Deck the halls with Climie's jock, fa la la...

Oh man. What a night of hockey, gang. Nights like this are why I never wanna miss a game for teams I care about. You really just never know what's going to happen, like this 5-3 win over San Antonio with 4 goals for Casey Wellman.

Andrew gave you the recap below, but I'll fill in with my usual nonsense, starting with a funny from the locker room. Well, just outside the locker room because I haven't quite reached the level of professionalism where naked hockey butts wouldn't be a distraction. So we interview in the hall when I go downstairs. ;)

Anyway, we ask Wellman about that cuh-razy fourth goal where he spin-o-ramas and Matt Climie looks like he needs his dizzy medication cuz he's just blindsided by this play. Honestly, I might have cried if I hadn't been so busy trying  convey this beast of a goal on Twitter. It was a monster in and of itself. But to be his 4th goal of the night? Shut up.

Here's what he had to say about it:

Prosser got the puck and there was a guy on me at first, but he kinda just drifted away and there was just a wide open lane and Pross, thank God, saw me.

It's funny, I actually did that move on Hackett the other day (in practice). He wasn't very happy about it. He said it wasn't realistic. So it's good to kinda get back at him there.

I tend to agree with Hackett. That wasn't realistic but nevertheless, there it was before all our eyes. I tweeted afterward that they had to pause the game for Climie to go retrieve his jock from the rafters.

Now, Matt Climie is a very good goalie. One of the best in the league. He wasn't perfect tonight but that score isn't on him. The team in front of him let him down enough times that if they'd played smarter, this would have been a very different game.

Y'all know I love goalies and I hate to mock one of the ones I particularly like, but I hope I'm making up for it by whatever implications you might want to draw from the size of his jock. HOSS!

That said, I was SO disappointed to see only ONE hat hit the ice after his hat trick. Come on, gang. WTF is that about. We don't get to see too many hatties. I know times are tough but you can get a new hat. Nobody's head is freezing on the way home. That bummed me out a little.

When it came time to pick the stars, only the third star was up for any debate. It went to Earl for his two assists but Andrew brought up Kassian's fight. I'm not sure it helped anybody but it was a gentlemanly gesture to accommodate Hollweg's request (at least I'm assuming that's how it went down... can't imagine Kass had any other reason to want to fight).

Anyway, Kass, as usual, won it soundly, but Hollweg's a tough dude and hung in there and didn't look foolish in spite of limited connections. It was a very good fight, all things considered.

And speaking of which... I think it really shows the confidence San Antonio has in their abilities right now that the game DIDN'T get dirty. Think back to when SA was bad.  A 4-1 game would have deteriorated into a fight-fest rapidly in most cases, or at least been way chippier.

But they knew they could come work their way back if they stayed focused and disciplined. And frankly, with the Aeros letting up in the third and "bad habits creeping back in" as Yeo said, I was getting a bit worried. But Anton made a big stop (which you can see along with other pics at Artandhockey's blog here) and kept damage at a minimum to preserve the 2-goal lead to the buzzer.

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Finally, a note of thanks from us press dingalings to Brian Duval, whose tenure as the media relations intern for the Aeros ended today. He's been a total pleasure to deal with since this summer when he WAS the media relations department for a while before they hired Rich. So, we wish him the best of luck in his job search and everything to come in what is sure to be a bright career.

View from the Pressbox - It's (Wellman) time.

If you didn't have a good time at the Aeros game tonight, then you're just not human.

And if you were in attendance, you probably saw the single best individual effort in the team's 17-year history.

Wellman was unbelievable tonight, and he has been getting better every game since his latest demotion from the Wild.

His first goal was of the hard-working variety. His second one was pretty, too, although he got a little bit of help from Rampage defenseman Garrett Stafford, who turned the wrong way and forgot to cover the far post.

For the natural hat trick, he snapped one low over Climie's glove, and the fourth? That was just sick. He did the old spin-o-rama in front of Climie and roofed one high into the cage. Ms. C will have some art and more about that one later.

Look, the Rampage were playing their fifth straight road game and their best player, Mathieu Beaudoin was on crutches with what appears to be a severe lower body injury. The Aeros got an assist from Lady Luck and the schedule tonight, but a win is a win, and this one was one of the most fun of the year.

