Wild 3, Colorado 2 (OT); Wild leads series 2-1
Posted on April 15th, 2008 – 1:25 AMBy Michael Russo
I just rewrote my game story for the web site, so I refer you to that for most info.
But what a game. Instant classic, and quite frankly, anybody believe in karma?
For the last 3 1/2 weeks, I’ve written story after story about the no-touch icing debate. And tonight, the Wild wins the game because Brian Rolston beat out an icing.
Pierre-Marc Bouchard banged an outlet pass to Rolston. It was completely off the mark. Rolston looked like he wasn’t even going to go for the puck, and then for some reason, Jeff Finger got to the slot and veered left. He should have gone right.
The puck hit the back board, hit the net, Rolston picked it up and passed to Bouchard for the winner.
The goal snapped a five-game road playoff losing streak for the Wild and this series became the first since 1991 where the first three games went to OT.
And quite frankly, let’s not make it a fourth, man. I’ve got only so many heartbeats left before my ticker explodes.
Great game from the stands. Not so much from the press box.
How good was Rolston again tonight? Scored the big shortie in the third period after Mikko Koivu tied the score with his third goal of the series.
Nik Backstrom made 44 saves, a Wild franchise playoff record.
Brian Rolston’s shortie was his sixth of his career.
The Wild has been scored upon first in all three games. It hasn’t scored in the first 40 minutes in the series.
I’m really interested in Game 4. How will guys like Joe Sakic and Peter Forsberg respond?
How bout Kim Johnsson, Brent Burns and Martin Skoula, who all played over 30 minutes?
“I’m fresh, I’m fresh,” Johnsson said.
Marian Gaborik still doesn’t have a point, but he had nine shots.
Paul Stastny also has no points in the series and has four shots.
The Wild is 10-4-2 in the second of back-to-backs.
196 Responses to "Wild 3, Colorado 2 (OT); Wild leads series 2-1"
I think that Demo was great tonight. Created a lot of chances and had a lot of shots.
Thanks for the late post Russo. Great game!
You are right again don russo what a game now if the refs would call both teams evenly it would have been a gr8 one.
That said i tip my cap to theodore he played out of jis head. it just seems we cant get that bounce to begin with.
looking forward to tuesdays game gotta load up again this time im going heavy almost ran out of kool-aid—-can NOT have that happen!!
just 14 more wins for the cup! i can’t wait for the parade; i hope i will find a spot for my wheelchair since i will be paralyized on my left side; slurring my words and drooling pools of saliva into my lap! BP still well over the mendoza-line; better have one more cocktail.
Good Koivu
Good Roli
Good Backs
Good Burns
Great Fedoruk - love him.
Good friggin Skoula
Grinders seemed awesome…
Sooo many chances tonight, and makes me see again that the SCP are a special realm.
Normally outstanding chances are met with outstanding defenses.
An assertion… Gaborik seems constrained.
Couple questions…
Hows Belanger? (Hurt?)
Wheres Gaborik? (9 shots, I know…)
Love this team. Just wanna say everytime my gf put on my Wild hat tonight, we scored within 2 mins.
We’re gonna have her wear it alot tomorrow night 
BP still ovver mendoza-line; ok one more;im starting to lose feeling on my left side.
sorry; over not ovver; see i am already slurring my words.
I think a lot of people will be wishing for naps this afternoon…WOW, what a game!
Can’t the refs see the Avs are pulling our players down when they do their best ‘Dive-alanche’ in the Wild zone?
WRT, amen. I am up early because of work, puppy and I am still pumped. What a game. What a team performance. Fabulous. Too many good performances to name any more and y’all have already done it. Just keep it coming tonight. can JT keep it up?
I thought our columnists were bad. I wonder what game this guy is watching.
Thanks for the link Greg. Funny stuff.
“Minnesota does not belong on the same ice as the Avalanche.”
Uh…
ha! Greg, I was just coming here to post that link. nice how Kiszla completely ignores Floppa’s dirty play when the refs aren’t looking; I guess he’s not looking, either. what shot to Kim Johnsson’s head in Game 1 behind the play?
idiot.
Between him and that Dater dude that put out some crap. Glad to know that we have Russo to feed us info.
That is about the most ignorant insulting article I have seen. What a complete moron.
Holy shit, Batman. This guy thinks the Wild are the ‘73 Flyers. I especially like the comment about “the dark recesses of Lemaire’s heart”. What a fruitcake!
slover all the way. That kid with the crayons for the logo thing was abused in the 03 playoffs. didn’t work then, won’t work now.
as for the hill mugging of foppa…if it were the way he saw it, why did foppa get a holding penalty?
every game this series has been some of the best hockey i have ever seen and i’ve seen a lot. I liked our legs in the 3rd and OT. guite-mcleod-laperiscared is the only line that hits people so we just need to minimize their effectiveness.
did foote seem somewhat invisible to anyone else?
2 words…
Terrible Officiating.
I’m glad this hasn’t made the games.
The writer from the Post, Kiszla (?), wrote the same article in ‘03. Also, someone please explain to me as I have asked many times, if the Wild plays such a dragging, plodding game and the Avs are akin to the 80s Oilers team, why did the Avs score exactly 10 more goals than the Wild this year? What a joke. Here is Kiszla’s article from ‘03. Someone needs to tell him to find some new material.
The Denver Post
April 13, 2003 Sunday 1ST EDITION
Ugly truth is Wild no match for Avs
BYLINE: Mark Kiszla
SECTION: SPORTS; Pg. C-01
LENGTH: 734 words
After watching the hideous Minnesota Wild for two games, you don’t know whether to spit or take a shower.
Minnesota, whose red-and-green uniforms must have been inspired by those gauche folks who leave up their Christmas lights all year, ranks No. 1 in the NHL in only one department. This has to be the worst dressed team in hockey.
And the Wild plays even uglier than it looks. This motley crew does not try to win so much as it hopes to frustrate the opposition into losing. Minnesota is as good an argument as any for contracting the playoffs.
After two playoff games, the Avs can barely hide their Wild contempt for this nuisance. And can anybody really blame them?
Colorado defenseman Adam Foote was asked how much difference in talent exists between a higher-seeded team such as the Avs and these gritty little muckers who wipe their snotty noses on Wild sweaters. He replied: ‘I could get myself in a lot of trouble if I told you the truth. So I’ll just be politically correct. I could get in a lot of trouble if I said what I really wanted to say.’
But Foote, you and I all know the ugly truth. Minnesota does not belong on the same ice as the Avalanche.
