Congratulations Marty! OMG JORDAN!!!!!!!!

This is another loss I am unable to feel upset about. I mean, shit, who likes to get shutout? But yet...

if somebody's going to shut you out, who better than the best.goalie.ever to play the game? And when better than when said goalie is breaking a record. His 104th career shutout. wow. Hey, thank you for letting us be a part of that, Marty. *snort* No. Seriously. How cool that it happened in a building that he will never play in again. Mellon Arena is a part of that. Very cool.

OMG Jordan! This is why you should wear a shield.
So much blood. I was sick for the rest of the 2nd period. They didn't mention him during intermission. They didn't mention him until he came back on the ice in the 3rd period. Way to let the sickening feeling linger, guys. Thanks for that. There was so much blood, I had no idea how bad it was going to be. (I hid my face in a pillow until he was off the ice and hugged the pillow until he came back on.) I was horrified.

If this was any other goalie in the NHL, I would wonder if maybe this little commemorative puck was the one that broke Jordan's gorgeous face. But Marty is too classy for that.

What an awesome accomplishment. Congratulations Martin Brodeur on 104.

Pittsburgh can't have everything, I guess

The Steelers and the Penguins on the same night? uhhh... I choose hockey please thank you. The Steelers are busy this season trying to make me hate football. I'm not sure why they would do that. I had almost no interest in watching that game. But. My husband said I had to. Also, I have trusty Big Ben on my fantasy football team. I wasn't going to play him because his receivers aren't interested in catching any balls he throws to them these days. But it's the playoffs in FF land and I said (to my husband who wisely advised me to play Carson Palmer, who I love more than anybody we have on our team... well, except Heath Miller), "I would rather lose because I played him than because I didn't. If that makes any sense." My husband said it made sense. He didn't agree with my decision but he knew where I was coming from. In the end, he got me 9 points. Far from FF championship-winning QB points, but also not as few as it looked like he would get me while watching (fast-forwarding) through the game. Come on. Kansas City? Oakland? And now Cleveland? The NFL is too fixed to enjoy. It has to be, right? I'm serious. I feel like I'm watching professional wrestling. The storylines, the underdogs playing like champions, the champions playing like... like, well, playing like the Cleveland Browns. Take it for what it is, Cleveland. You certainly didn't beat my Steelers. My Steelers catch balls and make tackles.

But hey. Look. The Penguins beat the Habs 3-2. And one of those goals was scored by Matt effingCooke. What more could I ask for? (I mean, besides Kris Letang scoring... and Craig Adams and Ruslan Fedotenko getting long overdue goals.) The Steelers were never going to win the Super Bowl this year. But the Penguins could win the Cup again. They are the real Steel City Champions for sure this year. If there are people who doubt that, they should watch hockey instead of or in addition to football. At least this season, I mean. They'll be much happier. Trust me.

LET'S GO PENS!

Blackhawks

If I didn't like the Blackhawks so much, I might be a little more upset about them beating us. Captain did not play because he "has a groin". I think that means he was *ahem* partying *winkwinknudgenudge* with bitches too hard but I'm not sure. Hossa was booed. Hossa scored. Duncan Keith tried to make me break up with him. He laid Cookie out with a nasty shot to his head. Two-minute penalty. Wait. What?Two minutes?Are you kidding me? FSN couldn't block out Matty's profanities. He could be heard in the background for pretty much the rest of the night. Bob Errey told us the refs suggested Cooke handle Keith the right way. Nothing will happen to Duncan because he hit Matt Cooke, who is not a superstar. Keep in mind, please, that they just gave us back our Cookie after a two game suspension for accidentally *ahem* bumping a guy in his head.

About a minute and a half left in the game. Still 1-0. Mike Yeo got out the dry erase board and drew up a play. Jordan Staal pays attention in class and follows directions well. 1-1. And then I had imaginary sex with Staalsy for approximately the one millionth time.

Overtime. Fleury is busy with Toews. Versteeg gets sneaky. I guess TK was tired because he wouldn't let Fleury stop the puck this time. This act of trickery by President Kennedy made our defensemen throw up.


Letestu had a great game. Deserved a point of his very own. He won that HUGE faceoff that resulted in Jordan's goal.

