So long, farewell...
double d(ion) and myself are taking a break from this whole blogging thing. I am not turning my back on hockey. I have other priorities in my life right now that I am giving my attention to and unfortunately blogging about hockey isn't one of them.
I'm thankful for all that blogging has given me. I won't forget you! If you have my email, we'll still be in touch. Take care, everyone.
xo
6:30 pm: Panic sets in as I can't find the PPV on my TV. I call Rogers and the nice lady calmed me down, telling me to breathe and she looked into it for me. What I found and she did too was that Rogers was not carrying the PPV, only cable providers in the West. Boo. So she sold me on the Super Sports Pak (which also includes baseball!).
7:00pm: We get our choice between the Rog on the Flames PPV or the boys on the Comcast channel and their OvechKAM. Seriously. I choose the Rog.
First Period
Only 53 seconds in Backstrom scores, handing me the bad karma of making fun of him earlier. I announce I'm cancelling my Super Sports Pak because it's anything but Super. Soon though, dinner is handed to me and the game is somewhat forgotten as 1) I was starving and b) it was DEEEE-licious. During the first TV time-out they have Rapid Fire with Wayne Primeau. We find out that his kids like Hannah Montana; his favourite place to hang out is at the cottage on the lake and his best friend in the NHL is Marco Sturm. Awwww.... The period goes on and for most of it I'm wrapping my head around that it's the Caps in red. And then! IGGY! SCORES! On the PP near the end of the period. Whoooo!
First Intermission
Dion gets the interview at intermission and he cracks me up. He just said, "...Individual accolades come from team success," and then paused... Think it was on a script one time? Oh Dion, you're so funny. Then strength and conditioning coach Rich somebody comes up and I'm preparing myself for the news that Kipper stretches 3 hours a day (that's so 2004...) but he is showing us how to stretch. Meh. Time for chocolate, I say. Jamie Thomas is doing "The Other Side" with Chris Clark where they talk about Clark's work at the Vietnam Veterans' Wall. A little later on, Thomas asks him if Ovie changed after signing his contract and he says, "No." He compares Ovie to Iggy in that their passion is on the same level and the money is a nice bonus.
Second Period
NHL.com and the commentators now clear up that it was Kozlov who scored for the Caps - not Nicky Backstrom. Kipper makes a wicked save, just scooping it down out of the air on a shot. Wowza. Juice scores on the PP. WHOOO!! Nice pass from Iggy who was to the side of the net and passed it through a crowd in front of Kolzig. Backstrom has a shot through the crease that goes parallel along the red line and a tiny voice goes "Wonh wonh, Backstrom, wonh wonh." :) It sounds like crowd is chanting BACKSTROM SUCKS. I'm sure they're not but I can't resist making fun of him. Just for tonight. And now the Flames get another penalty. Okay, okay, I get the hint - no more jeering. I love Kipper's quick glove hand. Love it. ... And then... Some Russian phenom scores... Ties it up, 2 - 2.
Second Intermission
This is spent trying to figure out the code to add the "Read more" feature into my posts as I realize this is getting long winded. I wasn't planning on it! I swear!
Third Period
I'm fading. I know, it's horrible. Blogging is hard. :s hee hee... Gooooo FLAMES! They have the schedule up for the rest of the road trip and I get to see them! Yay for buying the Super Sports Pak! I've received harassment from Bethany on not having a Rick Nash is named Captain post. I WAS GETTING THERE. Sheesh. But now she stole the magic so here you go: Guess what! Earlier today, Rick Nash was named Captain of the CBJ! Yay Ricky! It's about time. But back to the game... Five minutes left and it's still tied. It feels like a lot of dump and chase from both sides. Both goalies seem to be doing an alright job, just like everyone else on the ice. It's kinda ho-hum. Never mind, now the Flames have to kill a penalty. COME ON. Okay, phew. No, wait, CRAP. "Ovechkin!" *searches for ANTM to be on at a later time so I can ease the pain* Well, at least it wasn't Backstrom. I guess. Sigh... Super Sports Pak, my ass. And at least Dion stopped Ovie on his empty net shot.
And that's all. Night!
