The Butte Irish Hockey Club had been previously located in Vail, Colorado, where they competed as the Vail Avalanche. The franchise relocated to Butte, Montana for the 1996-97 AFHL season, and began play as the Butte Fighting Irish, a tribute to the town's rich Irish heritage. The University of Notre Dame obtained a court order requiring the team to drop the moniker, claiming they owned the name. The team name was shortened to simply "Butte Irish" the following season.
The Butte (Fighting) Irish were coached in their initial season by 1984 USA Hockey Olympian and NHL veteran Gary Sampson. They were very competitive, finishing in 2nd place. They defeated the Central Wyoming Outlaws in 7 games in the semi-finals before being swept 4-0 by the Billings Bulls in the Borne Cup Finals.
Sampson left the team midway through the following season to accept a position with the Rochester (MN) Mustangs of the USHL. His replacement was Denver University graduate Mike Corbett. The team failed to make the playoffs that season.
Corbett coached another two full seasons in Butte, and made the playoffs each year, before being unceremoniously discharged at the end of the 1999-2000 season. Corbett accepted a position with the rival Billings Bulls the following year, while Butte hired Tom McDermott. The 2000-01 season was the low point of the franchise, as they endured a 33-game losing streak, posting only 6 wins all season. McDermott was fired midseason in January of 2001, and replaced by his assistant, Joe Liquori.
In what would end up being the teams final season, the Butte Irish landed a solid coaching tandem in Brian Meisner and Mike Perkins. The team made the playoffs, but were eliminated 3-1 by a powerful Bozeman ICEDOGS team. The teams membership in the AWHL was revoked at the end of the season, a direct result of years of instability, mismanagement, and a failure of the ownership to stay current with league dues and other bills. The Butte Irish roster, or "protected list", was awarded to the expansion Wichita Falls (TX) Rustlers, and the coaching staff of Meisner and Perkins were hired there as well.
The one constant in the teams six years was the radio voice of Arch Ecker. He broadcast nearly every Butte Irish game from the teams inception on local radio station 1370 KXTL, and also provided streaming audio of the games online, which at the time was a groundbreaking technology, and far from commonplace. When the team ceased operations, Ecker was hired by the Helena Bighorns of the AWHL where he went on to work for four seasons before heading to the Santa Fe Roadrunners of the NAHL in 2006.
The Butte (Fighting) Irish were coached in their initial season by 1984 USA Hockey Olympian and NHL veteran Gary Sampson. They were very competitive, finishing in 2nd place. They defeated the Central Wyoming Outlaws in 7 games in the semi-finals before being swept 4-0 by the Billings Bulls in the Borne Cup Finals.
Sampson left the team midway through the following season to accept a position with the Rochester (MN) Mustangs of the USHL. His replacement was Denver University graduate Mike Corbett. The team failed to make the playoffs that season.
Corbett coached another two full seasons in Butte, and made the playoffs each year, before being unceremoniously discharged at the end of the 1999-2000 season. Corbett accepted a position with the rival Billings Bulls the following year, while Butte hired Tom McDermott. The 2000-01 season was the low point of the franchise, as they endured a 33-game losing streak, posting only 6 wins all season. McDermott was fired midseason in January of 2001, and replaced by his assistant, Joe Liquori.
In what would end up being the teams final season, the Butte Irish landed a solid coaching tandem in Brian Meisner and Mike Perkins. The team made the playoffs, but were eliminated 3-1 by a powerful Bozeman ICEDOGS team. The teams membership in the AWHL was revoked at the end of the season, a direct result of years of instability, mismanagement, and a failure of the ownership to stay current with league dues and other bills. The Butte Irish roster, or "protected list", was awarded to the expansion Wichita Falls (TX) Rustlers, and the coaching staff of Meisner and Perkins were hired there as well.
The one constant in the teams six years was the radio voice of Arch Ecker. He broadcast nearly every Butte Irish game from the teams inception on local radio station 1370 KXTL, and also provided streaming audio of the games online, which at the time was a groundbreaking technology, and far from commonplace. When the team ceased operations, Ecker was hired by the Helena Bighorns of the AWHL where he went on to work for four seasons before heading to the Santa Fe Roadrunners of the NAHL in 2006.
Adam Freeman (born 1980) is a presenter on minor satellite, and digital shopping TV channels. He currently works for HSN.
Biography
Freeman was born in 1980 in Leeds, England. He gained a Business Management degree from Durham University, and then moved to London to pursue his show-biz ambitions. In 1996, 236,000 people voted for him as TV HITS "Face of the Year".
In 2001 at the age of 21, after sending a home made tape to bid-up.tv, he began to work as a TV auctioneer on Bid tv in September, presenting live on air five times a week. In January 2002 he began presenting for Sky Travel, in both recorded as well as a new live travel program.
