Dustin Tokarski came to town to guard against oncoming threats, so he certainly understands the need for security.
Still, the new goalie for the Norfolk Admirals was rather surprised when two MacArthur Center officers carded him recently during a visit. Seems the guards thought Tokarski, who is 20 but could pass for a high school student, was violating the new ban on unescorted shoppers under 18 in the downtown mall after 5 p.m.
“I just laughed,” the goalie said this week from Wilkes-Barre, Pa., where he had a game.
Jim Wofford, MacArthur Center’s general manage, said no one had mentioned the incident to him.
“Hopefully, they did it very cordially and very professionally,” Wofford said.
Tokarski, who recently moved from western Canada, said he has no hard feelings, but the policy did catch him off-guard.
“I know I look totally young,” he said, “but I never thought I’d get ID’d at a shopping mall.”
Bill Hader is a stud. He is the reason that sometimes I am overcome with the urge to watch Saturday Night Live. Or at the very least, pull it up on Hulu and skip the parts that don’t have him. He is a hottie in his own way and look at how he can wear a lip sweater. LOOOOOOOK. So Mr. Hader, I salute you and your glorious facial hair incarnations in the name of comedy.
I’m behind in recapping the Chiefs as they are on a road trip. Let’s do a terrible primer, shall we?
Friday the Chiefs played the Edmonton Oil Kings. Watch the feed of the broadcast the MOvember love was out in full effect in Edmonton. There was even a mustache camera which made me giddy. There was a parade of Kopers too. Who hates the Kopers? That’s right. No one.
Blake Gal continues to be the Chiefs underrated gem. In that game he put up two goals and an assist. He continues to be a destroyer of souls on the ice. And we love and adore him for it. Final damage that game: 3-1 Chiefs.
Last night the Chiefs fell 3-2 to the Red Deer Rebels despite outshooting. One of those goals was the fault of Brett Bartman. Jared Cowen continues to play like a really awkward forward. This defense causes me heart attacks and I realllly can’t live like this. The Chiefs just looked really shakey last night and Mike Tadjdeh was a bit off in net and I was having flashes of Vesa Toskala when the Vesa is having a bad night.
Hey, Leafs won in shootout last night. Tiny victories, I will take them.
So the NHL store introduced this really cool thing where you can customize shirts and hoodies with names and numbers. And for the most part, it’s a reasonable price. OH WAIT, YOU CAN’T DO REAL PLAYERS AND NUMBERS!? Nevermind. Useless service is useless. Carry on. Go back to failing at life, NHL store.
Ok so can we talk about the sheer and utter fierceness of Lady Gaga’s Bad Romance video? From the sleek caskets like the ones in True Blood to the all the Alexander McQueen high heels, I just…wow.
The Chiefs are on a road trip.
Here’s hoping Baby Brady Brassart scores more goals. We love him.
My dearest Archimedies is a MOvember participant. MOvember is to raise awareness of prostate and testicular cancer.
Archi is a class act and one of the finest Toronto boys with fantastic fashion and an ear for delicious music. You’d love him, really. Please donate to a great cause. Here is your info.
Contrary to popular belief; I truly have a heart after all. And you know what, the Tri City Americans do lots of good. Really, they show up the Chiefs any day when it comes to charity and work in the community. Take for instance this story. And an excerpt;
For the bowling, a player is assigned with booster members and Tyler Schmidt was the first assigned to Jessi’s lane. He was friendly and encouraging to her, which was appreciated.
Zach Yuen was next and he was also friendly and encouraging and sweet with Jessi.
Adam Hughesman was the third player and he was simply AMAZING with her!!! He cheered her every ball. Every time she was heading back after her turn was over, he would tell her her score from that frame, along with some praise or encouragement.
About her sixth or seventh frame she got a strike. He stood up and led the cheering section and had everyone around cheering with enthusiastic high fives all around.
It is so hard to catch Jessi smiling (I’ve tried many times) but her smile had been building with Adam’s support and encouragement, and I caught her just all lit up.
I know from numerous conversations with Hammer, that the Ams are dedicated to giving back to their community and it makes them not only a stronger team but a stronger organization. Sure the Chiefs will do a few things here or there; bagging groceries and delivering teddy bears. But I know of other clubs that really value volunteerism, with some players logging 100 hours of community services a month.
The ball is in your court, Chiefs. Step it up.
EDIT: Sticktap to Chris for sliding the link my way. I was terrible and forgot to thank him.
I don’t want to talk about last night. I don’t want to talk about what a poor decision it was for Hardy Sauter to not play James Reid in net when he was on a streak and named CHL goaltender of the week. I don’t want to talk about how if it were Dustin Tokarski, he wouldn’t have been benched when he was running hot. I don’t want to talk about the continued line change jumbles. I don’t want to talk about the spotty defense. I don’t want to talk about how Jared Cowen should be demoted from Captain. I don’t want to talk about how I lost count of Cowen’s missed passes.
The Canadian Hockey League today announced that James Reid of the Spokane Chiefs is the CHL Goaltender of the Week for the week ending November 8. Reid finished the week with a 3-0-0-0 record posting a goals-against-average of 1.00 and save percentage of .962.
