Opening ceremony

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@Grockle

Oh I’ll be supporting the Canadians in the hockey, unless Sweden get to the final … Most of the hockey players in the UK are US/Canadian anyway… we even had a player from Rupert here for a bit!

No, afraid I’ll be supporting some of the European teams, has to be done!

And England getting to the World Cup final? Probably no chance of that!

what rupert player played there?

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@decker

what rupert player played there?

Robin Gomez. He played for Manchester Phoenix in the 2006/7 season.

manchesterphoenix.co.uk/play … obin_gomez

I used to go see them all the time when they were Manchester Storm, then they went bust, got taken over, and changed Arena’s! Hockey isn’t that big a thing here unfortunately! Unless, of course, you guys have another ‘Lock-out’, loads of exhibition games here then!

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@MiG

Haitian-born, black female Governor General introduces A lesbian singer from Alberta doing a song written by a famous Jewish poet from Montreal.  Doesn’t get more Canadian than that.  It was awesome. 

You forgot to mention Ashley MacIsaac…battling drugs and is also openly gay

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@decker

what rupert player played there?

I believe Mark McCoy and Tom Jackson played over there as well at one point.

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@Hoser

I believe Mark McCoy and Tom Jackson played over there as well at one point.

Learn something new every day! Mark McCoy played here from 1997, and looking at who he played for, chances are I’ve seen him play a few times!

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@Grockle

Learn something new every day! Mark McCoy played here from 1997, and looking at who he played for, chances are I’ve seen him play a few times!

cool neat to see where rupert guys have played . like brlecic hes played in a few places too

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I believe Marks brother Matt also played over there for a while.  Both were/are excellent hockey players,  at least they were when I played with/against them here!