A humorous take on all of the coping strategies that hockey fans useduring a lockout to try to both get their hockey fix and less-than-perfect (in their view) the substitutions for the time they used to spend watching NHL hockey, and the inevitable consequences of those activities later...say nine months?! Examples of coping mechanisms: Sex, the AHL, the Khazakstan Hockey League,therapy, sex, your son's hockey games, therapy, sex, old re-runs of the Stanley Cup finals, lawn bowling, sex.…Hell, it's not even fun to go to a sports bar any more! You may end up having to watch TENNIS!
J. ALEXANDER POULTON is a writer, photographer and genuine sports enthusiast. He's even willing to admit he has ''called in sick'' during the broadcasts of major sports events so that he can get in as much viewing as possible. He has earned his BA in English literature and his graduate diploma in journalism.