For the first and second Mondays of February, the four Boston* college hockey teams – Harvard, Northeastern, Boston College, and Boston University – take part in the Beanpot Tournament. This special hockey tournament has grown to be one of the most unique and anticipated college sporting events in the country.
Winning the silver pot of Boston baked beans is a source of immense pride and bragging rights amongst players, students, alumni, and fans – especially for those of us with ties to Boston University (ie. myself and Pants). In the 59 years that the Beanpot has been played, the BU Terriers have won it 29 times. That’s about 50%. Hence the nickname.
We win. Again.
For those of us who have had the pleasure of watching in person, these games are truly special. No matter what sort of season the teams are having, they always seem to step up when February rolls around.
BU could be considered to be in a “rebuilding” phase and have lost all their games vs. the Eagles. BC is the defending national champs and atop the national rankings. But when the puck drops for their semifinal match up at 8pm tonight, all the trials and tribulations of the current season don’t matter. BU has got history on their side. For many of BU’s players this year, this is the first time that they will playing in the Beanpot. I hope they take a moment in the quiet before the national anthem to reflect on that this tournament means. I hope they take a deep breath before the puck drop to realize how much this means to their fans.
Victory makes us want to hug everyone!
“What the Beanpot means to me? Quite simply, there are two words that come to mind: tradition and emotion. Anyone who has a pulse around here knows about the tradition of the Beanpot. I’m a local kid. I grew up in Scituate. I started coming to the Beanpot about the same time I started playing hockey.” — David Silk, former BU forward and 1980 Olympic gold medal winner
*Writer’s Note: Two of the four teams are not actually IN Boston. Harvard is in Cambridge, right across the river and Boston College is in Chestnut Hill, MA.
Mike Green takes a puck to the head! As I write this at the end of the first period, Mike Green stops a hard straight on goal shot from Orpik, drops like a sack of potatoes in a pool of blood. He did skate off under his own power but went straight to the locker room. He is OK. Evidently his head is made of titanium because watch the link. It was a whopper of a shot but our boy Mikey takes it like a Timex!
On the Washington Caps website they interview him for a nano-second (not worth posting) although you can go there and look yourself because it’s sort of worth seeing him because he looks quite dapper. He obviously had lots of time to get dressed in a smoking hot grey suit, black shirt and do his awesome HAIR! Totes serious about all that! Either he hired a stylist or he’s been reading GQ lately because this is a NEW MIKEY. Very metro-sexual. The kind you could totally bring home to mama and your BFF gay friend would completely be slap-fighting you over.
Ok, I swore I would stop writing posts about the Penguins because there are so many other things in Hockey to write about but damn it, they keep doing things that are news worthy.
First off, Malkin just injured himself AGAIN – YES – AGAIN. He went into the boards and hurt himself in the second period against Buffalo as I am writing this. He will not be finishing the game and now maybe not the season. UPDATE: He is out with a torn ACL and MLC. Here is the current update.
Secondly, Fleury released his own cereal this week. Yes, that is not a typo. A cereal. So now you have the Flower for breakfast. I would obviously rather have Mr. LeBang but in a pinch, Fleury Flakes just might do. If you want to order your own here’s the link. You can get a snappy shirt too.
shove it in your mouth - i dare you, you little bastard
Thirdly and obviously to me, most importantly, below is a link to an AWESOME piece on Mr. LeBang about his run for Norris Trophy candidate. If you didn’t love him before – which I can’t IMAGINE WHY you didn’t -YOU WILL NOW. It’s his fault. Kris LeBang.
It evidently is all our fault? um .. yeah. I'll take it.
Evidently Brent Johnson’s back-up back-up job should be golden glove boxing because the ex-beauty contestant Rick DiPietro is now out 4-6 WEEKS with a fractured jaw. Great googley-moogleys! One punch Johnson they call him from now on and I bet you he’ll get a wide birth in the Pen’s locker room.
