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drewtastic · 12-18-2019, 08:53 PM

@CsInMyBlood - that’s one of the best stories I’ve ever read!

I can’t even come close to matching it, but I will say that he was also one of my favourites when I was a kid.

I once made my sister play hockey in the basement with me and we had to choose players to be: she chose MacInnis (because he was a fan fave and pretty much all she knew). I chose Tonelli, because he had recently scored a goal with a slapshot that had gone THROUGH the netting (anybody else remember that?!?). To me, this made him GREATER than MacInnis—did Al ever send a shot THROUGH the net?!? No. But Tonelli did!

He’s one of the big reasons why NYI are my second favourite team. More than worthy of this honour.

12-18-2019, 08:53 PM	#9
drewtastic First Line Centre Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: So Long, Bannatyne Exp:	Isles to retire fomer Flames John Tonelli's #27 jersey @CsInMyBlood - that’s one of the best stories I’ve ever read! I can’t even come close to matching it, but I will say that he was also one of my favourites when I was a kid. I once made my sister play hockey in the basement with me and we had to choose players to be: she chose MacInnis (because he was a fan fave and pretty much all she knew). I chose Tonelli, because he had recently scored a goal with a slapshot that had gone THROUGH the netting (anybody else remember that?!?). To me, this made him GREATER than MacInnis—did Al ever send a shot THROUGH the net?!? No. But Tonelli did! He’s one of the big reasons why NYI are my second favourite team. More than worthy of this honour.