To the surprise of neither he nor me nor anyone familiar with Eddie Olczyk’s ever-blossoming professional life, the singular character we’ve come to know as Edzo was driving toward an airport when I reached him this past week.
There will be an intense regimen of airport runs and dubious meals served at 30,000 feet between now and the middle of next month as the one-time head coach of the Pittsburgh Penguins chases his twin passions — pucks and ponies as he puts it — more ardently than ever.
“Considering where I was seven months ago,” he said, “this is the best medicine, pucks and ponies.