When the schedule was released back in July, we immediately put our heads together with Patty (Still In Dallas Back Then) to find the perfect October week to come here to see a Devils game in person and enjoy all the wonders that New Jersey has to offer. We targeted this week for one specific reason: we could use Patty as our excuse for not writing a game diary for this game (or even watching it very closely. Or at all). But we kept that to ourselves and just pretended instead that this was the best week to visit for reasons like “foliage” and “whatever”. So imagine our horror when Patty showed up, we assessed our hockey television schedule for the week, and she exclaimed with delight about tonight’s game, “Ooh! Are y’all goin’ to do a dang-tootin’ diary that night, so I kin see it all in-person-like? Yee haw!” (She may or may not talk like that in person.) And we groaned and pulled our hair and rent our garments and made a huge fuss, but in the end hospitality won out, and we agreed to diarize while she was here. She is under express orders to bring some hilarity, to make our jobs easier.
Meanwhile, making our jobs decidedly NOT easier, Devils fans are once again getting the fuzzy end of the lollipop, and are stuck watching in miserable, loathsome standard def. And our intro to tonight’s game includes Doc putting a hex on Travis by talking all about how he’s only missed two games in his career. Pookie: “Ten bucks says he goes down with a terrible injury in this game.” Schnookie: “No bet.”
We get a “Poll Question Of The Night” that asks which player we like most to watch. Our options are Malkin, Kovalchuk, Ovechkin and Crosby. Pookie: “Wow. They don’t even include Zach as an option. That’s how crappy his start has been this season.” Pause. “They also don’t have Marty on there. And the big story tonight is that he could catch Sawchuk if he gets a shutout tonight. Nice.”
FIRST PERIOD
19:37 The lines are stupid again tonight. We’re not going to dignify them with a response. Oh, and as the game starts, Pookie observes that they can put those “fancy” digital ads on the glass, but they can’t give us HD. Patty: “What is this? 2008?”
18:23 Putrid Paulie is dressed tonight, instead of Perfect Paulie. Marty makes a stop on the first Devils shot of the night, from Gaborik, and Paulie skates up to the well-directed rebound, makes like he wants to clear it, but instead flubs it and leaves it in the slot. PaulieMartinNation is deeply ashamed.
15:13 Some nice work on the near boards turns into the possibility of Zach getting a shot from the high slot, but he’s all spaced out and unresponsive to the incoming pass, and basically the whole thing just falls apart into a huge pile of poop. Pookie: “If Zach wasn’t having that Hooters Baby, we’d be up by a goal right now.”
14:30 Avery and Applesauce fight.
Whatevs.
13:46 WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Zach says, “Hooters Baby THIS!” as he sneaks behind all the Rangers to be the end recipient of a fantastic passing sequence (started by Perfect Paulie), gets in on the Prawn on a short breakaway, and scores with a sublime economy of motion. 1-0 Devils, and Pookie’s not sorry she accused Zach of having a Hooters Baby. We’re beginning to suspect he’s the new Patty Elias, in that we have to be constantly complaining about him in order for him not to suck.
12:15 The scorched-earth PP gets a chance to show off its stink lines when some Ranger trips a guy.
10:15 AIEEE!! The stink lines! They burn our eyes!
6:35 Gilroy attempts a point shot, and Boomer cracks, “Oooh, Gilroy. I can’t believe that didn’t go in.” Pookie adds, “I can’t believe the puck didn’t just ascend to heaven in a fiery chariot.” Patty: “He was doing that a lot but they finally had to ask him to stop because they were running out of pucks.”
4:46 WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! NO WAY! We thought all Bergfors knew how to do was skate behind the net and fall over. But it turns out he can also beautifully tip a Clarkson shot/pass over the Prawn’s shoulder to make it 2-0 Devils. When he grins in celebration, Patty coos, “Aww. He hasn’t even grown into his adult teeth yet!”
0:47 Marty has to scramble to make a great goal-line stand because Paulie sets Langer up to be the outlet pass guy after offensive pressure from the Rangers, and Langer decides, after assessing all of his options, to feed a perfect pass to a streaking Blueshirt just inside the center of the blue line. There are no Devils anywhere around him. It’s hard to figure what prompted that play, if you discard out of hand the notion that Langer is on the Rangers payroll. And that’s not a notion we’re discarding out of hand. Just sayin’.
0:00 Well, we’ve certainly seen worse periods between these teams!
SECOND PERIOD
18:54 Chico is blathering on about how the Rangers are leading the league in goals by d-men, and how the Devils need more offense from the blue line, and then something about how the Bergfors goal is the first deflection goal for the Devils this season, and then he spends a lot of time trying to extricate himself from the facts of the Bergfors goal. Namely, that the deflection was on a Clarkson shot, and Clarkson is not a d-man. Facts and Chico are not good friends.
