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Devils vs. Flyers, 11/8/07

Doc kicks us off by saying there is no sugar-coating the last game (you know which one we’re talking about), and calls it “the clunkiest of the clunkers”. Pookie is aghast – “That almost makes it sound cute!” Sadly, we’re not really expecting anything better tonight. We’ll be taking it as a good game if the Devils can lose by fewer than five goals. And not get shut out. And get more than eight shots in the last two periods. And… well, you know.

FIRST PERIOD

19:26 As Zach, Travis and Gio come out like a group of guys who’ve been suffering punishment practices for the last two days, we realize we can barely see what’s going on. Our picture tonight? Awful. Come on, Center Ice – find a way to make HD available to all of us.

18:50 Madden and Pando pick up where the Travises left off, and Biron is forced to make a save on a shot by Greener. Pookie: “Well, we know this: the guys don’t like riding the bikes and doing pushups.”

17:00 Chico is trying to tell us that the grueling practices Sutter’s put the guys through the last two days “weren’t punishment”, but were rather a reminder of what level they’re supposed to play at. Suuuuuuuuuure, Chico.

16:30 Pando gets a penalty for pushing Jason Smith over on the forecheck. Schnookie’s heart sinks that it’s Pando who put the craptacular PK on the ice, but Pookie points out, “I’m happy with this. As long as he’s taking penalties he seems to also be scoring.”

15:11 Marty falls over after clearing the puck, and Chico says as a point of serious analysis, “It’s always funny when someone falls over, Doc.” Pookie adds for him, “And I’m told it’s especially funny if a banana peel is involved.”

12:47 A shot across the crease turns into a missed one-timer for Patty, and as he and Cote spin to play the loose puck, Cote’s stick slams Patty in the face and he crumples to the ice in stride. Pookie marvels, “I actually thought from the way he fell over there that Patty was just rolling his eyes so hard at missing that puck that he fell over.” (Patty might not be able to score, but he can bleed on command, so we’re going to get to see twice the magnificence of the Devils PP.)

11:16 Zubrus gets Timonen’s stick straight in his eye, but there’s no call on the play. We can safely say, though, that this power play is still hurting us more than it’s hurting him.

9:57 The Devils rush up the ice and manage to get five guys abreast to cross the blue line without going offsides. We wonder how that happened when Captain Offsides, Gio, was out there. Schnookie: “Gio’s lost a step.”

8:47 We’re joining the few people who were willing to pay the exorbitant prices to watch this game in person by booing from the comfort of our own couch. That power play was every bit as bad as we expected it to be.

8:08 The high-stick parade continues, but this one is spotted by the officials as Zach recklessly swings his stick one-handed over his head and clips Timonen. Timonen is not the bleeder Patty is, so it’s only two minutes.

7:38 Shocking – it takes the Flyers just 30 seconds to connect on their power play, as Richards blasts a shot that tips in off Knuble’s toe. This one ridiculously goes to review, and Boomer, who managed to avoid seeing the Pittsburgh game and therefore still has some hope for the Devils, says only half-sarcastically, “That shouldn’t count! He clearly kicked that in!” Sorry, Boomer.

6:23 Can Sutter make these guys do pushups on the ice during the game? The shift responding to the goal is that kind of heartening, let’s-get-pinned-in-our-own-zone sort of crap that we know and… uh, know so well.

6:11 Chico: “You can hear the booing start to surface a little faster here.” Yeah, that’s how it works when the building’s designed to be all intimate and shit.

5:32 WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!! Rachunek’s point shot hits Umberger and falls right at Gio’s feet; amazingly Gio doesn’t do his standard “high and wide” routine, and instead backhands the puck past Biron, who is brilliantly screened by Zach. 1-1.

5:13 WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! DOGS AND CATS LIVING TOGETHER!!!! Zubrus, who we’d pegged for a grand total of zero goals this season, makes us look like idiots. Pando rips a shot from the high slot that Biron makes a good save on, then Zubie shakes off a defender, leaps on the rebound and shovels it home. 2-1 Devils.

4:43 Asham and Cote fight. They exchange about 7,000 punches in 15 seconds. Normally we ignore the fights, but that was really a lot of punches.

3:10 What is it about the Philadelphia Flyers? Upshall, who we totally thought was better than that, cross-checks Brylin in throat, leaving Sarge on the ice, clutching at his neck and looking not at all well. For some ridiculous reason Sarge also gets called for cross-checking on this play, giving us some four-on-four. Doc reports, as Clarkson goes to serve the injured Brylin’s penalty, that Clarkson glared meaningfully at Upshall on his way to the box. We may or may not have made our stance on him clear yet: we love David Clarkson.

1:37 The Devils manage to fly up the ice on a well-conceived Madden-to-Pando-to-the-trailing-Greene rush, but Biron is up to the challenge.

0:48 Clarkson makes a great power move to the net after an awesome yoinking steal at the side of the net, but apparently cross-checking him to the ice isn’t really a penalty.

0:29 WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! DOGS AND CATS KEEP LIVING TOGETHER!!! THEY’RE, LIKE, DANCING AND DRAPING EACH OTHER WITH LAURELS AND CHAINS OF FLOWERS!!!! Oduya makes a great stop in the defensive zone, unleashing the forwards up the other way. The end result? Zubie rips a shot that flips up and over Biron for a 3-1 Devils lead.

0:00 Who are these guys, and what have they done with our Devils?

Stan interviews Zubie and says, “On a scale of 1-100 percent, I’m 100 percent excited right now.” Poor Zubie.

FIRST INTERMISSION

Our intermission guest is Tony Siragusa. We can not be expected to pay attention this.

SECOND PERIOD

19:21 Oduya decides to reinvent the wheel while carrying the puck out of his zone, and not surprisingly, turns it over. Rachunek ends up taking a lazy hooking penalty on the ensuing Flyers cycle. Thanks, guys.

