NHL Player Twitter Scorecard: St. Louis Blues

March 27, 2013 NHL No comments
David Perron (Photo: Jeff Roberson/AP)

David Perron (Photo: Jeff Roberson/AP)

We kicked off a social media series last week with the best tweeters from the Carolina Hurricanes. Today we hit the Western Conference and rank the St. Louis Blues. Here’s a refresher on the criteria:

  • The player must be listed on the official team website as having a Twitter account
  • The player must have seen ice time (NHL or the AHL affiliate) in the 2013 season
  • Judging Criteria: number of followers accounts for 40%, number of tweets accounts for 60%

Overall, the Twitter action of the Blues completely deflates the storm of the Hurricanes. This made us wonder how all the teams would look measured side-by-side. Perhaps we’ll save a NHL team social media scorecard for the finale.

Anyways, here are the best (and worst) Blues’ tweeters (statistics are based on March 23rd numbers)… Read more

NHL Player Twitter Scorecard: Carolina Hurricanes

March 23, 2013 NHL No comments

twitter iconSocial media has significantly impacted the player-fan experience. Fans are now able to interact and keep tabs on their favorite players. So, what NHL players are really conquering on Twitter? We thought it would be fun to rank each player by team based on two simple criteria:

  1. Number of followers
  2. Number of tweets

A player may have a Twitter account with a ton of followers, but rarely tweets. Therefore, we weighted the criteria. The number of tweets counts for 60%, while the number of followers accounts for 40%. For a player to qualify they have to be listed on the official team website as having an account and they must have seen ice time (NHL or the AHL affiliate) in the 2013 season. Read more

Behind the Design: Mustache Sally

March 10, 2013 Behind the Designs No comments
Mustache Sally, $22

Mustache Sally, $22

The mustache is everywhere you look these days, but we believe the mo belongs to hockey. Whether she’s standing alone during Movember or accompanying a playoff beard, facial hair is sports never looked so good.

Mustache Sally is riding on a super soft, unisex American Apparel shirt.

Behind the Design: Life on the Edge

March 8, 2013 Behind the Designs No comments

 

Unisex Life of the Edge, $20

Unisex Life of the Edge, $20

The sound, feel, and sight of a blade edge cutting into the ice is sensory bliss. Whether you are a hockey coach, fan, player or anything in between, you live the game.

Life on the Edge is our understated design to honor that lifestyle. Screen printed on a trendy, unisex District Threads shirt for an affordable $20 price tag.

Behind the Design: Lockout Survivor Threads

March 8, 2013 Behind the Designs No comments

Lockouts suck. NHL personnel and fans alike despise every one, but they survive one lockout at a time.

Joe Warner of 89 Ideas crafted two stellar OET designs to please the masses.

You can snag one version on a crazy soft, unisex American Apparel tee or ladies can sport a design on survivor pink or a fashion fit, slate gray tee by District Threads.

Ladies Lockout Survivor Threads, $20

Ladies Lockout Survivor Threads, $20

Lockout Survivor design available on two different tees, $22

Lockout Survivor design available on two different tees, $22

OET Interview: Hockey Broad

March 1, 2013 Interview No comments

hockey broadI hit the Twitter scene nearly three years ago and felt overwhelmed by the countless hockey accounts I could follow. With so many options came many disappointments. Accounts either didn’t tweet often or tweeted too much. Tweets could be too dull or too colorful. However, I found Hockey Broad to be an excellent combination of hockey knowledge and humor.

So it’s no surprised I hunted her down for an OET interview. If you already follow Hockey Broad, then I know you will really enjoy this interview. If you are not following her work and tweets, then you will crazy enjoy this interview and have a new, fabulous hockey writer to follow. You’re welcome.

OET: For those unfortunate souls who are not familiar with you, give us a little bio.

HB: I’m Cheryl Adams, a hockey writer and photographer. (Neither of these are my primary job, but I wouldn’t mind if they were!) I run my own site, HockeyBroad.com, and I also am the lead Blackhawks writer for TheCheckingLine.com. I live in Chicago, so naturally I follow the Blackhawks, but I love hockey in general, so my rooting interests are spread out across the country.

OET: When did you first fall in love with the sport of hockey?

HB: I was a kid for the 1980s “Miracle on Ice”. Back then, when the Olympics rolled around – remember, they were only every 4 years then, not alternating spring and winter Olympics every 2 years – watching them was an event. All the other TV stations would run repeats because they knew everybody was watching the Olympics, and as kids, we’d get to stay up past our usual bedtimes to watch. I remember watching the US-Russian game and it was just huge for our country, not just as a sports event, but a political event. It was the kind of thing that even as a kid, you understood it was something big. Anyway, I first got interested in the sport from that, but nobody else in my family was too interested in hockey then. Meeting Kevin Dineen my freshman year in high school, when I was on a school trip to Europe, sort of cemented to me how awesome hockey players were, and I’ve followed the sport ever since.

OET: Do you play as well?

HB: I wish! Right now I’m something awful on skates, but I’m working on getting more in shape, and I want to take skating and hockey lessons once my budget allows. There’s a lot of good “learn to skate/learn hockey” programs around Chicago.