Against the Rampage, you have to get a 2-0 or 3-0 lead because this team is loaded offensively, and even when you play your best game of the year, they are still going to get their two or three goals.

We found out late in the game that Chuck Fletcher and Jim Mill were in attendance, and we saw them down by the locker after the game. They will take a forward with them back to Minny, and Wellman certainly made a good case for himself tonight.

But there are several other players, too, that might get the nod. Robbie Earl has been lights out. Warren Peters is playing his best hockey of the season, and Cody Almond just keeps getting better and better. I would not be a bit surprised to see one of them making the trip to join the big club.

The Aeros will start a real nasty trip Sunday in Cleveland. It will be crucial for them to start things off right with games coming up against a great Hamilton team and a Grand Rapids team, that still cannot win at home for some reason.

Friday was the Aeros first win of the season against San Antonio, and they have won five of their last six games and are a season-high five games over .500. The Aeros now know what it takes to be successful in this division. Let's see if they can keep it up as they enter one of their toughest stretches of the season.

When Goalies Attack...

I only saw parts of the game last night but Andrew did a good job of giving the big picture. He mentioned OKC goalie Jeff Deslauriers getting into it with Jon DiSalvatore.

When I was watching last night, I didn't see what lead up to it. I just happened to look at my screen and Deslauriers was beating the snot out of Sal with his blocker.

But then this morning, the Oilers posted highlights of the game as well as the fight itself, and frankly, what led up to it was not much of anything. It looks to me like DiSalvatore was just trying to squeeze past the goalie, not necessarily take him out.



Deslauriers definitely overreacted, but what's a goalie without the odd scrap or tantrum? No fun is what. JDD is a goalie I've liked since the Oilers tried to kill him last season by overplaying him as a rookie behind a god awful team. Definitely plays with emotion and some flair.

Thank goodness Matt Kassian has his number. Oh yeah, and I guess Robbie Earl does a little bit, too. You suppose those two late regulation goals got Earl in JDD's head a little bit for the shootout? I dunno.

Regardless, I got some rare road inspiration out of the scene, so here you go:

Giving credit where ... well, you know.

Greetings from frosty Chicago. I come to you tonight with news of another Aeros win. This time they get a rare victory in Oklahoma City against a very offensively talented (and very freaking fast) Barons team. What is that you say? It's not rare? Oh, really? They have won all four games they've played there? Interesting.

All kidding aside, the Aeros picked up a huge win thanks to a stellar offensive night from Robbie Earl. He scored two third period goals and nailed the only one in the shootout for the extra point in the standings.

Here is a link to the Oklahoma City paper's recap of the match. Some good stuff in here about the game. This is not the first or even second time their head coach, Todd Nelson, has called the team "dumb" and "undisciplined" after a loss to the Aeros. One player even said "that team has our number."

I did not watch any of the game, but I kept hitting refresh on my BlackBerry while I was at dinner, and this is how I reacted to the game tonight:

Yeah!
Crap.
Crap!
(BLEEP!)
OK, better.
Nice.
Yes!

What you don't get from my recap above is the fact that Anton Khudobin stoned Liam Reddox like three times on shorthanded breakaways tonight. Mike Yeo is always talking about getting that big save from his goalie in the third period of close games. Well, he got three of them tonight, all while Jon DiSalvatore was getting scuffed up by Jeff Drouin-Deslauriers. (Maybe Heather saw that part and can comment for you....)

Khudobin kept the Aeros in the game long enough for Earl to get going in the third period. And then Khudobin stoned all five shooters he saw in the tiebreaker. Good stuff from the Aeros' netminder tonight.

Now let's take a look at the big picture. Because each of the last four Aeros win have all been in OT/SO, they are not really distancing themselves or gaining ground on the rest of the West. What they DO have is the team's best record after 27 games since 2005-06. Yes, this is their best start since Daum took the Aeros to a 18-7-1-1 mark during the O'Sullivan, Law and Westrum year.

Right now, the Aeros are on pace to finish with about 91 points. That is probably 39-40 wins or so, maybe more if they keep winning all these OT games. Sure they could still collapse and fall back into the basement. But they could continue to get better. (Since Oct. 30, they are 12-5-1-1).

What Aeros fans need to do right now is thank Jim Mill and Mike Yeo for turning this bunch into a fun, exciting group to watch. And even more important to the organization, when these guys are needed in Minnesota, they go up there, and they do a great job of filling in.