17:50 Patty lunges to try to reach a loose puck at a vacated blue line, can’t quite reach it, and completely quits on the play. The Flyers, though, have no one in the vicinity of that side of the ice, and Patty reluctantly follows up, chasing down the puck and almost feeding Travis on a nearly-good scoring chance. That’s Patty – only reluctantly making good plays happen.

17:12 WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!! Pookie, as play is puttering around the neutral zone: “I totally can’t accept that we have a guy named Rod.” The offending Rod – Pelley – then gets a hold of the puck, bulls up the boards, gets pushed wide by Timonen, and tosses a backhander into Biron’s feet that makes Biron look just as bad as we’ve always thought he is. Pookie: “I can fully accept that we have a guy named Rod if he’s going to do shit like that.” 4-1 Devils. (The fun comes to a crashing halt now that Nittymaki has replaced Biron.)

15:57 Pookie realizes something terrible: the Devils are going to lose this game by a lot because that was Pelley’s first career goal. Devils rookies always score their first NHL goals in blowout losses.

14:20 We have no idea what Sutter’s doing right now – he’s got a line of Pando, Zubrus and Travis on the ice. The hell? Pookie: “We’ve seen a lot of crazy-assed lines over the years, but that might very well be the craziest fucking thing I’ve ever seen.”

13:29 Kukkonen gets called for hooking, on a play we didn’t see. Boomer offers up some “Timmy fell down the well” humor when she discovers his first name is Lasse, because nothing’s too stupid for us to try to play for laughs here at stately IPB Manor.

12:24 Gio gets pushed to the ice as a puck bounces in front of the net, and Patty, swinging at the loose puck, misses completely and instead drills Gio square in the face. Pookie: “It’s times like these that I feel kind of bad for Patty. I mean, the guy can’t do anything right.”

11:29 Considering how hungry the Devils have looked at even strength, it’s amazing how flat that power play was.

10:16 Depth perception evades us for a moment, and we all think Zach’s shot goes up over Nittymaki’s glove and drops in behind him. Instead, Nittymaki is just juggling it without difficulty.

9:31 Brookbank and Eager fight and it’s nowhere near as interesting as the Asham/Cote bout. Yawn.

9:15 Gio is back already from having his face patched up, leading us to suspect that Patty’s problem might be that he doesn’t shoot very hard.

6:27 We liked this game a lot more when Biron was still in, and the Devils were being uptempo about breaking him. With the way the Devils play defense these days, this “sitting back and letting things simmer in the neutral zone” plan can only lead to ruin.

5:57 Nittymaki gets a very quick whistle as Zach digs in after Travis’s shot from outside the faceoff dot. We get a closeup of Gio as we go to commercial, and his face seems none the worse for wear. Patty needs to work on his shot, if he’s not even breaking skin with it.

4:46 Asham carries in on a two-on-one with Pelley that materialized out of some crazy bounces in the neutral zone, but Pelley’s not good for his second NHL goal on the play, thanks to Asham’s pass going straight into his skates.

4:14 Chico tells us this team is going to be “a work in progress all season long.” That sounds ominous.

2:45 Oduya tackles a Flyer off the play while Briere is shooting, and for some ridiculous reason the official standing right in front of the play sees nothing wrong with the play.

1:53 Lupul gets called for something… on Travis… behind the play. We’re told it’s for cross-checking, but we have no idea. Chico rambles on incoherently about whether it was a bad penalty or not. We think he thinks it was.

0:09 Gio skates into a Flyer at center ice, slashing the stick out of his hands while obstructing him. He makes an effort to look like he doesn’t agree with the penalty, but heads pretty quickly into the box.

0:00 We don’t know what to be thinking right now – that was 40 minutes of the best hockey we’ve seen from the Devils all season.

Stan interviews Pelley here and Pelley absolutely cracks us up with his “rookie doing an interview” stiffness. He should be holding his hands up next to his face like Will Ferrell in that NASCAR movie.

SECOND INTERMISSION

The topic of discussion for Steve and Dano is Lindros’ retirement, and Steve asks Dano what his final word would be on Lindros’ career. Dano, at his pull-no-punches, bluntest best, says Eric was a good player, but not a smart one. Damn, Dano — tell us how you really feel!

THIRD PERIOD

17:51 Well we’ll be damned – the Devils managed to kill the penalty. That totally screamed of “leaving the door open for the Flyers comeback”.

16:38 As the Devils regroup from a Greene turnover behind the net, and Patty tries to carry the puck out from in front but is stymied by the old Prudential Center bugaboo – lousy third-period ice.

15:25 Gio flies into the zone, fires an aggressive shot at Biron, and Rory Fitzpatrick has to hook Zach on the followup on the rebound.

13:30 As the Devils settle in for an icing faceoff on their own power play, Chico says, “‘Easy’ is not a word that is ever going to be associated with Devils wins this season.” We don’t even know what to say to that.

13:12 Rachunek takes a penalty for being poop behind the play.

11:12 Well we’ll be further damned – after looking pretty dangerous to start this power play out, the Flyers ended up bowing to the relentless awesomeness that is the Devils PK.

10:10 Pookie marvels at the defensive-zone failings of the Travis/Zach/Gio line: “I just don’t understand how, overnight, these guys got so bad defensively.” Schnookie: “It’s Gio. Zach and Travis were much better defensively when they had Zubrus with them.” Pookie: “Huh. Right.” The more we think about Gio’s game, the more we realize why it’s a disastrously bad idea to put him back with Patty any time soon.

7:06 Patty takes a soft shot from the face-off dot, and then falls over in amazement that he did that.

6:58 A Flyer holds Greener up at the boards and gets called for a penalty. As we go to commercial, Pookie announces: “This game has now ceased to hold my attention enough to keep me from stressing about cleaning my bathroom before CapsChick gets here.”

We come back from commercial with Chico giving us a confessional ad for the Cuban sandwiches they sell at the Prudential Center. He is as excited about this sandwich as he has been about anything tonight, and we get a prolonged look at Chico taking a huge bite of said sandwich and making “Mmmm! Delicious!” faces. Doc is completely thrown off his game and has no idea what to announce about the Flyer penalty.