The WHL has also nominated James Reid of the Spokane Chiefs for the CHL Goaltender of the Week Award. Reid posted a 3-0-0-0 record this past week, stopping 76 of 79 shots faced for a 1.000 goals-against average and a 0.962 save percentage. Reid, a 19-year-old from Calgary, Alberta, has appeared in 13 games this season posting an 8-4-1-0 record with one shut-out. His 2.46 GAA currently has him sitting sixth among all WHL goaltenders.
With the sometimes consistent Chiefs, it’s nice knowing we have a goaltender who can remain zen throughout the madness. Reid held at times the seeming unfortunate position of being the backup to Dustin Tokarski, he didn’t see too many minutes last season. But if anything, I think he picked up some good habits from Toka and knows the expected goaltending calibre.
Before the puck dropped last night the girls and I predicted it was going to be a bad night to be a goalie. But like most of my predictions, I was terribly wrong. The started quick enough with Kyle beach getting a jump on mixing it up. He would then take more penalties that night. A few of which I am pretty sure were “Kyle Beach, two minutes for being named ‘Beach.’ Beach, two minutes.” James Reid stood tall and held off the Giants who are sans Evander Kane. Jared Cowen was a bit more useful than usual. But that still isn’t saying much. Blake Gal continues to be a bulldozer with a wrecking ball attached, doing his part to fill the void the the departure of Dustin Donaghy. Still Hardy Sauter does the line change jumble. I’m waiting for the day when Leigh Mendelson Jon Klemm [edit: LOL, I'm dumb, of course I meant Klemm] just snaps and punches Hardy in the back of the head. Is that too much to hope for?
Also, I think I am pregnant from Levko Koper’s goal. My god was that sexy. Like…wow.
Final. Chiefs 2, Giants 1.
GUYS, THE MAPLE LEAFS BEAT THE WINGS LAST NIGHT 5-1. OH MY GOD, IT WAS LIKE THE SKIES PARTED AND THE BABY JESUS WAS LIKE “HEY WAC, I KNOW YOU’VE BEEN DOWN ‘CAUSE OF HOCKEY BUT I GIVE TO YOU THE LEAFS THRASHING THE WINGS.” AND IT WAS GOOD.
Also, I nicknamed Tanner Mort. Full House. Why? Because anytime I hear the name Tanner I think of Danny Tanner and Full House. Yeah I am really effing weird. But it makes sense to me.
After last night’s Chiefs victory over the Chilliwack Bruins the news came hard: Dustin Donaghy was traded to the Lethbridge Hurricanes for a sixth round Bantam pick which is, essentially nothing. It’s crushing because while the Chiefs did still have the over ager status to settle, it sucks it was Donny. Donny wore a 16 on his sweater. Which a lot of grinding greats in the NHL seem to sport.
For the Chiefs, he did encompass the current Maple Leafs motto of “truculence, pugnacity, testosterone and belligerence.” You could count on Donaghy to drop his mitts when needed but more than that he brought character to the team. In fact, he proved himself to be versatile at the end of last season. When the Chiefs were collapsing amidst a playoff run, food poisoning and suspensions Donny stepped in and showed he can play defense as well. We’ll always remember that Friends Don’t Let Friends Fight Dustin Donaghy and Viva La Donaghy. We’re going to miss you, Dustin. Thank you for your time in a Spokane sweater. We wish you nothing but the best.
Kyle Beach continues to get shit done. 8 goals in 5 games? Divide that out and its 1.6 points per game. That’s out of control sexy. The ranks of the Beach Bunnies continues to swell and grow. Things Beach does that Jared Cowen doesn’t: acts like a goddamn captain. Last night Beach was skating hard and fast making all the right moves. In addition to directing teammates for positioning in faceoffs. What did Cowen do? Skate about lazily and MISS PASSES. Collapsing like a dying star? Yeah that would be Jared Cowen. He seems to have checked out and I don’t even want him here. I used to be proud to say “Cowen is a Chief and he is ours.” Now I’d be ok with shipping him out. Also, if Pittsburgh Bruins, I mean Chilliwack, can give Mitch McColm the C on his sweater, I don’t see why we can’t give it to Beach.
Also, I am tired of the line change jumbles. STILL. WHAT EVEN. This should not be taking place anymore. The constant mix ups make the boys look awkward out there, like they have no idea what to expect. And I realllllly want a Time On Ice stat for the WHL because I am dying to know how much Beach plays a game. I want to say it’s at least 30 mikes (that’s minutes in military speak, I’ve been watching Generation Kill). The front office of this team just continues to frustrate and disappoint me. With the lackluster coaching from Hardy Sauter to the absolutely dismal promotions; it’s an appetite for destruction. It just feels like the team is imploding. Perhaps I am being overly dramatic because well, I am a Leafs fan and have you looked at the points standings lately? Even then, I just want better. It’s not that hard.
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On the docket;
Toronto: Spring Break. The TO could use a dame of my caliber.
hockey boyfriend power rankings.
1. Dustin Tokarski, you will probably always occupy the number one slot. Nice job ninjaing the starting goalie slot for the Admirals.. 2 Kyle Beach, we are just like John Bender and Clare Standish in the Breakfast Club and I sorta love you. 3. Milan Lucic, babe I think I am suffering from Lucic Lust... 4. Sean Avery, you scored two goals on the Leafs and all I could do was giggle.