No, I'm not expecting Iggy to score 35 goals tonight (just imagine that scenario for a second though... hehehe) but this is double d(ion)'s 400th post. Yay! There's been a recent surge of activity here at d(d) which I'm quite enjoying and yes, it probably has to do with me being off this week. I'm aiming to keep it up next week and the months coming. Things are settling down at HG's HQ.
The Flames are in some other nation's capital tonight to face Ovie and some other guys. KB of Japers' Rink contacted me and asked me to do a quick blurb on "Why the Flames will beat the Caps." Feeling like I was back in school and handed an assignment, I procrastinated on it because, well, I'm a procrastinator. Plus, I had that game to go to last night. Anyway, I sent it in and look, there it is. I haven't been around Japer's Rink in a while (or anywhere else) but I was impressed on how the boys' blog looks now - well done! My little blurb also brought out the poutine-loving Victor out of the woodwork. Watch those pants, buddy. :P
Tonight shall pit Ovie vs. Dion, sure, but more at stake? HG vs. CapsChick. Hopefully, she's well enough to engage in a little lighthearted smack talk as I will be forking out the big bucks to watch the game on PPV.
I guess I better get to work and finish up my progress reports. Until later, kiddies!
Apparently it was Barbados Night before the game tonight and Sparty was decked out in a Sens themed floral shirt. Quite hilarious. All season long they have been advertising Hockey Night In Barbados where you can purchase a package (flight, hotel, etc) to watch the Sens play from Bert's Bar in Barbados. Sounds... interesting. The live web cam they showed on the big screen tonight made it sound like everyone was hammered. As I'm sure I would be. Sun and hockey though? Confusing. The only sun and hockey should be the spring time sun of playoffs.
I was excited to see Andy Ference tonight but then the plays made by one Andrej Meszaros setting up Heatley for 2 of his 3 goals won out - sorry, Smarty Pants. It was a good game. Gerber played well, stopping 29 of 30. He was on track for the good ol' SO but then the loudmouth behind us jinxed him. Way to go, loudy. There were only 8 penalties so the game went by really fast. We were on the road heading back to town mere minutes after the final whistle. Of course it had to be on a night where I don't have to worry about getting up early in the morning to work.
Best news of the night? Looks like I'm going to see the Blues next week, team of my all-time favourite Kootenay Ice player, Matt Walker. Whoo!
What a wonderful game to listen to! My mind clicked on around... 11 and I remembered the game was on (Hey, it's March Break, I'm off, only procrastinating on doing my kids' progress reports). I tuned into Peter just before the first intermission and was tickled pink that the Flames were up 2-1. Hoping that I didn't jinx them, I laid back and enjoyed one of the best games I've heard in a while (ignore the fact that I haven't been paying attention).
And then! IGGY! 365! All-time goal getter for the Flames! YAY! Hearing the crowd go BONKERS for Iggy was awesome. To hear Juice and Lombo get over their 20- and 19-game scoreless drought, respectively, was a relief as well.
Kipper got a penalty after he threw the puck at the St.Louis player who got a little too close for his liking. LOVE IT.
One of the best parts too was, after seeing Legace on the bench, one of the announcers was talking about how after a goalie gets pulled they sometimes sit alone to go over what went wrong. Then the other announcer, Peter I think, says, "He just wants to be closer to the Gatorade machine." HA!
Off to the Sens game tonight to watch my favourite former Flame, Ference and his Beantown boys. I may even get my jersey lettered tonight but... we'll see.
The Flames' site has an article up about how Dion is growing as a player. See, I saw all that years ago. :P
That's all I have to say about that.
Yay! Flames win, beating those dastardly Wild, putting the boys in red (well, white today) on top of the Northwest Division. Whoo! Thanks to the blackout I did not see the game but I saw the score go by on the TSN ticker during the Sharks/Pens game. I napped through that and Men in Black 2 so you know... It's a lazy Sunday.
It was good to see the Sens win in OT the other night too. It's been crazy with their two SO wins and then the OT. How about a calm win in regulation? No? Okay. Thanks.
On TSN today, the panel did a mock awards ceremony for 3 categories of best screenplay (winner: Rick Nash and his undressing of the PHX d-men); best animated short (winner: J.C. Petit); and best actor (winner: Ovie). It was funny because they said Rick Nash was not there to receive his award because, "Well, he just didn't care," but then when Ovie 'won' they cut to DC and he was on a satellite feed and gave a little speech. It was cute.
