WTH to WTF, all in one game.
Imagine what kind of points damage the Flyers could do if the guys played 60 minutes of hockey in every remaining game of the regular season like they did the last 20 minutes, overtime, and the shoot-out on Thursday. *Shudder, sigh*
I truly cannot comprehend it.
Congratulations to Scott Hartnell on his hat trick. Oh, and we won on a shoot-out? Sweet! (Though kinda unnecessary...)
Amazed,
Flyers.Femme
P.S.: I wish I could have been a fly on the wall in the locker room during the second intermission.
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Dec 13, 2008
Mar 30, 2008
Weekend Review
March 28: Unsuprisingly, the Flyers lost to the Devils. However, we did make them go to overtime and got a point out of it. That's much better than it has been.
Final Score: Flyers 4, Devils 5
March 29: Unsurprisingly, the Flyers beat the Islanders. The continued game sitch practice pays off with our win in the shoot-out.
Final Score: Flyers 4, Islanders 3
Next up: Pens in The Burgh. After that last match-up, it has to get better, right?
Final Score: Flyers 4, Devils 5
March 29: Unsurprisingly, the Flyers beat the Islanders. The continued game sitch practice pays off with our win in the shoot-out.
Final Score: Flyers 4, Islanders 3
Next up: Pens in The Burgh. After that last match-up, it has to get better, right?
Mar 4, 2008
Recap: March 1-2
March 1: Flyers v. NY Islanders
We won. Two points. Woo-hoo!
March 2: Flyers v. NY Rangers
We lost in the shoot-out. (What else is new?) One point. Yeah.
Back-to-back games with early afternoon start times? Yuck!
Next up: The Buffaslugs
We won. Two points. Woo-hoo!
March 2: Flyers v. NY Rangers
We lost in the shoot-out. (What else is new?) One point. Yeah.
Back-to-back games with early afternoon start times? Yuck!
Next up: The Buffaslugs
Feb 25, 2008
2/25 Flyers v. Sabres
God Help Us
Bad news: The IR is not fun to look at right now. Plus, Richie joined it last game.
Good news, depending on who you talk to: Steve Downie (Fabric Softener) and Jesse Bowl-of-Rice are returning to the the line-up.
First Period
I'm not surprised. Boulerice v. Peters is a completely predictable scuffle.
Okay, two goals in less than 15 seconds is fun...when your team is the one scoring. This doesn't look good. Marty cannot do it all, and he shouldn't have to either.
There goes a third one for the Buffaslugs. Yikes! (The population of Pominville has grown by another one, argh.)
Score, Blondie! Much love to Knuble and Jonesy for the back-up on that one. Way to turn the momentum.
Fast-forward to just under two minutes later: Score, Hartsie! Thoresen, way to contribute in your second game.
Second Period
Some penalties that we killed successfully. No change in score.
Third Period
Guys, what if you woo us by flirting with your B game? I don't expect to see the A-, A, or A+ game, but B isn't asking for too much, right?
Score, R.J.! (With a little help from his friends Coby and Knuble.) Now, kiddies, hang on to your hats and wait for the ride to come to a full and complete stop.
Over Time
Please! Aaaaaaaahhhhhhh! You guys are trying to kill all of us, right?
Shoot Out
Does it even matter?
Connolly...stopped! Timonen...stopped.
Kotalik...argh! Carter...in!
Roy...fanned! Briere...Holy God in Heaven! He did it!
Take that Buffaslugs!
What is this feeling I'm experiencing?
Oh, yes...it's a win and two points that belong to the Philadelphia Flyers!
And In Other News
We picked up some guy named Vinny Prospal. Is he any good? (Insert heavy sarcasm there.)
Bad news: The IR is not fun to look at right now. Plus, Richie joined it last game.
Good news, depending on who you talk to: Steve Downie (Fabric Softener) and Jesse Bowl-of-Rice are returning to the the line-up.
First Period
I'm not surprised. Boulerice v. Peters is a completely predictable scuffle.
Okay, two goals in less than 15 seconds is fun...when your team is the one scoring. This doesn't look good. Marty cannot do it all, and he shouldn't have to either.
There goes a third one for the Buffaslugs. Yikes! (The population of Pominville has grown by another one, argh.)
Score, Blondie! Much love to Knuble and Jonesy for the back-up on that one. Way to turn the momentum.
Fast-forward to just under two minutes later: Score, Hartsie! Thoresen, way to contribute in your second game.
Second Period
Some penalties that we killed successfully. No change in score.
Third Period
Guys, what if you woo us by flirting with your B game? I don't expect to see the A-, A, or A+ game, but B isn't asking for too much, right?