I doubt he'll be doing this again for a while
won't be looking like this either
Pssst… Brent. I have a HUGE favor but don’t tell anyone. If there is a bench clearing brawl on Sunday, could you please make a beeline for Varly? I know, I know, I’m a Caps fan but well, ya know. I hear you have a wikkid left hook and one pop is all I ask and word has it, that’s all you need. But if any0ne asks, Pants said it, not me.
It is a well documented fact that I love lumberjacks.
Okay, so not actual lumberjacks (considering I’ve never met one) but guys who look like lumberjacks. Tall. Scruffy. Woodsy. Unabashedly manly.
This girl is living my fantasy.
For this week’s Foxy Friday, I’ve decided to honor Columbus Blue Jackets right winger, Rick Nash – the original NHL Lumberjack.
All that's missing is a red & black checked shirt.
In all honesty, I’d totally forgotten about Nasher. But then he goes and makes the All-Star Team again and like the tulips in the Boston Public Gardens in the spring…my love is renewed.
I'd like to take this opportunity to thank my awesome girlfriend. Her name is Chuck and she's amazing.
Can you really blame me for forgetting about him? He plays in a small market team that very rarely, if ever, plays mine. (read: Not on TV) His team is never on Versus or NHL on NBC. (read: Not on TV) I’m so delighted that he got some screen time at the NHL All Star Fantasy Draft. Seeing him NOT be so horribly awkward like a majority of the other players make me realized the reason why I’d loved him in the first place. Nasher at All-Star Draft.
Look out, Mike Green. Nasher & his hair are coming for ya.
So, why is Nasher so Foxy?
the 2010 Season stats – 23 goals, 21 assists, 5 GWG
the hair
the beard
the lips
1st overall pick in the 2002 Entry Draft
the fact that he’s remained loyal to CBJ when I’m sure he’s had the chance to go to a large market team
won the 2009 NHL Foundation Player Award for his work in the community (read: big softie)
Olympic Gold Medalist
Sidney: "Still coming over for dinner tomorrow night? Pants is making enchiladas." Rick: "Oh great. I love enchiladas."
Ricky, the fire in my heart burns for you once more.
And thanks to newly found videos on the Bluejackets’ website, I promise that it will never again die out.
Who says the NHL is bias? Letting the Punching Pens off when J. Staal uses another player for a nail to hang his velvet Elvis? nah … If that were Ovi, he’d be on early vacation doing the turkey dance in his mankini! Do I need to post another picture of Ovi with out his shirt because I CAN?!
So this is what happens when you’re Westcoast hockey playing one of the WORST EASTCOAST teams and YET you still get it in the back end because your WESTCOAST. Read it and weep my friends but you still won’t care ’cause y’all kickin’ it east coast. I was watching this game going WTF! At least they ended up correcting themselves.
being touched by god has its draw backs
Los Angeles Kings defenseman Drew Doughty left Wednesday’s 3-1 win at Edmonton with a pair of assists. After further review, he wound up with a pair of goals instead. The first two of the Kings’ three goals were credited to forward Ryan Smyth, a former Oilers star who’s still a crowd favorite in Edmonton. Smyth got credit for tipping two of Doughty’s power-play shots past Edmonton goalie Nikolai Khabibulin. But Smyth said afterward he hadn’t touched either shot. The NHL reviewed the video on Thursday and agreed, crediting Doughty with his first multigoal game of the season.
Doughty had just 4 goals in his first 45 games for the Kings after getting 16 goals and 43 assists as a Norris Trophy finalist last season.
Does this second goal EVEN LOOK like Ryan Smyth touched it?
I’m calling this Sunday’s showdown of Penguins vs Capitals NBC’s Fistfest-o-Rama 2011. Because with the punchfest the Penguins are on, I suspect it will continue well into Sunday. And I for one, can’t wait! I am even hoping that Mike Milbury will drop Piere Macguire during the first intermission so we won’t have to listen to him babble on incessantly! This video goes back to December 2006! I pulled it for Cassy because Brooksy kicks some BUTT! But it’s a massive brawl!
