.........

So....Ovie decided to hit Gleason in the Caps/Whalercanes game tonight.

It ended up being a knee-on-knee hit.

He didn't put any weight on it as he left the ice.

He got a five minute major and a game misconduct for it.

So.

He's potentially pretty injured now. And if the injury doesn't keep him out for a while, there seems to be talk that Campbell might suspend him (I mean.. it is his second game misconduct in a week).

All I can say is...

This is really shitty timing, Ovie. Like, really shitty.

Thank goodness I actually like the Caps as a team and I won't be too cut up about it if Ovie doesn't play when I'm there.

But still..... this is HORRIBLE timing, Ovie.... Guh.

.................

In other news, Keith Ballard is a moron. Remember when Surovy tried to kill our poor little Slovak goalie when he hit him upside the head at the Worlds last year? Well, Ballard did the same thing tonight to his own goalie.... Only.... it was a lot worse.... Like.... Vokoun is in the hospital.

You can see the hit here if you haven't seen it already.

Let's hope Vokoun is okay. That was a really brutal hit and it was 100% unnecessary and stupid.

So I really don't do this football thing but....

I actually spent the entire Grey Cup complaining about the Voltigeurs actually. It's getting sad how obsessed I'm becoming with this team. I had to dig up their stats from last year to see if Guy had to suffer through a 10-2 loss last year. If you care to know, yes, he did. After the very same Voltigeurs were BLANKED by the Juniors, they played the Gatineau Olympiques and lost by a horrendous score of 10-2. That seems to be their biggest goal differential in terms of a loss....I can only imagine the fireworks that would have gone on after that. Well... Guy doesn't go Torts on his players, but I can imagine he would be exploding somehow. God help the Hammies if they ever lose that badly...

That would be awful....

ANYWAY. What was this post about? Oh yeah. The Als.

I did check out the very end of the Als game. I don't pretend to know what the hell happened, but the bottom line is that the right team won. The Als came in as the huge favorites, came THIS close to blowing the whole damn thing and finally they pulled out a win in the last few seconds.

Whoopy. Congrats. Yay........

Only mentioning this because.... this is proof that Montreal isn't that faily!

The Impact won their league doodad thing.

The Als finally didn't completely choke in the finals this time.

That just leaves the Habs.

...........

Speaking of the Habs... They sent Wyman back to the Hammies. Hammies say THANK YOU. This better mean that Mr. Moneybags aka Gomer is ready to come back. Maybe Dagger too?

Revenge of the Stuffed Animals

So.... the Juniors were in Mooski today. And well...... I`ll just leave you with my (slightly edited) twitter updates for the first period *G* I'm kinda liking these really long useless posts. Enjoy :D

first period

3:00 Juniors time! If they fail epically then I'll go yell at the Voltigeurs instead... but seriously... Juniors... Beat Mooski!

3:10 err "Delpoo"? I think I need to go look up the name of the Mooski goalie...Ohhh it's Dopud..... *cackles anyway*

3:12 man this game is slow.... stupid whistles.... *yawns*

3:14 Argh..... Émond scores and now it's raining stuffed animals. The hell, Mooski?

3:16 [announcers dude wondering if this should be a delay of game penalty] Damn right this should be a delay of game penalty. What the hell are those stuffed animals doing on the ice?

3:18 Haha. Everyone BUT the Juniors are cleaning up the stuffed animals. The MOOSKI players are even cleaning up the stuffed animals. Juniors want nothing to do with the freaky things. Good for you guys.

3:20 Stuffed animals apparently are mostly of the Mooski mascot. Although there are also "fake mascots" as well....

3:23 Dude on the radio is ticked off because he's going to miss the Als game because the cleanup of the stuffed animals is taking forever (doesn't help that people keep throwing them back on the ice).

3:24 The dude on the radio is like "Now that we know that they were going to throw the stuffed animals, it's too bad the Juniors couldn't have had a shutout to prevent the fans from tossing these things".

3:27 game back on. Damn stuffed animals.

3:32 Agh...... Mooski scores again....it doesn't appear to be raining stuffed animals this time. Phew!!!!

3:36 AAAAAARH The stupid Voltigeurs are failing too. ARGH *kicks them* GET IT TOGETHER YOU FREAKS.

