War of 1812 Hockey game-War Hawks vs. The Militiamen…Oct. 30, 2012.
What an honor it was for Daryl Evans and I to coach in the War of 1812 Navy hockey game as US Navy and Canadian Navy personnel came together last night (Oct.30) at SDIce in Mira Mesa to commemorate “200 years of cooperation and a peaceful border” between the US and Canada. It is always a honor and a pleasure to be around the people who sacrifice and work so hard to protect or countries.
That work ethic also showed up on the ice in a match of teams (The War Hawks coached by Daryl and the Militiamen coach by me) and after a 3-3 regulation tie, the War Hawks won the shoot-out to take this tightly contested match-up. Instead of playing a US vs. Canada game and in keeping with the theme of “cooperation”, each team was made up of a mix of both US and Canadian Navy members.
Personal thanks to Commanding Officer Scott Van Will of the HMCS Ottawa for the great gift that I can now display right beside the gift I received a couple of years back in an Alumni game with USS Ronald Reagan.
Thanks to Lisa Stockley from the Canadian Consul office in San Diego for taking the lead in organizing this event. I hope we can do it again next year!
Thanks Jim
Happy Halloween!
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I’m gone for a month and Rich done went and got himself fired!
Just kidding..
Off subject; Thanks to puck73 for being gracious enough to hang out with this Kings fan and share some food and multiple media versions of the teams Stanley Cup celebration of the night they won the Cup.
Now that Rich isn’t policing the blog maybe puck can test the boo waters out with a long TM tribute!
On subject; If the Marine Corps had a hockey team, neither Navy teams would survive.
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Kingsfanone Reply:
November 2nd, 2012 at 9:04 am
@Dominick (defrim65),
Rich would tell you, but he did NOT get fired. He DID wish himself to the cornfield! I’m looking for Billy Mumy to get him out. I’ve not had any success as of yet. I did see the guy he turned into a Jack-In-The-Box, tho. Does that count?
Thanks, buddy!
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Did Jim get an honorary rank with his hat?
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Jimy, fyi.. The fletchings (scrambled egg looking stuff) on the bill of that ball cap denotes an officer. There are far fewer of those made than w/o; the honor they did you may be bigger than you realized. Oh, and Dom- Sea going bellhops know which end of the stick to hit the puck with???
lol All in good fun!
McSorleyfan USN Med. Ret.
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Jim Fox Reply:
November 2nd, 2012 at 7:25 am
McSorleyfan: Thanks for the info…I was not aware of the significance of the “fletchings”…I will be sure to send another thank you to Commanding Officer Scott Van Will of the HMCS Ottawa!
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Kingsfanone Reply:
November 2nd, 2012 at 8:57 am
@Jim Fox,
Shouldn’t you be @jimfox19?
Or is that only Twitter? (Yeah, I follow you on Twitter, so sue me for stalking!)
Pleasure & Honor to have been able to shake your hand in the past, Jim! You always do an incredible job! Thank you!
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