Cowboys From Hell - Hawks 3, Stars 3 (Hawks win popularity contest)

was a redirected from a stick less than 2 feet in front of him and it hit his chest and then it bounced in front of him. unless his chest was temper-pedic material, there was nothing he could do there.

the worst part about it is the “Shoot” guy ok, that somewhat makes sense… u want to see more shots… i hate you but i can attempt to make a case for you… but the guy who was yelling “Skate” wtf is that?

How could I forget that!

SARAH KUSTOK BIT IT ON THE ICE!!!! SHE FELL FLAT ON HER ASS!!! And speaking of that moron, did anyone hear her ask, YET AGAIN, “how about these fans?” God I despise that dip shit.

(I know you’re happy for me)
The family that played video games the entire time. Too top it off, it was tennis.
They should be banned from Hawks games.

The food up there was nice though

haven’t met her in person.

LOL

they need to start yelling it at the opposition…

signs should not be allowed at any sporting game. you block the view for the people behind as you to ATTEMPT to be shown on tv for like 2 seconds????

fuck that kid

I called Cam Barker a retard about 329 times during the game, but I love what Sopel did on the PK, especially in OT.

I had finally had enough of the moron a few rows back that kept yelling it regardless of who had the puck, or where they had it. ( I swear to christ the doofus even yelled it once while Dallas had posession.) So I sarcastically yelled once while we were carrying the puck out of our own zone.
Funny thing is, I didn’t hear it again from this mouth breather the rest of the game. Maybe he finally figured it out, but i’m not counting on it.
Jesus, do they hire these fuckers and put one in every section?
(This was in 331. Near you?)

Maybe folks think it’s the right thing to do.

I liked Buff on the line with Kane at the beginning of the year. If I remember right the season started with a line of Kane/Bolland/Buff. I remember thinking at the time that it was our most consistently dangerous line. I never would have believed it, but it turns out any line Kane is on this season has been our most consistently dangerous.

Brouwer also filled that role well. I agree with krome though, that DN is best served with a big-body grinder, no matter how talented Sharp may be.

I think he did pretty well when moved with Hossa and Bolland. I was hopeing Q would get that line together at some point.

hey, don’t take that as a complaint though! i was having a laugh at it. everyone around me was really into the game- i just thought it was funny. it seemed like she thought she had to be upset that they weren’t shooting every time the puck was touched? i’m not sure- either way, nice to get a win.

Since it was already sitting there…crowded, but at least I wasn’t standing outside waiting. Then Brown Line and a bus so I could run an errand elsewhere. I didn’t feel like trying anything new when it involved trudging through snow (the sidewalks weren’t very clear around the UC).

I forget where you live, but I assume it’s further away than I am from the UC.
Man, I lived in Ukrainian Village for years and the UC would have been a short walk and a mile ride on the Damen bus, but I wasn’t going to any hockey games (or any sporting events) then…and easy to get tickets then, too…

his last game in Columbus was pretty bad. That was the game the hawks won 6-5.

I like Huet Saturday and Niemi Sunday as you have suggested.

Versteeg is this type of player. He contributes more than Kopecky and Buff at this point, so I say keep him.

I bet Kaner encourages that behavior. They’re both very similar players that way, but Kaner just gets through guys more times than he doesn’t, so no one notices.

Their PP suffered for-fucking-ever too, if I remember correctly, to the point that fans were calling for the firing of their PP coach.

They can be very misleading. Sure 8th does sound good but what has it been for the past month? We know what it been for about the past 2 weeks – 0.0% Flat out bad. Is it just a slump they’re going through like a baseball player? Or is it the actual approach they’re taking and they have just gotten lucky before based on the skill of the players?

Seeing all those bodies bunched up like that had me pissed. There’s no way a decent shot could come from that.

would be able to get a little more out of his team…

I definitely had a lot of people like that around me.
But fortunately also had some “Wait for the whistle, asshole!” people nearby to keep them in line. Or to give people leaving early a hard time—sure, the weather’s bad and you need a while to get home, but leaving a tied game?!

thats why all the fans can scream and tell you what to do… all you have to do is SHOOT!!!, SKATE!!!… PUT A BODY ON SOMEBODY!!!! and DON’T STOP SKATING… god this game is sooo easy.

I’ll admit that I’m not clear enough on some of these things to be able to explain them to someone else…but I know enough not to yell anything.

I’ll be taking a friend to her first hockey game next month, probably, and so I spend games figuring out what I should try to explain before the game, what I should point out while there, what things I probably don’t need to get into unless they actually happen at the game, etc. I’m sure I’ll be asking for advice as it gets closer (this’ll be a game in Detroit, BTW).

for anyone who learns it from TV — I’ve always found television coverage of hockey to be tough b/c you don’t really get to see as much as you do live… I’d imagine that doesn’t help either.

that after this break we are going to give a few less minutes to teh guys in the Vancouver at first but I think w/ the Cluster of games it’s been taking a toll b/c of how hot we started the season and have played thus far..

