what is the red pin that nhl coaches and commentators wear?
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It's a poppy, which is taken from the work "In Flanders Field," which commemorates one of the most horrific/heroic battles of WWI. It's worn every November to commemmorate Remembrance Day in Canada.\n\nIN FLANDERS FIELDS\nThe poppies blow \nBetween the crosses row on row, \nThat mark our place; and in the sky \nThe larks, still bravely singing, fly \nScarce heard amid the guns below. \n\nWe are the Dead. Short days ago \nWe lived, felt dawn, saw sunset glow, \nLoved and were loved, and now we lie \nIn Flanders fields. \n\nTake up our quarrel with the foe: \nTo you from failing hands we throw \nThe torch; be yours to hold it high. \nIf ye break faith with us who die \nWe shall not sleep, though poppies grow \nIn Flanders fields. \n\nThe link below contains both the poem and the story behind it.
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Hugh Adami, The Ottawa Citizen\nPublished: Sunday, October 08, 2006\nThe big hint could be Martin Biron's new goalie mask.\n\nIt's as white as freshly fallen snow and isn't painted with the team colours and logos you see on those of other NHL goalies.
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ALTERNATE captain.  (FIRST)\n\nNHL RULEBOOK:\nRule 14   Captain of Team \n\nOne Captain shall be appointed by each Team, and he alone shall have the privilege of discussing with the Referee any questions relating to interpretation of rules which may arise during the progress of a game. He shall wear the letter "C", approximately three inches (3") in height and in contrasting color, in a conspicuous position on the front of his sweater. \nIn addition, if the permanent Captain is not on the ice, ALTERNATE Captains (not more than two) shall be accorded the privileges of the Captain. Alternate Captains shall wear the letter "A" approximately three inches (3") in height and in contrasting color, in a conspicuous position on the front of their sweaters.
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i havent been to too many games, but i've seen it done 3 times.\n\nin 1998 Valeri Kamensky of Colorado\nlast season i saw some guy from Edmonton do it, cant remember his name though\nand last week i saw a Nils Ekman of Pittsburgh score a natural hat trick in 4 minutes and 10 seconds!  FREAKIN AWESOME!!
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http://www.tsn.ca/nhl/feature/?fid=8955&hubname=
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To communicate with the other refs
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I haven't seen a New Era NBA hat for a while, just MLB. So, Reebok might have taken over the contract for the hats.  Just like college hats, I can't find any that are made by New Era anymore, only Zephyr.  So maybe New Era's only doing Professional Baseball and Reebok's only doing Pro Basketball.
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Yes!  Barry Melrose, the analyst/commentator, was pretty bias.  But it seems he roots for the underdogs.  I've seen him on Sports Center many times ripping on the Wings, Avs, Ducks, any team that's not Canadian...  I think he also has some connection to Boston.  I'm not 100% sure, but I think one of his sons' played hockey there.  I looked at his bio on ESPN.com, but couldn't find anything.
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A$$hole.\n\nSeriously - assistant captain.  The "C" is the captain.  Any player can be a captain or assistant captain except the goalie.
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As a Boston Red Sox fan I know all to well about being superstitious/quirky, it even carries over to hockey. On days that the stars play I always wear my very thin framed eye glasses over my regular pair, and when I go to a stars game in person I wear the green stars jersey opposed to the white jersey from the early 90s when they first arrived in Dallas. In fact when I go to games I keep track of the W-L-OTL record of who I go with (if its a bad record they won't be going to playoff games) And finally at games I wear my Boston Red Sox cap with the two sox on the back of the cap and when the stars need a big goal I rub the two sox for luck (I do the same thing in baseball when Boston needs a big run).  I don't have a playoff plan yet as they are still a few months away and I have learned the best plans are the spontaneous ones.
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Here is your answer:  Go to the link below\n\nhttp://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/hockey/nhl/2000/playoffs/news/2000/06/08/marthon_men/
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authentic jersies are the real deal, numbers and everything sewn in all the way to the patches on the sleeves. exactly what the players wear. replica either do not have numbers or name or if they do they only have only color for their numbers. many teams have multiple such as the cardinals are red and navy blue. hope that helps
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Apparently Johnny Grabowski was the first player to wear that number for the Yankees.  The number is retired for Bill Dickey and Yogi Berra, and has been since '72.
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They are part of a team called off-ice officials...and during the playoffs they are from another city other than the city being represented by the teams competing in that particulr game. There is an official scorer, an official timekeeper and penalty box "attendants". These attendants are in place to ensure that the penalized player gets back on to the ice at the correct time. They open the door to the penalty box so players can enter and then leave the box. They are also responsible for ensuring water and towels are in the box for the players to use if they're penalized
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You should check out trade shops, or sports memorbilia shops. Or you could post it on ebay or something and see how crazy red wings fans can get (we can get pretty crazy sometimes). Its worth something, its before JLA.
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Try:\nhttp://shop.nhl.com/home/index.jsp
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THE PIN STRIPE UNIFORM AND THE SHAPE OF THE   N. Y. ON THE HAT AND UNIFORM.