Bobby Goepfert (Photo by Hockey Broad)

Bobby Goepfert (Photo by Hockey Broad)

OET: Who is your favorite person to follow on Twitter?

HB: Bobby Goepfert (@geffman47). He’s a funny guy, and a goalie.

OET: You seem to have a love for goalies. Who is your favorite tendy and who wears the best mask art in your opinion?

HB: I have a really hard time picking between Pekka Rinne, Antti Niemi, and Jonathan Quick. Two Finns and a guy from my home state of Connecticut, although that’s not why I like them. They all have their own style. Rinne is just a big guy who is amazingly athletic in the net, like some kind of Cirque du Soleil acrobat. Niemi of course helped bring the Blackhawks the Cup. Sometimes you look him in the net – even with some of the changes he’s made since going to the Sharks – and you think he seems too hunched over or even awkward, but he really keeps his teams in the games. And Quick – until the Kings won the Cup – was kind of overlooked out there on the West, quietly having several nice seasons behind a good team. Read more

Feel the Love with New Hockey Life Apparel

February 13, 2013 Behind the Designs, General No comments

The birth of Outer Edge Threads in June was an exciting venture quickly dampened by the NHL Lockout, but thanks to your support our rookie line was well received and we thrilled to offer the next generation in OET apparel.

OET's Lockout Survivor threads

OET’s Lockout Survivor threads

We will debut our winter line with five new designs on Thursday, February 14th! We figured Valentine’s Day was an appropriate launch date since we appreciate the love, and because of you, we were able to pay that love forward.

The Kids ‘N Community Foundation, a charity that supports many North Carolina non-profits, received a donation check from OET from the Blackbeard shirt sales. Again, many thanks to EYECANDYAIR for loaning us Cam Ward’s sweet goalie mask design.

We were also able to support the Carolina Fury, a power wheelchair hockey league, thanks to your Facebook ‘likes.’

We sincerely appreciate everyone’s support over the past seven months. We received some terrific feedback and we’re excited to offer more color and size options with this new line of hockey threads.
To show our thanks, we are offering a 15% discount code active February 14th on all apparel through Sunday, February 17th. Just use the code: PEACELOVEPUCK at checkout.

Hockey Hearts Needed

February 3, 2013 General One comment

cameron stealIf you’re lucky, there is a moment in your life where you stand tall. You hold your chest high and feel a true moment of pride. I’ve felt this moment twice in my life and it’s wondrous that both moments were graciously given to me by the Williams’ Family.

I worked for the Muscular Dystrophy Association (MDA) and I did my job. I showed up at UNC and Duke Hospital three times a week to be an advocate for families dealing with various forms of neuromuscular diseases. I provided smiles, motivation, and resources when needed. I did my job.

Cameron Williams turned out to be much more than a job. He was more than a boy fighting Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy (DMD). He was more than a 15-year-old in a wheelchair. He was more than a student and hockey player. He was more than a smile itching to be captured by the finest artist. He was a son, brother, nephew, grandson, and friend. Most importantly, he would be an angel for families fighting DMD. Read more

An Interview with Katie Alexander of the Bikini Hockey League

January 31, 2013 General, Interview No comments

katie bhlIn May of 2012, Cary Eskridge announced he was starting a Bikini Hockey League. In July, I asked the question, “Who will come first, the NHL boys in gear or the BHL babes on blades?” The Bikini Hockey League released their teaser video in November, but the gals have yet to play an official game. Well, I guess the boys came first. Typical…

I wanted to get the 411 on the BHL, so I reached out to Katie Alexander. Miss Katie minds the net and social media for the league.

OET: First and foremost, thanks for the interview! Tell us a little about yourself… where are you from, and how did you got involved in the BHL?

KA: No problem. I’m from Murrieta, California. It’s actually a funny story about how I got involved. My friend saw they were looking for girls on Yahoo! for this new show, Bikini Hockey League, and told me to send in my photos. I kinda laughed it off because I have never played hockey, just loved the sport. And at that time, I had the hots for a certain player on the LA Kings so she told me if I wanted him to know who I was, I needed to be on the show. So I sent in photos and went through all the interviews and was chosen.

OET: Well, I have to ask…who was the player? Read more

New York Rangers’ Guide to Insulting Female Fans

January 25, 2013 General, The Playbook One comment

Hockey is back, along with the continuation of insulting the millions of women who support the sport. Will the lady fans of hockey ever be viewed more than bunnies looking to populate the world the baby Lundqvists?

The answer is a resounding “No,” as made evident in a New York Rangers guest article by Mirna Mandil titled, A Girls Guide to Watching the Rangers. After a definite lapse in judgment, the Rangers pulled the article. Puck Daddy posted screen shots of the article here.

girlsguideSince my New Year’s Resolution is to be more positive, allow me to start with the good.

Stares at laptop for 53 minutes.

Oh, here’s one…the author tells dimwitted females to not be afraid to ask questions. This is a good point, but I’ll let Miss Mandil in on a little secret…you can ask questions to fellow women too. Oh! Shocking! Sweet heavens to Betsy, there may be a female in your vicinity that actually laces up herself!  Read more

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