I should be going to the Caps first pre-season game tonight. I should be rocking the red and bouncing around the office like a shaken can of soda.
Instead I am despondent, miserably face-down on a couch wearing an ugly Christmas sweater while “All By Myself” plays on a loop.
When what I really want is to show Bettman what happens when he comes between me and my boys on Date Night.
To ease the pain, Allison (@ajshanus) made this video, featuring a hundred of my favorite hockey moments from last season and all-time. From a Holtby playoff save to the Landeskog celebration fall, I may just watch this all day while eating an entire chocolate cake. There’s Sid, cracking up during the national anthem, followed by him getting plowed over by Giroux (if you’re into that kind of thing). Stamkos’ busted face, Eberle’s Goal of the Year. Bench celebrations and goal celebrations and that exact moment when the Penguins won the Cup and I was hysterical, alone, in my empty office back in San Francisco.
And this is why I can’t stop waiting, why I’ll be right back in the stands and in front of my TV on the very first day there is something to see.
Amazing work, Allison. I hope you all wore waterproof mascara today.
Awesome! I cried. And now I’m missing hockey even more.
Sobs. Great job on the video, Allison! Especially love the Stanley Cup montage at the end
Wow! That was fantastic! And I agree, the Stanley Cup montage at the end is brilliant! Great job, Allison!
I just cried.Partially because that was awesome, and partially because I was just reminded of the Caps -vs- Bruins on the 27th that I had planned to FanGirl at…
Whoops!I’m dumb! I meant the game tonight, which should have started 4 minutes ago:(
Cried at my desk – that was so awesome. I’m very lucky to have an AHL team in my backyard but it won’t be the same not seeing all these guys this winter.
Ugh, I know. I have tickets to the Halloween game of Caps v Pens and the (very real) fear that it’s going to be cancelled has me looping the vid of Sid and Ovie in tight spandex singing happy birthday to Shanahan to keep from sobbing.
Reference Material, for those unlucky enough to not have seen it (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TufNMnJCYzw)
I’ll be at that game too, if it happens. But what costume to wear?! This question has plagued me all summer.
This made me happy and sad all at the same time. Absolutely amazing job on the video! I should have been at the Avs preseason game last night, now I’m just sitting here picturing Ryan Wilson checking Bettman into the boards. Hard.
You cannot set hockey highlights to The Boss’ music like this – it’s not fair! 30 seconds in and I was crying at my desk. Allison, this was nothing short of brilliant.
I was holding it together right up until the footage of the Civic/Mellon Arena roof going.
This video is just perfect. Great work. I need this back in my life NOW.
Just WOW!!! Amazing job, Allison! Definitely tweeting this one out to all my hockey tweeps! FIRE Bettman & get us our hockey back NOW!!!
Waaaaahhhhhh I misss hockeeeyyy