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Blues vs Avs: Another Reason the Goal Should Have Counted
In the Avalanche’s 3-2 victory over the St. Louis Blues, the game winning goal was one surrounded by controversy. Maybe surrounded isn’t the right word. Briefly huddled around? Anyways, here it is, in case you missed it: The NHL Situation Room blog explained the decision this way: At 14:07 of the second period in the…
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Tebow Time: The Clock is Ticking
Last night, as I left the Pepsi Center after the Colorado Avalanche beat the Washington Capitals, the chant went up. It wasn’t “Let’s go, Avalanche,” which follows just about every victory. It’s wasn’t “Capitals suck!” No, it’s something that we tend to hear every weekend in Colorado these days. “Tebow! Tebow! Tebow!” They were dressed…
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The New Conferences, Perhaps a New Lease on Life
After plenty of hand wringing and consternation, after so much fan speculation and more plots than the end of the movie Clue, more promises made than in the Godfather, and more… well, you get the point… the NHL has finally voted on a scheme for realigning the league. I’m usually not one for the instant…
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How Not to Break Up a Fight
Last night, in Vancouver’s loss to the Minnesota Wild, linesman Darren Gibbs (and thanks to Puck Daddy for pointing out the name, and the videos) took a fist to the face while breaking up a fight between Cal Clutterbuck and Maxim Lapierre. Here is the Minnesota Wild video of the ‘head shot:’ It’s easy to…
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Words Will Never Hurt Me, Maybe
The very first post on this blog was of a youtube clip of a classic game where the players on the bench were yelling at a guy from the opposing as he lined up for a face off. The language they were using was… salty. It was an entire salt lick worth of salty. It’s…