Bergevin pays for ripping referees (scroll down a little)
Tuesday November 26, @11:13AM
Pittsburgh Penguins defenceman Marc Bergevin got his money's worth ($1,000 fine) when he blasted the officials' work in a recent Penguins- Islanders game, the San Francisco Chronicle reported on Tuesday.
"Write what you saw. It's a $%@# farce. This league's a joke. They change it for what, 10 games, 15 games? I honestly thought it was going to change. It was a rodeo out there. It was unbelievable. I'm not trying to take anything away from New York -- they played hard. They deserved to win. That's not what I'm trying to say. But it's a (expletive) joke. Did you guys see it? Did you watch the same game I did? Am I wrong?"
Thursday, November 21, 2002
*not* the only insane goalie out there:
3nd Period NYI: J. Blake (K. Jonsson, Wiemer) 0:25
Penalties NYI: Webb (Charging), 12:33
TB: Keefe (Roughing), 17:15
TB: Keefe (Roughing), 17:15
TB: Keefe (Cross-checking), 17:15
TB: Konstantinov (Leaving the Crease), 17:15
NYI: Hamrlik (Roughing), 17:15
NYI: Snow (Leaving the Crease), 17:15
NYI: Snow (Match), 17:15
Hehheh. You should've seen the pounding.
3nd Period NYI: J. Blake (K. Jonsson, Wiemer) 0:25
Penalties NYI: Webb (Charging), 12:33
TB: Keefe (Roughing), 17:15
TB: Keefe (Roughing), 17:15
TB: Keefe (Cross-checking), 17:15
TB: Konstantinov (Leaving the Crease), 17:15
NYI: Hamrlik (Roughing), 17:15
NYI: Snow (Leaving the Crease), 17:15
NYI: Snow (Match), 17:15
Hehheh. You should've seen the pounding.
Monday, November 18, 2002
He said it, not me:
Hey, Adrian! Who does Rob Blake room with on the road now that Chris Drury is gone? How often do the guys switch roommates? Thanks!
-- Kaylee, Casper, Wyo.
At last check, Blake was rooming with Martin Skoula. That seems like an odd couple, but sometimes those are the best arrangements. How often do they change things up on a team? Not too much. Once people get comfortable with each other, they generally stay together for the full season. Adam Foote and Patrick Roy, for example, have been rooming together for years.
Hee...
Hey, Adrian! Who does Rob Blake room with on the road now that Chris Drury is gone? How often do the guys switch roommates? Thanks!
-- Kaylee, Casper, Wyo.
At last check, Blake was rooming with Martin Skoula. That seems like an odd couple, but sometimes those are the best arrangements. How often do they change things up on a team? Not too much. Once people get comfortable with each other, they generally stay together for the full season. Adam Foote and Patrick Roy, for example, have been rooming together for years.
Hee...
Friday, November 15, 2002
QMJHL: Suspensions handed out in Drakker, Mooseheads brawl
(posted Nov. 14, 7:20PM EST)
LONGUEUIL, Que. -- A brawl-filled game between the Baie-Comeau Drakkar and the Halifax Mooseheads produced its first suspensions from the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League on Thursday.
Baie-Comeau's Louis-Philippe Martin, who left the penalty box to join one of several multiplayer melees Wednesday night, was suspended for five games and coach Richard Martel was banned by the league for two games.
The Drakkar were also fined $1,000.
The suspensions and the fine were automatic because Martin left the bench to join the fighting in the Mooseheads' 9-2 win over the Drakkar, when 23 players were ejected and 485 penalty minutes were called.
A league spokesman said QMJHL disciplinarian Maurice Filion was reviewing videotape of the game and may issue further fines and suspensions later this week.
The low point of an already brawl-filled game came in the third period, when all 12 players on the ice were fighting.
After the game, Martel said his team “played with frustration, that's all.”
