McCarty keeps rocking in Calgary

Via The Globe and Mail:

CALGARY — Every now and then on a plane or a bus or whenever the mood hits, Darren McCarty of the Calgary Flames will grab a piece of paper and begin jotting things down.

Rest assured the National Hockey League tough guy with the hairy chin and curly hair is not taking names of those opponents he plans to throttle. Instead, he is writing observations, song lyrics, anything he can use in his other job as lead singer for the Detroit-based rock group Grinder.

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