My only hope is that Ovi will at least wait until the third period to get ejected because the last time he went out in the first two minutes NBC’s rating dropped faster than Hugh Hefner’s erection without Cialis. I only wonder, does dry humping Kris Letang count as a penalty? Because let’s all be honest here, WE’D ALL BE GUILTY and that’s worth two in the box for the thrill alone (that bucket of ice is there for a REASON) and there’d be a line out the door!
I am coming for you Kris
Another question I have, will the Penguins take their limited edition Barbie Sid out of the box and finally play him against the team that put him on the injured reserve in the first place? oohhhhhh …. chills. Will Cookie do Sid’s dirty work? If I were Steckle, I’d paint eyes on the back of my head just in case. And the Caps better play DJ King to be safe.
call me a barbie one more time ... and i'll, i'll tickle you with my finger
Maybe I’m making more of this than need be. Maybe absolutely nothing will happen. But I’m hoping SOMETHING, ANYTHING does. Because this is one of my favoritest match ups of the year.
The Penguins are on a holy terror and they are HANGRY! Have they been drinking their Ensure? Or are they just amped up for their game against the Caps this coming Sunday because bejesus! This wasn’t a Mike Green-style slap fight.
While Cookie took a dive after a tap from DiPietro, Johnston called DiPietro out and then the fireworks began!
And this was a real grown up, punch throwing, John Wayne, big-boy, throw-down Pilgrim and poor Rick DiPietro got the worst of it! One punch from Brent Johnson and DiPietro dropped like Ovi on Kris Letang on a Sunday morning! The best part was seeing The Flower about to pee his drawers when Johnson skated off the ice! Because you know Flower would never dust-up his mug. He uses his mouth, not his fists.
After the All Star game if you google Ovechkin and Letang, all sorts of yummy things start to come up. But I think this is where it all began. Ovi likes it rough and I am beginning to think so does Mr. LeBang! They can’t seem to keep their gloves off each other.
Can’t wait for the next Pens VS Caps game! I wonder if Ovi is going to take Kris out to dinner afterwards or if they are just going to get down to business?
Fire up your synthesizer! Here we are, post All-Star break and there are 67 days left in the regular season. Since we’re quite used to telling everyone what to do (and being ignored), here are a few things we’d like to offer for consideration:
Penguins: If you stay at #2 in your division and end up the #4 playoff seed in the East, right now you’d face the Capitals in the first round. This is fine with us. Dawn and I will make up around the July 4th, after one of us is finished gloating about the Stanley Cup. (Note: LIE. I’m still gloating from ’09.)
Flower stops unidentified Sedin twin.
Canucks: Dawn hates you. But does it matter when you have 73 points and runner-up Minnesota has 57? Are you just being greedy? We suggest a division mercy rule, like middle school softball.
San Jose: WTF is your problem? Chuck warned you that she is not doing the walk of shame home from your post-season anymore. With 11 teams separated by 10 points all piled into your Conference between 4th and 14th place, you cannot let this one get away. We expect a strong finish.
Don't you lie to Chuck.
Chicago: I can’t even talk about this. I can see how hard you’re trying. Too hard, maybe. We need magic not mania. Soaking your sticks in basilisk venom won’t make them horcruxes for the soul of last season. (Too much?) Take a deep breath and just skate.
Carolina: Come on, boys! Everyone loves you now and we promise to give intern Jeff Skinner extra credit for the playoffs. Feel free to replace Montreal, NYR or Atlanta.
Stammer agrees to only score 100 goals on you. This season.
That said, we’re in no hurry to get to the playoffs. The season can last forevvvvvvvvver. Summers are for losers.
