CHOKE-VECHKIN

"Do you think my medal will clash with my Stanley Cup ring?"

I was nervous  – but extremely excited. Russia, historically, usually was a tough opponent and I didn’t want Team Canada to blow their load, excuse the term, on them and have nothing to offer later. But, I couldn’t wait to see the two powerhouses battle it out. I mean, this was suppose to be the gold medal game and instead, the top contenders were holding on for dear life. It was Thunderdome!

Did we get Thunderdome? Nope. What did the Olympic viewing audience view? What most of us viewed from the comforts of our own home, was basically the varsity football team beating up on the kids in the slow class.  You know it’s bad to beat up on the retarded kids, but sometimes you got to smack’em around & show’em who’s boss.

It was great to see Canada put the goal in the net over and over again, but a blow out is never a good time. It was depressing almost. I had the honor of catching the game with my father, Hank, and as an older gentleman, he was bummed that Russian wasn’t the beast that they use to be. Gone are the days where the Russians are the athletic superior and stacked with the best of the best. Back when their female athletes looked just as rough and masculine as the men.

Instead Russia’s team seems to be filled with victims of the Chernobyl disaster & coked up, emaciated male models. Don’t hit too them too hard or they’ll break their frail bones. Even Alexander Ovechkin couldn’t score on Canada. Maybe if he spent more time practicing like a his Capitals teammate, Brooks Laich, he’d be the superstar that he supposedly is.

Who knows, maybe Russia decided to take a year off and focus on Sochi in 2014? It’ll be interesting to see who’s in and who’s out when the Olympics come to their neck of the woods.

With last night’s win against Russia, Canada is now one game away from the gold medal round and we all know they want a rematch against Ryan Miller and Team USA. Who wouldn’t want to see that? Well, maybe Russia and the other losing teams in Olympic hockey tournament – but they should have won those all important games if they wanted their vote to count.

Canada takes on Slovakia Friday night, while the US takes on Finland.

Olympic Hockey Recap: The Nobody Cares About Jarome Iginla Edition

“You like me! You really like me!”

After days of sitting through filler, all eyes are on men’s hockey in Vancouver and no matter how hard NBC tried to keep their viewing audience from watching the games, the viewing audience lucked out and caught a glimpse of what they can hopefully expect during the medal rounds.

Team USA kicked off the day by taking on the delegation from Switzerland. The Swiss team was anchored by Anaheim (Mighty) Duck goalie, Jonas Hiller. Prior to the Olympic break, Hiller posted a record of 5-2  and was having a little more success than Team USA’s goalie, Ryan Miller. The Buffalo Sabre, had recently hit the skids and was struggling as of late. Miller had only one win the month of February. But much like the playoffs, the Olympics are an entirely different.

The US were the first to strike 18:59 into the first period. Robert Ryan, not to be confused with Bobby Ryan of the Anaheim (Mighty) Ducks, scored the unassisted goal on his NHL teammate. The  Cherry Hill Giant will be holding his head a little bit higher today.

Bobby Ryan told reporters after yesterday’s win, “Once I scored, I was able to settle down and come back into my own a little bit.” US General manager, Brian Burke understood her team would be nervous and they had every right to be. “This is the big stage. This is Broadway.”

St. Louis Blue David Backes, scored 6 mins into the 2nd and that was followed up by Tampa Bay’s Ryan Malone’s power play goal half way through the second period. By the end of the 2nd period, the US was ahead 3-1 and were up 22 shots to Switzerland’s 15 shots.

Now, I don’t want to say the US mailed it in and didn’t give their 100% during the 3rd period, but they only had 2 shots on goal. TWO – count’em 1-2 shots on goal. It’s bad enough the US Women’s hockey team did it against Russia, but you’re there to win and you want to be intimidating. Enough of this sportsmanship crap. Kick some ass and show these other countries they can’t mess with the stars & bars. The US takes on Norway next.

The US’s next opponent lost last night to Canada in a shut out. Hometown hero, Roberto Luongo, blocked all 15 shots on goal. But the real star of the night was Jarome Iginla. The man who according to Sean Avery nobody cared about because he was too boring, captivated the crowd the with his hat trick – one of which came on the power play.

Dany Heatley followed up Iginla’s performance with 2 goals, Philadelphia’s Mike Richards(who Doc referred to as Washington Capital, Mike Green – Ouch! Burn!) and Ryan Getzlaf & Corey Perry of the (Mighty) Ducks each scored one. Canada’s #1 son, Sidney Crosby, had three assists for the night. Unlike, the US – Canada didn’t lay down in the 3rd period and led with 42 shots on goal. Canada takes on Switzerland on Thursday.

Finally the Russian Federation or Russia as I like to call them, beat Latvia 8-2. Washington Capital, Alex Ovechkin and AK Bars Kazan(not to be confused with the cinematic gem, Kazaam) Danis Zaripov each scored 2 goals. Evgeni Malkin of the Pittsburg Penguins and Ilya Kovalchuck of the Atlanta Thrasers New Jersey Devils each scored a goal and recorded an assist.  Russia hits the ice next on Thursday and takes on Slovakia in a game we probably won’t be able to see because NBC are ass hats.

