I hate watching Pens games.

ghey.

Seriously, this game gave me about 3 heart attacks and a stroke. I can't take it.

Is Giroux ever going to score again? I can count on my fingers and toes the number of wide open nets he's seen over the last 4 games, and he never gets it in. Very frustrating. I'm thinking maybe his girlfriend feels the same way.

Flyers fans are on cloud nine, Pens fans are suicidal. No need for either. Did you see the game? Yeah, Flyers won, but Pens seemed to have better sustained offensive pressure. Or is that just my hockey pessimist talking? The Pens are good...really good, even in the midst of their losing streak, and we were lucky to come away with a win.

Leighton continues to come up big when he needs to, even though he still makes us all very nervous.

That's all I've got.

Oh, also: Jaro Jaro Jaro!

You can't win em all.

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I'm not gonna lie, The Pronger's water ritual during warmups is the highlight of the game.

The honeymoon is over.

Ryan Parent is this year's Randy Jones.

What the hell was wrong with Coburn?

What the hell was wrong with the D?

The Pronger hulking out on Kunitz was my favorite part of the game.

Can someone really bite you through a hockey glove?

Thank god I don't have season tickets this year...clunkers like this game make me really appreciate that!

Zippy is home and recovering. He has a Gator smile now!

When is the next time we play the Pens? I will have to make sure I schedule myself to work!

That's more like it! I'm familiar with this feeling. Looking forward to the Hartnell suspension!

Oh good, the Pens. We are so great at beating them.

Clicking my remote into the wee hours of the morning brought me a little gem: Sudden Death was on last night. You know, the one where Iceburgh gets killed? I'm not gonna do any voodoo rituals on my stuffed Iceburgh today, because that hardly ever results in a win for the Flyers.

The Pens lost last night to the Coyotes, and if you saw them play, you know that they were just saving their energy for tonight's game. They even started Brent Johnson to give Lil flower some rest.

I hope to be at the game tonight. I have great seats in section 207 row 1. Nobody in front of me! My cat is having surgery today, and depending on how well he recovers, I may have to stay here and comfort him. So keep Zippy and me in your thoughts today, and send us good vibes so he'll be fine and I can go to the game.

I had to get up at 6 am on Sunday to work 7-1 and then go to the game!

So you Flyers are lucky that was a good game, or I would be pissed.

I'm amazed that the crowd was so into it. I was apparently the only person who had no hope for a win (or even a good effort). I was pleasantly surprised.

I came home and watched the game on TV (weird, I know) and was amazed at how Pierre McGuire has the biggest boner for the Pens. But then I read the Pensblog, and they were pissed at how McGuire has a boner for Mike Richards. Amazing how two different fan bases can hate McGuire so much, but about the exact opposite thing. Honestly though, if you think the NBC broadcast had bias towards the Flyers, you are either retarded or deaf (no offense to either group). Seriously, NBC's job is to sing the praises of the annointed one and his team, no matter what.

I still hold no delusions that the Flyers can win this series, or even another game, but it was nice to be rewarded for getting up at the asscrack of dawn.

Also:

• I bet 4 out of 5 Flyers fans have a Giroux jersey by the end of the week.
• I do a lot of hockey card shopping on ebay (*cough* Kovalev *cough*) and I can tell you that Giroux cards today were going for 30 bucks and up. No lie. Check it yourself!
• I really need to get to sleep now!
• I think the Luden's are causing my tonsils to swell.
• I am so glad the Habs are not playing the Flyers. I would have gotten killed for wearing a Habs shirt.
• Oh Jared Ross...sorry about what I said about you earlier in the week. My bad.

Also, a quick word on penalties. Um. Hmm. Actually, no, I'm not going to get into it, but wow. Maybe a quick refresher course for the refs on what consitutes hooking, slashing, and what have you. Because honestly, I don't know what the fuck the refs are seeing out there, but it's getting kinda outta control...

Crosby Sucks!

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I'm not sure if I'm ready to jump into the dark world of evil photoshops, but oh well, it's the Pens, so what can I do?

And get it? Crosby sucks? See what he did there?

It's on!

(This is me kicking Iceburgh mercilessly!)

I'm probably more excited than I should be about heading to the ECF against the Pens. Nah. I know that no matter what the outcome is, several things will happen:

* I will hate Sidney Crosby more than I do today, and that makes me happy!

* This is going to be a series for the ages

* Someone could get killed! This thing is going to be bloody for sure!

* I will get to explore my new found dislike of Pens fans. I never really had a problem with them until I went to the Igloo. The growing arrogance of the Pens fans over the last few weeks has really started to irritate me, and with as much as they hate Flyers fans, this should be a lot of fun. Heh.

* I am going to have fun with my stuffed Iceburgh. I feel kinda bad for him, since he never stops smiling no matter how much I abuse him. Oh well, sucks to be him!

Attention Yinzers: I'm headed your way!

And I come in peace, although calling you yinzers probably doesn't endear me to you.

That's right, the long awaited Pittsburgh roadtrip is upon us! When I bought my tickets back in December, it seemed like April would never arrive, and now suddenly it's here! Yikes! I should be busy packing, but instead I am writing lame posts for the blog.

A few notes about my former life in Pittsburgh:
I lived in Pittsburgh from 96 to 98
I worked at Three Rivers Stadium
I worked at Bruegger's on Murray Ave
I worked delivering motherfucking gift baskets. worst.effing.job.ever. For real.

For the game on Wednesday night:
I am going to win the Gary Roberts jersey
I will be at the glass
Please do not throw things at me unless they are soft or edible
Taking pictures of me after Pens goals or after we lose is fine, it would be an honor to be "stunned"
I don't hate the Pens, I just hate Cindy

Any suggestions about surviving as a Flyers fan in enemy territory are much appreciated (and no, "go fuck yourself" does not count as helpful advice!)

They pre-empted Seal on Ice for that?

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Thank goodness there is no Triple Crown racing in January, eh? OT and a shootout? I was shocked...SHOCKED, I say, that NBC stuck with the Winter Classic. I mean, it ran 30 minutes past its scheduled time and they didn't pull the plug. I wonder why. Oh yeah, cuz Sid was playing.

In what have must have been Gary Bettman and the NHL's dream come true, Sidney Crosby scored the game winning shoot out goal in today's Winter Classic. It couldn't have been scripted better if they tried. As much as I can't stand Crybaby, the Kid comes through when it matters. Ya gotta respect that.

I loved that it was snowing for the game. I did not love that they had to stop every 5 minutes to patch up or otherwise service the ice.

In other NHL news (wait, there were other games today? I thought all the NHL players had to be in Buffalo to watch the game...), the 28th place Capitals continue to OWN the 2nd place Sens. Now that you really gotta love!

Happy New Year everyone!

Awww yeah!

Okay, so if you go to google and type in crybaby crosby my blog is the first hit! Yes!!!

Mwaah hah hah!!!

The return of Crybaby Crosby

Only 2 days til we get to chant "crozzzzzzzzz-beeeeeeeeeeee" again...