Costly Victory
Friday, February 20th, 2009 Posted in Game Review, Minnesota, Trade Deadline | No Comments »Huge overtime win last night for the Flames. With the two points, they maintain their 8 point lead on the Canucks and stay tied with the Blackhawks, both of whom also won last night. By allowing the Wild to gain ...
Arghhh…
Tuesday, February 17th, 2009 Posted in Game Review, Vancouver | 2 Comments »Frustrating shootout loss to the Canucks tonight. In the words of Daniel Sedin, the Nucks "didn't play very well tonight". Yet, in spite of that, they come away with two points and I'm sure many typed words praising their resiliency and ...
Close Call in LA
Friday, February 13th, 2009 Posted in Game Review, LA | No Comments »What a fantastic game. A young and coming LA team carried the play for large stretches while hosting the Flames on Thursday night, but they were constantly frustrated by the inhuman play of Miikka Kiprusoff, finally getting shutout 2-0 after ...
Duck Hunt Backfires in Anaheim
Thursday, February 12th, 2009 Posted in Anaheim, Game Review | No Comments »Last night, the Flames lost a hard-fought match in overtime to the Ducks, losing to the formerly mighty team for the 2nd time in 5 days. I was attempting the always difficult "watch game while playing poker and drinking beer" maneuver ...
Back in the Win Column
Monday, February 9th, 2009 Posted in Game Review, Montreal | 2 Comments »Ole, Ole Ole Ole... Ole... Ole! Silly Habs fans. Get over yourselves, already. You're not European, and you're not watching soccer. The one cheer favoured by fans of the bleu, blanc, et rouge that I DO love is the Nah Nah Hey ...




