Thriller Night

- Posted in Randomness

Nicky, I’m sorry I passed up your game to go to the movies.  Tower Heist was funny, but we could have rented it on DVD and had a WUYS office slumber party.  Still, it’s just one night.  There is no need to try to kill me.

When I got into the car and turned on the radio, the Caps had been down 3-0 and battled back to 4-2. It’s pretty rare that I listen instead of watch the game and let me tell you, it’s intense!  They’re yelling and I’m yelling and just imagining everyone crashing and skating while I should be driving.  Probably right under Tweeting for things you shouldn’t do behind the wheel.

Brouwer scored (more points for Wides, fantasy darkhorse).  The Caps couldn’t convert a delay-of-game minor but they were hammering away.  Then at 19:18, Nicky B scored the game-tying goal [link].  Look how open he was!  Look at Joel Ward freaking out!  Cue dance party in my car.

Overtime: two minutes of the announcers having a heart attack live on-air.  Brilliant.  At 2:18, Nicky scored again to win the game [link].  Look at the head tip where he tells Ovi to switch sides!  I nearly drove off the road.  The only place more dangerous would have been section four-oh-whatever where I probably would have taken Gator out with me.

Nicky, post-game [link]: Be cuter. I dare you.  Also maybe take the sticker off that says you have a small-to-medium head.  Just sayin’.

Nicky leads the Caps with 4 G + 10 A (8 points in his last 5 games).  Wideman is right behind him, killing it for my fantasy team with 3G + 7A.  (Look out Mike, someone else is piling up points at your blue line.)  Trust that Nicky is going to STRUT in that celeb fashion show tonight.  Well deserved, Backs.

If you’re interested in controversy that isn’t really controversial, Ovi was benched for the end of regulation and not happy about it.  Flurry of commentator hairspray and coffee cups.  He did get on the ice for OT and assist on the game-winner, so errrrybody calm down.  Sometimes you do what works.  Read more about Ovi/BB here [link].

Shanabanned: Andy Sutton

- Posted in Randomness, Shanabanned, Well OBVIOUSLY.

5 games for this hit on Gabriel Landeskog.

Mr. Shanahan does not like it when you mess with our Foxy Friday honorees.

Not. One. Bit.

Click [here] for Shanabanned’s ruling. 

 

Quick! Timmy Needs Our Help!

- Posted in Chuck Loves, Randomness, Well OBVIOUSLY.

I see your Patrick Kane and I raise you a Tim Thomas.

Timmay’s Discover Card Commercial [here].

Right now, he’s really regretting giving Seguin all of his singles.

Pretty sure my cabbie is going to beat me up.

I'm scared.

Oh hai sexy boyfriend.

Help.

Dear Frustrated Superstar

- Posted in We Love

Hahaha, I thought this was the commercial that plays before the video starts.  But it is the video!  Patrick Kane Discover Card commercial [link]

Girls, my credit card is maxed out. I need a ride.

Patrick, you got drunk and gave it to us last night.

Very funny. Come get me.

Great party though.  Too bad you fell asleep.  All that fun and only Toews to hang out with… he may never recover.

But I was Foxy Friday.

What can we say?  He’s serious about WUYS.

That's it, I'm walking.

Puppy Love

- Posted in We Love

Just surrender.  You are no match for the Penguins annual calendar shoot.  It’s not like we put up much of a fight, but breaking out the puppies is like dropping a birthday cake through the sunroof of our glittery private jet.  Get on board, we have treats!  I am dying from all the adorbs [video link].

Nisky & Nealer have guacamole dogs. (This was supposed to say "camouflage" but autocorrect FTW and I'm leaving it.)

PS: Remember when Crosby and Niskanen had that fight?  No wonder Sid picked Nisky, he looks harmless!  We want to bake him cookies.

Girls Puppies Love.

The calendar will be available on the Pens website before the end of the year.

Paul Martin auditions for the LL Bean catalog.

TK and the harvest display at Sam's Club.

We think it makes the perfect Christmas gift.  For us.  You have our address.

Someday, leeetle puppy you will be bigger than my muscles. But not for a long time.

James, your hair. For heaven's sake. It's not even windy.

If We Had a Million Dollars…

- Posted in Randomness

Gator and I would be going to the 2011 Walk This Way Charity Fashion Show tomorrow night in DC.  And not just because it’s a great event.

Come support Washington Redskins’ Brian Orakpo, Anthony Armstrong, DeAngelo Hall, Capitals’ John Carlson, Karl Alzner, Nick Backstrom, DC United’s Ben Olsen, Former Redskins Gary Clark, Former Jets John Bootyand others as they take a stand against domestic violence at 2011 “Walk This Way.” [link]

We’d go to this and the Caps Casino Night and more games and better seats and… at this rate, poor Intern Jeff Skinner is never going to get paid.

