Sharks Gameday: Fire Works in the Desert

by Conico do Mayo Miracle on Dec 31, 2009 1:00 AM PST in Gamedays Comment 115 comments

	@ 4:00 PST
25-8-7, 57 points		25-13-3, 53 points
1st in Western Conference		4th in Western Conference

Television	CSN-CA (HD)
Radio	98.5 KFOX, Sjsharks.com
Antagonists	Five For Howling

After making franchise history with 2 penalty shot goals in the same game (first time since Feb. 11, 1982), as well as temporarily taking back the top spot in the West, the Sharks journey to Glendale for their third back-to-back home-and-away of the season, against the surprising 6th-best team in the NHL.

Here are some bullet points to digest pre-game, pre-end-of-the-(faux)-decade... because you'll need something to help soak up all that alcohol.

The Phoenix Coyotes have won 10 straight at home - a franchise record, including the years in Lose-ipeg - while the Sharks have won 6 straight. Obviously something's got to give.
The Phoenix metropolitan area has started to take notice of the Yotes' success - attendance skyrocketed after Christmas (the difference a holiday will make - I was in Glendale on Dec. 23rd, and it was a fucking ghost town, apologies to OdinMercer). Fortunately for the Sharks, butts in the seats are to their advantage.
The Sharks' record against the Coyotes is 1-1-1, including a shootout loss after a scoreless game. The one regulation loss featured Thomas Greiss in net.
The Sharks' season record for the second game of back-to-backs = 3-1-2. The record for away games in home-away back-to-backs = 1-1-0. The one regulation loss? In Glendale, naturally.
Assuming Ilya Bryzgalov is in goal for Phoenix, it will be an Olympic matchup no matter who San Jose puts in net. If it's Evgeni Nabokov, expect the eyes of Team Russia to be on this game, as they still need to pick their starter.
Speaking of Bryzgalov, whatabeast.
Dave Tippett's record against the Sharks = 25-13-6... to say nothing of the playoffs.
The Sharks' record when HTML scores a goal = 22-4-5, or 25-6-6 when they notch any type of point (it's worth noting that every Sharks victory has featured a point from H,T, or M). The Sharks' record when HTML is kept goal-less = 3-4-2.
One of the 4 regulation losses in which HTML scored happened to be against Phoenix.
The three-year anniversary of Coyote Ugly - never forget.

Conico's New Year resolution? Be less pessimistic, by drinking more.

Accordingly, Sharks win 3-2 with at least one goal from HTML, and go on to win a Stanley Cup some time before 2020.

Happy New Decade, DON'T drink and drive [warning - graphic image], and GO SHARKS.

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GO SHARKS!

Let’s end this year on a high note and celebrate with a WIN!!

Ever get the feeling we are on a collision course with reality? (boycott Hollywood!)

by ang6666 on Dec 31, 2009 1:37 AM PST reply actions 0 recs

3 year anniversary of Coyote Ugly

you seemed to have forgotten a year.

Proud member of the "Don't Trade Marleau" Club

by jwizzle241 on Dec 31, 2009 1:51 AM PST reply actions 0 recs

You are correct

I will fix this now.

Fear the Fin: "I'm gonna fuckin' kill you, lake!" - ZeroIndulgence, 11/15/09 in Chicago

by Conico do Mayo Miracle on Dec 31, 2009 9:18 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs

You would have to remind me of that one...

I was at that game, took the whole family. We ran into DW on the club level with the Sharks Dads pre-game, and he took time to talk to my boys and take a picture with my wife (who was wearing a vintage DW sweater at the time.) His parting shot to us (remember, they had lost to the Coyotes and Ducks the previous two games) was “we will play better tonight, and we will win.”

Uhhh, Doug—-remind me not to ask you for more predictions. Ever.

There was one other bizarre happening that night. A puck got shot up into the netting, and they went to a TV break. The nets there are kind of loose, so pucks often go into the crowd. But that one went back on the ice and was sitting tucked up under back of the the goal, in play. They never noticed it and dropped the puck anyway. Play went on for a minute or so in that end, until a linesman finally decided to check out why all of Section 107 was screaming, pointing and banging on the glass and scooped it up.

by bison on Dec 31, 2009 2:35 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs

LET'S GO SHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAARRRRRRRRRKS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

When you said graphic image, you weren’t kidding………guh, I don’t want breakfast now.

