Sunday, October 10, 2010
more WHA HOF site updates
Our statistician, Curtis Walker, has added many new improvements to the WHA HOF statistics database, including an on-ice officials page. An off-ice personnel page of team executives, etc will be coming next. If you haven't looked through the extensive data section that Curtis has created, I invite you to. It's impressive, accurate and a great resourse for fans and researchers alike. Thank you again, Curtis!
Friday, September 17, 2010
lots of new WHA HOF media online
Check out the WHA Events page for a complete re-cap of our recent WHA HOF induction events in Hartford, Winnipeg & Cleveland and also New Jersey. I've rounded up some of the web links to various media reports, plus have posted a couple of our own new video features, including a museum tour of WHA Jets artifacts.
Still to come are longer video features on the first WHA HOF game, official photo galleries for all the induction events, and the cutting of the hour-long video interview in Winnipeg with Bobby Hull, Anders Hedberg & Ulf Nilsson!
There are also some reviews of our new WHA HOF hockey card set and many new updates at our Facebook page. What was that I wrote about grabbing a nap in one of my recent posts, lol?
Still to come are longer video features on the first WHA HOF game, official photo galleries for all the induction events, and the cutting of the hour-long video interview in Winnipeg with Bobby Hull, Anders Hedberg & Ulf Nilsson!
There are also some reviews of our new WHA HOF hockey card set and many new updates at our Facebook page. What was that I wrote about grabbing a nap in one of my recent posts, lol?
Thursday, September 2, 2010
WHA HOF summer tour recap
We are finally home after our 20,000 mile 2010 WHA Hall of Fame summer tour! A WHA jersey show in the NYC area, the WHalers FanFest with Gordie & 4,700 fans in Hartford, the enormous reception for Bobby Hull and the Hotline in Winnipeg, and out first WHA Hall of Fame game in Cleveland this past weekend. Oh, and the film premieres for our new WHA documentary films!
I'm busy accumulating media from all the events -- if you were at any of them and have any photos or video to contribute, please contact us. In the coming weeks I'll load a LOT of it online to share the excitement.
I'll also write stories soon for each event -- but I can tell you now that we are overwhelemed with the support and enthusiasm of the fans. They want the WHA Hall of Fame to succeed, and they want more events, documentaries and a factually accurate museum displayf or the WHA.
After I get a few hours of sleep I'll get right back to work on giving the people what they want! ;)
-- Timothy Gassen
I'm busy accumulating media from all the events -- if you were at any of them and have any photos or video to contribute, please contact us. In the coming weeks I'll load a LOT of it online to share the excitement.
I'll also write stories soon for each event -- but I can tell you now that we are overwhelemed with the support and enthusiasm of the fans. They want the WHA Hall of Fame to succeed, and they want more events, documentaries and a factually accurate museum displayf or the WHA.
After I get a few hours of sleep I'll get right back to work on giving the people what they want! ;)
-- Timothy Gassen
Thursday, August 12, 2010
On the road!
A million details to finish for the tripds, but we're excited about seeing Gordie and the boys in Hartford this weekend -- and then Bobby & The Swedes in Winnipeg for our WHA HOF events!
If you are in the midwest US or Southern Ontario, you will want to get to Cleveland for Andre Lzcroix's August 28 induction and WHA Exhibition game! I'll gladly travel 3,000 miles to see All-Star Whitey Stapleton skate, and I hope you will, too!
Check the Facebook page for updates from the road, and remember that any online orders for WHA HOF merchandise will be shipped on our return @ August 23...
Wish us luck in Hartford and The 'Peg!
If you are in the midwest US or Southern Ontario, you will want to get to Cleveland for Andre Lzcroix's August 28 induction and WHA Exhibition game! I'll gladly travel 3,000 miles to see All-Star Whitey Stapleton skate, and I hope you will, too!
Check the Facebook page for updates from the road, and remember that any online orders for WHA HOF merchandise will be shipped on our return @ August 23...
Wish us luck in Hartford and The 'Peg!
Saturday, August 7, 2010
one week to Hartford, & get well Jacques!
We'll see you in Hartford next weekend for the Whalers FanFest, including Gordie Howe and a WHA HOF induction ceremony, plus more WHA vintage jerseys courtesy of the MeiGray group. Then we'll head straight to Winnipeg for Bobby Hull & The Swedes for the world premiere of our new WHA Jets film...
Perhaps you know that former WHA coach (and WHA HOF Board member) and all-around great guy Jacques Demers has been recovering from surgery lately. He won't be able to attend our summer events, under doctor's orders not to travel. We send our sincerest wishes to Jacques for a speedy recovery, and we look forward to honoring him soon at a future event when he's up to it.
Perhaps you know that former WHA coach (and WHA HOF Board member) and all-around great guy Jacques Demers has been recovering from surgery lately. He won't be able to attend our summer events, under doctor's orders not to travel. We send our sincerest wishes to Jacques for a speedy recovery, and we look forward to honoring him soon at a future event when he's up to it.
