657 channels and no Caps

ok, that’s not entirely true — the Caps are on Versus again, and it’s not part of our cable package.  we pay enough for cable, and we wouldn’t get a whole lot out of the mid-tier/”premium” pack — but ARGGH.
Versus is your source for Bull Riding, NHL Hockey, and Tour de France Cycling.  I’m pretty [...]

who won the Cup?

yeah, that’s how bad of a hockey fan I am. I was looking at the blog stats and the recent hits are all on my “Best Hockey Songs of All Time” thread… so I figured I should check where the Stanley Cup Finals stand, and it turns out they were decided yesterday.
now, I [...]

there has to be a morning after…

so I get home from the Caps losing Game 7, only to be greeted by “The Day After” (aka “TDA”) on SciFi.com (also a channel on basic cable). it is well known that if I find TDA on TV, I can’t possibly turn away — it’s burned into me as a result of seeing [...]

rock the red

I’m heading downtown to see if I can find last minute Caps tix; if not, I’ll watch the game at the Turtle or Clyde’s or something… wish me luck.

Best Hockey Songs of All Time #1: Fifty Mission Cap

Lyrics:
Bill Barilko disappeared that summer,
he was on a fishing trip.
The last goal he ever scored
won the Leafs the cup
They didn’t win another until 1962,
the year he was discovered.
I stole this from a hockey card,
I keeped tucked up under
my fifty mission cap, I worked it in
to look like that
From Wikipedia:
The song’s lyrics describe the mysterious disappearance [...]

‘distinct kicking motion’

Frozen Four.  Notre Dame is down 3-1, about 5 minutes into the third period.
A shot towards Boston College’s goal bounces off both skates of the Fighting Irish forward, staked out at the right of the crease, and into the net.  The goal is reviewed — the rulebook would call back the goal if there was [...]

Best Hockey Songs of All Time #3: Lonely End of the Rink

Some say this song is about Gordon (lead singer, The Tragically Hip) and his brother the goalie (“I had the dream of having no room” to shoot and score…); I read somewhere else that it was about two people stuck in a relationship, feeling abandoned (“like, if you need me you’re on your own”). [...]

Best Hockey Songs of All Time #4: Heaven Is A Better Place Today

Heaven is a Better Place today was written as a tribute to Dan Snyder, a center for the Atlanta Thrashers who died in a car accident at age 25. He was thrown from the Ferrari 360 Modena driven by his teammate Dany Heatley after hitting a wall.
The song was a reflection of the way [...]

Best Hockey Songs of All Time #5: Good Old Hockey Game

Needs no explanation. Here’s a little Domi (don’t you miss him?):

Hello out there, were on the air
it’s hockey night tonight!
The tension grows,
the whistle blows,
and the puck goes down the ice.
The golie jumps,
and and the players bump,
and the fans all go insane.
Someone roars:
“Bobby Scores!”
At the good old hockey game!
(chours)
Oh!
The good old [...]

Best Hockey Songs of All Time #6: Fireworks

This is the first of many entries by The Tragically Hip. Shocker.
If there’s a goal that everyone remembers it was back in ol’ 72
We all squeezed the stick and we all pulled the trigger
And all I remember was sitting beside you
You said you didn’t give a fuck about hockey
And I never saw someone say [...]