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A hockey introspection
As zygotes, we humans have precious little control over our environs. We are cast out of the womb into whatever vile place our parents happen to call home. Until a certain, accepted age is reached we still have very little input into our destiny, being told what to do, where to go, how to live [...]
Hurricanes Win!
The Carolina Hurricanes Win The Stanley Cup!
I swear I haven’t seen anything as beautiful as the emotion on Rod Brind’Amour’s face the first time he hoists The Cup. He simply couldn’t contain his excitement which is, for someone as typically reserved as he is, incredibly touching.
Congratulations to the 2006 Carolina Hurricanes for finally bringing the [...]
This is why we call them “Cardiac Canes”
Carolina did everything they could to lose the game yesterday. They gave up dumb penalties and the first penalty shot goal of the Stanley Cup finals ever. They granted 5 on 3 opportunities. They gave the Oilers a 3 to nothing lead. They botched passes, they didn’t skate, they looked shaky.
And yet they won, 5 [...]
Hurricanes Win It!
The Carolina Hurricanes are going to the Stanley Cup finals!
I am clueless
So I go eat at the neighborhood P.F. Chang restaurant yesterday. I sit at the bar one stool over from the only other person at the bar. I get my menu, look up at the tube, get settled in. A couple minutes later the guy sitting next to me says bye to the bartender and [...]
Happy birthday, Marty
Marty Brodeur celebrated his 34th birthday today while visiting my home town here in Raleigh. As a gift the Carolina Hurricanes ran him out of the net with 6 goals, shutting out the New Jersey Devils during the first game of the second round of the playoffs. Me and the girls were there in full [...]
NHLPA sells exclusive license to EA
In perhaps unsurprising news, the NHLPA, the players union representing the interests of the players in the NHL, inked an exclusive deal with insipid video game creator EA for an exclusive license to use the names of NHL players in video games. Here’s some context from the story
Shortly before the end of the [...]
Witnessing Kevyn Adams’ first career hat trick
Alert the presses, it’s a post that doesn’t have anything to do with the Xbox 360 (though I’ll sully it by mentioning that among other things I picked up NHL2K6 for the 360 yesterday). I haven’t talked about hockey much this season, mostly because of the 360 but also because I’m frankly astounded at my [...]