Score, R.J.! (With a little help from his friends Coby and Knuble.) Now, kiddies, hang on to your hats and wait for the ride to come to a full and complete stop.
Over Time
Please! Aaaaaaaahhhhhhh! You guys are trying to kill all of us, right?
Shoot Out
Does it even matter?
Connolly...stopped! Timonen...stopped.
Kotalik...argh! Carter...in!
Roy...fanned! Briere...Holy God in Heaven! He did it!
Take that Buffaslugs!
What is this feeling I'm experiencing?
Oh, yes...it's a win and two points that belong to the Philadelphia Flyers!
And In Other News
We picked up some guy named Vinny Prospal. Is he any good? (Insert heavy sarcasm there.)
Dec 15, 2007
12/15 'Canes v. Flyers
Dear Guys,
Please let my return to the WC be a nice one. The last time wasn't so pretty (thanks, Devils). No stress or anything, but it would completely make my Christmas/New Year break if you could win while I'm there.
I'm sure you're all really busy preparing for today, but here's your fun thought for the day:
Change is inevitable, except from vending machines.
Dear Gentle Readers,
If any of you are at the game, come and see me low in section 212. I'll be rocking my Kapanen sweater. Also, Whalers sweater guy, hope you're back for tonight's game. Kristin and I loved seeing you there last time!
I'll have my paper along for a proper game perspective some time late tonight or tomorrow.
If you're a new reader that I meet at tonight's game, please note that I hate stats and so this blog doesn't really contain any analysis.
Love yas,
Nadine
The Sweep that Almost Was
Pre-Game
Kristin mentioned the new pre-game video, but tonight was my first time seeing it. These are my two profound reflections on it:
1. Vesa Toskala is a clothes-whore.
2. Gary Roberts is ripped. Forget milk, organic does a body good! (And how funny is it that Gary's trying to teach Recchi to eat right? Who's helping him now that he's in Atlanta? Or is Recchi calling Roberts for tips in the Whole Foods aisle there?)
Note to Ryan: Please come save me from the stupid, seriously bad male hockey fans in Philly! (Not all of them are bad. The guys surrounding my seat on high tonight were great! But the others, pfft!) By the way, Ryan, I'm sending out New Year's cards. If you want one, email me your address.
Warm-up:
Hatch and Kukkie were skating. Please let this mean that Mr. -12 (aka Rory Fitzpatrick) will not be in the line-up!
First Period
From my lovely section 212, row 2, seat 7 placement, I can see the benches across the way and the sin bins below me. (As I suspected, the Pens didn't visit the away sin bin for the decor.)
Scratches: Timonen (Oh no!). Fitzpatrick (Yeah!). Cote (Um, not entirely sure, so, no?)
Starting line-up: Biron, Hatcher, Coburn, Tolpenko, (wait for it) Sami Kapanen, and Carter.
I am so happy about Kapi and Cartsie being back together again, even if it's only for tonight. (Theme song, "Reunited and It Feels So Good.") I remember fondly how they fed each other for goals back when we could win at home. Kapi busts his behind on basically every shift out there and Carter seems to keep up with him. Add Tolpenko into the mix and you've got three skilled, quick guys out there.
Hartsie disappeared from the ice for a brief time during the first. From my vantage point, it looked like he was holding his wrist/arm.
At 9:33, Lupul steals the puck away from a 'Cane (doesn't really matter who), skates into their zone and scores an unassisted goal. The boy's still got jump left after walking all over Pittsburgh and in spite of losing to the Habs on Thursday. "Woo-hoo," to quote Beezer (the band, not the goalie, though John could have said that before.)
The 'Canes do manage to tie it up and score a go-ahead goal. I'm not unhappy with the first, but I also expect better.
Second Period
'Canes score a goal, bumping their lead to two. I'm not really happy about it. Neither was anyone else wearing Flyers gear in section 212. (The random 'Canes fans were giddy.)
On a power play, Hartnell scores a goal at 5:28, assisted by Carter and Coburn. Nice! So glad the refs had to think about this one. My grandmother (may she rest in peace) could have seen it go in before her cataract surgery!
Lups looks around, figures it's time to tie things back up, and slaps one in at 7:32 on the assist from R.J. Umberger.
So, how ready am I for Eager to be the healthy scratch every night? Like, totally! No particular reason for that thought to hit me mid-period, but it did. I've tried to avoid the Eager-bashing, and I pretty much still am, but enough already. Really.
