![]() ![]() We need to stay on him to be more consistent. “He can be good one game, and some other games, you’re not sure if you see him. “I think he knows it himself,” the coach said. Houle, meanwhile, is seeking more consistency from the prospect. While the Canadiens could use some size on their roster, Schnarr must improve his skating before he’ll be considered for a promotion. While Laval head coach Jean-François Houle uses the right-hand shooting Schnarr on the wing, he’s versatile enough to play centre and is competent on faceoffs. “I think there’s a lot of opportunity here.” This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below. When that opening wasn’t created, Schnarr noticed the netminder holding his glove high - but the shot deflected off the bottom of it. At the top of the faceoff circle, he cut into the middle and was hoping Källgren wouldn’t move over in time and there might be room on the blocker side. Schnarr, a 6-foot-4, 202-pounder, moved to his right as he began skating down the ice. A lot of things go through your mind for sure. ![]() “When I was standing out there I said, ‘OK, now what do I do’. That was the end of my shift, so I wanted to calm down and catch my breath. “You do have a plan, although a lot of it’s reactionary. “A lot of things go through your mind when (a penalty shot) happens,” Schnarr said prior to Wednesday’s home game against Rochester. The next issue of Ottawa Citizen Headline News will soon be in your inbox. If you don't see it, please check your junk folder. Manage Print Subscription / Tax ReceiptĪ welcome email is on its way.National Capital Region's Top Employers.I also have a greater appreciation for the history behind the Mickey Mouse watch and its humble beginnings. My Mickey Mouse watch cleaned up rather well and now has a permanent spot in my collection. I suspect as long as there are Disney fans, the Mickey Mouse watch will tick on… Today the Mickey Mouse watch is as popular as it ever was almost 90 years ago. That is when a plethora of companies picked up where they left off… manufacturers from all over the world such as Seiko, Lorus, Elgin, Bradley and many more others reproduced the popular Disney character watches and they still do to this day. Ingersoll-Waterbury was very successful until 1971 when they stopped producing the Mickey Mouse watch. Minnie became so popular on the dial with Mickey, she later went on to get her own watch line. Ingersoll-Waterbury was very successful in the the branding of the Mickey Mouse watch and later even added Minnie Mouse to the dial. Today that company is famously known as Timex. I guess my purchase was a good deal given inflation! This of course is not an original Mickey Mouse watch but just one in a long history of reproductions.Ī bit a trivia, The Mickey Mouse watch was produced by the Ingersoll-Waterbury Watch Company. A lot of money back then for a cartoon character watch. initially and then the price was lowered to $2.95 shortly thereafter …. It wasn’t until 1933 that the Mickey Mouse watch was introduced and made it’s debut at the Chicago Exposition Fair. making this the first license for a Mickey Mouse product. Walt Disney needing the money agreed, accepted the $300. ![]() for permission to use the likeness of Mickey Mouse on writing tablets. In 1929, while Walt Disney was in New York negotiating business, a man approached him in the lobby of a hotel he was staying, offered him $300. I mean I knew of them… I found that the actual first Disney character to be used for marketing by Disney would be Oswald the Lucky Rabbit, but it was mainly for publicity. Not knowing much history about the Mickey Mouse watch or Walt Disney for that matter, I decided to do some research. Well, for a mere $10.00 (a cost more than the watch itself), Mickey’s second hand was on it’s way… So I eagerly brought the watch home and immediately began the process of taking it apart and doing some serious cleaning and polishing. It wasn’t so much the watch that caught my attention, but rather the poss ibility of bringing this watch back to its former glory… and at $2.49 what did I really have to loose… It was just a bit more than a cup of light brew at the local coffee house.įirst things first, buy the watch in hopes I could get it to run… Next, take it to my jeweler thinking we could get it running again with a simple swap of a battery. Okay, I admit having a bit of a fascination with the watch. Recently while thrift store hunting I came a cross a Mickey Mouse watch that was beaten, corroded and covered with years of grime. ![]() I guess I was never really fascinated with Mickey Mouse hence, not caring for the watch itself and disregarding its heritage. If only for the rich history behind the brand. I never really cared to own a Mickey Mouse watch, which is surprising because as a watch collector you’d think it would be a staple in any collection. ![]()
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