TheGhostofJimKelly
04-16-2008, 08:36 AM
...from today's Globe and Mail....
Last weekend, NHL commissioner Gary Bettman attended three playoff games in three time zones. He has worked to familiarize himself with hockey, but sometimes mistakes are made.
On radio station WFAN in New York last week, host Chris (Mad Dog) Russo mentioned to Bettman that he had tuned into NHL Network and had been "riveted" by the Ace Bailey-Eddie Shore story.
In 1933, Shore, the Boston Bruins' defenceman, hit Bailey from behind, smashing his head to the ice.
The Toronto Maple Leafs' forward almost died and never played again.
Bettman picked up the story from there.
"And, the tragic end to that story is, he, Ace Bailey, was on one of the planes on 9/11."
"Are you kidding me?" Russo asked.
"No," Bettman said.
"How old was he? Eighty?"
"I don't think he was quite that old," Bettman said.
Actually, Bailey would have been 98 on September, 2001, except that he had died nine years earlier.
Garnet (Ace) Bailey was on one of the planes that hit the World Trade Centre.
A former NHL player and a Los Angeles Kings scout, he was 53 and not related to the first Ace.
Last weekend, NHL commissioner Gary Bettman attended three playoff games in three time zones. He has worked to familiarize himself with hockey, but sometimes mistakes are made.
On radio station WFAN in New York last week, host Chris (Mad Dog) Russo mentioned to Bettman that he had tuned into NHL Network and had been "riveted" by the Ace Bailey-Eddie Shore story.
In 1933, Shore, the Boston Bruins' defenceman, hit Bailey from behind, smashing his head to the ice.
The Toronto Maple Leafs' forward almost died and never played again.
Bettman picked up the story from there.
"And, the tragic end to that story is, he, Ace Bailey, was on one of the planes on 9/11."
"Are you kidding me?" Russo asked.
"No," Bettman said.
"How old was he? Eighty?"
"I don't think he was quite that old," Bettman said.
Actually, Bailey would have been 98 on September, 2001, except that he had died nine years earlier.
Garnet (Ace) Bailey was on one of the planes that hit the World Trade Centre.
A former NHL player and a Los Angeles Kings scout, he was 53 and not related to the first Ace.