3:37 w00t! Juniors scooore! So let me get this straight. I yell at the Voltigeurs and the Juniors score? Okay then.

3:39 Juniors get a PP. Second worst PP against the second worst PK. Okay. Who will be more faily?

3:40 WHAT? Idiots.... Too many faily Juniors on the ice.... FAIL. FAIL. FAIL.

3:42 WHOO! Asselin comes out of the penalty box and scooooores! Please note that I'm the only one yelling "and scooooooooooores" a la Flandersdude. Mr. Announcer was less enthusiastic. Boo.

3:44 ........... *kicks Cormier* or maybe I should be kicking Bérubé for being all sleepy on that goal? *kicks them both* 3-2 Mooski. Let's never say that the Juniors have the momentum again, okay, Mr. Announcer?

3:55 Announcer guys are still complaining about the stuffed animals in-between periods. Also, apparently there's a weird blimp thing flying around in the arena. Mooski is weird. Mr. Announcer guy says that it`s been a busy game for him with five goals and he`s not sure if he`ll have any voice left for later. I note that when  you just say `and they score` regardless of who scores.... you should have a ton of voice left. You`re not Flandersdude here. And Flandersdude STILL had a pile of energy even when he was sick. So there *gets all huffy*

Second period 

4:09 And they scoooooooooore! Aubry with a goal! 3-3! Why am I the only one getting animated here?!

4:12 Bérubé sounds like he`s more awake now. Good!

4:17 I`m having problems with Dopud`s name... it`s making me laugh. A lot.

4:20 And of course the refs have decided to send the Juniors to the PK again (second time already). Mooski has the 3rd best PP. Juniors are.... I dunno..... their PK is pretty good though.

4:22 What the hell is wrong with the Voltigeurs?! FAIL. FAIL. FAIL. Losing 4-1. You're going to blow this roadtrip aren't you? FAIL. FAIL. FAIL. I can't believe how faily this team is being. Fail. fail. Fail. Fail. Fail. UGH. Should I send Guy back to glower at you? Actually you know what? I think I will.

4:24 Apparently the Mooski fans are not impressed with the Mooski mascot. It's trying to get them to clap but no such luck. HAHA. Fail mascot! FAIL.

4:27 DuPOO is coming up with a good save for the Mooski things. Oh and the Voltigeurs are failing even more.....Fail.... Fail....... GET IT TOGETHER.

4:29 PP for the Juniors! Oh and the Voltigeurs are now losing 6-1. Maybe we shouldn't be telling Guy about this...We'll just let him enjoy the Hammies' to back to back shutouts......... Stupid Voltigeurs. I HATE YOU.

4:30 DuPOO can't stick handle the puck. The Juniors need to capitalize on this!

4:33 "Little Brenton"....? If Brenton is short... what is Eli? Eli is shorter. I think. He has to be. He's totally shorter. He's shorter than David.

4:35 I go to get something eat (chocolate chip cookies for the win!) and come back to hear the announcers saying that the Juniors should have had a goal. Mooski guys are already off to the dressing room. *waits* NO GOAL? GUHHHH.............. Stupid major junior hockey league...............

Third Period 


4:57 Icefail in Mooski. What is this, Hammie-town?

5:00 Gouchie just fell and started rolling around on the ice for no reason. He's fine. Probably really embarrassed. Sounds like he looked ridiculous. You know how bugs fall over and get stuck on their back? I don't know think Gouchie looked like that but I have visions of him looking like that.

5:01 ELI WITH A GOAL! Sounds like a very pretty one too. 4-3! Someone ask him how to say his first name please. Nobody knows how.

5:03 Mr. Announcer is still upset with the refs for the no-goal from before. He points out that he's allowed to be a homer. Well, yes, but....

5:05 icing's abound in Mooski. they wouldn't be icing if this was the NHL. CHL has a no-touch icing rule (which is a good idea but right now it's annoying).

5:07 why is Chouinard always going to the penalty box when I follow the Juniors? Sounds like Eli is trying to smacktalk with the Mooski. The mental image is funny.

5:08 "Oh no! DuPOO!". DYING laughing at this.......

5:10 BLOODY HELL VOLTIGEURS. BLOODY HELL. It's NINE to TWO. AND the twerps are outshooting their opponents. BLOODY HELL. AAAAARGHHHHHH!!!!!!! If you give us Gabriel and Philippe, I'll give you Jake. Maybe. Maybe not. But you guys need to get rid of Tardif. He's faily. BLEH.