6:03 Patty’s shot is blocked by a defenseman, and we are treated to a closeup look at him shouting profanities as he returns to the bench. Rupper then adorably gives him an encouraging pat on the arm, while probably thinking, “I think I might have more goals than this guy.”

3:09 A little scrum erupts at the near boards in the Devils zone after Richards flattens Greener. As tempers flare and the big guys all start grappling and shoving, Greener pops up, skates around to the outside of the melee and totally looks like he’s saying, “Guys! I’m okay! There’s no need to be fighting now! Really! I’m fine!” Pelley ends up with the only penalty in the scrum.

Coming back from commercial Pookie gets a chance to exclaim, “God, those Flyers sweaters are so bad.”

2:44 The Madden/Pando magic is officially gone – they get a two-on-one and Madden isn’t even able to get off a shot.

2:03 We get a lingering look at Biron on the bench, and he looks like he’s scoping out the arena, puzzled, thinking to himself, “Weird… This is so not the Devils’ building.”

0:54 Marty freezes the puck, affording us a chance to see a glowering Sutter on the bench. Pookie says, stunned, “What the fuck?” That’s right – someone behind him is wearing black-and-white striped stockings and fur-trimmed boots.

0:24 Rupp takes a penalty for something or other, but we’re too busy wondering why we didn’t wear that stockings/boots combo to work today to notice.

0:00 We want to be really excited about this, but we’ll take a moment to temper our enthusiasm: the Devils were beaten into the ground for the last two days by their coaches, and were playing a team in its second half of a back-to-back. But on the bright side, that was sixty solid minutes of hockey. From the Devils. To beat the Flyers. WOOO HOOOO!!!!

354 Responses to “Devils vs. Flyers, 11/8/07”

  1. on November 8, 2007 at 7:03 pm Pensgirl

    Go Devils!


  2. on November 8, 2007 at 7:05 pm Pookie

    Oh-ho, so all it takes is the boys playing a team that beat yours handily, eh? ;)


  3. on November 8, 2007 at 7:07 pm Pensgirl

    No, it goes a little something like this…

    Team vs. Flyers

    Go Team!

    Do you forget that Philly and Pittsburgh hate each other even when you remove sports from the equation?

    I think the earth is about to implode. Mike Lange just told us that the Rangers are the best defensive team in the league right now.


  4. on November 8, 2007 at 7:13 pm Genna

    So, today in my Human Sexuality class we were talking about STIs/STDs and I thought of our very own Patty. We talked about hepatitis a little and Hep A came up and my professor had information up about the transmittance of it. Stay away from fecal matter and infested water. Those oysters count too, Mr. Elias.


  5. on November 8, 2007 at 7:15 pm Nadine

    I don’t agree about Philly and Pitt disliking each other all the time. I like both areas and feel equally comfortable in them.

    But maybe that’s because I’m a Western PA girl living in Philly?


  6. on November 8, 2007 at 7:19 pm Pensgirl

    Depends on what you mean by “Western PA.” The perspective on the rest of the state is different between actual Pittsburghers and the rest of Western PA.


  7. on November 8, 2007 at 7:25 pm Nadine

    Uniontown, Altoona and Johnstown is what I mean. We associate ourselves more with Pittsburgh, even if the Pittsburghers don’t see it that way.

    Of course I live on the dark side and cheer for it, too! ;)


  8. on November 8, 2007 at 7:27 pm Pookie

    Nadine! How awesome to see you here! I, uh, can’t say I want to see your team do good, but… it’s still great to see you drop by!


  9. on November 8, 2007 at 7:30 pm Katebits

    Ooh, Zach’s in the box!


  10. on November 8, 2007 at 7:32 pm Pookie

    Ooh, Zach’s in the box!

    The Paradise Penalty Box? Yum! Actually, if I had him in the PPP, I’d tell him to quit it with swinging his stick around like that. I’ve always hated that argument against full-cages in college that the players will be too reckless with their sticks. My argument was always that they can be taught to not do that. I think I’m seeing in Zach what happens if they can’t be taught.


  11. on November 8, 2007 at 7:34 pm Pensgirl

    Uniontown, Altoona and Johnstown is what I mean. We associate ourselves more with Pittsburgh, even if the Pittsburghers don’t see it that way.

    My parents are both from “814″; I’m not knocking it there. It’s just the perspective is very different. It’s a political and economic thing between the commonwealth’s two major cities…for example, it’s often the case that in statewide elections, Pittsburghers will vote for someone JUST for being from Western PA and Philadelphians will vote for someone JUST for being from Eastern PA. That was actually a topic of major discussion in the last gubenatorial race…how would Lynn Swann, being a Republican but the Western PA guy, fare in Pittsburgh? And a lot of us are super-pissed that Philly gets to have a smoking ban we aren’t allowed because of a state law (one that specifically exempted Philly).

    Because the rest of the state doesn’t have that city-vs-city tension, the animosity isn’t really there.


  12. on November 8, 2007 at 7:35 pm Katebits

    Whoooooooooo!


  13. on November 8, 2007 at 7:35 pm Pensgirl

    The Paradise Penalty Box?

    The Parise Penalty Box! (If you recall, that is what I saw the first time I read the phrase.)


  14. on November 8, 2007 at 7:35 pm Katebits

    Good work, Zach!


  15. on November 8, 2007 at 7:35 pm Katebits

    HOLY CRAP!


  16. on November 8, 2007 at 7:36 pm Pookie

    Whoooooooooo!

    Seconded!


  17. on November 8, 2007 at 7:36 pm Katebits

    That was Zubie’s FIRST goal?! Heh. Good thing he’s pretty.


  18. on November 8, 2007 at 7:37 pm Genna

    ZUBIEEEEEEEE!


  19. on November 8, 2007 at 7:37 pm Pookie

    HOLY CRAP!

