Ok truth be told, hockey is pretty much my favorite sport. I imagine there will be a fair number of hockey posts here. Sorry - I can't help myself - I love me some ice. I run a pick em hockey league with my husband, Phollower, and my friend Zoe. Both have mentioned this league in their blogs before. The basic gist of it is that everyone chooses one player from a fixed set of lists (4 wingers, 2 centers, 3 defensemen, and 3 goalies). We got the idea from a now defunct fantasy hockey game we used to play at nhl.com. This year we added a "monkey" mostly so we can talk crap about the people who the monkey beat. Sometimes we roll a 20-sided die to make the monkey's choices. Lately, we have been doing themes.
This week's theme was Bands and Musicians. Here are the picks:
Winger 1: Stillman (Carolina) - Part of the Crosby, Stillman, and Nash trio
Winger 2: Nash (Columbus) - Also part of the Crosby, Stillman, and Nash trio
Winger 3: Smyth (Colorado) - All I could find was one of the Smyths.
Winger 4: Cole (Carolina) - Something for the older set
Center 1: Crosby (Pittsburgh) - You knew this one was coming
Center 2: B. Richards (Tampa Bay) - We have 2 Richards in our Center lines (M. Richards from Philadelphia is the other one). The Rolling Stones only had one. I am not sure who was better off.
Defense 1: Chara (Boston) - "Cuchi! Cuchi!"
Defense 2: Ryan Whitney (Pittsburgh) - "And IIIIII eeee IIIII will always love hockeyyyyyy!"
Defense 3: Schubert (Ottawa) - Something a little more classical
Goalie 1: Ward (Carolina) - Lots of talent in Carolina, this time of the metallic kind (Black Sabbath).
Goalie 2: Miller (Buffalo) - I love that song "Abracadabra"
Goalie 3: Mason (Nashville) - Is he in Pink Floyd on the side?
If you liked that, here is a link to two more themes we created which Phollower posted on his blog.
Note: If you are unfamiliar with the Tragically Hip, they are a great Canadian band with some awesome hockey-themed songs. Shocking....with them being from Canada and all! I love the line from Fireworks, "You said you did not give a fuck about hockey and I never saw someone say that before."
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It sucks to get spanked by the monkey. Spanking the monkey is much preferable, as one might expect. Yes, euphemism is intended.
It's too bad the hip have never caught on out here in the midwest. I first heard them a couple of years ago in Rochester and liked them right away.
"Fully Completely" and "Nautical Disaster"
Do those songs just kick butt or what?
And who can forget "Fifty Mission Cap," another great hockey song.
They played in Indy last spring, at the Vogue. I was going to go, but plans fell through at the last minute. :-(
Just left a note on Phollower's blog, too: I see I'm on Captain Phollower's team this session. Cool. Looking forward to a fun season!
O'Butter: We saw that Hip show. It ruled! We were in the front row next to the stage. I have a TON of poorly shot pics (off my cell phone) from it if you are ever interested. That was my first Hip show. It is so hard to see them in Buffalo because they are so popular. They sold out 2 shows in an auditorium-sized venue in about 3 minutes in their last tour. It is so nice to see them here where no one knows who they are.
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