OH YEAH BABY.
Now that's what I like to see. At the end of the Eastern Canadian swing of the Ducks' road trip, the Ducks play a great great game in the, as we are constantly reminded, historical home of the Montreal Canadiens. (All I can think of when I hear that team name is Dan and Casey on Sports Night) We started out strong, 2-0 in the first six minutes, and then slipped on the PP again. Once again, the third and fourth lines came out like gangbusters, another goal for Kent Huskins, another assist for Big George. I love seeing him racking up the points, proving he's not just another piece of muscle. Second goal of the game? Ryan Getzlaf, assist from Corey Perry. Two games in a row with points from the people who are supposed to be scoring points for our team! Yay! Of course, then the Habs scored twice and took us into the first intermission tied at 2. And we started so well... The biggest shock for me in this period was when Corey Perry (?!) got into a fight. And won it. WHAT?! Since when does Perrs take five for fighting and Parros not? Since tonight in Montreal, apparently.
The Habs opened up the second period scoring (pause for the author to make gagging noises and ugly faces), but that 3-2 lead didn't last long because along came... Corey Perry! Yes, a Gordie Howe Hat Trick for the right winger with a talent for instigating. I love my boy... After that, the period is all about Anaheim, both in the back of the Habs net and, unfortunately, often in the penalty box. I'm not sure how Perrs's diving call came about, I swear the Habs player actually got him. One of the Habs ended up in the goal crease behind Carey Price (who was switched in for Jaroslav Halak after the Perrs goal) and put his hand down on the puck, stopping a second Perrs goal, and Perrs took a penalty shot. And missed. Oops. Doesn't matter though, because we finished out the period up 5-3, thanks to a Kunitz goal and an absolutely lovely short-handed rush goal from Travis Moen. Even my mom though it was a beautiful play. He slid between two Habs, grabbed the puck and just flew down the ice to bury it in the net. That's the way, uh-huh uh-huh, I like it.
Third period meant... Time for another Anaheim goal! On the power play, Anaheim crashed the net and Teemu Selanne put it away. You could just feel the crowd at Bell Centre go still. 6-3 Ducks. And these are the Habs who are a favourite Cup contender? I don't think so. They managed one more in a fairly uneventful third, mainly marked by the Habs getting frustrated and the refs letting them play. But at the end, 6-4 Ducks. Giggy stopped 47 shots, Scotty Niedermayer played almost 28 minutes, and the season is looking just a little brighter from this part of the hockey world...
Saturday, October 25, 2008
Thursday, October 9, 2008
Season Opener: Ducks v. Sharks @ HP Pavilion, 10/9/08
It's a new season, yay!
So... Thoughts so far:
LEAFS BEAT WINGS! YAY! Take that Wings.
Not loving PrimeTicket's new game animations, the scores are not so easy to read. Bah.
I do like the Ducks Quest for the Cup comic book style game opener. It's funny.
I approve of being nearly halfway through period one with no Ducks penalties, but we're not doing so well in the shooting/scoring place in the world and I really think we gotta work on that. Corey Perry, my hopes for the season rest on you. You killed in the preseason, keep it up, man.
Elsewhere in the NHL, we wonder where the Bruins defense went. I mean seriously, the Avs got 20 SOG in the first? Dude. Step it up, guys.
Joe DiPenta is playing in Sweden? Weird.
Jeremy Roenick is earning my displeasure. Stop hittin' m'boys, Roenick, or we'll send Parros after you and then you will be flat.
HAH. Sharks take the first penalty. Now we get to see if Ducks have stepped it up on the special teams. I don't wanna see what we saw last year. C'mon, are we the hockey Clampetts?
Guys, there are four of you who are not Corey Perry, someone clear a path for Perrs. The man is a better sniper than you, help him out.
Top of the second. Why does Chris Pronger have a playoff beard already?
Apparently, because he needs it. Sharks first blood. Jonathan Cheechoo, you're on notice.
Followed by two Ducks penalties in a row. GUYS, THIS IS NOT GOOD. DO YOU WANT TO LOSE?
Oh, fuckalle. 2-0 Ducks. You boys better freaking step it up.
And ANOTHER penalty. I'm gonna come down there, guys. Haven't we talked about this penalty thing? This is why my dad says you're thugs.
And it took nearly five minutes for NHL.com to catch those two points. It registers the goals, but not the points. Well done, NHL.com. Your GameCenter is FAIL.
I feel like the Ducks have given up. I'm not feeling good about this. Two absolutely All-Star PP units and we can't score, we can't even keep it in the zone? I am appalled. This is not how we start a Cup run.
