Shaving Cream Pie

The Sharks celebrated their 3-1 win over the Colorado Avalanche by smacking defenseman, and number one star of the game, Alexei Semenov in the face with a towel full of shaving cream. Jeremy Roenick is the main culprit, but you can also see Marc-Edouard Vlasic, Ryane Clowe and Sharks PR guy Tom Holy in the background.

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Best of the worst

Watching the Capitals-Bruins game today, I was struck by a particularly bad commercial. This one was Ovechkin, talking about his "passion". It was cringe worthy, and I dont even cringe when Ovechkin shows up in public dressed like a colorblind costume designer vomited clothes onto him. Which he does, a lot.

But it got me thinking about the best of the worst NHL commercials. Every team has got a few, where you can tell that a nice player agreed to do the commercial, and is miserably uncomfortable the entire time. Or best yet, when they know they are better hockey players then actors and just have fun with it.

Here is the Ovie one thats pretty terrible, but makes me laugh anyway:


Then of course there is the Martin Havlat crack up...and we aren't even talking about one of his limbs! Ca-ching. The Penguins round out the top of the list with this commercial, which produced the cringe laugh from me (squinty eyes with a snort laugh).

And then there is this Kings commercial, which is a classic. Easily the best of the worst.

I know that all hockey fans have your team faves, and I've got to be missing some, so please share in the comments!

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GMGM is Old School...and Hanlon's a Loon

(x-posted to A View from the Cheap Seats)
Need something to take your mind off this sloooow news day?
This is fantastic:

Even if you don't like fighting (or the Rangers), there's just something satisfying about seeing little George McPhee taking on Tocchet.

Even more satisfying? Current Caps' coach Glen Hanlon.

Trust me, you won't want to miss the last minute of the video.
(As if I needed another reason to love ol' Hugs and GMGM...)

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Joe Sakic Makes Small Children Cry

What a jerk!

15 hours later I'm still running off of adrenaline from last night's Buffalo/NY game. That was some hockey, sports fans. And I think I would say that even if my team hadn't won.

Poor Jagr. During his post-game interviews he looked like he was going to walk out of the lockerroom and stand in front of the Metro Rail in downtown Buffalo. And when I say "Poor Jagr" I actually mean this:


My favorite photo of the postseason so far:


You gotta love the pure joy in that picture. Unless you're a Rangers fan, I guess.

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Hockey is Love

Awwwww...



Also, WGR tries to deal with Marty's loss: Mic'd Up With... Ty Conklin?!

Poor Ty. The guy has no idea what's he walked into...

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Madness

Six games, seven injured players. Chris Drury taking a blow to the head worries me big time. He looked coherent and left the ice on his own power so hopefully that's a good sign.

Crazy ass game between Buffalo and Ottawa tonight. Peters went a little overboard at the end of the brawl I think - he had no business going after Emery - but hey, mess with the bull (Drury) and you get the horns (Peters and Mair). The team has been listening to opponents call them soft for the past few months and good for them for standing up for Dru, the one guy on the team they should absolutely be willing to go through a wall for. (Not that they wouldn't or shouldn't do so for anyone else... But Chris is the heart and soul of the team, in my opinion.) And my beloved Marty was in a goalie fight! He got his ass handed to him by Emery but who didn't see that coming? (Marty after the game: "I hung on for dear life and tried not to get hit in the face.") Throw in the coaches standing on the benches to scream at each other, an overtime and a shootout and that was the most awesome game I've ever seen in person. Bizarre, hilarious, entertaining and totally awesome.

Here's video for the curious. It's worth watching if you haven't seen any footage or heck, even if you have:


(Please be okay Chris.)

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Marty... Marty, Why'd You Make Me Do This?

Since we got to hear the Ray Emery ditty a few weeks back, allow me to present, for your listening enjoyment, Sabres Delight. WGR has a lot of fun with Marty Biron and his chatty personality (he never shuts up) and the "Hey, Lindy... Nothing" bit is a running gag. I have no idea if this is funny to non-Sabres fans (although I know Sherry enjoyed it) since half the fun is that they totally nailed each player's voice and personality but hey, enjoy!

And just for fun, my favorite Marty video of all-time:

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