Tuesday, July 27, 2010
600 new photos at the WHA HOF !
After much effort and expense we have now added more than 600 vintage photos to WHAhof.com -- including galleries of all the 1970s WHA hockey cards plus color action photos and a selection of WHA team portrait photos.
We'll turn next to a substantial black-and-white photo collection and also more color photos -- when we catch our breath after the month of WHA HOF events in August.
So -- if you view this free web site and appreciate our efforts, we invite you to support the volunteer WHA HOF by donating any sum to us through the PayPal link on the main page or contact page.
Or -- please support our efforts and buy some of our brand new DVDs and other WHA HOF items.
The WHA HOF can only continue with the support of the real hockey fan. We know from the web statistics (and e-mail from fans) that WHAhof.com is being viewed by MANY fans. To keep this site free and to pay for its cost we need your support.
OK, I'm off the soap box now, and back to work for the August events in Hartford, Winnipeg & Cleveland! See you there...
We'll turn next to a substantial black-and-white photo collection and also more color photos -- when we catch our breath after the month of WHA HOF events in August.
So -- if you view this free web site and appreciate our efforts, we invite you to support the volunteer WHA HOF by donating any sum to us through the PayPal link on the main page or contact page.
Or -- please support our efforts and buy some of our brand new DVDs and other WHA HOF items.
The WHA HOF can only continue with the support of the real hockey fan. We know from the web statistics (and e-mail from fans) that WHAhof.com is being viewed by MANY fans. To keep this site free and to pay for its cost we need your support.
OK, I'm off the soap box now, and back to work for the August events in Hartford, Winnipeg & Cleveland! See you there...
Thursday, July 22, 2010
WHA (new) jersey Expo recap
Engines are full steam ahead for the 3 remaining WHA HOF events, but I wanted to recap the great experience we had kicking off the Summer 2010 tour at the MeiGray Jersey Expo on July 17 in, appropriately, New Jersey.
It was the public debut of the new WHA HOF DVD series, which literally arrived days before the event. The MeiGray Group kindly played the documentaries all day on their big screen video display, and we had them on a portable DVD player at our booth, too.
Also debuting was the new WHA HOF game jersey, which we'll use in the August 28 game in Cleveland. Check out the photos on our Facebook page -- the embroidered crest especially looks great! We might make these also available for sale to fans -- we'll see.
Barry Meisel and Stu Oxenhorn from the MeiGray Group welcomed us at the Expo with the finest collection of WHA game jerseys I've ever seen. The display, set behind our WHA HOF booth, brought a continual crowd to us and we were busy talking with fans for the entire day. I only managed to get away for a few minutes to see more WHA jerseys at other collector's tables and conduct some interviews -- I'll finish a video clip soon showing much of these colorful jerseys!
NJ Devils defensive great (and 3-time cup winner) Ken Daneyko was a special guest at the show, and he came by the WHA HOF display and said he enjoyed seeing all the WHA jerseys again. You see, Ken is from Edmonton, and he told us that the WHA Oilers was the team he grew up with in the 1970s. Ken talked about the great teams that he saw in the WHA, and he was very gracious.
6,000 miles is a long way to go in 72 hours for a one-day event like this, but the day was fabulous, and we lost count of how many times fans told us something like, "thanks for doing this -- it's about time the WHA history was celebrated."
Those sentiments make all this hard work worthwhile. Thank you to the MieGray Group and to New Jersey!
It was the public debut of the new WHA HOF DVD series, which literally arrived days before the event. The MeiGray Group kindly played the documentaries all day on their big screen video display, and we had them on a portable DVD player at our booth, too.
Also debuting was the new WHA HOF game jersey, which we'll use in the August 28 game in Cleveland. Check out the photos on our Facebook page -- the embroidered crest especially looks great! We might make these also available for sale to fans -- we'll see.
Barry Meisel and Stu Oxenhorn from the MeiGray Group welcomed us at the Expo with the finest collection of WHA game jerseys I've ever seen. The display, set behind our WHA HOF booth, brought a continual crowd to us and we were busy talking with fans for the entire day. I only managed to get away for a few minutes to see more WHA jerseys at other collector's tables and conduct some interviews -- I'll finish a video clip soon showing much of these colorful jerseys!
NJ Devils defensive great (and 3-time cup winner) Ken Daneyko was a special guest at the show, and he came by the WHA HOF display and said he enjoyed seeing all the WHA jerseys again. You see, Ken is from Edmonton, and he told us that the WHA Oilers was the team he grew up with in the 1970s. Ken talked about the great teams that he saw in the WHA, and he was very gracious.
6,000 miles is a long way to go in 72 hours for a one-day event like this, but the day was fabulous, and we lost count of how many times fans told us something like, "thanks for doing this -- it's about time the WHA history was celebrated."
Those sentiments make all this hard work worthwhile. Thank you to the MieGray Group and to New Jersey!
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