The view from my seat
Originally uploaded by Tapeleg.

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Sent from my Treo. What else?

For VCOE
Originally uploaded by Tapeleg.

This ones for alanah

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Sent from my Treo

I’m actually nervious. This isgoing to be good.

Stastny, Wolski, Lapeeriere line. Liles, Sauer line

What is May doing out there?

Liles: hands on the stick, dude

Wolski takes one off his foot, and limps off. Don’t get hurt, it’s the preseason. He come back.

Theodore and Osgood start us off. Sakic isn’t playing due to his hip injury on Saturday.

Red Wings suck. Just wanted to put that out there now. It’s important.

A good play by Rycroft. Hope springs in turtles. That’s from John Bowman. Look him up.

Wings score first. 2 on1 where the pass should have been cut off. It was the only play, really. Who is 27? (send him down!)

They won’t show us goals against on the jumbotron. Like we are babies and can’t handle it. Why take something away you can get on TV? Sucks.

Skrastins and Clark mis communicate and almost leave the shooter too much room. Not good.

One- bothing at the end of one. I’m having fun. More later.
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Sent from my Treo, from the game, so excuse my spelling and typos

Most people think the only hockey in Colorado is the Avalanche. Not true, and this year, not by a longshot. The state is filling up with hockey, an the minor league level. The established Colorado Eagles will get an instate rival starting opening night for the Central Hockey League. October 20th, the Rocky Mountain Rage play the Eagles in Windsor (just outside of Ft. Collins, CO) for what should be an automatic hatred fest. I am sure the CHL is salivating at the prospect of a hard division of fan base, from silly string incidents to parking lot brawls. The Eagles continue a sellout streak at 83 games this season, which may not look like much, except that the CHL plays a shortened season of 64 games (32 at home), and the Budweiser Events Center has seating for 7,200 (I think hockey config is less).

The Eagles got into a legal dispute about putting the Rage so close to the Eagles (42 miles driving distance), and I’m not sure what the outcome is/ was. The fact that the building the Rage will be playing in (Broomfield Events Center) is going to be finished soon means there is little to be done about the situation. But you build on success, and the Eagles have proven that, to the chagrin of others, hockey has taken off in Colorado. The Battle of Colorado begins Oct. 20th. Mark your calenders. It’s going to be fun to be a hockey fan in the Front Range.

Technorati : CHL, Central, Colorado, Eagles, Hockey, Rage

Supposedly, Joe Sakic left the Las Vegas preseason game against the Kings Saturday early. The Denver Post said it isn’t much:

Sakic suffered an injury, but Sunday the Avalanche listed it as nothing more than a minor hip flexor. The Colorado captain isn’t expected to miss much time.

That’s about it. And I say supposedly because there is NO INFORMATION about the game. I know the preseason doesn’t matter, but getting info piecemeal sucks for those who do care. At least that should end soon.

Tonight is Red Wings vs. Avs, at the Pepsi Center. I still don’t have a game to go to, so it may be this one. It seems weird to be disappointed in going to an Avs/ Wings tilt, but I kind of am. One of the fun things about my previous job was being able to travel around and see teams I had never seen in buildings I had never been to, let alone ever heard of. I would rather go to a Plymouth Whalers game and buy a program from Christy of Behind the Jersey, or the Hartford Wolfpack and try to find Brushback from Sidearm Delivery. You know what sounds fun? Sitting in the cowbell section of a Rockford IceHogs game. They mount multiple cowbells to sticks there, I presume for a good and noisy beatdown. I had a great time at my one game there. Even got the two Hog mascots to sign my puck. I don’t think I’m up for the hype and volume of an NHL game tonight. Take what you can get, though.

Now that I think about it, it would be fun to put a little sidebar element where you could put your teams game up (locally to Colorado, of course). Getting people out to any game is part of the deal. Hmmm….

Technorati : Avalanche, Avs, Hockey, IceHogs, NHL, Plymouth, Sakic, Whalers, Wolfpack

I found these commercials on youtube today. Funniest one last. Watch the guy stickhandling at the end.

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Then the other two

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and

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None of these would fit in with the BHL (Bettman Hockey League) but are much better than the My NHL commercials. What isn’t?

Technorati : Hockey, Vegas, Wranglers

If the Avs lose in Vegas (3-2 against the Kings), and there’s no scoresheet on the game, does anyone notice. I have no real details, like who was in goal for the Avs (Cloutier was in for the Kings), or penalties. The Kings won it in the last minute, but a goal scored on (who?). So I got nothing. And don’t forget, I can tell you this one doesn’t matter, while beating the Red Wings is an omen of epic proportions, because this is a fan blog. That’s the way it goes. We wear our bias like a game worn jersey, with pride. Here is your marginal recap. I figure the league may be hung over, and the scoresheet happened in Vegas, so it stays in Vegas. It probably partied to much last night, and was found passed out in the front row of Starlight Express. Don’t ask it any questions, it doesn’t remember what happened.

The Avs did the Reassignment dance today, and it looks slower than the Monster Mash. From the Avs site:

DENVER – The Colorado Avalanche Hockey Club announced Sunday that it has reassigned four players to the club’s American Hockey League affiliate in Albany, NY:
Kyle Cumiskey, D
Ben Guite, C
John Laliberte, RW
Tyler Weiman, G

These players will report to the Albany River Rats training camp which begins Monday.

Weiman goes. Even though it was going to happen soon, I hoped he would stick around for the whole preseason. Oh, well. Nothing else special to report. I found a couple of funny hockey commercials on youtube, and since my brain is soft as mush today, I may put them up later.

I’m still looking for my hockey game to go to tomorrow night. I know there’s a Wings vs. Avs preseason ’tilt’ at the Pepsi Center. But I’d rather see something else. What have you got, Denver?

Technorati : Avs, Hockey, Kings, NHL, Vegas

I am in constant search for videos of The Zambonis, the best all hockey band ever. This one I love:

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But this just popped up on youtube, so it goes up. A small clip of the Zambonis at UNH. 2 songs. It’s just a digital cam on the side of the stage, but still entertaining.

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In case you missed it, this is the link to their website. Do you think they are Whalers fans?

Technorati : Hockey, Monkey, Zambonis, music

The Avs are playing tonight, but not on TV. Just the radio broadcast tonight, but I’m not listening. I need to get out and socialize a little, so I’m headed to Brother’s Bar.

Denver, I need your help. Looks like I have Sunday and Monday off from work, and I feel the need to see a game. I don’t really care what level of game, I just need some hockey (this is the hockey love after all, not just the NHL). I would prefer some sort of organized game or league play (I know, good luck), but I want something. The comment section is open, if you know of a game to go to. I may be the only one in the stands, but it’s a game. Your help is appreciated.

Technorati : Denver, hockey

The Avalanche are taking on the L.A. Kings tonight in Las Vegas, at the MGM Grand Arena. I didn’t know they had an arena in the MGM Grand, at least not one with ice facilities.

Of course, the hype, or what there is for a preseason game, is about the Avs facing Rob Blake. If you want to read about it, the Rocky Mountain News has an article, which is a bit of puff, and doesn’t really say much at all. Just like this mornings JAHL post.

I don’t expect much to come of the game, which is broadcast on the radio for all you Avs fans. I’m in early at work this morning, so who knows what I’ll have for you tonight.

Elsewhere, Ducks beat Canucks, DiPietro loses to the Bruins, Caps beat Pens (without Crosby or AO), and none of it really mattered, as it’s the preseason. Still, Vegas, baby. Vegas. That’s so money.

Technorati : Avalanche, Avs, Blake, NHL, Vegas