I wouldn't call it a "low point," myself... *g*
(posted Nov. 14, 7:20PM EST)
LONGUEUIL, Que. -- A brawl-filled game between the Baie-Comeau Drakkar and the Halifax Mooseheads produced its first suspensions from the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League on Thursday.
Baie-Comeau's Louis-Philippe Martin, who left the penalty box to join one of several multiplayer melees Wednesday night, was suspended for five games and coach Richard Martel was banned by the league for two games.
The Drakkar were also fined $1,000.
The suspensions and the fine were automatic because Martin left the bench to join the fighting in the Mooseheads' 9-2 win over the Drakkar, when 23 players were ejected and 485 penalty minutes were called.
A league spokesman said QMJHL disciplinarian Maurice Filion was reviewing videotape of the game and may issue further fines and suspensions later this week.
The low point of an already brawl-filled game came in the third period, when all 12 players on the ice were fighting.
After the game, Martel said his team “played with frustration, that's all.”
I wouldn't call it a "low point," myself... *g*
Thursday, November 14, 2002
Saturday, November 09, 2002
Friday, November 08, 2002
From Cee (it tickled her):
Yahoo! Sports: NHL - Bush calls Red Wings champions on and off the ice
http://sports.yahoo.com/nhl/news/ap/20021108/ap-redwings-bush.html
By RON FOURNIER, AP White House Correspondent
November 8, 2002
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Calling them ``ruffians skating in the same direction,'' President Bush praised the Detroit Red Wings on Friday for their championship play and community service.
In an East Room ceremony filled with good-natured ribbing, Bush said athletes should follow the Red Wings' lead and be good examples for children who adore them.
``See, it's one thing to be the champion on the ice, it's another thing to be a champion living your lives,'' the president said.
Bush mentioned an NHL tradition in which members of the championship team each get a day to carry around the Stanley Cup. Team captain Steve Yzerman visited children in three hospitals with the trophy.
The team's owner, Mike Illitch, used the Stanley Cup to raise money for charity. Scotty Bowman, the Hall of Fame coach who retired after last year's championship, ``made a dream come true for a child with leukemia, who just simply wanted to touch the Stanley Cup,'' Bush said.
``You've proven yourself to be champs off the ice,'' the president said.
``You have a responsibility to set the right example and to use your position to help not only serve something greater than yourself, the team, but to serve a society and help heal the hurt and help people who need a little special care,'' Bush said.
The event was not all serious.
The president kidded Illitch, who also owns the struggling Detroit Tigers. Bush, former controlling owner of the Texas Rangers, said, ``This goes to prove it's easier to win in hockey than in baseball.''
The Red Wings beat the Carolina Hurricanes in the Stanley Cup finals for their third title in six years.
Bush said Bowman is so popular in Michigan that he had a job in mind for the former coach -- but it already is held by Dick Cheney.
``If I hadn't already announced yesterday the vice president was going to be my running mate. ... I was thinking about you,'' Bush said.
Standing behind him, laughing, were the Red Wings -- including center Kris Draper, who was sporting a black eye after getting hit by a stick in a 2-1 overtime victory over the Boston Bruins on Thursday night.
``He gets these ruffians skating in the same direction,'' Bush said of Bowman.
Bowman congratulated Bush for, hours earlier, securing a 15-0 vote at the United Nations Security Council for action against Iraq.
``We had to win 16 games'' in the playoffs to earn the Stanley Cup, Bowman said. ``We know how hard that is.''
Bush commented on the Wings' international flavor, with players from Russia, Canada, the United States and the Czech Republic. ``It looks like the United Nations,'' he said.
Following the ceremony, Darren McCarty said he and his teammates were impressed with Bush's low-key style.
``The thing that makes him so endearing is he seems so natural,'' McCarty said. ``It was neat how he left, just saying, `OK, got to go.' How cool is that?''
Yahoo! Sports: NHL - Bush calls Red Wings champions on and off the ice
http://sports.yahoo.com/nhl/news/ap/20021108/ap-redwings-bush.html
By RON FOURNIER, AP White House Correspondent
November 8, 2002
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Calling them ``ruffians skating in the same direction,'' President Bush praised the Detroit Red Wings on Friday for their championship play and community service.