Who knows where they go from now? The West division is really good. Really. Freaking. Good. The West is the only division in the AHL that features seven (SEVEN!) teams with at least 13 wins. The crappy North has two. They East is more respectable with four, and the Atlantic has three.

For those of you who still need something to complain about, you can still complain about being in the West division and the fact that the Aeros have one of THE worst schedules I have literally every seen in professional hockey.

Starting Friday against the best team in the AHL, the Aeros are going to play seven games in 11 days. If they can squeak three or four wins out of that, I will give them a very good shot at being their when this thing is all said and done.

Aeros shoot down Stars 4-3

Someone suggested on the AHL Live chat tonight that the Aeros were playing better because they didn't want a miserable 3 hour bus ride home with this:

Whatever the case was, the Aeros got 'er done tonight with a 4-3 OT win over Texas.

They stuck to The Plan and came out in the first period hell bent for leather. Nate Prosser put the first point on the board with a PP goal from Palmer and Rau, and the team put 16 shots on goalie Richard Bachman to Texas' 5 in the first period.

Midway through the second, Gillies put the Aeros up by 2 on a nice rush with help from Wellman and Scandella. But the Stars scored late in the second, and finished the rally a little over a minute into the third, with goals from Morin and Sceviour respectively.

I'm reporting from the score sheet at this point because I had to leave for my hockey game (but here's a good in-person recap and another one), but Peters put the Aeros ahead of his former team again 6 minutes into the third (Buck and Gillies assisting) only to have Chupp tie it up with 5 minutes remaining.

In overtime, Fabian Brunnstrom gifted the Aeros with a high sticking call that put the good guys on a power play, and Cody Almond capitalized on it with just seconds left in the man advantage to get the win.

A personnel note: All the long-injured guys were in tonight. Zingoni made his season debut, and both Cuma and Rau were in as well.

The Aeros are now tied with Milwaukee for 4th place in the West division. Hard to complain about a road win, but it would be nice to get some "clean" wins and stop giving the loser point out to all these opponents and maybe widen whatever gaps there are.

Aeros are back at it on the road next Tuesday in OKC, and then home Friday for the Teddy Bear Toss game, always a fun time, assuming the home team scores before everyone gets antsy and things get awkward.

The rest of the story...

I was hoping that if the Aeros lost, it would be because they got lit up, so I could make "Red Light District" jokes on behalf of John, who's in Amsterdam at the moment.

Alas, they did just enough to keep it close after coming out hard and fast, scoring, and then letting off the gas. Kinda getting used to that.

Yeo said after the game that their goal was to put up 40 shots. They put up 39, but it was in fits and starts of bad play and good play. I asked if he felt like guys were second guessing their decisions with the puck, and you can see his quote below, but you could almost see the gears turning: "Don't be cute, take the shot" when there's a linemate open with a clear shot. But then they were getting in the zone without anybody around the net, so shots were just hitting the goalie and corralled safely. I could have stopped a lot of those shots and I suck.

So then they get back to making some passes, even when there's a clear shooting lane. And there you have your turnover after turnover. And it's just a cycle of changing approaches until they get back to putting it on the net and have some really solid chances in the final minutes. Imagine if they'd been doing that all game...

It just felt to me like their instincts were on Pause and they were thinking too much. The game's too fast and fluid for that. You just have to read and react and hope the work done in practice shows in those reactions. Then again, maybe that's just how goalies work. :)

Anyway, here's some quotes from Yeo after the game.

On the good start and then let-up:

Even the latter part of the first period, I wasn’t real thrilled with, but the second period for sure was just, again, a lack of urgency. You have to expect the other team to come out and you have to be ready to kick it up a notch and I thought, one on one battles were not good. Two goals scored directly coming off a one-on-one, just getting beat one on one. So again it’s just continuing trying to build something here. It’s not quite who we are yet, and when it’s not there, it’s frustrating because you know what you’re capable of when it is there. At the same time, we do have to have a little bit of patience that this is not who we are, but [we know] who we will be. We just want it to happen now, so it’s frustrating.

