Province Newspaper gets Slammed/Habscheid Rumor Interesting

Sore losers!
How could they fail to mention the Medicine Hat Tigers WHL Championship win over the Vancouver Giants?
That's the question many Okanagan residents asked when they had coffee Tuesday morning and opened up the Vancouver Province newspaper.
The overtime win by the Tigers wasn't on page one - or five or even 7 of the sports section. Infact the Province had no coverage at all on the Tigers triumph or the Giants demise.
The reasoning?
The paper that is circulated province-wide is often times the 'first edition' - in other words a portion of the paper that is published earlier than the one that comes on the doorstep of Vancouverites bright and early each morning.
Because game seven went as late into the night as it did, it meant no coverage in the Province newspaper for those outside the Vancouver city limits.
But let me assure you the Tigers and Giants will get more coverage than a good toupee on a bald man's head when the two take the ice for the start of the Memorial Cup this weekend.
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Speaking of the Vancouver Province, an interesting article from David Pratt Tuesday on Canucks color analyst Tom Larscheid.
Larscheid had speculated earlier this season that he may step away from the microphone after over 30 years in that capacity.
I knew little about Larscheid when I came here 6 year ago - but in Saskatchewan terms - he's like John Lynch no longer being able to talk Saskatchewan Roughrider football.
It's unheard of!
Larscheid is still wet behind the years - he's 67!!
He'll be heard on the airwaves next season, no questions asked.
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Speaking of wet behind the ears - Bill Wilms will be back on the Vancouver Giants radio broadcasters for the Memorial Cup.
The cagey veteran has been covering the WHL playoffs for Shaw with partner in crime Dan Russell. Now Wilms moves back behind the mic where his voice will describe what's happening on the ice. Wilms has probably spent more time at the rink than with his wife this spring. No wonder they get along so well together!!!
Enjoy the Memorial Cup Billy...it'll be a blast.
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How many broadcasters read WHL chat sites that are spewed all over the internet?
The too cool for school ones will say "never".
The honest ones will say "I do".
If you are on the internet as much as we broadcasters are these sites fall into your lap whether you want to look at them or not.
The latest rumor on one chat site has Marc Habscheid becoming the Head Coach of the Moose Jaw Warriors.
Everyone will laugh at the suggestion but is it that far fetched? If I know one thing about Habby he likes to call his own shots and the lure of the NHL as an assistant is great but isn't as great as many may think.
Habscheid is a prairie boy through and through. Look at the type of vehicle he drove during his time in Kelowna - a Ford F-350 diesel truck. It was a farmers truck for the lack of better words. Now I've offended anyone who drives a F-350!
(&**&^$%#$@)
Habscheid loves going back home in the summer and being on the family farm/ranch, so being in nearby Moose Jaw wouldn't be a bad fit.
It would be a close second to being the head coach with the Swift Current Broncos, something that Habscheid at one point entertained.
Do I see Habscheid moving to Moose Jaw? Honestly no! If it happened would I be surprised? Not really.
Habscheid is a small town guy who loves the game of hockey and doesn't need the bright lights of the big city to validate him as a successful coach.
Marc Habscheid is always up for a challenge, and leading the Moose Jaw Warriors to the franchises first WHL Championship may just be up in his alley.
Hey he did it in K-Town why can't he do it in Moose-Lips?