So the week ended. The weekend started at the Tavern with Bress, Nemy and Arzellius. Throwin' back a couple of buds. Mellow yellow. Nemy has to leave early to head up to Boston tomorrow for the game with his girl. Trying to pull the early night sober how are ya. Ok! Fine! How about no Check! No! Penguins take a 3-1 lead over the Devils with about 10 to go in the third. Malkin scores a softy and I still say the Devils are SICK! Marty comes back...nuff said! I know they are going to steal this game like they did to Boston last night. I say with 30 seconds left on the clock, if the Devils tie this game, 15 shots of Jager for me, you and Ess. Nemy sneaky wants it to happen. I just know it will, they had the pressure on since the end of the first. Langenbrunner. Jeez! 15 shots! 1000 and 10,000. Cool Whhhhhhhhiiiiiip like Stewie Griffin says it with the silent H. Than he scores in OT again. He is Captain insaneous. Boston and Jers....eastern finals. Juice guys from Nantucket.
Remember coming back to beat Bryant down 6-3 with 8 to go left in the third. I do. Weindel penalty shot...ardino in OT.
Best college hockey memory - We're playing Holy Cross and some guy torched me because I thought he didn't have that shot in his bag...no respect and I got baked. They scored and the next shift...my fault completely...take the puck in the offensive zone and score. Camille comes over to me on the bench screaming...way to be a man Scotty! Way to be a man! Own up!
It's big time hockey in Jers right now....step out of the way people. Paris, Zajac...imagine my kids name..Zajac Zimmerman...lol! Elias, Gionta n Shany now. Shany is the man. Thats it...enjoy the night people...be safe!
- bARBOnUs
Friday, January 30, 2009
Langenbrunner and everything after
The Week That Was
Considering that the Islanders have decided not to run our Friday 2 Man show on their website anymore I can't remind you all to check out our segments. Whatever. I'd rather hang out with Bress at an Unkle Kracker concert than discuss this. Let's wrap up the week and get you all ready for Friday night.
Here's what you missed:
The Duck will stay mustachioed for a few more years
Commodore is insulting everyone
Hank Z proves superstardom is recession resistant
Sundin probably shouldn't have
Dow settled at 8,000 and our economy fell 3.8% this quarter. Oh, and that number will likely be revised down. At this pace John Tavares will be signed by the United States government to play on a line with AIG and Citi.
But you can worry about paying your mortgage on Monday because we crawled to the finish line this week and it's time to party. Get yourself to a bar tonight and to a Super Bowl party on Sunday. There are some solid Saturday afternoon games on and a great Boston/Montreal matchup on Sunday. I will be at the TD Garden to watch the Bruins face the Rangers and I've never seen the Bs beat New York in person. I have a feeling this could be the day.
DLo Brown will be out tonight. Let's get after it.
And if you have the Facebook we would encourage you to join OUR FACEBOOK GROUP so we can view your friends and sneak a peak at your pictures.
Cornelius, I will be shouting your name by section 307 on Saturday. I'll be in the black Bourque #77 with a double fisting blonde. I stand about 5'6 on a pair of Tacks and I'm a good 250lbs.
I'm leaving you with this YouTube beauty. Hard hats and lunchpails.
Stay salty
- Nemmy
Mens League Confidential
Just wanted to let all of you know that we are officially merging with for the spring season. We had to make this decision based on our low turnout for our fall season games and the rising cost of League dues for the spring season. Merging will give us a better turnout for each game and keep the player dues relatively affordable.
As the Ess Express headed into the Northwest last spring to rendezvous with Camile, a long standing member of the NBDELoHP or the National Beer Drinking Elite League of Hockey Power, we noticed rising oil prices and how it started to crimp the business model so we bought contracts at $140 a barrel in case it went up to $200 or so, we were locked in at that price. Well, needless to say that hasn't worked out very well and we got called in on our situation by a regulatory body of unanimous name and to stay afloat were forced to be absorbed or merge under the shell of another in order to weather the current economic environment. That's actually not what happened at all. Not even remotely.
We couldn't get it together. If the guys we wanted all played on our squad and all the time, we would have lost maybe a game or two. However we never had a full squad there. Three or four times maybe we had more than 9 skaters. Not good enough. Some people invited people that just could not play the game. Really shouldn't have been in the D1 league at chelsea. You have to have a license to drive. You have to be 21 to drink. (Well...?) You have to have the ability to look up and make a pass with tart on it...ya know? There were holes...many holes. We should have been called the Swiss Cheese Express south to poundtown. So now...now we have to merge with the team that was in last place behind us or tied in the race to the bottom with us and we will have enough players now...but we will have TOO many players. Many holes still as well...even more now. They offer us a few guys that can play and some dividends that pay off if oil goes back up to $140 a barrel which ain't happening anytime soon. So how is it going to be?
I'm excited to hook back up with the Whelan brothers. Love those guys.
-Barbone
P.S. Just went to some MUSCLE FLEX shoot...guy wanted me to take my shirt and pants off to see the whole body. Said I don't have peak bi's and should do higher reps and don't have the abs. A once proud society of body my friends. Not many people have my body and endurance with the amount of drinking, smoking and McDonald's that goes in on a weekly basis. There is something to aspire to with this average Joe buddy.
What you missed last night while you were at your last Kings of Leon show
Senators beat the Blues, 3-1:
Its a race to the
bottom. Melnyk is wrong. Blow
up the Senators!
Maple Leafs beat the Avalanche, 7-4:
I guess the Leafs don't miss
Raycroft. But, seriously
Toskala ain't good.
Panthers win over the Canadiens, 5-1:
Zedniks goal was nice
Ballard's kick save was better
It all leads to win.
Sharks shut-out the Coyotes, 2-0:
How has Nabakov
not won a Vezina? Now
he needs to beat Steve?
Stars beat the Red Wings, 4-2:
Little darling, here
come the stars. Detroit should make
deal for a goalie.
Devils beat the Bruins in OT, 3-2:
The Bruins wait and
wait to get involved and then
lose in OT, sucks.
Kings win over the Hawks, 5-2:
Jonathon Quick is
a great goalie name, but Jon
Wall would be better
Islanders beat the Thrashers, 5-4:
The Isles were up by
4, then up by 1, then 2,
then 1, and a win!
Hurricanes beat the Lightning, 3-2:
Do you think the Staal
brothers are jealous that their
parents met Carrie?
Thursday, January 29, 2009
We don't know..
Having a few drinks. Just shot something for the Isles. The Bruins just took the lead. The Isles are up 4-2 in the 3rd. And then we found this
Not sure what this has to do with anything but we can't stop listening to the song.
It's a race to the bottom.
