The Force Is With Ilya

The Force is strong it these ones,
but how do you breathe in this thing?!

Ilya Bryzgalov has a new goalie mask and it is as awesome as the "Universe" himself!

Just look at it! It's covered with Yodas and shit! And he helped the Flyer beat the Caps 4-1 in the mask's debut!

The Space Danger

Ilya Brezgalov and the Stanley Cup.
Photo credit - ShinePhantom

PengoSports favorite goalie/philosopher/cosmonaut, Ilya Brezgalov, has many important things to say about a lot of stuff. 'The Space Danger' may be the most important:

 

Why is it important? If you're into licking meteors it's damn important!

From The Onion. Click to embiggen.

Here's another gem from this very, very wise man:

We are lucky to have Mr. Bryzgalov walk skate among us. Lucky indeed.

Perfect Drive

Great weekend for the Air Force Falcons' hockey team. They swept the Canisius Golden Griffins, 3-1 Friday and 3-2 on Saturday.

Senior Mike Walsh hanging in his own snow globe.

Air Force currently sits in 2nd place in Atlantic Hockey 3 points clear of 3rd place Mercyhurst and 9 back of 1st place Niagara. While, with only 8 points remaining they can't catch Niagara, the only thing that matters is finishing in the top 4, earning a 1st round bye in the playoffs and hosting a 2nd round series. The Atlantic Hockey Final 4 will be held in Rochester, NY so top seed only earns you last change in the championship game.

Here are a few more shots of this weekend's action:

Jason Torf enjoying a laugh after getting run
in the 2nd period of the Falcons' 3-1 victory on Friday.

Damn ref always ruining the fun is yelling at the boys
to quit a celebratin' and get back to a playin' hockey.

Captain Stephen Carew chats with the ref
as the miscreant Golden Griffins plot their further misdeeds.

Hey! I.M. Hipp you ain't real!

Arty shot of Casey Kleisinger on a breakaway.

Air Force closes out the regular season this Friday and Saturday with a pair on the road at R.I.T. and at home against league leader Niagara on March 1st & 2nd. General admission tickets are just $3 for both Niagara games. So head on out and watch some good quality grinder hockey at the Cadet Ice Arena.

Non-stop! Just look at me go! Just look at me!

On a side note, I managed to drive the entire 19.2 miles home from Friday night's game without hitting a stop light and only slowing, and slightly at that, one time! It was the Zen driving moment of all Zen driving moments that abruptly ended when I was locked out of the house in 13 degree weather. Numb hands and a really cold face were my reward after the half hour it took to get in and that kind of took the glow off that perfect drive. Damn buzzkill.

My magical route home from the Cadet Ice Arena.
I didn't stop once! NOT ONCE!

BTW. The next night I hit 4 red lights and the drive took about 10 minutes longer.

Rugby. Rugby. Rugby.

Saturday, February 9th! Rugby! TV! Yes! Watch it! Here be the schedule:

Scrum-tastic! Just look at them go!

BBC AMERICA’S LIVE BBC BROADCASTS of the 6 Nations Tournament:
Saturday, February 2, 9:00am MT - England v Scotland
Saturday, February 9, 10:00am MT - France v Wales
Saturday, February 23, 10:00am MT - England v France
Saturday, March 9, 10:00am MT - Ireland v France
Saturday, March 16, 11:00am MT - Wales v England

 Dudes doing the rugby stuff!

NBC Sports schedule of Rugby 7's in Las Vegas:
Saturday, February 12
1:30 - 4:00PM MT

Sunday, February 13
2:30 - 4:00 PM MT

So watch it dammit!

US Soccer On beIN Sports - For Real This Time

Here are three of the teams in the CONCACAF Hexagonal,
Mexico on the right, Honduras middle and the USA left,
as they try to reach the 2014 World Cup!
(Jamaica, Costa Rica & Panama have the other chairs)

Okay. This time we get to watch it. Really. The CONCACAF World Cup Hexagonal begins Wednesday with the US team traveling to play Honduras in the most violent city in the world, San Pedro Sula!

Welcome to San Pedro Sula!
Now prepare to die.

Game time is 200pm MST. beIN Sport, Comcast channel 553, has your coverage. 3 points would be nice. Not getting murdered would also be nice. Go USA!!!

Comcast Colorado Springs Channel 553/
DirectTV Channel 620/Dish Network Channel 408

 

WATCH IT! DAMMIT!