In an East Room ceremony filled with good-natured ribbing, Bush said athletes should follow the Red Wings' lead and be good examples for children who adore them.
``See, it's one thing to be the champion on the ice, it's another thing to be a champion living your lives,'' the president said.
Bush mentioned an NHL tradition in which members of the championship team each get a day to carry around the Stanley Cup. Team captain Steve Yzerman visited children in three hospitals with the trophy.
The team's owner, Mike Illitch, used the Stanley Cup to raise money for charity. Scotty Bowman, the Hall of Fame coach who retired after last year's championship, ``made a dream come true for a child with leukemia, who just simply wanted to touch the Stanley Cup,'' Bush said.
``You've proven yourself to be champs off the ice,'' the president said.
``You have a responsibility to set the right example and to use your position to help not only serve something greater than yourself, the team, but to serve a society and help heal the hurt and help people who need a little special care,'' Bush said.
The event was not all serious.
The president kidded Illitch, who also owns the struggling Detroit Tigers. Bush, former controlling owner of the Texas Rangers, said, ``This goes to prove it's easier to win in hockey than in baseball.''
The Red Wings beat the Carolina Hurricanes in the Stanley Cup finals for their third title in six years.
Bush said Bowman is so popular in Michigan that he had a job in mind for the former coach -- but it already is held by Dick Cheney.
``If I hadn't already announced yesterday the vice president was going to be my running mate. ... I was thinking about you,'' Bush said.
Standing behind him, laughing, were the Red Wings -- including center Kris Draper, who was sporting a black eye after getting hit by a stick in a 2-1 overtime victory over the Boston Bruins on Thursday night.
``He gets these ruffians skating in the same direction,'' Bush said of Bowman.
Bowman congratulated Bush for, hours earlier, securing a 15-0 vote at the United Nations Security Council for action against Iraq.
``We had to win 16 games'' in the playoffs to earn the Stanley Cup, Bowman said. ``We know how hard that is.''
Bush commented on the Wings' international flavor, with players from Russia, Canada, the United States and the Czech Republic. ``It looks like the United Nations,'' he said.
Following the ceremony, Darren McCarty said he and his teammates were impressed with Bush's low-key style.
``The thing that makes him so endearing is he seems so natural,'' McCarty said. ``It was neat how he left, just saying, `OK, got to go.' How cool is that?''
Wednesday, November 06, 2002
AWFUL AT HOME: The Colorado Avalanche aren't happy with their 4-2-4-2 start and even more angry with their 0-3-2 record at home.
“The key to success in this league is winning at hoe,” said Avs star centre Peter Forsberg. “We're just not playing good enough at home. We have to pick it up. It's a good thing we have four more games (in a row) at home.”
We? WE? WE?!?
How about "I", Mr. Fuckberg? Cause not only has Mighty Joe stepped up to the plate with at least one and usually two goals in the past, oh, FIVE games, so has the defence. Adam has THREE goals already this year! Rob Blake just scored his first! Hejduk's up to 9 pts.
You ought to be ashamed of yourself, and you might want to considering offering yourself to Calgary in return for Chris Drury.
“The key to success in this league is winning at hoe,” said Avs star centre Peter Forsberg. “We're just not playing good enough at home. We have to pick it up. It's a good thing we have four more games (in a row) at home.”
We? WE? WE?!?
How about "I", Mr. Fuckberg? Cause not only has Mighty Joe stepped up to the plate with at least one and usually two goals in the past, oh, FIVE games, so has the defence. Adam has THREE goals already this year! Rob Blake just scored his first! Hejduk's up to 9 pts.
You ought to be ashamed of yourself, and you might want to considering offering yourself to Calgary in return for Chris Drury.
Friday, October 25, 2002
So I was wandering around hockey pages, as I'm wont to do, and came across the following.
and sent it to realitycek, Rowan, and Cee, as is also my wont.
