district) and told him that I needed a change and that I would be willing to switch from Instrumental to vocal - I had some college vocal experience and I was married to a choir teacher, so I had a live in resource. That’s how I ended up teaching choir at Westview, alongside Eric Ronneberg, the band teacher. He was an interesting fellow. The orchestra teacher the first couple of years was Marian Phillips, who retired from the position. After her, due to the odd arrangement of the orchestra position, we had kind of a “Carousel of Orchestra Teachers”. You see, they had to teach at Westview AND Mead (a solid half hour away). And many years would start and finish the day at Westview (I kind of had to do the same thing my first year at Westview when the band teacher at Lyons Jr. Senior High, a former elementary band teacher in the district, Tommy Thomas, retired after November. I took over their band and jazz band, traveling there mid day every day from downtown Longmont and back - that was only a one year position… thank goodness.) By the way, our first year of Westview was in downtown Longmont in an ancient building called “Main Street School” - it was the old Longmont High School and Longmont Junior High. We moved to the new building in the middle of the year because of political pressure from rich parents who wanted their kids in a new building that year, even if it wasn’t totally finished. Back to orchestra at Westview - after Marian retired, there was a succession of colleagues. Not sure of the order, but it included Luana Hernandez, Renee Beri, Tara Buonamici, Keith Ellison, and a woman whose name I can not remember, but her circumstance was that she taught in two different school districts at the same time. What a nightmare…  Anyway, so many good people - I’m lucky to still have Facebook contact with some of them. I enjoyed teaching with them all. When Eric finally retired we were lucky enough to hire Heather Meier as the band teacher. Talk about an upgrade. Heather took that band to new heights, and dragged me into the computer age. She was always innovating and creative and it was a huge pleasure having her as a colleague. Definitely a high point of my career, teaching alongside her. So after 14 years at Westview I started to feel stale (I actually started to feel stale a few years before that) and I heard that the choir job at Mead was opening up as a result of the retirement of my friend Cheryl Paulson. I went out and interviewed with Keith Carmichael, the principal, whose son had been in my choir at Westview, and got the job. I was thrilled. The vibe was great at the school, kind of an old school, junior high feel to it. So many wonderful things I could say about Mead. The staff was small and friendly, so incredibly supportive of me as I arrived. All of my bag of tricks was new to them, so I had a great time doing my thing. I had amazingly talented kids in the annual dinner theater/musical. It wasn’t perfect. My 8th grade choir only had about 2 or 3 kids that knew what they were doing. This wasn’t Cheryl’s fault - the school lost a couple of hundred kids to a new school that had opened in the district, where my friend the amazing Sid Hudson was the teacher, so I had an 8th grade choir of 14 kids. It was a rough start in that regard, but everyone had my back. I really appreciate all of those wonderful teachers at Mead that accepted me into their faculty that year - I was the only new teacher (many of theirs had left to go to the new school as well), and I will always be grateful for the support I received. At Mead I got to teach with a variety of colleagues - Scott Hall (when I told him I thought he was rather blunt he smiled, cocked his glasses, and said he preferred to be thought of as “direct”),  After Scott left to be an admisnitrator at an elementary school back in his home state of Michigan, we hired a young man I knew from Colorado Ambassadors of Music tour named Ryan Smith. Unfortunately Ryan struggle with stress and when he was told he would not be brought back the next year he walked out of the school and never came back. That was two days before spring break. We hired Sue Schadle as a long term sub and I assisted her. We juggled things back and forth for two months and managed to finish the year. That summer we hired Susan Horn, a caring, talented young lady. She worked hard and was a pleasure to have as a colleague. She left teaching to focus on photography, and we hired Megan Rubin. Wow - I have taught with so many great teachers! Megan is such a hard working and creative professional. She kicks butt as an instrumental teacher and I was so pleased to finish my career side by side with her. One last mention - the year before I retired we heard that, wonder of wonders, we were gaining a half time music position at Mead. After hemming and hawing and trying to figure out what we wanted/needed we hired Megan Lawless. Man! I finished next to two outstanding women. Meg (in order to differentiate from Megan) brought a wealth of knowledge and enthusiasm to the position, stepping smoothly into much of the choir responsibilities and a drama class as well. When I retired she took over the full time job - I couldn’t imagine a smoother transition. Perfection. So there you go. 33 years. I loved it. I love what I do now (grand parenting and trying to compose.) I hope you have as wonderful a career as I had.

[ninjagocitizen01114]

I hate beefing with my cousin.

He can avoid me but anytime I gotta see the news I gotta HEAR HIM.

[ninjagocitizen01114]

I shoplift so much in ninjago city.

Every week there’s a crazy attack and then the lightning ninja comes in and shuts off the entire power grid with his powers.

This shuts off all the cameras and I just grab tons of toilet paper.

I poop good now, thank you ninja.

[ninjagocitizen01114]

I’m so excited to see the Royal Blacksmiths perform tonight in ninjago city!! It’s so nice to hear songs that aren’t the weekend whip, sometimes it feels like it’s the only song in the city!

[ninjagocitizen01114]

praise the first spinjitzu master for making 2 different furry realms 🙏

[ninjagocitizen01114]

Guys is it considered proshipping if I ship the great devourer with Wojira?

[ninjagocitizen01114]

Am I allowed to kill the snake in my backyard?

Like it keeps killing rabbits but like what if it’s someone’s neighbor..

Like isn’t it kind of weird that some animals gain sentience but others don’t?

[ninjagocitizen01114]

Hey guys I’m a human male 34 so if u know any other hot (NOT EVIL) singles out there please let me know. The last dude I tried to date kept telling me he was “the brown ninja”

He would NOT SHUT UP ABOUT IT.

I get the worst head of my life, I go home, google it, turns out that he actually did hang out with the ninja but they avoid him like the plague.

UGHHH these Ninjago MEN!!