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12-29-05, 6:24 PM
Partial column....
STU GRIMSON has a new moniker. "I've gone from being the Grim Reaper to being the Grim Reader," says the former NHL enforcer.
The 40-year-old Grimson graduated from law school at the University of Memphis just over two weeks ago, a surprising feat only to those who didn't know the cerebral side that always existed within him.
"I think we're all guilty of doing this to some extent, we see someone play in a certain style or role and we project a whole set of characteristics to them," Grimson said this week from his Nashville home. "When we actually get to know them we find out they're actually someone quite contrary to those characteristics we kind of hung on them.
"So I guess some people are a little taken aback when they find out what I've been up to since I retired from playing."
The native of Kamloops, B.C., stopped playing midway through the 2001-02 NHL season, his 12-year career cut short by a serious concussion suffered while fighting Georges Laraque in December 2001. Instead of moping around, Grimson got to work. "I decided when it was kind of questionable whether I could get back on the ice or not, that I would finish off my undergraduate degree in economics," said Grimson, who piled up 2,113 penalty minutes in 729 regular-season NHL games.
He wrapped up his degree, which he first began in 1985 at the University of Manitoba, in May 2003. He did that with the help of an NHL Players' Association program called Life After Hockey, which helps players adjust after they quit playing.
Law degree in hand, Grimson is now contemplating his future path.
"I'm looking at two things specifically," said Grimson. "I've long had a relationship and a set of experiences with the NHL Players' Association and I've been talking to the PA a lot about going to work for them, which is a prospect that excites me a lot. I enjoy that side of the game. I'm also looking at an opportunity to work as a hockey agent. "So over the next few months we're going to investigate each avenue as much as possible and make a decision sometime along that road."
Entire story here -> Winnepeg Free Press (http://www.winnipegfreepress.com/subscriber/sports/hockey/story/3239171p-3750407c.html)
I wonder how much of an intimidation factor he would have in the courtroom? Watch out Lionel Hutz.
http://www.wunderkraut.com/art/hutz.jpg
STU GRIMSON has a new moniker. "I've gone from being the Grim Reaper to being the Grim Reader," says the former NHL enforcer.
The 40-year-old Grimson graduated from law school at the University of Memphis just over two weeks ago, a surprising feat only to those who didn't know the cerebral side that always existed within him.
"I think we're all guilty of doing this to some extent, we see someone play in a certain style or role and we project a whole set of characteristics to them," Grimson said this week from his Nashville home. "When we actually get to know them we find out they're actually someone quite contrary to those characteristics we kind of hung on them.
"So I guess some people are a little taken aback when they find out what I've been up to since I retired from playing."
The native of Kamloops, B.C., stopped playing midway through the 2001-02 NHL season, his 12-year career cut short by a serious concussion suffered while fighting Georges Laraque in December 2001. Instead of moping around, Grimson got to work. "I decided when it was kind of questionable whether I could get back on the ice or not, that I would finish off my undergraduate degree in economics," said Grimson, who piled up 2,113 penalty minutes in 729 regular-season NHL games.
He wrapped up his degree, which he first began in 1985 at the University of Manitoba, in May 2003. He did that with the help of an NHL Players' Association program called Life After Hockey, which helps players adjust after they quit playing.
Law degree in hand, Grimson is now contemplating his future path.
"I'm looking at two things specifically," said Grimson. "I've long had a relationship and a set of experiences with the NHL Players' Association and I've been talking to the PA a lot about going to work for them, which is a prospect that excites me a lot. I enjoy that side of the game. I'm also looking at an opportunity to work as a hockey agent. "So over the next few months we're going to investigate each avenue as much as possible and make a decision sometime along that road."
Entire story here -> Winnepeg Free Press (http://www.winnipegfreepress.com/subscriber/sports/hockey/story/3239171p-3750407c.html)
I wonder how much of an intimidation factor he would have in the courtroom? Watch out Lionel Hutz.
http://www.wunderkraut.com/art/hutz.jpg