Worst officiating I've ever seen. Yeah, the Oilers deserved their penalties. That doesn't explain everything the Canucks got away with. The hold on Perron, the trip on Perron, the tackle on Ference by Burrows, and then Kassian ripping Ference's helmet off on another shift. Edler also drilled Hall when the puck was ten feet from either of them. That glove pass by Burrows shouldn't have counted. Terrible officiating.
Also f*** Eakins. Worst coach ever. Yakupov has been great so far this season, way better then last season and played excellent during the first and second period and gets a great goal. So Eakins with his infinite wisdom basically benched him through the third period and continued to play Eberle who looked like he partied with the 83-84 Oilers last night and challenged Messier to a drinking contest.
Post by AFN: Judge Shred on Oct 12, 2014 10:19:56 GMT -5
2 games, no goals for the Avs. So they are keeping with their pre-season antics of playing like shit. Great job guys. Can't wait to check power rankings.
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Post by The Captain on Oct 12, 2014 11:55:53 GMT -5
Outside of an annoying amount of penalties taken (though I thought some of them were BS calls by refs), I'm pretty happy with how the Devils have been playing so far. Especially on offense. Damon Severson also looks like a stud.
Post by triplethreatmark on Oct 12, 2014 23:45:14 GMT -5
I really do love when the boys play a solid 60 minutes. That was a fun Kings game and a great way to get their first victory. That 70s line is f***ing incredible.
Also, on a side note: Kopi got a goal and so did Bryan Little. They're my starting centers tonight for fantasy hockey. All around awesome night.
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Post by Urethra Franklin on Oct 13, 2014 0:46:56 GMT -5
Man, James Reimer has the worst luck.
He said after the game that he's fine and only left due to protocol being followed, but it's still scary with a guy who has a history of head injuries.
He said after the game that he's fine and only left due to protocol being followed, but it's still scary with a guy who has a history of head injuries.
Yeah, it didn't even look Dominic Moore hit him very hard or even meant to do it. However, with Reimer's history...a blow like that could definitely cause a problem.
Also, speaking of potential head injuries:
Good on ya Tyler Myers. f*** that spear to the nuts by Shaw.
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Post by Pgarodactyl on Oct 13, 2014 8:35:42 GMT -5
I was out in London, Ontario yesterday for the first Rogers Hometown Hockey broadcast (and day-long festival). The atmosphere was amazing sitting in our market square with the big screen set up for the game (even if there were a few audio problems in the third). It also helps when the de facto "home team" plays well, with the local flavour contributing (there were features throughout the game that aired on TV about London connections, as well as the goals by Rick Nash (former London Knight) and Nazem Kadri (a Londoner/former Knight) to add to the flare of the whole thing.
Some highlights of the day: - Leafs Drop. It's this big logo set up. You and your party stand in front of a screen and basically be as loud as you can for 4 seconds and, if you're loud enough, you win tickets to a future Leafs home game. My wife, my friend and I managed to win tickets! Being the good guy I am, I sacrificed a seat so they could have a "girl's day" in Toronto (It's a Tuesday game, so I have to work anyway). Karma would smile on me for that... but that's later.
- Meeting Curtis Joseph. I'm like my dad in that I primarily drift towards goaltenders as favourite players. CuJo was no exception, and I have a 2000-era jersey with his name and #31 emblazoned on it. I had him sign the shoulder of it, and my party got our picture taken with him. Definitely VERY awesome, and he's a tremendously nice guy.
- The beaver tails. As the late, great Jon Pinette would say... "FRIED DOUGH!"
- Ron MacLean. The man is a class act all the way. On an aside, we were walking over to the Jack FM booth (the local radio station that was acting as ambassadors to the whole event) to enter some draw (a $500 Shopping Channel gift card) when I froze in my tracks. Ron MacLean was RIGHT. THERE. After a moment to collect myself, we walked over, shook his hand (ahhhh!!) and filled out our ballots, and hung around while he did his interview on the air with the personalities there.
- Darryl Sittler. I was at the Air Canada Centre the day Sittler had his number raised to the rafters. He's a Leafs legend and also a former London Knight, so it was cool to just be in his presence. He didn't get a chance to sign autographs, but I did get a few good pics of him. As an aside, the "Cheer Like Never Before" contest was also fun to watch.
- The musical entertainment was competent - even enjoyable.
- Then came my big karmic reward. The Leafs (again) send some goodies to entice people to participate in the "ultimate fan" contest... we just had to be loud. Well, being loud has never been a problem for me - I have just never been rewarded for it (barring the earlier Leafs Drop tickets that I sacrificed). This time, it paid off in dividends! I ended up winning the prize: Two jerseys (allowing me to retire the CuJo), and tickets for two games (Leafs and Wings on December 13, then Leafs and Islanders March 9, the latter of which comes with two MORE jerseys and access to the morning Leafs practice!). It took a while to stop shaking over that.... I'm not sure I'm there yet.
- THEN as we were standing in a crowd (we chose the smaller crowd behind Tara Slone and Jen Botterill (the former of who used to be singer of a band called Joydrop - one which I own both CDs of and if I had known she was there, would have had one signed) rather than the larger crowd behind the mobile studio), we got to spend a good 20 minutes hanging out with Carlton the Bear (Leafs mascot). The spot he chose to stand in was the spot right between my friend and I, and he stayed there, pestering the girls in front of us, starting "GO LEAFS GO" chants and doing what an awesome mascot will do.
