Well, that was embarassing.
off the top:
Oh, baby:
undefeated two years running! What the fuck's a GeeGee?
Best line of the day:
"He ran into my butt." Unfortunately, Smoke also had a collision with Bondra in the first period, and that left Bonzai with a sore neck.
Check out the flex on A-Train's STICK! -->
the score:
The first loss ever in Minnie was a heartbreaker -- for me.
The Wild got a lucky break on an unfortunate 5-on-3 and just carried on from there. Chouinard scored on the two-man advantage and then Wallin scored on the one-man advantage. Minnesota was 3 for 52 on their last fifty-two power plays. So much for that. Daigle -- surprise, surprise -- was a scary force all night, using his speed to get around even the likes of Hossa. Not a good thing.
Hossa did have a good game, however, scoring on the power play after a slashing call drawn by Vanner. Old Shaunie had a nifty tussle, too. No punches were thrown, but he ended up on top. Neil dusted off his knuckles as well, cleanly winning a fight that left both participants bloody. At the end, as he was headed towards the dressing room, he performed his trademark crowd-rousing gesture -- but he aimed it at his team.
Things that make me nervous: seeing Havlat limp to the dressing room before the end of the first, and proceed to wince every time he sits on the bench from then on. Better not be a groin injury. If he goes the way of Hasek, we're screwed.
Other boys who had a good game would be Pothier and Phillips, who were both seen to be single-handedly fending off two forwards at separate points in the game. Phillips fell through later, however, on the first Gaborik goal, as Marian totally out-waited him and potted it. Pothier, on the other hand, had some beautifully powerful offensive chances with Langfeld, but was unfortunately unsuccessful. Smolinski scored his first goal in seven games, but his young protogee is still scoreless, now in sixteen games. Chara showed that his shot is still clocked at around 100 km/h, when he felled Henry with a bullet from the point. I don't think Henry is coming back to play for the Wild any time soon.
On the second Gaborik goal, it was just an issue of Patty not being tall enough. You'd think 6'3" was a reasonable height, but I guess we all have to be Zdeno Charas in this league. The distance between Lalime's outstretched toe and the post was about six inches, so that would probably have covered it.
Question to theologists and Catholics everywhere: does hockey have a patron saint? We
need one.
off the ice:
My father is crazy. If you'll remember, it was he who gave me that ridiculous Sens rug for my room. He's topped himself, however. Whilst looking around in a bedding store one day, close to my birthday, he spied a treasure, which he subsequently purchased for me and presented to me the day I got back from Providence. It's a Senators BEACH TOWEL. It's bright red, and features a full-sized hockey player on the front. This anonymous player bears a remarkable resemblance to
Jarome Iginla. I'm not sure how I feel about lying down on this thing . . .
in other news:
So, the midterm wasn't as hellish as I'd predicted. I only had to do a semi-rectal pluck for one of the questions, and I'll get part marks for it. Two classes I'm taking this year have decided to give us TWO midterms plus a final. What's with that? I checked my exam schedule. It was only posted for three classes, which tells me that the other two are take-homes. In a way, that's good, but in another, more accurate way, it's really not. The two takehome midterms I did for these classes kicked my brain's ass. Shite [that's the Jersey girl in me talking -- and that's the ISLE of Jersey, btw . . .].
Oh, the comic strip . . . It's due Thursday night. I've got the plot done, and the rough worked out. I just have five more to draw, and then comes the part where I tidy it up and colour inside the lines. Then I have to bind it. I'm praying against all hope that I can get this done by tomorrow night. I don't want to have to miss *another* one of my classes in order to catch up in this one . . .
Posted by Ally at March 16, 2004 12:00 AM