Sami was awesome on his shifts. To me, it seems like he's very underrated. I know he isn't wracking up goals and assists like others, but he's consistently crushing the hopes and dreams of the lines he's sent out to face. (Stevens once said he was pretty sure Kapi could play whichever position he asked him to, including goalie.) It irks me! But, again, I'm biased...he is on my sweater for a reason.
Random 'Cane (okay, Staal) scores another goal for the Dark Side.
Third Period
"We only need one goal to tie it up." That's the only thing that I thought about as the third got underway.
Thirty seconds into the period, Tiny!Briere earns his ridonkculously over-inflated pay check. Making him look good were Hartnell and Coburn.
We're tied a little too early in the period. It's nice, but I wanted w a y more insurance than that.
Sami puts on a one-man clinic at one point during the third. He even put a guy into the boards hard enough for Raleigh to hear the thump. I loved it! Of course, it was also hugely frustrating because no one was in position for any really good set-up to get underway.
Another 'Cane scores a goal...argh!
But the period is not over until it's over. (Thanks, Yogi Bera.) Lups is not content with just one hat-trick this week. Oh, no! At 11:46, on a power play, he tips-in, he scores. The Mikes (Knuble and Richards) are responsible for the assists.
I love these guys but they give me heart failure! The period ends in a 5-5 tie and we head for the standard OT.
Overtime
It's important to note that the officiating really...bit...during the whole game. The zebras made some of the worst calls I've ever seen and kept getting in the way...like "stepping on the puck and making it impossible for the players to get it without attacking them" bad.
With that explanation out of the way, and disregarding my dislike of Tiny!Briere (mandated star of the team, whiner, diver and spearer), what has to happen before a penalty is called when he's shoved to the ice and held down? Right next to the boards?
Do the refs see it? No. They're too busy calling Lups for hooking.
Does this occur so far way from the Briere Incident as to not be see by the refs? No, it's happening right next to it, before the hooking is ever perpetrated. In other words, to see Lups' hooking penalty, you had to already be viewing the Briere Pin-Down.
At any rate, nobody scores in OT and we head for the dreaded shoot out. (Nothing more needs to be written. Flyers + SO = Win for someone else's team.) 'Canes win 6-5.
Official (Unofficial) Points Race Update, Sponsored by Nadine of Flyers.Femme
In spite of Tiny!Briere's goal tonight, he's still behind Richie and his assist. While many consider Danny to be our best player, I'm so not buying into the NHL poster-child syndrome that disseminates his name and number onto most of the Flyers Fan Gear I see.
Richie: 14 G + 22 A = 36 points (+/- is a 9)
Briere: 14 G + 20 A = 34 points (+/- is a -5)
Weirdest moment of the game
Marty Biron is credited with the check of the game. Yep, our goalie may be a funny, well-spoken, very personable guy, but he's not afraid to knock you down in the corner! (Hey Cindy, "I don't cheat and I don't whine.")
Please let my return to the WC be a nice one. The last time wasn't so pretty (thanks, Devils). No stress or anything, but it would completely make my Christmas/New Year break if you could win while I'm there.
I'm sure you're all really busy preparing for today, but here's your fun thought for the day:
Change is inevitable, except from vending machines.
Dear Gentle Readers,
If any of you are at the game, come and see me low in section 212. I'll be rocking my Kapanen sweater. Also, Whalers sweater guy, hope you're back for tonight's game. Kristin and I loved seeing you there last time!
I'll have my paper along for a proper game perspective some time late tonight or tomorrow.
If you're a new reader that I meet at tonight's game, please note that I hate stats and so this blog doesn't really contain any analysis.
Love yas,
Nadine
The Sweep that Almost Was
Pre-Game
Kristin mentioned the new pre-game video, but tonight was my first time seeing it. These are my two profound reflections on it:
1. Vesa Toskala is a clothes-whore.
2. Gary Roberts is ripped. Forget milk, organic does a body good! (And how funny is it that Gary's trying to teach Recchi to eat right? Who's helping him now that he's in Atlanta? Or is Recchi calling Roberts for tips in the Whole Foods aisle there?)
Note to Ryan: Please come save me from the stupid, seriously bad male hockey fans in Philly! (Not all of them are bad. The guys surrounding my seat on high tonight were great! But the others, pfft!) By the way, Ryan, I'm sending out New Year's cards. If you want one, email me your address.
Warm-up:
Hatch and Kukkie were skating. Please let this mean that Mr. -12 (aka Rory Fitzpatrick) will not be in the line-up!
First Period
From my lovely section 212, row 2, seat 7 placement, I can see the benches across the way and the sin bins below me. (As I suspected, the Pens didn't visit the away sin bin for the decor.)
Scratches: Timonen (Oh no!). Fitzpatrick (Yeah!). Cote (Um, not entirely sure, so, no?)