5:11 Oh I'm sorry. The Voltigeurs are losing ten to two. Uhuh. Could you imagine what Guy would be doing if he was behind the bench right now? I'd like to think that they wouldn't be losing 10-2 if Guy was behind the bench but that's just my random crush on Guy Boucher speaking. But seriously... he would be dying right now......................

5:16 "Oh another interesting experience in puck-handling by DuPOO". I take this to mean that DuPOO is worse than Jaro and Teddy at handling the puck. Is that even possible?

5:19 GUHHHHH! Mooski scores....... =/ 4-4. Umm, the refs reviewed the goal? It was a clear goal. So they go review two goals. One that was clearly not a goal because it went off the post and one that was clearly a goal (this last one) but they don't go to review the one that SHOULD have been a goal (yes that one from the second period). Idiots.

5:27 Announcers aren't happy to be going to OT. They've decided to give updates on the kid clearing the ice on the rink instead.

Over Tiiiiiiime 


5:33 Juniors getting run around.... C'MON! DON'T DIE!

Shoooooout ouuuuuuuuut tiiiiiiiiiiiiiiime GUH 


5:38 zamboni fail. They're running the thing but there's no water coming out - thus the ice is still going to be crap. "usually I find watching the zamboni to be a kind of peaceful thing but this is just frustrating". Uhuh. This guy is amusing (he's not the normal guy). Other guy says "does this zamboni have a purpose right now? It's just going around and around for no reason".

5:41 to 5:47

Straka fails. Asselin fails.
Lefrancois doesn't fail. Eli makes DuPOO look silly.
Caron doesn't even get a shot away. Gouchie can win it... and DuPOO saves it. Ugh.
Cormier scores. UGH. Parkes scores!
Mooski thing gets stopped. Chouinard doesn't get a shot away either. ARGH.
Fournier scores. Aubry.... is stopped by DuPOO.

Mooski wins. #@$%^&......... Juniors deserved better than this. Damn you stupid stuffed animals. Damn you stupid refs for not checking that goal. And damn you stupid zamboni that did nothing.

hdaskjdhaskjhdkasjdh......

5:57 apparently DuPOO's name is pronounced DEHpod. Myeh?

Uhoh.......

So it's not secret that I'll be in DC in a little bit. And it's certainly no secret that my whole DC trip has been planned around a Caps game. So with all this excitement surrounding my trip to DC, it's kinda natural that I've been all about the Caps recently.....

So.....Basically my night went like this......

• FEHR! Didn't he score on us last time? Damnit.... 
• OOOOVIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIEEEEEEEEEEEEE oh wait...... I mean.... Oh crap. DAMN YOU OVIE. YOU EPIC JERK. 
• HEAD PIGEON! YAAAAAAAY!
• TURTLE-PLEKY!!!!!! WHOOOOOOO! 
• MAB! Wait.. .Looked like MOEN!! WHOOOOOOOOOOOOO!
• Are we going to win this?!
• No. We're not going to win it. Eric Freaking Fehr again. 
• Shoootouuuut!
• Pie scores the winner! I hate Pie. For now. We'll make up before I head off to DC. Don't worry. Pie is too adorable to hate. But really... DAMN YOU PIE. 
• Oh and Ovie sucks in shootouts. Let's not go to shootouts when I'm in DC, k? 
• I'll take the point even though I really think we could have had two. YES WE. You really think I would abandon my Habs so easily? 

YAY!

So....Guy and Flandersdude and everyone else kept saying that the Monsters were going to be all evil and that they'd come out and play really hard after being shutout last night.

Okay so the Monsters did come out and play well but....

TEDDY GOT A SHUTOUT AND THE HAMMIES JUST GOT THEIR 500th WIN!!!!!!!!!! YAY!

