Is Versus Looking Into A Return Of The Glow Puck?

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Glow Puck Could Return On Versus. Nooooooooo!
Published 5/12/2008 at FanIQ Blog
There have been some truly awful inventions in our time. Like the flatulence deodorizer, the jet-powered surfboard, and the snooper camera. But perhaps the worst sports invention of late, or maybe of all time, was the NHL's glow puck. I'm not even a hockey fan and I thought it bastardized the game to an obscene level. And here's the bad news, a version of it could be coming back. Noooooooooooooooo! Yes, and here are the details from Awful Announcing. The NHL and cable TV partner Versus are ...

NHL About To Be Dealt With Another Death Blow
Published 5/12/2008 by jason at SPORTSbyBROOKS
Looks like the National Hockey League just wants to finish itself off once and for all. It’s bad enough that the league had given up broadcasting on the Worldwide Leader for the virtual anonymity of Versus. But now their new network wants to bring back a bad idea that will certainly have hockey hotheads blowing up all over again: Fox glow puck cross section The glow puck! AWFUL ANNOUNCING slapshoots news from USA TODAY that Versus & the NHL are thinking of re-introducing “puck-tracking technology” for next season. Apparently they’re not aware of how well the ...

Calming our fears about Glow Puck, Part Deux
Published 5/13/2008 at Puck Daddy
Yesterday's news that Versus would like to begin using some sort of "puck-tracking" technology on its NHL broadcasts immediately caused concern that the "glow puck" would soon bring its ugly, comet-tailed awfulness back to televised hockey. Judging from the responses around the blogosphere, hockey fans still absolutely loathe the glow puck. Let not your hearts be troubled, puckheads: William Houston of the Globe & Mail confirms what we had suspected, which is that the technology would be ...