It’s not my fault I’ve seen this commercial a hundred times. It’s on during the break in every Canadian telecast! Canada, I love you. Also, today is Max Talbot’s birthday. I forget about Max for stretches of time (blinded by the orange), but he deserves some birthday attention. Why are John Tavares and Matt Duchene […]
During last night’s Capitals vs. Penguins game, the role of the Caps was played by Honey Boo Boo: Or maybe she was playing me, and those pumpkins are my fumbled, oddly-shaped emotions. The Capitals can juggle two things. Or two periods of hockey. It’s the third thing, usually the middle period, that falls apart and […]
Steven, how are you going to spend your 23rd birthday? Staring down opponents? Scoring 60? Making sure your name is on the Rocket Richard trophy… twice? Admiring goalies even as your ruin their GAAs? Relaxing? Pants-optional shoveling? Jumping ridiculously high? Reading WUYS? Yeah, that’s the one. Happy birthday, Stammer! The Lightning have more goals than […]
When WUYS is suddenly mentioned in 47 new Tweets in an hour, there’s only one possible reason: Workout video. When 46 of those messages are in ALL CAPS, I know without reading: It’s the Blackhawks. Here’s the video. It takes an extra moment to load, presumably because the internet paused to fan itself back into consciousness. […]
To start the first period vs. the Islanders last night, James Neal scored his sixth goal of the season. To end the period, he took a penalty. He’s too busy to fix his hair for interviews. NOPE. It’ll be a sad, scoreless day in the ‘Burgh before Nealer doesn’t care about his flow. This .gif […]
Penguins vs. Capitals should be a rough day for me, what with my love of both teams. Yet it never is. Of course Mike Green had a goal ysterday – a lovely, wide open one-timer past former Caps goalie Tomas Vokoun to tie the game against my Penguins. Just flexing his muscles when my eye […]
We are only two weeks into the hockey season and I’m already exhausted. I’ve also made at least two jokes about not knowing the Ottawa Senators. Both true. So this week, we bring you learning. Foxy Friday: Peter Regin Peter is a 26-year old center from Herning, Denmark. He’s got an old-school Zack Morris thing […]
Time for my daily existential Danny Briere-related crisis. The Caps are so frustratingly bad right now that I swore I would not go tonight’s game. Despite taking 8 penalties in the first 34 minutes of last night’s match vs. Toronto, they managed to drag a one goal lead into the third period… and still blew […]
In this season’s first episode of the Penguins series “In the Room,” you can learn all about Joe Vitale, the very short pre-season and other fascinating hockey-related things. Then forget them all in the last 10 seconds. The next thing Sid will have to pick up off the floor is me. You can watch the […]
The surefire way to break a streak is for me to post about it, so apologies in advance to the Sharks and/or Blackhawks. Blame NHL.com, they did it first. The San Jose Sharks are 6-0. Surprised? So is Patrick Marleau. HA! Actually, Patty always looks that way. But we are impressed. Nine goals in six […]
The phrase “put your foot in your mouth” is especially painful when that foot is wearing a high heel. Today the Rangers posted this article to their website. Read it, then come back. A Girl’s Guide to Watching the Rangers (screencaps @SI_sarahkwak) Cue Berserker Rage. The article earned a near-instant pile of negative comments and a […]
Things I never said before the lockout: “I was watching the Sabres game last night….” But it was on the other day and I was enjoying some Upstate NY (represent!) vs. Toronto rivalry. Didn’t take me long to tell the otherwise empty room we’d found our next Foxy Friday: Marcus Foligno. I’d like to officially announce […]
Everybody’s talking about Nail Yakupov‘s goal-scoring celebration last night, when he tied the game vs. Los Angeles. .gif by www.sbnation.com Most people love it. There are some complaints that it’s too much, too showy, that goal scorers should “act like you’ve been here before.” Guess which side I’m on? LOOK HOW EXCITED HE IS!! He’s 19 […]
When it comes to the Blackhawks, it’s not easy to be the prettiest anything. You’re well-dressed… till Patrick Sharp walks by. Feeling reliably heroic… then you see Jonathan Toews. Rugged? Try Viktor Stalberg. Good hair day? Ruined by Brent Seabrook. You can’t even walk a dog without being upstaged by Duncan Keith and forget being […]
One might have assumed my lockout-induced honeymoon period would last longer than four days. WRONG. Greetings from the StruggleBus. Last night’s Capitals home opener looked a lot like their season opener in Tampa Bay. As in: I reminded myself that the upside to losing is ticket prices stay low. The Caps are not, by any […]
Some things are perfect. (Thanks Alison!) Okay, everything is perfect. All hockey, all weekend long. Did you enjoy it? Did you camp out on the couch/floor, eating pizza and compounding four-letter words at the top of your lungs? Did your husband say, “I forgot how crazy you are?” (Mine did.) Because hockey is back. It […]
The bad news is the Caps lost their season opener vs. Tampa Bay. The worse news is they lost 6-3 and got dominated by some old(er) guys (Brewer, Lecavalier, St. Louis) and a kid fresh off the AHL bus (Conacher). But the worst news is this: Mike Green used to style his hair with a […]
If Taylor Hall wants people to be #TeamHall, he should really just be more awesome. And wear this button down shirt. Jordan’s face is the same one we make when we see Canucks jerseys: Look how happy he makes this little girl! She doesn’t even have teeth! Someone should tell her this is it, […]
If there’s one thing I like more than hockey, it’s food. Last night the Capitals Fan Appreciation Night had free hockey AND free food. So of course we were in the front row. Rockin’ the Red with Rae and Pam For this… BAM! No beard. Hallelujah and also merci. I’ll give you the hair, Greener, […]
Roster photos are like a walk through a mine field. Never have so many attractive guys looked like they were kidnapped, stuffed in a trunk and taken to a Walmart Portrait Studio. Remember that one parent with the plastic comb that “fixed” everyone’s hair on school picture day? That parent was absent from the Penguins […]