    What? It’s almost as if you thought these guys couldn’t score or something! :)

    OK, I said 8-3 with a hat trick from Oduya. Now I’m saying 12-5. Philly.


  20. on November 8, 2007 at 7:38 pm Pookie

    That was Zubie’s FIRST goal?! Heh. Good thing he’s pretty.

    Yeah. Although, no one here at IPB Manor has been counting on him to score goals. The idea is for him to make space for Elias, who’s supposed to be scoring. That’s… not working.


  21. on November 8, 2007 at 7:39 pm Pensgirl

    The idea is for him to make space for Elias, who’s supposed to be scoring. That’s… not working.

    Maybe it can work in reverse?


  22. on November 8, 2007 at 7:39 pm Katebits

    Dang! Punchy!


  23. on November 8, 2007 at 7:40 pm Pookie

    Oh my, did you all just see that sweater that said “RANGERSUCK”? I think you’ll find there’s another ’s’ in “Rangers Suck”.


  24. on November 8, 2007 at 7:40 pm Nadine

    Pookie, you know I’m always hanging around.

    Hey, your guys just pulled a Philly! Congrats to Zubie. If I’m not mistaken, that is his first of the season, right?

    But to lay down just a little Flyers smack here: We are 7-0-0 when we score first. Know what I’m sayin’?

    We’ll just have to wait and see who’s playing the best cards tonight…though I am truly bummed that my Sami is out injured.


  25. on November 8, 2007 at 7:41 pm Pookie

    Maybe it can work in reverse?

    Patty can skate around offering foecal oysters to the opponents, thus making them all skate to the bench to yarf, giving Zubrus all the room he needs.


  26. on November 8, 2007 at 7:41 pm Pensgirl

    Oh my, did you all just see that sweater that said “RANGERSUCK”? I think you’ll find there’s another ’s’ in “Rangers Suck”.

    Maybe they were saying “Rangers Uck.” Like “ew.”

    I’ll give anyone who makes an anti-Ranger sign the benefit of the doubt.


  27. on November 8, 2007 at 7:43 pm Katebits

    Geez. Upshall is a freaking thug!


  28. on November 8, 2007 at 7:44 pm Nadine

    CRAP!


  29. on November 8, 2007 at 7:45 pm Pookie

    Geez. Upshall is a freaking thug!

    I know! Upshall? Upshall?!? I’ll give him the benefit of the doubt that he wasn’t aiming for the throat, but still! Steve Yzerman could put on a Flyers sweater and all of a sudden he’d be hitting dirty! (Just kidding, Nadine!)


  30. on November 8, 2007 at 7:46 pm Meg

    I want to seeee. It’s not fair!


  31. on November 8, 2007 at 7:47 pm Pensgirl

    Steve Yzerman could put on a Flyers sweater and all of a sudden he’d be hitting dirty! (Just kidding, Nadine!)

    Thank you, I was trying to think of someone to make that same point.

    Only I wouldn’t be kidding!

    YESSSSSSSSS!!!!


  32. on November 8, 2007 at 7:47 pm Katebits

    Oh my GOD! The Devils ROCK! :D


  33. on November 8, 2007 at 7:47 pm Meg

    (Just kidding, Nadine!)

    Except for the fact that it’s true. ;)


  34. on November 8, 2007 at 7:48 pm Nadine

    Ditto, Meg! I can’t see it and I cannot listen to it or bad things will happen.

    Pookie: No, he could put on a Flyers sweater and be accused of hitting dirty.

    Scoreboard: Well, shit!


  35. on November 8, 2007 at 7:48 pm Pookie

    Oh my GOD! The Devils ROCK! :D

    That’s what we’ve been telling you all along! Except for all those times we said they suck.


  36. on November 8, 2007 at 7:49 pm Pookie

    Pookie: No, he could put on a Flyers sweater and be accused of hitting dirty.

    Touche!


  37. on November 8, 2007 at 7:49 pm Pensgirl

    P.S. Ookies: thank your boys for saving all their effort for tonight.

    We needed those points on Monday.


  38. on November 8, 2007 at 7:50 pm Meg

    Man, Zubrus is suddenly on fire.


  39. on November 8, 2007 at 7:50 pm Pookie

    I want to seeee. It’s not fair!

    I’m sorry, Meg! That’s so bizarre that you don’t get FSNY.


  40. on November 8, 2007 at 7:50 pm Katebits

    Dude, Zubie’s schnozz is huuuuuge.


  41. on November 8, 2007 at 7:50 pm Meg

    Wait, Zubrus from Clarkson . . . that’s definitely hot.


  42. on November 8, 2007 at 7:51 pm Pookie

    P.S. Ookies: thank your boys for saving all their effort for tonight.

    We needed those points on Monday.

    Oh, you’re so welcome! :)


  43. on November 8, 2007 at 7:51 pm Meg

    I’m sorry, Meg! That’s so bizarre that you don’t get FSNY.

    I could if I was willing to double my cable bill . . . which I’m not.


  44. on November 8, 2007 at 7:52 pm Pensgirl

    Wait, Zubrus from Clarkson . . . that’s definitely hot.

    That could say Clarkson to Brind’Amour and it would still be hot. Such is The Power Of Clarkson.


  45. on November 8, 2007 at 7:52 pm Meg

    So is Biron being hung out to dry or is he just having one of those head-in-the-clouds nights he has?


  46. on November 8, 2007 at 7:53 pm Nadine

    Right, so the score is sufficiently off-kilter enough that I’m breaking the superstition. I’m tuning into the radio.


  47. on November 8, 2007 at 7:55 pm Nadine

    Nope, Philly Marty is fine. It’s the rest of the team that has issues a lot of the time. (Trust me, I’ve been dealing with it all season during the first.)


  48. on November 8, 2007 at 7:55 pm humminggiraffe

    GOOOOOOO Devils GOOOOOO! And Ookies if you could please tell Travis to get me some fantasy acorns that would be fabulous.


