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John Buccigross: Another backyard rink in the books
John Buccigross: Another backyard rink in the books
Rink in Sun John Buccigross/ESPN After some love and patience, another season opened at Bucci Heritage Garden.
Bucci's Beautiful Backyard
Bucci's Beautiful Backyard
onfrozenblog.com — We are all familiar with ESPN's John Buccigross due to his hosting of the now defunct NHL2Night... and his weekly columns on ESPN.com. Unless you saw Pond Hockey, you may not know he's not only a reporter of the sport, but a participant, too -- in his own backyard, noless. (more) Bucci's Beautiful Backyard
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Bucci's Beautiful Backyard
On Frozen Blog — We are all familiar with ESPN's John Buccigross due to his hosting of the now defunct NHL2Night and his weekly columns on ESPN.com.  Unless you saw Pond Hockey, you may not know he's not only a reporter of the sport, but a participant, too -- in his own backyard, no less.  His latest column and mailbag not only talks about the rebirth of the "Bucci Heritage Garden", but gives us a few looks as well. My backyard rink is up again here in Connecticut. The recent blast of arctic air has set us up for one of the finest stretches in Bucci Heritage Garden history. The kids have skated eight days in a row and 10 out ...

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