Red Wings Pull It Out?

This Video of an octopus attacking a camera gives me this strange feeling that the Red Wings might dig out of their 1-2 series and beat the Coyotes.


For those of you who don't know why an octopus is significant to the Detroit Red Wings, Andi, I have a short sweet story for you from About.com.

The Motor City's proud tradition of saluting the Detroit Red Wings with slimy creatures of the deep dates back over half a century.

The first octopus landed on the ice during the Red Wings' 1952 Stanley Cup run, courtesy of brothers Pete and Jerry Cusimano, who owned a fish market. If you know your cephalopods, you will know that an octopus has eight tentacles. In those days it took eight playoff wins to claim the Cup, hence the supposed symbolism of the gesture.

The Red Wings were perfect in the '52 playoffs, sweeping the semifinal and the final in straight games. The octopus has been a good luck charm ever since.

By 1995, the team had adopted the tradition by introducing a mascot, Al the Octopus. Al is raised to the rafters of Joe Louis Arena before every home playoff game, and used in team merchandising and promotion.

Al the Octopus High above the ice in Detroit

Whose Town Nation Update

Waffletown USA has the week off. Coming off a heated shootout loss to the Blue Ducks. It was a tough battle by both teams. In the shootout their goalie had our number stuffing three good attempts while Krus and I had him beat but couldn't hit the net. Waffletown is now 4-2-1 and awaits its next opponent to be announced. In the mean time the Waffletown softball team ends spring training this week and has the one and only preseason game May 6, 8:45/9:45 against the Weapons of Mass Consumption.

Boyle Scores in OT....oops!

After Ave goalie Craig Anderson shut down the Sharks 51(!) shots Dan Boyle decided to turn around and try scoring on a different goalie, his own. This is one of the worst moments I have ever seen in any professional sporting event. Somebody better gettcha boy a new curve cause that aint cuttin it. It is such a shame due to how it seemed more or less obvious that the Sharks were going to win, which most likely would have come in the second overtime at the 75 shot mark. You know when Anderson finally passed out.
I know I picked the Sharks to choke in this series and it was more of a joke on them, but this is just outrageous.

#41 Craig Anderson

Canucks Do Not Provide Sex Therapist

VANCOUVER — On the eve of the playoffs, Vancouver Canucks coach Alain Vigneault said players will be expected to stick to their usual healthy living routines, at least those that the team can control.

Sex is not one of them as players have varying attitudes toward whether it is useful to abstain or not on — or before — game days, based on dressing room interviews today with The Vancouver Sun's health reporter.

A post-practice press conference with the coach was a fairly dull affair until a Sun reporter included sex in a list of routines discussed with players.

"Coach, what are your expectations, and in fact your advice to players, with respect to daily health routines whether it is sleep, eating habits, training, recovery, diet, sex, you know all the normal things people do every day?" was the question posed to Vigneault.

"Sex every day?" he responded, with an incredulous expression, drawing extended laughs from journalists present.

"I think for all the other things, before the sex, we do a real good job making sure of the conditioning and nutrition and in my time here, we've had a sleep (expert) individual so everything we can control, that we should control, we do. And I believe that's probably one of the reasons this year why our record in the third period has been so solid and so strong.

"As far as the sex goes, that's none of my business, they can do what they want. I like to have a lot of control but (not) that part there," Vigneault said.

In a jocular manner, a reporter then said: "What, no sex therapist?"

"Not there yet," a good natured Vigneault responded, before taking further questions in French.

Read Thursday's Vancouver Sun for dressing room interviews with players asked the same questions.

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The One Person In The Building Not Expecting A Sharks Choke

Deadspin

Of all four playoff games yesterday I only got to watch the last three minuets of the Sharks/Aves game because I worked and went to a pickup gettig home at like 12 something or another. The game winner was totally a NHL10.............I have been sitting here for awhile trying to come up with a joke about how this situation is like the fact that no matter what one team will score in the last min of the damn game and it drives me nuts. There I said it if you play the game you most likely get it if not whatever its not funny anyway. If you wanna giggle do it about how relaxed yet angry that woman? looks.

NHL Stanley Cup Conference Quarterfinals Picks

East:
#1 Caps vs. #8 Canadians: Winner Caps!

#2 Devils vs. #7 Flyers: Winner Devils

#3 Sabers vs. #6 Bruins: Winner Sabers

#4 Pens vs. #5 Senators: Winner Pens

West:
#1 Sharks vs. #8 Aves: Winner Aves

#2 Hawks vs. #7 Predators : Winner Hawks

#3 Canucks vs. #6 Kings : Winner Kings

#4 Coyotes vs. #5 Red Wings: Winner Coyotes

So I made a bunch picks that I think are risky, but I got a feeling about this. I am most likely going to be totally wrong but who cares? I picked the Sharks to fall cause I just don't think they are gonna be able to get that hump off their back not because I like the Aves. My kings over the Canucks pick is shaky but I think they can do it because I think the Canucks are not that good. I don't have any upsets in the East. The only series I think might be a shocker would be the Flyers beating the Devils, but I do like the devils to bounce back hard from their loss in the first game. I have the Caps coming out of the East and I really want that road to go through Pittsburgh because I just love those teams playing. The Hawks will be repping the West in my mind but they have that Hossa curse so no worries there.

Pro Skater Mike V Hockey Stick Incident

Check out this article about the situation if you feel like reading!

