Cherie Tinker

Interests: Reading, writing, art, music, movies, history, and especially hockey! BS.Ed., MS.Ed. I currently write articles about anything and everything for The Hockey Writers.

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Preserving The NHL Playoffs Commercial Style Part 1

June 23rd, 2013 Bobby Orr Takes Flight The NHL has made perfection of preserving the Stanley Cup Playoffs. The fascinating way that they've done it, is through the use of commercials. When it comes to hockey, the advertising execs are geniuses at knowing exactly how to advertise the playoffs. It's funny to think that they are already selling us...

The Guelph Giants's Giant Goal: Special Hockey International

March 28th, 2013 A Couple of Giants on Ice. There's a little known hockey club in Ontario called The Guelph Giants, who played in the Special Hockey International tournament at Kitchener a couple of weeks ago that got a huge shout out from Don Cherry on Coach's Corner on Saturday night March 23. I sat in awe watching this tiny kid on the video,...

Ode To The Backyard Ice Rink

March 23rd, 2013 Infomercial Heaven While going through the Internet the other night checking statistics and watching highlights, I came across a commercial by accident. This commercial was such an ode to building your own backyard ice rink. Obviously YouTube pays close attention to your personal interests, and boy did they hit me close to home. In...

Hockey Memorabilia: Maybe It Just Isn't In the Cards

March 4th, 2013 WHO'S HOLDING THE DECK? Are you the kind that has to open your new package of hockey cards right in the shop? Do you open them in the car? Do you wait until you get home to open them, arrange them, put them in their special binder or sleeves, or (gasp!) do you not buy hockey sports cards? I spent the last week talking to sport...

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