You can't swear on national TV, but this was a fight-filled game!
According to Adam and Andrew, I should watch that ARE YOU SMARTER THAN A FIFTH GRADER? show that's on right now. (not literally "right now" :P) Maybe I'll look for it sometime, haha. Those kids apparently make THEM feel dumb sometimes, so I don't think I'll be alone in that. Unrelated: I drank so much fluid today that I had to take TWO bathroom breaks during the three hours of the hockey game at Eric's! I know I wondered how someone else went to the bathroom three times in three hours on an earlier date, but man. Juice, soup, tea, and water all do it for me... yay for being hydrated, I guess? Have also drafted an email to send later - it sounds like a "brain dump" thing, but that's what you get with my emails written after midnight / on much caffeine! ;)
Steph and I showed up at Eric's place at the same time as one of Kieran's friends from a February pay per view. We said hi to Veronica and Kieran before settling down on the couch to watch the game... the Ducks don't have a real logo, just their name! (the font on the uniforms and numbers looks cool, though) There were three fights in the first 10:17 of the game (go, Jeff Cowan!), as well as a pretty suspect boarding call which led to an Anaheim power play goal by Andy McDonald. ("We should board someone and see if the refs call THAT!") It was the last game of four that we played against the Ducks, and it could be a playoff preview - MORE FIGHTS! As a result of that STUPID call, Kevin Bieksa (not "Bieska" like some dyslexic broadcasters pronounce it!) got a 2-minute instigator / 5-minute fighting major / a 10-minute misconduct. STUPID REFS! The TV commentators (Kirk McLean!) were standing up instead of sitting down, and my sister figured that they got complaints from somewhere!
By the end of the first, it was 3-1 Anaheim: McDonald got another goal, and Selanne got his 40th. Alex Burrows got his second of the season for us, though - yay! During the second period, we could read Alain Vigneault's lips as the cameraman (doing poor work for most of the game, it seemed) panned in on him at the Canucks bench. This was after yet another altercation resulting in lots of penalty minutes. How can you PENALIZE Matt Cooke when he threw one punch (while defending himself) at Dustin Penner (or whoever) on the way down from a punch? He looked very puzzled and had his arms out like "What the heck is going on?!" when he was led to the box! The Canucks coach looked like he was saying "F***ing blah blah blah!" Good thing he wasn't miked as Craig Conroy seemed to be during yesterday's Calgary Flames-Tampa Bay Lightning game, since Conroy definitely swore on national TV! Definitely an awkward moment for the announcers in THAT game... according to my sister, you could very clearly hear Conroy say "F***ing Bulls**t!" on the way to the penalty box, so they were like: "... yes... he was called for hooking..." Not much you can say about THAT reaction!
Speaking of heading to the bench / dressing room, it seemed like everyone had it in for everyone else on the opposing team while passing the bench on the way to the box or the tunnel. There was even a point where opposing players were exchanging words in separate penalty boxes! We discussed how much Brent Sopel's hair must bug him during games when it gets all sweaty and stuff: another of Eric's friends showed up and told us that it wasn't great to get hit with someone's hair like that during a game! (thanks for the information...) He made a big mistake in the game, and not even his goal made up for it... figures Selanne would score ANOTHER one for the Ducks, and become the first player to have two 40-goal seasons after turning 35! There were even penalties handed out with three seconds remaining in the game: yes, two minutes will make a HUGE difference in that game situation! *sarcasm* (and why the heck are they hitting our twins?!... the "Swedish twins" commercial was funny, though!) Even Jean-Sebastien Giguere got into some of the fighting, and goalies almost never do!
Steph admired the Francois Beauchemin jersey on someone in the crowd while we bemoaned losing 4-2... there goes our five-game winning streak with only our fifth loss in regulation time since Christmas! We also wondered what Jan Bulis and Lucas Krajicek were thinking at certain points in the game... how do you miss certain goals on certain plays?! Sure, Giguere is good, but man! During the second intermission, Kirk McLean was trying to be funny after his colleague interviewed Chris Pronger, who suffered a broken toe during a postgame workout: "So did you step on his toe?" Haha, I think Pronger would do something to him for THAT! Linesman Vaughan Rody suffered a torn pectoral muscle and had to leave the game after the first period. He will have surgery this week and will be out four to six months. Steph initially wondered WHY he'd be out that long, but then realized that he couldn't make any calls during games! Imagine trying to raise your arms up in the air to signal a penalty, for example... ouch!
Someone made Corey Perry do a flip mid-air, and you almost never see that in hockey - heh. The Canucks defended their players, especially if they had their sweater over their head and were in serious trouble. (like Tommi Santala) While discussing Jeff Cowan (whose point streak was STOPPED against the San Jose Sharks earlier!), we had to talk about the bra story! Some woman threw her bra on the ice at a recent game, and the ice crew had to pick it up... I guess that's how you know you've made it, haha. Steph brought up a hockey player who actually looks like he got in the wrong profession: with long black hair and a buff look, he should have been a heavy metal rocker! We snacked on Tostitos chips, dark chocolate M&Ms, raw veggies, and salsa. Just to be polite, I looked at a Panago flyer that Eric had left on the table, even though Steph and I had no intention of eating pizza since we had dinner waiting afterwards. Steph and Eric tried to bug me with certain jokes, but I wasn't having any of it. I'm not coming for the TV show tomorrow in part because Eric's not going either, and I need my ride home afterwards even if he does joke about certain things!