  49. on November 8, 2007 at 7:56 pm alix

    I don’t know why wordpress keeps saying I’m humming giraffe but whatever.


  50. on November 8, 2007 at 7:57 pm kristin

    They need to pull Biron! He has that defeated look in his eyes! (Yes, chicken little here, the sky is falling!!)

    And I can’t wait til Clarkson gets his ass kicked by Smith!

    *ducks*


  51. on November 8, 2007 at 7:59 pm Meg

    It’s ok, Alix, we know who you are either way.


  52. on November 8, 2007 at 8:02 pm alix

    Ok good, thanks Meg :p


  53. on November 8, 2007 at 8:05 pm Pookie

    What? The identity of the mysterious humminggiraffe revealed! :)

    And I can’t wait til Clarkson gets his ass kicked by Smith!

    Dream on, missy! Wait, actually, Clarkson fighting Smith would be really hot/strangely sexy. Hm… dream on indeed…


  54. on November 8, 2007 at 8:10 pm kristin

    nitty gets the nod!!!


  55. on November 8, 2007 at 8:10 pm Katebits

    Dude. The Devils are like, unstoppable!


  56. on November 8, 2007 at 8:11 pm Nadine

    God, help the head-case!


  57. on November 8, 2007 at 8:11 pm Pookie

    Yeah, so much for the “no, no, Philly Marty’s fine”! I hate it when they pull the goalie. The Devils never, ever score on the replacement goalie! NEVER, EVER!


  58. on November 8, 2007 at 8:12 pm Patty (in Dallas)

    Gosh, I should have hurried home faster. I need to get this game onto my TV, PRONTO.


  59. on November 8, 2007 at 8:20 pm Nadine

    Pookie: You don’t really have to worry about scoring at this point, do you?


  60. on November 8, 2007 at 8:21 pm Nadine

    Dude, what’s with Patty? Jeez!


  61. on November 8, 2007 at 8:21 pm Pookie

    With this team’s delicate psyche? Yeah, we need the scoring!


  62. on November 8, 2007 at 8:23 pm Pookie

    Dude, what’s with Patty?

    How much time have you got?

    Problem, The First: He’s nuts.

    Problem, The Second: He’s lazy.

    ….

    Problem, The 1,452,700,362, 488th…


  63. on November 8, 2007 at 8:24 pm Genna

    That was one pretty goal Pelley scored.


  64. on November 8, 2007 at 8:25 pm Nadine

    Nah, I was just thinking that we could save time tonight on the hitting if we just leave it all to Patty. ;p


  65. on November 8, 2007 at 8:44 pm Nadine

    Good night, ladies. I get to be tortured tomorrow - first thing - in a dentist’s chair. Which will be infintely more entertaining than tonight’s game.

    (Though, honestly, the Ookies know why I won’t be stressing hard over this one.)


  66. on November 8, 2007 at 8:44 pm Pookie

    Ugh, the dentist? That’s terrible! Well, good luck! Good night, Nadine!


  67. on November 8, 2007 at 8:49 pm Patty (in Dallas)

    …thus making them all skate to the bench to yarf…

    Yarf. *giggle*


  68. on November 8, 2007 at 8:57 pm Genna

    Oh my, did you all just see that sweater that said “RANGERSUCK”? I think you’ll find there’s another ’s’ in “Rangers Suck”

    I believe it actually said “RANGERSUK”, but I could have misread. My guess is he’s really promoting for the Rangers to play in the UK like the Ducks and Kings did.


  69. on November 8, 2007 at 8:59 pm Pookie

    I think you’re on to something there Genna!

    Patty, “yarf” is like my favorite word. Someone called the Reference Desk today to ask for information on “Rolfing”, which is some massage technique or something, I don’t know, but it made me laugh because it sounded even slightly life “yarfing”. Maybe my brain was just addled from the discovery that the big project I’m working on that I thought had no real deadline turns out that have a deadline of — a week from yesterday. Ohhh-kay.


  70. on November 8, 2007 at 9:04 pm alix

    I’m off to listen to my boys. Hopefully the Devs good luck rubs off on them. See ya all tomorrow!


  71. on November 8, 2007 at 9:06 pm Pookie

    Hope your games goes well, alix! Good night!


  72. on November 8, 2007 at 9:11 pm CapsChick

    Holy…toledo. Zubrus SCORED??? And without Ovie to pass to him??????

    That was Zubie’s FIRST goal?! Heh. Good thing he’s pretty.

    Katebits, my dear, we were saying that for 6 years. But seriously as the Ookies can probably attest to, it’s all the little things he does right that don’t show up on the scoresheet. Right girls? ;)

    What games are you recording to watch post-Devils game tonight? (I emailed you, too, but I’m a brat…hi, nice to meet you.)


  73. on November 8, 2007 at 9:18 pm Pookie

    What games are you recording to watch post-Devils game tonight?

    I wasn’t going to tell you this but… we recorded the Canes.


  74. on November 8, 2007 at 9:22 pm Genna

    I can’t believe Chico rambled on that long about a Cuban sandwich.


  75. on November 8, 2007 at 9:23 pm Pookie

    I love that Chico rambled on that long about a Cuban sandwich.


  76. on November 8, 2007 at 9:24 pm CapsChick

    Pffft, Canes. Of course. CAPS ARE WINNING 3-1. Are you kidding me??!!

    Uh, and someone please tell me why the Devils commentator guy is eating something?


  77. on November 8, 2007 at 9:25 pm Pookie

    That’s Chico’s schtick.


  78. on November 8, 2007 at 9:26 pm Patty (in Dallas)

    Pookie, I’ve actually heard rolfing being used in the yarf context. But yarf is my new favorite.


  79. on November 8, 2007 at 9:26 pm CapsChick

    Oh…okay. You can explain it further on Saturday because I’m confused. It’s not pretty, seriously, there’s no reason for that.