• It's hilarious how different Guy sounds if his team won the night before. He' takes losing very seriously and is always a lot happier when his team wins XD
• Heeey how come Sanford didn't get the shutout? Poor guy. He was okay enough to sit on the bench by the way. 
• There wasn't a whole lot to say about the most of the game actually. The first and third periods saw the Monsters pressing the Hammies but for the most part most of the shots were pretty harmless. 
• A three minute span saw the Hammies getting all the goals that they needed. 
• Daaaviiiiid scoooored! And everyone butchered his name. 
• And theeeen.... Rrrrryaaan Rrrrrruuuussel snuck in and scored while nobody was paying attention because they were all wondering why the PA was ruining David's name. 
• AND THEN.. Brrrrrock Trotter scored too! While almost getting knocked over. PA guy says: "Hamilton goal scored by Brock Trotter. Assists to be determined." Uh okay. 
• And just before David scored I asked for the Hammies to get it over with and score already :D
• Poor Monsters actually outshot the Hammies 32-22. Oh well. 
• I swear I've memorized these adds on the Bulldogs radio.... o.<

In which I try to follow three games at the same time

On the radio no less! It's called "procrastinating 101" :D

• First up is the Voltigeurs! You know how much they love me? They insist on blowing their games every. single. time. I listen to them.
• Oh hey... why is there no radio feed for Drummondville? Do they not know that the game is at 6:30 our time? Stupid time difference..... 
• So... I thought New Brunswick was the only bilingual province? How come these poor guys insist on calling Gabriel Dumont "DooMONT"? And who is "Peee-ette"? I have to re-learn who everyone is... o.< I'll leave Couturier's name alone considering he's not actually from Quebec. 
• Also... I like Piché a lot better than Tardif. A lot better. He's less faily. 

• Hammies time!
• You know this injury thing is a problem when Guy Boucher is saying that it's ridiculous. If Guy says it's ridiculous then it's ridiculous because Guy NEVER says stuff like this. 
• Maaaaan, Guy is really tough on his players.... He's all like "I won't tell the players this, but yeah, I think we played well enough to win" (the games that they lost against Rochester and Houston). Okay. 
• There are healthy scratches tonight! GUESS WHAT THAT MEANS?! We have HEALTHY players who can play. 
• Who's this guy doing the colour commentary? I know you mentioned who he is earlier this week, Flandersdude, but I wasn't listening when you explained it this time. I believe this guy's name is Wes. Hi Wes. 
• Oh hey is that a goal by Maxwell on the PP? Yes? No? Anyone want to check that? No?
• *waits* 
• Get the damn lines people out of the way!
• *still waiting* 
• Noooo.... PP coming up for the Monsters. Wait... NOW you're going to see if Maxwell had a goal? 
• AIEEEE MAXWELL WITH A GOAL! FINALLY! and this means no PP for the Monsters :D
• Hammies really pressing here. If they'd stop putting it off the crossbar they'd get another goal already. 
• YAY! Frederic St. Denis with a goal! He just came back tonight too! And "Soo-BAWN" had an assist. Seriously. SooBAWN? 
• Also... Weiman's name sounds too much like "Wyman" which has me confuzzled..... 

Okay *runs around changing radios*

• Oh hey.. the Juniors aren't losing to Gatineau! They're not winning either though... Apparently they were winning before.... Poop. 
• Hahaha... dude on the radio in Montreal says "There's nothing sexy about Gatineau. They're just a solid and disciplined team". It's true. There's nothing sexy about Gatineau. Nothing.  
• AHAH! I found the radio feed for Drummondville. Stinkers, you thought I wouldn't find it, eh?! I FOUND IT. Finally, someone who can say "Dumont" properly. 
• Voltigeurs aren`t scoring though......Myeh....... 

*runs back to the Hammies*

• CARLE SCOOOOOORES! And the PA was just saying that they were starting the second period. Stevenson gets an assist! 
• Umm do these people in Cleveland realize that their team is losing? Because they're cheering for no reason. Maybe they're secretly Hammies fans? 
• Oh it's free hot dog night....! That's why they're here.... 
• so NOW the refs are feeling bad for the Monsters? Give me a break. That was SO tripping. 

*runs off to check the baby Habs and baby Juniors*

• Oh crap... the Voltigeurs just let in a goal with a few mins left in the third. DAMN YOU VOLTIGEURS.
  
• OH! Chouinard with a goal! Juniors up 3-2!!!
• Oh and yes, the Cyclones are playing. And yes, it's a scoring fest there. And yes, Mayer is in nets. No, I'm not listening to the game. Twitter updates ftw!

