The oldest hockey league in the United States;the NAHL will open up it's 133rd season on October 20th. The premier game of the night will feature Blue versus Green. It is often referred to as "the best rivalry in sports". This match- up dates back to 1883 when these two storied franchises played the first ever unorganized hockey game in the United States. Back then it was Black versus White; in the era before color was invented. Black eventually became Blue and White became Green. Since then some of the greatest players of all time have been inducted into The Legends of Thursday Night Hockey Hall of Fame. This year will be no different as the Hall is prepared to induct the largest class since it's inception.
Here is the list of players that will be welcomed into the Legends Hall this year. Dan "Lucky" Luker, Tom "Duster" Dustin, Greg "Moose" Moffett, Dan "Too Late" Early, Jeff "Hurricane" Kane, Brian "Big Tilly" Tillotson, Kenny "Don't You Love Em Madly" Bradley, Kenny "Rebel Without a Rebound" Dean, Clint "Eastwood" Cassavaugh, Chris "Brownie" Brown will be joining previous inductees Joe Farrelly, Jim Heath, Dave Tillotson, George Chase, Kurt Gillies, Greg Fournier, Vic Stanfield, Steve Potozak, Tom Carroll, Dave Palisi, Tom Bourgault, Toe Blake, Todd Philbrick, Tom Philbrick, Tom Champagne, Andy Bachmann, Ryan Brandt, Chris McGloughlin, Dunc Walsh, Mike Farrelly, Brian Smith, Jim Commerford and Tom Harrison. Everyone is looking forward to this year's induction ceremony. *Because of the unusually large induction class, players speeches must be limited to three sentences starting out with, "Today I consider myself the luckiest man on the face of the earth". Due to time restraints, inductees may only thank one of the their parents. Under no circumstance are they to mention Tom Walton as a coach who helped them achieve their dream. Failure to mention Joe "Joe" Farrelly is an automatic one game suspension. Also, any player who refuses to stand for the National Anthem will be banished to the CCHL. It is our hopes that a scantily clad female model will hand out the awards, however, a fat guy without pants may possibly hand them out. Tickets for the event will go on sale on October 1rst.
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