I'm warning you! I have ADHD and I know how to use it!!!

by Diamondback15 on Dec 31, 2009 7:28 AM PST reply actions 0 recs

Be glad I went with this one

I failed to dig successfully through my email folder for one that featured a Brazilian duo whose faces were literally cut off. Not their heads – just their faces. One of the faces ended up in its owner’s lap, while the other landed on the ground outside the car door, looking up as if to say, “WTF just happened?”

Vomit city.

Fear the Fin: "I'm gonna fuckin' kill you, lake!" - ZeroIndulgence, 11/15/09 in Chicago

by Conico do Mayo Miracle on Dec 31, 2009 1:37 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs

Here it is

Only look / share if it will prevent you or someone you know from driving drunk… it’s worse than the one I posted above. (graphic content)

Fear the Fin: "I'm gonna fuckin' kill you, lake!" - ZeroIndulgence, 11/15/09 in Chicago

by Conico do Mayo Miracle on Dec 31, 2009 1:46 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs

crunchy

by Evilducks on Dec 31, 2009 1:57 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs

not looking, no sir

but I do have a funny story about a dude who got his face partially cut off (he lived and was fine afaik) remind me to tell it to you some time.

resident cartoonist @CouchTarts Lightning is seven times as hot as the surface of the sun.
That’s still not as hot as Douglas Murray. -mymclife

by CTGray on Dec 31, 2009 1:58 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs

you can put up as many pics as there are out there, still won’t stop stupidity from driving drunk … (shrugs)

Ever get the feeling we are on a collision course with reality? (boycott Hollywood!)

by ang6666 on Dec 31, 2009 1:59 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs

I still have disgustingly visceral memories of Red Asphalt 1-4 from Drivers Ed. That was enough of a deterrent for me. The minute I saw someone’s brains pouring, literally POURING out of their head as they were being peeled off the road I swore to never to drive drunk. Period.

resident cartoonist @CouchTarts Lightning is seven times as hot as the surface of the sun.
That’s still not as hot as Douglas Murray. -mymclife

by CTGray on Dec 31, 2009 2:05 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs

Blech

Fear the Fin: "I'm gonna fuckin' kill you, lake!" - ZeroIndulgence, 11/15/09 in Chicago

by Conico do Mayo Miracle on Dec 31, 2009 2:11 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs

I’ve decided never to drive drunk when this guy I knew was killed by a drunk driver in freshman year. And after all those CSI episodes where it turns out the victim was killed by a drunk driver.

It also helps that I’ve decided not to drink until I’m 21, and so I’m on permanent designated driver/friend duty for my friends until then. I’m fine with it, because I’d rather have to carry or drive someone home than see them ruin their lives.

"I think I realized after the second or third punch, I should have taken his helmet off sooner." - Ryane Clowe
Proud member of the "Re-Sign Marleau" Club
Fools and Sages

by mymclife on Dec 31, 2009 2:31 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs

So, all of the people driving sober get killed? I need to drink more.

by Evilducks on Dec 31, 2009 2:33 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs

Actually, he wasn’t even driving. He was crossing the street (Almaden Expressway) at a crosswalk when the driver ran the red light at 70mph, hit him, and killed him.

"I think I realized after the second or third punch, I should have taken his helmet off sooner." - Ryane Clowe
Proud member of the "Re-Sign Marleau" Club
Fools and Sages

by mymclife on Dec 31, 2009 2:40 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs

Ah, I remember this

It happened right around the time I was student teaching at Leland. Very very sad. Hit and run, if I remember correctly.

Fear the Fin: "I'm gonna fuckin' kill you, lake!" - ZeroIndulgence, 11/15/09 in Chicago

by Conico do Mayo Miracle on Dec 31, 2009 2:50 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs

Yeah, and since he went to Bret Harte, a lot of my classmates were close friends with him. Lots of crying that day.

"I think I realized after the second or third punch, I should have taken his helmet off sooner." - Ryane Clowe
Proud member of the "Re-Sign Marleau" Club
Fools and Sages

by mymclife on Dec 31, 2009 2:56 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs

Reminds me of the Attias incedent when I was at UCSB

Hit 5 kids and 9 cars before he came to a stop.

I was about a block away walking to a party.

by Evilducks on Dec 31, 2009 3:18 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs

I've been hit by drunk drivers 3 times...

Once while driving a marked squad car. Once at 4 in the afternoon (on St. Patty’s Day). The third at 7AM by a college kid after an all-night bender.