Realitycek came back with: "Go in peace, children, and high-stick no more. While anyone's looking. If you can help it. And remember -- away game at Mordor, on the 28th."
which still has us rolling. So Cee had the brilliant idea to propose a caption contest. Go for it!
and sent it to realitycek, Rowan, and Cee, as is also my wont.
Realitycek came back with: "Go in peace, children, and high-stick no more. While anyone's looking. If you can help it. And remember -- away game at Mordor, on the 28th."
which still has us rolling. So Cee had the brilliant idea to propose a caption contest. Go for it!
I reprint this in its entirety because, well...because it needed to be said.
The NHL's going south
By MIKE ULMER -- Toronto Sun
Remember those plucky Carolina Hurricanes, the team that would induce the locals to forsake college hoops and NASCAR for sticks and pucks?
Thought you should know, they're averaging 14,700 fans a night.
The Hurricanes fell three wins short of the Stanley Cup last spring. Their attendance is 1,800 fans per evening lower than that of the Calgary Flames who haven't made the playoffs in seven years.
Let's put this another way. The last time the Flames played a post-season game, the Carolina Hurricanes were the Hartford Whalers.
This suggests two things.
1. Martin Gelinas, who came to Calgary from Carolina over the summer, has a secret charisma and a really, really, really big family.
2. It's time someone started reconsidering the game's wavering hold on sports fans south of the 49th.
The great lie about the National Hockey League is that it's a league in which American teams prop up Canadian clubs.
It's more like the other way around.
Yes, it is simplistic to tie a club's financial health to attendance numbers so highly fudged you have to brush your teeth after repeating them. The league quietly mandates at least 500 freebie tickets a night and that number can often swell to 2,000 or more against a poor opponent.
And yes, American teams operate differently than Canadian clubs.
The Hurricanes, for example, have a sweet lease deal in which they garner revenues from other events staged in the RBC Center, formerly the Entertainment and Sports Arena.
TESTIMONIAL
But attendance does say an awful lot about local interest and that, in turn, speaks volumes about long-term prospects. There is no finer testimonial than bums in the seats.
The U.S. may have 10 times the population, but Canada has a whole lot more hockey fans.
Take a look around the NHL.
They are wringing their hands in Ottawa, where sluggish ticket sales dropped the Sens' average attendance down to 14,847. That's an 11% decline from last season.
The Senators still average more patrons a night than the Chicago Blackhawks, New York Islanders, Pittsburgh Penguins, Carolina Hurricanes, Buffalo Sabres, Nashville Predators, Mighty Ducks of Anaheim and New Jersey Devils. Their visibility in their home city dwarfs that of the U.S. clubs and their 8,500 season tickets would be looked on by team executives in those U.S. burgs as a wonderful number.
Imagine Sens owner Rod Bryden in handcuffs. The equivalent happened in Buffalo to former president John Rigas.
Without an owner and with a colourless, predictable team, the Sabres are playing in front of as many empty seats as occupied ones.
Buffalo is averaging 11,518 over four dates. That's a 29% drop from last season.
When the Ducks and Florida Panthers entered the league, NHL types salivated at the thought of aligning themselves with the likes of Blockbuster Video and Disney. It turns out 30 guys in Edmonton can do a much better job of running a hockey team. Who knew?
In Pittsburgh, current home address of the greatest player in the game, the Penguins announced 1,649 empties for their home opener against the Toronto Maple Leafs. In Mario Lemieux's home town of Montreal, the Canadiens have averaged 20,048, or 5,000 more a night than in Pittsburgh.
WAKE UP
Don't worry about the Senators, a team situated in the Canadian city hit hardest by the high-tech meltdown.
Worry, if you must, about Chicago, where the Blackhawks had one announced crowd of 10,192, most of whom came in the same bus. On many nights, the actual gate is closer to 8,000.
And in Ottawa, unlike Chicago, if your car breaks down en route to the game you still get to live.
