Go Team Canada!!

Ed Jovanovski has been added to the Team Canada roster and Shane Doan has been named Captain Planet... erm... Captain Canada. No huge surprise there, Jovo had a hell of a season and Doaner is plain awesome.

Let's be completely honest here, I needed to talk about Team Canada so I could post that picture; it's just horribly adorable. I couldn't help myself.

Go Turris!!

Can It Be??

(For the record, I'm assuming that is supposed to say "expected".)

Add one more to our collection of World Champs.

A Peek Into My House

Warning!! - Harsh Language



"NOLAN!! I LOVE YOU! YOU'RE MY HERO!!"

"FUCKIN' KIPPER!"

"FUCKIN' GOOCH!!

...calm... it's only one goal... we're tied now, no big deal.

"DAMN YOU FUCKIN' ROENICK! I HATE YOU!"

"FUCKIN' KIPPER!! DO SOMETHING!! WHERE THE HELL IS CUJO?!"

*I fling a bag of chips (thankfully still closed) at my TV, roll my chair to an inch from the screen and calmly tell Kiprusoff that I'm going to cut his head off.

And this is only halfway into the 2nd period. Oh god. I can't handle this stress.

Update -

"KIPPER! WHERE'S YOUR HEAD? DEFENSE! WHERE THE HELL ARE YOU? GET YOUR HEADS OUT OF YOUR ASSES!!"

"GOD, CUJO, YOU HAD BETTER DO A BETTER JOB!!"

"I HATE YOU GOOCH! YOU NEVER SCORE AND NOW YOU GET TWO?! CUJO, I HATE YOU TOO!"

...mind you, this is all at the top of my lungs... if I can't speak tomorrow, you all know why...

5-2 with 3:44 left in the 2nd. Why must both of my teams suck balls?

What's This Feeling?

I think; and I have been fooled before; that I actually feel bad for the Ducks.


Granted, I've been rooting against them this whole season but it was nothing personal. I really only wanted them to lose because they won last year. It's one of those things - we, as a society, love to see winners fail. I'm no different. The fact is that I absolutely adore Teemu Selanne and Ryan Getzlaf. I'm even beginning to have a soft spot for Brian Sutherby, thanks to someone.

So even though I spent the better part of the series text messaging Kitty Cat with things like, "Tell your boys to kill the Ducks!" and "I really wanted them out at home so I could laugh. Hard." Somewhere, deep down, I never really expected them to lose. Not in this round anyway.

I think there may just be a small part of me that *gulp* actually likes the Ducks... but don't tell anyone. I could get beat for that.

I tried to hide from the truth my dears but as soon as I saw Teemu's face, resigned with defeat, I felt horrible. Poor guys, they really tried (sometimes). I think they realized somewhere in the last, erm... 5-6 minutes that they had no hope. I hate that. When hockey player's have no hope, they break my heart.

And so we move on.

Tomorrow night is Game 7 for the Sharks and the Flames. It could go either way, I'm really excited to watch it. Go Flames!!

I'm Not Dead

I just like that picture, I won't lie. It really has nothing to do with this post, it's just a good one.

In the world of no-playoffs, the Coyotes have been anything but invisible; at least to those of us paying attention.

Half our team is playing in the World Championship this year. Shane Doan has once again been asked to represent Canada; Peter Mueller & Keith Ballard will represent the USA; Martin Hanzal, Zbynek Michalek and Radim Vrbata will all play for the Czech Republic and Niko Kapanen will be on the ice for Finland. They may have won by default, with the majority of great players being in the Playoffs, but doesn't it make you feel all warm and fuzzy to see that many Coyotes representing their countries? Maybe that's just me.

We've signed the one-two punch of Chad Kolarik & Kevin Porter to entry level contracts and they are now doing their best to snag a championship for the San Antonio Rampage. As a matter of fact, Kolarik scored a hat trick in just his second professional game to lead the Rampage to a win over the Toronto Marlies.

Go Rampage Go!! With any luck, at least one of my teams will win themselves a Cup; since it couldn't be the Coyotes, I'll definitely "settle" for the Rampage taking it home.



Moving on -- I've been paying very close attention to the Stanley Cup Playoffs lately, kind of hoping that the Ducks would get blown out of the Series last night in front of their home crowd (sorry Finny) but no luck. Teemu and the rest of the Ducks are in it to win it and they weren't willing to lace up the golf shoes just yet.

I've been hearing a lot about how Bryan Murray is pretty well done with Ray Emery and his attitude problems and all I can think is that it took him long enough to get fed up. Now, I can't blame all the Sens problems on Emery (Hello! Goal scorers, where were you?? You didn't even win ONE game!) but he's just irritated me since the practice thing earlier this season. What can I say? For someone who is bad at holding grudges, I'm really good at it.

... If you understood that, I bow down to you.

I refuse to comment in-depth on the issue of "screening" the goaltender. A lot of people are up-in-arms about this but to you I say that you shouldn't be surprised considering the source(s).

What else is going on in the hockey world that I've missed? Hmm... A lot, I'm sure. My brain is semi-dead lately. I can't remember what I've blogged about as opposed to what I've just randomly talked to people about.

I'm trying to get back in the swing of things now that the seasons are over (both hockey and tax). I know, good time to blog about hockey, right? When nothing hockey is going on...

Either way, I look forward to bringing you the very best quite soon and welcome back my loves.

First Day on the Job

I promise, after the 15th I'll be back to posting on a regular basis. However, for now I am dead and this is all I've got for you. :)