If you’re looking to fill your hockey fix today: Finland takes on Belarus, Sweden plays Germany and the Czech Republic takes on Slovakia.

David Koci Is A Douche.

REUNITED & IT FEELS SO GOOD!!!

Guess who’s back with the Caps?

"Who wants to go to my place for a soak in the tub?" - Mike Green

Quiet night at home....

The D in D.C. stands for DEAD SEXY.....AWWW YEAH!

One more….Just one more!

Well, Carrie Underwood didn't make it to Boston last night– so the Bruins won! Yay! The B's got their 50th win last night and are one win away from clinching the conference. The Bruins could clinch tonight without even hitting the ice. If the Sabres beat Washington, the Bruins would be the conference champs. So as much as it might pain some of you to support any sports team from New York, root for Buffalo. Who knows, maybe there will be a sea of black and gold celebrating in the streets of Boston this weekend!

But if the KGB don't choke on a big ol' cup of borscht , the B's have to beat the Rangers. The Rangers are a new team since changing coached and Avery join the team. They're currently in 8th place and the Florida Panthers aren't that far behind. Speaking of Avery and I need this shirt

The Rangers bit the bullet and lost to the Hurricanes last night, while the B's won and extended their winning streak to five games Since I'll be at my best friend's wedding shower most of the morning, consider this post also my preview. I'm saying the B's are going to throw down and will beat the Rangers, 3-2. I'm also predicting AT LEAST 3 fights and maybe, just maybe – a Ference/Avery rematch.

If the B's do clinch, drinks should be on Tim Thomas. According to reports that came out late last night, Thomas signed a multi-year deal with the Bruins worth about $5 million a year. Well, deserved if you ask me – but this new deal leads some fans wondering how is this going to financially affect the negotiations with Phil Kessel, Matt Hunwick & this year's Seventh Player Award winner, David Krejci.

Now if you excuse me, I need to go back to writing about The Swedish….

Picture of obviously a miserable Senators fan c/o Chris from HubHockey.com

Who do you blame for the B’s suckage? Alexander Semin – That’s who!

Wow umm….that was pathetic. I'll give the B's credit – they played well. But would it kill them to score more than one goal? The Coyotes are in last place of the Pacific Division and second to last place in the Western Conference and yet they played better than the B's did last night. Granted, this doesn't mean the Coyotes have a chance to make it to the playoffs – but the B's do and they're pissing all of their hard work away.

So what is wrong with them? Well, they don't know:

“I keep coming back to the same answers and the same games, and I don’t know what’s … going on.”  – Aaron Ward

It's easy to say they're sucking and play the blame game. I can't even go to my stock answer of blame Lil' Nicky Kobasew. Yes, he's an overrated ass ( dare I say – the Trot Nixon of the B's?), but at least he put the B's on the board last night. If I had to pin point one thing that caused the slump – it was the Semin goal in the OT loss to the Capitals last week. The B's had a great chance to win that one and out of nowhere, a 80 foot game winning goal put a stop to the B's winning ways and I think the shock (or embarrassment?) of that goal killed whatever momentum they had going. I mean, they just came off of a 6-0 win over the Ducks and a 6-1 win over the Panthers.

With that, the black and gold need to strap it on and throw the finger to Communism, Alex Semin and their losing ways and beat the piss out of the Blackhawks and the Rangers. But be gentle on Jonathan Toews, he's just adorable and just think of all of the goodness you can lay on Sean Avery on Sunday live on NBC!

One more reason to hate Mondays.

  

Hello boys and girls! It's another snowy day in New England and I'm at work. AhhhhBooo! My commute was 2 hours long and my in-term boss called me while I was on the highway to tell me we have a two hour delay. Thanks, but I'm not about to turn around – when I finally got it in there's already talk about closing early. *rolls eyes* Why did we even come in? Ughhh The office busy body has been roaming around and I can smell her everywhere. You know when some people have a distinct smell – it's not bad or good it's just very distinct. She's roaming and doing nothing. Not that should talk  – but I at least pretend to be working.

This is why I write – because if I didn't, I'd go insane. She's a annoying, completely paranoid and has horrible tits and refuses to wear a bra or a good bra. I really wish I could be better than that and rise above it all, but people like this drive me NUTS!

Anyways, enough about me. Let's talk about this weekend and what happened. The Pats have no QB – Thanks, Cassel. I'm sorry  – but I think it's a bone head move to get rid of him. I understand it's business, but how do you really know Brady is better and is going to have another banner year? What if when he torn his ACL/MCL ruined what talent he had. Let's be honest, Gi Baby hasn't brought him any luck and this crap didn't happen when he was with local gal, Bridget Moynahan. Did B have any connections to Salem and Laurie Cabot? Just saying….

In case you didn't see it, from Saturday's loss to the Capitals….

