Ken Armer joined September 2007

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Ken Armer

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My name is Ken Armer. I’m a 22-year old college student currently residing in Waco, Texas. I am an NHL Community Leader here at Bleacher Report along with Bryan Thiel, Alan Bass, and Derek Harmsworth. I also serve as Community Leader for the Dallas Stars. While at Bleacher Report I have also served as an editing intern and Community Coordinator for the NHL section. Other accomplishments to date include several articles featured on CBSSports.com, as well as interviews for television and radio.

I am more than willing to look over an article or lend help to anyone who needs it. Just drop me a line at karmer@bleacherreport.com and I will get back to you as soon as I can.

Born in Kansas City, Missouri in 1987, my love of hockey began at age 8 when I attended my first game with my sister who lives in Dallas. The game featured the Dallas Stars and the Vancouver Canucks. I fell in love with the game immediately. Within a year, my father and I had a new bonding activity and he began tossing money left and right so that I could learn to skate, play the game, and sign up for a league.

I played hockey in Kansas City back when the Blades of the IHL were around, and had the opportunity to learn hockey from several of their historic players. I was fortunate to have amazing coaches who taught me the values of the game on and off the ice. In addition, my father and I often watched games together and were always adding out own colorful commentary. His passion for the game made me love it even more, which may be me why I hung up my skates after his passing in 2002. The game simply wasn’t the same without him.

Since that time I have played hockey on several occasions. Thanks to my father I can read and analyze with the best of them. My favorite teams include the Dallas Stars and Anaheim Ducks. The game is in my blood, and I could not have found my passion for the game without my dad. Thanks Dad, I pray that every article I write has a piece of you in it.

I want to thank everyone at Bleacher Report, especially Zander, Bryan Thiel, Alan Bass, and my editors. You guys make writing for Bleacher Report a blast. Thanks also go out to all my readers and fans, I always appreciate your feedback and comments. Additionally, thanks also go to Alyssa. You some how support my odd obsession with Bleacher Report. You all help make me a better hockey fan and writer.

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Bleacher Report Awards Received (As voted for by members of the Bleacher Report NHL section):

Most Consistent Writer - September 2008
Most Intelligent Writer - December 2008
Most Controversial Article - December 2008 (Sean Avery, An Agitator's Perspective)
Best Writer - December 2008

Honorable Mentions:

Best Writer - September 2008 and October 2008
Most Intelligent - September 2008 and November 2008
Most Consistent - November 2008

The Shortlist »

  • Favorite Athletes

    Brett Hull, Brenden Morrow, Mike Modano,Sean Avery, Andy McDonald, Mike Green, Simon Gagne, Marian Gaborik, Rick Nash, Ryan Getzlaf, Russel Martin and Nomar Garciapara.

  • Favorite Sports Teams

    Anaheim Ducks, Los Angeles Dodgers,Dallas Stars, Dallas Cowboys, Washington Capitals, Texas Stars, San Antonio Rampage, UCLA Bruins, Baylor Bears, Missouri Tigers and the Kansas City Chiefs & Royals (follow them less as they depress me)

  • Favorite Coaches

    Ken Hitchcock, Dave Tippett, Randy Carlyle, Joe Torre

  • All Time Sports Moment

    Brett Hull scoring the Game winning goal for the Dallas Stars to beat the Buffalo Sabers to win the 1999 Stanley Cup.

  • Most Memorable Game Attended

    My first Dodgers game was amazing, and my first Stars game aswell, but id have to say a recent year when Baylor mens basketball beat Texas Tech in OT

  • Most Unbreakable Sports Record

    They are all breakable, especially for cheaters like Barry Bonds

  • Ruth or Mays?

    I cant pick between them. Both are amazing.

  • Unitas or Montana?

    Montana

  • Jordan or Russell?

    Jordan i guess.

  • Gretzky or Orr?

    This is a hard one, I'm gonna pick Orr just to be different.

  • Pele or Maradona?

    neither

  • Federer or Sampras?

    Federer

  • Tiger or Nicklaus?

    Nicklaus, I cant stand Tiger Woods.

  • Petty or Earnhardt?