- Of course, there's also the game, but the lead in was something special. For the first time this Hometown Hockey went down, the stories they grabbed were compelling and, in the case of the Ian Jenkins story, heartbreaking. This is one that you should watch.: www.hometownhockey.com/news/have-a-purpose-the-ian-jenkins-story/
- And, the game! The fact that the Leafs stopped playing like they did against Pittsburgh was nice. The fact that they were able to ring up Henrik Lundqvist as well as they did (that second period!!) was even better! Sure, it was chilly, but it was worth sticking around to watch that game.
If you get a chance to go to a Hometown Hockey event this year, do it. The atmosphere is second only to being in the arena and it's something I won't soon forget. Especially since it gets me through the gate for TWO live games this season after having not been to the ACC since the 2002-2003 season.
I was out in London, Ontario yesterday for the first Rogers Hometown Hockey broadcast (and day-long festival). The atmosphere was amazing sitting in our market square with the big screen set up for the game (even if there were a few audio problems in the third). It also helps when the de facto "home team" plays well, with the local flavour contributing (there were features throughout the game that aired on TV about London connections, as well as the goals by Rick Nash (former London Knight) and Nazem Kadri (a Londoner/former Knight) to add to the flare of the whole thing.
Some highlights of the day: - Leafs Drop. It's this big logo set up. You and your party stand in front of a screen and basically be as loud as you can for 4 seconds and, if you're loud enough, you win tickets to a future Leafs home game. My wife, my friend and I managed to win tickets! Being the good guy I am, I sacrificed a seat so they could have a "girl's day" in Toronto (It's a Tuesday game, so I have to work anyway). Karma would smile on me for that... but that's later.
- Meeting Curtis Joseph. I'm like my dad in that I primarily drift towards goaltenders as favourite players. CuJo was no exception, and I have a 2000-era jersey with his name and #31 emblazoned on it. I had him sign the shoulder of it, and my party got our picture taken with him. Definitely VERY awesome, and he's a tremendously nice guy.
- The beaver tails. As the late, great Jon Pinette would say... "FRIED DOUGH!"
- Ron MacLean. The man is a class act all the way. On an aside, we were walking over to the Jack FM booth (the local radio station that was acting as ambassadors to the whole event) to enter some draw (a $500 Shopping Channel gift card) when I froze in my tracks. Ron MacLean was RIGHT. THERE. After a moment to collect myself, we walked over, shook his hand (ahhhh!!) and filled out our ballots, and hung around while he did his interview on the air with the personalities there.
- Darryl Sittler. I was at the Air Canada Centre the day Sittler had his number raised to the rafters. He's a Leafs legend and also a former London Knight, so it was cool to just be in his presence. He didn't get a chance to sign autographs, but I did get a few good pics of him. As an aside, the "Cheer Like Never Before" contest was also fun to watch.
- The musical entertainment was competent - even enjoyable.
- Then came my big karmic reward. The Leafs (again) send some goodies to entice people to participate in the "ultimate fan" contest... we just had to be loud. Well, being loud has never been a problem for me - I have just never been rewarded for it (barring the earlier Leafs Drop tickets that I sacrificed). This time, it paid off in dividends! I ended up winning the prize: Two jerseys (allowing me to retire the CuJo), and tickets for two games (Leafs and Wings on December 13, then Leafs and Islanders March 9, the latter of which comes with two MORE jerseys and access to the morning Leafs practice!). It took a while to stop shaking over that.... I'm not sure I'm there yet.
- THEN as we were standing in a crowd (we chose the smaller crowd behind Tara Slone and Jen Botterill (the former of who used to be singer of a band called Joydrop - one which I own both CDs of and if I had known she was there, would have had one signed) rather than the larger crowd behind the mobile studio), we got to spend a good 20 minutes hanging out with Carlton the Bear (Leafs mascot). The spot he chose to stand in was the spot right between my friend and I, and he stayed there, pestering the girls in front of us, starting "GO LEAFS GO" chants and doing what an awesome mascot will do.
- Of course, there's also the game, but the lead in was something special. For the first time this Hometown Hockey went down, the stories they grabbed were compelling and, in the case of the Ian Jenkins story, heartbreaking. This is one that you should watch.: www.hometownhockey.com/news/have-a-purpose-the-ian-jenkins-story/
- And, the game! The fact that the Leafs stopped playing like they did against Pittsburgh was nice. The fact that they were able to ring up Henrik Lundqvist as well as they did (that second period!!) was even better! Sure, it was chilly, but it was worth sticking around to watch that game.
If you get a chance to go to a Hometown Hockey event this year, do it. The atmosphere is second only to being in the arena and it's something I won't soon forget. Especially since it gets me through the gate for TWO live games this season after having not been to the ACC since the 2002-2003 season.
Wow, looks like you had a ball. I'll definitely go chec...*sees that Hometown Hockey will only occur in Canada and not Southern California* f***ING SHIT!!!! *leaves thread extremely.disappointed*
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