*runs back to the Hammies*

• uhhh can we stop talking about rock and roll, please? 
• GLUUU scoooores! Did David get an assist? DID HE? He has to be on the ice. He has to be. Otherwise Gluu wouldn't have scored. 
• Hey...... hello? The dudes gave Murphy the goal? umm no... Murphy was ROBBED by Weiman. Then Gluu scored. I would like to know if David got an assist here. 
• Just checked... David wasn't even on the ice! Wow, Gluuuu! Still.... no David anywhere nearby = no goals for Gluu. David on the ice or on the bench = Gluu scoring. 
• Weber down. Please don't be injured..... please...... 
• HAHAHAHAHA. The Monster fans are STILL cheering. I don't think they know that their team is losing 4-0....

*mutes Hammies*

• Myeh. Voltigeurs lose. I hate you. At least Dumont had a goal. Where has Philippe been though? *sobs* Where has my dorky looking Voltigeur gone? He's disappeared from the score board!
• Juniors are off taking a break. Still 3-2. Please don't lose this one. 

*un-mutes Hammies*

• Shhhhhhh Flandersdude... Don't tell Lacroix that Guy said something good about him.... 
• Btw... Lacroix has a French accent. For reals. Unlike Guy who has this annoying accent that I can't place easily. I KNOW Guy went to school here and I know he's from some place waaaay up north in Quebec (anything north of Quebec City is WAAAY up north to me), but there's still something weird about his accent.......  /accent rant over. 
• Hammies are continuing to pressure the Monsters. 
• HEY WAIT. Why is Teddy out there now? Where is Sandford? Uhoh... he better not be injured.....
• There is no Sanford on the benches *freaks out* 
• Rar.... now the Monsters are getting a few good chances.....
  

*looks over at the Q's website*

• GUHHH! Someone broke the scoreboard on the Q's website. It won't update the Juniors score. UPDATE. *turns on radio* OH HEY it's 4-2?! The dude said it was 4-2 *listens* 
• THEY SCOOOOOOOORE! 5-2! Sounds like maybe Asselin? Whatever. THEY'RE GOING TO WIN THIS. 
• If they screw this up with 2 mins left.....
• and of course the Olympiques are on the PP now....
• PK over. JUNIORS WIN. HELL YEAH!
• Goooochiiieee had the fourth goal and Parkes had the fifth. Bwahahahahahah.

*rushes back to the Hammies*

• nooooooo David has no points in this game?! I'm going to be SUPER greedy and ask David to get a point. Yes, I can complain about this because the Hammies are still winning 4-0. 
• WHOOOO! Hammies wiiin! SHUUUUTOUUUUT! 
• I guess Sanford gets the shutout? 
• Err Mr. Wes-dude.... someone needs to teach you (and Flandersdude) how to say David's name properly. 
• I like Mr. Wes-dude though. Can we keep him for a while? (seeing as hiring Steve isn't an option).
• Sanford had back spasms. Here we go again with this..........get better soon!
• um Al fails at text messaging *G*

• Cyclones win 6-5 too.
• I like tonight :D
• Minus the Voltigeurs.... failures.... 

When tennis and hockey collide.... it's not pretty

from here.

Yes, that's Roger Federer on the left. All I can say is.....

OMG WHAT THE HELL IS THAT ROGER?!!!!!!!!!! HOW COULD YOU PUT THAT THING ON? HOW COULD YOU?! THE YANKEES SHIRT WAS BAD ENOUGH BUT NOW THIS?!!!! HOW COULD YOU?! BAD ROGER!!!!!!! GUH!

David's coming back!

Glumac can let out a sigh of relief now because David has been sent back to Hammie-town. 

Okay, you know, despite all my uncontrollable sobbing when the Habs re-called him, I'm kinda sad for David actually. I said some really positive things about David on All Habs and I really wanted to see him do well. Unfortunately, he didn't have a great first game (hmm could have something to do with the fact that he was on the ice at the same time as Sidney freaking Crosby at times!!!). I was really hoping he would have another chance to prove himself because I really do believe that David can have an impact with the Habs. 

yeah, yeah, I know should make up my damn mind about this, but you know at the end of the day I would never root against my Hammies when they came up to play with the big boys. I want them to do well! 

All this being said.... Gluuu and I are very happy to have David back. Gluu especially. Now all we need is for someone to get Maxwell to score.....