I’ll be there from Feb 11th, I may well be up for a Canucks game myself.
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Yes mate, that's today's Northern Echo web page.
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@gretzky ’s brother played for Durham wasps.Durham Wasps.
“ From 1982-1992, the Wasps were the dominant force in British ice hockey.
Five league championships, four British Championships, four Autumn Cups (the annual season-opening cup) seven Castle Eden Cups (a competition between the major teams in the North East) and a ferocious crowd quickly cemented the Wasps’ position as one of the best-known names in British ice hockey.”
“Ferocious Crowd,” both the fans and the team were downright Ferocious.
Nobody could live with them at the time.
They had quite a few imports, mostly Canadians, but only the hardest and the toughest made the grade,
the rest were soon sent packing.
GordonMuchallNo1Fan
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RIP Paul Smith
Me and my mate played a couple of games for the junior team in the late 60’s.
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Anybody who could skate, had a pair of hockey skates, and was willing to prepare the rink with those squeegy things was given a trial.The B team?
It's a very old joke. Soz
We did Ok on the rink, but couldn’t do with the scraps afterwards. It was a bit rough.
The Smith family were Durham Wasps
As a kid it was the only time you saw Durham mentioned in a sporting context.
Always pricked the ears .
As a kid it was the only time you saw Durham mentioned in a sporting context.
Always pricked the ears .
Vegasfella
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Used to watch the highlights on a weekend of Durham Wasps, now a fully fledged Vegas Golden Knights fan, fully enjoyed going to a few games and this city was insane during the Stanley Cup games!
Walter Ego
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Went to see the Canucks tonight. Canny, apart from paying $25 for two drinks. FML
gretzky
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That's my brother in the middle film
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lenshack
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Those lads gave us all so much enjoyment during their halcyon days.
Never to be forgotten.
R.I.P. Paul.
nyron4england
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Aye I paid $20 for a tiny pizza and a pint, like
Just been reading about this in the Northern Echo. Only 57. He was about 6 years younger than me and I first got to know him as a young lad when I was going to the rink all through my teens.
RIP Paul.
GordonMuchallNo1Fan
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He was a lovely bloke on & off the ice. One of my early teen sporting legends when I watched the Wasps for 6 year. Genuinely sad when I heard the news.
radjee gadjee
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Had a season ticket at Durham for years until we moved to Scotland. Sunday nights were brilliant. And that team with the Coopers, Rick Brebant & Mike Blaisdell was immense. And the rink used to erupt when the younguns came on.
I remember when we got two Canadians in - a forward called Robert Forbes and a Defenceman called Brad Beck. Forbes was like a smiling viper but Beck was one of the hardest fuckas I have ever seen, nobody ever got the better of him in a scrap , he was tremendous
I remember when we got two Canadians in - a forward called Robert Forbes and a Defenceman called Brad Beck. Forbes was like a smiling viper but Beck was one of the hardest fuckas I have ever seen, nobody ever got the better of him in a scrap , he was tremendous
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Been to see San Jose Sharks, Colorado Avalanche, and LA Kings. Colorado game had everything: a fight, a wedding proposal, and a last second goal.
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