Dont get me wrong I’m not making excuses for the lack luster play at times but everyone has a down point but at least they are picking up some points even if they are not play up to par. Once the intensity picks up I have a feeling they will pick it up down the stretch b/c we all and I’m sure they know if you don’t play the full 60 they will be out after the 1st round!

Last Wednesday, a Blues fan said this while thier team was on the PP. A few seconds later, Hossa was celebrating a goal.

Throwing the puck into a defender is a waste unless you can shoot hard enough to break the defender’s foot. I’d rather they wait until they have a shot at the goal.

we already get it on net a lot… too lazy to pull up the stats but we usually do outshoot the other team.

You probably meant quality shots though, and I’d agree with that — but sometimes throwing it on net and generating rebounds is a productive thing to do.

Now, if we can only get more parking of butt in front of the net…

I paid for my seats, and I was not raised to believe that watching sports live should be a silent event.

I think some of you might want to temper your expectations that 21,000 other individuals plan on watching the game exactly the same way you do.

I never get a sense of what’s going on. I prefer to sit quietly and observe the action on the ice, letting out semi-obscene groans from time to time.

That said, when I had season tickets to the Fire, I used to yell for the last half at the sideline ref to no end. God, I was horrible. I would insult his mother, his kids, his penis size, his knowledge of soccer, his athleticism, his fashion sense, his literacy, and anything else I thought might piss him off. I’m surprised my girlfriend didn’t break up with me after the first game we went to. (It took a whole other year of dealing with me.)

I swear, I don’t normally surf YouTube (usually just get links from other people) but I saw this on the front page today:

Swedish [Cat]Fish

but found it online here, for those interested.

I’m sure there are a few examples, I don’t know … Mogilny and Nylander come to mind, no goalies I can think of. It’s hugely uncommon anyway.

On a team as close-knit as ours is rumoured to be, I’d think this would be a very unpopular move. They’re professionals and all that, and understand they’re paid to win, but I’d think it would sit poorly with a lot of his teammates.

And Wanker, I’m one of Huet’s supporters and believe he’s good enough for a Cup run. That said, although he’s not a bad goalie, it is a bad contract, there’s no way around it.

…without the original complaint, this era of bonhomie and (retch!) adorable hugging bears would not hve ensued.

…are both apt to get greasy and crash the net at times.

But, I don’t like the idea of Toews in the firing line on shots from the point. Think Brouwer, Ladd, Buff there.

On the third hand, Sharp plus Daydream actually has a long track record of productivity.

and Toews was good in that role, but personally I’d rather see someone else doing more of the dirty work. With Buff, Brouwer and Ladd on the team, you’d think Q would come up with a solution.

I’m not saying I want Sharp with Toews and Kane. I liked Brouwer there for the exact reasons that you people are stating. I’m just guessing at what you’ll see out of Toews now that TBrouw isn’t there to help with the dirty work.

that’s what grunt players are for!

Brouwer, Buf, Bickell, Ladd … there usually isn’t any lack of grunts, it is guys like Toews who are rare

And his Pads are “fabulous”…

but my “little wristers” are rarely quick

I watched the replay about 20 times and Ovechkin slams Gill into Price but barely touches Price himself, especially before the puck goes in. Ovechkin’s head lands on Price’s leg, but that’s it. Not much contact there, so I thought the refs were being chippy, Maybe because of the magnitude of the initial hit, their decision was understandably swayed.

I guess the hole in the argument for rule 69.6 (because it definitely was a rebound/loose puck and therefore I feel this rule should apply) is whether Ovechkin and Price were simultaneous playing the puck. It would be a good argument that neither of them was. It appears Gill’s stick makes contact with the puck, so maybe Ovechkin was shooting vicariously thru him??

did you grab that from here?
I’ve noticed meeshack over the past year often use that in reply to many of Hi, I’m Bob LeDonne’s offbeat comments. Pretty funny.

“Yeah, Niemi probably doesn’t even know what this is. He probably thinks he’s at a ‘go fish’ tournament or something.”
Campbell threw Niemi under the bus twice too. Gotta love the rookie abuse.
Ladd first guy out.

I happen to think the stereotype is more often wrong than right (and thus a bad stereotype), but that’s my opinion (from my experience in the game).

Everyone else is surrounded by overweight old dudes!

Although no Kopecky, but then again when I saw a pic of “Hossa at the table” I expected the next pic to be “Kopecky under the table.”

I so wish I would have gone, but what’s with all that Budweiser? That’s a lot of money to spend to get crap beer.

Kane looks like he’s still in high school…link