Hey, Canada, wake up. The Vancouver Canucks are a better draw than the Los Angeles Kings.
Four thousand more fans a night go to a hockey game in Edmonton than in Nashville. The Predators are down 8% and their announced gate of 10,123 against Phoenix was the lowest in the team's history -- by more than 2,000 fans.
The Oil, by comparison, are up 9% and boast nearly 15,000 season tickets.
Overall, league attendance is virtually identical to last season's pace. For that fact, the boys in New York can thank the patrons of the frozen North, where the game matters and, if you don't mind me saying, where it always will.
(Contributed by Kellie, hockey-fan-in-the-making!)
The NHL's going south
By MIKE ULMER -- Toronto Sun
Remember those plucky Carolina Hurricanes, the team that would induce the locals to forsake college hoops and NASCAR for sticks and pucks?
Thought you should know, they're averaging 14,700 fans a night.
The Hurricanes fell three wins short of the Stanley Cup last spring. Their attendance is 1,800 fans per evening lower than that of the Calgary Flames who haven't made the playoffs in seven years.
Let's put this another way. The last time the Flames played a post-season game, the Carolina Hurricanes were the Hartford Whalers.
This suggests two things.
1. Martin Gelinas, who came to Calgary from Carolina over the summer, has a secret charisma and a really, really, really big family.
2. It's time someone started reconsidering the game's wavering hold on sports fans south of the 49th.
The great lie about the National Hockey League is that it's a league in which American teams prop up Canadian clubs.
It's more like the other way around.
Yes, it is simplistic to tie a club's financial health to attendance numbers so highly fudged you have to brush your teeth after repeating them. The league quietly mandates at least 500 freebie tickets a night and that number can often swell to 2,000 or more against a poor opponent.
And yes, American teams operate differently than Canadian clubs.
The Hurricanes, for example, have a sweet lease deal in which they garner revenues from other events staged in the RBC Center, formerly the Entertainment and Sports Arena.
TESTIMONIAL
But attendance does say an awful lot about local interest and that, in turn, speaks volumes about long-term prospects. There is no finer testimonial than bums in the seats.
The U.S. may have 10 times the population, but Canada has a whole lot more hockey fans.
Take a look around the NHL.
They are wringing their hands in Ottawa, where sluggish ticket sales dropped the Sens' average attendance down to 14,847. That's an 11% decline from last season.
The Senators still average more patrons a night than the Chicago Blackhawks, New York Islanders, Pittsburgh Penguins, Carolina Hurricanes, Buffalo Sabres, Nashville Predators, Mighty Ducks of Anaheim and New Jersey Devils. Their visibility in their home city dwarfs that of the U.S. clubs and their 8,500 season tickets would be looked on by team executives in those U.S. burgs as a wonderful number.
Imagine Sens owner Rod Bryden in handcuffs. The equivalent happened in Buffalo to former president John Rigas.
Without an owner and with a colourless, predictable team, the Sabres are playing in front of as many empty seats as occupied ones.
Buffalo is averaging 11,518 over four dates. That's a 29% drop from last season.
When the Ducks and Florida Panthers entered the league, NHL types salivated at the thought of aligning themselves with the likes of Blockbuster Video and Disney. It turns out 30 guys in Edmonton can do a much better job of running a hockey team. Who knew?
In Pittsburgh, current home address of the greatest player in the game, the Penguins announced 1,649 empties for their home opener against the Toronto Maple Leafs. In Mario Lemieux's home town of Montreal, the Canadiens have averaged 20,048, or 5,000 more a night than in Pittsburgh.
WAKE UP
Don't worry about the Senators, a team situated in the Canadian city hit hardest by the high-tech meltdown.
Worry, if you must, about Chicago, where the Blackhawks had one announced crowd of 10,192, most of whom came in the same bus. On many nights, the actual gate is closer to 8,000.
And in Ottawa, unlike Chicago, if your car breaks down en route to the game you still get to live.
Hey, Canada, wake up. The Vancouver Canucks are a better draw than the Los Angeles Kings.
