Wolf Blitzer Doens't Know Jack About Hockey

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Published 4/21/2008 by Matt Saler at On the Wings
... … Apparently, Wolf Blitzer doesn’t know who Sidney Crosby is. I can’t decide whether that’s sad for Blitzer as a professional journalist expected to be aware of the world around him or sad for the NHL as a professional sports league that has been pushing Crosby with all its might with that kind of reward. Probably both. ...

I bet Tim Russert woulda known who he was.
Published 4/21/2008 by Ritch at American Hockey Fan
Here ya go, hockey fans- Just go ahead and listen up through the 2:30 mark or so. Thanks to the Fanhouse and The Sidney Crosby Show for the find. Puck drops for Game Seven of Bruins/Habs in 30 minutes.

Game Seven
Published 4/22/2008 by Ebscer at Blue & Gold (of Buffalo)
... On CNN Wolf Blitzer made an idiot of himself when he admitted to have no clue who Sidney Crosby was. Even if you don't follow hockey he's kindof a big name, if it was a player like Tyler Kennedy I maybe could understand, but not Crosby. At the least Blitzer could have at least pretended to know what was going on. Furthermore it's not as if Blitzer is from Alabama or some other hockey deprived part of the world. Instead he was born and raised in hockey mad Buffalo. As such there is really no excuse for such ignorance. No wonder the people of Buffalo prefer Tim Russert (who like ...