I totally forgot about this journal thing. The season gets so hectic and so long. But since I'm stuck at home with a broken cheekbone ( Read more... )

Having this time with Karlis has been wonderful. After we won the game against his Avs last night, I just had to do something special for him, so I took him home and...well, the rest is just between the two of us. :) Let's just say that it was, indeed, a very, very special night ( Read more... )

I wanted to spend every possible moment I could with Karlis and my teammates (Bless them!) decided to help me out. Johnny and Rem snuck me out of our hotel in the middle of the night. Tomas had rented a car earlier and had it waiting for us. They'd also already gone and bought me a plane ticket for a red-eye flight from San Jose to Denver. They're ( Read more... )

We earned a good win last night in OT against the Ducks. It felt wonderful, almost as exciting as our wins against Detroit. I got an assist, too ( Read more... )

So we're off on a long road trip this afternoon. LA first, then Anaheim, San Jose, and Colorado. At least I'll get to see Karlis when we get to Colorado! It hasn't been that long since we saw each other, but it feels like forever! I just want to hold him and never let go. We won't get to spend Thanksgiving together, but we'll get a couple of days ( Read more... )

We were a little slow out of the gate, but more than made up for it in the second and third periods. Marek scored again - he's amazing! He's so quiet and mellow that you forget how smart and intense he is, until you see him play hockey. I'm supposed to be mentoring him and I think I'm going to end up learning from him myself ( Read more... )

It's nice to have a little peace and quiet for a change. We'll start into another long run of games tomorrow. Calgary. I hope we can continue to play like we did in the third period against Detroit ( Read more... )

I spent a couple of hours on the phone with Karlis last night. OK, we do that almost every night, but tonight he was upset. One of his Colorado teammates made a pass at him and he had to turn the guy down and it didn't go well. He feels badly about hurting a teammate's feelings, but what else could he do? Part of me wants to kick this guy's ass and ( Read more... )

Whoever made this year's NHL schedule definitely has a grudge against us. This is like the third weekend so far this season that we've had back-to-back home/away games. Dallas twice in two days was bad enough, now we've got Chicago and Detroit. To make things worse, both of those teams have had almost the entire week off. We didn't get it off ( Read more... )

Congratulations to Rem and Kim (especially Kim since she did all the work) on the healthy birth of their son Joseph yesterday ( Read more... )