Suspended Cookies

Well. I'm not exactly sure how I feel about Matt Cooke's suspension. I mean, I'm pissed that he's not playing for two games but I get that it was a dirty hit. However, if he wasn't Mr. Matthew Cooke, I'm certain that he wouldn't have been suspended. He has a "history" you know. And by "history", I mean he has a history of being named Matt Cooke. bah.

Lelover was back in action on Saturday night. He returned to the lineup with his boyfriend, Gogo and Mr. Tyler Kennedy. Letang and Gogo got two assists a piece and Mr. Kennedy got a (Kris Letang's) goal. Nice. 8-3. That's what we like to see. Welcome back, gentlemen.

Rangers again tonight. Should be interesting.

Perhaps my newest lover, Jay McKee, in the lineup? Ummm... I have to link Saturday's episode of Inside Penguins Hockey. It was amazing. Jay McKee and Mike Rupp were hysterical and beautiful.

what happened was

they found our number and started calling it repeatedly. The only thing we can do the next time somebody gets our number is have it changed. I mean, wow.



A few positives:

1. Jordan's first goal was ridiculous. He plays pretty well with Dupuis, eh?

2. We got another PP goal.

3. Sergei Gonchar and Max Talbot are back. Max brings a lot to Fleury. That cannot be underestimated. Gonchar is our Daddy. That cannot be underestimated either.

4. Eric Godard broke a man's face!



One really bad defensive play can turn a game around.If you are not going to find a way to remove a body from your goalie's vision? You should TRY to STOP the puck yourself. Good lord, man. He can't see it. Skoula is certainly not the only person on our team to play in front of our goalie so horrendously on occasion. But. Good lord.

The minuses are piling up all over our roster. I don't even want to talk about stats right now.

We'll get it all back. One game at a time.

Kris Letang's Playlist (from Penguins HD radio):

Wherever I May Roam -- Metallica
Sad But True -- Metallica
Around the World -- Red Hot Chili Peppers
For Whom the Bell Tolls -- Metallica
Welcome Home (Sanitarium) -- Metallica
Freak On a Leash -- Korn
Falling Away from Me -- Korn

That's incredibly sexy to me. Yikes. Like I needed to find him any sexier than I already do.

Bundle-up with Penguins

The Penguins and Dick's got together for their annual Project Bundle-up event. They received an award for their efforts. Marc-Andre Fleury and Kris Letang (!) accepted the award on behalf of the organization.

I was looking through the gallery pictures to see who all got involved. I was flipping through, making comments in my head... "aw look how adorable DaddyGonch is" "Craig Adams!" "how lucky is that kid with Eric Godard?" And then I saw it. Be still my heart.

I had no idea how much I truly miss him until I saw that picture. My first reaction, naturally, was just how incredibly gorgeous he is. I mean seriously. It's unreal. But the realization of how much he is missed on the ice came quickly after. I keep telling my husband how I would love to hear about his progression or see pictures of him on the ice at practice. He said, "maybe he can't practice." I said, "well I know he wasn't at first but I thought by now... maybe..." Sometimes he says mean things just to cause me heartache but I think he felt it too that time. Do get well soon, love.



WAIT A MINUTE! WHAT THE FUCK IS GOING ON?!?!

Jay McKee out 2-4 weeks.

Head coach Dan Bylsma announced after practice Wednesday that defenseman Jay McKee will be sidelined the next two-to-four weeks with a finger infection.


"Jay McKee has an infection in his finger and he needed to get that cleaned up and it’s going to be two-to-four weeks," Bylsma said.


Also from the Pens Report:

While Gonchar looks forward to getting back into games, Letang was happy just to be back on the ice.


"It feels good to be back," Letang said. "But I’m in the red jersey. I’ll just keep working hard to get back to where I was. It’s day-to-day. But I’ve been getting better every day."

Letang went on to praise the efforts of Deryk Engelland, Ben Lovejoy and Nate Guenin, recent recalls from Wilkes-Barre/Scranton who have stepped up to deliver winning performances on defense with all the regulars missing.

"I think we have five D-men out right now. Obviously the (Wilkes-Barre/Scranton) guys did a great job so far. It’s always nice to see that they can fill in and do the job. It’s tough to see (injuries), but you can’t do anything about it. But right now we’re doing good things and getting better."



