The Blackhawks lost in regulation last night. It was the first time this (abortion of a shortened) season. Congrats to the ‘Hawks on a great run.
Now can the Bruins go on a 20-30 game point streak of their own? They play Philly in about an hour.
‘Grats to the Blackhawks.
Go Bruins!
I just realized something…
If I can’t embed video…
I can’t post NHL highlights…
Oh no!
Does the embed tag work?
Does just posting the link work the way it does with youtube videos?
http://video.nhl.com/videocenter/console?hlg=20122013,2,303
No! Neither way worked!
I want to share the three Bruins goals because they were all worthy of highlight films (the Tampa Bay goals were too, but who cares)… But I don’t think I can!
The horror!
youtube has highlights galor from last night’s Penguins vs Canadiens game, but that was a nationally televised game. Oh, and thanks for beating the Habs, Pens. We appreciate it.
There is a huge game tonight for the Bruins as they face the Canadiens. There’s not to much at stake, just first place in the Northeast division and the Eastern Conference. That’s all.
Go Bruins!
Screw you, WordPress.com!
The Bruins beat the Senators tonight 2-1 in overtime. The first Bruins goal was the cheapest goal I’d seen in ages. The Ottawa goal was even cheaper. Then in OT, Bergeron trickled the puck onto, but not over, the goal line. Ottawa’s goalie took off his blocker, reached for the puck with his bare hand, and instead of grabbing it, he knocked it an inch or two over the line before scooping it up. Bruins win.
Three goals.
Three impossibly cheap goals.
You’d think it was a full moon or something. Is it a full moon? No, it’s not a full moon. The game just made tonight feel like one.
Go Bruins!
I haven’t posted about hockey in a while… here’s a random thought.
The NHL will never earn my forgiveness for this season’s lock out. They will never earn my forgiveness for the other two lock outs either.
There is, however, exactly one way in which the NHL can calm me down. Exactly one way that they can get me to step down from my furious little soap box (that no one ever notices) and get me to blend back into the crowd.
How can they do that? Simple. The Boston Bruins have to consistently kick the bloody hell out of every other team in the league. If that happens, I’ll relax and be distracted from my hatred and raving madness.
So far, so good.
The Bruins have played the fewest games in the Eastern Conference (thank you, blizzard) and have the second most points. They have played 10 games and earned 17 points. Do the math, kids. They are three points away from perfection. They have only lost twice, and once was in overtime. That is a team that is doing a pretty decent job of taking my mind off my anger.
Let’s note that Chicago has a better winning percentage right now, but frankly the Blackhawks have not had to play the Bruins, and I would definitely bet on my home town team in a head to head match up. The Hawks are awesome right now, but they ain’t no Bruins.
The Big surprise for me has been the goaltending. Khudobin is going to be a question mark all year just for his lack of experience. Rask is different. Tuukka has been the Bruins #1 goalie in the past and he’s been amazing at times, but he’s also blown a playoff series after taking a 3-0 lead. I really don’t think anything short of a Tim Thomas-esque Stanley Cup championship performance is ever going to make me have faith in Tuukka after that Philly debacle. Having said that, Rask is playing like he’s possessed. Given the abortion of a shortened season (see? I’m still pissed after all) could he stay this hot right through the end? It’s doubtful, but I don’t think it’s impossible.
Go Bruins!
There are reports on Twitter that the Bruins have traded Tim Thomas to the Islanders for a conditional draft pick.
Hey Tim, thanks for that Stanley Cup and all, and I’m sure eventually we will remember you as a Boston Sports Hero, but for now…
Don’t let the door hit you on the ass on the way out.
Hehe, the Islanders. Hehe.
Nothing much new to report. Last night I mentioned finishing one of the unfinished song project thingies and coming up with a possible guitar/vocal only song. That was about it for yesterday.
Beyond that, I did something very unusual for me. This morning before work I wrote and recorded lyrics and melodies for two verses of one of the songs I posted yesterday. Normally I take a day off from work and crank out all of the horrible lyrics and horribler vocals in one day. Telecommuting gives me an hour and a half or so worth of home-alone-before-work time on Thursdays. I only worked for about 20 minutes, but it’s a start.
Still thinking positive.
Oh, and the Bruins beat the Canadiens last night 2-1. Seguin tied it a few seconds into the third period just as I was posting last night, and then shortly after the B’s took the lead for good. I do so love beating the Canadiens.
I spent a few minutes recording tonight. I finished one of the two unfinished song idea projects including the rhythm guitar parts. I also snuck in a new song project that I think will end up being a guitar and voice only kinda song.
I should be sitting here right now trying to come up with another idea or two, but the Bruins are playing the Canadiens. We are down 1-0 after two periods. They are about to drop the puck on the third. How can I not listen to the rest of the game?
Game on!
Go Bruins!
Tyler Seguin scores to tie the game 14 seconds into the third period! No way I’m working on music now!
You all think I’m kidding, but Patches really does love watching Boston Bruins hockey.
I have to hurry up and finish Derek Sanderson’s book.
Terry Francona and Dan “Big Bird” Shaughnessy have written a book giving lots of behind the scenes dirt on the Boston Red Sox during Francona’s tenure as manager. This is just the sort of thing that a psychotic Sox fan like me needs to read. Likewise it’s the kind of thing that non obsessed sports fans would look at and think, who gives a rats ass.
Sanderson’s book has been fun. By fun I mean fun in the way that hearing reformed alcoholics telling stories of drunken debauchery from their drinking days is fun. In other words, the stories are often really funny, but the subtext is kind of sad. Reading about him driving down the walkway in the middle of Comm Ave in Boston in an attempt to make it to Logan Airport on time, and then, despite being completely blitzed, getting a police escort into the airport, is one seriously funny story, but knowing what it was costing him is sort of painful. One thing the book is doing is making me want to read the soon to be released Bobby Orr autobiography. Sanderson gives the impression that the ’70 and ’72 Cup winning teams were more or less the result of Bobby Orr’s will alone. Bobby wasn’t the captain, but his word was law. He was King both on and off the ice.
The other thing that trying to rush through the rest of the book is doing is making my eyes tired. I’m basically seeing double as I try to type this. I need a nap.
Patches is pleased to see former Lowell Lock Monster, Keith “midget” Aucoin pot a goal for the Islanders. However, she was cheesed off that he scored it off the Bruins
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