Tim Thomas should be embarrassed for letting that goal thru on Saturday and that could be the only excuse to why he fled off the ice so quick. It was a bone head move and the B's had a great chance to pull out a win against the Capitals. But NOOOOOOOOOOOO 'The Tank' had to go and screw it up! Thanks, Tim. I know he's save our asses in the past – but we're a matter of points away from being in the playoffs! This isn't the time to slack off. Actually, I blame Manny Fernandez. If he wasn't hurt all of the time and was able to pull his own weight – Thomas wouldn't be so burnt out and probably would have played better. IMO.

The hockey trade deadline isn't that far away and I'm still dead set on anything that send Mark Stuart away. Granted, it's for pure selfish reasons. But fuck you. I'm a girl, I can be dumb occasionally and say stupid bullshit and just blame it on PMS. It's in the Constitution. Speaking of dumb girls, Sean Avery will be placed on waivers today or probably has been by the time this post gets up. *Please be in a Rangers uniform by this weekend*

The KGB Comes To Boston

  FINALLY! It's only been a week, but it seemed like it took forever. The Bruins are back at the Garden tonight and taking on the Washington Capitals. Do I have high hopes for tonight's game? No. But weirder things have happened. The Caps having beaten the B's twice this season in D.C. – but this time last year, they(the Caps) lost to the Montreal Canadiens their first game back from the all star break. So is it wrong to wish their suck-age from last year, haunts them this year?

Speaking of the ASG, am I the only one who thought Ovechkin looked far too comfortable having liquids shot on his face?

As for the Bruins, it seems too good to be true, but Milan Lucic, Andrew Ference and Patrice Bergeron have all been cleared to play tonight. Ference spoke to his #1 fan, Special Ed and the rest of the guys from The Sandbox on FNX this earlier morning and said it's up to the coach and it looks like he liked what he saw from all three players. Bergeron is hitting the ice tonight as a winger(look for Patrice to fill in for Ryder who seems to have the sniffles or whatever vague descriptive ailment Coach Claude Julien feels like giving him today) and Lucic should be back on the first line with one the best players on the Bruins and one of the most overrated players on the Bruins.

Ryder won't the be only one riding the proverbial pine tonight, Manny Fernandez(is anyone shocked really?)is out with "back soreness". Which I believe translated from Julien-speak means typhoid. Manny spent his time off on the Oregon Trailfor those of you who didn't know, unfortunately Zeke wasn't as lucky. So it'll be no surprise to anyone that Tim Thomas will be in the goal tonight and Rask as back up. This just leaves Phil 'Kissing Booth' Kessel left on the DL recovering from mono and Marco Sturm, but he's not coming back anytime soon.

So with the B's getting the band back to get together and the majority of them rested after the ASB, I'm going to predict a B's win tonight 4-2. Hub Hockey & Cornelius Harenbergh should have their predictions up shortly and if you want to check out what the other side are saying, check out Simply Sensational, a great Caps blog. 

 

The Blues hit Boston and hopefully Boston will hit back….

Let's be honest, was anyone shocked that the B's lost to the Capitals? No? Didn't think so. I know we all have this blind faith and homer-like mentality when it comes to the B's, but c'mon. There has to be a team that knocks us down a peg or two all the time. It use to be Montreal and now it's the Capitals. We have our chance at the Garden to show them who's in charge after the All-Star game when the Russians invade Boston on the 27th.

But before they can focus on knocking another tooth out of Ovechkin's mouth, they need to play the last place St. Louis Blues and if they play anything like the last place, Islanders – they're in for quite a fight.
St. Louis is 17-23-4 and has 38 points. Brad Boyes(Remember him? For those of you who don't – he played on the B's back when the Patriots made the play offs, Manny Ramirez was still with the Red Sox and Jesus Shuttlesworth didn't bleed green. ) leads the team in goals, points and pp goals….so he's got that going for him.Nice to see that trade worked out. 

Anyways, I'm going to say the B's are going to win and it'll be easier than a baby coming out of Michelle Dugar. The woman has had 18 kids – her birth canal has to be like the log flume ride at Canobie Lake Park. What…..too much? BTW, it's nice to see that Wideman's hair has gotten better since playing in Boston. What the hell is on his head??

OT: if you're on twitter, like me(twitter.com/cameronfrye  – follow me, bitches) – you can follow Alexander Ovechkin on there too. I'm sure "he" will have a lot to say…..

It was ugly, but it was a win. Bruins beat The Islanders 2-1

Well, lookey here – I was right! The B's won a tough one last night against the New York Islanders. Tim Thomas was mere secondsaway from getting another shut out when a puck deflected off of David Krejci's skate and giving the Islanders one goal for the night. Boo.

Ehh, it's a win. Mini Martin St. Pierre(5'9? Maybe on skates…) scored the game winning goal in the third period, giving the B's the 2-0 lead. Marc Savard got the scoring started in the second period. So why did the B's play so bad last night? Were they still hung over from the win over Montreal? Whatever it is, they need to shake it and fast – Saturday nightthey'll be in our nations capital in unofficial Russian embassy and taking on the Washington Capitals. The Caps just embarrassed the Penguins in Pittsburgh and also knocked Sidney Crosby out for awhile. Like they didn't have enough problems already…

Better them than us.