I'm happy to see Kris is back on the ice. But my goodness. No Jay now? And Mark Eaton left practice early? I have no idea how I'm going to live the next few weeks. If you need me, I'll be sitting in the corner, hugging my knees, rocking back and forth.

good times

1. Matt Cooke. First goal of the night. Unassisted (on the scoresheet).

2. Billy G. Buried it. Nice.

3. JStaal. Shorty.

4. Martin Skoula. Thank you! That was sweet.
5. Matt Cooke... empty netter... because that Jordan is a fine young man.

Matt Cooke, ladies and gentlemen. First and last goals of the night.



I will continue to badmouth Billy G. because that apparently makes him stop sucking. When Matt scored that first goal, my husband said, "you didn't even say it today." So in addition to continuing to badmouth Billy, I have to stop saying Matt Cooke is going to score every game. I will stop now. Well, I mean at least until I get that feeling again. heh.

I'm not understanding why the organization wants me to fall in love with Deryk Engelland if they are just going to take him away from us. Four games. Fifteen hits. Three blocked shots. And a spectacular assist on Jordan's short-handed goal. He is a man. I may or may not have a crush on him.



Oh and Nate Guenin? One game. Five hits. Two blocked shots. He was a pain in the ass to play against in Philthy, so we grabbed him for ourselves. Good call.

Mr. McKee is back on top in blocked shots at 69. (Really good to know we have reliable d-men in the AHL to bring up when the inevitable happens there.) Please protect yourself, Jay. Your safety is important to us. He is so aware out there. Always looking to see where everybody is to get a feel for where the puck is going to end up instead of just where it is. I really, really like him.

Gonchar is out of the red jersey now. I may or may not be excited about this. I'm not sure yet.

Goligoski, as expected, is out for two to three weeks now. Though he is out with a "lower body" injury instead of "dude, he's fucking exhausted".

That empty netter at the end of the game was Jordan's for the taking. Instead, he gave it to Matt. I want those two to play together forever.

I love this team.





No Hiller. They put Giguere in net. He hasn't had a win this season, folks. I would have been super bummed to be at that game and learn that Jonas wasn't in goal.

The Ducks made a lot of stupid mistakes. They took a lot of really stupid penalties. At one point, they tried to throw Bourque through the boards. It was a little scary. He seemed fine, if not maybe a little less drunk-looking afterwards. I want little Bourquey to get a goal soon. He deserves one. All in all, it ended up being good news that my sweet Jonas didn't have to take this loss.

In Rob Scuderi news. He left Saturday's game in the first period and is wearing a protective boot on his foot and lower leg. X-Rays came back negative. He is day to day.

Hey, remember Kris Letang? I miss him. What's the timeframe there? When can I expect to see him again? Will they take Engelland away when he does come back? Nobody ever talks about him.

Let's talk about Jay McKee

and all the ladies he impregnated on Saturday night.

What the hell was that all about, Mr. McKee? It is incredibly sexy to me when defensive-minded defensemen go all offensive. So hot. I just love the defense in hockey. Goals are just a bonus. A delicious, orgasmic bonus.

Mark Eaton too.

Are you freaking kidding me!?!?! I wept tears of joy. Thank you, Mr. Eaton.

Matt Cooke getting an assist that shows up on the scoresheet
and not just in my bedroom. iykwim

Ben Lovejoy throwing himself in front of our net and slapping pucks to their net. Are you serious right now?

Deryk Engelland getting in fights and being yummy all over the ice? I'll take it.

Christopher Bourque reminding everybody (again) why he's on our team? Yes, please. Some people need a lot of reminding in this area. I'll keep him, thank you.

That Letestu fellow? Nicely done.

And tying the game with less than a half a second left in the game when you were so sure we lost the fifth one in a row? So intense. But that's hockey. It raises you up so high when it's not breaking your heart. Hockey romances you and makes you fall in love with it. All the excitement and speed and danger and intensity. All the sexiness of it. Then it makes you come crashing down and it tries to make you break up with it. It tries to push you away because it will never break up with you. But you don't. You can't. You deal with it because you love it. You see, you know there is going to be a time, maybe when you least expect it, when it is going to bring you flowers and tell you it loves you as much as you love it and that it is sorry for hurting you. You deal with it. You have to because life is... life is less fulfilling without that glorious and wonderous raise. You have spent too much time smiling because it is part of life. Nothing worth having comes without struggle. Life somehow means less without hockey.


