Love will turn you around , turn you around.  -Kenny Rogers

In case you haven’t figured it out by now, we here at JQP Productions *heart* Milan Lucic.  We *heart* him the way we *hearted* Cam Neely and Terry O’Reilly.  Tough guys.  Heart and soul guys.  Hustle guys.  Crashers.  Bangers.  Guys who played with reckless abandon as if every shift were game seven of the Stanley Cup finals.   Guys that got out there on the ice and let ‘em know they’re there.  Guys that got that fuckin’ stick in their side and let ‘em know they’re there!  Guys that got that lumber in their teeth and let ‘em know they’re there!  That’s what Milan Lucic does day after day, night after night.  That’s what the Bruins need from him this very night.         Read More »

(VS 9PM ET)  Like my main man Jed Clampett always says, “Woooooo doggie!”  NHL Playoff Hockey.  The Thrills.  The spills.  Oh, the humanity!  You saw what happened the other night.  The other night the Red Wings made history.  They made history rallying for three goals in the final 10 minutes, erasing a 1-0 deficit in the third period for a 3-1 victory over the Sharks.  Hooray Red Wings!  For those you of you care about these things, the Wings became the first team in NHL history to force a Game 7 by winning consecutive games – specifically Games 5 and 6 – in which they trailed in the third period.  How about that?  Can they do it again?  Huh?  Can they?  Yes they can.  They can because Pavel Datsyuk says they can.  Everybody yips about Alexander Ovechkin.  Everybody yaps about Sidney Crosby.  Yipping and yapping.  Flipping and flapping.  Aren’t you guys forgetting someone?  Aren’t you guys forgetting Pavel Datsyuk?  For my money, Datsyuk is the best two way player in hockey.  Red Wings coach Mike Babcock:  ”If you’re down a goal in the last minute, who do you want out there—Ovechkin, Crosby, Malkin or Datsyuk?  Any of them.  But if you’re up a goal in the last minute and need to protect the lead, who would you want?  You’d want Pav.”  You got that right.  Get your popcorn ready!

Peace out homies!  Six Two and Even!

Like my main Peter Griffin always sings, “B-b-b-bird, bird, bird, b-bird’s the word!”  Here is Andrew Ference giving the Habs fans the middle finger after scoring Boston’s 2nd goal in Game 3 of the 2011 Stanley Cup Playoffs:

Peace out Canadiens. Six two and even!

We on fire.  Up in here, it’s burning hot.  We on fire.  Shorty take it off if it get to hot, up in this spot.  -Lloyd Banks

Public Service Announcement:  Ok, here we go!  A long time ago when dinosaurs still roamed the ice, there was a goaltender who some consider the best ever.  That goaltender is Jaques Plante.  Plante once said, “It’s a simple job.  You must only watch the puck.  If you can see it, you can stop it.”  Boston Bruins’ goalie Tim Thomas has been seeing an awful lot of pucks lately.         Read More »

When you go down, head first into the ground, I’ll stand above you just to piss on your grave.  -Green Day

I hate the J-E-T-S Jets Jets Jets.  I hate the Los Angeles Lakers.  I hate the New York Yankees.  And in hockey, I hate the Montreal Canadiens.  I know, that’s a lot of hate.  Martin Luthur King Jr. once said, “I have decided to stick with love.  Hate is too great a burden to bear.”  I have big shoulders.  I’ll bear that burden.  As the Bruins and Habs have met each other more often than any two teams in the regular season and playoffs, it seems I’ve been bearing that burden my whole life.  I first bore it in 1979.  In 1979, in a semi-final Game 7, the Bruins were caught with too many men on the ice.  Next thing you know, Guy Lafleur slaps in the game tying goal.  Next thing you know, Yvon Lambert puts in the winner winner chicken dinner in overtime.  Next thing you know, the Canadiens go on to a fourth successive Stanley Cup.  I’ve been bearing it ever since.  The puck stops here!        Read More »

Stop!  The love you save may be your own!  Darling, take it slow, or some day you’ll be all alone.  You’d better stop the love you save may be your own!  You’re headed for the danger zone.  -Jackson Five