Starting line-up: Biron, Hatcher, Coburn, Tolpenko, (wait for it) Sami Kapanen, and Carter.
I am so happy about Kapi and Cartsie being back together again, even if it's only for tonight. (Theme song, "Reunited and It Feels So Good.") I remember fondly how they fed each other for goals back when we could win at home. Kapi busts his behind on basically every shift out there and Carter seems to keep up with him. Add Tolpenko into the mix and you've got three skilled, quick guys out there.
Hartsie disappeared from the ice for a brief time during the first. From my vantage point, it looked like he was holding his wrist/arm.
At 9:33, Lupul steals the puck away from a 'Cane (doesn't really matter who), skates into their zone and scores an unassisted goal. The boy's still got jump left after walking all over Pittsburgh and in spite of losing to the Habs on Thursday. "Woo-hoo," to quote Beezer (the band, not the goalie, though John could have said that before.)
The 'Canes do manage to tie it up and score a go-ahead goal. I'm not unhappy with the first, but I also expect better.
Second Period
'Canes score a goal, bumping their lead to two. I'm not really happy about it. Neither was anyone else wearing Flyers gear in section 212. (The random 'Canes fans were giddy.)
On a power play, Hartnell scores a goal at 5:28, assisted by Carter and Coburn. Nice! So glad the refs had to think about this one. My grandmother (may she rest in peace) could have seen it go in before her cataract surgery!
Lups looks around, figures it's time to tie things back up, and slaps one in at 7:32 on the assist from R.J. Umberger.
So, how ready am I for Eager to be the healthy scratch every night? Like, totally! No particular reason for that thought to hit me mid-period, but it did. I've tried to avoid the Eager-bashing, and I pretty much still am, but enough already. Really.
Sami was awesome on his shifts. To me, it seems like he's very underrated. I know he isn't wracking up goals and assists like others, but he's consistently crushing the hopes and dreams of the lines he's sent out to face. (Stevens once said he was pretty sure Kapi could play whichever position he asked him to, including goalie.) It irks me! But, again, I'm biased...he is on my sweater for a reason.
Random 'Cane (okay, Staal) scores another goal for the Dark Side.
Third Period
"We only need one goal to tie it up." That's the only thing that I thought about as the third got underway.
Thirty seconds into the period, Tiny!Briere earns his ridonkculously over-inflated pay check. Making him look good were Hartnell and Coburn.
We're tied a little too early in the period. It's nice, but I wanted w a y more insurance than that.
Sami puts on a one-man clinic at one point during the third. He even put a guy into the boards hard enough for Raleigh to hear the thump. I loved it! Of course, it was also hugely frustrating because no one was in position for any really good set-up to get underway.
Another 'Cane scores a goal...argh!
But the period is not over until it's over. (Thanks, Yogi Bera.) Lups is not content with just one hat-trick this week. Oh, no! At 11:46, on a power play, he tips-in, he scores. The Mikes (Knuble and Richards) are responsible for the assists.
I love these guys but they give me heart failure! The period ends in a 5-5 tie and we head for the standard OT.
Overtime
It's important to note that the officiating really...bit...during the whole game. The zebras made some of the worst calls I've ever seen and kept getting in the way...like "stepping on the puck and making it impossible for the players to get it without attacking them" bad.
With that explanation out of the way, and disregarding my dislike of Tiny!Briere (mandated star of the team, whiner, diver and spearer), what has to happen before a penalty is called when he's shoved to the ice and held down? Right next to the boards?
Do the refs see it? No. They're too busy calling Lups for hooking.
Does this occur so far way from the Briere Incident as to not be see by the refs? No, it's happening right next to it, before the hooking is ever perpetrated. In other words, to see Lups' hooking penalty, you had to already be viewing the Briere Pin-Down.
At any rate, nobody scores in OT and we head for the dreaded shoot out. (Nothing more needs to be written. Flyers + SO = Win for someone else's team.) 'Canes win 6-5.
Official (Unofficial) Points Race Update, Sponsored by Nadine of Flyers.Femme
In spite of Tiny!Briere's goal tonight, he's still behind Richie and his assist. While many consider Danny to be our best player, I'm so not buying into the NHL poster-child syndrome that disseminates his name and number onto most of the Flyers Fan Gear I see.
Richie: 14 G + 22 A = 36 points (+/- is a 9)
Briere: 14 G + 20 A = 34 points (+/- is a -5)
Weirdest moment of the game
Marty Biron is credited with the check of the game. Yep, our goalie may be a funny, well-spoken, very personable guy, but he's not afraid to knock you down in the corner! (Hey Cindy, "I don't cheat and I don't whine.")