Thank you, Geno. Seriously, thank you. And thank you too, Mr. Guerin.

Oh and overtime? Easy. Jordan stole Timmy's lunch money and gave it to Duper. And I have a feeling that was exactly how Skoula planned it when he slapped it up there.


That Jordan is such a thoughtful young man.

(And Eric Godard. Always Eric Godard. How do you not love him? Hey! Remember Max! I miss Max.)

In scary news, things aren't looking too good for Goligoski right now. That man is tired, guys! *sigh* Poor baby needs a break. I was hoping we could hold him together until Letang or Gonchar came back but I don't know if that's going to happen now.

Tomorrow Anaheim. I was asked what game of any game this season I would like to go to. By two people. I said this one. I love Jonas Hiller. I love the Penguins. It'd be like a two for one. For a minute, I was worried that I'd end up with two sets of tickets for Monday's game. Instead, I ended up with none. I mean, don't get me wrong, I'd go to ANY of the games. I just got excited about the idea of going to this one is all. Chicago on December 5th. I'd go to that one. That one could be dangerous because Duncan Keith is always trying to convince me to live my life following him around. (Duncan Sheik is on the radio right now... bwahahaha... that might be only funny to me.)

sympathy pains

my body aches. Every muscle feels like it has been building a house, hit by a truck, or body-checked too hard. None of that happened. Or at least not recently. It must be sympathy pains. My right ankle has been bothering me for months. I blame Jay McKee and his heroic shot-blocking. (Thank the angels he's still in our lineup though.) Sometimes when I go to take a step, one of my legs will decide to take a rest and I get off balance a little bit. This has happened since I was young. Happens to my sister too. We call it doing a grandma (because our grandma did it all the time, duh). "oops. I did a grandma there." Now I just call it sympathy for Orpik. I have carpal tunnel. My right wrist hurts like the dickens whenever it feels like it. Now? sympathy for DaddyGonch. Whenever I have a mysterious pain in an unidentifiable part of my body? Sympathy for Mr. Kennedy. My body even checked itself into the wall last night (doing a grandma on my way to let the dogs in). Hurt my shoulder a bit. It's okay now but still a bit sore if pressed or touched or thought about. So yeah. You get the idea.

I was telling a friend of mine how it's been... strange for me these last few games. I went into this season wanting to dislike or distrust Alex Goligoski because of my bitterness about Scuderi. I remember how I felt when GoGo signed that contract. I had a sinking feeling. My mouth had that bitter taste of doom and lots of goals against for a while (however long it took to send Scudsy to the other side of the country and for me to get over it... which hasn't really happened yet obviously. And you know what? SO WHAT if it never does? My heart may dwell on it forever. Leave me alone about it, man). I wanted to hate him and I wanted him to be terrible. I was worried about McKee but not really. I liked the idea of him and when we signed him I saw a rainbow. It was a faint rainbow, but it was colorful and pretty if I squinted and looked real hard through the darkness and bitter clouds of Scuderilessness. (If you notice, I even referred to McKee's play as heroic. A giant step for mankind... or at least penguinkind.) Anyway. So they're teamed together on the blueline. I'm cautious for, oh, 15 or 16 games while they're on the ice. And then Saturday's game came. No DaddyGonch, no Letang, no Malkin, no Kennedy, no Talbot. Lots of stomach turning and eye-watering. I found myself screaming 'WHERE IS MCKEE! PUT MCKEE OUT THERE!' 'WHERE IS GOGO! CAN HE COME BACK ON THE ICE PLEASE SO THESE IGNORANT PEOPLE WILL STOP SCORING GOALS?' So you see? There that is.

Look! The Penguins Game Day Report is up!!!!
Black is my favorite color.

Forwards Evgeni Malkin and Maxime Talbot have been cleared for contact and participated in the practice without their red jerseys. We will get an update from coach on their progress as well, but at least it's one small positive step for a team that has been ravaged by injuries.

shhh. Listen. That's the angels singing.