Dude, remember that time Jordan Staal knocked you to the ice with a single punch? You went down like shot of tequila. From here it looked like this:
Staalsy got a 5-minute major, then a match penalty. He’s automatically suspended for the Penguins next game unless the NHL intervenes. We say Prust could steal Natalie Portman’s Oscar for this ballet performance. Penalty? Yes. Suspension? We’re calling shenanigans.
[Wednesday UPDATE: The NHL agreed with us, Staal will play tonight vs. NYI.]
Remember when Dustin Jeffrey got called up from the AHL this morning, played 19.5 minutes and scored his second goal of the night to complete the Pens’ comeback and win the game in a shootout? From my seat it was:
The Penguins announced Jeffrey’s call-up at 10:45 AM. He was magically on the ice at practice 3o min later. He’s been called up a few times to replace Malkin, who is now traveling with the team but still day-to-day. Jeffrey’s making a great case, I hope they can find a regular spot for him.
PS: Sorry NYRFan Steph. I love living at your house, though.
Jeff Skinner turned the NHL All-Star Weekend into a Twilight convention by charming the heck out of everyone. And since he’s 18 years old, like a college freshman, we’ve decided to hire him as our intern. For school credit. We’re no easy A either, no pass/fail. We are demanding.
He was so happy to get our call.
Jeff will be doing useful tasks like going to the store for Mexicolas and restarting “Mystery, Alaska” in the office DVD player. He’ll make sure Chuck’s stock of Pretzel M&Ms never runs low and let us borrow his jersey (which he wears to work) if it gets cold.
We don’t hire just anybody, and we interviewed a lot of people for this job. But Jeff had the resume. As the youngest All-Star ever in any sport, we have high expectations for him. He’ll be doing guest posts, including what it’s like to chase a playoff spot and have piles of girls asking him to the prom. He’s also going to sneak a permanent mic onto Cam Ward, so we can hear the commentary.
Jeff’s first assignment will be getting Comcast to switch Center Ice to my new apartment. The operators always thought I was ordering “NFL” because they’d never heard of the NHL. We’ll see how long it takes Jeff to start asking, “Do you know who I am?!”
Ok, so Pants and Chuck watched the Versus Broadcast and I watched the CBC broadcast because I don’t get Versus, both literally and philosophically. Below is the Sports Centre highlight of the Mad Skills wrap up if you want to watch.
So here are my highlights and lowlights of the ASG weekend in no particular order:
1. Only in Canada would they NOT go to the All Star Game because the Grand-Slam of Curling is going into Over Time. Leaving me running around the house in a panic while a large rock slowly drifts down a long runway while a bunch of men rub brushes in front of it.
2. Jonathan Towes is a bit of a gash. Sorry Pants. This weekend only made me dislike him more. He’s a bit a cry-baby. And I think his team mates think so too. Which is why they did what they did.
3. On the other hand, Jeff Skinner made like the Grinch and STOLE THE ASG weekend! At 18 years old he showed poise, sportsmanship and a knock out smile. Watch out for this one!
4. The CBC mic’d up Eric Staal the whole game. All I can say is, next year, please put this game on HBO and mic up Fleury because you know Fleury was talking smack all first period. Micing up E. Staal is like micing up Ned Flanders or a bowl of vanilla ice cream, only vanilla ice cream doesn’t scream like a girl, totes seriously. My cats were really upset during the game.
oh gosh ...golly ... I gotta go get that .. acckk!
5. Contrarily, the third period when Tim Thomas was mic’d, he was hilarious. Especially
please don't insult me with that comparison
when the announcers wouldn’t stop talking to him and his son texted and told him to stop so Timmy could concentrate! Then they asked about Letang scoring on him Timmy said, “I made three mistakes on that one: first I didn’t see the backcheck, second I expected him to pass and third, he took the shot and went up on me. hahahahha.”
