Hockey numbers & helping the Food Bank

It's December 18 and you are invited to watch #18 and the Kelowna Chiefs take on the North Okanagan Knights tonight at Rutland Arena.

Nick Josephs has 16 goals and 23 assists in only 21 games! I snapped this photo at Saturday's game against the Princeton Posse. Notice Posse coach Dale Hladun wearing his Santa hat in the background.

Please bring a non-perishable food donation to tonight's game for the Kelowna Community Food Bank. A silent auction will also be happening with gifts, services and hockey memorabilia up for grabs including a Frisbee toss for $100 gifts cards from Cooper's Foods and Tim Hortons.*sponsors updated and corrected at 9:50 pm*

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It's day 94 of the NHL lockout so here is footage of a famous #94 - the Edmonton Oilers' Ryan Smyth, who had 93 points in the last two NHL seasons while not missing a single game.

Score this a TouchDown from Terry Daniel!

The Minnesota Vikings fan produced this enjoyable 18:47 second Voice Talent Holiday Greeting production featuring voice talents from all over the globe! I am sandwiched between some Santas and a Ron and a Rose at the 11:48 mark:) 

Enjoy the creativity from my voiceover colleagues as Christmas approaches! Thanks again for your extra efforts Terry!

Numbers don't lie and something fishy...

12/12/12 is the last repetitive date we will ever see.
— Alyssa Milano (@Alyssa_Milano) December 3, 2012

23 points scored 23 days before Christmas yesterday in the NFL by five teams. Is it a coincidence or a conspiracy?

There was something "fishy" about our bill at the Kettle Valley Station Pub this weekend...

NHL hockey? Didn't see that...
Promoting a blog? I like that marketing approach!

Money cau$e$ problem$ in the NHL

The Powerball jackpot last night brought to mind ­Rush's "The Big Money" on 1985's "Power Windows." Winning tickets for the $579 million Powerball jackpot were bought in Arizona and Missouri.

Dear NHL owners and players, I tried the lockout approach for 6 days and my client in Calgary couriered a voiceover check overnight! Invoices had piled up since May...now your turn to fix your lockout me$$...I would have really enjoyed the game below...

#NHL lockout has saved us all 2 days of Cody vs Zack discussion. #Canucks would have been in Buffalo tonight #silverlining
— Jeff Paterson (@patersonjeff) November 29, 2012

It's okay though NHL...I'll be taking in a great junior hockey game next Wednesday! The WHL actually cares about it's fans...

Black Friday = Black Cars?

Black Friday reminds me I have a black 2002 Saturn SC1 - preceded in 1986 by a black Nissan Pulsar NX. Anyway, enjoy 1985's "Black Cars":



Little black pucks will be around for your enjoyment tonight at Rutland Arena as the Kelowna Chiefs host the Sicamous Eagles at 7 pm. Great memories from the playoffs last year as we beat them in round three!

Nice PR (and PA) if I do say (NOT sing) so myself

Saturday night the Kelowna Chiefs host Creston before a 2-week break on home ice. Let there be hockey! Maybe even one day again in the NHL...

Happy Thanksgiving in the US!

Thanksgiving advice for Americans celebrating Thanksgiving today:

Enjoy the video game references in the movie above and enjoy the football games below today!

I have nine game promos to begin work on for Shaw TV and their WHL hockey broadcasts airing in December and January! Let there be hockey! Maybe even one day again in the NHL...

Buffalo Sports Voices: RJ is number one!

The Buffalo Bills get the national spotlight tonight as the Miami Dolphins visit on Thursday Night Football. Maybe a change in TV announcers will improve the Bills' chances of winning?

The CBS crew of Ian Eagle and Dan Fouts were in the booth the last two Sundays BUT tonight it's Brad Nessler and Mike Mayock.

These broadcast teams finished behind Al Michaels and Cris Collinsworth of NBC's Sunday Night Football in Sports Illustrated's list of Best NFL announcing teams. The Worst? Dick Stockton and John Lynch of Fox.

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Buffalo broadcasting legend Rick Jeanneret is a Hockey Hall of Famer now! He is this year’s recipient of the Foster Hewitt Award for excellence in broadcasting. Read all about it here. 

Congratulations to the four new players inducted in to the Hall of Fame! 

Trick or Treat or ReTweet? Hass & Hess!

Hope your Halloween lived up to expectations!

Hot off the press comes this news from Twitter!

Thanks for the RT today Warren Sapp! He could be a Hall of Famer sooner than later:)

My costume here was put on to celebrate the launch of Harem Scarem's single "No Justice" nineteen years ago. Their lead singer with the longer hair in the photos below is Harry Hess. He is still in the music business today and has a pretty good track record!

Justice IS served below...

Hockey Work & Leadership Training

It was my pleasure to provide some voice imaging "bumpers" this week for the Buffalo Sabres and an MSG-TV special airing this Monday night beginning at 7 pm: “Buffalo Sabres: French Connection Statue Unveiling.” Who can forget these three?

Three games for the Kelowna Chiefs in the next week - beginning tonight. I look forward to being your public address announcer.

The Chiefs CAN win all three of these games! They will need to be disciplined and stay out of the penalty box while being productive with the puck.

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I learned about improving my leadership skills the last two days at the Global Leadership Summit.

This was from Jim Colllins' session. 

You can read a great overview here.

Club Penguin: Sticking to values. The NHL should try that!

From the TSN website: The NHL's collective bargaining talks have restarted quietly. An unannounced meeting of the primary negotiators took place at union headquarters in Toronto on Friday, with commissioner Gary Bettman and deputy commissioner Bill Daly sitting down with NHLPA executive director Donald Fehr and special counsel Steve Fehr.

Please value your fans NHL! Resolve the lockout before I boycott your "game"...Time to give Bettman the boot!

Here is the link to the article above.

• Five years ago I shared about my humble beginnings with one of the Club Penguin founders: $$$Penguin Power + Horsepower

Keep it real. That's how I Roll. It's a good Rule:) Be authentic. 

~ Ralph Hass

Finally, a friendly reminder to support your local junior hockey teams!