*BLEEP BLEEP BLEEP* 4th Duck penalty of the period. Bump that noise...
FOR REAL. LESS THAN TWO MINUTES LATER AND WE'RE ON THE PK AGAIN. *BEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEP*
Minute 4 of Period 3, Ducks penalty. Holding, tripping, hooking... Either we're sucking royal, or the refs hate our breathing guts.
3-0. I'm losing all faith.
I'm thinking 'WE SCORE! FINALLY WE SCORE!' And two minutes later... they score again. 4-1 Sharks, 3:54 left in the 3rd. Buggeralle this for a larke.
FINAL: 4-1 Sharks. NOT GOOD, BOYS.
So... Thoughts so far:
LEAFS BEAT WINGS! YAY! Take that Wings.
Not loving PrimeTicket's new game animations, the scores are not so easy to read. Bah.
I do like the Ducks Quest for the Cup comic book style game opener. It's funny.
I approve of being nearly halfway through period one with no Ducks penalties, but we're not doing so well in the shooting/scoring place in the world and I really think we gotta work on that. Corey Perry, my hopes for the season rest on you. You killed in the preseason, keep it up, man.
Elsewhere in the NHL, we wonder where the Bruins defense went. I mean seriously, the Avs got 20 SOG in the first? Dude. Step it up, guys.
Joe DiPenta is playing in Sweden? Weird.
Jeremy Roenick is earning my displeasure. Stop hittin' m'boys, Roenick, or we'll send Parros after you and then you will be flat.
HAH. Sharks take the first penalty. Now we get to see if Ducks have stepped it up on the special teams. I don't wanna see what we saw last year. C'mon, are we the hockey Clampetts?
Guys, there are four of you who are not Corey Perry, someone clear a path for Perrs. The man is a better sniper than you, help him out.
Top of the second. Why does Chris Pronger have a playoff beard already?
Apparently, because he needs it. Sharks first blood. Jonathan Cheechoo, you're on notice.
Followed by two Ducks penalties in a row. GUYS, THIS IS NOT GOOD. DO YOU WANT TO LOSE?
Oh, fuckalle. 2-0 Ducks. You boys better freaking step it up.
And ANOTHER penalty. I'm gonna come down there, guys. Haven't we talked about this penalty thing? This is why my dad says you're thugs.
And it took nearly five minutes for NHL.com to catch those two points. It registers the goals, but not the points. Well done, NHL.com. Your GameCenter is FAIL.
I feel like the Ducks have given up. I'm not feeling good about this. Two absolutely All-Star PP units and we can't score, we can't even keep it in the zone? I am appalled. This is not how we start a Cup run.
*BLEEP BLEEP BLEEP* 4th Duck penalty of the period. Bump that noise...
FOR REAL. LESS THAN TWO MINUTES LATER AND WE'RE ON THE PK AGAIN. *BEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEP*
Minute 4 of Period 3, Ducks penalty. Holding, tripping, hooking... Either we're sucking royal, or the refs hate our breathing guts.
3-0. I'm losing all faith.
I'm thinking 'WE SCORE! FINALLY WE SCORE!' And two minutes later... they score again. 4-1 Sharks, 3:54 left in the 3rd. Buggeralle this for a larke.
FINAL: 4-1 Sharks. NOT GOOD, BOYS.
Wednesday, December 19, 2007
Okay, I suck at regular update, but I just kind of had to pop in and say a few things.
1) Andy McDonald, you will seriously be missed. Really, I miss you already.
2) Scotty, welcome home. Missed you like crazy.
3) Tonight's Ducks-Sharks game was AWESOME. The crosspass between Beauchemin and Weight, the spinning pass from Scotty, the incredible Giggy saves, the lack of excessive Duck penalties, Parros being a better man than frakkin' Nabokov and walking away after an obvious slash that the refs took an extra two minutes to CALL. I loved every second. Dude, we should obviously play the Sharks a lot more, it makes us really PLAY. Kudos to Corey Perry for his beautiful first goal of the game and Bobby Ryan for his second goal in as many games. I expect great things from this kid.
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Now playing: Robin Williams - Batty Rap
via FoxyTunes
1) Andy McDonald, you will seriously be missed. Really, I miss you already.
2) Scotty, welcome home. Missed you like crazy.
3) Tonight's Ducks-Sharks game was AWESOME. The crosspass between Beauchemin and Weight, the spinning pass from Scotty, the incredible Giggy saves, the lack of excessive Duck penalties, Parros being a better man than frakkin' Nabokov and walking away after an obvious slash that the refs took an extra two minutes to CALL. I loved every second. Dude, we should obviously play the Sharks a lot more, it makes us really PLAY. Kudos to Corey Perry for his beautiful first goal of the game and Bobby Ryan for his second goal in as many games. I expect great things from this kid.
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Now playing: Robin Williams - Batty Rap
via FoxyTunes
Sunday, October 28, 2007
Ducks/Oilers, 10/28/07, the Hond
Here we go. Ducks Home Game 7, following a completely inexplicable loss to Phoenix. (Okay, not completely inexplicable. Alexander Auld. There, I explained it) I am saddened that the game is preceded on FSN Prime by a local golf tournament. Not even PGA. Local. Oy. But that's okay, cause it's Duck time. Apparently the big story this game is going to be DUSTIN PENNER returns to Anaheim. OMG. Aww...
Period One:
The starting lineup:
Giggy, Hnidy, Parros, Marchant, May, and Beauchemin.
They're playing goons, this is gonna be a messy one. Yay! If they say "former Duck Dustin Penner" every time, I may scream. No, we're gonna talk more about Penner's new salary than the ACTUAL HOCKEY.
16:26 Garon...decides to take a holiday out of the net. Dude. Maintain your post.
15:07 Ducks pass so much better than Oilers. Seriously, dudes, you're supposed to pass the puck to each other, not the boards. Well done, Oilers.
14:06 Miller and a pair of Oilers forget they're playing hockey and try for soccer instead. Whoops. Use your sticks, not your skates, boys.
13:11 Ducks go on the power play as Joe DiPenta abruptly sits on the ice for no apparent reason.
11:54 Power play unit NOT LOOKING GOOD. Skating past the puck does not a goal make. And Sammy Pahlsson hits the bars. Which has been the story of late for Ducks...
9:50 Beauchemin goes down for slashing. Damn it, men! Kill the penalty!
8:50 Beauchemin is really Wirttinan. Bad announcers, no biscuit.
7:45 Oilers #19 Marty Reasoner, wild swinging of the stick at Ducks will not acquire you the puck.
Chris Pronger fails at drinking water out of a bottle, hits nose instead. Ladies and Gentlemen, your Duck captain.
7:19 Hemsky scores on a one-timer. 0-1 Oilers.
6:10 Edmonton player spends about 20 seconds standing behind the net with the puck. Not going anywhere. The crowd is understandably peeved.
5:25 Garon lies on his stomach on the ice. The puck is not under him. Oops.
3:10 BOOOO!!! Giggy gets hit behind the net, loses his helmet in a hit with Raffi Torres. BOOOOO!!!
2:45 Corey Perry on the forecheck. Well done.
2:00 Jason King is hipchecked onto his face. No penalty. Call something refs!
48 sec Pahlsson takes a hooking penalty, even though the Oiler was halfway down when the stick got near him. Damn it, refs, not like that!
END OF PERIOD ONE
Period Two:
20:00 Still 1:11 left in the Pahlsson penalty.
18:59 Sean O'Donell cross checks an Oiler into Giggy. Bad plan, New penalty.
14:50 Parros checks hard, no penalty. Well done.
8:09 CHRIS KUNITZ SCORES ON AN ASSIT FROM COREY PERRY!!! BOOYAH!!!
6:36 All I'm hearing off the ice is "GOGOGOGOGOGOGOGO!!!". It's kinda funny actually.
00:00 Ducks are all momentum. Oilers are all worn out.
END PERIOD TWO
PERIOD THREE:
18:24 The name I've heard more than any other this game is Dustin Penner. You'd swear he was everyone's favourite.
17:58 Hooking penalty, Ducks. The announcers tell me that there are retired LAPD officers working security between the GM booths tonight to keep Burke and the Oiler GM from starting anything. Ooookaaaay, dudes.
16:45 This PP is so dull, FSN forgets to put the penalty graphic under the clock. Whoops. PK very successful.
16:00 GEEBUZ. Sam Gagner had the puck behind Giggy. It didn't actually go in. Phew.
14:29 Basically the same thing happens at the other end of the ice. The hell?'
13:21 Instead of hockey, we get lots of film of George Parros and his pornstache. I don't object.
12:10 Corey Perry with the score!!!! Corey Perry, you're my favourite little weaselly mobster hockey player...Beautiful pass from Andy McD, very well done.
10:39 Zach Stortini slams Parros against the boards, looking for a fight. Parros laughs in his face and refuses to drop his gloves. Stortini goes to the box. Parros goes on the ice.
6:03 Hand pass. Whoops.
5:17 Puck lands on top of Ducks goal. No one can find it. Oops.
2:55 Staios in the box. Come on DUCKS!!!
1:27 Edmonton scores. Damn damn damn.
00:00 Still tied, into overtime. Damn damn damn.