6.Danny Briere. Now I don’t like him – AT ALL. And initially I didn’t think he should be there. But after the CBC interviewed him and his three kids, I’ve done a 180. When they asked his son what was the best part of the weekend, his son said, “Spending time with my dad.” Danny seemed to really need to be there more for his kids’ sake then his ego and watching his son give the interview, Danny seemed on the verge of tears. Strange family dynamics going on there but he obviously really cares about his kids and it meant alot to him to have them there. Total Hallmark moment.
7. The CBC interviewing Fleury about his chat with Ovi after Ovi scored on him in the breakaway challenge. One thing you have to love CBC interviews is there are never any warm up questions. They cut to the chase. So when Scott Oakes opens the interview with Fleury saying, “So obviously this isn’t the first time Ovi has scored on you.” Nice. Way to warm him up. Awkward. Then he continues asking about the intense rivalry between The Caps and The Penguins and what would they have to talk about. So Fleury just replies, ” I try to remain civil, you know, not throw my stick at him.” with a big smile. Way to make Scott Oakes go away.
what is happening to me? two penguins in a post?
8. Almost lastly, no matter how much this game ‘doesn’t count’ the first period started out nonchalant but then it got competitive. Not super competitive but you could tell no wanted it be a landslide either way. So when Kris Letang almost took Jonas Hiller’s head off with a seriously hard shot, he went over to apologize. Even he doesn’t realize how awesomely hard his shot it.
9. Mike Green a.k.a. Where’s Waldo? When ever the CBC showed Ovi you got a shot of Kris Letang, which for me, was AWESOME. I already did a post on the best thing that came out of the ASG! I expected to see Mike Green but I got KL. But like, where did Mike Green go? Did he and Ovi have a fight? Was Greenie upset because he got ditched for Kris? Can I blame Ovi?
10. The BEST COMMENT FROM AN ANNOUNCER ON A GOAL EVER: When Briere made his second goal: “BRIERE JUST WENT UPSTAIRS WHERE NORMAN KEEPS HIS MOTHER!”
We’re finally through. Yesterday’s NHL All-Star Game capped a great weekend for hockey and it might take us a while to recover. Team Chuck (Lidstrom) won 11-10. That’s 5 more goals than the average ASG, and it felt like it. Our fave moments:
– Cam Ward was mic’d up and stole the show in the 1st period.
– Lots of guys had a 2-goal game: Danny Briere , Anze Kopitar, Eric Staal, Kris Letang, Loui Eriksson
– Recent Foxy Friday had 4 assists : Shea Weber
– WUYS faves had 2 assists: Corey Perry, Henrik Sedin, Jonathan Toews, Loui Eriksson, Mike Green, Patrick Sharp, Zdeno Chara.
– Jonathan Toews also showed us his spin cycle:
– Jeff Skinner didn’t score, but even Team Lidstrom seemed to be passing him the puck.
– Carey Price was kind of awesome in net. Barf.
– Ovi threw his stick at Matt Duchene on a breakaway, laughed hysterically, then was charged with the first penalty shot in ASG history.
– Patrick Sharp was named MVP (and Foxy Friday) and won a car. Just like Phil Kessel. First or last, Honda is your ride.
Carolina tore it up this weekend – excellent job, everyone. Good thing it’s another year before it happens again. Right, Cam? RIGHT?!
Too busy flirting with the mic to stop all those goals, Cam?!
And what better way to showcase them, than with the always fun Super Skills Competition.
So here are the results…
Faster Skater – Michael Grabner (14.238 seconds)
Breakaway – Alexander Ovechkin (38.5% of the fan votes).
Accuracy – Daniel Sedin (4 for 4 in 7.3 seconds)
Skills Challenge Relay – Team Lidstrom (2:09)
Hardest Shot – Zdeno Chara, 105.9mph (4th consecutive win AND he beat his own record)
Elimination Shoot-Out – Corey Perry
and some of our favorite moments…
PK Subban stealing Jeff Skinner’s jersey
Oh look Jeff Skinner...heeeeeyyyyyyy wait a second...
