Right?  It seemed like Saturday alone had 100 games.  Thank God  for StarCraft II or Mr. Pants might want to watch some TV and I’d have to tell him no.

Goalies were giving away hat tricks this weekend – Semin, Richardson, Stamkos, Borque (he almost got 2!) plus Tavares and Alfredsson, both earning me big fantasy hockey points. Dawn is angling for a new job as Semin’s Russian translator.  For someone who lives so close to Siberia, we think her love for Russia should be investigated by authorities.  Here’s Tavares’, because his third is a beauty and it’s my favorite celebration move.

Scott Hartnell cut off his hair for the Locks of Love charity (after reading our post) .  We applaud Scott’s generosity and shudder at the thought of someone else having to wear his hair.  See the photo comparison at FanHouse.

There goes his Hagrid Halloween constume.

Kovalchuck was a healthy scratch Saturday night vs. Buffalo, which negates any guilt I might have about sometimes being useless at work.  Bruins’ Johnny Boychuck broke his arm and will miss 4 weeks (sad Chuck).  The Blues’ Roman Polak was injured Saturday in their 1-0 win over Pittsburgh.  It appeared Crosby’s skate may have cut him, and Polak literally ran off the ice holding his wrist.  No blood, but very scary.  Blues say he’s being evaluated but not expected to miss much time.

Jonathan Toews got only his second goal of the season Saturday, so we’re hoping that’s the floodgate breaking.  The Hawks still lost 3-2.  In a super-awkward setup, Jon was videotaped giving a radio interview with WGN.  I was going to screencap it, but then I found this other post-game interview where Jon is literally dripping sweat.  I’d say “get the guy a towel” but I really, really don’t want you to.  Too bad he’s talking about a loss…

it's getting hot in here

Since we’re 2.5 weeks into the season, the NHL is talking about Goals of the Year.  Okay.  Oilers’ rookie Jordan Eberle has 2 goals this season – both shorthanded.  The goal against San Jose on Saturday was all EDM would get in a  6-1 rout by the Sharks, but it sure was pretty.  My vote is still for his first one, and for the TSN joke story as Clip of the Year.

WUYS TV Highlight:  History Channel’s Pawn Stars featured a mini hockey stick signed by the entire 1980 US hockey team, including Herb Brooks.  They ended up not paying the $5k asking price, but we want this!