OH MY GOD! Malkin and Talbot are going to come back (someday?) and be saviors. I have an incredible urge to stand up and sing "You Are My Sunshine". Was that the song that somebody told me was about stalking? I forget. I don't care. Malkin in a black practice jersey makes me happy when skies are gray. HEY WHAT IF LETANG CAME BACK AT THE SAME TIME? Can you imagine? The very thought is making my eyes want to leak big happy tears.

It makes me think of this.

You know. Because the angel comes to save her.

So now no Orpik for two weeks. I wouldn't call that our biggest loss. Maybe 4th or 5th of the 6. 4th I guess. No 5th. Possibly even 6th. He's been playing like... nothing anyway. So whatevs. Maybe there is a curse on the temporary 'A's. They gave Billy G one and he stopped playing. I mean, like seriously, we would be better off being short-handed than having him on the ice at this point. Literally. The only thing he does when he is on the ice is give the puck to the other team.

Matt Cooke is going to score tonight. And I don't just mean in the sexual way. I mean he is going to get at least one point. I have been saying this for a while now. So it has to happen tonight. I have that sweet taste of Cookie in my mouth. I didn't mean that in the sexual way either but now I'm... wow. *pauses for daydream* What? Oh yes. Matt Cooke is going to score tonight. Remember Grease 2? You know the song. Sing it with me. Oh and please do feel free to replace any bowling references with the appropriate hockey ones. I'm too lazy to do it right now but I will when I sing it to make my husband go crazy.

Come on everybody, gather round.
I'm gonna show you how to knock 'em down.
When I'm on the ball, I'm the number one.
And I'm gonna show you how it's done.
Let's bowl, let's bowl, let's rock-'n-roll.
Hey, come on, let's get this show on the road.
Let's bowl, let's bowl, let's rock-'n-roll.
We're sittin' on a bomb that's about to explode.
We're gonna score tonight, we're gonna score tonight.
If you're lookin' for a fight, then the time is right.
We're gonna wipe the floor with you tonight.
We're gonna score tonight, we're gonna score tonight.
We're gonna rock, we're gonna roll,We're gonna bop, we're gonna bowl.
We're gonna score, score, score, score, score tonight!
Johnny: Screams... Hey Paulette, take a look over here, I'm your kingpin, honey, and I'm gettin' in gear!
Paulette: Hey Johnny, Johnny, go bowl that strike, and I just might be your baby tonight!
Let's bowl, let's bowl, let's rock-'n-roll.
Hey, come on, let's get this show on the road.
Let's bowl, let's bowl, let's rock-'n-roll.'
Cause the stakes are high, and the winner takes all!
We're gonna score tonight, we're gonna score tonight.
Don't get sore when you lose tonight,
We're gonna show you how to do it right.
We're gonna score tonight, we're gonna score tonight.
We're gonna rock, we're gonna roll,
We're gonna bop, we're gonna bowl........

Today is my dad's birthday. I don't think he would lose his shit if we lost another game (that'd be four in a row, folks). But. I would lose mine. And my daddy wants me to be happy.

*good vibes to the boys*

Let's get this done.

I can't even pretend I'm upset

that we lost last night. It's only one game. And now, this morning, the first song I hear when I turn on Sirius channel 20 (Octane)... three guesses. It was my Rob Scuderi song. I had to giggle a little bit. I rooted for my boys for the entire 60 minutes. I even rooted for them when Scudsy was on the ice. That's something I didn't think I'd do. But I did. I was proud of myself. Still, when it was over, I was happy for the Kings. It was one game. We'll get it back.



Observations:

-We're 12-4 now. We've lost to the Coyotes, Devils, Wild and Kings. That's still pretty darn good.

-Jay McKee sooooo wants to be my favorite. I said that many times last night. He was awesome. Going up high. Blocking shots... he has 50 now. Just super yummy.

-Not to compare, but in comparison to McKee's 50 blocked shots, Scuderi has 31.

-Tyler Kennedy didn't play last night. It was a last minute thing. We fastforwarded through some of the pregame stuff so if they said why, we missed it.

-Chris Conner got drunk with Christopher Bourque before the game. They're kind of awesome though.

