http://sports.espn.go.com/nhl/news/story?id=1972158



Associated Press
OTTAWA -- An ardent hockey fan who died this week used his obituary to denounce the NHL lockout.


Archie Bennitz, 84, instructed his son to criticize NHL commissioner Gary Bettman and union leader Bob Goodenow in his death notice.


Bennitz called Bettman and Goodenow "skunks for denying him the pleasure of watching the NHL on TV this year," the obituary in the Ottawa Citizen read. Bennitz also urged Bettman to step aside in favor of Wayne Gretzky.


David Bennitz said his father had become increasingly angry during his last month in the hospital as the lockout dragged on. Hockey was the only thing he watched on TV.


Bennitz, who was born in Nova Scotia and grew up just north of Toronto, was a dedicated Maple Leafs fan. He developed a soft spot for the Senators, however, after he moved to Ottawa about three years ago to be closer to his family.

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I am wth this guy!!!

I miss hockey. Never thought I would say that.

Though I beter be careful, Peaches will tell me that inuries are more likely to happen to soccer players then hockey players.... because they wear pads!

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