yave1964 Posted August 27, 2021 Share Posted August 27, 2021 Wacey Rabbit who was the Captain for the ECHLs Jacksonville Icemen has hung up his skates at the age of 34. Dudes and dudettes, I have loved his name ever since he was drafted by Boston like 15 years ago. I follow eliteprospects religiously, keeping track of every transaction for pretty much every team I collect Hockey cards, I am probably the only person in central Ohio who has a Wacey Rabbit Hockey card (2006 with the Saskatoon Blades, lol) He was a mediocre prospect, a bit small and scouting reports a;ways said he had a choppy way of skating but worked hard, he played in the AHL for five years with Providence before his career took him to: Providence Vancouver Giants Milwaukee Admirals San Antonio Cincinnati Cyclones of the ECHL Then it got wierd Croatia Norway Japan (! Really! Japan) Switzerland Italy Back to the states for a cup of coffee with Jacksonville The Czech league Back to Jacksonville for a whole year Romania Then back to Jacksonville for the past two seasons where he retired as Captain following the past season. If Rabbit gets frequent flyer miles for all of his stops he should be able to fly anywhere in the world for free. That is if he wants too, he might be too jetlagged. Anyway, his freaking name, WACEY RABBIT, man I loved the name, and I swer every time he left one country for another it seemed as if I were checking eliteprospects for NHL or AHL transactions and while wading through the names his seemed to invariably pop up. I confess to never having seen him play but I rooted for him nonetheless as I loved the name. He had a lot of deep playoff runs and seemed to put up solid postseason numbers most seasons. Anyway, Wacey Rabbit, here is to you and your cool as hell freaking name, good luck with all future endeavors. Gonna miss seeing your name pop up. 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yave1964 Posted August 27, 2021 Author Share Posted August 27, 2021 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
radoran Posted August 27, 2021 Share Posted August 27, 2021 Did someone say Wascawy Wabbit? 3 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thegx.ca Posted August 27, 2021 Share Posted August 27, 2021 Cool name for sure, wish he made it to the big leagues because he would've sold ton of sweaters just on his cool name alone 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FD19372 Posted August 28, 2021 Share Posted August 28, 2021 (edited) I hope he avoids Elmer Fudd, sits back to eat all the carrots he can, and enjoys his retirement. Edited August 28, 2021 by FD19372 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brewin Flames Posted August 28, 2021 Share Posted August 28, 2021 I remember the bruins drafting him, and laughing at the name, wish he'd have made the big show. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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