Jeff Skinner. The Justin Bieber of the NHL. I wish he could be my prom date.
Definitely out WAY past his curfew
Timmy Thomas vs. Cam Ward in the Fastest Skater. In full equipment.
Timmy’s wipe out behind the net. But he got right back up with the ever-present smile on his face.
Catching an edge.
*facepalm*
Still smilin’…
Toews’ Accuracy Mulligan and *derp* face through the whole competition
Marc-Andre Fleury. The jumping jacks. Stacking the pads on Ovechkin. The dancing. Everything. We love him. As far as we are concerned, he won the entire Skills Competition.
My first thought was: This is how they make their moves on the ladies. Let me dim the lights by throwing my jersey over this IKEA lamp. Although they both do it numbers-side up. Show-offs.
In the skills competition, Mike competed in Fastest Skater against Steven Stamkos. I’m sorry, what? Ovi couldn’t help but steal Mike’s TV moment. Here’s how I imagine this going:
You no win. I always win. How feel, Mike?
Ovi: Mike, you not very fast. Stamkos fast. Also, Stamkos 20 years old. You not so young. And Stamkos weigh like 185. You not so skinny. He a race car, you a Vespa. So Mike, how you think you do?
Mike: Stop c***-blocking me, douche.
Mike only lost by half a second, which I think is pretty impressive.
Mike also competed in the Skills Challenge Relay, doing right-handed one-timers from the blue line. He followed Kris Letang (best defensive pair EVER) and did well. Tanger had a tough time getting pucks up, Mike did a little better. I was like a nervous mom.
Apparently, Sports Illustrated’s red carpet interview question was “What should you win an Oscar for?” Mike answered, “My hairdo.” But should he? I think he may have been topped this weekend:
Is that guy a Staal? He looks like a Staal. How many are there?
He’s good good angles on the tri-hawk here. But Ryan Kessler has the thorns out:
Like a cactus.
And the dark horse candidate, no one saw him coming… Rick Nash with the porcupine:
I'm making a point.
What’s the verdict, does Mike’s hair take home the gold? Can any of these guys get a helmet on over these messes?
Let’s take this in baby steps and try not to get too carried away. Because we could go on for DAYS about All-Star Weekend (wait, we already have).
First, everyone missed their flights to Raleigh. Patrick Kane was busy packing his “Louis V shades.” Mike Green and Ovi couldn’t fit two grown men and hockey gear on a Vespa.
When they finally arrived, there was the red carpet. Roenick asked everyone what they were wearing, and he’s scarier than Joan Rivers. All you need to know is Fleury danced in his Prada shoes and this happened:
JR FTW.
Then the All-Star Fantasy Draft. Or it shall henceforth be known: Awkwardfest 2011. In the best and most uncomfortable 90 minutes in television history, Teams Staal and Lidstrom selected their players. Highlights:
– Cam Ward goes #1, steals the show. (This is a recurring theme.)
– Mike Green chews gum, with his mouth open, on stage. The entire time. Because he loses the “Best Hairdo” award to Ryan Kessler.
Really? You're picking him? We wouldn't.
– Jonathan Toews doesn’t get picked at the beginning. Derp face.
– The Sedin twins are split up. Can aliens live separate from their host?
– Awkward host calls Tim Thomas old for being drafted by a team that no longer exists.
– Jonathan Toews still not picked. Derrrp face.
– Eric Staal has a mean streak, picks Lundqvist. Marc Staal says no more Christmas presents.
– Jonathan Toews finally picked. Derrrrrrrrrrp face.
– No one understands the science of microphones. If you’re back six inches, it can still hear you.
– Kris Letang picked in Round 12? Idiots. Swaggers on stage, easily making fools of all. Trips going up the stairs. Still wins.
Round 12 is the new black.
