Pete Bauer
Pete started playing organized hockey at age four and continues to this day, currently in the South Bend (Indiana) Senior Hockey League. He grew up in Detroit, a staunch Red Wings fan. However, Pete's wife, the incredible Dr. Mary Ellen O'Connell, was a professor of law at The Ohio State University when the Columbus Blue Jackets entered the NHL. Pete & Mary Ellen were loyal Blue Jackets season ticket holders from the club's first year until a move to the University of Notre Dame Law School. Pete is a former broadcast journalist, covering both sports and news while working for several radio stations in the Midwest. He has been recognized by the Associated Press for his work as a stringer. He is also the author of over a dozen books on photography, Adobe Photoshop, and related subjects. ("Photoshop CC for Dummies" is his current book.) Pete follows NHL, AHL, NCAA, and Junior hockey.
Author's Posts
Blue Jackets Game 5 Notes: Game 1 Repeat Leads to Round 1 Repeat
August 10th, 2020 The Columbus Blue Jackets are in the Stanley Cup Playoffs for a team-record 4th consecutive season. They defeated the Toronto Maple Leafs in the deciding Game 5, 3-0. They also shut out the Maple Leafs in Game 1 of the series. The Blue Jackets will open the playoffs in a best-of-seven series against the Tampa Bay...
Blue Jackets Game 4 Notes: 3 Empty-Net Misses and 3:33 Bring a Game 5
August 8th, 2020 Is a 3-0 lead the new “most dangerous lead in hockey”? For the second straight night, a team lost a three-goal lead, then lost the game in OT. This time it was the Toronto Maple Leafs beating the Columbus Blue Jackets to force a deciding Game 5 in their Qualifying Round series. The Blue Jackets had three attempts at an...
Blue Jackets Game 3 Notes: Great Comeback, Not So Great Special Teams
August 7th, 2020 Shades of last year’s Game 1 vs. the Tampa Bay Lightning! Last night the Columbus Blue Jackets were down 3-0 (to the Toronto Maple Leafs this time) and finished with four straight goals, the last in OT. Pierre-Luc Dubois had a hat trick, only his second in his three-year NHL career. Columbus Blue Jackets' Pierre-Luc Dubois ...
Blue Jackets Game 2 Notes: No Offense & Wave After Wave of Maple Leafs
August 4th, 2020 Game 2 between the Columbus Blue Jackets and the Toronto Maple Leafs was another shutout with an empty-net goal, although this time the winning goalie was Toronto’s Frederik Anderson rather than Columbus’ Joonas Korpisalo. The final score was 3-0. The Toronto victory evens the best-of-five series at one game apiece. Frederik...
Blue Jackets Game 1 Notes: Defense, Offense and a Lot of Matthews
August 4th, 2020 Sunday evening the Columbus Blue Jackets beat the Toronto Maple Leafs 2-0 to take the first game of their best-of-five Qualifying Round series. As predicted (by many, including me), it was a matter of which team could impose its style of play. The Blue Jackets are a physical, forechecking pressure, defense-first team. The Maple Leafs...
NHL “Flat Salary Cap” Will Lead to Bumpy Road
August 3rd, 2020 Reduced hockey-related revenue due to the COVID-19 pandemic will result in a “flat” NHL salary cap for the 2020-21 season. With no increase from the previous year’s upper limit of $81.5 million per team, many teams in the league will be hard-pressed to keep their rosters intact. Retaining players currently under contract and key...