But the best was when I was almost hit on foot while doing crowd control as a high-rise downtown building was burning. The guy drove on the sidewalk to pass two sets of barricades, ran over several fire hoses and was coming right at me. I jumped out of the way, and the guy finally stops (with ~10 people pounding on his car) under a ladder truck with firefighters on the ladder actually fighting the fire, water from hoses spraying everywhere, lights, sirens and asks “is something going on here?”

I don’t go out much on nights like these, or if there’s alcohol and driving involved.

by bison on Dec 31, 2009 2:47 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs

Aye carumba

That’s amazing and horrible all at once. You still on the force?

Fear the Fin: "I'm gonna fuckin' kill you, lake!" - ZeroIndulgence, 11/15/09 in Chicago

by Conico do Mayo Miracle on Dec 31, 2009 2:51 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs

Oh, nooo....

Got out of that line of work 15 years ago. The sleepy Midwestern town I worked as a cop put in a Mitsubishi car factory, and things changed—drugs, gangs, violent crime.

by bison on Dec 31, 2009 2:56 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs

still into cuffs tho? ;)

Ever get the feeling we are on a collision course with reality? (boycott Hollywood!)

by ang6666 on Dec 31, 2009 2:57 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs

BWAHAHAHA

Fear the Fin: "I'm gonna fuckin' kill you, lake!" - ZeroIndulgence, 11/15/09 in Chicago

by Conico do Mayo Miracle on Dec 31, 2009 2:58 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs

someone had to ask … :)

Ever get the feeling we are on a collision course with reality? (boycott Hollywood!)

by ang6666 on Dec 31, 2009 2:59 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs

Classic Ang

Mind is always in the gutter.

resident cartoonist @CouchTarts Lightning is seven times as hot as the surface of the sun.
That’s still not as hot as Douglas Murray. -mymclife

by CTGray on Dec 31, 2009 2:58 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs

ha ha !
I mentioned in the other thread (from last night) the contact high I swear I got from last night’s outing … omg! the dream I had last night would make everyone here blush!! It was weird, trippy, and funky and more all at the same time.

Ever get the feeling we are on a collision course with reality? (boycott Hollywood!)

by ang6666 on Dec 31, 2009 3:00 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs

maybe you just had too much Nyquil?

by Merope on Dec 31, 2009 3:39 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs

yuck !! … tho could use something right now … head cold coming on strong

Ever get the feeling we are on a collision course with reality? (boycott Hollywood!)

by ang6666 on Dec 31, 2009 3:56 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs

"is something going on here?"

Again – stupidity will keep drinking and driving cause they really don’t think. Is there something going on here – that’s rich!

Ever get the feeling we are on a collision course with reality? (boycott Hollywood!)

by ang6666 on Dec 31, 2009 2:52 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs

What a way to end the year – back to back wins. After last night and if I could today, I’d be wearing my Sharks jersey to work.

Go Sharks.

by AmazinglyGraceless on Dec 31, 2009 7:29 AM PST reply actions 0 recs

Go Sharks!

And you think you live in a non-traditional hockey market...

by BritShark on Dec 31, 2009 7:50 AM PST reply actions 0 recs

Strong

Nabby stacking the pads on Semin was totally tits! “Don’t say tits hon.” “sorry mom”. The boys looked good and hopefully they can quiet the sand-dogs tonight.

Happy New Year to everyone and…

DUI: if you think you’re exempt from getting a pole stuck in your head; consider the milder fact of getting a DUI and that is be prepared to part with a good $7,000 the first year and a few thousand more with your insurance rates for the subsequent years. I’m just sayin’.

I'll drink that! oh...I'll drink TO that.

by theneverman on Dec 31, 2009 7:54 AM PST reply actions 0 recs

As a former court clerk....

I can vouch for this. It’s NOT worth it. You’ll be regretting it the rest of your life. I happened to witness a DUI wreck where a man who was so drunk he could barely stand up, killed a family of 6 in front of the turn off to go to my house. Forever etched in my mind and I wish to God I could get rid of that memoryt.

I’ve seen a lot in my times in circuit court. If you’re drunk and you need a ride home, call a cab. Crawl. Walk. Anything but get behind the wheel. I know in Memphis, TN in the area where I’m from, cab companies don’t charge fares to those who are sloshed and need a SAFE ride home.