– Brent Burns denied our Fear The Beard campaign to show that – surprise! – he looks a lot like sparkly Robert Pattinson.
– Matt Duchene is my new favorite dork.
– Phil Kessel (Cartman) gets picked last. Thinks Toews had it easy.
– Ovi films, laughs maniacally.
The point of the draft was to liven up the weekend and show the players’ personalities – it certainly did that. And we just couldn’t Tweet or text fast enough to keep up! Afterward, everyone congratulated Brendan Shanahan on continuing to be the awesomest of awesometown.
(I didn’t make any of these Macros. But damn they made me laugh.)
I am watching the All-Star Mad Skills competition and look up and lo-and-behold – THIS. Did I just fall in to an alternative reality? Did the universe just shift like in the original Star Trek and they go through a worm hole and Capt. Kirk finds out that the Blue Chick is super hot and Spock is really evil? Only in this one, Ovi and Kris ‘LeBang’ are sitting next to each other giggling like school girls. Is an All-Star Bromance is born? I don’t remember getting hit on the head Dorothy and this isn’t Kansas anymore! This ain’t photoshoped sister! This is the full meal deal with sauce on the side!
too good to be true!
When Ovi broke his stick during the hardest shot competition, guess whose stick he used? Yes, Bob, Kris’s. (Is that grammatically correct professor Pants?) I am still trying to wrap my head around all this but I can tell you one thing – MAX TALBOT is swearing up a storm in Pittsburg and I am totes McD’ing it right now!
If you don’t get the reference, you don’t know Jack so go ask your mama! I give you Jarome Arthur-Leigh Adekunle Tig Junior Elvis Iginla – yes, that is his full, given name. And he owns it. He’s my squishy. Most call him Iggy, I call him Nomie, always have, always will but anyone who faces him on the ice, you can call him DANGEROUS! He can score on you and beat the crap out of you but he’s also a class act. His smile is infectious.
totally hot
When the other brother Daryl Sutter went MIA, Jarome was one of the few people, whose call he took. That says alot! On Team Canada, he was Sidney’s right hand man and it showed what Jarome can do when he’s not basement dwelling in Calgary.
always classy and good to fans
He’s loyal. He’s been a Calgary Flame his entire NHL career and amid the trade rumors, he’s been stead fast no matter what. He’s had two 50 plus goal years, he’s won the Rocket Richard, Art Ross, Lester B. Pearson trophies, an ALL STAR and he’s an Olympic Gold Medalist. Whew. Enough said.
love him
Totally Foxy to me! I love him. I love his smile. I love his class. I love his talent. I love that he fights. I love his loyalty. I love love love him. Did I mention that I love him? 🙂
Chuck and I also did a mock rookies draft yesterday, which resulted in less slap fighting but a little more name-calling. Because neither of us wanted Subban. At all. But Chuck ended up with him (mwhahahaha) because she also got the only Boston U alumni in the group.
The whole point of this draft was to give me the chance to pick Logan Couture first. I’ve been to 4 or 5 Sharks games this season, and Couture has a goal in every single one. He’s really holding up his end of our friendship.
Team Pants, jump for joy!
WUYS All-Star Rookie Teams
TEAM PANTS
(aka Team Staal)
TEAM CHUCK
(aka Team Lidstrom)
Forwards:
Logan Couture
Cam Folwer
Taylor “Square Head” Hall
Evgeni Dadonov
Jamie McBain
Michael Grabner
Forwards:
Kevin Shattenkirk (Go BU!)
Tyler Seguin
Oliver Ekman-Larsson
Derek Stepan
Tyler Ennis
PK Subban
The Rookies will compete in the SuperSkills Competition tomorrow, so Chuck and I are just fighting for bragging rights. I should get bonus points because Fowler lives with the Neidermayers and Chuck should have to forfeit because of Subban. Right? Check out Seguin’s sick first goal:
