And a hearty congratulations to the Red Wings of Detroit (as Papa Hemingway might have said, had he given a damn about hockey), who once more hoist Lord Stanley's Cup and return it to Hockeytown. Enjoy your prize this year, gentlemen; next year it comes to Minnesota.

A girl can dream, right?

If you work someplace that cares or pretends to care about such things, you know that October is Customer Service month. Here where I work, this means being forced (or at least forcefully encouraged) to participate in a month of allegedly fun activities, including a progressive potluck (whose organizers seem to have no understanding of what a ( Read more... )

Saturday night, the San Jose Sharks handed the Minnesota Wild their asses on a cheap paper plate. Manny held it together best he could for the first 2 periods, but about the time the score got to be 4-1, I think he decided that, if the line was not going to do its job on their end of the ice, he shouldn't have to work so hard to do the job on his ( Read more... )

leorathesane and I, along with 2 of my coworkers (including the one Leora affectionately refers to as "Eli's gay boyfriend") headed to Lake Calhoun for the first ever U.S. Pond Hockey Championship. We only stayed for 1 game. Cliff and C.J. were both woefully underdressed to spend the afternoon standing on a frozen lake, and after they left, even the allure of ( Read more... )

And sometimes, it's the players.

Ilya Kovalchuk has finally re-signed with the Thrashers. He gets a 5-year, infinitesimally-less-than-32 million dollar deal. Nice work if you can get it, right ( Read more... )

As part of my NaNo research (yes, I have research this year), I'm reading Teena Spencer's The Girlfriend's Guide to Hockey. It's excellent, full of hockey history and trivia that even I didn't know. ( Plus, it's hysterically funny. )

There will be NHL hockey again! Probably. Very likely. They still have to vote ( Read more... )

Having worked until 10:30 Friday night, a tired and baffled Stanley got up at 7:00 Saturday morning to accompany leorathesane to the outskirts of Tower, about 3 1/2 hours north of the Twin Cities. It's near Virginia, where Ms. The Sane was born. It's also near Eveleth, but no amount of wistful gazing on my part would convince Leora to make the detour to the ( Read more... )

RIP Sergei Zholtok, 12/02/72-11/03/04.
We'll miss you, man.


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Hey! Anybody looking for a Yippee Yule present for me? MN Wild zamboni keychain, baby!

ETA: Because ze loves me, riverrocks found me this site. It's the official home of the zamboni. I'm so excited I might fall down.