-Jordan! scored a goal that nobody thought should have happened.


-myTanger had a few moments of ACK! last night. Maybe he got drunk with Conner and Bourque. If so, it doesn't work for him quite the same way. He is still leading the team in TOI now though (I think it's seven minutes more than GoGo). That's going to start taking a toll. Or it already did.

-Rob Scuderi is a minus one now. (He was a minus two going in.)

-They babied Captain like a big baby on the bench when he got a bloody nose and it was weird. I was waiting for them to put a bib on him because they couldn't get the blood out of his sweater. Just bizarre. Also it will do nothing for all those people who think he IS a big baby.

-Also towards the end of the game (I'm pretty sure when it was still only 3-2), it looked like Scudsy was trying to communicate with Captain but Captain just had bitch on his face and appeared to ignore him. Now don't get me wrong. I love our Captain, but I have seen some things that have made me go ew a few times. (I'm not blaming the babying on the bench on him unless I learn otherwise.) He needs to chill and be a leader instead of a bitch when it looks like we're going down.

-Goligoski is a PLUS FOURTEEN now. Crazy. Leading the league.

-Matt Cooke is in 11th place in hits now (he was in 5th). Brooks Orpik is in 6th (he was well below that before).

-My husband told me that he heard on the radio, when Scuderi was asked which of the Penguins he'd like to (I forget what the exact wording was here, so we'll say...) hit, he said Jordan Staal because they always goof around. And he did. He wiped him out in the corner.

-Jay McKee soooooo wants to be my favorite. On that Jordan goal, McKee flew up the middle in between Conner and Staal. He was on his way to the front of the net when Jordan slapped it from up high. He jumped over the puck and it went in the net. The whole sequence was very sexy on everybody's part. Well, everybody except Quick (who was fantastic the rest of the game).


-And the Ducks won last night! 4-0! Jonas got a shut out! The save percentage is .921 now. And yet no photographs worthy of posting were taken of him last night. So I will post this one of him from the 10th Annual Dux in Tux.



Next up, San Jose.

Let's go Pens!

LA Kings

So here we are. It's the night I've dreaded since the schedule came out.

Looks like Jordan got his way. The third line skated as the second line this morning. That's my way too. Jordan got my way.

Kunitz-Crosby-Guerin

Cooke-Staal-Kennedy

Dupuis-Adams-Fedotenko

Bourque-Rupp-Godard

Yes, I did indeed wear black and purple today. I'm not rooting against the Penguins. Of course. I'm reminding myself to never get too attached to having these people on my team. Or at least that's what I'm trying to do. It's just that I will never stop rooting for Rob Scuderi.

Some quotes from Rob Scuderi I saw in this article:
"There's no bitterness, no nothing. I think the only thing you can call it is mutual respect."

"It was a tribute to the chemistry we had as a group in Pittsburgh. Hopefully they haven't lost that and that's something that we're trying to build here."

"We're a team that's hoping to become what they are."


And one from Anze Kopitar:
"I'm sure that's going to be pretty special for Rob," Kopitar said. "It's one of those games where emotions and good memories come in, so we'll definitely try to help him beat them."

Ducks are scary

Did you ever get chased by a duck? They can be surprisingly viscious. Or was that a goose? Anyway, whatever. We won. Kris scored, proving magic still exists (that could be because Lehair has had some time to heal). Jonas Hiller's save percent is still honorable (.911).

Jonas played like beauty for a nice long while. Pretty enough to show my husband why I love him so much, I think. (Okay, I just talked to him, uh my husband not Jonas, on the phone and I asked him if he loved Jonas now and he said, "not enough to follow him. I don't care that much.") I don't like to see him get scored on. But he has the most adorable reactions when he does. I want to squeeze him. If I am ever going to have a pet duck, it would be him.


Other observations:
-The Ducks' practice jerseys are ugly. They look like the inside of my gray jacket.

-Pascal Dupuis is out to prove a point.

-Alex Goligoski is a plus thirteen now. He also has thirteen points. oh and also, his number used to be 13 but Billy G. stole it. If it was still his number, I would consider buying a Goligoski jersey. I'm pretty surprised by that.

