  Aiw Member Username: Aiw Post Number: 6001 Registered: 10-2003 |
Hockey time! P.D.J. | ||
Douglasm Member Username: Douglasm Post Number: 705 Registered: 10-2003 |
Do they actually call Border Cities Arena "The Barn"? If so, it seems to be THE nickname for every old hockey arena in North America, i.e.: the old Spokane Arena, "The Boone Street Barn". | ||
Wkl Member Username: Wkl Post Number: 87 Registered: 11-2003 |
Looks like Aiw REALLY can't wait for the week to be over. | ||
1953 Member Username: 1953 Post Number: 1130 Registered: 12-2004 |
Are Mike and Marian Illitch planning to buy this arena, to preserve an important piece of Red Wings history? | ||
Beadgrl Member Username: Beadgrl Post Number: 49 Registered: 07-2006 |
Love the look on the outside. "old time hockey, coach!" | ||
Viziondetroit Member Username: Viziondetroit Post Number: 921 Registered: 11-2003 |
Bowen Field House @ EMU was known as the Barn as well | ||
Aiw Member Username: Aiw Post Number: 6002 Registered: 10-2003 |
Ooops... I guess I'm a day ahead of myself...  Yes, they really do call it the barn. | ||
Catman_dude Member Username: Catman_dude Post Number: 53 Registered: 03-2006 |
So they let the cows, sheep and goats roam about the city streets until the hockey games are over, then come back into the barn? :P | ||
Upinottawa Member Username: Upinottawa Post Number: 626 Registered: 09-2005 |
The cows, sheep, and goats head to the casino during hockey games.... | ||
Detroitplanner Member Username: Detroitplanner Post Number: 368 Registered: 04-2006 |
Olympia was known as the barn too | ||
Ray1936 Member Username: Ray1936 Post Number: 924 Registered: 01-2005 |
Yeah, the Olympia was the "brick barn". Just saw a thing on cable yesterday on the show, "Made in America". Did'ja know that a set of goalie leg pads cost $1,600? Wow! Nice shots, Andrew. | ||
Aiw Member Username: Aiw Post Number: 6008 Registered: 10-2003 |
Thanks Ray, Hockey is incredibly hard to shoot. | ||
Goat Member Username: Goat Post Number: 8980 Registered: 10-2003 |
Fantastic pictures AIW! Ray1936, my brother used to build pads for Brian's in Kingsville, which then became Heaton's. A lot of NHL goalies use their pads and equipment. In fact, my brother helped design the looks and build the pads for Patrick Roy. | ||
Upinottawa Member Username: Upinottawa Post Number: 630 Registered: 09-2005 |
Goat, from what I recall it was Brian Heaton who owned both Brian's and Heaton's at one time. I played minor hockey in Kingsville with his son Ryan -- a goalie who always had great equipment! Aiw, those pictures are very good. | ||
Ray1936 Member Username: Ray1936 Post Number: 927 Registered: 01-2005 |
Goat, are their prices the same as the ones I saw on that TV show? It did show the way they were made, and it was very labor-intensive. Only pads I had as a kid were long johns. My shins still ache on occasion......... | ||
Jjaba Member Username: Jjaba Post Number: 4484 Registered: 11-2003 |
Olympia was known as Red Barn. Anybody remember when you took electric feeder buses there on Grand River? Bet old newsboys like Ray1936 remembers like it was yesterday. jjaba, Proudly Westsider. | ||
Goat Member Username: Goat Post Number: 8985 Registered: 10-2003 |
Ray1936, I am not sure of the comparison in pricing as I do not know what they quoted on the T.V. I do know that they are more expensive than your average pads at the local sports store. UIO, You are correct. His first company was Brian's and then it went to Heaton's. He closed Brian's down a few years later. |
