Nobody does it better, makes me feel sad for the rest.  Nobody does it half as good as you, baby, you’re the best.  -Carly Simon

Public Service Announcement:  Ok, here we go!  Just a quick one.  Quick like a hockey stick one.  Martin Brodeur already holds the record for most regular season wins.  Martin Brodeur already holds the record for most shutouts, regular season and playoffs combined.  Martin Brodeur already holds the record for most 40-win seasons.  Face it, Martin Brodeur already hold the record for a lot of things.  Add another one to the list.  The active list at least.  Last night, Satan’s Wallpaper made 34 saves in his 3-2 win over the Bruins.  Hooray Martin Brodeur!  But as special as that was, that has nothing to do with this post.  What does have to do with this post is this:   He also was credited with an assist on New Jersey’s second goal.          Read More »

Vitaly Kolesnik professional ice hockey goaltender currently playing for Salavat Yulaev Ufa of the Kontinental Hockey League. Vitaly Kolesnik just got attacked by a fan:

Peace out homies. Six two wnd even!

It’s a miracle.  A miracle.  A true blue spectacle, a miracle come true.  The miracle, the true blue spectacle, the miracle is you!  -Barry Manilow

Public Service Announcement:  Ok, here we go!  What a game, what a game!  Yesterday, I said things like, “I’ma watch the Washington Capitals lay down the hurt.”  Yesterday, I said things like, “The Stars don’t stand a chance.”  Yesterday, I was like Fonzie.  I was wrrrr.   I was wrrrrr.  I was wrrrrr.  Yesterday, I wrong.  Yesterday all my troubles seemed so far away.  Yesterday the Dallas Stars troubles seemed so far away.  Yesterday, the  Dallas Stars won their first game since the Olympic break because Marty Turco may have played the greatest regular-season game of his career.  But Marty Turco wasn’t the only story of this game.  There was quite a bit of weird and wild stuff going on.        Read More »

(VS 7PM ET)  I’m sorry hoop heads, I just can’t do Championship Week.  If there’s such a thing as too much of a good thing, Championship Week is it.  Wake me when the Madness starts.  Until then, I’ma gonna watch me some hockey.  I’ma watch me some onesided, lopsided, landslided, Jekyll and Hyded hockey.  I’ma watch the Washington Capitals lay down the hurt.  The Capitals lead the NHL in scoring.  The next closest team is 50 goals back.  Yowza!  They have the top power play in the league and are tops in the league in shooting percentage.  Sweet sassy molassy!  The Stars don’t stand a chance.  Dallas has allowed 17 goals in the last three games while Washington has scored three or more in 23 of the last 24.  And to make matters worse, Jose Theodore is on a 12-0-2 roll himself and will probably be between the pipes.  Get your popcorn ready!

Peace out homies!  Six Two and Even!

Come and dance on on our floor.  Take a step that is new.  We’ve a loveable space that needs your face, three’s company too.  -Three’s Company

Public Service Announcement:  Ok, here we go!  Nicklas Lidstrom has played fourteen seasons in the NHL, all for the Detroit Red Wings.  In those 14 seasons, he has has won four Stanley Cups.  In those 14 seasons, he has been voted into ten NHL All-Star Games.  And in those 14 seasons, he has won six James Norris Memorial Trophies as the league’s best defenseman.  There’s a reason for that.  Nicklas Lidstrom is good.  He’s very good.  So good in fact, Sporting News selected Lidström as the NHL Player of the Decade.           Read More »

You got it…what it takes.  Go get it…where you want it?  Come get it…get involved.  ‘Cause the brothers in the street are willing to work it out.  -Public Enemy

Public Service Announcement:  Ok, here we go!  Harmon Killebrew once said, “My father used to play with my brother and me in the yard.  Mother would come out and say, ‘You’re tearing up the grass.’  ‘We’re not raising grass,’ Dad would reply.  ‘We’re raising boys.’”  Well, Mr. and Mrs. Sedin raised men.  Raised ice men.  The ice men cometh.     Read More »

I know it sounds crazy but it fits perfect.  Peter perfect picked a perfect Peter.  Honey dripper.  Sucker sipper.  Big dipper.  Sucker dripper.  -Flavor Flav

Public Service Announcement:  Ok, here we go!  Rookie rookie, who gets the cookie?  Who’s the big winner here tonight at the casino?  Huh?  Justin, that’s who.  Justin’s the big winner.  Justin wins.  Justin won last night.  Carolina Hurricanes goalie, Justin Peters, beat Toronto last night for his third career win in three career games in the NHL.  Yowza!  Three is a magic number.  Yes it is.  It’s a magic number.  Somewhere in the ancient, mystic trinity, you get three as a magic number.  Read More »

It ain’t, “I just wanta give it my best shot and, good lord willing, things’ll work out.”  I know it’s fake.  I don’t care.  It’s funny.

Peace out homies. Six two and even!

People ringing up, making offers for my life.  But I just wanna stay in the garage all night.  We’re a garage band.  We come from garageland.  -The Clash

Public Service Announcement:  Ok, here we go!  I’m not gonna go into detail here about yesterday’s game.  I’n not gonna go into detail here how Sid the Kid, the Next One, blessed be he, the flag bearer for the new generation of Canadian superstars, got the winner winner chicken dinner in overtime.  I’m not gonna quote JFK and write something like:  Let the word go forth from this time and place, to friend and foe alike, that the torch has been passed to a new generation of Canadians.  The torch has been passed from Rocket Richard to Orr to Gretzky to Lemieux to Sidney Crosby.  Nope.  Not gonna do it.  Not at this juncture.  Instead, I’m merely gonna share with you a fun little stat.         Read More »

You better offer some resistence.  You better give up on my insistence.  Ba-ba-banana, this ain’t Havana.  Do you like bananas, ba-ba-bananas.  This ain’t Havana.  -The Ramones

Public Service Announcement:  Ok, here we go!  I’ll make this quick.  I’ll speak loudly and hit you with a brick.  No time for the carrot, so it’s the stick.  Lickety-split.  Mike Lupika got this one right.  Mike Lupika said, “If the U.S. wins this game, in Canada and against Canada, it will be a real good upset and an even better story.  It’s just no miracle.”  You can say that again Mike.  It’s nothing against this young US team.  In fact there are a lot of similarities.  Both this team and that team revolve(d) around speed, defense, and hot goaltending.  But Senator, I served with the Miracle on Ice.  I knew the Miracle on Ice.  The Miracle on Ice was a friend of mine.  Senator, you’re no Miracle on Ice.          Read More »