18:19 Applesauce spears an on-charging Ranger in the face while trying to avoid being hit, and Chico starts to complain that all he saw was Applesauce getting hit, and now he’s the one going to the penalty box. A perfect, slow-mo replay showing the Ranger’s head being skewered by Applesauce’s stick forces Chico to trail off a bit, and Pookie challenges him, “Just try to tell me that shouldn’t be a penalty, Chico.”
18:10 The PK is a brief and unsuccessful one. A long point shot through a thicket of players makes the game 2-1 Devils.
13:45 The Iron Boar looks gimpy after being forced to block a shot on a dreadfully putrid Putrid Paulie turnover in front of the Devils net. And then Putrid Paulie splays on the ice, swirling like a fallen windmill, as Gilroy (the Golden God) skates easily around him. Marty stops the play in its tracks, though, with a sassy break-up of a cross-crease pass.
12:46 After Halischuk gets in on a one-on-one but decides to pass instead of shooting, the Rangers head down the other way and Marty is called upon to make a dazzling little toe save. Chico stuns the entire MSG+ audience by sniffing that Marty just stuck his foot out and the puck hit it. Is this Joe Micheletti in a Chico costume?
11:23 This game has been taken over by Putrid Paulie.
10:23 Play is looking a little choppy right now, but mostly tilted, as Doc would say, toward the Rangers. Patty sums things up nicely while responding to a play at center ice, “Oh my gosh! If I was a Rangers fan I’d be mad.” Pause. “But then I’d be relieved.”
9:56 We had been mellowing a bit recently on our hard-line anti-Niedermayer-the-Lesser stance. But now we’re back to where we started with him; he hits Roszival on an icing and gets penalized for it. (Chico tries to tell us that it’s not Niedermayer’s job to know whether icing is being called on any given play where he might be chasing down a potential icing. It’s clearly not Micheletti anymore.)
7:56 It’s a miracle! The PK manages not to give up a goal!
6:21 Shortly after the Devils scored their second goal, Schnookie declared, “The game can end now. This was awesome.” It seems the Devils thought that was actually happening.
5:35 The Zach/Zubrus/Langer line manages to put together a good scoring chance, with Zach leading Zubrus for a shot from the near circle, but there are no Devils in sight after the shot to follow up on the rebound. And there also aren’t any Devils in sight defensively behind the play, and Kotalik scores on the ensuing breakaway. 2-2 game.
3:30 Schnookie has been on a loud, wine-fueled rant about how much she hates Devils/Rangers games, and finally Pookie tries to defuse the situation with a little Katamari humor. “Knock knock,” she says. “Who’s there?” Schnookie shouts belligerently. “The Rangers,” Pookie answers. “The Rangers who?” “The Rangers. That is our name. And we are assholes.” Good one, Pookie!
2:43 Niedermayer the Lesser (whom we may have mentioned recently we fully hate again) and Bergfors have an opportunity to get a two-on-none on a terrible Rangers change… and they go offsides. It seems like the Devils hate Devils/Rangers games as much as we do. At least we hope they do. Because they really suck at them.
0:30 Paulie makes a good play to keep the puck in the Rangers zone. “Come on, guys,” Pookie exhorts, “Build in that!” Still in the pits of despair, Schnookie grumbles, “He’s still got a lot of putridity to make up for.” Pookie: “Yeah, but I was hoping that was the courageous play they could all get behind.” Even she doesn’t believe that.
0:00 Well, we’ve seen better periods between these two teams.
THIRD PERIOD
19:53 We’re making ourselves feel better about this game by looking at pictures of a fabric line called “Chum=Chum bear”. It’s adorable. Chum=Chum Devils/Rangers is less adorable.
18:00 Rangers fans start their chant for The Prawn after he stops a Clarkson shot from the side of the net. Silly Rangers fans. Clarkson never scores from the side of the net unless he carried the puck around behind the net first.
16:55 Boyle tries to truck into the Devils zone, but after a long rush up the rink, has the puck roll off his stick around the faceoff circles. Doc’s call, though, is that Boyle was defended off by Andy Greene, who, by our judgment, seemed just to have been standing nearby when the puck was lost. Patty: “He was defended off by Greene’s heat shield. Which extends about eight feet in front of him.”
16:24 Pookie, grumbling to herself as Paulie goes offsides: “Paulie’s having a Mrs. Pancake Baby.”
15:31 In the course of his play-by-play, Doc says someone was “defended off by Rolston”. Pookie: “I’ll believe that if I see it.” Pause. “And because this is standard def, I can pretend I didn’t see it.”
13:37 Applemotherfuckingsauce saves Marty’s bacon hugely when Marty passes the puck from behind the net to a Ranger in the slot. As the MSG crowd is warming up its best mocking, goal-celebrating cheer, Applesauce dives to break up the turnover at just the last second. The crowd is left with the far less satisfying mocking, no-goal-was-actually-scored chant.