That’s right, hockey talk.  Hockey Krishnas rejoice!  New Jersey Devils hockey talk.  And when I say New Jersey Devils hockey, you know what I’m talking about, boyeee!  Martin Brodeur.  The very bestest.  Better than all the restest.  Putting the NHL to the testest.  So the Devils go down to Columbus looking for a soul to steal.  Chicken in the bread pan pickin’ out dough.  Granny, does your dog bite?  No, child, no.  Yup the Devils go down to Colimbus and come out with the victory.  The Devils go down to Colimbus and Martin Brodeur comes away with yet another shutout. Read More »

I can’t sleep ’cause my bed’s on fire.  Don’t touch me I’m a real live wire.  Psycho killer.  Qu’est que c’est.  -Talking Heads

Gloves off, stick down, no warning, he challenged the Chiefs!   Called us names!  Called us names!  But Dave was there.  Dave’s a killer!  Dave’s a killer!  Dave’s a mess.  Dave may be a mess but Loui Eriksson ain’t.  Loui Eriksson’s a killer.  Loui Eriksson is a Red Wing killer.  Last night, Loui Eriksson scored a shorthanded goal in the last minute of the first period in what proved to the winner winner chicken dinner in the Stars in 4-1 victory at Detroit.  Hooray Stars!  Hooray Loui Eriksson!  For those of you keeping score at home, you know Eriksson has now scored three goals in four games against the Red Wings this season.  For those of you keeping score at home, you also know that all three of those goals were game-winners.  But did you know he’s only the third player in the NHL’s expansion era to score three game-winning goals versus the Red Wings in one season?  Did you know the the others were Montreal’s Guy Lafleur in 1977-78 and Toronto’s John Anderson in 1983-84.  Huh?  Did ya?  I thought not.  Now don’t say I never gave you nothin’.  And y’all come back now, ya hear?

Peace out homies. Six two and even!

And you may tell yourself, this is not my beautiful house!  And you may tell yourself, this is not my beautiful wife!  Same as it ever was…same as it ever was…same as it ever was.  -Talking Heads

Just a quick one today.  Quick as a licorice stick one today.  Quick as a mouse click one today.  Today, the good folks over at Ed The Sports Fan posted a lamentation entitled When Your Favorite Player Gets Traded.  He said stuff like, “There’s nothing worse that can happen to a fan than when that fan’s favorite player…gets traded.”  In light of this, and in light of the recent moves that sent Melo to the Knicks and Deron Williams to the Nets, I got to thinking.  I got to thinking  that so many times in sports, guys have ended up in uniforms they just don’t belong in.  Uniforms they just look wrong in.  Here are a few that I never got used to:           Read More »

In the third period of Saturday’s CHL game between the Colorado Eagles and Mississippi River Kings, Colorado’s Joe Grimaldi was tackled hard during a fight. Eagles assistant coach Greg Pankewicz became furious at the referees and did what any red-blooded coach would do. He got naked:

Peace out homies. Six two and even!

Me and the Devil was walkin’ side by side.  Me and the Devil, woooooo, was walking side by side and I’m going to beat my woman ’til I get satisfied.  -Robert Johnson

Hockey Krishnas rejoice!  Hockey hockey!  Krishna Krishna!  That’s right, hockey talk.  New Jersey Devils hockey talk.  How ’bout them Devils?   Like my main man Father Hernandez always says, “El Diablos! Dios mio!  El Diablos!!”  Dios mio is right.  The Devils are smack dab in the middle of a seven game winning streak  Not only that, the Devils now have 32 points over their last 18 games.  Yowza! Just so you know, those 32 points are more points than the Devils have ever earned over any 30-game span within one season in franchise history.  How about that?  How about this:  In those 18 games, the Devils went 15-1-2 and cut 17 points from their playoff deficit in six weeks.  Double Yowza! How do you like them apples?   New Jersey fans like ‘em just fine.  They’re Deviliscious!     Read More »