Same As It Ever Was

Hey. Hockey's back and the Avs stink. Hmm. It's like the lock-out never even happened!

Looked like the Avalanche played on rental skates
during the 2nd period last night.

The Avs started off like gang-busters versus the Wild Saturday night. They led 1-0 after the 1st, it should have been 2-0 or 3-0, but when you don't bury your chances bad things are usually on the horizon. The 2nd period was that horizon. Steve Downie took 3 terrible penalties in the first six and half minutes, Minnesota converted with two power play goals, and that was that. Colorado loses 4-2.

Steve Downie going in for an another
cross check!

On a positive note, Watched Slap Shot during and after the Avs game. Better hockey, MUCH better announcers (McNab and Haynes seem like good guys but it's embarrassing for two professionals to shill that much. Zero honesty. Screw Kroenke Sports. You guys suck.) and far more entertaining than anything the NHL has to offer.

Who own the Chiefs?

Might be a long year for the Avalanche. Sign Ryan O'Reilly, play smart and bury your chances. 47 more to go with the Cup Champion Kings coming into town tomorrow. If you want to see NHL hockey, but on the cheap, wait to go see the Avs play Columbus on Thursday night. Tickets start at only $4 on Stubhub. Bargain!

Welcome Back

Welcome back NHL. Captain Bettman! Here is your ship. Just where you left her!

Nice park job shithead.

Now go away. Go away never to be heard from again. Oh. And here's that penis fish that I promised you.

Swim, swim my pretties!

Let's play f-ing hockey.

Cheerlead This

I've been sick. Bronchitis or some garbage like that and it sucks. So I've been up late watching more crap than usual (other than the USA taking gold at the World Juniors Championships in Ufa, Russia! Damn! First they smoked the Czechs 7-0 in the quarters. Then Canada 5-1 in the semis. And down go the Swedes 3-1 for the gold! Holy hell! Them boys can skate! John Gibson was a rock in net! USA! USA!! USA!!!).

USA scores again to secure the gold!

So last night, around watching Canada lose to Russia for the WJC bronze medal, I watched ESPN's 30 for 30 documentary Harvard Beats Yale 29-29. It detailed the 1968 game where Harvard came back late and tied Yale and a bunch of smart guys and Eastern elites got a big chubber over it. Was it good? Yes. Very. Did Harvard beat Yale 29-29? No. They TIED Yale 29-29. Not so smart are you Poindexter? It only felt like a loss for Yale because, um, I guess they live in a shittier city or something. You should watch it. But this is the best scene (God I love this):

Wow! How awesome was that? It made my year (granted the year was only 4 days old at the time but something had to take the early lead and this was pretty damn entertaining). Later, when Harvard is scoring 16 points in the last minute of so to tie it, these same Yale jerkoffs are firing off a wee cannon. But one of those wee cannons that shoot off a blank 12-gauge shotgun shell and make one hell of a racket. And they keep shooting, and shooting and Harvard scored and scored again to tie the game. 1968 was a strange time.

And now, here is another clip of some shenanigans from the darts:

Did someone say, "shenanigans?"
Better get my broom!