12:09 WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Wha-HUH???? No one – and we mean no one — is paying any attention as the Rangers seem to have everything under control with the puck behind their net, and suddenly the d-man is being pressured by a Devil, the puck gets turned over to Zach high around the far boards, Zach moves a shot netward in a blink of an eye, and Zubrus is on the spot to tip the shot past a completely oblivious Prawn. It’s 3-2 Devils, and even Chico thinks that lead came out of nowhere.
9:30 In the course of his play-by-play, Doc describes Girardi as “kneeling”. Pookie: “Girardi’s kneeling to pour libations for Gilroy.”
9:05 Travis gets a mini-break on the Prawn, but the Prawn’s glove is stronger than Travis’s shot.
6:39 Uh oh. The Devils are Applesauceless right now, and our intrepid broadcast team doesn’t know why.
5:53 The Rangers have a thousand glorious opportunities, with a madly scrambling Marty and Devils D losing the puck and their bearings, but all of a sudden Rolston’s got the puck, is looking to clear it, and the Ranger holding the point just decides to let him walk on by. So Rolston and Zach get a rink-long two-on-one on which neither guy wants to shoot the puck. What, because both of them are shy? Neither believes he deserves a chance to shoot? We hope it’s because neither thinks he’s good enough to score, because that would be correct.
2:38 Pookie: “Okay, there are two and a half minutes left in this game.” Schnookie: “Plenty of time for them to rip my heart out of my chest.” Pookie: “And put it in a tote bag while it’s still bleeding out.”
2:00 Callahan gets unleashed on a long breakaway, and at the very last minute, as his stick is just about to strike the puck on his big shot, Whitey dives from miles behind him and gets just the tiniest piece of the stick, breaking up the play. Yowza.
0:40 When the Rangers pulled the goalie, Pookie asked, “Why is Zach out there?” Well… WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!! He’s there to score into the empty net. 4-2 Devils, and now we all get to revisit JP Parise’s first goal with the Northstars thanks to Chico never being able to let us get through a Rangers game without talking about him.
0:23 Oduya takes a hooking penalty. Argh!
0:00 WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! We have definitely seen worse games between these two teams! Not only that, but in closing out the broadcast, Doc says that Gel-O and Stan are going to “break down the game with soldering irons and saws”. Shout-out! Shout-out!
Make it a good one Ookies! I am off to be a guest quizzer for Scott Turner at his Rocky Sullivan’s Pub Quiz tonight. He’s a Ranger fan, so maaaaybe we’ll have one of the telie’s at the pub tuned away from the Yanks. We’ll see…
Blech, stinking Rangers. Ah BOOO!
I’ve probably missed you, Morgan, but good luck at quizbowl! Tell Scott we say hi!
Carol, I’m SO with you on that. Heh. Also, loved your Luongo post today!
Thanks Pookie! So glad you enjoyed it. Mike Browne’s all happy the Ookies liked it, too. He’s all Team Ookie all the time now – a big fan.
And I sure hope Luongo laughs at it. Because I know he’s out there, lurking on my blog. And probably this one, too. Hi Loooouuuuuu!
Oh, you know our blogs are the first thing Luongo reads every morning!
And just in time for that conversation from the last thread, our feed is in standard def tonight. I hate, hate, hate that the Islanders get HD priority over the Devils. It’s 2009! This shouldn’t be an issue any more!
(She may or may not talk like that in person.)
She doesn’t. :P
She does, she just doesn’t hear it because it’s all normal-like for her.
And then I shot my six-guns in the air.
She doesn’t. :P
No, she doesn’t, but game diaries are all about taking artistic license.
And then I shot my six-guns in the air.
Well, that’s a given. Everyone, be warned if you ever invite Patty to your house for a week — you’ll spend all that time pulling ceiling plaster out of your hair.
And sometimes my spurs snag the carpet.
And sometimes my spurs snag the carpet.
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TOTE BAGS TONIGHT!!!
(That sounds like the name of a pulp western novel. “Hell On The Hardwood”.)
Starring George “Gabby” Hayes.
You get an extra-special tote bag if you spend all night whining about the game being in standard def. At least, that’s what I was told. I can’t wait to get that extra-special tote bag!
I’m really not a fan of the ads superimposed on the glass.
That sounds like the name of a pulp western novel. “Hell On The Hardwood”
Or a bad adult film.
That sounds like the name of a pulp western novel. “Hell On The Hardwood”
Or a bad adult film.
Or the best zombie-basketball film of all time.
Or a bad adult film.
Or both! ::thinks about Gabby Hayes:: No, scratch that. Just a Western.
Can’t you watch the Rangers feed in HD? I am even waiting for the late night rerun on the Rangers channel to watch this game since MSG Plus is too lame to have late night reruns in HD.
We can but I think writing a game diary without benefit of Chico-spiration would be a very, very difficult task.
“Ooh! Are y’all goin’ to do a dang-tootin’ diary that night, so I kin see it all in-person-like? Yee haw!”
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Now you have people staring at me for laughing at work again! This is a laughter-free zone you see.
You also don’t want to have to deal with Sam Rosen calling the game. He gets confused very easily.
WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
He gets confused very easily.