    Earnhardt

  • Schumacher or Senna?

    dont follow it.

  • Pac 10, Big 12, Big 10, SEC, ACC, or Big East?

    Big 12!

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Michael Wagner said...

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So Ken...looking forward to Friday? I can wait to finally see your Dallas Stars in action versus the 'Hawks, should be enjoyable to watch in between trips to the door for the trick-or-treaters. Now I need to decide whether or not I want to write an article previewing the game since you do a great job in your previews.

Hope all is will with you.

Take Care

-Michael

388 days ago

Alan Bass said...

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Yo Ken,
I just posted the roundtable part of the article, go check it out!
Alan

PS-I still want your input for the actual article part of it

388 days ago

Greg Caggiano said...

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Ken, are you going to accept that trade I offered you? It's the one we were discussing earlier. It's painful for me to get rid of Ribeiro but I know you want him and I want Backstrom...

388 days ago

Bryan Thiel said...

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Don't believe the hype given out at the awards show (or article in this case) I'm a hack hahahahaha

Maybe next month ;)

BT

389 days ago

Rafal Ladysz said...

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Hey Ken, just wanted to make sure you got my email regarding my interest as community leader for the Buffalo Sabres.

389 days ago

Ray Bogusz said...

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Hi Ken

I wrote a new piece (non blackhawks I promise) about contraction and the NHL. I'd love your input since this affects the entire league. I'm trying to follow the Thrashers as per your suggestion, hopefully I can write happier things about them soon.

http://bleacherreport.com/articles/73820-nhl-growth-contraction-is-never-the-answer

Thanks if you can,

Ray

389 days ago

Alan Bass said...

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Hey Ken, I'm at my comp, so if you wanna call me, I'm here

389 days ago

Ryan said...

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Ken,
Sorry for disappearing the last few days. Unfortunately, there has been a death in the family, so things have been pretty hectic.

I'd like to thank you for the offer, but I must politely decline. I don't think I could be consistently active enough to do a good job. I would suggest trying Brenda as she seems like a very knowledgable and passionate Sabres fan.

Thanks again for the offer, Ken, and I hope you find your guy/girl.

Ryan

389 days ago

Alan Bass said...

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Alright...I'm still writing it, so I'll send it tomorrow. Thanks

390 days ago

Alan Bass said...

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Ken,
I have been working on a piece for a while about Stefan Legein, what he most likely went through, and basically a hugely controversial article about how Major Juniors, the ISS, and the NHL could be ruining hockey for players. As a top writer for the NHL section, I would love your input on this. If you could, just email me a paragraph or two or ten (however much you would like to write) about the pressures on kids playing hockey now and trying to get to the NHL, and your opinion about everything having to do with that.
I would truly appreciate it if you could email me this by Tuesday, if you can.

Thanks,
Alan
ALN424@aol.com

390 days ago

Wooooo said...

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Ken,
I was hoping you'd take a look at my latest article and let me know what you think...

http://bleacherreport.com/articles/73563-the-nhl-it-may-be-multi-national-but-at-least-it-still-values-integrity

Thanks man,
-Eric

390 days ago

Aaron Brenker said...

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I would definitely be interested in being the Panthers community leader. Let me know what I need to do, thanks for considering me.

391 days ago

Chris Bouthillier said...

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Ken,

I am actually interested in doing any of the three suggested. Seeing as how Ottawa already has a CL I can see why you would push more towards the Caps or Oilers. If it came down to it I would rather cover the Oilers.

If you could get back to me with some details that would be great.

Thanks Ken,
Chris

391 days ago

J.C. Ayvazi said...

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Greetings to all ghouls! Submitted for your holiday consideration:

http://bleacherreport.com/articles/73201-la-dodgers-hire-new-surgeon-dr-frankenstein

Trick-or-treaters will find a selection of Whizzo confections to enjoy—including Crunchy Frog, Ram's Bladder Cup, Cockroach Cluster, Anthrax Ripple, and Spring Surprise.

392 days ago

Gray Ghost said...

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Everyone needs to read this from Joe Guaar:

http://bleacherreport.com/articles/73028-how-college-football-saved-my-sanity

392 days ago

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