Tag: Red Wings

  • Up Here

    On this flight, there is no sign of the tension below. Thousands of feet above the world, the only sports represented here are the University of Wyoming wrestling team, and my lacrosse jersey. You wouldn’t know that the greatest trophy in sports was going to be handed out tonight. I’m on an Air Canada flight…

  • Winter Classic Post: Can’t Live Without It

    It wasn’t a question as to wether I would watch the Winter Classic (can you call something classic before it happens?), it was if I would enjoy it or not. How good a job would NBC do? How good would the NHL do? Was it going to be old hat? Last year versus this year…

  • Avs Beat Detroit, And It Feels Good. Although….

    Not to be “that guy” or anything, but the Avs beating the Red Wings may have been able to look a little better in the doing. I mean, I’m not as curmudgeony as this guy, but still (Shane, I kid) I missed the first two periods of the game thanks to a paying job (hey,…

  • Stanley Cup: Bummer

    First off, congratulation to the Detroit Red Wings. After winning the Presidents Trophy enough times, they have certainly earned it. They fought hard, played well, and all that. After that—– Crap. Look, I don’t care what the Red Wings fans think about my choice of teams, and I do not care what the classless fans…

  • Oh, What a Night.

    Game 5 just ended, and I am so tired. I have to be up at 5:15 AM, so I have little to say. The Stanley Cup Finals are still on. That makes me happy.