Four thousand more fans a night go to a hockey game in Edmonton than in Nashville. The Predators are down 8% and their announced gate of 10,123 against Phoenix was the lowest in the team's history -- by more than 2,000 fans.
The Oil, by comparison, are up 9% and boast nearly 15,000 season tickets.
Overall, league attendance is virtually identical to last season's pace. For that fact, the boys in New York can thank the patrons of the frozen North, where the game matters and, if you don't mind me saying, where it always will.
(Contributed by Kellie, hockey-fan-in-the-making!)
Monday, October 21, 2002
Sunday, October 20, 2002
I should add that Steve is NOT wearing his helmet and therefore the Sacred Book of Steve is a worthy companion to the Sacred Book of Ray (and Joe).
I'm so happy hockey season has started. Three Avs games in a row, too, and Adam playing a great game in all of them.
And I'm also happy because my son's become enamoured of NHL Hitz 2002 for GameCube and he's impressed that I'm able to answer the trivia questions between periods for more points. Hell...I'm impressed. I didn't know that I knew that Guy Lafleur came back to play for the Rangers, or that JR was only the 4th Blackhawk to score more than a hundred points. Hee!
I'm so happy hockey season has started. Three Avs games in a row, too, and Adam playing a great game in all of them.
And I'm also happy because my son's become enamoured of NHL Hitz 2002 for GameCube and he's impressed that I'm able to answer the trivia questions between periods for more points. Hell...I'm impressed. I didn't know that I knew that Guy Lafleur came back to play for the Rangers, or that JR was only the 4th Blackhawk to score more than a hundred points. Hee!
Friday, October 18, 2002
great article...no picture!
Avs notch first victory By Adrian Dater
Denver Post Staff Writer
Friday, October 18, 2002 - LOS ANGELES - The beginning and the end were completely believable. Of the four Colorado Avalanche goals on Thursday night, Peter Forsberg scored two and Joe Sakic one. It was the second goal, the game-winner, that seemed like pulp fiction.
Adam Foote doesn't get many breakaways, nor does he get many goals. But he got both on what proved the difference maker in the Avalanche's first victory of the season, 4-1 over the Los Angeles Kings at the Staples Center.
Between the bookend Forsberg goals, Foote scored 6 minutes, 32 seconds into the third period to break a 1-1 tie, seconds after coming out of the penalty box. As Foote came out from serving a minor boarding penalty against Kings star Jason Allison, he slipped behind Kings defender Lubomir Visnovsky at the red line, barely staying onside to receive a lead pass from Avs forward Brad Larsen.
Foote broke ahead of Visnovsky and waited for Kings goalie Felix Potvin to commit before slipping a shot up high to the back of the net
"You always dream of one out of the box like that," Foote said. "I wasn't sure if I was going to be offsides or not. When I didn't hear any whistle, I just kept going."
mmmmmmmm.............
Avs notch first victory By Adrian Dater
Denver Post Staff Writer
Friday, October 18, 2002 - LOS ANGELES - The beginning and the end were completely believable. Of the four Colorado Avalanche goals on Thursday night, Peter Forsberg scored two and Joe Sakic one. It was the second goal, the game-winner, that seemed like pulp fiction.
Adam Foote doesn't get many breakaways, nor does he get many goals. But he got both on what proved the difference maker in the Avalanche's first victory of the season, 4-1 over the Los Angeles Kings at the Staples Center.
Between the bookend Forsberg goals, Foote scored 6 minutes, 32 seconds into the third period to break a 1-1 tie, seconds after coming out of the penalty box. As Foote came out from serving a minor boarding penalty against Kings star Jason Allison, he slipped behind Kings defender Lubomir Visnovsky at the red line, barely staying onside to receive a lead pass from Avs forward Brad Larsen.
Foote broke ahead of Visnovsky and waited for Kings goalie Felix Potvin to commit before slipping a shot up high to the back of the net
"You always dream of one out of the box like that," Foote said. "I wasn't sure if I was going to be offsides or not. When I didn't hear any whistle, I just kept going."
mmmmmmmm.............