OT:
NO ONE IS SCORING DAMNIT. I HATE SHOOTOUTS.
SHOOTOUT:
Perry: No.
Gagner: Yes.
Kunitz: No.
Oiler: Yes.
Ducks lose.
Giggy is not pleased. He smashed his stick into the goal. Bastard Oilers. End game.
Period One:
The starting lineup:
Giggy, Hnidy, Parros, Marchant, May, and Beauchemin.
They're playing goons, this is gonna be a messy one. Yay! If they say "former Duck Dustin Penner" every time, I may scream. No, we're gonna talk more about Penner's new salary than the ACTUAL HOCKEY.
16:26 Garon...decides to take a holiday out of the net. Dude. Maintain your post.
15:07 Ducks pass so much better than Oilers. Seriously, dudes, you're supposed to pass the puck to each other, not the boards. Well done, Oilers.
14:06 Miller and a pair of Oilers forget they're playing hockey and try for soccer instead. Whoops. Use your sticks, not your skates, boys.
13:11 Ducks go on the power play as Joe DiPenta abruptly sits on the ice for no apparent reason.
11:54 Power play unit NOT LOOKING GOOD. Skating past the puck does not a goal make. And Sammy Pahlsson hits the bars. Which has been the story of late for Ducks...
9:50 Beauchemin goes down for slashing. Damn it, men! Kill the penalty!
8:50 Beauchemin is really Wirttinan. Bad announcers, no biscuit.
7:45 Oilers #19 Marty Reasoner, wild swinging of the stick at Ducks will not acquire you the puck.
Chris Pronger fails at drinking water out of a bottle, hits nose instead. Ladies and Gentlemen, your Duck captain.
7:19 Hemsky scores on a one-timer. 0-1 Oilers.
6:10 Edmonton player spends about 20 seconds standing behind the net with the puck. Not going anywhere. The crowd is understandably peeved.
5:25 Garon lies on his stomach on the ice. The puck is not under him. Oops.
3:10 BOOOO!!! Giggy gets hit behind the net, loses his helmet in a hit with Raffi Torres. BOOOOO!!!
2:45 Corey Perry on the forecheck. Well done.
2:00 Jason King is hipchecked onto his face. No penalty. Call something refs!
48 sec Pahlsson takes a hooking penalty, even though the Oiler was halfway down when the stick got near him. Damn it, refs, not like that!
END OF PERIOD ONE
Period Two:
20:00 Still 1:11 left in the Pahlsson penalty.
18:59 Sean O'Donell cross checks an Oiler into Giggy. Bad plan, New penalty.
14:50 Parros checks hard, no penalty. Well done.
8:09 CHRIS KUNITZ SCORES ON AN ASSIT FROM COREY PERRY!!! BOOYAH!!!
6:36 All I'm hearing off the ice is "GOGOGOGOGOGOGOGO!!!". It's kinda funny actually.
00:00 Ducks are all momentum. Oilers are all worn out.
END PERIOD TWO
PERIOD THREE:
18:24 The name I've heard more than any other this game is Dustin Penner. You'd swear he was everyone's favourite.
17:58 Hooking penalty, Ducks. The announcers tell me that there are retired LAPD officers working security between the GM booths tonight to keep Burke and the Oiler GM from starting anything. Ooookaaaay, dudes.
16:45 This PP is so dull, FSN forgets to put the penalty graphic under the clock. Whoops. PK very successful.
16:00 GEEBUZ. Sam Gagner had the puck behind Giggy. It didn't actually go in. Phew.
14:29 Basically the same thing happens at the other end of the ice. The hell?'
13:21 Instead of hockey, we get lots of film of George Parros and his pornstache. I don't object.
12:10 Corey Perry with the score!!!! Corey Perry, you're my favourite little weaselly mobster hockey player...Beautiful pass from Andy McD, very well done.
10:39 Zach Stortini slams Parros against the boards, looking for a fight. Parros laughs in his face and refuses to drop his gloves. Stortini goes to the box. Parros goes on the ice.
6:03 Hand pass. Whoops.
5:17 Puck lands on top of Ducks goal. No one can find it. Oops.
2:55 Staios in the box. Come on DUCKS!!!
1:27 Edmonton scores. Damn damn damn.
00:00 Still tied, into overtime. Damn damn damn.
OT:
NO ONE IS SCORING DAMNIT. I HATE SHOOTOUTS.
SHOOTOUT:
Perry: No.
Gagner: Yes.
Kunitz: No.
Oiler: Yes.
Ducks lose.
Giggy is not pleased. He smashed his stick into the goal. Bastard Oilers. End game.
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