  80. on November 8, 2007 at 9:26 pm alix

    Whooooooo! Go Caps :) I thought Kipper was bad right now? Too bad he decided to show up tonight…


  81. on November 8, 2007 at 9:28 pm Pookie

    It’s not pretty, seriously, there’s no reason for that.

    Reason’s got nothing to do with it.


  82. on November 8, 2007 at 9:28 pm Patty (in Dallas)

    Hey, Pensgirl, or anybody else watching the Pens game, who does your color?

    I just had the game on for a minute and heard him saying congrats to Modano, and he mentioned he used to play for the Stars. Probably before my time, but I’ll probably recognize the name.


  83. on November 8, 2007 at 9:28 pm CapsChick

    alix, Kipper was bad until he signed his contract and now he rocks. Or something, I don’t know - I’m choosing to ignore the last few games :P

    And yes, whooooo go Caps!! Cautious…optimism. Because Kerry Fraser just decided to be Kerry Fraser and here goes the penalty kill….


  84. on November 8, 2007 at 9:30 pm Pookie

    Patty, it’s Bob Errey. He’s completely bonkers. And I love it!


  85. on November 8, 2007 at 9:30 pm alix

    Jaysus…scrambly as hell out there.


  86. on November 8, 2007 at 9:33 pm Patty (in Dallas)

    Because Kerry Fraser just decided to be Kerry Fraser and here goes the penalty kill….

    Mmmm … penalty kill. :P


  87. on November 8, 2007 at 9:34 pm CapsChick

    Patty, I’m just happy when they kill off the penalties - I’m not asking for much. And they did, so yay.

    Ooh, and mini-celebration from anyone who cares for my baby rookie Nicklas Backstrom, who got his very 1st NHL goal :) Uuuugly goal, but who cares??


  88. on November 8, 2007 at 9:42 pm alix

    Oh he’s a cutie! Go him! And they all count :)


  89. on November 8, 2007 at 9:45 pm Schnookie

    Unintentional backhanded compliment of the night, from Steve Cangialosi, breaking down Gio’s performance in this game: [telestrating, trying to show us signs that Gio's coming out of his slump] “On this play, this tip in front… he doesn’t score. That’s vintage Gionta.”


  90. on November 8, 2007 at 9:47 pm alix

    Awwww the baby Nuckies are doing SO well! Too bad Kipper saved Hansen’s shot, that would have been his first.


  91. on November 8, 2007 at 9:47 pm alix

    HA! Poor Gio.


  92. on November 8, 2007 at 9:54 pm Katebits

    CapChick, if you are still here, I just want to tell you how happy I am for the Caps right now. Well, I’m happy for everybody. Everybody wins when the Senators lose! (except Sherry)


  93. on November 8, 2007 at 9:55 pm CapsChick

    I AM IN SHOCK. Thank you. I…need to go lie down. That was crazy.


  94. on November 8, 2007 at 9:57 pm alix

    YAY CAPS!!!!!!!! They’ve somehow become my second secondary team. (Sorry Sherry)


  95. on November 8, 2007 at 10:00 pm Pookie

    Yay! Everybody wins!


  96. on November 8, 2007 at 10:03 pm Schnookie

    Everybody wins when the Senators lose! (except Sherry)

    Hear hear! I’m totally regretting not tivoing that one, CC, just so you know. But like the Sabres game last night, I’m thinking the not tivoing is the way to go, since it’s the only way to get these teams to win! (Oh, and as of this instant, with the beating the Sens, the Caps are my second favorite team right now, too.) (Don’t get any crazy ideas, though, CC — it won’t last.)

    Oh, and we just had a post-game interview that included in the same instant of blazing hotness, shirtless Patty walking in the background while Zach flashed his pearly whites and darling dimples. Christ, but this team knows how to play me.


  97. on November 8, 2007 at 10:03 pm CapsChick

    Okay, so I have a question. The Devils win, Zubrus scores 2 goals, the Caps win and the Senators winning streak ends…are those the four signs of the apocalypse?


  98. on November 8, 2007 at 10:05 pm alix

    Beautiful goal by Brendan “the brat” Morrison!!!! Gorgeous.


  99. on November 8, 2007 at 10:08 pm Schnookie

    The Devils win, Zubrus scores 2 goals, the Caps win and the Senators winning streak ends…are those the four signs of the apocalypse?

    Or they’re signs that this coming weekend is going to BLOW OUR MINDS for how great it’s going to be! :D


  100. on November 8, 2007 at 10:10 pm CapsChick

    …or they’ve just wasted all their awesomeness on one game and this weekend will STILL be great ;)


  101. on November 8, 2007 at 10:14 pm alix

    Wheeeeeeeeeeeeeeee! Two goals in 16 seconds. 3-0. Trev Linden breaks the all time assist record. Don’t want to jinx anything but I love hockey!


  102. on November 8, 2007 at 10:15 pm alix

    The Humming Giraffe in a fight? This game is crrrrrrrrrazy!


  103. on November 8, 2007 at 10:16 pm Schnookie

    Wheeeeeeeeeeeeeeee! Two goals in 16 seconds. 3-0. Trev Linden breaks the all time assist record. Don’t want to jinx anything but I love hockey!

    No offense, alix, but WTF? Kipper is my only hope this week! He’s the only guy on my team who plays at all! (Except Matty O. I’ll take his PIM.)


  104. on November 8, 2007 at 10:20 pm alix

    HAHA No problem Schnookie. He looked good in the first?


  105. on November 8, 2007 at 10:23 pm Schnookie

    Nice try, though, alix. :P


  106. on November 8, 2007 at 10:26 pm alix

    That was hard to say something good about a Flame :p


  107. on November 8, 2007 at 10:27 pm alix

    Although Lombardi’s pretty hott for a flame.


  108. on November 8, 2007 at 10:34 pm Pookie

    Lombardi is smoking hot. SMOKING HOT! I think he should be traded to the Devils. For Johnny Oduya.


  109. on November 8, 2007 at 10:36 pm alix

    Oh do ya? HAHAHA. So bad.


