I have a great list of blogs that I check every day (at least once). I will usually bookmark it after a post and if, after a while, I realize that I haven’t seen anything good for some time then I’ll delete the bookmark. Often times I’ll never see that site again in that case because I couldn’t find it if I wanted to (the bad thing about bookmarks, computerized address books, and cell phones is that you never have to remember URLs, email addresses, or phone numbers once you input them).
One of the sites that made it into the mix a short while ago was Teal Sunglasses. The site owner, Chuq, is a Sharks fan and a hockey fan in general (which is probably why I bookmarked the site in the first place, though I honestly can’t remember). Today he asks a couple of questions about today’s hockey versus yesterday’s (and no, we aren’t talking about none versus some). He also mentions Mike Keenan as one of the three big influences on today’s hockey:
Mike Keenan, who may not be my favorite coach, but his impact to the game is unquestionable. He was one of the early coaches to push conditioning as a strategic asset, and more importantly, a coach that innovated the aggressive forecheck. Again, go back and watch classic games, you’ll mostly notice the defense playing a half-court defense, or maybe a 3/4 court. chasing the puck behind the net? throwing in a Mike sullivan type player to harrass the defenseman carrying the puck? Didn’t happen much, if at all. So teams were more easily able to get into the offensive zone and set up offense than they are today. Keenan also brought forward a more aggressive style of attacking the puck, makign sure offensive players couldn’t sit back and pick apart the defense.
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