I’m heading to the Liberty Bowl to watch the Hogs and East Carolina play on Saturday. Friends I’m going with have already elected me the designated driver and I do NOT mind. I don’t drink as it is and I’m MORE than happy to make sure my best friends get home safely after the game.

Stay safe. Stay sober. Go Sharks.

by AmazinglyGraceless on Dec 31, 2009 8:04 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs

Go Sharks!

Feelin’ pretty good after last night’s game, I think — but I can’t let that get my hopes up. No illusions, this is going to be a tough one to bang out. Is it weird that I actually care more about the game than about the end of 2009? It’s just another year, like so many years before it, and (misinterpreted Mayan artifacts aside) so many more to come …

Of course, I suppose a game is just another game, as well, until April …

by xarexerax on Dec 31, 2009 8:22 AM PST reply actions 0 recs

SOMEONE MAKE SURE TO POST PALIN MASK

I WILL BE AT THE GAME WEARING MY CHEECHOO JERSEY MT SKATING STUDENT BOUGHT ME, WITH ABNORMALLY LARGER NUMBERS ON THE CHEST

I like my goals like I like my booze..... Top shelf.

by GhostOfLinkGaetz on Dec 31, 2009 8:33 AM PST reply actions 0 recs

HEY!

I sent you an email! to your msn account. I hope that one still works! Get back to me so we can meet up tonight!

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JaredFromLondon: ...Odin, he's cool.

by Travis Hair on Dec 31, 2009 11:39 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs

Have a safe night tonight everyone.

Go Sharks.

Fear The Fin: Where Selling Your Soul Is The Likely Solution

by Mr. Plank on Dec 31, 2009 8:34 AM PST reply actions 0 recs

Go Sharks!

"It ain't over till it's over." - Yogi Berra

by 49er16 on Dec 31, 2009 8:42 AM PST reply actions 0 recs

OMG

that last picture…it was horrible…so i showed it to my little sister

MeThinksSports where the only semi-good thing is the poll...

by serrapadre716 on Dec 31, 2009 9:05 AM PST reply actions 0 recs

Umm...

Isn’t the Coyotes’ record against the Sharks 2-0-1 while the Sharks’ record against the Coyotes is 1-1-1?

by Evilducks on Dec 31, 2009 9:56 AM PST reply actions 0 recs

but...

uh…..huh?

I'll drink that! oh...I'll drink TO that.

by theneverman on Dec 31, 2009 10:06 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs

Whoops again

That would be the Sharks’ record… to be amended yet again (can you tell I was up late?).

Fear the Fin: "I'm gonna fuckin' kill you, lake!" - ZeroIndulgence, 11/15/09 in Chicago

by Conico do Mayo Miracle on Dec 31, 2009 10:11 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs

I'm here to help

I know what you mean about staying up late. I caught the second airing of the game last night on center ice because I wasn’t around for the first.

by Evilducks on Dec 31, 2009 10:21 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs

Sooo...

You came to Phoenix for a game and didn’t even drop an email??

Boo this man

Support Your Local Coyotes Blog - Five For Howling
JaredFromLondon: ...Odin, he's cool.

by Travis Hair on Dec 31, 2009 11:19 AM PST reply actions 0 recs

Ghost lives in your neck of the woods, sir!

resident cartoonist @CouchTarts Lightning is seven times as hot as the surface of the sun.
That’s still not as hot as Douglas Murray. -mymclife

by CTGray on Dec 31, 2009 11:27 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs

Yes I know.

Supposedly he wanted to meet up with me tonight, but I haven’t heard from him despite me emailing him. :-/

Support Your Local Coyotes Blog - Five For Howling
JaredFromLondon: ...Odin, he's cool.

by Travis Hair on Dec 31, 2009 11:30 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs

Sorry dude

It was a last minute decision – we were driving back from Dallas and didn’t have internet capabilities. We ended up in Phoenix after the end of the first period, and decided, “What the heck” and went inside. To my credit, I told my friend I wish I had your phone #.

Fear the Fin: "I'm gonna fuckin' kill you, lake!" - ZeroIndulgence, 11/15/09 in Chicago

by Conico do Mayo Miracle on Dec 31, 2009 11:38 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs

Fine.

You get a pass. This time. :P YOu don’t happen to have any other contact info for Ghost do you? I haven’t been able to get him on his email and he wanted to meet up.

Support Your Local Coyotes Blog - Five For Howling
JaredFromLondon: ...Odin, he's cool.

by Travis Hair on Dec 31, 2009 11:40 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs

No sir, sorry

I just found out an hour ago that he’ll be at the game – you out there, Link Gaetz?