Good point. The diary would stall right off the bat as we spend ten minutes saying, “Wait, who did he just say was playing?” Also, it’s really, really, really sad to have to hear Sam call a game without JD.
Bergfors-Zajac-Clarkson. Lemaire finally managed to stumble onto a line combination I like.
I leave the room and now there’s a goal. Not fair!
WOOOOOOOOOOO!! ZACH!
Good point. The diary would stall right off the bat as we spend ten minutes saying, “Wait, who did he just say was playing?” Also, it’s really, really, really sad to have to hear Sam call a game without JD.
The worst is when he forgets what sport he’s watching. I heard him call a Giants-Buccaneers game a few years ago where he said “First down Rangers!”
Twice.
We can but I think writing a game diary without benefit of Chico-spiration would be a very, very difficult task.
I will try to help with the following phrase I am sure Chico has said at some point:
“The ice at MSG is very poor this evening, so when Marty set up his ice flakes version of the Maginot line at the start of the period, the ice really wasn’t up to par and that’s why that shot from the point passed the goal line after squeaking through him.”
I’m still not sold on Bergfors, but I’d be quite tickled if Travis and Wraparound Dos-Tres get some chemistry going.
Amy, leave the room! I repeat, LEAVE THE ROOM! :D
I leave the room and now there’s a goal. Not fair!
And you came back? Get out! It’s working!
“The ice at MSG is very poor this evening, so when Marty set up his ice flakes version of the Maginot line at the start of the period, the ice really wasn’t up to par and that’s why that shot from the point passed the goal line after squeaking through him.”
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Gee, thanks, guys. :p
Gee, thanks, guys. :p
It’s not us, it’s the Devils! They want you to leave!
Gee, thanks, guys. :p
My brother and step-mother spent every road playoff game in 1995 in the kitchen. Whenever the Devils scored, they’d run into the living room to watch the replay then dutifully retreat back to the kitchen before play resumed.
And then I shot my six-guns in the air.
And then the Ookies said, “Hey, youse guys. Look at this scassacazzo. I bets she don’t even know how to make a decent cannoli!”
And it worked in 1995, so go on, Amy, git outta here! :D
Whenever the Devils scored, they’d run into the living room to watch the replay then dutifully retreat back to the kitchen before play resumed.
That’s dedication!
Haha. I just got overruled, anyway. The mom unit wants to watch Glee off the DVR.
And then the Ookies said, “Hey, youse guys. Look at this scassacazzo. I bets she don’t even know how to make a decent cannoli!”
:^::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: It’s the Irish-German heritage that makes us sound super authentic saying it, too.
And then the Ookies said, “Hey, youse guys. Look at this scassacazzo. I bets she don’t even know how to make a decent cannoli!”
THANK you, andrew! *sticks tongue out at Ookies*
It’s the Irish-German heritage that makes us sound super authentic saying it, too.
Of course! Stereotyping is too fun to pass up though.
See you all later! Have a great weekend
(Also, what’s a scassacazzo? Do I even want to know?)
Have a great weekend, right back at you, andrew!
Pain in the ass.
You’re welcome Patty! It means pain in the ass.
One year of Italian in college. I can insult people and order beer. That’s about it. Money well spent.
Okay! Goodbye for reals!
OK, I might be sold on this Bergfors kid. WOOOOOOOOOOO!!!
Bye, andrew!
WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!
That was a hell of a deflection.
That was a hell of a deflection.
I know! The Totebag Kid has more finish than I thought!
What’s Swedish for “acorn?”
Evening, Ookies et al!
What’s Swedish for “acorn?”
Acjorn.
Evening, Iain! What’s going on?
What’s Swedish for “acorn?”
Acjorn.
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I’m on holiday, so I actually get to stay up and enjoy a Devils game! Although it’s not on tv, and apparently the NHL have removed the radio links from their website. Bah. Glad I could remember the name of the radio station from previous years!
Oh, and a retrospective wooooooooo. Times 2.
Hey, Iain!
Oh, and it looks like Alix’s cousin has popped his NHL cherry!
Pssst… Iain: http://www.ustream.tv/channel/nhllive
Ooh, holiday! Exciting! And hooray for alix’s cousin!
Pssst… Iain: http://www.ustream.tv/channel/nhllive
Dude. Just… dude.
You are officially awesome, even if Stan was onscreen when I tuned in!
Bergfors thoughts during that interview: “Geez, if I’d known that it meant I’d have to talk to Stan Fischler, I wouldn’t have scored. Dammit.”
Woooooo! for alix’s cousin!! I feel like a member of the family just made it big. :D
Woooooo! for alix’s cousin!! I feel like a member of the family just made it big. :D
My ex-sister-in-law’s cousin is Mike Danton.I’m not sure what that counts for, though :)
OK, where did my comment go?
My ex-sister-in-law’s cousin is Mike Danton.I’m not sure what that counts for, though :)
Around here that counts for A LOT. Heh.