- Barbonis
Randomness
Please excuse the misspellings or lack of punctuation in the following post. I’m just throwing down some thoughts now that we’ll more than half way through the year. Is this an All-Star break hangover post? Nah, it’s more like the fact that I’m knee deep in work and I haven’t been able to string together more than 2 coherent sentences since my trip to DC. Don’t expect anything too thought-provoking.
- Brind’Amour, for all his offensive troubles this season, has something like 620 FW right now. That’s ridiculous. Can you drop him from your fantasy teams and give up a shot at him reaching 1100ish FW for the year?
- I just read the spoiler for Lakeview Terrace when I was supposed to be listening to an earnings call. Sam Jackson’s character was pissed because an interracial couple moves next door and his
wife was killed while having an affair or something. Retarded.
- The Orr/Godard fights have become one of the better rivalries in hockey. Last night Godard got some payback for a few asswhippings. Two really scary guys.
- Daily News writer/blogger came up with a sick idea for Oveckin. She wants Vh1 to put him into one of their reality group dating shows ala Flavor of Love.
- Last season we had the Ovy cam that followed him during the games. I want a 24-hour Ovy cam.
- I have no reason to doubt Boston GM Peter Chiarelli but one of my bigger fears is that he’ll let David Krejci become a Joe Juneau.
- The league is up in arms because Lidstrom and Datsyuk didn’t show up to the ASG. Bottom story of the year.
- Wideman, Savard, Krejci and Wheeler all from Boston are your plus minus leaders. It’s debatable how important of a stat this is but considering the fact that Savvy doesn’t play on the same line as Krejci and Wheeler this is pretty strong.
- Who gives a shit about this Super Bowl?
- Hank Zetterberg is signed for another 12 years at something like $7MM+ per. I read about this right after I got an email about the guy who lost his job and decided to shoot his whole family.
- Pat Marleau has 8 GWGs so far. Nasty!
- Chris Drury has to lead the league in the “shortest time it takes a guy to score a goal and pull out his mouthguard” stat.
- Philly is dirty shorthanded. Gagne and Richards are 2 fantasy guys who I didn’t expect would have this strong of a year so far.
- I think I like Britney now so much better than Britney when she was all clean and nice. It’s not that I like a girl with a disgusting past but it’s good to know what she’s capable of.
- My girlfriend got me tickets to Boston vs. the Rangers on Saturday in the TD Garden. She also asked for a Lucic jersey. Ridiculous. So far in 2009 she’s playing at a higher level than Tim Thomas.
- “Zephyr Song” by the Chili Peppers is the worst song they’ve ever recorded. It’s downright insulting.
- Our buddy, BK, told me a story about how when he was a little kid his dad brought him into a locker room to meet his hero Andy Moog. From here on in I’m making BK tell me that story every time I see him at the bar. There’s nothing cooler than when little kids meet their hockey heroes.
- Here’s a short list of athletes I met when I was a kid and my first impression:
o Rickey Henderson – dick
o Tom Seaver – fat
o Nick Fotiu – very nice
o Lee Mazzilli – nice
o Ron Greschner – whatever
- Kovy is a -10 right now.
- I think I once made out with a Laurie Korpikoski at the Saint Leo’s fair when I was in middle school. Maybe it was Korpikowski.
- No Mens League Confidential this week. Our season starts up in 2 weeks. Last night instead of playing hockey I got to enjoy the Wednesday brisket special at this restaurant I like to go to. I haven’t been able to get involved with the brisket in months. The brown gravy is still running through my veins. Right now I can crash my penis through the drywall in the men’s room.
Back to work.
-Nemmy
What you missed last night while you were trying to figure out why you can't divide by zero
Predators beat the Canucks, 5-3: Um, so hows that Mats Sundin signing working out? Maybe he just makes teams miss the playoffs? Is it possible that Roberto Luongo had better defense in front of him during the all-star game? (not players, you know what I mean)
Flames win over the Sabres, 5-2: Mike Cammaleri had the hat trick, but, to be honest, none of his goals were great. In general, Miller let up some shaky ones. One that wasn't shaky, Todd Bertuzzi's. I love when I see the Bertuzzi of old. Beat a defender, powering through and then showing off the hands and going top shelf.
Penguins beat the Rangers, 6-2: This game was actually tied 2-2 going into the third. Sid really had himself a game and so did Kris Letang - whose first goal (a top shelf snipe) was set up by Crosby's back hand feed. Letang also had a nice effort to score his second, going end-to-end and then putting the puck five-hole while falling. Sid's other primary assist was a nice one-touch pass to Sykora in the slot. Of course he also had his no-look-top-shelf-bar-and-in backhand goal that raised Lundquists GAA.
Hawks beat the Ducks, 3-2: Pat Kane finally scored again! Toews had the game winner on a sweet 3-on-2 passing play. Sharp fed it across the zone to Keith who one touch it back to Toews, who ripped it top shelf.
Wednesday, January 28, 2009
Dinosaurus - You know who this post is about!
Well not him but you get the idea.
One game back from a nice showing at the all-star game with a sick back hand power move beyond Chara's reach and up-stairs in a hurry. Single-handedly takes Columbus over Detroit. A shorty, the game-winner and a cap to go along with it. The crazy thing is if you watch the highlights as I did not see the game...I was oddly enough talking to the isles assistant coach Dan Lacroix about the cold weather at practice this week and the on-setting storm, Nash had like two or three other ridiculous chances to bury pucks and could have had a huge night. However he caught a bounce and a deflection so I guess it all evens out. He got me 21 points as a forward in one roto style points league. That's un-heard of in this league. An average big Ovechkin night nets you like 11 points. And Turco got a shut-out for me in the same league...it was a big night to say the least to start the second half.
Rick brings something only seen by a few in this league. Maybe by Ovy alone to be honest. A fearless, body positioning, power-moving and shear will to score. Most guys can dangle, make a nice pass, throw a good hit which are all vital pieces to the puzzle but its rare that you find a tiger like Nash who will only continue to get better and may god help us all if he hooks up with a center in the future. Like Ovy and Savard in the All-Star game. Nemy and I looked at each other at one point and he said, "Imagine?" Finally Ricky is having a nice points per game type season that I hope continues to the end because he deserves it. All of the analysts are just raising Nash forecasts this morning but there too late because that ship has sailed. At this point, sit back, don't wish you had him on your fantasy squad but merely enjoy watching him when he visits your town. Just watch the small things he does on top of the goals. There is a reason we call him Dinosaurus or Tiger Nash...its just excitement over his play and potential and we say whatever comes to mind to release that excitement.
A good video with a fitting yet not that good of a song.
Let's let a few more days go by before we give any fantasy updates from Scott's corner of disaster. My buddies at work are now winning free happy hours to McFaddens too. Oh boy! Recession has really set in, hasn't it?
- Ally Arnone
What you missed last night because you were watching karate kid 2 (Daniel-San, this not tournament. This for real.)
