If we had to brainstorm events we’d pay good money for, Sidney Crosby delivering dessert and wine would be up there on the list. The Penguins’ annual Skates & Plates event was held last night, where the players wait tables, raise funds for charity and try not to spill food on people. (I’d take care […]
Someday I’ll go to a hockey team’s Casino Night. Someday I’ll have $250 to spend on an event that doesn’t involve either Vegas or getting a tan. Or they could move these to Vegas and I could do all three at once. The Caps and Islanders hosted casino nights last night. The events benefit wonderful […]
I know we haven’t been posting that much lately – real life, jobs, bills, snore – but if there were ever something to focus our attention, it’s singing. The Avs did their lip sync thing, now the Winnipeg Jets are raising the stakes. Pass The Mic – Episode 7 They’re singing Frozen. Or they’re trying, […]
You know on “The Office,” when Steve Carell was about to do something spectacularly awkward, and you could feel its approach through a million miles of satellite transmission and wiring? I would have to get up and leave the room. Still haven’t made it through the dueling drunk Maid of Honor speeches in Bridesmaids. So […]
To celebrate the return of our favorite blond (sorry Landeskog) to the ice tonight, we (and Alison) bring you the newest Coke Zero “Moment Zero” ad starring Jordan Eberle and Steven Stamkos. You can see the commercial exclusively at TSN’s Bar Down site. It’s another adorable story in which humor plucks heartstrings and adversity is […]
The Olympics really disrupted my sense of hockey-time, and I suddenly find important things are right around the corner: The Penguins are in DC on Monday. The trade deadline is tomorrow at 3 PM Eastern. There are less than six weeks left in the regular season. Luckily I’m good at To Do Lists. They calm […]
You guys sure are persistent. Whenever we ask, “Hmm, who should we pick for Foxy Friday?”, you all do this: Ignoring you, we look out the window and see: Ha, pitiful fence. That won’t hold you! Intern Jeff Skinner can only turn and flee as you stampede into our office: Okay, okay! We hear you. […]
Welcome back, NHL hockey. Before I watch my first evening game in weeks tonight, the Olympic break needs a nod to non-Olympians. Not everyone went to Sochi – or stayed home watching ice dancing. Without posting the entire Tumblr tag (Honestly, where do people find this stuff?), it’s safe to say you wish you went […]
I picked up the January issue of Men’s Health in the dentist’s office this morning (because Matt Damon was on the cover) and found this inside: Hey there, Captain Zach! I can’t find this image large enough to read text, so let me tell you what it says: Zach Parise can hold a lunge for […]
At my real-life job, there’s a lot of chirping between people who love Crosby (me) and people who hate him (everyone else, including my direct boss plus our Detroit and Philly offices). Yesterday via email chain, people were begrudgingly admitting to enjoying Canada’s gold medal win and someone even called Sid “one of the best […]
Sometimes life is a movie, and I wrote it. Getting to the gold medal game was no easy feat for Canada. Getting up at 7 AM on a Sunday was not easy for me. Good thing we both brought our A games. If I scripted yesterday’s gold medal match, it would go something like: Jonathan […]
It has all come down to this. We didn’t pick the teams. We wouldn’t have put them head-to-head until the gold medal game but let’s be honest, we can’t handle that. We can’t even handle today. Before we close our office doors and pretend to be throwing things and shrieking for work, let’s face off […]
I’ve spent the last 21.5 hours searching for the perfection .gif to capture my feelings about hockey. Team USA won. Canada almost lost to Latvia. Then they won. But John Tavares left the game with a leg injury. And didn’t return. Now he’s out for the rest of the NHL regular season with a torn […]
I love the Olympics. I love all kinds of people on my Facebook timeline talking about getting up at 7 AM to watch hockey. I can’t get those people to go to free NHL games with me all season, but the Olympics make them crazy. Today, the USA made it worth their while. America has […]
Hello, friends. Let us never again be so busy we can’t blog for almost two weeks. Luckily the NHL and Olympic Committee timed the men’s hockey break almost perfectly with ours, and today we are both back in action. Come on in for an awkward celebratory hug. We have enjoyed the women’s hockey very much, […]
There are just a few days left before half the NHL heads for the Olympics and the rest, apparently, heads for Mexico. I thought we’d take a little look at everyone who had something fun on their homepage – while packing our passports and flip flops, in case anyone invites us not to Russia. Last […]
To say that Chuck and I are busy is like saying that Tyler Seguin is attractive: both true and a laughably inadequate description of real life. Today is Tyler’s 22nd birthday. It’s also Friday. Despite emails arriving in my inbox so frequently that the little “ping” now sounds like a goal horn, I thought […]
Guess what day it is? (I’ve been waiting a long time to make that truly terrible joke. If you don’t know: GEICO Hump Day commercial.) Mike Green scored two goals last night, including the OT game-winner. Including me jumping off the couch, from under a pile of blankets, which is the equivalent of true love […]
Hello, Foxy Friday. We’ve missed you. We’ve often spent your time doing actual work (that we didn’t do all week), when we should’ve spent the day more enjoyably. Like this. Foxy Friday: Ben Bishop You probably heard the Tampa Bay goalie’s name a lot right after you didn’t hear it at all – Ben was […]
NHL Revealed premiered last night… at 11 PM. On a Wednesday. I wasn’t even able to find the US commercial for it until this morning. Oh NHL, you do such a bang-up job with this stuff! Anyway, I’ll be watching it tonight when I get home in a hot second because I just found […]