  110. on November 8, 2007 at 10:39 pm CapsChick

    :^::::::::::: Oh, alix…I think you need to go sit in the corner for that.

    Ookies, I take a little bit of pleasure that Oduya is sucking for you guys - sorry, but a lot of Caps fans were bitching that he was “the one that got away”, the guy who was going to save the team. Pffft, suckers.


  111. on November 8, 2007 at 10:40 pm alix

    Holy shit Louie’s a stud. The D disappeared in the last minute. I’ll give them a pass though because they were studs earlier.


  112. on November 8, 2007 at 10:41 pm alix

    “Oh, alix…I think you need to go sit in the corner for that.”

    I should! Hee hee.


  113. on November 8, 2007 at 10:42 pm Schnookie

    Ookies, I take a little bit of pleasure that Oduya is sucking for you guys - sorry, but a lot of Caps fans were bitching that he was “the one that got away”, the guy who was going to save the team. Pffft, suckers.

    You know, when he’s good? He’s definitely one to be smacking your foreheads about. He just hasn’t been very good this season. :P (He’s been way, way, way better in the last few games since Sutter took him off the top pairing.)


  114. on November 8, 2007 at 10:43 pm Schnookie

    I’ll say here that we’ve been scapegoating Oduya kind of unfairly. He’s been the figurehead of our collectively lousy d-corps.


  115. on November 8, 2007 at 10:58 pm CapsChick

    He just hasn’t been very good this season. :P

    …okay, sure ;) No, I believe you. But it’s annoying because they were saying this the last two years when frankly the team was well beyond saving, at least by someone like Oduya.


  116. on November 8, 2007 at 11:04 pm Pam/Shorty

    Paging Genna…SUCCESS!!!!


  117. on November 8, 2007 at 11:13 pm CapsChick

    Owen freaking Nolan just scored for the Flames - are you kidding me??

    …is it a full moon?


  118. on November 8, 2007 at 11:15 pm Schnookie

    Owen Nolan? Surely he died in Vegas.


  119. on November 8, 2007 at 11:19 pm CapsChick

    Reports of his death were greatly exaggerated.


  120. on November 8, 2007 at 11:23 pm Patty (in Dallas)

    Remember all that cool stuff I said about the Stars’ penalty kill? Forget all that shit.


  121. on November 8, 2007 at 11:24 pm Schnookie

    Oh no, Patty! I’m so sorry!

    Reports of his death were greatly exaggerated.

    :^:::::::::::::::::::::::::::


  122. on November 8, 2007 at 11:25 pm Schnookie

    What’s the damage on your PK tonight, Patty?


  123. on November 8, 2007 at 11:26 pm alix

    Why does my team love to give up three goal leads?!?!?!


  124. on November 8, 2007 at 11:28 pm Patty (in Dallas)

    Thanks, Schnookie. I feel responsible.


  125. on November 8, 2007 at 11:29 pm Patty (in Dallas)

    3 for 5, I think. Maybe 6.


  126. on November 8, 2007 at 11:30 pm Patty (in Dallas)

    Well, 3 goals on 5 power plays by Phoenix.


  127. on November 8, 2007 at 11:30 pm Patty (in Dallas)

    Sorry, alix!


  128. on November 8, 2007 at 11:36 pm alix

    Oh Jesus that was close. Luongo is a freakin stud. Woooooohoooo. And now some crazy scrum. Hee hee. Kesler and Iginla are so going to fight next time we see Calgary.


  129. on November 8, 2007 at 11:37 pm Schnookie

    Well, 3 goals on 5 power plays by Phoenix.

    Ouch. That’s terrible. That’s positively Devils-esque!


  130. on November 8, 2007 at 11:45 pm Schnookie

    So what’s the deal with the Coyotes? Why are so many people losing to them lately?


  131. on November 8, 2007 at 11:57 pm alix

    I find that really baffling too, Schnookie. You know what else I find baffling? The refs. I don’t want to bitch too much since we ended up winning, but those calls in the third were freakin weak.


  132. on November 9, 2007 at 12:04 am Pensgirl

    Hey Ookies, I think something happened after Monday’s game wherein the Devils transferred all their suckitude to us. I’m sure you’re just fine with that, but I’m not so much with the happy about it.


  133. on November 9, 2007 at 12:06 am Patty (in Dallas)

    So what’s the deal with the Coyotes? Why are so many people losing to them lately?

    Probably just seems like a lot of people are losing against them, but it’s really mostly us, I think.


  134. on November 9, 2007 at 12:08 am Pensgirl

    Sorry, Patty, I had stepped out to the bar for a friend’s birthday. I know, I know…putting people I actually know ahead of a squad of underachieving men I’ve never met…my priorities are totally whacked.

    I think Bobby may have been the Stars’ captain for awhile. He was a checking-line guy, but a very good one (key in our Cup runs). Smaller guy; lots of grit. Loved to facewash. :)

    My favorite games to hear him call are against Boston, ’cause with his Canadian accent he calls them the “Broons.” It never fails to crack me up.


  135. on November 9, 2007 at 12:11 am Schnookie

    I think something happened after Monday’s game wherein the Devils transferred all their suckitude to us. I’m sure you’re just fine with that, but I’m not so much with the happy about it.

    I have got absolutely NO PROBLEM with that. :D


  136. on November 9, 2007 at 12:14 am alix

    “’cause with his Canadian accent he calls them the “Broons.”

    Hee! That’s not how you’re supposed to say it?


  137. on November 9, 2007 at 12:14 am Patty (in Dallas)

    That’s okay, Pensgirl. When you told me who it was, it rang no bells. So, that’s my dirty little secret. I hardly know anything that happened with the Stars before 1998. :D

    I’m not a bandwagonner, because I never jumped off!


  138. on November 9, 2007 at 12:18 am alix

    That game was fun :)


  139. on November 9, 2007 at 12:20 am alix

    Oh you’re all wheaty Patty. We know that.


  140. on November 9, 2007 at 12:20 am Patty (in Dallas)

    Congrats, alix! Now you can love hockey until the next game.


  141. on November 9, 2007 at 12:21 am CapsChick

    CC’s ETA: 18 hours, 9 minutes………


  142. on November 9, 2007 at 12:22 am alix

    Yup! That’s the way it seems to be going for all of us so far, eh?


  143. on November 9, 2007 at 12:23 am Pensgirl

    That’s okay, Pensgirl. When you told me who it was, it rang no bells. So, that’s my dirty little secret. I hardly know anything that happened with the Stars before 1998. :D

    I’m not a bandwagonner, because I never jumped off!

    Bobby never should have been anything but a Pen. He was around before Mario…but he was a casualty of the Howard Baldwin pretend-to-spend-when-we-have-no-cash years, traded away in the dismantling of the team in the mid-90s. He was a Shark first, and a Star, I dunno what else if anything. He sort of ended up a journeyman. Came back and tried out with us but didn’t have the legs anymore, so he retired.

    Lots of passion for the game. You will not find a Cup team without guys like him.

    Hee! That’s not how you’re supposed to say it?

    I love Canadian accents. So much so, in fact, it took me less than a full morning to start saying “oat” and “sauth” when I was there a couple months ago. What can I say, I’m an accent whore.

    Bobby’s got the most hilarious inflection…his voice rises at the weirdest times in a sentence. Couple that with the accent… “We’re facin’ the BROONS, Steigy.” I live for it!


  144. on November 9, 2007 at 12:28 am alix

    Mmmmm I love accents.


  145. on November 9, 2007 at 12:30 am alix

    Hee! The headine on NHL.com: “The Canucks go streaking” That provides me a lovely mental image :p


  146. on November 9, 2007 at 12:33 am Pensgirl

    Hee! The headine on NHL.com: “The Canucks go streaking” That provides me a lovely mental image :p

    Maybe they’re figuring out how to better promote the sport. ;)


  147. on November 9, 2007 at 12:42 am alix

    Sounds like a good plan to me :)


  148. on November 9, 2007 at 12:42 am Mr Frisby

    Our intermission guest is Tony Siragusa. We can not be expected to pay attention this.

    I thought you learned by now that intermission is smoking time. I’m kind of glad of glad that I missed this. I bet he just had to mention that he won a Superbowl while playing for the Ravens, didn’t he? The only reason that I say “kind of” is because he does a show called Man Caves where they fix up a room in some guys house. Supposedly Ken Danyko helped him fix up a room for some lucky Devils fan.


  149. on November 9, 2007 at 1:00 am Schnookie

    Frisby, he not only talked about the Superbowl (I think — I really wasn’t listening), but they also panned in real close to show us his ring.

    I’d heard about Dano being on “Man Caves”!

    The only reason I make any effort to pay attention to the intermissions is because of the diaries — I feel it’s my civic duty to report back about them. Otherwise, they’d be “I’m going to impulse bake some brownies!” time (since I don’t smoke). Hm, maybe it’s a good thing I stay put to pay attention to the intermissions after all. I’d balloon up to 800 pounds if I was making two pans of brownies every night.


  150. on November 9, 2007 at 1:32 am Genna

    Paging Genna…SUCCESS!!!!

    Ahh! Pam! THANK YOU! You are truly amazing! How does it look? I don’t think I’ve had a Devils calendar in several years, but I think I remember the Ookies saying they were sub-par. We’ll figure out the postage situation, you can email me at starbright1723@gmail.com .

    EEE!!!!! Thanks again!


  151. on November 9, 2007 at 8:13 am Amy

    Yay for the Devils win! Granted I didn’t see the game, but was Biron really that bad that he needed to be pulled when the game was only 4-1?

    Boomer offers up some “Timmy fell down the well” humor when she discovers his first name is Lasse, because nothing’s too stupid for us to try to play for laughs here at stately IPB Manor.

    There’s nothing wrong with a good “Timmy fell down the well” joke. :o)


  152. on November 9, 2007 at 9:07 am Pookie

    but was Biron really that bad that he needed to be pulled when the game was only 4-1?

    In a word? Yes. Rod Pelley’s goal was really, really bad.


  153. on November 9, 2007 at 9:21 am Pam/Shorty

    Good morning all…Genna, I’m going to email you in just a minute…

    So I actually ended up getting 4 calendars. I took one, my sis took one, and one is destined for Genna. That leaves one extra!

    The Calendar is pretty nice. What’s funny about it is that everyone’s picture is supposedly from the 1st game at the Rock. Except that some guys were hurt (like Colin, Jamie, and Cam), so they didnt play that night, obviously. So the people who made the calendar just photoshopped an “opening night” patch onto thier jerseys in their pictures. It’s funny, cuz it’s so obvious and badly done. Like, the picture of Colin, you can the pink seats of CAA in the background yet he has a prudential center opening night patch on his jersey.


  154. on November 9, 2007 at 9:27 am Meg

    In a word? Yes. Rod Pelley’s goal was really, really bad.

    Ah, well, Biron will have those days, although they’ve seemed to be few and far between in Philly thus far. He’ll also do his thing where he makes a bunch of fabulous saves and then lets one or three in that are fantastically bad. Could be worse.


  155. on November 9, 2007 at 10:11 am Pookie

    Like, the picture of Colin, you can the pink seats of CAA in the background yet he has a prudential center opening night patch on his jersey.

    :^::::::::::::::::::

    If no one else claims the calendar, I’m sure we can find a place for it at Stately IPB Manor.


  156. on November 9, 2007 at 10:34 am Pookie

    This is from Martle’s blog today:

    Of all the players — other than Lindros — to win the Hart Trophy between 1953-54 and 2001-02, from Al Rollins to Jose Theodore, every last one is already, or will be, in the Hall of Fame.

    No questions asked.

    Does anyone else think this is ridiculous? Jose Theodore? Really? Her?


  157. on November 9, 2007 at 10:35 am