Does the Tampa Bay Lightning team insurance cover mass heart attack when Steven Stamkos Tweets this picture? My kind of climate crisis. Before the close up, you have to sign a waiver saying it’s not my fault if you pass out, hit your head and prance off into an unconscious remake of Top Gun. Shirtless […]
How to know WUYS is the blog for you: You’d gladly trade a summertime pool boy for the Stamkos Pants-Optional Shovel Service doing squats in your wintry yard. Once again: Gary Roberts, will you adopt us? Pssst, we were only kidding. Steven’s well qualified for summer work too. Clearly what we need is a blizzard. […]
For this week’s edition of Foxy Friday, I decided to jump in the WUYS TARDIS and go back in time to honor one of the foxiest (and talented) NHLers of all time… Steve Yzerman The former Detroit Red Wing and current GM of the Tampa Bay Lightning is a legend. Plain and simple. And if […]
Monday I said, “Can we get an off-season photo of Steven Stamkos?” If he started wearing a ponytail for the summer, I want get my crying out of the way before workout videos start to pop up. Today, VOILA. This video of Steven accepting an award for being Steven-tastic not only includes him talking on a […]
I’m in love AGAIN! But that’s OK. It happens all the time. Y’all are used to it by now. With the hunt for Lord Stanley in full swing the rest of the World has this going on. Look closely for the dancing ping pong players circling in the background. There are better things I can […]
Saturday was an epic hockey marathon featuring every team in the NHL. Some games were for playoff position, others were a last hurrah. For me, not even that killer Caps win came close to seeing Steven Stamkos score his 60th goal of the season. And get a pie in the face. Stop looking at Ran […]
For some teams, the Stanley Cup Playoffs are about building on a season’s worth of experience. For others, the post-season is about forgetting how you got there and starting over. Before we get to ahead of ourselves, let’s take a moment to appreciate the NHL teams whose seasons will end tomorrow. Buffalo has been giving […]
Allow me to set a scene, one I bet happened in each of your very early histories: Doctor: “Congratulations, Mr. and Mrs. Parents of Future WUYS Reader. You’re having a beautiful baby girl.” Mom and Dad: “Yes!” Dad quickly adds: “We will never live in Thunder Bay, Ontario.” Taylor and Tom Pyatt, brothers and fellow […]
I hope I didn’t exhaust the #sorrychuck tag this weekend, because it needs one more outing. Steven Stamkos scored his 50th goal of the season last night in Tampa Bay’s 6-1 rout of the Bruins. I was #Landeskoging all over even though I wasn’t watching the game. Stammer was the first star, naturally. Enjoy this […]
In honor of making it halfway through this week, here are five things that I love about today. 1. James Neal’s career-high 28th goal, and there are still 28 games left to play. (Bonus: Awkwardly close-up post-game interview video.) 2. Steven Stamkos has scored against every NHL team [video]. And he got a League-leading 35th […]
I think it’s safe to say you all know how I feel about Steven Stamkos. I don’t run away from just anyone in the street! Well today is Stammer’s 22nd birthday… as if I needed an excuse to gush. He’s handsome. He’s charming. And he has excellent friends. But I digress. Steven also has the […]
Last night, Patrice Bergeron gave a lesson on how to play like a boss. Granted, he’s always exceptional in my opinion, but last night vs. the Panthers, #37 really was the #1 star of the game. He scored both goals during regulation for the Bruins – this wrister on a sicky no-look pass from Pouliot […]
I want the Tampa Bay Lightning to play better, because they are such a happy crew. Behind-the-scenes from the Tampa Bay Magazine cover story: And there’s adorable video too [link]. The Bolts are 11-13-2, while the cross-state Panthers are killing it and leading the division. That’s right, I said the PANTHERS. Remember when Rob Niedermayer […]
Mike Green didn’t make the trip to Winnipeg with the Caps, but he did take his sprained ankle to the Kid Rock show in DC last night. He wore his only favorite sweater (seriously, he wears this more than Toews wears that suit) and that hat that makes me want to throw snowballs. Money was […]
Thanks for the birthday wishes and to Chuck for the birthday, er… show. Another great birthday show was was last night at the Capitals/Lightning game! Points for all – except the big names. Each team had 10 players on the score sheet, without contributions from Ovi, Backstrom, Green, Semin (until the shootout), Stamkos, St. Louis […]
Someone had a big night last night. Not just goals, but beauties! And a little hows-your-mother with his old pee-wee teammate PK Subban there at the end. Don’t get between Stamkos and the net, kindergarten. Meanwhile, in the Squats Department: Does that say what I think it says – he can squat 450 lbs? Like […]
Last night, we picked up Chuck at the airport and made the trip to Montreal for today’s Lightning vs. Canadiens game (Note: We didn’t. Do you think they’d actually let us into Canada?) . We drove all night (it’s not that far), had poutine for breakfast (win) and lined up hours early for the Bolts […]
Wouldn’t it be great if I could do one of these for every team? Chuck’s in Scotland, Intern Jeff Skinner keeps calling in “hockey” and I am all busy while the Lightning get tan and play cards. (Actually on a work conference call now, and we’re talking about monkeys. Seriously.) Vinny Lecavalier hosted a Celebrity […]
This is old news by now, but things are busy around the WUYS offices with Vespa lessons and all the Swedish we’re learning. Steven 1 and Steven 2 (Yzerman and Stamkos, obvs) did a press conference last week [video] about Stammer’s 5-year contract in which Yzerman said: And Stamkos said: Seriously, Steven Stamkos is the happiest […]
Does this mean we’ve officially made it? Mexican coca colas for everyone! We follow pretty much every NHL team on the twitter in the hopes that someday they’ll follow us back and we’ll feel super popular and emotionally validated as serious hockey bloggers. Phoenix Coyotes were the first to follow us, but have to admit […]