NHL players on Twitter
by James Mirtle on Dec 6, 2009 10:14 AM CST
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I've been meaning to write something on NHLers and Twitter for a few weeks now, an article that finally came together this weekend for The Globe. For whatever reason, hockey players are miles behind some of the stars in other sports when it comes to social networking, but there have been some gains the past few months and it looks like that's something we'll continue to see.
Leading the way on that front has been agent Allan Walsh, who has started many of his clients — including Martin Havlat, Patrik Elias and David Perron — on Twitter.
Perron, the 21-year-old winger from the Blues, is the player I focused on because he's easily been one of the most prolific players on there, answering hundreds of questions from fans since the season started. Here's a Q&A I did with him last week.
And, finally, here's the list of NHL players and personnel I came up with. If there are others I missed, let me know:
NHLers on Twitter: Colby Armstrong, Dan Boyle, Donald Brashear, Mike Commodore, Riley Cote, Patrik Elias, Dan Ellis, Eric Fehr, Bruno Gervais, Mike Green, Martin Havlat, Alex Ovechkin, David Perron, Alexander Steen, Steve Sullivan, Maxime Talbot, Brad Winchester, Brendan Witt
Retired players on Twitter: Matt Barnaby, Valeri Bure, Tom Chorske, Wendel Clark, Tie Domi, Bret Hedican, Kelly Hrudey, Trevor Linden, Troy Murray, Mark Smith, Bryan Trottier, Kevin Weekes
NHL staff on Twitter: Gary Bettman, Mike DiLorenzo
Agents on Twitter: Jay Grossman, Ben Hankinson, Chris McAlpine, Allan Walsh
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Has Bettman updated since first very first tweet?
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by Down Goes Brown on Dec 6, 2009 10:15 AM CST reply actions
Are these twitter accounts real?
Sidney Crosby: http://twitter.com/iamcrosby
Evgeni Malkin: http://twitter.com/realgeno71
this is supposedly Max Talbot: http://twitter.com/Max25talbot
this is AHL-er and WBS Penguin Eric Tangradi: http://twitter.com/EricTangradi
the Sid and Geno ones are fake.
Two more that are probably fake, but should be checked out:
Steven Stamkos: http://twitter.com/stevenstamkos
John Tavares: http://twitter.com/j0hntavares
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by Cassie McClellan on Dec 6, 2009 10:51 AM CST reply actions
Stamkos is fake
And Tavares — his fake account popped up at the draft. He announced Duchene was going #1.
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by John Fontana on Dec 6, 2009 11:19 AM CST up reply actions
This is a different Tavares account from the one used during the draft.
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by Cassie McClellan on Dec 6, 2009 1:12 PM CST up reply actions
Capital Eric Fehr is now on Twiiter: http://twitter.com/EricFehr16
and I assume to absolutely no one’s surprise, so is owner Ted Leonsis.
The Caps are ahead of the curve on this technology thing as compared with the rest of the league. Well, maybe except for the Sharks.
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by Cassie McClellan on Dec 6, 2009 11:26 AM CST up reply actions
No doubt partly the product of a tech-savvy owner
by red army line on Dec 6, 2009 12:43 PM CST up reply actions
What! How did I miss this over at the Rink! Thanks for letting me know :]
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by Jake Shapiro on Dec 6, 2009 12:29 PM CST up reply actions
You missed Dave Andreychuk
He is on there. His handle is @andy2525
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by Cassie McClellan on Dec 6, 2009 1:10 PM CST up reply actions
That's Chemmy from PPP
He’s a huge Felix Potvin fan, hence the @felixpotvin
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by Kevin Sellathamby on Dec 8, 2009 7:28 PM CST up reply actions
I think that one was fake. I read something about it on hockeybuzz.
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by Down Goes Brown on Dec 6, 2009 8:00 PM CST up reply actions
I wouldn’t trust HB as far as I can throw it. It’s probably legit.
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If Hockeybuzz says it's fake
doesn’t that mean it’s real? The internet scares me.
by twoeightnine on Dec 6, 2009 11:39 PM CST up reply actions
Curtis Leschyshyn is on as well
Hyphens cause writers more trouble than any other form of punctuation, except perhaps commas.
by David Driscoll-Carignan on Dec 6, 2009 3:57 PM CST reply actions
Keven Weekes is awesome on Twitter because he actually responds to his @tweets
by Mateos_Canes_Lamp on Dec 6, 2009 7:38 PM CST reply actions
Hmmm… I didn’t anticipate this devolving into a list of who’s fake and who’s not. Guess I’m naive.
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