NHL.com informs me that the Flyers just won Game 7 over the Capitals in overtime tonight, 3-2. I had to check that online because the game is inexplicably blacked out here in DC. It was a home game, so maybe it didn’t sell out. But I can’t find any explanation online, so if I were […]
4-0 = the shiz. That goal by Petr Sykora to go up 2-0 gets eight phats for pure two-on-one perfect-shot goodness. Marc-André Fleury’s performance gets fourteen phats. Multiple fights? Surprising! Martin Gerber gives up too many rebounds. Ray Emery mostly beats people up, so his goaltending value is dubious, but he does know how to […]
Thanks to Jerry for cluing me in to this awesome commercial. The first nine seconds are blank, but keep watching: Why didn’t Malkin get an equally terrible/hilarious line?
Seems the game got the highest rating of any NHL regular-season game in 11 years. The strongest numbers came from the Buffalo and Pittsburgh markets (naturally) but the game also drew big numbers in Sacramento (?). Then there’s this amusing account, which scores points for the black-jeans Pittsburgh insult. Touché, homes.
It went well. Here’s why: If I were a more cynical dude, I’d say the NHL scripted that game in advance and then played it out like pro wrestling. Taking the game to a shootout that rests on the final breakaway, by the game’s biggest star, who slides it in to win? Fixing a hockey […]
Happy New Year, and don’t forget to watch the Penguins decimate the Sabres New Year’s Day at 1 p.m. on NBC.
I was all set to be angry that another warm-weather city won the Stanley Cup, but I’ll give Anaheim the benefit of the doubt for the following reasons: People in the region seem to care about the team at least a little bit. Changing the name to just Ducks to get rid of the Disneyfied […]
It ended too soon, but they still exceeded expectations. Good jorb, Pens. See you this fall.
Back again, readaz. I’m in Pittsburgh for Easter, and definitely feeling good about the Penguins’ chances this NHL playoff season. Tonight’s the regular season finale against the Rangers, so as my friends and I get together to watch, I’ll be watching the following in particular: Marc-André Fleury – a few months ago, I regarded him […]