Adult Spring/Summer League: Whose Town?

Through four games Waffletown is 3-1 and playing some competitive hockey. Former ODU forward and current Waffletown Alternate Captain Ryan Walter #5 is leading the team in goals (3). Ryan Krus #9 leads in assists(6), points (8) and is currently number 6 in points in the league. ODU supporter and team Captain Evan Knox #43 leads all league players in penalty minuets (30), 14 minuets more than the next player inn the league. Ryan Walter is trying his hardest to catch up to Evan with 12 penalty minuets and both of them have been kicked out of two games apiece. The ultimate utility player, Alternate Captain William Viola #2, has dropped back to fill a gap on D. On the move Viola had to say:

"It's sweet, just wait till I start skating up in that space makin dudes look foolish, and these reffs need to stop missin my assists. I want my points!"

As Waffletown sits in 4th place in the very tough National division we continue our schedule Thursday night at 9:30 p.m. against The Convicts, #2 in the American division. Our ODU brother Dan Clover is the star D man for the Convicts so this game has an automatic air of rivalry surrounding it. This should be a tough game against two talented teams so come out and be apart of the Whose Town Nation!

N.J. High School Championship Game Played 21 Years Later

Players, families show emotions at Frozen Flashback

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The 2010 Presidents' Trophy

Alex Ovechkin and the Washington Capitals keep adding to their historic season.

Washington locked up its first Presidents' Trophy in franchise history Sunday after San Jose lost in overtime to Colorado.

On Saturday, the Caps set a franchise record with their 51st win, scoring three first-period goals in a 3-2 victory at Columbus. They also added to their franchise record for points in a season (114) and set a new mark for road wins (23).

"Well, it's nice to set records," coach Bruce Boudreau said. "It gives us a goal to shoot for for next year. And it's nice to get the 51st win. We were stuck on 49 there for a while."

But winning the Presidents' Trophy doesn't necessarily equate to winning it all in the NHL.

No team that has locked up the Presidents' Trophy for the first time has gone on to win the Stanley Cup in the same season.

The last team to win its first Presidents' Trophy and at least reach the Stanley Cup finals was the Detroit Red Wings in 1994-95.

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Wowzzer! That kinda sucks I had never even thought of that little fact when thinking about that little trophy. Soooo I had to go look that up Wikipedia style:

Year	Winner	Points	Playoff Result	Win #
1985–86	Edmonton Oilers	119	Lost Division final (CGY)[11]	1
1986–87	Edmonton Oilers	105	Won Stanley Cup*	2
1987–88	Calgary Flames	105	Lost Division final (EDM)[12]	1
1988–89	Calgary Flames	117	Won Stanley Cup*	2
1989–90	Boston Bruins	101	Lost Stanley Cup final (EDM)^	1
1990–91	Chicago Blackhawks	106	Lost Division semi-final (MIN)#[13]	1
1991–92	New York Rangers	105	Lost Division final (PIT)[14]	1
1992–93	Pittsburgh Penguins	119	Lost Division final (NYI)[15]	1
1993–94	New York Rangers	112	Won Stanley Cup*	2
1994–95	Detroit Red Wings	070	Lost Stanley Cup final (NJ)^	1
1995–96	Detroit Red Wings	131	Lost Conference final (COL)[16]	2
1996–97	Colorado Avalanche	107	Lost Conference final (DET)[17]	1
1997–98	Dallas Stars	109	Lost Conference final (DET)[18]	1
1998–99	Dallas Stars	114	Won Stanley Cup*	2
1999–2000	St. Louis Blues	114	Lost Conference quarter-final (SJ)#[19]	1
2000–01	Colorado Avalanche	118	Won Stanley Cup*	2
2001–02	Detroit Red Wings	116	Won Stanley Cup*	3
2002–03	Ottawa Senators	113	Lost Conference final (NJ)[20]	1
2003–04	Detroit Red Wings	109	Lost Conference semi-final (CGY)[21]	4
2004–05	No winner because of the 2004–05 NHL lockout	-	-	-
2005–06	Detroit Red Wings	124	Lost Conference quarter-final (EDM)#[22]	5
2006–07	Buffalo Sabres	113	Lost Conference final (OTT)[23]	1
2007–08	Detroit Red Wings[24]	115	Won Stanley Cup*	6
2008–09	San Jose Sharks	117	Lost Conference quarter-final (ANA)#[25]	1
2009–10	Washington Capitals	TBD	TBD	1

The Dope Art of Michael Skattum

A friend of mines: Mike (above) does screen printing and this one below is muh fave.
Check out his other stuff @ Flickr.

BRHC All-Star Team

If you can remember awhile back I posted about Andy and Kohlasch being named to the BRHC All-Star Team here. Well they played some games two weeks ago and so far they are 1-3 :

All Times Local
#	AWAY	HOME	DATE	TIME	SCORE	BOXSCORE	GS
2	BRHC 2	CHE 7	Fri, Mar 26	4:15 pm	2 - 7	final
8	MCHC 12	BRHC 2	Sat, Mar 27	12:15 pm	12 - 2	final
10	PCHA 4	BRHC 8	Sat, Mar 27	4:15 pm	4 - 8	final
	BRHC 0	DVCHC 3	Sun, Mar 28	8:56 am	0 - 3	final
14	DVCHC	BRHC	Wed, Apr 28	9:15 am	ILQR FSZNE