After losing the postseason opener, Colorado beat the Wild 3-2 on Saturday afternoon. Order was restored, and 18,007 fans at the Pepsi Center went home happy. It is again safe for Avalanche coach Tony Granato to exhale.
As it turns out, maybe Minnesota goalie Dwayne Roloson is not to be confused with Ken Dryden. Whenever defensemen Willie Mitchell or Filip Kuba tried to rattle Colorado center Peter Forsberg with tactics that would make a pro rasslin’ thug blush, the Wild was reduced to the same old cheap tricks that have not worked for years.
The Wild is a hockey team that tries to goad you into doing something stupid. Minnesota lives for the dumb turnover, the odd-man rush, the penalty of frustration and the soft goal.
‘I think the main thing about this series is for us not to get frustrated,’ Foote said.
Dumb, inexplicable things occur every day in the NHL playoffs. Stuff happens. How else to explain how the defending champion Red Wings have gotten themselves down 2-0 against Anaheim in the opening round? It must be particularly depressing to be a resident of Hockeytown today. Sure, Detroit started its quest for the Cup from a similar hole a year ago. But that’s not the recommended route to take.
‘It’s tough when you lose your first game of the playoffs. So it was real important to win this one. We didn’t want to go to Minnesota down 2-0. We got the split. After losing the first game, we couldn’t do any better,’ Forsberg said.
The hockey postseason is so long and so filled with bruises that it’s humanly impossible for any team to be at its best from start to finish. So the key to winning an NHL championship is to somehow avoid eliminating yourself with your own inevitable mistakes, and to find a way to win when you’re not at your best. That theory was reinforced Saturday, when the decisive goal was scored by Avalanche journeyman Brian Willsie, who will get no closer to the Hall of Fame than dressing alongside Joe Sakic and Rob Blake in the Colorado room.
The Avalanche stunk in Game 1. Colorado was mediocre at best in Game 2. Minnesota’s best hope is to pray the Avs never find their ‘A’ game.
The Wild is taking their unsightly uniforms and low-rent players back to Minnesota, where somebody actually likes them. Much will be made of how many decibels the natives in the Twin Cities can generate for their mangy underdogs. Big deal.
‘The noisier the better,’ Sakic said. ‘We don’t want a quiet building.’
After surviving a self-proclaimed shaky start, in which Colorado’s Patrick Roy gave up a goal by Wes Walz on the first shot that Minnesota managed, the Avalanche is relieved but not satisfied with evening this best-of-seven series at a victory apiece.
‘If we’re satisfied with that, I don’t think we’re headed in the right direction,’ Roy said.
From Tampa Bay to Vancouver, there are nervous puckheads worrying if the postseason of the local team will end in a premature elimination.
But the Avalanche losing a playoff series to Minnesota? C’mon.
Don’t be stupid.
Foote was stick-checking, hooking, tugging, grabbing, and doing anything he could to slow people down. I think, as near as I could see, he had one job last night… camp out near the net, abuse anyone who gets near the net.
Wow, that Denver Post dude was not a happy camper. I live this quote:
“Anywhere the Wild goes, flowers wilt, the sky turns gray and beauty dies.”
I dunno about you, but that sounds pretty awesome to me! Sounds tough and mean, just like it should be in the playoffs. Shut your trap and grow a pair you pansy DP writers.
I am kicking myself for going to bed during the second intermission last night.
Manhandle, two words for getting your GF to leave her hat on: Staple Gun.
It’s obvious that the Denver writers would prefer a no-check, pond hockey tournament rather than what we have: the greatest struggle for a championship in any sport.
How about Fedoruk? Fedoruk was incredible last night. He really showed how to handle himself in front of the net. And he really made Voros look bad. I hope Voros takes a page from the “This is how you play the big guy role”. Soft hands, good balance, not clumsy in front of the net, digging the puck out behind the net. No look passes that lead to scoring chances out front. Mark my words… Fedoruk is due for a hat trick. He’s going to get a deflection or two and a tip-in, but he’s due and he’s playing a fantastic game.
I really missed Radio last night. I really like seeing him out there hitting. I think Radio gets under Forsberg’s skin almost as much as Wes Walz, and anything that annoys Forsberg makes me happy.
Maybe we can drive Forsberg into retirement too?
Folks are complaining about Gabby not getting on the score sheet. I thought he was fantastic last night. Remember we’re up 2-1 and he doesn’t have a point yet. Goes to the adage that you need points from everywhere when the playoffs roll around. Look at the Avs. Seems like Sakic or Floppa has been in on every Colorado goal. Wrote it yesterday before the game and I still believe it; Wild win game 3 they win the series is 5; Avs win game 3 and the Wild win the series in 7. This series is over on Thursday night and I will make sure to send Kiszla a TV schedule for the second round of the playoffs.
F kiszla. he is only worried that the AARP club that the aves have assembled won’t last if they take a beating. can’t hit foppa because he is old and broken down. he’s a tool and shouldn’t be fed.
one game at a time but if we can win tonight, i don’t see how the aves can come back on thursday.
5 things:
1) P-B-P guys always say “cleared, not out” during penalty kills when someone attemts to knock the puck out of the zone.
WTF? If it’s cleared, it’s out. If it isn’t out, it wasn’t cleared!!! How about “XX attempts to clear… it’s out.” or “XX attempts to clear… held in by XX.”
2) One would think that the NHL and Center Ice would allow the viewer to choose which announcers they want to listen to. Surely in this day and age that is something that could be done.
3) Apparently Denver is a breeding ground for Slovers
4) Mr. Liepold, please, please fire D&D and hire some real on-air talent. I realize that you may have no idea how bad they are because you have the luxury of watching the games in person. Watch them on TV sometime - disgrace.
5) My alarm went off way too early this morning. You’d think for a playoff game they’d be able to start them pretty much whenever. I know I’d certainly play hookey to to watch hockey at 3 or 4 in the afternoon!
Wild need to keep playing the body. Physical, physical, physical. Floppa is one hit from retirement; Sakic is one hit from a telethon; Foote is one hit from p!ssing his breezers. Wild need to continue to skate, hit and own the 3rd period.
Goody: I have to disagree with your #5 assertion. Staying up late to watch playoff, overtime hockey is one of the great rites of spring. Waking up for work after 3 or 4 hours of sleep and then doing it all over again tonight is fantastic. Hit a couple bottles of Vault and then be prepared for another 3-2 OT win for the Wild tonight.
