Inspired By Mike Commodore

I was scanning through Twitter earlier today - no, it will never get the one-letter treatment from me - when I caught former NHL defenceman Mike Commodore asking about a specific moment in hockey history. I normally don't try to interact with NHL players because I respect that I'll never be on their level when it comes to knowledge of the game, but it seems Commodore was seeking information from the general Twitter population. His reason for needing this info might be even better.

If you didn't click the tweet above, it reads,

"Afternoon Folks...I have a question I need answered but don't have the research skills to do it myself..tried AI and it didn’t know…Cujo played 1 game in AHL..4-1 win..Grand Rapids vs Utah Grizzlies Oct 24, 2003...who scored the Grizzlies lone goal?

"Reason for asking is Cujo, Van Simpson and I trying to figure it out cause the goal scorer yelled "Suck on that Cujo!" Right after scoring."

A number of people responded to his tweet with the correct information that Jarrod Skalde scored the goal on Curtis Joseph that night, and his goal was assisted by David Oliver and Mike Sgroi at the 7:44 mark of the second period to make it a 1-1 game. But that specific moment in history is not why I'm writing this article tonight.

If you know a little about me, I like jersey cameos. Jersey cameos are when a player wears a jersey or number that one normally wouldn't associate him wearing. It's like Ryan Getzlaf wearing #51 for the Anaheim Mighty Ducks or Scott Niedermayer skating for the Utah Grizzlies - you forget these things happened because of everything they did in their careers. And that brings us to Curtis Joseph's one-game appearance for the Grand Rapids Griffins against Utah.

Thanks to th Griffins' Facebook account, here's Cujo's jersey cameo!

How glorious is that? If I had a Griffins jersey, I'd be looking to get #30 and "Joseph" on the back now. That would be a conversation piece for years to come! Not for nothing, you'd also be getting the jersey of a guy who is 1-0 in the AHL as he made 20 stops in that 4-1 uwin. That's why jersey cameos are fun - they're stories that can be told about the game and players based on a weird jersey or number!

Full credit goes to Mike Commodore for sending me down that Curtis Joseph rabbit hole, but full marks go to the Grand Rapids Griffins for having that jersey cameo posted on their Facebook account!

Until next time, keep your sticks on the ice!