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Meet the Editor of
Why is a Hockey Team Called
the Devils?
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| My name is Terry Wirick.
I live in Girard, PA, which is located west of Erie, PA. |
| I work at the Erie County
Public Library as an Information Services Librarian. |
| The reason I'm writing this
book is that I have been fascinated for a long time about the names of
sports teams. I got the idea for this book from a similar book that dealt
with the nicknames of college sports team called, 'What's in a Nickname'
by Ray Frank. The first team that I was really curious about their
name was the New Jersey Devils, which is the reason I have named the book
Why
is a Hockey Team Called the Devils. When I found out that
the Devils were named after a mythical creature called the Jersey Devil,
the name made perfect sense. There are a lot of names that seem strange
until you find out the reason behind the name. Then, a lot of the
time, the name makes perfect sense. |
| If you are interested in
seeing what some sample entries in the book would look like, please click
on the devil. |
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| I have followed hockey in
Erie since 1975 when the Erie Blades joined the North American Hockey League.
I have been an Erie hockey season ticket holder since the 1989-90 season
and had not missed an Erie hockey home game from January of 1988 to March of 2002, a streak of 549 games. |
| While hockey is my favorite
sport, I do attend the games of the Erie minor league baseball teams and
while they were in operation, games of the local World Basketball League
team. |
| Between 1989 and 1996, I
assisted the Erie Panthers of the East Coast Hockey League as Team Historian
and Special Events Photographers. Pictures that I took during this
time appeared in various editions of the Panthers program and were used
for the Panthers pocket schedule. |
| For two seasons (93-95),
I covered the Erie Panthers for Hockey Ink, a national monthly publication
covering minor league hockey in North American. This publication ceased
operations after the 1994-95 hockey season. |
| If you would like more information
about this book or have a question about it, please feel free to contact
me by e-mail at teamnamebook@juno.com |
