... because the Aeros may be frying up some crow for me.
My superstitions are kicking into overdrive.
Like this afternoon, I was overcome with the feeling that a very frustrated, scoreless Pouliot was finally going to get his goal. I even typed it up in a post here... and then deleted it. It just felt jinxy. But I was right!
And now, the urge is to heap praise upon the boys, but I can't. There is still work to be done. Really hard work, because everyone is tired and beat up and Milwaukee is probably pretty cranky about this situation.
My point is that I'm not saying everything I want to say here. The hockey gods reward discipline on the ice and off.
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I'm concerned about the Aeros defensive corps as Mojzis looked to be in a pretty bad way after that hit to his knee. I'll be surprised to see him Saturday. Hopefully we'll get more news on that later.
BTW, I find it barbaric when a ref doesn't blow the whistle when a guy is writhing on the ice like Mosey was. I know guys will fake injuries at times but it was a nasty looking hit and clearly he was DOWN.
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Happy Birthday, Dimples. I have no idea what to think of you anymore. But by all means, whatever mojo Kolanos was sending you with that stare-down that Fred captured, keep it up. For the first time, I didn't miss Brusty tonight.
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If you know me well, you know that at the top of my Hockey Bucket List is to see a goalie fight in person. I'm not sure tonight counted, but I did get a big laugh out of the midget goalie throwing down at center ice with an opponent during the first intermission. I almost can't believe I saw that. But it was certainly the icing on a rather delicious cake of a night.
My goalie coach's kid was one of the kids playing and I texted him, "What the hell?" He got my text and replied with, "Will that go in the blog?" So yeah, here ya go, Scotty. Attention whore...
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I talked to Nolan Yonkman, the Ads captain, and Coach Lane Lambert after the game. Yonkman said the team is somewhat frustrated not being able to score on Dimples, but Lambert didn't have to say anything to know that was the case for him as well. It was all over his body language, and understandably so. He said they just have to chip away, one game at a time now.
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Channel 13 needs someone to coach them on name pronunciations. I mean, it's great that they gave 30 seconds to hockey on tonight's broadcast, but it's not Benoit POOleeay or Anton COOduhbin. Thanks for playing though!
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I think I'm out of stuff I can safely say without feeling like I've jinxed something. Poor Mr. C's jersey even has a big stain on it and I won't wash it for him. That stain might be lucky...
Shhh... See you Saturday...
Friday, May 8, 2009
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It's a shame Craig Roberts is no longer on the air. He is a sports caster who actually cares about the Areos, and hockey period. Unfortunately, Ch 55 went off the air sometime in March, right before things got interesting for the Aeros.
Talk about superstition busters - earlier in the day my mother said "Don't let them lose tonight!" ugggg Then when our super fun radio guy says "C'mon Aeros fans there's only 8 1/2 minutes left, we're up by 1 and the Aeros can take a 3-1 lead in the series" I almost fell out of my chair! The only thing missing was a comment on how Khudobin was on his way to a shutout. I thought we were going to lose for sure.
I had seats on the glass last night by the Admirals bench and I expected them to come out in the third all fired up and ready to kick some Aeros behind. About halfway through the period my husband commented they looked worn out. To me, they looked defeated. Every one of them had the look that they had been beaten down and they just wanted the game to be over.
Take a look at MacIntyre Saturday right before the national anthem is sung. He does a little thing with his mask and it has to be just so. Also has a ritual before the start of each period. I like the guy, he's fun to watch but maybe it's true, all goalies are OCD prone.
And Fred, what is that on the sides of his mask? Care Bears on the back but I never could make out the side art.
Rob - on one side its Mr. Potato Head not sure about the other side.
Ugh, MacIntyre has the worst taste in gear and mask paint of any goalie I've ever seen. If they ever did a "What Not to Wear" for goalies, he's the first guy I'm nominating.
I'll have to keep an eye on him, Rob. You know I love goalies and their quirky little habits (of which I have absolutely none... I need to work on that).
All I've noticed about him is how he BOLTS for the door at the end of the period. That makes me laugh every time. I'm easily amused by goalie antics.
I've got you covered in a new post Rob.
Maybe our friend in Mil can fill in the missing pieces for us or let us know if there is a back story.
Okay so now that I've ripped Mac's mask, Fred suggests to me that perhaps I'm coming across a bit harsh. Goalie gear is personal, I know this. I'm sure there's some very generous reason for having so much goofy shit in his way-overworked paint scheme (see Brusty's mask for how to do a really slick mask, IMO). Good for you for putting substance over style, Drew.
There's no excuse for those pads though.
I'd like to take back the OCD comment. I'm sorry. Considering it, perhaps when he carefully places that mask on the ice in front of him during the anthem he is taking a public moment to honor and think about the people represented on that mask.
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