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Bio for Luke Kirkland (EIC):
– Luke Kirkland was drawn to boot hockey at the youthful age of 7 after watching his father playing for the T.C. Strutters in a local bar league. Kirkland was astonished by the games raw physicality and how the sport (and alcohol unknown to Kirkland at the time) appeared to have an uplifting effect on his father. Kirkland went on to hone his skills at his local neighborhood rink, where he would routinely shoot 200 tennis balls a day into a net while ridiculing anyone on skates. Kirkland went on to become one of the first prominent stars in the GLBHA during the league’s infancy. He captained two Lothsen Cup Championship teams before the age of twenty-two years old. After four more years in the league and two major knee surgeries, Kirkland went on to become player-coach of the Danbury Gamblers. After one losing season with the Gamblers, Kirkland traded himself to the Siren Bear Trappers. The following season Kirkland retired. Kirkland then took a ten-year hiatus from the game that he loved to attend community college in White Bear lake, MN. Along with his editor in chief duties at Boot Hockey Digest, Kirkland occasionally instructs boot hockey clinics around the upper Midwest, and is a licensed private investigator in the state of Wisconsin.
Bio for Coach Ray Brookside:
-Coach Ray Brookside was a legend among the City Leagues for well over a decade. While his playing career was cut short from an accident suffered from playing on a rink too soon after it was flooded, his innovation spread throughout the league like wildfire when he began coaching the Anoka Sliders in 1984. Brookside brought the basketball-style pick and roll, the Oklahoma five-step, and the Steel Ice offensive sets which revolutionized boot hockey. After being at the helm for seven Lothsen Cups and three runners-up, the Coach decided to “hang up the boots” and hit the road as a scout for BHD. He currently resides in Micronesia however he prides himself in traveling “366 days a year to scout the game I love”.
Bio for Dr. Eddie Sark
“No lube!”
– Doctor Eddie Sark is a self-proclaimed “student of the game” when it comes to boot hockey. With over ten-thousand hours of boot hockey VHS footage logged under his belt, Dr. Sark possesses the technical knowledge requisite to provide veracious commentary and insight about the game that he reveres dearly. Not only is Sark recognized for his expertise, but also his innovative mindset. By developing his own brand of statistical analysis (known as kickmetrics), Dr. Sark carved out a niche for himself, and has taken the boot hockey community by storm. Dr. Eddie Sark received his online doctorate degree in Bladeless Winter Sports from the University of Phoenix.
Bio for Todd
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