Wow the Av’s looked tired. The WIld owned the extra session, and the goal was the end result of hard work on the wild bench. If Finger had anything left in him he could have touched up, but becuase he (and the rest of the Av’s) was tired wild win. Wery proud of the team last night, they fought to the end!!
Ok we need to finish things in regulation, I have stress pimples. Seriously!!! I haven’t broken out like this since I had to defend my senior thesis. I don’t get hives, I just end up looking like a I have spots. I don’t know how much more my poor out of shape self can take. Gotta go to work, later all.
That can’t be the real Mike! Not one use of lemming!
my email to Kizla:
Dear Mark –
Re: http://www.denverpost.com/avalanche/ci_8927475
This is, honestly, one of the worst pieces of sports journalism I’ve ever seen. You should be embarrassed to have your name on the byline of that piece of garbage. You give bad sports writers a bad name.
Do yourself a favor: go cover the Rockies. Or maybe, if you’re lucky, the Broncos will call a mini-camp for you to go drool over. The last thing the NHL needs is another redneck hack with a typewriter and a cheat sheet on similes taking away from an otherwise great game.
NiNY: One of the main problems I have with Kiszla’s article is that it is almost identical to the drivel he wrote in 2003 about the Wild/Avs series. It’s time to come up with new material.
Deep: or maybe just a new writer…
NiNY,
High-Five! Nicely done.
G*,
I agree, feels like each game has me wondering “Does it get any better than this?” and then, next game — YES it does!! Can’t wait to rewatch these over the years to come.
DB,
LOL @ 3-4 hrs asleep and Vault. I’m scratchin’ my playoff beard, and stuck with Excedrin and cold coffee. Puffy eyes and all. Ya gotta love it.
I think that was the best game Demo has had all year. He really took it up a notch last night. Heck of a game all around. Go Wild!
It would have to be new writer(s), plural. Most all of the Denver sports media type liken the Avs to the 80s Oilers teams and if you don’t allow them to skate willy-nilly up and down the ice unimpeded, you are setting the game of hockey 1,247 years. It’s always been that way in Denver and it will remain that way. A good portion of Denver is of the silver-spoon ilk, meaning they feel as though they have entitlement and it has spilled over into the sports department of several, if not all, of the media outlets. Sad.
#1 - Horrible Officiating last night, again
#2 - Kiszla = Reusse
#3 - Wild up 2-1 with a great effort!!
Go Wild!!
“Anywhere the Wild goes, flowers wilt, the sky turns gray and beauty dies.”
Using this quote, I think we could make a pretty badass t-shirt design. I am thinking a picture of the four-horsemen, with this quote above a dark storm cloud. Maybe a few dead flowers below the faces of the horsemen. Of course the shirt would only come in black.
Kiszla WAY WAY WAY worse than Reusse.
Goody: I have to disagree with your #5 assertion.
Deep, I wouldn’t mind so much if I could catch a nap before the game tonight but the wife has me signed up to do something so no nap for me. Signed up for something Wed evening too. Gonna be a looonnnngg tired week and caffeine has no effect on me. When I’m rested (not this stayed up late stuff) I could drink a cup of coffee 30 minutes before bed and be asleep within 5 min. of lying down.
Deep: or maybe just a new writer…
NiNY, that implies the have a ‘writer’ to replace. That guy is more of a typist than a ‘writer’. Can you be ‘dinged’ for plagarizing yourself?
It’s been pointed out before, but Reusse is at least an entertaining writer and has a style that’s readable.
Kiszla has none of that skill and he writes like a high-school junior trying to impress the school newspaper advisor.
Yeah, I know Reusse can push our buttons sometimes, but that’s way to heavy an insult to compare him to that Slover Kiszla. To be honest, I don’t even think Souhan would come up with something so pathetic.
BTW, I love the way someone quoted his ‘03 article in the comments!
Nice job whoever that was!
No problem. The latest article seemed a little too familiar and then I found it posted at the Denver Post so I thought I’d share. I’d love to know what the Avs fans think of Kiszla; if they understand that he is a joke or if they have their homer hats on and just blindly follow and cry baby-shoes because they have a tired-looking team who is down 2-1 in the series.
but the wife has me signed up to do something
since i don’t know how this married thing works i have to ask, do you always schedule your “sessions”?
The dateline on that Denver Post story is April 13th 2003. The mention of guys like Mitchell and Kuba should tip you off that this is not a recent story.
Cody: We know that. We were just pointing out that Kiszla wrote basically the same article 5 years ago, pissing and moaning about the Wild, the way they play, the players on the team, the state of Minnesota and the color of the Wild jerseys.
Is Kizla actually a hockey writer? Or is he a sports writer just covering hockey? I find it hard to believe that this hack is the best Colorado has, but I haven’t heard of anyone else. Does anyone know if they have any good writers?
they have terry frei and woody paige. kiszla is very low on the list. might be like nickie coleman writing a wild column.
I missed the earlier post with the new artilce. Your right, this Kizla guy is a clown.
G* - Nah, you just have to put up with the signed up stuff to have an opportunity for the unscheduled “session” if you know what I mean.
since i don’t know how this married thing works i have to ask, do you always schedule your “sessions”?
Funny, you really don’t know how the marriage thing works if you think I was refering to “sessions” 
I was refering to:
“Mom needs help moving a table.”
“We’re going to dinner with my sister.”
“The neighbor’s cleaning his gutters, I told him you’d help.”
“Mom needs help moving the table back to where it was before.”
etc.
Woody Paige is a joke as well. Here is a copy of the Rocky Mountain News Article. At least it’s simply an article and not a whiny, pissing and moaning rant by a spoiled 4-yr-old.
Avalanche loses bounce
Colorado falters after bad hop lets Wild put in winner
By Rick Sadowski
Monday, April 14, 2008
A bounce off a skate there and a crazy hop off the boards here and, suddenly, the Avalanche is in serious trouble.
A goal by Pierre-Marc Bou- chard at 11:58 of overtime Monday night gave the Minnesota Wild a 3-2 win - see a trend? - against the Avalanche at the Pepsi Center and a 2-1 lead in the Western Conference quarterfinal series.
Now the Avalanche, which has lost home-ice advantage, will need to come back tonight and overcome its second consecutive frustrating loss to avoid falling into a perilous 3-1 deficit heading back to Minnesota.
“We have to come our ready to play,” Avalanche captain Joe Sakic said. “I think we have to be better defensively. It was another tight game, and that’s what we expect from here on out.”