On execution and scoring chances:

You play with fire enough times and that’s what happens. They’re gonna hang on, and they were fighting hard tonight. Give them a lot of credit. There was a lot of desperation in their game, they felt this was a must-win game and they got the 2 points. But at the same time, even in the third period, I thought there some chances, but execution-wise as far as playing our game, I thought there were still some turnovers and some poor decisions made with the puck, trying to force things that aren’t there instead of just sticking to the plan. The execution again wasn’t quite where I want it to be. We gave ourselves some chances and we fought hard but we put ourselves in a deep hole that we couldn’t get out of.

On offensive zone time:

I think the amount of zone time that we’ve had in the offensive zone in the last 2 games hasn’t been enough and that’s because we’re getting away from what we’re trying to do. We start to go east-west, and we start to make cute plays, and we’re turning pucks over and we’re back checking, instead of going in straight lines and putting pucks where we’ve got guys skating into it, being committed to playing in the offensive zone.  

And once you get there you gotta be a) strong on the puck, which we haven’t been. If you get the puck back and somebody comes in and just taps your stick and you lose the puck and you’re back checking again. You gotta be strong on the puck. But b) you’ve gotta be committed to getting that cycle game going, to have the movement, to making sure you’re making plays where guys are skating into position, where you can grind a team down, and as they get tired that’s when things are going to open up. That’s where you’re going to catch a guy out of position and attack a seam that maybe wasn’t there earlier.

On whether players were second guessing decisions with the puck:

We talked about this before the game and felt that we had to get over 40 shots tonight and we had 39. After the first period, I expected us to keep doing it because we were getting rewarded for it. There were rebounds there and we’ve got guys going to the net and we want to put pucks on the net to create those rebound opportunities. And then after that it was like our last resort was to shoot the puck. We were looking to make plays first, and when we did shoot it, then we didn’t have guys going to the net. And then it was easy for him to control his rebounds.

It’s a much different story like on the first goal if we’ve got a guy in the middle lane driving and the goalies got to try and deal with a puck that’s coming in soft into his pad. It’s a tough save for that goalie, but when there’s nobody around the net, it’s much easier for him.

As Andrew and I were walking through the concourse down to interview post-game, a guy walked by us and said, "Tonya Harding showed more heart." We had a good laugh at that, but felt like it wasn't a fair assessment at all.

I've seen lack of heart plenty and that's not the feeling I got. As I said, and Yeo confirmed, the team only has the slipperiest grip on the playing style that works best for them: Get in the zone. Get to the net. Put pucks on the net. Get the goalie moving. Get a stick on those rebounds.

This team has the talent in spots to create some pretty goals, but offensive skill doesn't run very deep. What the team is deep in is guys who are willing to sacrifice, go to the net, get dirty, battle.

One thing they didn't do well last night at important times was hold the zone. They'd get there, but sloppy passes to the point by the forwards killed momentum several times.

Anyway, enough grinding on the unfortunate stuff.

A few good things:

I loved Palmer sticking up for the hit on Wellman. Palmer isn't exactly a fighter, but when guys stand up like that, it says great things about the character of a team. You can sign "character guys" all day but until they do stuff like that, I don't even listen to it. That behavior is what you can hang your hat on.

Also, remember how Brent Burns used to be a forward and they turned him into a defenseman? I have to wonder if the organization has considered that for Gillies. I absolutely love that kid, but he's not doing it for me in his current role. He's big, he's mean, he's got a long reach, he's got some wheels, he plays hard every shift, but he's just got no offensive touch at all. Is the team really getting the most out of his gifts as a grinder?

Finally, props to the music folks for playing "Nah Nah Nah Hey Hey Goodbye" when an Aeros player (Kalus) was sent off on a penalty. That was rich.

View from the Press Box - Aeros 1, Rockford 2

The Aeros have not won back-to-back games against the same team at home since 2008, so tonight's loss was not surprising by any stretch. It is hard to beat the same team two nights in a row, and for some reason it seems harder to do on your own ice.

What I did not like about the game, and Aeros head coach Mike Yeo agreed with me, is the steep drop off in the level of play between from the first 10 minutes to the second 30 minutes. For lack of a better phrase, the team just fell off a cliff. Tonight, they got what they deserved. There were some very close chances in the latter stages of the third period, but the team cannot play with fire every game and expect to pull out the "Ws."

Yeo talked about one -on -one battles tonight and how two breakdowns led to both Rockford goals. I cannot recall what happened on the first one, but Drew Bagnall got beat behind the net and Igor Markarov served up an easy goal for Potulny, who scored his second in as many games.

