Talk:Al Suomi

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Did you know... that former Chicago Blackhawks player Al Suomi was offered a contract to play with a local St. Louis, Missouri hockey team at the age of 93?

A record of the entry may be seen at Wikipedia:Recent additions/2007/December.

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Thanks for documenting Al ![edit]

I would like to thank CP for documenting this little bit of hockey history. Thanks, Mr. Harman (talk) 01:45, 13 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]

No problem, but are you certain that the final ref was a parody site? I couldn't see any evidence (at least none that would violate WP:OR) that it was. I readded the section, but with a disclaimer of sorts. If there's hard evidence that it's a parody site, however, I'll gladly just take it out for good. Cheers, CP 02:22, 13 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]

After looking through many of the postings, it appears that these St Louis Fylers (note the spelling!) are a bunch of guys who play informal street hockey together. They don't belong to a league and I sure that that particular posting about Al was tongue in cheek. Investigate the postings when you have the time (like this one). Mr. Harman (talk) 06:11, 13 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]

All references to it removed. Too bad it was false, it was a great little factoid. I think the article's kind of weak now, but I'm out of sources. Cheers, CP 16:52, 13 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]

I agree. It was an interesting story. I'll see if I can find some further information. Thanks again, Mr. Harman (talk) 19:58, 13 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]

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