The Avalanche, which has squandered third-period leads in all three games, lost Game 2 at the Xcel Energy Center when Wild defenseman Keith Carney banked a shot off defenseman Ruslan Sakei’s skate into the net.
In Monday’s game, Avalanche defenseman Jeff Finger turned the wrong way on what would have been an icing call against the Wild after the puck took a bad hop off the boards. Minnesota’s Brian Rolston gained possession and passed to Bouchard who wired his shot past goalie Jose Theodore.
“We liked the fact it was going to be icing,” coach Joel Quenne- ville said. “It took a funny hop and we kind of made a mistake going to the other side of the net, but they made a nice play to finish it.”
Said Theodore: “Well, it was an icing call and I guess it took a weird bounce and our defenseman went the wrong way, so they were able to get the puck and then attack right away. It was more of a bad bounce than anything.”
Theodore kept the Avalanche alive in the extra period with a spectacular save against Marian Gaborik and another on Pavol Demitra, who took a pass from Bouchard on a two-on-one rush.
“We just made a few too many mistakes in the neutral zone,” said Andrew Brunette, who gave the Avalanche a 1-0 lead in the first period, one that held up until the third. “Even if they didn’t relate to goals, we kind of got ourselves into a little bit of trouble.”
A power play that faltered so badly in the regular season went 0-for-6 and was burnt for a third- period short-handed goal by Rolston that put the Wild up 2-1.
“Our power play needs to be better than it was,” Quenneville said. “That was an area where we could have got it to 2-0 and distanced ourselves in the game. We could have used a timely goal on the ‘PP.’ ”
The Avalanche sent the game to overtime on Sakic’s goal with 5:04 to play in regulation during a mad scramble in front of Wild goalie Niklas Backstrom.
Peter Forsberg passed the puck into the slot and when Wild defenseman Sean Hill tried to get his stick on it while facing the net, the puck went between his skates.
It didn’t help the Wild’s cause that Backstrom was on his back after Brunette was plowed into him by Minnesota’s Aaron Voros.
The Avalanche scored first for the third consecutive game when Brunette knocked in a rebound at 15:19 of the opening period.
After the Avalanche failed to convert on its fifth power play, the Wild tied the score at 7:13 of the third period on a goal by Mikko Koivu, his third of the series.
Bouchard shot the puck into the Avalanche end and Theodore steered it into the corner. When Todd Fedoruk chased down the puck, Avalanche defensemen Adam Foote and Kurt Sauer followed. That left Koivu unchecked flying down the slot and he fired Fedoruk’s pass into the net on a bang-bang play.
The Wild went ahead at 11:32 on Rolston’s short-handed goal after an Avalanche turnover. Demitra came up with it and led a two-on-one rush with Rolston skating down right wing.
The Avalanche margin could have been larger than 1-0 before the Wild rallied, but it failed to cash in on back-to-back power plays shortly after Brunette scored and again early in the second period.
The crowd responded with loud boos midway through the second period when Hill wrapped his arms around Forsberg’s head and body slammed him to the ice.
Hill was penalized for roughing, but Forsberg was assessed a holding penalty, drawing more boos.
“I don’t think we played our best game,” said Forsberg, who logged 24:15 in ice time and added he won’t have a problem playing in back-to-back games for the first time since last season.
“I have to be a little better and we have to play a little better if we are going to win (tonight).”
Absolutley an epic series. I’ll take this late stuff everynight if I can watch this kind of hockey.
Everyone pulled their weight even if it doesn’t show up on the score sheet. The same effort tonight and we might have a chance to put this series away in St. Paul on Thursday then again we can just as easily host the 7th game on Monday. Now I need to get some work done.
I’ll blog from Fargo later today.
Whoa, Whoa, Whoa, Whoa, Hockeydad: Don’t underestimate Souhan in a race to the bottom. He is our Kiszla and I’ll be Damned if we can’t hold our own in the crappy-writers department with those wheenies from Colorado.
What a game. My hat’s off to the Wild. I sure wish the Avs would play more like them. Seems like if the Wild have the puck they are throwing it at the net creating scoring chances. The Avs just seem to pass it around and then turn it over. Hate to admit it but I think this series is over. Colorado really needed that game last night.
Come on our writers, even the worst ones, are Pulitzer material compared to this Colorado bunch.
Never thought I would have to write the above statement but after reading the garbage in the Colorado papers I truly feel sorry for the sport fan in Denver.
Avs Fan,
The Wild have played that game many a time this season. Hopefully they’re over it now.
Hmm, my post previous to the previous one got eaten by some electronic bugs somehow. Oh well, as usual, it wasn’t anything of too much value.
does anyone else have a man crush on mikko koivu right now? he was awesome.
and that denever post article, way to update your old article with a new title pop culture title “ugly betty hockey” very clever. dork.
anybody else e-mail that hack writer Kiszla?
Josie T sound like a baby!
Said Theodore: “Well, it was an icing call and I guess it took a weird bounce and our defenseman went the wrong way, so they were able to get the puck and then attack right away. It was more of a bad bounce than anything.”
PMB ripped a top-shelf laser to win the game. Give credit where credit is due. JQ did:
“We liked the fact it was going to be icing,” coach Joel Quenne- ville said. “It took a funny hop and we kind of made a mistake going to the other side of the net, but they made a nice play to finish it.”
kb, Souhan does a much better job of turning those insults on our own teams rather than picking on our opponents however.
I need someone to explain exactly what a “bad bounce” is. The puck was going in at an angle on the boards that made it condusive to come out at a sharper angle and ricochet off the net. If PMB would have sent the puck more along the wall, it simply would have slid around the boards and Finger would have touched up. But, since the puck was sent in at a sharper angle to the wall, it stands to reason that it will come off the boards at a shaprer angle, which it did. Listening to the Avs whine about a bad bounce makes you think the puck carromed off the glass; hit a loose seam and squirted out to the slot. Simple fact is Finger failed to hustle from the blueline in and then took a bad route to the puck.
Whoa! That Kiszla should put down the pipe. It must be all that Denver dank clouding his perception of reality- because all Coloradoans (?) are stoners right? I mean why else would someone repeatedly post “Burns wears lipstick” and still think it’s funny?
I like Forsberg (when were not playing him) but the more I watch him, the more I notice what an actress he is, second only to Ms. Teemu Selanne.
Hey Avs Fan, what do you think of that Kiszla cat at The Post?
1. Great game! I was honestly telling myself after 2 periods that it would really be a bad thing for the Avs to lose that game, considering the non-stop officiating in their favor.