Blackhawks win, but not without us getting a point out of it. Great game. Two points would have been better but Captain didn't want them, I guess.

Oh. And no, I have not broken up with Duncan but we are fighting right now.

Pens and Paws

I ordered mine. Did you order yours?

I am refraining from posting a wildly inappropriate comment about the way Lelover handles that cat.

Good stuff

Pens vs. Avs. 4-1. Three more points for Captain. That'll make 11 in three games. Malkin posts three assists. Jordan got an goal and an assist.

Lots of blocked shots (more than I'm sure they got credit for). Speaking of not getting credit for things. Kris Letang blocked a shot in front of the net like the hero he is, went to the bench, Gonchar came out. Steigy says Gonchar blocked the shot and went to the bench. .05 seconds later he says, "Gonchar is back on the ice." It had me really irritated, perhaps irrationally so. But listen. I know most people don't pay that much attention and I don't like Kris not getting the credit he deserves.

But there was a lot of funny commentating too. At one point, after an Avs goal... ha ha ha... I'm sorry. I meant to say, after the Avs goal, Bob Errey was saying that McKee did all he could do to stop the puck from going in and how Fleury was out of position but still you'd have thought somebody could have stopped the puck from going in and Steigy goes, "like the goaltender, Bob?"

Lots of giving and sharing.

MAF broke his stick. Eaton gave him his and took Jordan's.

Jay McKee was being incredible and then decided to sit on the ice and hold the puck between his thighs. The refs wanted it back in play. So what did McKee do? He did this.
That? is very trusting. Please Sid, don't let them break Jay's goodies with their sticks. Oh my. That photo is going to haunt him forever.

Fleury handed the puck to the Avs, left his net wide open and went for a skate around the ice. Kris Letang and Jay McKee hustled over to make sure nobody broke in while MAF was out stretching his legs. I almost fainted because it was so.fucking.sexy. Simultaneous defensive brilliance. Now that's teamwork. I can't be positive but it looked to me like the puck came dangerously close to Lelover's face while he was sliding across the ice. No photographic evidence of this particular act of heroism exists. I am salivating just thinking about it, so maybe it is a good thing that I don't have a picture to look at all day. I'll keep checking though. I may need that picture for future reference. oh that sexy slide. rowr.

Anyway...

In an act of surrender, the Avs left their net open for Jordan.
But that wasn't enough for the Avs. They wanted to reward our boys some more. In a truly magnificent play that is one for the highlight reels for the rest of all times, Malkin, Crosby and JStaal walked the puck up to the net. A gentelmanly Av escorted them the entire way as they passed the puck back and forth between each other. Sid kept trying to give it to Jordan but Jordan would have none of it. Finally, Captain just tossed it into the net.

Jay McKee is third in the league in blocked shots. It is necessary to note that he has played in six less games than the guy in first (Brett Clark, Avs) and five less than the guy in second (Seidenberg, Panthers).

Suspended Ovie

Well, Alex Ovechkin got suspended for two games.

CAN SOMEBODY PLEASE EXPLAIN TO ME WHY STUPID MIKE RICHARDS DID NOT GET SUSPENDED? I really hate the Flyers. Like. Really. Their ridiculous leader tries to decapitate somebody and that grotesque Hartnell (it hurts me to type his name) tried to bite Lelover's finger off. Why are they allowed to exist? That is a serious question. Why? I want to know.
This is going to piss me off until the end of time... and I don't even particularly care about David Booth. Here is a reminder:


I cannot wait until December 15th. Of course, I thought there was going to be some extracurriculars on Monday night. Awesome that we talked with the goals instead of Eric Godard's fists, but I really hope we do both against the Flyers. I'm allowed to hope for that, right?

Hello Mr. Rupp

Nice to have you on our team.


A hat trick? Are you freaking kidding me?


Incredible.

And he hugs baby boy like he's meant to be hugged.
Amazing.

Penguins vs Rangers. Back-to-back games. 13 goals. Two hat tricks. Captain and Rupper respectively. 4 points.

Also? Keith Ballard is horrible.

Of course it was an accident. But wow. I feel terrible for both of them. This being the teammate of the guy who lost his stick and then picked up the puck and threw it to the other end of the ice. There are some anger-management issues that need worked out there, guys.