A goal! A *goal* off the penalty bench! The GAME winning goal! And an assist to Mighty Joe's first of the season! And he was laughing and happy and...and...*what* a goal! Gotta love it!
Hey. When the object of your affection is a defenceman, you have to celebrate his goals with champagne and caviar, 'cause he only gets five a season.
Go, Adam!
And, yeah, Fuckberg, how come you only score when you're threatened? Don't you think it's time to stop sulking and earn your money? Two goals tonight, keep it up, eh.
Hey. When the object of your affection is a defenceman, you have to celebrate his goals with champagne and caviar, 'cause he only gets five a season.
Go, Adam!
And, yeah, Fuckberg, how come you only score when you're threatened? Don't you think it's time to stop sulking and earn your money? Two goals tonight, keep it up, eh.
Tuesday, October 15, 2002
Preach it, Bob. Preach it.
Colorado coach Bob Hartley was fuming after the loss, which ended the season-opening, two-game homestand for the Avs with a record of 0-1-1.
"Our best players have to be our best players. It's going to be a dogfight all year long," said Hartley, obviously displeased with the performances of Joe Sakic and Peter Forsberg. "We're at a stage in the NHL right now that you can't say if our best players show up for half the regular-season games we're going to be in good shape. Those guys have to dominate every game."
Fuckberg's just punching his time card like he was in Games 6 and 7. I sure would have liked to have seen Billy Guerin on the Avs too. And trading Drury...not worth it, Bob, not worth it. If you were gonna trade a forward, why not trade Tanguay, who's also decided to apparently just punch his time card this year too?
Colorado coach Bob Hartley was fuming after the loss, which ended the season-opening, two-game homestand for the Avs with a record of 0-1-1.
"Our best players have to be our best players. It's going to be a dogfight all year long," said Hartley, obviously displeased with the performances of Joe Sakic and Peter Forsberg. "We're at a stage in the NHL right now that you can't say if our best players show up for half the regular-season games we're going to be in good shape. Those guys have to dominate every game."
Fuckberg's just punching his time card like he was in Games 6 and 7. I sure would have liked to have seen Billy Guerin on the Avs too. And trading Drury...not worth it, Bob, not worth it. If you were gonna trade a forward, why not trade Tanguay, who's also decided to apparently just punch his time card this year too?
Wednesday, October 09, 2002
NHL Center Ice
So they're running promos for Center Ice. I happen to already have it so on one of the channels this evening they seem to be running the entire series of..."Rooming with Roenick." I've gotten to see Anson beat JR at air hockey, JR cooking, JR getting cheesecake taken away from him, and watching four guys watch hockey 24-7.
I wanna room with Roenick!
So they're running promos for Center Ice. I happen to already have it so on one of the channels this evening they seem to be running the entire series of..."Rooming with Roenick." I've gotten to see Anson beat JR at air hockey, JR cooking, JR getting cheesecake taken away from him, and watching four guys watch hockey 24-7.
I wanna room with Roenick!
I have to tell you, Todd, I have conceived a sudden and newfound liking for the Kings fans. Any group that has the chutzpah to boo Gary Bettman, and chant "no more nets!" is a-oKAY in MY book.
The Avs looked good tonight, off to their usual slow start, but Morris is fitting in better, and is more of a team player, than that foot disease ever was. Turco seems to be just as nasty a goalie as Belfour, but at least he's a *better* one, so on the whole I think the Stars did trade up.
We have decided to buy a new television. A 19" screen isn't big enough to see Adam on from across the room.
The Avs looked good tonight, off to their usual slow start, but Morris is fitting in better, and is more of a team player, than that foot disease ever was. Turco seems to be just as nasty a goalie as Belfour, but at least he's a *better* one, so on the whole I think the Stars did trade up.
We have decided to buy a new television. A 19" screen isn't big enough to see Adam on from across the room.
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