Is anyone going to this event?  Would you like to be knighted by the Order of the WUYS Empire and report back?

Dumb & Dumber (& Dumber)

- Posted in Randomness

Tyler Kennedy tweeted this picture of himself & JStaal as Harry and Lloyd from Dumber & Dumber.

@tk1448

They’re a little late to the party – Toews & Burish rocked this one in ’09.  But I have to say that the Pens boys upped the ante – hats + JStaal’s wig = infinitely more frightening committed.

Now what we’re really hoping for is Ovi & Mikey to recreate this:

Mikey Monday: Amen Fashion

- Posted in Mikey Monday, Pants Loves

You may remember loud applause/cheering for the ‘vest and rolled up sleeves’ combo on Toews and Hendricks in the past.  Since Mikey’s sprained ankle kept him out of Saturday’s game vs. Vancouver, he obviously spent the weekend reading WUYS.  Then he went shopping for a Halloween costume.

from jordanschroeder18.tumblr.com

He went as perfect.

 

Happy Halloween!

- Posted in Dammit Geno, Pants Loves

Love, Geno & Sid

Geno Tweeted this picture.  I’m voting Geno for President at this point.

 

This Week In Pictures

- Posted in Dawn Loves, Hot Like Fire, Randomness

Oh and maybe a few words …

I’ve mentioned this before how apoplectic Mr. Cherrie goes when ever Brett Hull get’s mentioned. Now it went full tilt when this came up and he posted the following photo because he’s now jumped on the twitter bandwagon and has been taunting Buffalo fans about the 1999 Stanley cup game. Now Buffalo fans – discuss.

if you know you cheated, do you rub it in?

And then for all you Winnipeg Jets fans and especially the PR staff, I heart you. Irony is thy name.Discuss.

There is definitely one less lonely girl if this ain't irony

And lastly, Mike Modano, I made you foxy friday before you retired, you were my first hockey crush ever, and in retirement, you still own my heart even though you married, well, let’s not go there. But now that you have more time on your hands, everyone should follow you to twitter. I love you more now, than I did before, if that were even possible. Please post more of these. You are still FOXY!

I want to go to this Halloween party - where ever it is ...

Foxy Friday: Gabriel Landeskog

- Posted in Fight Club, Foxy Friday, We Love, Well OBVIOUSLY.

hey all!  Chuck here with this week’s edition of Foxy Friday!

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Here at WUYS, we do not discriminate.  We love all hockey players equally.  Young. Old. Canadian. American. European.  It don’t matter.  They’re all cool in our book.

Today, we’re feeling a little cougar-ish..okay a LOT cougar-ish…but not in a South Florida-divorcee-white-jeans-wearing-white-wine-drinking-sorta-way.  We’re totes classier than that.  We like red wine better.  Or gin.

The subject of our adoration and Foxy Friday honoree this week is a mere 18 years old.

You make me...feel like I'm livin' a....teenage dream.

18, people.   You don’t want to know what we were doing at 18.  it probably involved keg stands at West Campus frat parties and dumping dish soap into the fountain in front of the COM building at BU.

This young man is doing none of that.  He’s a bona fide, real life, NHLer.

From hockeyboylove.tumblr.com/

So, why have we seen fit to grace Gabriel with this highly prestigious honor?

Well, isn’t it obvious…

No shirt. No shoes. No problem.

Hockey player + puppy = love

Hockey Player + Baby = mega love.

But in all seriousness, there are plenty of other reason why we thing Gabriel is foxy.

  • He’s a solid 6’1″, 204lbs.
  • He’s Swedish.
  • He was a first round draft pick for the Avs in last year’s draft.
  • At 17, he was youngest player in 30 years to wear the ‘C’ ‘for the Kitchener Rangers & 1st European Captain in their history.
  • Also wore the ‘C’ for Sweden’s Under-16, Under-17, Under-18 teams.
  • And his Djurgarden team at the age of 6.
  • Made Swedish Elite League debut at 16 years and 90 days.  Youngest player in Djurgarden history.
  • Most embarrassing hockey moment: Going on to the ice with his skate guards on in front of 6,000 Kitchener fans.
  • His childhood idol is Peter Forsberg…who also happens to be Swedish…and to which Gabriel has often been compared to.  We’re going to start calling him Foppa 2.0.

