Year: 2011

  • SCF Blogging Challenge Beginning Roundup

    The point of the Stanley Cup Dead Blogging Challenge is to get back to writing on my hockey blog, and drag as many of you along with me as I can.  There are a lot of good writers out there who fell out of the habit of updating their blogs, and getting them back up…

  • SCF Game 1: Ladies

    I have stated that I am firmly in the bag for Boston.  I want them to win, and I’m not ashamed to admit it.  Does that make me biased?  Sure, why not.  We’re all biased in one way or another.  But what a game for both teams.  You don’t get that kind of performance out…

  • SCF Game 1 is Coming: Hide Your Kids, Hide Your Wife

    Game one of the Stanley Cup Finals is tonight (Final? Finals? Who cares?), and I’m still steeling myself for it.  The previous rounds have been intense, and there is no reason for this round to be any different.  Colorado have been firmly out of the playoffs this year since 2009 or so (it seems like…

  • Stanley Cup Dead Blog Challenge

    My blog is about to turn 5 years old soon, next month in fact.  And frankly, it’s never been at a lower point, content and update-wise.  It’s sad, because I like my blog, and I like blogging about hockey, but I’ve fallen out of the habit of posting, and don’t write as much as I…

  • One and Done: A Tale of Two Opposite Playoff Teams

    In one moment, I was happy.  Elated.  The Bruins won game seven to advance to the Stanley Cup Finals.  A team that I like mostly, I’ll admit, because of Tim Thomas.  If ever there was a goalie I could describe as ‘plucky,’ it’s Thomas.  For me, he’s been the comeback story of the year.  Last…