2. Some fans. Was the theme night “let’s see how little Avs gear we can bring to the arena”? Also, didn’t seem to be very loud that often.
3. Backstrom, PMB, Skoula, Demitra, Rolston, Koivu - all awesome games. Best move all year was picking up Fedoruk.
4. Good to see Backstrom maintain composure, since he was continually interfered with by LaPu$$y.
5. McCleod - some tough guy. Only spouts off when he is protected by a referee.
I think the Av’s are in real trouble after loosing the way they did last night. The combination of giving up a 3rd period lead at home and loosing in OT has to have a negitive effect heading into tonight’s game. The Wild have all the momentum now in this series. I think the Wild win big tonight, maybe even by two goals!
“Mom needs help moving the table back to where it was before.”
now THAT’S funny
NiNY - Sounds like both of us will be “road warriors” today.
Goody’s post above = Priceless
“maybe even by two goals!”
Haha, don’t get too ahead of yourself there Cody! It would be nice though… a nice 5 - 1 victory for the good guys!
yeah BDS…I’ve never been thankful for a 10pm start before!
Did anyone happen to see the game article from the Denver Post? What a joke. Check it out here…
Um, yes.
Brian - pretty much been the discussion on here all morning.
Brian: sorry if that read a little sarcastic, but I’m on my 4th bottle of Vault this morning and I’m a bit on edge.
Yea I figured it would be. I didn’t read all the comments. I just saw the story and wanted to mention it. What a crock…
How many of you are pulling for the Flames tonight?
DB - I didn’t take it that way. I figured you all would have seen it by now. I just want to vent like everyone else.
Thanks DB - I second that. Sorry Brian.
DB,
That’s EXACTLY what I’m sayin’, totally agree. “Bad bounce” was just great hustle to beat out the icing, great positioning without the puck by Demo and PMB, and of course, a clutch, top-shelf beauty to turn out the lights.
Brian…Doh!
While the WIld definitely have an advantage right now and some heavy MO, this series is far from over, IMO. If the Avs win tonight, then we’re right back where we started and it’s anyone’s series.
Let’s not count our Kiszlas before they hatch.
karitakko: does anyone else have a man crush on mikko koivu right now?
Being a girl, I just have a regular crush on him. He is a cutie and plays some great hockey. I also am loving Fedoruk I think Fridge has become on of my favorite players on this team.
AvsFan: Thanks for the compliments and thanks for being a respectable fan from the other team. Greatly appreciated. You deserve the same respect back from us. I still want our team to win the series but I for one am going to be nice about it.
that is one of my favorite players not on of my favorite players.
I’d prefer to get the South Stars in Round 2 rather than the Fish, so I’ll hope for the Cows to take it, preferably in 7, though.
HD: I appreciate the ‘pulling in the reins’, but the Wild look stronger, faster and, honestly, younger than the Avs right now. I thought if the Wild could win game 3 they would end it in 5. I still believe that. Wild was the best team in the League this year in the second games of back-2-back and I don’t suspect that will change tonight. Wild just need to weather the early storm. Fatigue will set in. Wild controlled play in OT last night. There is a reason the Wild has been better, much better, than the Avs in the 3rd period of this series. Wild is tougher, faster and younger. That won’t change.
Reusse with a semi-intelligent column for a change….maybe he’s calling Russo to ask for help! Watched the replay of the game last night and finally got to bed around 2. Can’t wait for tonight!
Simple fact is Finger failed to hustle
this is exactly what I was thinking last night.
finger didn’t hustle and went the long way around the net.
it was also the 2nd time jose was surprised by our scoring chance, IMHO. he was completely flat footed when koivu scored.
this is where i think the battle is being won. it appear the wild have a little more gas in the tank and they seem to be winning more puck battles.
I haven’t looked, but my guess is that the lead sentence from the CO writers’ coverage of Game 1 didn’t describe the incredibly lucky bounce that the Avs got when the puck hit a skate and landed on Sakic’s stick in OT. I’m sure that was all about skill, positioning and hustle.
I guess when you’re the lowly, talentless, boring, get-em-on-”What Not To Wear” MN Wild, if you win, it’s luck.
it was also the 2nd time jose was surprised by our scoring chance, IMHO. he was completely flat footed when koivu scored.
this is where i think the battle is being won. it appear the wild have a little more gas in the tank and they seem to be winning more puck battles.
agreed and agreed.
On Theodore, I was hoping the Mikko goal (not to mention Statler OT winner) would be a rock in his windshield, but it didn’t look like it for most of last night. The picture of Butch’s GWG in the Strib article online shows just surprised Theo was. He is going down into the butterfly with Salei (I think) clearly laid out in front of him trying to block the shot and taking away down low. If Josie reads that better he stays up and at least has a CHANCE on the shot (that did hit water bottle, in all fairness to Butch).
OK, so the homers in CO can’t objectively write about their team. Got another topic.
Not to get ahead of ourselves, but with the change of ownership mid-stream, who do you think would get their name on the cup if the boys go all the way? Both of them??
Wild just need to keep playing the body at every turn; it looks obvious that it is having an affect on the Avs in the latter portion of the game.
I should have clarified that I meant Mikko’s goal from the blue line in game 2 being the rock in Theo’s windshield…Koivu’s just scoring so many goals it’s hard to keep track of them all!
G*,
“this is where i think the battle is being won. it appear the wild have a little more gas in the tank and they seem to be winning more puck battles.”
Concur. Rolston’s hustle (along with Finger’s misplay) were vital in the OT winner…but’s it’s just too easy for the AvHoles to call it a “lucky bounce.” That same hustle across the board helped maintain possession in the O zone, and fuel the transition game.
Can not WAIT for tonite!
PS–Sorry, but how do ya do the italics thing again?
Joey: I’m not going to touch that comment with a 7-foot oyster fork.
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replace the ‘[’ with ”
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whoa…joey…
cart there, horse HERE, brother!
that’s 2 for jinxing.
“Hey Avs Fan, what do you think of that Kiszla cat at The Post?”
Words cannot describe what an idiot that guy is. That piece just proved it. I think a little trash talk is great in sports, but what he wrote is beyond that.
Can someone please copy and paste that article here on the blog? The link i sblocked here at work. Thanks.
Ha, OK guys. It just popped in my head last night and thought to ask. Question heartily rescinded.
Go Wild!
Is anyone else concerned that if we get up 3-1 in the series that the boys might look past game 5 to Round 2? I would HATE the irony of Colorado coming back from a 3-1 deficit.