NHL Central Scouting’s Chris Edwards on Gabriel Landeskog…
“He is a good-size guy who is solid on his skates, not afraid to take the puck to the net or battle for it along the boards. His skating is very good in all areas. He plays the game with so much passion, he plays the game hard, he’s a great mentor for players that are younger and older, maturity beyond his years. (He) doesn’t need one game in the American league next year — he should step right into the NHL. I think the team that gets him next year is going to get a player that helps them win a Stanley Cup.”

Remember this face. In 5 years, I'm going to be pretty boss.

Pretty bold words if you ask us.  But we sort of have to agree.  For what we’ve seen so far, the Foppa 2.0 has mega potential, for sure.  He’s big and skilled and great with the puck.  All the thing you want in a guy you drafted #2 overall.

Avs are 6-3 this young season and so far, Gabriel has 6 points (4 G, 2 A).   Not a bad start for a 18-year-old in his first season.  We’ve got our eyes on him this season.

Rookie of the Year?  Maybe.  But we are taking applications for a new Rookie of our Lives….

from alexedlers.tumblr.com

Learn more about Foppa 2.0 here.


Cloud Nine

- Posted in Hot Like Fire, Newsies, Pants Loves

Today at JamesNeal.com: James Neal scored last night (we bet he did) in the Pens 3-2 win over the Islanders.  It wasn’t just a goal – Neal scored the first and only 5-on-4 power play goal the Islanders have given up all season.  He doesn’t just score.  He breaks your streaks and ruins your percentages, takes your women and makes it look easy.

Seriously, he and I have the same reaction every time he scores:

.gifs by allie874.tumblr.com

Nealmobile is now tied again with Cartman for the NHL lead in goals with nine.

In a weird move, the Islanders pulled Evgeni Nabokov at the end of regulation and replaced him with Ricky DiPietro’s beard for the shootout (grooming classes sadly not offered at BU).  Apparently Nabokov’s lingering lower body was acting up.  DiPietro gets hurt every time he sees a zamboni, but he survived last night.  He just didn’t win.

Just like Brian Wilson did...

Nealmobile did miss in the shootout, but Geno had already stuffed one down DiPietro’s throat.  Malkin had 2 G/1A on the night for 5 points in 5 games.  The guy looks like he’s having so much fun out there.  If he can stay healthy, Neal can stay hot and we can get the Crosbot back… well, we might just be kissing something shiny at the end of the year.

Push It

- Posted in Hot Like Fire, We Love

You guys are a crack squad of awesome.  This week is like a TV show where you’re all CSI and solving the case of who can send us the best photo.  The @BioSteelSports Camp posted this one from the summer – imagine how many more they have?  Don’t make us break in there, guys.  It’s bad enough someone’s going to have to scrape Gator off the floor now.

@melfiore makes a bid for first place

If you watch The Amazing Race you know that hay bail rolling comes in handy sometimes.  They should make a Canadian version, like Battle of the Blades, and Stamkos can be my partner.  I’m bad with directions and can’t drive stick shift, but I bet Steven can do those too.  I’ll just carry the granola bars and read instructions.

I also found this, which makes me want to join the Army.  Team Biz would win the Race and be a crowd favorite.  You’d be invited back for All-Stars or Survivor, which has a lot more shirtless tanning and sharing tents.  Any takers?

Pittsburgh Press Conference

- Posted in Newsies

Does anyone know what’s up in Pittsburgh today?  I hope they’re officially dropping “Steel City” and just going with “Pittsburgh: Girls Love” or starting to teach Geno-speak in schools, while letting kids wear ugly t-shirts and hug wild animals.

Here’s the PensTV Report [link] – they should announce that Katie O needs to sit up straight on camera.  I doubt this is to announce Sid’s comeback, but holy heck that would make my day.    Guesses and wild speculation are welcome.

On the Count of Three…

- Posted in Randomness

Every November, Downtown Annapolis hosts a huge Tug of War against the neighboring town of Eastport (where I live).  For real [link].  Last year Eastport lost, but only because I wasn’t there yet.

This year, I’m going to be MVP for bringing so many strong, helpful friends.  You know how competitive these guys are.  Obviously we practiced in the summer, because there’s a direct algorithmic correlation between the amount of sleeve to how hard you can workout.  Less is more, that’s our motto.

Are you kidding me, James Neal?!??!?!

In addition to training hard, we’ve been cleaning out the supermarket regularly because these guys eat a lot.  (Seriously: Skinner, Neal & Stamkos signed at a grocery store event.  This is the kind of magical thing that happens in Canada. [link])

Thanks @amandalitty

Our team represents the bars in my neighborhood, so the diet only lasts till we win and kick every keg in the place.  It’ll look kinda like the NHL Awards Party.  Only with fewer sleeves. Maybe we can even get Intern Jeff Skinner to hug someone at the victory celebration.

@jwfrances, this will always be a favorite.

