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Oct

8

Sarah Palin. To Drop First Puck. At Flyers Opener.

Let the “Hockey Mom” puns begin. Sarah Palin is dropping the puck at the Flyers opener. I assume that Sarah Palin, being a true blue fan of the game and an aw-shucks folksy Alaskan, is not doing any sort of “ceremonial” nonsense; she is probably refereeing the contest as well.

Comcast Spectacor’s press release says otherwise; they must just be pulling our chain. An excerpt:

Alaska Governor Sarah Palin, the nation’s most popular hockey mom, will join the winner of the Philadelphia Flyers regional search for the “Ultimate Hockey Mom” contest and drop the puck at the ceremonial opening face-off as the home team Flyers host the New York Rangers at the Wachovia Center on Saturday, October 11 at 7 p.m.

“Because of the tremendous amount of publicity she has brought to our sport, we invited the most popular hockey mom in North America to our home opener to help us get our season started,” said Comcast-Spectacor Chairman Ed Snider who founded the Flyers in 1967. “We are very excited she has accepted our offer and we are very proud of the publicity she is generating for hockey moms and the sport of hockey.”

See, they’re bringing out a regular hockey mom along with Palin so you can’t boo her. (This is like when Pat Croce introduced Sugar Ray before Game 5 of the 2001 NBA Finals.) Also, why only a regional search for the Ultimate Hockey Mom? Pretty soon John McCain’s going to suspend his campaign to say we should only vote in Alaska.

It’s a good thing Palin finally got some publicity for the sport of hockey, though.

Meet the Flyers new hockey mom: Sarah! As in Palin! [Inquirer]
 
dmac | 3:39 PM | 5 Comments
2008 Election, Flyers, Ed Snider, Election 2008, Sarah Palin, WTF
 
  1. Sarah Says: Oct 8 3:51 PM

    You forgot the best part of the story: “My question is how will she be received? This is Philly, and we, don’t forget, boo Santa Claus.”

  2. Joe Says: Oct 8 6:07 PM

    Last time she was here, she wore a Rangers sweater. Fail.
    http://phillyedge.com/node/6742

  3. ChrissMari Says: Oct 8 6:18 PM

    Holy Crap I’m buyin tickets

  4. HorsesAss.Org » Blog Archive » Beauty Queen Says: Oct 9 1:57 AM

    [...] puck at the Flyers home opener against the Rangers on Saturday night in Philly. Another hockey mom at her side or not, she’s gonna get booed out of the arena. Permalink | Leave a Comment | RSS [...]

  5. dee Says: Oct 9 2:09 PM

    I’m going to be there and plan to boo until i can boo no more…can care less who the winner is…if I was the winner, I would refuse to walk out with her - she’s an idiot!

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