On Mikko Koivu Mancrushes: I don’t say this often, but I would be gay if Koivu asked me.
With all due respect, please don’t. It’s not worth the read anyway.
what does everyone think of Nummy, now that he’s had a few games to re-acclimate himself to the rigors of NHL hockey?
Like ?
Hereit is:
Ugly Betty hockey in Colorado’s future
By Mark Kiszla
The Denver Post
Article Last Updated: 04/15/2008 12:53:09 AM MDT
Let the mugging begin.
It’s the only way the Minnesota Wild can win.
To advance in the NHL playoffs, the Avalanche must embrace the darkness. When playing this goon-it- up Wild bunch, hockey is a no-holds- barred battle of attrition, not skill.
The only good thing that can be said about Minnesota’s 3-2 overtime victory against Colorado was the game lasted so deep into the night that it ended past the bedtime of most kids who could be frightened by the way the Wild mauls all the beauty from the sport.
In a long playoff series, this is the Wild motto: If you can’t beat ‘em, break ‘em.
“You hope to wear down the opposition,” Minnesota mauler Aaron Voros said Monday.
“By Games 4, 5 or 6, those bumps and bruises start to add up.”
Minnesota, the land of 10,000 dead car batteries, has an inferiority about this hockey team. The Wild’s style of play is as ugly and obnoxious as the uniforms, which look as if designed by a toddler who randomly pulled two crayons from the box of 64 and began scribbling.
This hard truth makes the Wild faithful grumpier than they are after waking up to yet another subzero morning. But why deny what makes the team so successful?
It figures. On a play that could have ended on an icing call, a weird, lucky bounce instead allowed the winning goal to be scored by Minnesota’s Pierre-Marc Bouchard almost 12 minutes deep into the extra period. The Wild likes overtime, because it gives these grunts more time to knock the spirit from you with every cheap shot.
When Avs forward Peter Forsberg turns his back, even for a second, he will get jumped and roughed up, in true back-alley fashion, by some Minnesota mugger.
Or did you miss the assault on Forsberg during the second period by Wild defenseman Sean Hill, who owns the dubious distinction of being the first NHL player suspended from the league for steroids?
If Colorado goalie Jose Theodore makes too many brilliant saves, the Wild response is not to create traffic in front of the net, but cause a train wreck.
And maybe that explains why Voros felt it necessary to tackle Theodore in the most crass act of Game 3.
That the Avalanche put 46 shots on goal ultimately made no difference, because the Wild put more hard hits on Colorado.
Minnesota coach Jacques Lemaire, mean enough to chew the glass surrounding the rink, has an unabashed fondness for tough guys. The more the scarier.
You’ve got to hate watching the Wild play, but love the way Lemaire refuses to give an inch of open ice. The never-surrender attitude of his team must be born in the cold recesses of Lemaire’s heart.
The dark hockey arts are practiced by every member of the Wild. Even a player as remarkably talented as Minnesota center Mikko Koivu is not adverse to hacking and tripping when Colorado’s Ryan Smyth is carrying the puck on goal.
Every videotape of a Minnesota game is film noir, packed with the moral ambiguity of doing whatever it takes and never apologizing.
Anywhere the Wild goes, flowers wilt, the sky turns gray and beauty dies.
After three games, can there be any doubt?
How bout like this?
Thanks Avs Fan. Just wanted to confirm the suspicisions that the guy is a total Slover.
VoR,
I guess on your “Favorite Player Scale” Koivu goes up to eleven?
Talking about next round opponents or names on the Cup before the 1st round is over is like sticking your hands into a craps table while the shooter rolls the dice, right Green*? Only bad things happen!
I don’t say this often
i thought you only had to say it once. not that there is anything wrong with that.
G*: don’t ask, don’t tell, man.
NiNY,
I love the pressure he puts on teams with his open-ice agility, and bullet passes.
I’ve been personally disappointed that he hasn’t played more, but of course he brings pretty signifcant D liabilities.
sticking your hands into a craps table
hands up
or saying ’seven’ at the table. which saturday some clown with his way too hot for him gal pal who were learning the game at the other end of the table, was saying and every time he did we went 7 out. if i wasn’t preoccupied by the hotness of the gal i might have fixed it so he couldn’t say ’seven’ again.
does anyone else have a man crush on mikko koivu right now? he was awesome.
Thinking about getting a #9 home red with “franchise” on the back.
I need someone to explain exactly what a “bad bounce” is. The puck was going in at an angle…
… Simple fact is Finger failed to hustle from the blueline in and then took a bad route to the puck.
It didn’t look like a “bad bounce” to me either. I didn’t think Rolston was even hustling that much. Digit should have beaten him there easily.
AvsFan: Thanks for the compliments and thanks for being a respectable fan…
+1
Reusse with a semi-intelligent column for a change….maybe he’s calling Russo to ask for help!
also +1
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Cool, thanks, G*.
Lots of sour grapes in Denver, should make some really vintage Colorado whine.
Maybe it has been mentioned. Voros cost us a goal and helped cause a goal against. But, in a way you can’t blame him because he was just going hard.
But, why did the refs not “think about blowing the play dead when Backstrom was under the pile”?
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Cool, thanks, G*.
Forget reading Kiszla’s article. Need to read the comments at the end.
AS iceman said, Voros cost us one and caused one for them. I’m almost glad though that because it is the playoffs and because of the minutes our big guns were playing that he got a chance to go out there after that.
A normal regular season game he wouldn’t have seen ice again possibly for months. Good that he was able to get out there and play a little more to get his head away from the goal against.
Still, I expect we won’t see him tonight. Foy gets his chance?
Geez, thought I was just throwing out a hypothetical, “what would the league/team do?” to get the topic off lame CO writers, but I’ve obviously gone deeper than that.
How about this:
“Let’s hope Leipold is at the game again tonight!”
Better?
i thought you only had to say it once. not that there is anything wrong with that.
I can still donate blood if that means anything.
Finger didn’t hustle because he was gassed. I think he was at the end of a long shift. Rolston did a great sell-job on Finger to lean left and then cut to the right side of the net.
The only bad bounce (for them) was the one that sent the water bottle flying… 
Bill, the funny thing about that article is that the old joke about going to the fights and a hockey game breaking out applies more to the NBA than the NHL.
Classic comment on Kiszla’s dreck:
Could the Post please send Kiszla back to covering the latest in ladies handbags, and Major League Soccer’s Colorado Rapids and let someone who knows something about hockey fill up space on the page. If you’re looking for someone, there are thousands of 12 year old girls in Minnesota who would be much better suited for the job.
Still, I expect we won’t see him tonight. Foy gets his chance?
boy i hope not.
I really can’t get on the voros cost us one and gave them one band wagon. there is no guarantee that jose doesn’t stop that shot when he was interferred with and i think it was bad luck that bruno ended up on top of backstrom. i like that he went in there to clear him out. something that everyone around here has been b!tching about all year.
i hope he plays and if the situ arises again, he clears out the player. hopefully next time he doesn’t end up on the goalie.
Green*…I agree.
On the Brunette play, he went limp like well…you get my drift…
Ok, Koivu is DEFINITELY the man thus far in this series, but how incredible is the play of one Todd ‘Scrap Heap’ Fedoruk?
VoR, That or you could get shot by one of the gun carrying players.
Deep - I agree the Wild are looking like the better team, especially as each game has worn on (though the Avs got the better of late 3rd in Game 1). But let’s keep in mind that these games were all decided in OT and the Wild haven’t scored a goal before the 3rd period yet. Call me superstitious, but all I’m saying is that it’s only 2-1 in what has been a very evenly-matched series. To be sure, a huge and exciting win last night, with the better team winning. But let’s not forget there’s 2 more wins to go.
I’m just sayin’.
G*, hmmm, I assume Voros was out as a wing. I don’t recall where the center was on that play.
I’m with you on the ‘cost us a goal’ thing. Yes, there is no proof it would have gone in without Voros there.
I think we’ve seen several instances where Voros goes with a little too much enthusiasm.
I’m not campaigning for Foy either. I think Foy goes a little too hard sometimes. He’s trying to force play rather than letting it flow. He’s thinking “gotta go hard, gotta go hard, gotta go hard, oh crap! the puck’s right here what do I do now?
I’ll admit this is a little perverse, but I think it would be funny if, when Boogey comes on the ice, they play the Pac-Man “wakka wakka wakka wakka wakka” audio clip as he’s skating around.
And then, when he crushes someone, they could play the sad audio clip from when Pac-Man eats a ghost.
Either that, or the Jaws shark motif (dun-dun dun-dun dun-dun dun-dun dun-dun dun-dun).
I need more caffeine.
“I don’t think we played our best game,” said Forsberg, who logged 24:15 in ice time and added he won’t have a problem playing in back-to-back games for the first time since last season.
“I have to be a little better and we have to play a little better if we are going to win (tonight).”
What else is Forsberg going to say? “Gee guys I don’t know how effective I’m going to be tomorrow night seeing as I’m not playing at 100%, and I’m getting old”.
I’ll admit this is a little perverse, but I think it would be funny if, when Boogey comes on the ice, they play the Pac-Man “wakka wakka wakka wakka wakka” audio clip as he’s skating around.
And then, when he crushes someone, they could play the sad audio clip from when Pac-Man eats a ghost.
Sounds like a great video idea for a YouTube inclined Russoville resident!
Iceman away - I was going to bring up the goal where Bruno was on top of Backs but you beat me to it. I just saw the replay on TSN and you can clearly see that Bruno even is trying to prevent Backs to get his glove up to try to stop Sack-Itch. I don’t think the initial push onto Backs was interference but certainly he did prevent Backs from trying to save Sack-Itch’s shot.
Then again the ref would have had Brass-balls to make that call and we all know they don’t have that under those skirts they are skating around with.
OK, I’m off my soap box.
NiNY - lol, pacman, priceless. Coffee doing wonders to the creative mind today?
BDS: it’s either that or focus on writing a piece on “dirt bonds”, which just isn’t captivating my imagination, for some reason…
NiNY…
Dirt = dead and buried?
kj: dirt as in infrastructural aspects of land development projects.
Let’s make shirts!
I got a table reserved at Tom Reids for Thursday’s pre-game ‘meal’.
I need to give the manager a call on Thursday AM to confirm the number of Russotans that will be there.
I made the reservation for 4:30 - since I cannot possibly get there by 4.
If you’re planning on coming, either let me know here or via email on the band website.
Me and the wonderful Mrs. kj will be there…
didn’t we have a guy pushed into the goalie and have a goal called off becuase the goalie didn’t have a chance to stop it?
i thought they made that call up at the time.
NiNY: Regarding Nummy. As Jacques would say “He’s playing fine, there’s no doubt”.
Seriously though I’ve been really pleased with the way Nummy has stepped up. Very few mistakes, and he’s making good decisions with the puck.
PA & Dubay just left a voice mail for Kiszla
Kiszla strikes again! that tool is still stuck on our uniforms..he said same damnnn thing almost verbatim in ‘03..he’s just tryin’ to get the fans riled for tonight, because if he really believes the things he wrote he is boderline delusional. So Wild keep up the good work!
I think we’ve seen several instances where Voros goes with a little too much enthusiasm.
Although I can see where you’re going with this, the front of your net is THE place where you need to enthusiastically put someone on their backside. Besides, Bruno went hard at Backs, and made contact once Voros tangled with him. Takes two to tango.
The only bad bounce (for them) was the one that sent the water bottle flying…
Instant Classic!!
John: I’ll buy one!
Kirk - Agreed. I would not cry if Old Man Hill makes popcorn when Schultz comes back.
kj - I am a game time decision for Thursday - still not sure if I have a ticket.
Deep, didn’t notice you had his column from ‘03 Don’t be stupid truer word have never been spoken Kiszla! HA!
Remember that in ‘03, Kiszla was stuck on the old Green road jerseys. Now he’s moved on to the whites, which I like. He dare not say anything about the Iron Range Red though. What a tool.
kj, I invited Mike (or was that Dave’s a killer) last night, but I don’t think there’s enough room in Reid’s for all of his ‘alter-egos’!
What kinda takes the cake about the uniform remark is that the Avs don’t exactly wear the sharpest unis in the league either. Talk about a child using a crayon….
We do realize that, in vilifying him today, we just made Mr. Kiszla the most-read writer at the Denver Post - all-but ensuring that his “work” continues to get maximum ink, right?
John, You need a black background with White text. And then add pics of Boogie, Simon, Fridge, and Voros. Then it will be kick ass.
NiNY…yep…he’s sitting back, laughing at all the hits.
El Gato…the more the merrier. Even if he’s one pretending to be 5.
What’s up with the foot on that jersey too? Some drunk in the snowbank???
