Showing posts with label HBHA. Show all posts
Showing posts with label HBHA. Show all posts

Wednesday, May 19, 2010

Canvassing for votes

There's less than two weeks left before voting closes for the 2010 Hockey Bay Hounding Awards. Only a handful of dedicated hounds have taken the time to cast their ballots.

Remember, you can't complain if you don't vote.

Sunday, April 25, 2010

Time to vote

I've made my picks for the 2010 Hockey Bay Hounding Awards. So has Moody. It's your turn, please. Thanks.

Sunday, April 18, 2010

Cast your ballots

Every season, I take an internal accounting of what's needed to put in a full season of hockey hounding. It's not just the time, money and toll on your body, like I groused about last season. No, it's the commitment to getting up early after a late night at the office, the willingness to make multiple trips across Tampa Bay and opening up a platform to hounds across the NHL.

It's not just effort, but also dedication. Thankfully, I gain motivation by knowing that others are doing the same thing.

Seeing that Hound Central 5.0 chronicles hockey-hounding activities here in Hockey Bay, it's my duty to once again honor those members of our fraternity. Following up on last season's inaugural edition, Hound Central 5.0 kicks off the second annual Hockey Bay Hounding Awards.

To make this work, though, I need your help once again. Please, feel free to submit, via comments at this post, your thought-out and well-reasoned votes (though none for yourself, please) for the following categories:

Hound of the Year: Awarded to the hound who consistently racks up quality autographs on a diverse platform of memorabilia. Please, don't vote for yourself.

Autograph of the Year: Awarded to the hound who scores an autograph from one of hockey's best players -- past or present -- during the course of a season.

Rookie of the Year: Awarded to a hound who excels in his/her first full Hockey Bay season.

Lifetime Achievement Award: Honors a veteran Hockey Bay hound for their dedication, knowledge and product of their efforts.

Best Supporting Hound: Awarded to the hound(s) who assists in the collection of autographs.

Meatball of the Year: Awarded to a hound who displays a clear lack of thought and consideration toward his peers.

Best Original Score: Awarded to the hound obtaining an autograph(s) on a rare or peculiar piece of memorabilia.

Across the land

Just like last year, Hound Central readers and hounds outside Hockey Bay can also participate in this annual gesture of appreciation:

Nicest NHL player: Not only signs multiples, but is pleasant, too.

Snottiest NHL player: Is not just a toughie, but is downright rude.

Best-signing team: The team that bleeds Sharpies dry.

Worst-signing team: This is great intel, too.

Best-dressed player: Each team has one. Really, they do.

Nominations close June 1. Winners, who will receive nothing more than a mention here at Hound Central 5.0, will be announced in late June.

If no nominations are received from the Hockey Bay hounding community, Hound Central 5.0 will select an honoree in each Hockey Bay category.