The Aeros' goal tonight was to throw 40 shots at the young goalie, and they did that. They out-chanced the IceHogs, too, but from the middle of the first period through the second, they did not play well enough to get that second goal on the board.

It's easy to say the outcome would have been different tonight had they gone into the third period 2-2, but that is exactly what they needed. The IceHogs and the young goalie calmly turned aside every Aeros scoring chance in the third period and walked out of this two-game series with three of a possible four points.

Another bit of potentially disturbing news is that Robbie Earl left Friday's game with an upper body injury. He is day to day, but the Aeros really could have used him for a chance to get that tying goal. Also, Chad Rau played his first game since October. He was hurt in practice with a face injury (the cage around it kind of gave that away) after playing in the first four games of the season. Good to see him back, and he had a couple of very decent chances in the game.

I don't think the game in Cedar Park is going to go very well. Aeros on the road, playing a three in three with Texas well rested and only playing it's second straight game. They lost to San Antonio at home in a shootout, so they will be nice and pissed off.

Heather will have more later with quotes from Yeo. Have a good night everyone.

To answer your questions about P.M. Bouchard ...

I have received a fairly high number of e-mails and texts over the last few days about Pierre-Marc Bouchard. One minute, the guy was going to (conjecture) come to Houston to rehab, then he gets a headache/pressure every time he gets on a bike or practices. Then, he's going to wait until he feels better. Since then, he's felt better and actually played for the Wild. By all counts, this guy that has missed 100+ games stepped right into the lineup and made plays.

So the majority of the questions are: "Why all the sudden do the Wild feel that P-MB does not need time to rehab in the minors to get his game going?"

Here is the best answer from Chuck Fletcher as told to the St. Paul Pioneer-Press:

"In our opinion, it didn't make any sense," he said. "He's an NHL player, and he's practiced hard and he's ready to play. Regardless of whether he goes to Houston or not, there's going to be an adjustment period. He's played one game in about 18 months. We thought the sooner we could get him playing NHL games, the sooner he could get his timing back and catch up.

"It just made sense to get him going and have him get on the ice to play with his teammates."

And here is another quote from that same story from Lou Nanne:

"This is going to help big time," former North Stars executive, coach and player Lou Nanne said. "If he can play the rest of year, this is going to make a difference of 20, 25 goals. Right away, he's the best play-maker they've got. One thing he can do is give people opportunities; he's done that his whole career."

I know more about public relations that I do hockey, and the dish from Fletcher is pure P.R.
See, Fletcher cannot go on the record and say that his team is mediocre, underachieving and needs a guy that has missed 104 games to make his team better. Think about it, P-MB missed more than a year of hockey and stepped right in as one of the team's best play-makers. If you are the Wild, do you want that guy playing "please don't get hurt" in Houston? No, you want him in Minnesota where he is better than 85 % of the other players on the roster. Fact: the Wild is far closer to being the worst team in the NHL than it is to winning a Stanley Cup.

They are not going to make the playoffs with P-MB in Houston, so there is no need to send him here to work on his game. If you read Russo's blog this week, the time is now for the Wild. They need to start piling up the wins, because mediocre teams on the outside of the playoffs looking in this time of year do not often qualify for the playoffs in the Spring.

And here is my take on the situation. If you are P-MB, you know the next time you take a licking, your hockey career is over. It is no longer a matter of "if" for the gifted center. You are just one of a very few number of guys who ever get to dress at that level. Do you want to see your career come to and end in front of 2,462 people in San Antonio? No.

Here is an excerpt from Russo's blog. As you can see, they need to win ... now!

Right now, the Wild's four points back with 58 games to go in 13th place.

The Wild’s 30 percent through the season, so to me, it is what it is now. This is the seventh-lowest scoring team in the NHL. It’s dropped to the middle of the pack in goals against. It has difficulty getting out of its zone and going on sustained attacks. It goes into extended lapses due to turnovers and penalties. When something in a game goes badly, it doesn’t stabilize. It compounds.

And so far there’s been no solution – 24 games in.

One of the worst signs: Middling play at home – 7-6-1 (one loss in Finland). Even last season’s 13^th-place team managed a 25-12-4 home record. At one point, the Wild was 20-6-2 at home – the same number of regulation losses in 28 home games as it has in 14 this year.

