Fehr's scoring way up after using Ovi's stick
Steckel must look at using Ovi's stick as well.
From DC Sports Bog:
Eric Fehr:
Alex Ovechkin had been bugging me for at least a year to try his stick. I've always used a pretty straight stick, and he's always tried to get me into a huge curve. This year I changed my stick from a small curve to a medium curve. It still wasn't enough to satisfy Ovie. After once again saying I should try his stick, I decided to use it for one practice. It felt a lot better than I thought it would. I decided to use it for that night's game against the Thrashers. On my very first shift, in my first game with that stick, I got a breakaway. Not sure what I wanted to do, and running out of space, I took a shot, high glove. The puck got up a lot quicker than I was used to. I was able to put it past the goalie just as I approached the crease. I guess we'll have to thank Ovie for that one.
But do you remember Eric broke his stick in shootout? (Tarik said when he asked him about it, Eric got so upset that he stormed out of the locker room shouting "My stick broke, what can you expect.")
Eric Fuhr:
A few weeks back I reported on how I switched to start using Ovechkin's sticks. They've been working out really well for me. I like everything about them except for one thing: they keep breaking. Some of you may have seen the shootout in Hockey Night in Canada against the Toronto Maple Leafs when my stick shattered mid-shot. That was the third stick I'd used that game. I think the reason for this is because I use a little bit of a longer stick than Ovie. Because of that, the sticks have a little bit more flex, causing the sticks to become weaker. I've put in an order to make them a little bit stiffer. Now the only debate is whether I should keep Ovie's name on the sticks, or call it my own.
DC Sports Bog:
Ovie's sticks keep breaking--three during the recent game in Montreal--but Fehr said the new order should fix that. As for the only remaining debate, whether he should keep Ovie's name on his sticks?
"It still says Ovie on it," Fehr noted. "I just order them as is. I don't care."
Hey, I have a question to my readers: Why Dan Steinberg calls his blog BOG?
My guess is he's grandparents from Russia and he knows that BOG means GOD in Russian.
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Dan actually explains Sports Bog here:
http://blog.washingtonpost.com/dcsportsbog/2006/09/what_the_heck_is_this.html
Why is this called a Sports Bog?
A: The Author covered the Maryland football team in 2005. When he told Ralph Friedgen he was leaving the beat, the coach replied, "I don't even know what a bog is."
Anyhow, the name seemed appropriate, considering this town is something of a swamp. (Or not.) If you want to get really deep, you could also consider this another step in The Washington Post's continuing efforts to wade into the murky quagmire of the Internet sports world, which will eventually cost all of us our jobs. Or maybe you could say our deepest goal is to ensnare bored office types, who will with any luck be caught up (bogged down?) in the wonderful world of weird sports links and inane ramblings. Anyhow, many thanks to Friedgen for the name.
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