-I didn't notice the mark on Jordan's face. I just noticed how flustered he seemed. I wish he wasn't because he is magnificent. The goals will come, dear Jordan. You just keep doing what you're doing.

-Matt Cooke is so.damn.sexy. *rowr*

-Jay McKee is starting to give me that feeling I had with Scuderi. You know, like it's okay to breathe when he's on the ice and the opposition is near Fleury. I told my husband yesterday that I love him... and Jay McKee. hee. It's okay, he knows it's exaggerated. Or rather, he thinks it's exaggerated. He's nicer looking than Scuds. That makes the tucking me in at night images a little different.

-Mark Madden apparently talked with Rob Scuderi yesterday. I missed it. *sad face*

-They played that 3 Doors Down song in Anaheim "if I go crazy then will you still call me superman..." I just quoted that song when I read that article about Scudsy getting his ring. If they play it in LA tomorrow night, I may start crying.

-Captain displayed some heroics yesterday. Stacking the pads.

-The Ducks looked pretty good.

-When Rupp scored that goal, Hiller was so annoyed. I'm not sure if the puck hit him in the side, if some of his gear got jacked up, or if he was just so irritated that his pants bothered him and needed adjusting. All I know is that it was adorable. I was okay with that goal because it tied the game at one.
No photographs of that particular adorableness exists from last night. This is the only picture of Him I could find.
(I totally didn't meant to capitalize "him" but I found it amusing when reading it back so I'm leaving it.)

-I was happy Letang scored. I was good with that goal too because it put us ahead. Also it was after he got hit in the gorgeous face by a stick and almost(?) had a tooth knocked out. But my guess is that Kris scored because he wants to make sure I love him more than Jonas.
(heh. Skoula couldn't be bothered to care about Kris Letang's pretty face)

-A note from my October 21st entry: Anyway, I thought maybe Tanger being so awesome would make everybody stop sucking on Alex Goligoski long enough to take notice. But then. Guess what happened. Goosey slapped one right in Conklin's net. Sweet. Is it weird that I have such a distaste for GoGo? I try to like him. Truly I do. I just can't get that feeling out of my gut that he's trying to steal the TangerThunder.
So is it funny that Goosey (Hey! maybe it is geese that scare me!) scored after myTanger? I mean, of course, is it funny for you? Because it is not funny for me. What a glory whore that guy is, eh. hahaha*sigh*

-I wish the Ducks wouldn't have kept coming back to tie it because that just meant we had to keep scoring and messing up my favorite (non-Penguins) goalie's GAA.

-For some reason, Bob and Steigy felt it was necessary to mention that the four goals were scored by two French Canadians and two Americans.

-And by the end of the game, all I cared about was us winning. So that was nice.

Late nights with Ducks

*sigh*

Tonight? The Ducks. Thursday night? The Kings. I'm curious to see how I handle our boys (who I love so much) scoring on Jonas (I totally adore him, I can't help it) and/or scoring while my superhero (I still say he is the real superman) is on the ice. I feel like it's going to cause some nervous ticks. So yeah. And not only that, but also the game tonight starts at 10:00 and Thursday's starts at 10:30. blah.

I'm dutifully wearing Pens gear today. Now it is their duty to make me forget that I am maybe more than a little bit in love with Hiller.

I just watched this again, to help that along:

Seriously, if you aren't already in love with Eric Godard, I worry for you. But. If you watch this video and by 4:09 you are not sobbing uncontrollably and yelling "I love you, Eric Godard!" at the computer screen, well then I feel sorry for you.

Bad news:
No Geno.
No DaddyGonch.
Letang's hair hasn't grown back yet.
Jordan still has a mark on his face from the bad man's stick.

Good news:
Mr. President Kennedy may play tonight.
Our drunk little boy, Bourque, has had a couple moments where I thought I saw that he could maybe have some potential.
That Martin Skoula is a hockey player.
Mike Rupp is a stud.
Jay McKee wants me to love him. (Come on, 44 blocked shots? I mean, he's practically begging me to make sweet, sweet love to him at this point.)
Alex Goligoski is a +12 (a PLUS TWELVE, folks).
Kris Letang, even without hair, is so, so pretty.
Bob Errey has a teleprompter.

But I'm wearing purple on Thursday. Yes, I am that stubborn.