This doesn’t bode well when there’s 31 road games left -- starting with four in a row Saturday in Dallas, where the Wild hasn't won at since 2003.

Stick figures...

The clamor for stick figures has been growing, so I have good news. I just got a digital drawing tablet today, and it's pretty awesome. Should make stick figures a lot quicker to do.

Caveat though.... it doesn't make me more skillful, patient, or ambitious. Just faster and easier... *ahem* so they're still pretty awful. Which I guess was sorta the point in the first place. I still miss Fred's pics and I know you all do, too. :( And I'm still protesting. So there. Enjoy your ugly pictures.

Anyway, here's my re-creation of the Kassian-to-DiSalvatore goal today where poor Toivonen had no idea the puck had just skipped around the front of his pads. I'm still figuring out the tablet, so it should only get better from here. Or not. Today's win was nice, but the game itself wasn't particularly inspiring.

As one who follows Wild prospects in particular, and having spent the last few years hearing such glowing things about him from Wild fans who've seen him at camps or pre-season, it was great to FINALLY see Tyler Cuma with my own eyes.

Am I right that this was his pro debut today? Yep, apart from some pre-season games for Minnesota, it was. Here's to staying healthy and continuing to contribute on the blue line. I certainly liked what I saw today. He didn't look like a rookie who hasn't played a game in months.

Finally, some comments were made about the scouts. Houston had the only AHL game anywhere in the league today, so I imagine any scout in the region was in town because there was no place else to be. Don't think there's anything to read into it.

More of the same Rockford tomorrow. Here's hoping for some artistic inspiration one way or the other.

12/2/10 -- Aeros v. Rockford -- The My Humps Edition

So was this a strange day of hockey, or what? I know these kiddie games have become a part of every season, but it just seemed strange having to be at the arena that early in the day. I felt out of synch, and the players definitely looked like they were out of it. Still, the Aeros seemed to awake in the third period to tie the game at 2-2 and at 3-3, then they were able to get the win in the shootout as, once again, Anton Khudobin came through when it mattered while the Aeros shooters were able to get a few pucks past the Rockford netminder.

The win moves the Aeros to 12-9-1-2 (27 points) on the season, and puts them in fifth place, one point ahead of the Texas Stars and one point behind Oklahoma City for fourth place. Now for a few thoughts.

1. When did Matt Kassian turn into a good player, skills wise? I've always like Kassian, but he got the assist on the first goal today because he went behind the net for a wraparound like he was one of those skilled and graceful goal scorers we all hear about. I don't think he would have been able to pull off that move several seasons ago, or even last season.

2. And Cody Almond emerged from the dead, assisting on the first two goals and getting the game-tying goal at the 18:41 mark of the third.

3. Mike Yeo said that Almond's been working up to this game: "I think that he’s been getting a fair amount of chances lately and hasn’t been getting rewarded for them. It was definitely nice to see him find the back of the net. I think he’s been doing a lot of nice things, so hopefully that will reinforce a lot of those things that he’s been doing."

4. It seemed that both teams were just sleep-walking through that first period. Yeo sensed that they would have some problems before the game. He said that there was this lack of energy and urgency with the team before the game started.

5. I didn't mind the screaming kids that much -- thanks for the ear plugs, Heather. And I'm thankful that the Toyota Center sound crew kept the Miley Cyrus and Justin Bieber to a minimimum.

6. That said, it seemed a bit strange to be playing The Black-Eyed Peas' "My Humps" during the game. I know it was a top 10 song -- which shows how far this country's musical tastes has fallen -- but listening to Fergie going on about her lady parts in an arena packed with elementary school kids just felt wrong.

7. The highlight of the game, besides the Aeros win, was Andrew's rendition of Miley Cyrus' "Party In The USA," which he dubbed "Party In the Ukraine" and which he sung with a Russian/Ukrainian accent. It was supposedly in honor of Anton Khudobin, which means it should have been "Party In The Kazahkstan," but that's only a minor quibble.

8. The press table was packed with NHL scouts today. I wonder if they realized it was the Aeros and the IceHogs playing?

9. I'm going on vacation. So I'll see all of you in a few weeks. Make sure to check the mothership tomorrow for the game story.

10. And to play us out, here's "My Humps," one of the worst songs ever recorded.