PA & Dubay just left a voice mail for Kiszla
Maybe he can get ‘em jobs.
build…
+1
I love these late games..thrive on it in fact, even during the regular season, ‘course I don’t have to get up as early as some of you do..
NINY, I like the pacman idea. I’ve never figured out why the Wild can’t get a bit more creative when it comes to in-game stuff. John Buccigross, who if you don’t know is the only guy at ESPN that pays attention to hockey, had a running bit with his readers not long ago about the funny stuff that Dallas does at their home games.
For example, the Stars put up six goals in Brad Richards’ debut. On the sixth goal, the PA system in the arena blared the sound of Al Czervik’s car horn from “Caddyshack” — “We’re in the Money!”
Bucci added these suggestions after a goal or great save:
“Oh, Dolly, I’m hot today.”
“That must be the tea.”
“It’s in the hole!”
“Pick up that blood!”
“Are you gonna eat your fat?”
The next week, the Game Host (interesting title) wrote in to say he was going to add them to the system.
Piling on, the following suggestions were added by Bucci and some of his readers:
“How ’bout a Fresca?”
When the ref is on the phone while a goal is being reviewed: “Well? … We’re waiting!”
Whenever two players drop their gloves and square off, you can play the “So what?! SO LET’S DANCE!”
And when Erik Johnson scores a goal for the Blues, they can blare Sandy McFiddish screaming “Gophers?! Where?!”
Now I wouldn’t want games to end up like some stupid morning radio show, but I think it would be a big improvement from the dumb “Happy Gilmore”, “Matrix” stuff they do now. Make it FUN and FUNNY.
So Russoville, any suggestions?
kj, DYK…
Koivu doesn’t wear a watch.
HE decides what time it is.
phil, We’ve got the whole off season to sleep. I love the games since it allows me to watch while Mrs. and Little Gato sleep.
‘Looks like I picked the wrong week to stop drinking coffee!’
Anybody know who holds the Av’s record for most penalty minutes in a season?
Trying to imagine what was going through Finger’s head as the play was unfolding. Probably something similar to Tom Cruise in Risky Business when he gets the rejection letter from Princeton. “Looks like the University of Illinois!!” In Finger’s case, “Look’s like the Lake Erie Monster’s!!” Probably was afraid that Rolston might Torrie Mitchell him so he went left.
joey, after a huge flurry in the opponents zone, they could do the ‘I don’t think the real heavy stuff is going to come for quite a while’ or after a nice save/goal ‘That’s a peach, hon’!
or, before a big faceoff or during a tense moment they could play the “I tink I’m gonna barf!” from Fargo…
For when the ref is on the phone…
Pee Wee Herman:
“I’M TRYING TO USE THE PHONE”
Stoned on the Breakaway, I’m gonna go ahead and guess Claude Lemieux.
kj: lol @ Pee Wee
“I’M TRYING TO USE THE PHONE”
KJ, +1
PS, how do ya do the bold?
The Kizla thing is bizarre. I don’t think I can remember a time when another team’s fans were more respectful then their so-called home newspaper journalists. I hope the Denver Post’s email server breaks from all the hate mail….
kj, I think that’s the 1st Pee Wee’s Big Adventure reference on the blog!
build…same as italics but use the letter b instead of the letter i.
PeeWee for Prez. Like that?
El Gato….I thought someone put this up recently…
There’s a lotta things about the blog you don’t know anything about. Things you wouldn’t understand. Things you couldn’t understand. Things you shouldn’t understand.
uh….I’m doing somethin’ wrong. Isn’t this right?:
[b][b/]
…using the greater than/less than?
build…
b-i-n-g-o!
HTML© for fun and profit!
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[/b]
You put the slash in the wrong place.
ok, i’m gonna type this in bold
and this in italics.
Did that work?
almost
unless you didn’t want the italics bolded.
sometimes it takes a trained professional
kj,
LMAO, I am so NOT the resident html dude.
But I’ve got a mean top-shelf backhander!!
Nice bfw, just don’t leave the tags open or you pollute the page.
When Foppa (or another sufficiently whiny player) complains about a penalty on their way to the box, they play this one:
I ran outta gas! I had a flat tire! I didn’t have enough money for cab fare! My tux didn’t come back from the cleaners! An old friend came in from outta town! Someone stole my car! There was an earthquake! A terrible flood! Locusts!! It wasn’t my fault I swear to God!!
Dang, you’re right kj. I apologize to the person who really had the 1st Pee Wee quote.
OMG, it worked. Such a dork.
bfw is to html as
AvHoles are too…..
kj?
joey, LMAO, the best quote ever from ‘The Blues Brothers’!
RUSSO! Please respond to this Kiszla doink!
Im not saying sink to his level, but I think you, Reusse, or Souhan need to have a response piece taking this guy down a peg or two.
That and ‘I hate Illinois Nazis’!
Maybe when the Wild are up a couple goals (yeah right) and the other team scores to get a bit closer:
They’re not gonna catch us. We’re on a mission from God.
Man, I’m getting NOTHING done today.
El Gato…always gotta give credit where credit is due!
bfw…roofed it!
bfw is to html as
AvHoles are too…
the ’80s Oil?
joey…you can never say too much when Carrie Fisher is standing over you with a machine gun. Damn I liked her back in the day…
Nice bfw, just don’t leave the tags open or you pollute the page
joey, i’m sure i’m on the same page with ya on that one, ’cause I do tend to leave my tags open if out havin’ a particularly good time, if ya know what I mean.
There was an earthquake! A terrible flood! Locusts!! It wasn’t my fault I swear to God!!
Timeless!
sure =notsure
Food
Are you the police?
No ma’am, we’re musicians
What a game.I can’t watch these blogs all day like some of you but wanted to weigh in. My take on the biggest surprise last night..How we dominated the OT session. After all those PK’s I was worried the boys would not have much left in the tank for OT. That was awesome watching us control the biscuit down low in their zone for a majority of the OT. I like how Roli and Marty are taking the body. Why didn’t they do that all year? We can all see what a difference it makes when we are cruchin Floppa, etc. At least we can watch the tilt in HD tonight as it is on FSN HD.I sent an e-mail to KSTC Ch. 45 and told them it is bush that they don’t/won’t broadcast in HD. No response from them, which is what I expected but at least I sent it… Lets pull for the fish up in Phadumph-land tonight.
Colorado Avalanche:
Most penalty minutes in a season: Chris Simon, 250 (1995–96)
Maybe Kiszla is actually Dave’s a killer