Wow, I hardly ever get MSG coverage over here, so I tend to forget just how annoying Stan Fischler is.
Man, that guy’s a pillock.
Man, that guy’s a pillock.
Isn’t he, though? We just got up for dinner and Pookie left the TV muted. So Patty and I got back in here, sat down, and Patty asks me, “Want me to unmute it?” Then we realized Stan was on the screen and his mouth was moving, thereby rending the question moot.
That was a good call.
Shitcocks.
That totebag is full of poop.
Fjunfetti
This game has taken a decided turn for the worse. Is Amy secretly watching again?
Yeah, we seem to have gone to backs-against-the-wall mode.
I think Amy’s watching the reflection of the TV in the dining room mirror.
Patty, :^:::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::
Funjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjetti.
I’m not watching the Devils game!
Amy: “I’m not watching the Devils game… that I know of!” :PPPPP
“I’m not watching the Devils game… that I know of!”
:^:::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: Yeah, Amy, we can TOTALLY see you standing there. :P
Not unless the Devils are suddenly these random people stuck on a deserted island in Samoa.
Not unless the Devils are suddenly these random people stuck on a deserted island in Samoa.
They looked distinctly like they thought that was what was going on in the second period. (Although the Rangers are now 100% Samoan-free after that trade with Montreal this past summer…)
Schnookie is WISHING she were on a deserted island in Samoa.
WOO!
WOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!! Nice deflection!
WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!! No one expects the Zubrus tip-shot!
I’m almost scared to say it, but… woo!
If a third Devil scores on a tip in this game (HA!) we’ll all get a free CD of “A Prairie Home Companion” with our tote bags.
Random thought to cut the tension:
Do you think Pando has Madden’s old jersey hanging in his closet, like Heath Ledger in Brokeback Mountain?
WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I just got caught up in time to see that lovely go ahead goal.
“Ooh! Are y’all goin’ to do a dang-tootin’ diary that night, so I kin see it all in-person-like? Yee haw!” (She may or may not talk like that in person.)
What? I don’t git et?
Do you think Pando has Madden’s old jersey hanging in his closet, like Heath Ledger in Brokeback Mountain?
:^:::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: You just won one of the most specialist honors at stately IPB Manor — the old Oscar-Wilde-Monty-Python-Sketch “I wish I’d thought of that!” Award.
I don’t git et?
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You just won one of the most specialist honors at stately IPB Manor — the old Oscar-Wilde-Monty-Python-Sketch “I wish I’d thought of that!” Award.
Thank you, thank you. I feel privileged and endless grateful to accept this award tonight. But I did not do this alone. I am deeply indebted to a very brave man, who tragically is not with us tonight. Someone who is truly an inspiration: thank you to Ang Lee, who bravely proves that you can win an Academy Award, even if you directed The Hulk.
Hey Patty, did you see that evil Duck, whom I shall not name and cannot spell, got a three game suspension for slew-footing Niskanen.
I guess I didn’t need to send that tainted pot roast after all. Oh, well, now he’ll have something to do while he’s off. :P
Ang Lee, who bravely proves that you can win an Academy Award, even if you directed The Hulk.
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I guess I didn’t need to send that tainted pot roast after all. Oh, well, now he’ll have something to do while he’s off. :P
Haha!
Myra, kin you believe what these guys’re sayin’ about me, podner? After I brought ‘em pecans and ever-thin’!
Pecan pie? Or just pecans?
WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!! Or as Patty and Myra would say, “YEEEEEEHAAAAAAAWWWW!!!”
Afin pecans, why at’s jist mean.
Lookit Clarkson getting some time in the final minutes to close out a lead.
WOOOO!!!!!!!!!!
Just pecans! Delicious, delicious pecans! The most mind-blowingly awesome pecans evah! Seriously. If you’re ever in Texas during pecan season, go to Fry’s and get pecans. Or if you have friends in Texas during pecan season, get them to go to Fry’s and then fly to wherever you live.
Afin pecans, why at’s jist mean.
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WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!! I was not expecting a win today!
Yay, Devils! WOOOO!!
I knew they were going to win.
And a final WOOOO!!! They must have known I was getting to watch them live for once :)
Amy, you can come back now.
WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I didn’t think the Devils were allowed to score in an empty net. Have you been misleading me, Ookies?
Myra, kin you believe what these guys’re sayin’ about me, podner? After I brought ‘em pecans and ever-thin’!
Theat jus ain’t rite. I bet they call em pee-cans, too.
Have you been misleading me, Ookies?
Would we ever do that?!
I bet they call em pee-cans, too.
*whistles innocently*
They must have known I was getting to watch them live for once :)
Congrats Iain!
I bet they call em pee-cans, too.
*whistles innocently*
I nuw et.
WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I was SO not expecting that! WOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!
I bet they call em pee-cans, too.
Um… what are we supposed to call them?
I nuw et.
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Um… what are we supposed to call them?
Brazil nuts.
Thank you, Patty. I think I can probably say “Brazil” right. (It’s “Bray-zuhl”, right?)
