Hogan ready for the final hurdle

BRIAN HOGAN saw a few minutes action at the start of this year’s NHL final. The rest he absorbed in hospital, having broken a collarbone.

“There’s nothing like being on the field when you’ve won, celebrating with the lads. I was sitting on a trolley and to see the lads leppin’ around is a bit frustrating.

“You still think, ‘Jesus, I might meet up with them later on’, but that wasn’t going to happen. That realisation set in quickly, I wasn’t going anywhere.