Wish us luck!  I’ll take sloppy cameraphone after-party photos for you. 😉

Honk if You're… Wednesday.

- Posted in Pants Loves

You guys are so nice!  Sending me all this James Neal stuff to make sure I don’t miss anything…

@DLF1021 never lets us down.

Nealmobile did not have a goal in last nights’ 3-0 win over the Islanders, but he did have a team-high 5 shots on goal.  And a team high hairdo.  Kessel Cartman has 9 goals to Nealer’s 8, so James can’t be to good at sharing.  The Pens finish the home-and-home with NYI tomorrow night in the ‘Burgh, and not a moment too soon.  These kids look really bored:

Hey. This isn't Disney on Ice!

Yahoo’s Puck Daddy has a feature up today on Nealer talking about his ‘hot start’ and how great Geno is on Twitter [link].  Or you could get to work finding one of these (preferably skyscraper-banner-sized, or the kind you drag behind a plane) around Pittsburgh and hatching a plan to steal it.  Because we need new wallpaper around this place.

We love @HockeysFinest.

On Monday, someone suggested December 1 for a holiday party.  I raised my hand and said, “I have plans.”  Gator looked confused.  She forgot it was the day the Penguins come to DC, the best day ever, and possibly the last day of our freedom.  Better make it count.

Hi! James! Sid! Hi, over here! Jordan! Tanger! Hi guys!

 

Happy Halloween from the Boston Bruins!

- Posted in Chuck Loves, Randomness, We Love, Well OBVIOUSLY.

Zdeno Chara, Brad Marchand, Adam “Darth Quaider” McQuiad, and Jordan Caron visited sick kids at Children’s Hospital in Boston yesterday.

They wore this.

Chara + giant pink bunny costume = amazeballs. We laugh for days and days and days.

Sorta reminds us of A Christmas Story.

You look like a pink nightmare.

Kudos to Big Z and the other guys for not taking themselves so seriously and for taking the time out of their day to look a little ridiculous and cheer up some sick kids.

What we want to know is – where did they find a pink bunny costume big enough for Chara?  Pretty sure iParty doesn’t carry costumes in XXXTall.  Think his wife made it?  Or did he just show up at the event and the Bruins PR staff is like “Here.  You’re wearing this.  It’s all we could find to fit.  Go forth and bring merriment to kids with cancer.”

Sidenotes about these photos —

Caron’s arms are nice.  We want to touch.

McQuaid’s hair is ridiculous, but we kinda love it any way.  We are slightly disappointed, however that he didn’t dress up as Darth Vader for Halloween.  That would have made our lives.

Thanks to @alisonsykora for sharing the link.

Photos fron www.nesn.com

Terrier TKO…erm…Not So Much

- Posted in Chuck Loves, Fight Club, Hot Like Fire

Awww, look at how cute.

Colin Wilson tried to fight someone.

Heeeyyyy wait a tic…

YOU TRIED TO FIGHT MAX LAPIERRE?

ARE YOU CRAZY!?

NOT THE FACE!  Please sweet lord in heaven, not the face.

We Can't Hear You

- Posted in Hot Like Fire, Like a Boss, We Love, Well OBVIOUSLY.

Sorry, Michael Frolik.

We’re sure you’re a very nice man and whatever you are saying is important and profound, but we can’t hear a single thing you are saying.

You might as well be the teacher from Charlie Brown.

All we see…or hear is this.

Forty is the new Thirty

- Posted in Randomness

Jaromir Jagr is 39 years old.  Someone making a late-career comeback always worries me, mostly because I like to see great players go out with style.  So when I first heard Jagr was coming back, I cringed.  I didn’t really care that he went to the Flyers – he’s already gone to the Caps and Rangers, how many more times could he hurt me?  The only interest I had was seeing if Philly made a mistake, because I do like to see the Flyers embarrassed.

Whoever gave us bangs should pay for this mistake.

But I want this to be the one that works.  Call it the mullet effect, or the fact that he’s the only person on Earth whose hair looked worse than mine in 1991.  As we get older and everyone we used to love retires, watching Jagr play makes me feel like a little kid again.

The first seven Flyers games came and went with people holding their breath.  He can skate, he can pass.  But can Jagr still score at this level, with the flair of 20 (yes, 20!) years ago?  Well he scored his first and second goals of the season last night, and they are beauties:

Don’t mind me while I split this defense.

Don’t mind me while I nail this breakaway.

He has 5 assists to go along with his 2 goals, putting him 27th in the NHL for points.  It’s only been 3 weeks and time will tell if age and non-NHL training can keep up with a grueling season.  But so far… I’m pretty of impressed.  And not just by how much better we both look now.