Tampa Bay just beat the Sharks. Ha.
The camera was following Alix’s cousin off the ice. He’s number 43, Patty! Nice choice.
Aww, that’s so cute about alix’s cousin!
Go BOLTS!
Okay, Stars fans, wanna know what Pookie just said? In discussing our viewing options right now, she said, “The Kings game is on in ten minutes.” KINGS GAME! She’s terrible!
“The Kings game is on in ten minutes.” KINGS GAME! She’s terrible!
The KINGS GAME!?! Well, I never!!! Humph.
It’s because the Kings are at home! That’s all! We’d been discussing if the game was at 10 or 10:30 and because I’m in charge of changing channels at the right time I was thinking of it as being in L.A. so I’d remember it was at 10:30! That’s all! I swear!
Excuses, excuses.
B-rad is supposed to be in according to Mark Stepneski!
B-rad is supposed to be in according to Mark Stepneski!
Yay! Did Razor mention it? I’ve been trying to finish over-thinking a picture so I missed a little of the preview.
Just saw it on DBD and Twitter.
At least our accents are not as bad as the girl singing the Anthem.
I’ve been trying to finish over-thinking a picture so I missed a little of the preview.
When Patty’s processing pictures, she is falling fast and far down a rabbit hole. :P
BOOOOOOOOO!!! That sucked!
I thought we were supposed to have a fast team? They didn’t look too fast there.
BOOOO!!!!
Yeah, they looked a little pylon-y there. :(
New rule. If the player is under 21, you can’t hit him. Poor little Benn.
WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Finally. Real. Deal. Neal.
I am fairly confident that the Stars have the Kings right where they want them.
I am STILL confident the Stars have the Kings right where they want them.
I appreciate the effort, Schnookie.
It’s gotten so bad, I’ve actually been working instead of watching.
Whoa. Myra, that IS horrible. I’m smelling a big comeback, though. I have faith. Unlike SOME people. :P (I can say that because I spent the whole first half of our evening despairing for how shitty the Devils/Rangers game was.)
WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! You DOUBTERS! I told you all!!!
Fisty!!!! First NHL GOAL!!!
WAHOO!!!
WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!! I knew it! I knew they had the Kings right where they wanted them!
HOLY COW???
Hm. That’s not what I was predicting.
Poopie. I’m shutting it down on that. At least we got a point.
Have a good weekend.
We are heading down to my Alma Mater for Homecoming.
Have fun at homecoming, Myra! We’ll miss you this weekend!
Good evening IPB! Er um, good mornign? Just finished watching my first game on DVR delay, WOOOOOOO!!!
Not only that, but in closing out the broadcast, Doc says that Gel-O and Stan are going to “break down the game with soldering irons and saws
WOOOO!!! for the shout out! And another WOOOO! for Stan needing a soldering more than me!
Doc says that Gel-O and Stan are going to “break down the game with soldering irons and saws”.
If that isn’t a shoutout, I don’t know what is! I knew I liked that Doc guy ;)
Good morning everyone! How’re we all doing?
You’d think the broadcasters would save the soldering irons and saws for a bad game and not one the Devils won.
Can anyone tell me what Lundqvist was complaining about in the 3rd? They showed the entire play, nobody went near him and the shot didn’t come after the whistle.
Chico was speculating that he got bumped again, but not on that play. As far as I can tell, he was complaining about a shot on goal. Did he have an equipment problem?
As far as I can tell, he was complaining about a shot on goal.
Well honestly I understand him. Since when are the forwards allowed to actually shoot the puck to the net? How are goalies supposed to stop that? It’s completely unfair.
Since when are the forwards allowed to actually shoot the puck to the net? How are goalies supposed to stop that?
That’s probably what went through Price’s mind when he had his first practice with Gio/Cam/Gomez. He was used to his forwards aiming for the numbers on the wall in the lower bowl or Koivu and Kovy continually passing to each other until Markov took the puck away. *sigh* Memories.
You also don’t want to have to deal with Sam Rosen calling the game. He gets confused very easily.
You are not kidding! I held true to my HD snobbery and watched the late night rerun on MSG (a late WOOOOO BTW) and he was constantly misidentifying players, what the score was, etc. And if that wasn’t bad enough, Micheletti was constantly prompting him with inane questions like “The Rangers are really forechecking well, aren’t they Sam?” And he would usually reply in what I can only assume was a great Ed Mcmahon impersonation: “Yes!” He really needs to retire!
I held true to my HD snobbery and watched the late night rerun on MSG (a late WOOOOO BTW) and he was constantly misidentifying players, what the score was, etc.
Although, to be fair, our guys mess up with Vanek/Goose/Paille*tear*/Pommers. Maybe if I was sitting way up in the press box, I’d confuse them… and I was blind in both eyes… and deaf… and watching a different game.
Although, to be fair, our guys mess up with Vanek/Goose/Paille*tear*/Pommers. Maybe if I was sitting way up in the press box, I’d confuse them… and I was blind in both eyes… and deaf… and watching a different game.
