Devils vs. Canucks, 12/2/09

Tonight we’re trying something we’ve very rarely done since starting IPB — we’re not tivoing a Devils game while Pookie is working the late shift at the reference desk. In the past we’ve always recorded the games on her late nights, gone on radio silence, and then watched them starting after 10:00 when she gets [...]

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Devils @ Canucks, 1/13/09

We can tell this game is going to be a doozy because Doc and Chico lead into it with a whole feature on Marty and Luongo, just, we guess, to point out that neither of those guys is playing tonight. The other part of the intro is about Mats, of course, and it really doesn’t [...]

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Devils @ Canucks, 12/18/07

Sweet merciful heaven, but it’s late! It’s like a late-night-at-work Wednesday for Pookie or something, but… it’s Tuesday, and Pookie’s on vacation. This is very disconcerting, this “traveling to the Western Conference” thing that makes our games start at 10:00. Doc leads us into the game by showing his now-empty popcorn bag, perhaps to keep [...]

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Ducks @ Canucks, 11/27/07

Whew! That was close! After looking forward to watching this game for the last 48 hours, we almost couldn’t find it anywhere on Center Ice. Perhaps needless to say, that would have sucked – it’s hard enough to get through the light VS-friendly schedules on Mondays and Tuesdays. Of course, now that we’re here, we [...]

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Canucks @ Ducks – Game 5

The NHL likes to brag, justifiably, about how the Stanley Cup is the hardest championship to win, how their postseason is the most grueling in all of professional sports, and we will never disagree. We’re just sitting on our couch watching and we’re exhausted. So we want to start tonight’s game diary with an expression [...]

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Ducks @ Canucks – Game 4

After a disquieting Sabres loss, we turn our broken hearts to the Ducks-Canucks game, where we find ourselves faced with an ever-growing fondness for the Ducks. This is so… wrong. But you can’t fight city hall, nor can you fight thinking Ryan Getzlaf is dreamy enough to make it worth cheering for his team. – [...]

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Ducks vs. Canucks Game 2

After getting our fill of a devastated Stan Fischler lashing out after the Rangers loss, we switch to the Ducks-Canucks game, which we’re getting in HD! All the better to soak up the Horatio Hornblower beauteousness that is Ryan Getzlaf. – It is very telling how much we dislike Luongo and his compatriots — we [...]

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