In early 2004 Freeman left Bid tv to join rival shopping channel Auction World.tv. But in November 2004, the channel was closed down by OFCOM due to massive financial difficulties.
In early 2005, after the collapse of Auction World.tv, Freeman was recruited by friend, and ex-Auction World Head Of Presentation Andy Sheldon to front iBuy, where Freeman was installed as that channel's Head Of Presentation.
On 18 March, 2007, Freeman revealed on air that it was to be his final shift. Freeman will be moving over to parent company HSN for employment in America. Freeman made his first appearance on HSN in July 2007.
Biography
Freeman was born in 1980 in Leeds, England. He gained a Business Management degree from Durham University, and then moved to London to pursue his show-biz ambitions. In 1996, 236,000 people voted for him as TV HITS "Face of the Year".
In 2001 at the age of 21, after sending a home made tape to bid-up.tv, he began to work as a TV auctioneer on Bid tv in September, presenting live on air five times a week. In January 2002 he began presenting for Sky Travel, in both recorded as well as a new live travel program.
In early 2004 Freeman left Bid tv to join rival shopping channel Auction World.tv. But in November 2004, the channel was closed down by OFCOM due to massive financial difficulties.
In early 2005, after the collapse of Auction World.tv, Freeman was recruited by friend, and ex-Auction World Head Of Presentation Andy Sheldon to front iBuy, where Freeman was installed as that channel's Head Of Presentation.
On 18 March, 2007, Freeman revealed on air that it was to be his final shift. Freeman will be moving over to parent company HSN for employment in America. Freeman made his first appearance on HSN in July 2007.
Ananda Tandavam is an upcoming Tamil film directed by A. R. Gandhi Krishna. The producer for the film Ananda Tandavam will be Oscar Ravichandran of Oscar films. Siddharth plays the Male lead role. Tamanna Bhatia and Rukmani are the heroines. G. V. Prakash Kumar does the music.
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Wizard staffing is a fun and easy drinking game to play with few rules and little equiptment it makes the perfect game for any occasion. While it can be played at anytime it is commonly played on "Wizard Staffing Wednesdays". Wizard Staffing Wednesdays is quickly becoming a popular holiday that wizard staffers world wide hope will be practiced as religiously as Thirsty Thursdays.
Equiptment
There are only two pieces of equipment necessary to wizard staff. The first is beer - in cans. The second is duct tape.
Concept
Wizard staffing is played by taping beer cans on top of each other as they are drank. The firstt beer is completely drank. Then the second beer - still unopened - is taped on the to the first. This process is continued until the wizard staffer reaches the desired staff height. The wizard staff can be used for several purposes after it is created. The participants can take their newly created wizard staff and fight each other swinging their staffs at each other until the wizard staff break. If the participants are too drunk to accuratly swing their wizard staffs at the competition, they may use thier wizard staff as a cane to ensure they safely reach the point at which they wish to pass out.
Rules
There are very few rules in wizard staffing. The rules that do exist are as follows:
1) No beer that is not completely drank by the wizard staffer may be added to the staff.
2) Beer must be taped on to the staff before being opened.
3) Beer must be COMPLETELY drank before taping on next beer.
4) No stealing wizard staffs and passing them off as your own.
5) No hitting in the head during wizard fighting.
Wizard Staffing Sportsmanship
- Not necessarily a rule, but more an obvious common courtesy, any bystander must help in the taping of a participating wizard staffer's beer can, even if the bystander is not actively participating in the game.
- While comparing lengths of wizard staffs is hard not to do, making fun of wizard staffers whose staff is smaller than yours is very much encouraged
Equiptment
There are only two pieces of equipment necessary to wizard staff. The first is beer - in cans. The second is duct tape.
Concept
Wizard staffing is played by taping beer cans on top of each other as they are drank. The firstt beer is completely drank. Then the second beer - still unopened - is taped on the to the first. This process is continued until the wizard staffer reaches the desired staff height. The wizard staff can be used for several purposes after it is created. The participants can take their newly created wizard staff and fight each other swinging their staffs at each other until the wizard staff break. If the participants are too drunk to accuratly swing their wizard staffs at the competition, they may use thier wizard staff as a cane to ensure they safely reach the point at which they wish to pass out.
Rules
There are very few rules in wizard staffing. The rules that do exist are as follows:
1) No beer that is not completely drank by the wizard staffer may be added to the staff.
2) Beer must be taped on to the staff before being opened.
3) Beer must be COMPLETELY drank before taping on next beer.
4) No stealing wizard staffs and passing them off as your own.
5) No hitting in the head during wizard fighting.
Wizard Staffing Sportsmanship
- Not necessarily a rule, but more an obvious common courtesy, any bystander must help in the taping of a participating wizard staffer's beer can, even if the bystander is not actively participating in the game.
- While comparing lengths of wizard staffs is hard not to do, making fun of wizard staffers whose staff is smaller than yours is very much encouraged