At the townhouse, Steph said that Stanley didn't show up for service today even when he was on the worship team (darn time change!), and that Erin got home tonight at 8. Maybe they'll hang out before the wedding, heh. My mom gave me tomato juice, pizza, jalapeno Pringles, and some other stuff to take home - and people wonder why I don't go food shopping more than once a month these days! We talked about Dylan, annoying people, Vivian only hanging out for an hour (BBT), guys being dense, arrangements being made on Friday for Saturday, etc. Hey, it works for us, haha... except when you forget about me and then get a flat tire while going to church! ;)
Steph and I showed up at Eric's place at the same time as one of Kieran's friends from a February pay per view. We said hi to Veronica and Kieran before settling down on the couch to watch the game... the Ducks don't have a real logo, just their name! (the font on the uniforms and numbers looks cool, though) There were three fights in the first 10:17 of the game (go, Jeff Cowan!), as well as a pretty suspect boarding call which led to an Anaheim power play goal by Andy McDonald. ("We should board someone and see if the refs call THAT!") It was the last game of four that we played against the Ducks, and it could be a playoff preview - MORE FIGHTS! As a result of that STUPID call, Kevin Bieksa (not "Bieska" like some dyslexic broadcasters pronounce it!) got a 2-minute instigator / 5-minute fighting major / a 10-minute misconduct. STUPID REFS! The TV commentators (Kirk McLean!) were standing up instead of sitting down, and my sister figured that they got complaints from somewhere!
By the end of the first, it was 3-1 Anaheim: McDonald got another goal, and Selanne got his 40th. Alex Burrows got his second of the season for us, though - yay! During the second period, we could read Alain Vigneault's lips as the cameraman (doing poor work for most of the game, it seemed) panned in on him at the Canucks bench. This was after yet another altercation resulting in lots of penalty minutes. How can you PENALIZE Matt Cooke when he threw one punch (while defending himself) at Dustin Penner (or whoever) on the way down from a punch? He looked very puzzled and had his arms out like "What the heck is going on?!" when he was led to the box! The Canucks coach looked like he was saying "F***ing blah blah blah!" Good thing he wasn't miked as Craig Conroy seemed to be during yesterday's Calgary Flames-Tampa Bay Lightning game, since Conroy definitely swore on national TV! Definitely an awkward moment for the announcers in THAT game... according to my sister, you could very clearly hear Conroy say "F***ing Bulls**t!" on the way to the penalty box, so they were like: "... yes... he was called for hooking..." Not much you can say about THAT reaction!
Speaking of heading to the bench / dressing room, it seemed like everyone had it in for everyone else on the opposing team while passing the bench on the way to the box or the tunnel. There was even a point where opposing players were exchanging words in separate penalty boxes! We discussed how much Brent Sopel's hair must bug him during games when it gets all sweaty and stuff: another of Eric's friends showed up and told us that it wasn't great to get hit with someone's hair like that during a game! (thanks for the information...) He made a big mistake in the game, and not even his goal made up for it... figures Selanne would score ANOTHER one for the Ducks, and become the first player to have two 40-goal seasons after turning 35! There were even penalties handed out with three seconds remaining in the game: yes, two minutes will make a HUGE difference in that game situation! *sarcasm* (and why the heck are they hitting our twins?!... the "Swedish twins" commercial was funny, though!) Even Jean-Sebastien Giguere got into some of the fighting, and goalies almost never do!
Steph admired the Francois Beauchemin jersey on someone in the crowd while we bemoaned losing 4-2... there goes our five-game winning streak with only our fifth loss in regulation time since Christmas! We also wondered what Jan Bulis and Lucas Krajicek were thinking at certain points in the game... how do you miss certain goals on certain plays?! Sure, Giguere is good, but man! During the second intermission, Kirk McLean was trying to be funny after his colleague interviewed Chris Pronger, who suffered a broken toe during a postgame workout: "So did you step on his toe?" Haha, I think Pronger would do something to him for THAT! Linesman Vaughan Rody suffered a torn pectoral muscle and had to leave the game after the first period. He will have surgery this week and will be out four to six months. Steph initially wondered WHY he'd be out that long, but then realized that he couldn't make any calls during games! Imagine trying to raise your arms up in the air to signal a penalty, for example... ouch!
Someone made Corey Perry do a flip mid-air, and you almost never see that in hockey - heh. The Canucks defended their players, especially if they had their sweater over their head and were in serious trouble. (like Tommi Santala) While discussing Jeff Cowan (whose point streak was STOPPED against the San Jose Sharks earlier!), we had to talk about the bra story! Some woman threw her bra on the ice at a recent game, and the ice crew had to pick it up... I guess that's how you know you've made it, haha. Steph brought up a hockey player who actually looks like he got in the wrong profession: with long black hair and a buff look, he should have been a heavy metal rocker! We snacked on Tostitos chips, dark chocolate M&Ms, raw veggies, and salsa. Just to be polite, I looked at a Panago flyer that Eric had left on the table, even though Steph and I had no intention of eating pizza since we had dinner waiting afterwards. Steph and Eric tried to bug me with certain jokes, but I wasn't having any of it. I'm not coming for the TV show tomorrow in part because Eric's not going either, and I need my ride home afterwards even if he does joke about certain things!
At the townhouse, Steph said that Stanley didn't show up for service today even when he was on the worship team (darn time change!), and that Erin got home tonight at 8. Maybe they'll hang out before the wedding, heh. My mom gave me tomato juice, pizza, jalapeno Pringles, and some other stuff to take home - and people wonder why I don't go food shopping more than once a month these days! We talked about Dylan, annoying people, Vivian only hanging out for an hour (BBT), guys being dense, arrangements being made on Friday for Saturday, etc. Hey, it works for us, haha... except when you forget about me and then get a flat tire while going to church! ;)
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posted by Flami at 1:23:00 AM
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The Brabarians streak ended the last game against the San Jose Sharks, not last night against the Ducks
That doesn't quite have the same ring to it, but you know how I am about being correct. Thanks for the revision. :P
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