Fear the Fin: "I'm gonna fuckin' kill you, lake!" - ZeroIndulgence, 11/15/09 in Chicago

by Conico do Mayo Miracle on Dec 31, 2009 11:41 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs

I'm here

My computer got hacked/crashed earlier this week, and after I fixed it yesterday, it sharted on my again this morning. I am having email problems, so I’ll send Odin one right now….before my computer decides to take another dump on me.

And if you don’t get one from me, Odin…..I sit right at the handicap rail in 119. Should be my folks and my douchebag brother. I’ll be wearing my black Cheechoo jersey and my black Sharks hat. Or, just look for the drunk guy stumbling around saying ‘WOOOOO!!!!" Shouldn’t be too hard to spot me.

I like my goals like I like my booze..... Top shelf.

by GhostOfLinkGaetz on Dec 31, 2009 11:44 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs

Got it.

I’ll be up in Comerica. But I’ll come find you at the 1st Intermission.

Support Your Local Coyotes Blog - Five For Howling
JaredFromLondon: ...Odin, he's cool.

by Travis Hair on Dec 31, 2009 11:55 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs

hey! good to see you again … how bout we party the same as before?? (with the same results!) … :)

Ever get the feeling we are on a collision course with reality? (boycott Hollywood!)

by ang6666 on Dec 31, 2009 11:59 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs

So who’s partying where tonight?

I’m still debating going to a friend’s party where I will know the host and NO ONE else or just staying home and drinking the two bottles of champagne we bought with the cats and the warm glow of rockband.

resident cartoonist @CouchTarts Lightning is seven times as hot as the surface of the sun.
That’s still not as hot as Douglas Murray. -mymclife

by CTGray on Dec 31, 2009 11:26 AM PST reply actions 0 recs

I’m partying at home … with my boys (oh and my oldest gf might join us). We always do the same thing – tame for most, but we like it – movies, board game, sparkling apple cider. :)

Ever get the feeling we are on a collision course with reality? (boycott Hollywood!)

by ang6666 on Dec 31, 2009 12:01 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs

This is the first time since 2005’s new years eve that I’m staying home. My other family is having a little shindig, and they asked me a year ago to keep this new years’ open, so I did. I’m regretting it about now, when I remember just this time last year I was on a plane towards New Orleans…and I couldda been doing something similar this year…but such is life. I’m sure my presence around the area this year will be appreciated.

Next year I’m going to Rio, though.

Sometimes the impossible can become possible if you're AWESOME!

by ZeroIndulgence on Dec 31, 2009 1:37 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs

Rio?

Awesome – I’m considering South America this summer, but it will be winter there. Carneval would be amazing, too.

No worries on staying home – I’m going to a little house party, nothing too major. The GF is crazy sick, and I came down with a mysterious cough that sapped my vocal chords, but I’ll probably make it out to the party tonight. I should be around the thread for the whole game.

Fear the Fin: "I'm gonna fuckin' kill you, lake!" - ZeroIndulgence, 11/15/09 in Chicago

by Conico do Mayo Miracle on Dec 31, 2009 1:40 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs

I made some friends

I know – pretty exciting. So I think I’m going to drive into the big city (Kelowna) and hang with them. If I drink I will definitely crash there – my cousin was killed by a drunk driver on New Years when I was in high school so I learned my lesson early.

Happy New Years everyone and Yay Sharks!

by AfroPuff on Dec 31, 2009 1:58 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs

I'm being daring

and we’re going to pop over to (likely small) party one of my friends from the NASM trainer course is having. Everyone will be at least 10 years older than us, and have kids, but I was like “aw, eff it, we’ll stop by”

resident cartoonist @CouchTarts Lightning is seven times as hot as the surface of the sun.
That’s still not as hot as Douglas Murray. -mymclife

by CTGray on Dec 31, 2009 2:01 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs

We got invited to a party in the mission but going alllllllll the way out there and BACK is annoying.

resident cartoonist @CouchTarts Lightning is seven times as hot as the surface of the sun.
That’s still not as hot as Douglas Murray. -mymclife

by CTGray on Dec 31, 2009 2:01 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs

Go Sharks!

I really want Greiss to get the start tonight, and begin to get more starts (like Saturday against a not so good Oilers team.), he needs some Olympic prep too.

