schubert's first goal
Hoo. Rah.
Because I so rarely go into allyrxntz mode these days, you'll have to indulge
me if I take a little dip into the old dark side and bring out my colour
analysis of tonight's game.
First of all, my heart goes out to the Neil family. Last night, Chris Neil's
mother was driving in bad weather when she was involved in an accident. She
did not survive.
Kudos, however, to Christoph Schubert, Neil's replacement. Although a natural
defenseman, Schubert played left wing tonight, and had a pretty breakaway, and
then scored his first NHL goal on his second try. Very impressive.
The booby award (that I used to give out back in the day when I kept my own
play-by-play) goes to Jason Spezza, who was so keen on scoring that he lost
his footing and had to be caught around the arms by Redden, laughing his ass
off, in order to be congratulated by his teammates.
More kudos go to Alfie, who tried really really hard to be gritty tonight and
almost succeeded, and to Schaefer, who had the chance to be a show-off when he
had the empty net in front of him, and instead took his time going up there,
and only shot at the last moment because he would have looked dumb if he
hadn't.
I was worried about the officiating tonight -- and I had grounds to be
anxious. Marouelli (sp?) seems to be against Ottawa. I'm wondering if he's
not in someone's pocket -- his calls are always one-sided. But he was all
right tonight -- didn't see him much.
Final score: Ottawa 5, Carolina 3.
What else did I do today? Not much. Deciding not to go to school today (I
could get away with it, so why the hell not?), I was instead torn from my cozy
bed at 9 this morning to drive Andy all over hell and begone to pick up his
new XBox 360 (NERD!). Then he set it up while I cleaned his room, in order
not to be set upon by those damned vicious dustbunnies.
Then I went to work at 4 so I'd be home in time for the game, and spent the
two hours my boss was there being irritated by him, much like yesterday.
Alas. He's a pain.
Then I came home. Now I am here. Tada.
Only three more papers to mark before my deadline on Thursday. Then I get
fifty more to do! Yip-frikkin'-pee.
Later.
Posted by Ally at November 22, 2005 09:29 PM