GO JETS GO!
FINALLY…. I HAVE GONE BACK… TO AN NHL GAME! It’s been 16 years since I’ve last seen a live, regular season NHL game. Sure, I went to one of the exhibition games when the Phoenix Coyotes played the Edmonton Oilers here in town a few years ago, but that was exhibition. Not since October 15, 1995, when the Detroit Red Wings came to down and played to a 5-5 OT draw had I seen a regular season game. Tonight, November 17th, 2011, that all changed. The Winnipeg Jets made their return to the …continue reading
Changing My Tune
When it comes to sports, and especially hockey, I’ve always been pretty opinionated. I’ve followed the NHL as far back as I can possibly remember. I used to have hockey cards pinned up on the kitchen wall. I used to know the name of every player in the league, what team they played on, and their stats for the last several years. As a hockey fan, I’ve always been a Wayne Gretzky, Detroit Red Wings, and Edmonton Oilers fan. Maybe you’ve heard the buzz around Winnipeg lately, you might have figured …continue reading
Greatest Jerome Iginla Song EVAR
I was going to entitle this "The Greatest Thing Ever", but then I’d have to keep reusing that title as the next awesome thing I’d find on the internet would become the Greatest Thing Ever, and you, my faithful blog reader, deserve a little more variety in my post titles than that. Anyhoo… my buddy Ryan posted this on his Facebook, and this indeed rivals the Ukranian Katy Perry polka. I’m not the biggest Flames fan ever, but I DO like Jerome Iginla, which makes this video all the more …continue reading
Dinner With The Great One
What’s with me and misleading post titles lately? No, I didn’t have dinner with The Rock – although that would be incredibly freaking cool. Nor did I actually have dinner with Wayne Gretzky – I’d probably faint before I ever even touched my fork – but it sure felt like I did when I got to go to Wayne Gretzky’s restaurant (clicky) in Toronto last week while I was on course for work. All pictures can be clicked on for a bigger version. We roll up to the restuarant, and they have a tremendous sign …continue reading
Not In The Cards
Subtitled: Nice Guys Sometimes DO Finish FirstWell, I guess it just wasn’t meant to be. Our Oilers fell to the Hurricanes last night, and there went the Stanley Cup along with it.Buck up, boys. You were an 8th seeded team that took one of the best teams in the league to seven games. Come on back and do it all again next year.In my last post, I talked a little about traffic in Winnipeg. Today, let me talk about the assholes.So, I’m driving home yesterday, and I need to change lanes due to some heavy …continue reading
Turning Over One Of Those Stones
I’m not going to waste a whole other post about the Oilers, but come on – they did everything I pointed out a couple entries ago, and whaddyaknow? A 4–0 shutout, and on the way to Game 7 tonight! Bring that Cup back to Canada, guys!You know how I said in my introductory post about how I wasn’t going to be afraid of turning over stones and pushing boundaries with my topics? This post is one of those.After you read this, you may have the right to call me a racist… I think I might prefer the phrase …continue reading
He Shoots…. HE SCORES~!
I could have also titled this: “You’re Welcome, Edmonton.”I should be an NHL coach.Either that, or some Internet gnome told Oiler coach Craig MacTavish to read my blog, because the Oilers did the unthinkable and won Game 5, while on the brink of elimination.What did I say? SHOOT THE PUCK!What did the Oilers do?They SHOT THE PUCK.They scored their first goal on a deflected shot from the blueline. EXACTLY WHAT I SUGGESTED. The second goal was a laser beam from Hemsky from the top of the circle. The …continue reading
A Frustrated Oiler Fan Speaks Out
I figure that if I’ve got my own blog, and I’m supposedly a hockey freak, then I’d better damn well make a hockey post before the season is over.Well, tonight could be the end of the season, so here we go.The Edmonton Oilers.Once a dynasty, but sorely trying to live up to that reputation for the last 15 years or so. Well, this year, they’ve finally done it. I didn’t know whether to be pissed off or really happy when the Oilers defeated my beloved Steve Yzerman and the Red Wings in the first round …continue reading