Proud member of the "Don't Trade Marleau" club.
Fear the Fin: Where Sharks Fans Aren't Like Other Sharks Fans.

by SharksFanEst.1994 on Dec 31, 2009 11:35 AM PST reply actions 0 recs

I had to sit through the Meth Squirrel in goal last time SJ was down here

let’s just see Nabby vs. Bryz and give me some hope.

Odin – email sent.

I like my goals like I like my booze..... Top shelf.

by GhostOfLinkGaetz on Dec 31, 2009 12:04 PM PST reply actions 0 recs

Hahaha

Meth Squirrel… new nickname!

-The dude responsible for this mess

by idunno723 on Dec 31, 2009 12:11 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs

Is that in reference to Greiss???

Fear the Fin: "I'm gonna fuckin' kill you, lake!" - ZeroIndulgence, 11/15/09 in Chicago

by Conico do Mayo Miracle on Dec 31, 2009 12:13 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs

Or Odin. I can’t vouch for either, as I have met neither.

Jon Casey fan since '84

by stufflife on Dec 31, 2009 12:55 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs

He's a blast to watch

Just make sure you take your blood thinners beforehand so you don’t have a stroke as he’s pokechecking people that haven’t even crossed over the blue line yet.

I like my goals like I like my booze..... Top shelf.

by GhostOfLinkGaetz on Dec 31, 2009 12:14 PM PST reply actions 0 recs

Yeah, Greiss.

He was all over the GD place. Pokechecking invisible hockey players, pokechecking refs, pokechecking his own defensemen, pokechecking the Zamboni, pokechecking the ice girls, pokechecking the beer vendors in the upper deck, pokechecking women in the concourse bathrooms.

The kid’s got awesome reflexes, we just need someone to tie a rope around his waist and tether him to the net. I call him the meth Squirrel because he’s popping all over the place at superhuman speed, at all times. It really is a sight to behold in person. Give him a toothbrush instead of a goalie stick, your bathroom would be immaculate.

I like my goals like I like my booze..... Top shelf.

by GhostOfLinkGaetz on Dec 31, 2009 12:19 PM PST reply actions 4 recs

HAHAHAHA

Fear the Fin: "I'm gonna fuckin' kill you, lake!" - ZeroIndulgence, 11/15/09 in Chicago

by Conico do Mayo Miracle on Dec 31, 2009 1:12 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs

I'd pokecheck the ice girls

They're not getting this kind of coverage at "Hockey Night In Canada" folks! - Randy Hahn

by ElvisVF101 on Dec 31, 2009 1:15 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs

Andd

that would make you the opposite of a puck bunny?

-The dude responsible for this mess

by idunno723 on Dec 31, 2009 1:22 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs

Well

It just makes me a randy heterosexual male I think… which is about the opposite of a puck bunny I suppose.

They're not getting this kind of coverage at "Hockey Night In Canada" folks! - Randy Hahn

by ElvisVF101 on Dec 31, 2009 1:54 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs

oh man

I was laughing so hard I just nearly spit my mocha out all over my machine.

resident cartoonist @CouchTarts Lightning is seven times as hot as the surface of the sun.
That’s still not as hot as Douglas Murray. -mymclife

by CTGray on Dec 31, 2009 2:02 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs

Seriously

Rec this please.

Fear the Fin: "I'm gonna fuckin' kill you, lake!" - ZeroIndulgence, 11/15/09 in Chicago

by Conico do Mayo Miracle on Dec 31, 2009 2:10 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs

rec'd

and I seriously need to find a way to work that into my (extremely late) gameday post because it is full of epic win.

resident cartoonist @CouchTarts Lightning is seven times as hot as the surface of the sun.
That’s still not as hot as Douglas Murray. -mymclife

by CTGray on Dec 31, 2009 2:21 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs

ALRIGHT IM OUT THE DOOR

IM TAKING THE PICTURE WITH ME, BUT SOMEONE PLEASE POST THE MOJO WHILE IM AWAY

I like my goals like I like my booze..... Top shelf.

by GhostOfLinkGaetz on Dec 31, 2009 2:40 PM PST reply actions 0 recs

WTC Update!

Greiss starting tonight, and Drew Remenda will be between the benches tonight, something that Comcast has been pushing, apparently. Money quote about it:

Word has it McLellan is already referring to Remenda as Pierre.

Source.