Nov 15, 2007
OMG: Kill Me Now
So, the free promotional item for the November 26 game against the Bruins is...a Briere bobblehead. I'm almost tempted to skip that game just so I can avoid it. The other half of me wants to go and "Just Say No."
Pre-Game Summary
First, I'm home tonight. Kristin is holding down the Flyers' HLOGer presence on her own tonight.
Our last match-up with the Ranjuhs was described with one succinct word: Blech! As a result, I really don't quite know what to write for tonight's "Dear Guys" letter. Let's try this:
Dear Guys,
Please don't give them a lot of Power Plays. Yeah, our PK is nice, but let's not push our luck.
And Richie, don't let Avery tweak you. Let Gator take a bite out of him. Or Jonesy. Heck, Coburn can laugh in his face. Kimmo and Kukkie could just coast him into the boards and stick him there. You just need to keep playing your game, not his assinine one. You're way better than that.
Good luck to every one of you!
Love yas,
Nadine
First Period
Dude, Jim Dowd beat King Henry at 4:01! Assists were by Cote and Tolpenko. Even if it was ugly, Dowd slid one past him.
Riley, c'mon. Are you ever going to let your perma-black eyes heal? I worry about you.
Darn! The Blue Shirts managed to put one on the board.
On-topic [hockey-wise], but off-topic [Flyers-wise]: The Phantoms are 13-2-1!
Second Period
Stupid Ranjuhs. Another goal...grr.
Score!! Right, so it was a Briere goal, but Richie assisted. (Go Richie!)
Guess what? The boys in the Communications department finally put information about Sami Kapanen back up on the IR. But, he's only missed three games? It feels like more. (Dear Sami, please get well soon. We could really use you back in the line-up.)
Sweater Update: Still no further tracking information. I really wanted to have it for Saturday! Well, maybe tomorrow.
Third Period
Evil Chris Drury.
Yeah Denis Tolpenko! Congrats on your first NHL goal. (Thank you to Gator and Kukkie for the assists.)
OT: We've only done this one other time this year. It was at home. Last time we won it in 48 seconds. That was then, this is now. Now, we don't win in OT and the guys are working hard to give everyone heart failure.
SO: This is what drives me nuts...shoot-outs. We have to contend with Lundqvist keeping things out of the net, and Shanny and Jagr wanting to put them in ours.
Final Score: Flyers 3, Evil Rangers 4 (SO)
Pre-Game Summary
First, I'm home tonight. Kristin is holding down the Flyers' HLOGer presence on her own tonight.
Our last match-up with the Ranjuhs was described with one succinct word: Blech! As a result, I really don't quite know what to write for tonight's "Dear Guys" letter. Let's try this:
Dear Guys,
Please don't give them a lot of Power Plays. Yeah, our PK is nice, but let's not push our luck.
And Richie, don't let Avery tweak you. Let Gator take a bite out of him. Or Jonesy. Heck, Coburn can laugh in his face. Kimmo and Kukkie could just coast him into the boards and stick him there. You just need to keep playing your game, not his assinine one. You're way better than that.
Good luck to every one of you!
Love yas,
Nadine
First Period
Dude, Jim Dowd beat King Henry at 4:01! Assists were by Cote and Tolpenko. Even if it was ugly, Dowd slid one past him.
Riley, c'mon. Are you ever going to let your perma-black eyes heal? I worry about you.
Darn! The Blue Shirts managed to put one on the board.
On-topic [hockey-wise], but off-topic [Flyers-wise]: The Phantoms are 13-2-1!
Second Period
Stupid Ranjuhs. Another goal...grr.
Score!! Right, so it was a Briere goal, but Richie assisted. (Go Richie!)
Guess what? The boys in the Communications department finally put information about Sami Kapanen back up on the IR. But, he's only missed three games? It feels like more. (Dear Sami, please get well soon. We could really use you back in the line-up.)
Sweater Update: Still no further tracking information. I really wanted to have it for Saturday! Well, maybe tomorrow.
Third Period
Evil Chris Drury.
Yeah Denis Tolpenko! Congrats on your first NHL goal. (Thank you to Gator and Kukkie for the assists.)
OT: We've only done this one other time this year. It was at home. Last time we won it in 48 seconds. That was then, this is now. Now, we don't win in OT and the guys are working hard to give everyone heart failure.
SO: This is what drives me nuts...shoot-outs. We have to contend with Lundqvist keeping things out of the net, and Shanny and Jagr wanting to put them in ours.
Final Score: Flyers 3, Evil Rangers 4 (SO)
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