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Now I see why Paille was traded, his number was too close to everyone else! Rosen has no such excuses, how you mistake Clarkson for Zajac I just don’t know. And yet I’m such an HD snob I will be right back listening to him for the next Rangers/Devils game.
Although, to be fair, our guys mess up with Vanek/Goose/Paille*tear*/Pommers. Maybe if I was sitting way up in the press box, I’d confuse them… and I was blind in both eyes… and deaf… and watching a different game.
True. Then again I don’t think anyone is claiming that RJ is really sharp as a tack these days. And Neale’s been going increasingly senile for ages. Also, I’m pretty convinced that they don’t exactly call the game while in a, shall we say, sober state of mind. But at least RJ can follow the game despite that (Neale, maybe not so much).
i only saw the 3rd period but i watched it in standard def with doc and chico…partly out of loyalty to the devils and doc and chico, but in truth i was afraid that the devils might not win and watching it in high definition and having to listen to sam rosen and micheletti describe it and then maybe having to listen to them gloat was a dreadful prospect, more than i could bear…but my loyalty was rewarded :D
I’m pretty convinced that they don’t exactly call the game while in a, shall we say, sober state of mind.
Just like Bob Uecker in Major League.
Also, I’m pretty convinced that they don’t exactly call the game while in a, shall we say, sober state of mind.
There were about 57 times last season I wouldn’t blame them for. :D
So my car just got broken into. (By that, I mean they opened the unlocked door.) Not only did they not take anything (because there’s nothing in there), they left a swiss army knife and a tape measure. Um, thanks?
they left a swiss army knife and a tape measure. Um, thanks?
Really?! Wowza. I’m so sorry!
We just got back from an excursion into Philly to wander around Independence Hall. I was very sorry that the Trannies weren’t having a team outing to see the Liberty Bell. I bet they do that a lot.
I was very sorry that the Trannies weren’t having a team outing to see the Liberty Bell. I bet they do that a lot.
the liberty belles, maybe…the liberty bell, likely not :D
they left a swiss army knife and a tape measure. Um, thanks?
Oh, yeah, I meant to mention that to you. Could I have my swiss army knife and my tape measure back? I was in the process of stealing a car, lost my train of thought, and wandered off…
the liberty belles, maybe…the liberty bell, likely not
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Do the Tranny brides indulge in an cheese steaks? THIS is what I need to know. Please tell me you guys had cheese steaks. That’s all I know about Philidelphia.
Oh, and Ron Hextall, of course.
Other than that, I don’t know anything about Philidelphia. Or how to turn on my own phone. I took my cell phone to the cell phone store and told them it was broken. Turns out it had just turned itself off somehow and I needed to press the tiny on/off button, not the big blue button I was pressing to make it work. True story.
I was in the process of stealing a car, lost my train of thought, and wandered off…
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Schnookie, you have horrible taste in cars. I joke about leaving the door unlocked because it would cost more to fix a broken window than it would to replace the car, but usually the best part of the joke is when we stop to wonder what kind of fucking moron would break into my car? I just need this sucker to last long enough to get me out of school.
Ookies, I have a confession to make: I think I’m starting to like Gomez, just a tiny bit… Before you ban me, let me explain:
There was a stupid unsourced report floating around the montreal media over the last few days, according to which Sergei Kostitsyn and Gomez had an altercation right before Sergei was sent down to Hamilton. When asked about it, Gomez answered: “I’ve heard this. I’ve also heard that Markov didn’t really get hurt in Toronto, I knifed him in the foot. That’s complete BS. There’s absolutely no truth to it. But the Markov thing is true. He was at my house and I actually knifed him.” (I’m paraphrasing)
If he starts to openly make fun of the journalists answering ridiculous questions or spreading rumors, I think we’re going to have some great quotes in the next few seasons.
I took my cell phone to the cell phone store and told them it was broken. Turns out it had just turned itself off somehow and I needed to press the tiny on/off button, not the big blue button I was pressing to make it work.
AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA! That’s fantastic! And SO something I would do. I hope you were appropriately outraged, too — I normally go on a rampage, telling the salesperson what a crappy product they have, and how I’m FURIOUS, and I DEMAND they get me a TOTALLY NEW one, and then they’ll be like, “Just, um, turn on the power.” And I’ll be like, “Just checking that you knew that…”
Carol, I suspect that Trannies players are probably strongly recommended not to eat very many cheesesteaks. I bet they’re not part of their training table. Although judging by the rumors that are floating around about the off-ice discipline in Philly, maybe they do eat a lot of cheesesteaks? Among other things? Heh. (I also know nothing about Philly. Today was my first trip to the city proper, and we just went to Independence Hall, which is a National Park, so that doesn’t even count as being the city.)
Grrrreg, Gomez thinking he’s being funny with the media is DEFINITELY not a good reason to warm to him. Remember, this is a guy who ENJOYED being interviewed by Stan Fischler. :PPPPP
Gomez thinking he’s being funny with the media is DEFINITELY not a good reason to warm to him.
I know, and I suspect I’ll find his permanent grin and his jokes much less fun when the habs are going to be in the middle of a 12 games losing streak in february. But that one made me laugh.
On this confession, I’m off to bed!
See you soon.
Grrrreg, I don’t think Gomez was kidding. Alaska makes men hard.
Alaska makes men hard.
That’s what she said.
Wooo, that was my first one ever! Now I can really go to bed.
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Wooo, that was my first one ever!
Congratulations! :D
Alaska makes men hard.
That’s what she said.
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And I suppose if you want to like Gomez I should just respect everyone’s right to their own opinion. :P
Wow. Spending a week with a genteel, Southern lady has made you soft.
Did you guys know you’re not allowed to bring flare guns or sabers on a plane in a carry-on bag? This is gonna make my checked luggage that much heavier. Hmph.
That’s why I always disguise my flare guns as large toothpaste tubes. D’oh!
Are you going on a trip, mcguggs? Did you mention that earlier and I wasn’t listening? I’ve been a space cadet all week.
That’s why I always disguise my flare guns as large toothpaste tubes.
I’ve got my pool cues and ammunition cases disguised as toothpaste tubes and I think they might get suspicious cause how much toothpaste can a girl use?
We’re helping one of my best friends move to NC, so my bro and I are riding down with him, then flying back. I didn’t say anything because I’m in denial that he’s moving 550 miles away. :’(
I didn’t say anything because I’m in denial that he’s moving 550 miles away. :’(
Awww! That’s SUCH a bummer! I’m sorry! And even worse, now it’s a total pain in the ass bringing your flare guns and sabers when you want to hang out with him.
That sucks, mcguffers! I’m so sorry! But I hope the trip goes well, even without flare guns.
And even worse, now it’s a total pain in the ass bringing your flare guns and sabers when you want to hang out with him.
That’s what I said! And he’s all “Hello! Just buy a set for down there and keep a set up here.” But it’s just not the same.
But I hope the trip goes well, even without flare guns.
It’s gonna be a first. I bring my flare guns EVERYWHERE.
Thanks for the condolences. His mom is actually going to be the one picking me up at the airport, so I can have a good cry with someone.
And he’s all “Hello! Just buy a set for down there and keep a set up here.” But it’s just not the same.
No, it’s totally not.
That’s so sweet that you’ll have his mom to commiserate with on the way back from the airport. Friends should never be allowed to move away.
Nor should friends be allowed to fly back to Texas.
No, they totally should not be allowed to fly back to Texas. No matter how badly they might want to.
Do the Tranny brides indulge in an cheese steaks? THIS is what I need to know. Please tell me you guys had cheese steaks. That’s all I know about Philidelphia.
The one and only time I was in Philly I had cheese steaks at not one but two places. They are delicious. And clearly absolutely awful for you. So definitely not on a hockey player’s diet. But if I were a Tranny bride I’d totally eat them anyway. I’d be a stealth cheese steak eater.
I’d be a stealth cheese steak eater.
I think you’d make a GREAT Philadelphia Flyer then! (Is that the meanest thing anyone’s ever said about you? :P)
And speaking of mean things and Philly, we were laughing about what condition we’d find our car in after it had been parked for a few hours there. We figured, based on what we’d heard about Philly, that the tires should be slashed and there would be a dead puppy on the windshield. And a dead Santa. Pookie suggested the Santa would have a bunch of batteries shoved in his mouth.
I think you’d make a GREAT Philadelphia Flyer then! (Is that the meanest thing anyone’s ever said about you? :P)
Well maybe not the meanest but it’s certainly up there.
And a dead Santa. Pookie suggested the Santa would have a bunch of batteries shoved in his mouth.
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When I was in Philly we were heading to the cheese steak places and got in what we assumed was the left-hand-turning lane, right in the center of the road. And we just sat there and sat there and we weren’t moving. For about five minutes we were totally confused. And then we realized that all the cars in front of us were parked. Oops. Fortunately no one slashed our tires while we sat there like idiots.
And then we realized that all the cars in front of us were parked.
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That’s almost as bad as Carol going to the cell phone place and demanding they fix her phone that had been turned off!
Particularly since there were five of us in the car and not one of us noticed. Mensa, here we come!
the city proper
I like it when you say that, Schnookie. I’m all, Whoa. Schnookie sure is smart, she says “city proper”.
Mensa, here we come!
Yup, look out Mensa is all I can say.
Mmmmmm….Cheesesteaks *drool*
When I was a wee little lad my mother would send me to visit with my grandparents in Philly during every school vacation (Thanksgiving, Christmas, spring break, and two to four weeks during summer). My favorite places to go were the Franklin Institute, the Please Touch Museum, and Penn’s Landing (I would spend hours exploring the submarine).
That was like twenty years ago though, so as far as I know, none of those places may even still exist.