"I think I realized after the second or third punch, I should have taken his helmet off sooner." - Ryane Clowe
Proud member of the "Re-Sign Marleau" Club
Fools and Sages

by mymclife on Dec 31, 2009 2:42 PM PST reply actions 0 recs

Thanks for the heads up

McLellan cracks me up.

Fear the Fin: "I'm gonna fuckin' kill you, lake!" - ZeroIndulgence, 11/15/09 in Chicago

by Conico do Mayo Miracle on Dec 31, 2009 2:54 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs

I love McLellan

his dry humor and no BS makes me laugh

by AfroPuff on Dec 31, 2009 3:12 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs

Agreed

Like after last night, when asked if he had ever seen two penalty shots in the same game, he said, “No, but I’ve seen three shorthanded goals against.” Funny with a bit of self-deprecation in it.

"I think I realized after the second or third punch, I should have taken his helmet off sooner." - Ryane Clowe
Proud member of the "Re-Sign Marleau" Club
Fools and Sages

by mymclife on Dec 31, 2009 3:15 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs

ugh!! the only thing that gets me past moments like that without shooting myself is knowing that every team has events they wish they could erase from their history as well

Ever get the feeling we are on a collision course with reality? (boycott Hollywood!)

by ang6666 on Dec 31, 2009 3:23 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs

Yay. I get to watch The Meth Squirrel.

I don’t know if Palin mask can save us now. :(

I like my goals like I like my booze..... Top shelf.

by GhostOfLinkGaetz on Dec 31, 2009 2:45 PM PST reply actions 0 recs

This is who I think of when you say Meth Squirrel

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by Conico do Mayo Miracle on Dec 31, 2009 2:55 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs

If anyone is interested

You can catch AHL Pirates vs Sharks right now: Live Feed

The Sharks are holding onto a 1-0 lead late in the first on a goal by DaSilva

"Sorry guys, I’m not going to try and hit (Douglas) Murray anymore. It doesn’t work." - Steve Ott, Dallas Stars.

by SwisherThresher on Dec 31, 2009 3:00 PM PST reply actions 0 recs

And now for something almost entirely random

One of the linesman, Landon Bathe, used to be a Coyotes prospect. He played 16 games for the Stockton Thunder during the 2005-06 campaign when they were the ‘AA’ farm team for PHX. In that last game, his skate caught a deep rut and his knee was destroyed. It ended his pro hockey career. If I remember correctly, he later sued the city of Stockton and the team (?) – I don’t recall how/if it was resolved.

Not too long ago I heard from his sister Carrlyn, who is an LA Ice Girl, that Landon had moved on – wife, new baby and working as an official.

Small hockey world!

"Sorry guys, I’m not going to try and hit (Douglas) Murray anymore. It doesn’t work." - Steve Ott, Dallas Stars.

by SwisherThresher on Dec 31, 2009 3:07 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs

Stalock

Just made an awesome save.

by Evilducks on Dec 31, 2009 3:23 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs

McCauly made a great goal on a breakaway

Great pass from Joslin from deep in the zone to spring him on the break. 2-0 Sharks.

by Evilducks on Dec 31, 2009 3:31 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs

GOAL!

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by mymclife on Dec 31, 2009 3:30 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs

Great pass by Jaws

by Evilducks on Dec 31, 2009 3:31 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs

WOO-stah!

McCauley top shelf where grandma hides the cookies, from Joslin and Zalewski.

"Sorry guys, I’m not going to try and hit (Douglas) Murray anymore. It doesn’t work." - Steve Ott, Dallas Stars.

by SwisherThresher on Dec 31, 2009 3:32 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs

I love that goal call

by Evilducks on Dec 31, 2009 3:33 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs

Sharks are owning this game

It’s like they’re on a permanent power play.

I approve.

by Evilducks on Dec 31, 2009 3:32 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs

Seriously

Even Stalock is getting into the offensive game, making breakout passes. But then again, he is the next Martin Brodeur ;P

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by mymclife on Dec 31, 2009 3:34 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs

I think a Shark put that in for the Pirates

Stalock made the save

by Evilducks on Dec 31, 2009 3:35 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs

Unfortunately, I missed that. Well, maybe fortunately. I don’t like seeing goals against.

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by mymclife on Dec 31, 2009 3:37 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs

Wow

I really like Stalock

by Evilducks on Dec 31, 2009 3:40 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs

I’m watching him, and I’m amazed that he’s just a rookie. He really is going to be great once he gets up to the big leagues.