Lightning beat the Canadiens, 5-3: The prettiest goals of the game were reserved for Martin St. Louis and Vinny Lecavalier. On Vinny's, St. Louis gave him softest of backhand saucer passes and then Vinny casually roofed the puck from no angle. St. Louis put the puck in the net on a great give and go on a 2-on-1 with Vinny. Maybe Montreal did wonders for their chemistry. Montreal: City for linemates.
Sabres steamroll the Oilers, 10-2: This game was like the Mighty Ducks versus the Hawks, you know, in the early part of the film. The Sabres were just passing and scoring and the Oilers looked stupid.
Devils beat the Senators, 4-1: I feel bad for Brian Elliot, the kid is playing well - although I've never seen so many goal banked in off a keeper - but for as bad as the Sens are playing he needs to be better.
Wild roll over the Maple Leafs, 6-1: The Toronto Star (I might have made that newspaper up) headline should read: Maple Leafs realize they are falling from number 1 pick, try to fix.
BJs beat the Red Wings in OT, 3-2: Tiger Nash scored all three! My favorite was the short-handed breakaway. He read the cross ice pass and intercepted (Lidstrom never would have made that pass) and then used his speed and body position to keep the breakaway (maybe Datsyuk would have caught him). And finally a quick release beat Osgood.
Stars shut-out the Thrashers, 2-0: Good for the Turco.
Sharks shut-out the Avalanche, 3-0: I guess both shut-outs were really uneventful.
Bruins beat the Capitals in OT, 3-2: Could Tim Thomas be the new Hasek? Here are the players that scored for the Bruins: Savard (nice patience and then good quick wrister), Thornton (holy shit, where did that backhand come from, and Krejci (the game winner, of course).
Rangers beat the Hurricanes, 3-2: Gomez looks funny when taking one timers. One scored and one led to a rebound goal, so I guess stick with what works.
Ducks beat the Coyotes, 7-3: This was on past my bedtime.
Panthers beat the Flyers, 3-2: Are the Flyers the best inconsistent team in the league or the most inconsistent best team?
Tuesday, January 27, 2009
Monday, January 26, 2009
The Real winner from last night's game...
The white gloves!
I better not see any mens leaguers rocking these this spring because you should only wear gloves this white if you are:
- one of the dirtiest hockey players on the planet. (We'll let Stephane Robidas could slide for one night)
- giving someone a body cavity search
That's it.
- Nemmy
Light Coverage at lunchtime on a Monday
Just a few things deep in the heart of youtube in no particular order with zero potential meaning. If anyone sees a pattern or some kind of flow...let me know.
Let's go through this quickly. So Tkachuk...clearly not meaning to awkwardly bump into Foote but he is a sailboat so sometimes the winds move you places you don't want to go to. Foote gets salty and slashes Keith in the back of the leg, now does he not expect him to get up and do something along the lines of what he did. Than Tkachuk turns his back on Foote, now does Tkachuk really not thinking Foote is headed back his way...we all have done it...you don't want to admit to yourself that male testosterone is headed back your way so you wait til the last possible minute to turn around. It's like a soap opera made for a freshman video class or something.
Just alot of mess...hockey mess...whatever
Who takes the time to post these things. I guess I would if I had the shear means. Nice pass though. Old school Cheechoo-Thornton hook up.
Jeez!
I know it's more Joe but how did they get so many goal highlights from him, I was looking for passing set-up highlights. So strange. Enough Joe though.
I was going to throw up some Crosby diving video but I have just had enough with that whole thing. He is very good at hockey...let him be please!
Ally Arnone
Late weekend wrap up OR Here is a list of my favorite goals during the All-Star Game
Great passing from Savard to Ovechkin and then repeat.
The fake fake shot (did you follow that?)
Nice snipe! Thanks for showing up Henrik.
Of course.
Tiger Nash!
Really watch this one... its a mid-air pass from Mike Mo.
That really gets top shelf quickly. Also we really wanted Tim Thomas to freak out.
He didn't and this save is outstanding. Also outstanding, how quickly he gets up.
A couple of other things:
- Iggy had his visor flipped upside down, men's league style.
- Did anyone else expect Jonas Hiller to come in mid-way through the first for Giguere?
- How bad is the rookie/sophmore game? My idea to spice it up, have the losers pay for dinner later.
- Was Getzlaf eating a pastrami sandwich in between periods?
Friday, January 23, 2009
Before you head to happy hour...
Make sure you check out the Islanders website and Itv under the 'Multimedia' tab for the Friday 2 Man Advantage weekly show where we introduce some features filmed by the Itv crew. The videos are usually up a little later in the day which is better for our viewers because you need a few drinks in you to sit through us babbling about the Islanders.
Don't forget to join our Facebook group. 73 Members and counting. We're legion!
Get excited for ASG Weekend. If this clip doesn't fire you up I don't know what will.
Be safe out there.
-Nemmy
Mens League Confidential
Our Season is over. We lost the other night and failed to make the playoffs. We've been so bad for so long this didn't come as a surprise. In fact, it was kind of nice to end the awful season on a low point. It's like that scene in Jacob's Ladder - "If you're frightened of dying, and you're holding on, you'll see devils tearing your life away. If you've made your peace, then the devils are really angels, freeing you from the Earth". Anyways Scotty skipped out on playing and below are our last words.
Artem - The Director's Cut
Yeah we lost, and yeah we're out of the playoffs, boo-fucking-hoo. If Scotty was there we would have won annd made the playoffs - but hey, who's pointing fingers here 
If he would have showed up he would have witnessed my favorite play of this season. Tremendous forcheck -> their D-man coughs up the puck -> Winger picks it up and passes it to the point (Nemmy) -> Nemmy hhh-whips it backdoor -> one-timer (me!) -> goal -> Ksenia.com!
From Pooh Corner - Scotty
Being that I wasn't at the game this past week, I have no dialogue or analysis of what occurred. I heard a friend of mine on the opposing squad had 6 goals? How did Chester have 6 goals? Be that as it may I believe the Ess Express will be merging with another squad to keep costs down as league fees are going up. Why the hell are league fees going up if we are in a recession? Devin Setoguchi is my new favorite video game athlete other than Zach Thomas in Madden a few years ago. Setoguchi just fits in small areas and works well with video game Thornton and Marleau. Next men's league season will be better I suppose. 11:30 games are great smack in the middle of the week, oh and let me tell you about tps reports....wow...
Our season and the last game is summed up perfectly by our player/coach:
"I'm glad its over for now" - Bressler.
See you in the spring season.
Skills Competition Picks
Hardest Shot
Souray
Chara - defending champ
Komisarek
Vinny
Weber
Streit
Fastest Skater (Horcoff won last year)
Holy Shit Jeff Carter
Parise
Soup
Bouwmeester
Kaberle - defending champ
Iggy
Modano
Malkin
Toews
Kovy
Heatley
Savvy
Raymond Bourque
Ovy - defending Champ
Crosby - Replaced by ? (St. Louis maybe)
Getzlaf
Kane
Kovalev
Bryan Little
Setoguchi
Dubinsky
David Bolland - replacing Lucic
David Perron - replacing Backstrom
Andrew Cogliano
Mason Raymond
Kris Letang
Marc Staal
Price - replacing Erik Eriksberg
Blake Wheeler
James Neal
Michael Frolik
Mikkel Boedker
Patrik Berglund
Steven Stamkos
Drew Doughty
Luke Schenn
Pekka Rinne - replacing Steve Mason
Our picks:
Bress - Souray, Carter, Heatley, Geztlaf, Boedker
Artem - Chara, Bouwmeester, Heatley, Ovy, Setoguchi
Scotty - Chara, Soup, Heatley, Getzlaf, Setoguchi
Nemmy - Chara, Parise, Savard, Kane, Wheeler
Please make your choices in the comments. The person with the most correct wins a 2Man t-shirt signed by the guy that sells me my oatmeal in the morning.
-Nemmy
Thursday, January 22, 2009
Wow
What you missed last night while you were eating the super tuna
Lots of games, so I will try to recap in one sentence or less.
Flames beat the BJs in the shoot-out, 5-4: Unfortunately, for a good hockey game, everyone will be talking about Phaneuf's hit and not Ignila's snipe or Nash's shortie move.
Bruins beat the Maple Leafs, 4-3, in the shoot-out: Did anyone else see when Tim Thomas decided to try to check Blake instead of stopping the puck?
Devils beat the Canadiens, 5-2: Carey Price's red pads aren't as good as the white ones.
Stars win over the Panthers, 4-1: Ribeiro had the hat trick and Mike Modano had the other one - he will represent well at the all-star game.
Kings beat the Avalance, 6-5: Jack Johnson was back in the line up and now once again the Kings have the best young d-squad in the league.
Flyers beat the Thrashers, 4-3: Entertaining game with some fights and snipes, but the best goal was Powe's backhand tip of Upshall's sweet backhand cross zone sauce pass.
Lightning win over the Sabres. 5-3: Apparently screening Ryan Miller makes it harder for him to make saves.
Blues shut-out the Hawks, 2-0: Is Pat Kane still injured or just invisible?
Islanders win over the Ducks 2-1: Yes, you read that correctly
Wednesday, January 21, 2009
The Once Great Society of Curtis Leschyshyn
Camille is for the most part un-moved by this piece of information
To continue with the Wild theme, I like Marek Zidlicky as of late too. Generating some interesting volume over there on the powerplay especially in the last few games. Remember when he was just Pimin' it up with crazy powerplay juice over in Nashville with Kimmo Timmonen a few years back. He is up and down over the last few years but if he gets going, this guy is great to make that end of the year run.
This pic is interesting...somehow I cam across a video game Walter Sobchak from The Big Lebowski back in the war. Very interesting on a Wednesday to say the least.
I'm upgrading Rick DiPietro today as well from a sell to neutral. That's all I have to say about that.
-Ally Arnone
What you missed last night while you were making waffles
Sharks beat the Canucks in OT, 2-1: How frustrating must this be for Roberto Luonguo? He comes back from the groin injury and just can't buy in a win. Thats why the games are 60 minutes (or 65 and then maybe a shoot-out). Anyway, Claude Lemeiux played! His debut was not as impressive as Shanny's, but hey, its still a W.
Oilers beat the BJs, 4-3: This game was all about Ales Hemsky. He had a hand in all 4 goals. MacT's quote says it all: "That was unreal, I haven't seen anything like that in a while. Two goals and two assists. We've seen that before. But not where all four are world-class plays."
Senators win over the Capitals, 3-2: Really lazy penalties cost the Capitals this game. Two of the Senator's three goals were sort of cause by Capital d-man deflections. Heatley's second for sure and then Brandon Bell had his initial shot blocked, but he put in the puck right away before Theodore could recover.
Thrashers beat the Canadiens, 4-2: This game was only in French so I was confused for most of it. Anyway, Carey Price got new pads. I liked the white ones.
Coyotes beat the Red Wings, 6-3: And the Detroit goaltending looks weak again. I'll just consistently call it inconsistent.
Rangers win over the Ducks, 3-2: Scott Gomez had the GWG on maybe the strangest assist I'd ever seen. It was almost as if Markus Naslund had posted up in front of Jonas Hiller before dishing it off to Gomez.
Hurricanes beat the Penguins, 2-1: With the Penguins lack of scoring, I really hope they make a ridiculous deal for Ilya Kovalchuk. Maybe Don Waddel could have a "penguins" line in Atlanta.
Kings beat the Wild, 5-2: Watch this fight.
Tuesday, January 20, 2009
Great Moments in Hockey Sweater History: U of Kentucky
Here's to those geniuses for bringing us this great moment.
-Nemmy
Holiday Weekend Wrap Up OR Napping during the day is a vacation necessity
Although, we here at The 2 Man Advantage, love 2 man advantages, it got a little ridiculous Friday night for the Rangers at Chicago. Jeff, our bartender, said that the Rangers were killing off 2 man advantages for over 5 minutes in that game. It was out of control. The game was almost ruined by the refs. Anyway, Captain Clutch, Chris Drury, had the game-winner in OT on a great tip.
The one thing I don't get, though, is why is Khabibulin, over playing the shot? Goalies (Heals) how are you supposed to play that kind of shot? Do you try to play the tip?
I really really enjoy the Hockey Night in Canada broadcasts. And those players always seem to get up for those games. The Canadiens/Senators tilt was great, with a terrific comeback by the Sens. Mike Fischers quick release probably isn't appreciated by Carrie Underwood, but I love it (this was the game-tyer, btw)
On the second half of HNIC, was the Coyotes and the Flames. I chose this game to watch over the Red Wings and Sharks (that was probably a mistake). A couple of almost comebacks by the Flames, but some real good offensive work by the Yotes gave them the win. Iginla fought David Hales (who was an assist away from the Howe Hattie). Anyway, both guys wear sheilds and neither took off their buckets. Iginla usually does that and it looks like he was trying to initiate it, but maybe Hale was reticent after seeing what happened to teammate Daniel Carcillo a couple of nights before.
Also, I was surprised to see Jarome drop the gloves with his team on the power play and down by one. He can do more damage for his team by not being in the box.
Now, I did miss most of the Wings/Sharks game, but holy wow, this is the type of game you want from your top 2 conference point getters (see Caps/Bruins for type of game you don't want). Apparently you can beat Chris Osgood either fancy:
High glove
or textbook:
Low stick side
The Sunday night game between the BJs and the Nucks had a bit of everything. Rick Nash's return, a good fight, and a nice shoot-out. Rick Nash did everything, but his wrap around goal was sweet! He puts that reach to good use.
The fight was great and the camera angle was awesome as brought to my attention by the Puck Daddy.
Oh, and Mats Sundin scored.
Well thats an easy transition to the return of Brendan Shanahan who scored (of course a power play goal in his debut.
good patience.
Other notable Monday games included Ovechkin beating the Islanders. Seriously, does Semin sauce this pass over the keeper?
Also, why does the NHL even have video review anymore. This tying goal by Backes is definetly above the cross-bar. The thing is, I think the high-stick goal rule is dumb. Why should it be different for non goals. This is a great show of skill and hand-eye coordination, why take it away. Also, I love Tim Thomas being so pissed and pushing the net at the end.
So, what did I miss?
-bress
Friday, January 16, 2009
Before you head to happy hour...
Make sure you check out the Islanders website and Itv under the 'Multimedia' tab for the Friday 2 Man Advantage weekly show where we introduce some features filmed by the Itv crew. This week Scotty sings for most of the show. If you've ever watched our weekend show you'll know the song well.
Scotty and I will be in DC to see the Capitals take on the Bruins. Apparently there is some big party or event in our Capital coming up. Something with Oprah, Nancy Pelosi and Will Smith? I dunno.
We are trying to get tix for Monday's game at the Coliseum. Ovechkin is in town for a matinee so it should be entertaining.
Any facebook users reading? If so join our group "Friends of the 2 Man Advantage". We just put up some pix from the Winter Classic. Our video should be up Monday.
Also, check out the two studs in this photo:
Bress and Artem are just hanging at the bar, beating back the ladies who want to get a piece of them and rip off those sick 2Man shirts to reveal their comic book musculature. Seriously, if you rock a 2Man shirt you'll get laid. Check out Our Store. Nothing says it's a race to the bottom like some 2Man gear.
As always have a great weekend and stay salty.
We'll see you in Kansas City.
-Nemmy
Mens League Confidential
We lost again. It was ugly. Changes will be made.
Broken Stick - Bress
I thought this would be the week. I really did. My girlfriend sent me a text message that totally pumped me up. We double digits worth of skaters. But of course, you know how his story ends. A heart breaking loss. Head down walking towards the locker room. I know what the problem is. We have been writing these depressing stories for too long. We expect our friday post to be down in the dumps. I think I learned this in Psych 101, but next week, we are writing our MLC on Wednesday, with the positives we expect to happen.
From Pooh Corner - Scotty
The team we lost too is in or tied for first and we are split 2-2 on the season with them, it might even be 2-1 against them however they took us down and the strange thing is, we could have won. Our goalie fill-in was phenomenal and gave us a fighting chance however it seemed every time I was on the ice, a puck took a favorable bounce or path on the ice for a free goal for the opposing squad. It happens. I had like a Rod Brind'Amour minus night. It's a shame it has come to that title but right now it is. At one point I went for a puck knowing someone was on me and he threw his shoulder at me from the side and I have no strength in one ankle so I got all agitated. Instead of fraking out for no reason, I tried to reason with him for no reason. I went over and said, "hey was that necessary?" He started saying something about the inauguration weekend and I went back to the bench. Nemy goes, "Why do you try and reason with them? There a bunch of idiots!" Testosterone is flying all over the place...its like the EXTRA gum my father chews all day instead of smoking for the last 20.
2 Minutes for Sucking - Nemmy
It's strange that all day I think about hockey but once I get on the ice all I can think about is everything else in my universe. Not having your head in the game isn't just a saying for me. Last game I literally fell asleep during a few plays. My brain was so cloudy thinking about recovery analysis, train times and if this is my off week for the cleaning lady. I'm pretty close to total retardation at this point. Next week we are trying a new thing where we forget about any of the bullshit and picture winning before we do it. Positivity from now on. I am also going to buckle down and force myself to picture shit before I do it. Also, I need to get back to having fun. I'm not paying attention to anything but playing some hockey with a few friends. Maybe, MAYBE I'll think about that scene in friends where Jennifer Anniston's character gets into her lingerie for a guy and his parents walk through the door. That was a funny scene and sometimes it slips into my mind.
What you missed last night because it was just too darn cold
Its Friday (finally), so its time for hockey haikus:
Coyotes beat the Canucks, 5-1:
Luonguo is back,
but the defense did not
show up. Fire Vignault?
Flames beat the Sharks, 3-2:
The home winning streak
is over. Worse than the tech
bubble burst, valley?
Canadiens win over the Predators, 3-2:
Carey Price, who?
Halak is doing fine. Who
starts for the East team?
Maple Leafs beat the Hurricanes, 6-4:
Headline says, "Blake haunts
former coach." I agree, he
He looks like a pale ghost.
Wild win over the Oilers, 5-1:
Great fight between Smid
and Sheppard. Nice move and pass
from Miettinen.
Red Wings shut-out the Kings, 4-0:
All of a sudden
the Red Wings are getting good
goaltending. Thats scary
Lightning beat the Flyers, 4-1:
Will Vinny get sent
somewhere? No. No one wants to
get Thorntoned. Right Nem?
Sabres come back to beat the Stars in the shoot-out, 5-4:
Can the Stars blame it
all on Avery? Maybe,
also on Turco.
Blues beat the Avalanche, 5-2:
In the west, there is
the Wings, the Sharks, and then all
other teams are shit.
Bruins beat the Islanders, 2-1:
Martin St. Pierre
had the game winner with a
stick as long as Z's.
Thursday, January 15, 2009
Don't be a D-bag
Try to get to the game 10 minutes early.
There’s always that jackass couple who show up halfway through the first period and start getting up and down for food. Make sure you leave wherever you are pregaming with enough time to get your tix, find your seat, hit up the bathroom and get your drinks before the anthem.
Try not to swear in front of the children.
I have a foul mouth but that doesn’t mean I need to be teaching the 6-year old kid in front of me why Ruslan Salei is a cunt. Talking with your friends is one thing but standing up and yelling so that a whole field trip can hear how Bobby Ryan can suck your dick is another.
Get a few drinks in you.
It’s a hockey game so if you’re not driving take the opportunity to explore the space. There’s no coincidence that they let you buy two beers at a time in arenas. 2 per period is a nice average for a game. Of course only you know what you can and can’t manage so don’t go crazy. Loosen up the tie and have some fun but don’t be the belligerent guy at the game. We’ve all been there and it’s not a resume builder.
Try not to scream “Shooooot” every time your team gains possession.
You don’t know shit about hockey so stop commanding players on the ice.
Don’t be the stat guy.
So many times you’ll sit around some dork who loves to rattle off color commentary during play to impress his buddies or girlfriend. Again, you don’t know shit about hockey so don’t be that guy.
Sing along with your national anthem.
Participation is welcome. Unless it’s Whitney Houston in 1991’s Super Bowl. If you see her on the carpet let her go solo.
Don’t fight in the stands.
Seriously, unless your kid or girlfriend or soft-ass buddy gets attacked you should keep from brawling in the stands. Two drunk idiots falling over seats doesn’t solve anything. If you really feel brave then take that garbage outside. I like watching drunk guys swing away like fat Alonzo Mournings as much as the next man but if you start some bs and my beer gets spilled it will ruin my night. If you are truly insulted that some loser called Petr Nedved a fag then you should throw yourself down the stairs.
Heckle the opposing fans.
This is a must. If you are at the Rock and some guy walks in with a Mark Messier sweater then you should let him know you have a pulse. Goofing on other fans is perfect as long as you aren’t some idiot who is screaming in their ears or pouring nachos cheese on the back of their jackets. Put it this way, if a guy walks into your barn rocking a Patrice Brisebois and you don’t have a few jokes for him then just stay home.
Booing is bush-league.
So the New York Islanders try their hardest to trade Ruslan Fedotenko at the deadline but let him sign elsewhere at the end of the season and now you are going to boo him when he touches the puck? This example might be ridiculous because I doubt anyone pays much attention when Tank touches the puck but whatever, it’s still stupid. I understand that that you think Crosby is a baby and that Pronger should have stayed and played for an organization that you worship and you want to voice your displeasure but enough already. Players move on, get over it. Also I understand that you feel that because you paid for your ticket and that goes toward paying Rick Nash’s salary that you have every right to boo if he misses in a shootout attempt. You are a douche bag but I get it. In my mind you should boo when a player is cheating or when someone isn’t giving 100% effort. If a ref blows a call or guy let’s in a soft goal why waste your breath? These guys weren’t trying to screw things up. These things happen. I only hope Nash gets the opportunity to follow a guy who booed him home that night and scream at him because his car is a mess and he married some pig and he didn’t get promoted last fall.
Here is a short list of people who should be always get booed (feel free to add):
Loafers
Cheaters
Members of Hezbollah
Sean Avery – he likes it
Vin Diesel, Jamie Foxx or any other Hollywood douche who changed their names to something “cool”.
Joe Buck
Lastly, feel free to wear your team colors.
There are many people who don’t approve of adults wearing another adult’s team sweaters. I am not one of those people. Professional sports are nothing but kids’ games played by adults so I see nothing wrong with dressing up like a kid in a Cam Neely sweater to enjoy myself. I know my father won’t wear a Rangers jersey so instead he wears some other gear that he thinks is appropriate for older men. At the very least he rocks a team hat to show unity. Everyone else should get a blank jersey and throw the name and number of your favorite player and forget about it.
I know this list is woefully incomplete but should be considered a starting point to keep fans from becoming total dicks in hockey arenas. Scotty and I will be taking a road trip down to DC this weekend for Caps on Tap which is a pub crawl leading to the Caps vs. Bruins battle. There will be plenty of beer, jerseys and sportsmanship and hopefully our buddy Matty won’t get booted again from the Verizon Center for public tornadoness. If we all follow these guidelines then we all win.
-Nemmy
What you missed last night while you were trying to avoid the hundreds of cops in your neighborhood
Capitals beat the Penguins, 6-3: This game was in Pittsburgh, so obviously Semin and Ovechkin were booed. And what did they do? Well, Semin had a goal and Ovechkin had 2 plus an assist. Add the fact the Malkin was a minus 3 and that Crosby got hurt, and it was a decisive win for the Caps on the ice and in the papers.
Senators beat the Thrashers, 3-2: Ottawa don't go sucking each other's dicks just yet. You beat the Thrasher. They are awful. However 2 high-lights for the Sens: Brian Elliot playing some good goal. And Dean McAmmond's goal - a nice shorty, racing to the puck, diving, putting it five-hole.
Red Wings come back to win over the Ducks, 4-3: The Ducks were up 3-2 in the third and then some stuff happened. Dan Cleary smoked a snap shot over JS Giguere and then video review retardly confirmed Johan Franzen's game winner. Cleary did a nice job controlling the puck on the boards, then made a quick turn towards the slot and put a shot bar-and-in. Datsyuk threw the puck a Giguere and Franzen batted the rebound out of mid air. I thought that the camera angle showed Franzen hitting the puck above the cross bar. So confident was I, that I briefly changed channels waiting for the review to be over. I was shocked to comeback and not see the score be 3-3.
Blackhawks beat the Sabres, 4-1: Ben Eager was looking for a fight the entire game. Ryan Miller was soft, no, awkward and didn't control the puck like he should have.
Wednesday, January 14, 2009
The Golden Forest
So the contango between WTI and Brent out to the 1st-5th marker widened to an amazing $11.27. Ovy needs to get the machine re-greased and iggy popped for the second half and my nose hairs must stop burning in the morning.
Right now I'm going to bring you some in flight entertainment. The ess express is out of coal and the train ride through the pass this winter isn't going to be fun. Lift tickets in Vail have slowly been coming down but seriously the Islanders need a win. They need a goalie too apparently but let's move on to some updates from the fantasy section.
Andy Raycroft: 9-2 with a 7 bagger in place up until last night against Columbus. Peter Budaj is Peter Booodaaajjjjjj not Budai this year so if you neet a back up keeper, Andy Croft isn't doing bad.
The Kostitsyn Boys - Wow, they are just posting bail lately with Bobby Langus huh? Let's go over that lines production ever since they got that enema from Chris Higgins. Andrei - 8 goals, 5 helpers in last 9 games. Sergei - 10 points in last 12 games with concentration as of recent obviously with 26 pims to go along with that...where did that 20 bagger come from the other night..jeez...he must of been juiced up a bit. Bobby Pangus - 7 points in last 6 games. This line is fueling whatever the Canadiens are doing right now...go ahead someone say they aren't...yea I know me and Nemy on Defense is...ya know what I have for all of you is a little Donald Sutherland.
Erik Cole - Back in form. Good strong underlined in bold tape over in Edmonton. 8 goals and 12 points in last 12 games. There was a volume surge the other night which gives me confidence, that barring some unforseen divet in the ice to end his season, he will finish strong over the second half. He's a good player when he wants to be, ya know? You go with Dannon yogurt not the snickers bar. Be body mindful people...winter has a way of really creating a lag of laziness...I think that was Cole's problem. Again if your confused as I am...revert back to the video above.
Stevey Sulls is back and so is Brendan Shanahan...there are some old dawg plays to make. Sulli had a helper the other night. Give him a few weeks, I mean its been two years jeez!
Hey fun Bobby lost his binky...anyone seen it?
David Clarkson - Needful Clarkson. Catalytic converter Clarkson. Sioux City Sasperilla Clarkson. Carmine Dandenault Clarkson. Disturbing deepthroat Clarkson. Well maybe not that but check out the gamelog as your mucker...your last pick guy right now. Playing a little with B. Rolst never hurts and often times goes a long way. 27 pims and some point juice in last few games. He's slapping needful around. And thats what your looking for in David...slapping some needful around...some glue...some minerals.
If I go missing this weekend at all...give the police this photo to help aid them in their search. May inauguration go smoothly...may 13 budweisers go deep and thorough and may Madoff live till he is 100. That's it I'm done.
Talk to Pincus if you really do have an issue. He is so pissed and I don't know why but he stays up every night just drinking...serious laidwork.
By the way out of all the names I tagged for this post...Andrew Raycroft didn't even come up in the pre-wrote-before auto text thing. Yea, ya know how many beers I had...NO beers I had!
Barbone - Ally Arnone
What you missed last night while you were trying to convert kilograms to pounds
There were a lot of games last night, so I'm going to keep the recaps brief.
Devils beat the Canucks, 5-3: Both Canuck goalies (LaBarbara was pulled) gave up goals when they mis-played the puck. And the Canucks lost by 2. Well that sucks. When Roberto comes back either Sanford or LaBarbara will be on the move (maybe to the Islanders). And Luonguo will not roam from his crease (don't overwork that groin).
Bruins beat the Canadiens, 3-1: Great game. Chara had 2 - I really wanted him to get the trick, but I wasn't surprised with the guy who got the third: David Krejci. Tim Thomas played superb and also decked Andrei Kostitsyn. That was fun to watch.
Oilers win over the Capitals, 5-2: Erik Cole had a hat trick, but the high-light of the game belonged to Thomas Fleischmann. Fleischmann beat a few Oilers and the roofed the puck nicely. Ovechkin took about 90 shots, but is now scoreless in his last 3 games.
Flames beat the Blues, 3-1: Mike Camalleri had 2 goals. But his best was a stupid in tight snipe. I have no idea where he found the room to put the puck and beat Chris Mason.
Predators shut-out the Maple Leafs, 2-0: The Maple Leafs are pathetic bad. That needed to be said. This recap will also congratulate Steve Sullivan on coming back to the NHL and recording his first point. It was an assist. He made a nice move in the offensive zone, faking the pass back to the point, then put the puck on net where it was tipped in by Radek Bonk.
Senators beat the Hurricanes, 5-1: I feel like these 2 teams play each other all the freaking time. Maybe its because the colors are so similar or because they share so many players. Anyway, I'm rooting for Brian Elliot to take over the starting role in Ottawa. Love the college products.
Sharks roll over the Lightning, 7-1: Best team in the league versus the most disastrous team. What other result would you expect?
Penguins beat the Flyers, 4-2: The backhand shot, where the puck is way in front of a player and the player can still roof it, is what makes a professional hockey player. Jordan Staal did that last night and its always super impressive.
BJs comeback to beat the Avalanche, 4-3: The BJs are sneaky impressive lately. And their crowd ain't bad either. And they are doing this all without Rick "I should be in the WWE" Nash.
Wild win over the Coyotes, 6-3: If you didn't see this game, you didn't miss anything out of the ordinary. I'm sure you can picture what happened pretty accurately.
Rangers beat the Islanders, 2-1: Add another goaltender injury to the Isles. Joey Mac went down early with a groin strain. And if Roberto Luonguo is the measure, then he'll be out a month. If the Islander hit the net, maybe they don't lose. The Rangers game-winner came off of Blake Comeau missing the net and sending a 3-on-1 the other way. And with the goalie pulled late in the third Mark Streit missed the net, pretty much clearing the puck for the Rangers.
Strength
Richard Park - 23 Points
Blake Comeau - 7 Points, Started the season in Bridgeport (AHL)
Jeff Tambellini - 6 Points
Andy Sutton - 10 Points, Foot surgery
Rick DiPietro - Never really got going this season, Host of injuries
Mike Comrie - 13 Points, Hip injuries
Mike didn't bring a date to this Islander event but if he did he would have SHUT THE PLACE DOWN.
PS - He sneaky looks like the kid that won American Idol last year.
Don't let the record fool you. The 12-27-4 Isles are doing just fine.
-Nemmy
Tuesday, January 13, 2009
Great Moments in Hockey Sweater History: Luongo on CBS
This week's Great Moment comes from the show How I Met Your Mother. The show isn't half bad and one of the girls (not the sneaky hot band camper, the other one) is from Vancouver which means the writers take every opportunity to poke fun at Canadians. At least a Luongo jersey gets some airtime on CBS.
Not only does Cobie Smulders look super strong in the pigtails and a pair of Winwells but throw in the 12-pack of Molson and hockey sweater and we have a complete greasefire.
-Nemmy
KuklaKorner has the full scoop on the show and it's Vancouver connection.
What you missed last night while you were figuring out a way to burn down your builing a la Office Space
Stars beat the Red Wings in OT, 5-4: Things we learned from this game:
- Under Armour makes a v-neck shirt (trevor daly was wearing one during his post game intervie)
- The NHL replay system is a joke. The Stars ended up winning anyway, so it wasn't that big of a deal, but the "3rd" goal was waved off even though the replay showed the puck completely over the line.
- Pavel Datsyuk can do everything offensively. He can dangle (ask Darryl Sydor), fake a backhand shot (ask Marty Turc0), and put a no look pass on the tape (ask Tomas Holmstrom)
Monday, January 12, 2009
What happens when your allowed to drink in the Hundred Acre Woods!
After three hard days of pure mucus down in Chicago the 2man crew decided to call New Years day night around 11 to head back to our hosts flat in Lincoln Park. Prior to heading home I stopped at this specialty burger and hot dog joint and ordered up. The burger was delicious however the San Francisco dog began fighting inside me the moment it went down. We passed out watching transformers and for some reason I couldn't sleep. See if you can follow the rest of the evening from here folks.
I was sleeping on a pull-out from the couch which from persistent wrestling became fixed on an angle so if you laid near where the cushions and base was you were on like a 25 degree slant...all the blood rushing to your head..no good obviosuly. Laying on the other side was just uncomfortable like Elaine sleeping at Jerry's parents in Florida (same type of situation), so it was a losing last night. Than about an hour after I dozed off the San Frany dog began talkin at me. So I proceeded to the bathroom to gag myself with finger in the throat action repetitvely that resulted in mere stomach acid and water with no real cleansing of the problem. This continued for another 2 hours or so until Brad and other people that remained out whom did not have a flight at 9 the next morning came in and began their just home from the bar yelling , pizza eating and disgruntling about god knows what. So I went to gag myself again for the third time. At this point I am lying on the bathroom floor just looking at myself in the mirror wishing I was in Miami. I than proceed to get up using the shower curtain next to me for slight balance and wind up pulling the whole shower curtain down along with the towel rack behind me. It gets so much better.
I than fix all of that after a minor throat gag for the hell of it and head back into bed. Nemy is asleep on the other couch next to me through all of this. Good sound steady snore too. No sleep again for like the 7th time so around 2:45 I head upstairs because to be honest it soundled literally...literally like a war was going on upstairs. I get up there and people are just making no sense and Brad is trying to force me to take some stupid pill for my stomach, Artem is drinking tea wearing liek a sheet or something and I suddenly felt the walls starting to enclose in. Than the dogs got loose...two nice labs with so much energy and all I want to do is sleep. Brad looks so mad at this point from too much drinking over the last few days coupled with his early driving us to the airport in a few hours. So I head back downstairs and knock into this big slate statue of like a little Elvin character that almost went tumbling down the stairs and makes a big rub against the wall and Nemy goes, "Hey Now!" and goes immediately back to sleep. I gaged myself one more time and finally got three hours of shut eye around 4. Healthy last night tape! Really was. Anyway happy New Year!
Caps on Taps Saturday night down in Washington at Brads. Me and Nemy will consume enough alcohol in this one day to buzz a small platoon outside of Momar Khadafi's house. One day I can handle because you sleep like a walrus next to Camille who I hope will also be joing us. $2 beers from 1-7 before Bruins Caps game which will be sick in itself after 3 hour train ride in which me and Check will consume a bottle of alpine frost.
- Todd Beringer
Weekend Wrap Up OR Its called crack pie for a reason
Yea, so Steve Mason just keeps keeping on. Back-to-back rookie of the month, a shut-out on Friday, and a solid win on Saturday. But speaking of BJ rookies, Nikita Filatov had a hat-trick on Saturday. To be honest, none of the goals were particularly high-light reel, but I like this one, because it shows his speed and tenacity.
I hope everyone got up early enough on Saturday to see the Bruins resume their winning ways. And not only on the scoreboard, but with the fists as well...
Great hit, good fight.
And of course I don't think I can go more than 2 days without lavishing some praise on David Krejci. (nice pass!)
Speaking of nice passing. The Panthers put up a TD with a 2 point conversion on the Thrashers Saturday night. Here is my favorite:
The Penguins lost again (no surprise). The Red Wings won (no surprise). The Senators lost (no surprise). By the way, Nemmy is trying out to be the Sens goalie.
This is a Zach Parise goal
And then there were some games yesterday.
What did I miss?
-Bress
Friday, January 9, 2009
Before you head to happy hour
Make sure you check out the Islanders website and Itv under the 'Multimedia' tab for the Friday 2 Man Advantage weekly show where we introduce some features filmed by the Itv crew. Watch this week as Scotty tries to keep a straight face sitting next to a guy who just ate his weight in tuna sald with extra sliced onion.
Also, Greg at the Puck Daddy picked up this story about two teams in the middle of nowhere having a near prison riot over the holiday. The best part of the story was that an old buddy and teammate of mine, John Bria was featured in the clip and got 2 games for leaving the bench and fighting. I will always remember JR for the time he was playing "Crazy Little Thing Called Love" over and over and over again on the way to midget tryouts because he liked having songs stuck in his head when he played hockey. For three days, in his mom's minivan, we rocked out to Queen on the way to the rink. It's no surprise to me that he is out in Louisiana jumping the boards to get into line brawls.
If you are on the Facebook make sure to join the Friends of the 2 Man Advantage group. We think Cornelius dropped out of our group and we hope we didn't do anything to push him away.
Random here but since we were in Chicago at some lame place for NYE, Bressler got homesick and called up our local bar in NYC to wish the bartenders a happy New Year. What a drunk.
As always enjoy the weekend and stay salty.
-Nemmy
Men's League Confidential
We finally got back to our losing ways after being off for 2 weeks. This time we gave up an early 3 goal lead. We had to borrow a goaltender and player off the street just to get 3 subs on the bench. The following is a first-person account from the boots on the ground.
P.S. we blow
The Old Man and the ice - Bressler
I plain didn't see the guy. Down by two, empty net and I'm just inside the blue line. I'm looking to make another cross ice pass. One of our top scorers looks to have some space. Maybe I didn't put enough mustard on the pass. Maybe I should have sauced it. It doesn't matter, because I never saw that guy. And he was wearing a red helmet! So you guessed it. Pass intercepted, empty net goal, another loss. I'll take the blame for this one fellas. I know that's just one play, but its a good example of how I just didn't get it done.
So at one point during the game...I believe it was tied at this point or we were down by one with like 10 to go in the third I found myself clearing out the crease. I looked back only to find that our "fill-in" goalie was without a stick and wasn't making an effort to retrieve it. It was caught in the net somehow, and I mean really caught so I go over to get it out and tell him to keep playing net...he starts tugging at it with me and I said play net play net...than someone tips in a pass from the point into a completely wide open net. But...? I...? I may kill the kids behind me today at my office...nice guys...love them but they may have to just be sacrificed to the Scott Zimmerman god's of unreasonable confusion.
What you missed last night while you were bored watching explosive offenses
Its time for Friday's hockey haikus:
Canadiens dominate the Maple Leafs, 6-2:
Brad May will follow
Burke anywhere. Buillion please
take off your helmet
Bruins beat the Senators, 6-4:
Is David Krejci
eligible for the young
stars game? Nice goal, bud.
Flames win over the Islanders, 5-2:
DiPietro is
hurt again. MacDonald is
second in games played.
Red Wings beat the Stars, 6-1:
Osgood couldn't get
the shut-out, but this still helps
his goals against ave.
Predators come back to beat the Penguins, 5-3:
Pens up 3-nothing
and then what happened? who knows?
Therrien is fired?
Thrashers shut-out the Devils, 4-0:
Who would have guess that
not only would Atlanta win,
but also shut-out?
Kings beat the Ducks 4-3:
Kings win, but Bobby
Ryan steals the show. Spin move...
Hat trick. Yes and yes.
Avalanche beat the Blackhawks, 2-1:
That score could be from
mid nineties NHL and
you would never know.
Flyers beat the Wild, 3-1:
Do you remember
when the Wild started out on
fire? Lemaire misses trap.
Coyotes win over the Lightning, 3-2:
Two bad teams, but one
wins and one can't pay their bills.
Both get high draft pick.
Panthers beat the Hurricanes, 4-2:
I have nothing to
say. Congrats to Bouwmeester and
Staal. Enjoy Quebec.
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