Last night the Chiefs played the Portland Winterhawks and I am reallllllly getting tired of typing that sentence. Anyways, the game looked super sexy because it was on a real television network, FSN so the production values were in the tens maybe twenties of dollars. I am used to the five dollar Comcastic broadcasts that at times appear to be created in some shack with a Maglite. But that’s not the point, is it? I should be thrilled at times the WHL decided to join this current technological age and decided to bring some games to bits and pieces of the masses.
Oh yeah. Portland. I was a bit miffed at first at the butchering of a certain goaltender’s name. But then all was right. And the Winterhawk announcers were crushing on Dustin Tokarski hardcore. It was a bit embarrassing.Their adoration was quite apparent in the second intermission interview. “So, Dustin, what’s it like to be so awesome and have so many trophies? You are gonna win more right? You don’t even play for us and yet we feel our pants tightening.”
Tokarski wasn’t wearing his usual mask. He was wearing his other mask I need to post a picture of that, I call it the girlie mask. It just lacks the studliness of his standard goalie mask but I won’t entirely knock it since he won, stopping 30 of 31 shots. The one that was let his he probably could have had. He shook his head and probably swore under his breath. Which is really what I like to see in a goalie. Take some goddamn notes Vesa Toskala. Passion and caring, try it out sometime.
Oh but who was the Chief of the game? Considering the final damage was 7-1. I have quite a lot of options. Well I think it would default to Drayson Bowman for scoring his 100th goal as a Chief. Half a cuppy cake for Brody Jenner/Brady Calla getting into fisticuffs. Ondrej Roman gets a good eight cupcakes or so for scoring his first goal since returning to Spokane roster. Tyler Johnson scored two goals and looked entirely bored doing it. Perhaps Bro-J will share some frosting with him.
And onto the penalties!
Bows! Roughing penalties! Am I high?
You wanna see passion and caring from Toskala? Kidnap his man purse or tell him that you think “Turku” is much better place than “Tampere” and that all the good Finnish hockey players come from there (Turku).
By: tanya on January 18, 2009
at 11:03 am
Maybe its best that Tyler doesn’t show emotion. Because sometimes when he does, it just ends up terrifying… ie; this.
http://a810.ac-images.myspacecdn.com/images01/67/l_aa1ed7a39cbdae92ac092de14d488a51.jpg
By: hititupchels on January 18, 2009
at 3:22 pm