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by mymclife on Dec 31, 2009 3:45 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs

It makes me mildly less worried about having him and Greiss as our goalies next year if we let Nabby walk. Don’t get me wrong, I’m still very worried, just less so.

by Evilducks on Dec 31, 2009 3:47 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs

Yeah, I though we were going to be in a bit of a bind, but Stalock has been playing amazingly, Greiss has been solid, and there is always the chance that Nabokov takes a hometown discount.

"I think I realized after the second or third punch, I should have taken his helmet off sooner." - Ryane Clowe
Proud member of the "Re-Sign Marleau" Club
Fools and Sages

by mymclife on Dec 31, 2009 3:50 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs

Boo and Portland with a cheap PP marker

Stalock made an awesome save, splits on the goal line – he gets pushed into the net along with the puck as the cage gets knocked off its moorings and the ref signals goal. WEAAAK

"Sorry guys, I’m not going to try and hit (Douglas) Murray anymore. It doesn’t work." - Steve Ott, Dallas Stars.

by SwisherThresher on Dec 31, 2009 3:37 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs

FYI

Logan Couture will take part in an interview for the 2nd intermission in roughly 4min…

"Sorry guys, I’m not going to try and hit (Douglas) Murray anymore. It doesn’t work." - Steve Ott, Dallas Stars.

by SwisherThresher on Dec 31, 2009 3:46 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs

Why pick up Leach

if all he does is sit on the bench? (or the press box, where ever they send him) Not that I’m complaining, it just strikes me as odd.

resident cartoonist @CouchTarts Lightning is seven times as hot as the surface of the sun.
That’s still not as hot as Douglas Murray. -mymclife

by CTGray on Dec 31, 2009 3:01 PM PST reply actions 0 recs

I’m guessing just in case one Dman gets injured, they have an uber-cheap guy with NHL experience in the lineup. Plus, he helps them reach the minimum number of roster players so they can send down more expensive guys.

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by mymclife on Dec 31, 2009 3:03 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs

they must have some sorta plan … what the hell do I know … I’m always thinking there is some sorta plan … like where is Shelley … he can’t really still be injured / sore / whatever … but (shrugs) … just going with the flow

Ever get the feeling we are on a collision course with reality? (boycott Hollywood!)

by ang6666 on Dec 31, 2009 3:03 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs

I think he broke his hand, which takes a while to heal, but last night IIRC he was stuck at home with the flu.

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by mymclife on Dec 31, 2009 3:07 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs

Injury insurance

by Evilducks on Dec 31, 2009 3:20 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs

as long as there's a good reason

fine by me. I was just curious since he’d played in one game.

resident cartoonist @CouchTarts Lightning is seven times as hot as the surface of the sun.
That’s still not as hot as Douglas Murray. -mymclife

by CTGray on Dec 31, 2009 3:24 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs

That

And they can legitimately threaten to bench Huskins if his play slides any more. He fits easily under the cap.

by Evilducks on Dec 31, 2009 3:27 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs

that is a good reason in and of itself. he had been playing better, he really had…poor guy. It sucks to be the new Semenov.

resident cartoonist @CouchTarts Lightning is seven times as hot as the surface of the sun.
That’s still not as hot as Douglas Murray. -mymclife

by CTGray on Dec 31, 2009 3:30 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs

who was the new Jorges. Who I’m sure was the new whoever before that.

resident cartoonist @CouchTarts Lightning is seven times as hot as the surface of the sun.
That’s still not as hot as Douglas Murray. -mymclife

by CTGray on Dec 31, 2009 3:31 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs

Wooooo!!!! Mcolly !!!

2-0 Wooster Sharks up on Porkland.

I'm warning you! I have ADHD and I know how to use it!!!

by Diamondback15 on Dec 31, 2009 3:31 PM PST reply actions 0 recs

Game day thread is live

Get to it.

Fear the Fin: "I'm gonna fuckin' kill you, lake!" - ZeroIndulgence, 11/15/09 in Chicago

by Conico do Mayo Miracle on Dec 31, 2009 3:47 PM PST reply actions 0 recs

Shush

We’re watching the baby sharks.

by Evilducks on Dec 31, 2009 3:51 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs

And talking about how Stalock will lead us to the promised land.

"I think I realized after the second or third punch, I should have taken his helmet off sooner." - Ryane Clowe
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Fools and Sages

by mymclife on Dec 31, 2009 3:52 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs