Updates Made

This isn't going to be a profoundly-deep update for anyone who may be wanting them, but I've been doing a few updates on the ol' blog for things that needed some attention. Despite this blog getting close to the 6650-article mark, today will have no talk about the future of this site or what I may be planning to do. To be completely honest, I really haven't given it much thought, but I was clicking through a few of the menu options and I noticed that there were things that needed updating. That's the purpose of this article, so let's get updating!

At the menu bar across the top, there's a radio section where I have sections for each of the NHL, AHL, and ECHL in terms of radio stations that carry each of those teams' games from those respective leagues. I hadn't gone through those pages in a while, but I click on both the NHL and ECHL pages and noticed there were two teams missing from the league lists for radio stations. Updates were made.

The Utah Mammoths were missing from the NHL list of radio stations, and I still had the Arizona Coyotes on the list. Obviously, that can't stand on HBIC if I have any self-respect, so Arizona was removed and Utah was added. Here are those details for your listening pleasure.

KZNS 1280AM
KZNS 1280AM
KZNS 1280AM

If you've not seen those pages for radio station I made, I do have three options for radio stations as there are times where some stations won't carry games, other times where internet streams are wonky, and occasions where some sites that host the streams are offline. So while it appears that KZNS 1280AM is listed three times, it's actually three different sites that carry the stream.

Of course, that led me to the ECHL page where there was a brand-new expansion team that took the ice this season in the Greensboro Gargoyles, and they too have official radio partners for their games. I'll be honest in that I have yet to listen to a Gargoyles game, but here are your radio options if you want to listen to Gargoyles hockey!

WCOG 1320AM
WCOG 1320AM
WCOG 1320AM

Before anyone jumps all over me for the banner colours, can I just say how much I dislike black in the banner colours? I know Utah has it above, but that literally is one of three colours they have in their official branding. Greensboro, meanwhile, had a few different colours outside of black, so the purple "Greensboro Grape" and darker-yellow "Greensboro Gold" were the two colours I chose.

Moving off the radio streams, Teebz's Library found under the menu options at the top will also undergo a number of additions as I have cracked the spines on a pile of books this month. Some of them were required reading as we have guests who want to talk about new books coming up on The Hockey Show, but others are ones I've been wanting to read for a while. Keep your eyes on Teebz's Library and this blog for more book reviews on great hockey books!

Speaking of those books, the drop-down list on the right menu is now gone for hockey books. Everything will be contained within Teebz's Library, and I went over the entire list I had there to ensure that I hadn't missed any books. I may start looking at the NHLPA Charities I have listed over there as I have no idea if any of those have shut down their operations, but that might be something for a future update article. I should also review the Hockey Blogs section too!

I may start adding a few new sounds to the Soundboard under the menu at the top because we use those sounds on The Hockey Show, but the statistics on the back-end of this site say a lot of people land there. I'll admit there are some goofy and funny things on there, but I need to go through those sounds and figure out if they fit for what we use them. Either way, that's another future update as well.

We'll see what else gets updated on this blog in future weeks. I'm not saying that this blog will continue on forever, but there are things planned into November for now. If events keep sliding across my desk that look and sound intriguing, I'll likely keep writing. For now, these were things that needed to be updated, so keep an eye on this blog!

Until next time, keep your sticks on the ice!