gift giving;

Dear Lethbridge,
I bought you a present for tomorrow! I think you will really like it.

Love,
Heather

Chiefs win 2-1 in overtime. The best of 7 series is at 3-0 Chiefs.

shut ‘em down

Alright, so the Chiefs shut down the Giants. Down and out, even. 4-0. Game Six will be on Monday in Spokane and Seven on Tuesday if needed. Right now the series stands at 3-2 Spokane. This just might be doable. Clearly, David Rutherford has been the star of this post season action.

The lines were shuffled up last night and for the better. Roman had two assists in the first period. Helping out Justin Falk and Rutherford. Rutherford and Falk helped Drayson Bowman in the third. Tyler Johnson closed the game with an empty netter.

Tokarski saves! Stopping 22 of the Giants shots.

Keep it up, boys. I might allow those wretched play off beards.

hey, it’s me calling

Hey uhm, Portland? Sorry if that was kinda awkward. Listen, I think we should try and be friends? This whole fooling around thing and being fuck buddies was kinda awesome. We need some time apart. We had a good time tonight, right? I mean I scored on you with Bowman from Bruton and Roman. Then Koper from Johnson and Falk. And it was awesome. And then in the second, Rutherford, Bowman and McCrae all got between your pipes. Roman snuck in the third. Portland, it was a lot of fun. You’re a great chick. But I just need some me time now. Thanks for being so understanding. And doing my chemistry lab. Talk to you soon!

-Chiefs

Download this: Where Are My Panties by Andre 3000

Let it Bleed.

Oh the Buck Night Curse. I never thought I would see Tokarski being yanked after 3 goals slid by. I really thought it would never come to that. Something was just amiss with Tokarski. You could see he was mad at himself and was disappointed at the short handers. So Army shows up. He stops some pucks. I was relieved. Tyler Johnson had a goal as did Judd Blackwater. Bouncing back seemed possible.

Then, it all went sour. It was a round of terrible calls, mostly in favor of the Ams. The Chiefs were bleeding out and no band aid was going to fix this mess. Colton Yellow Horn had two goals. Of all the Tri City players to get two goals, it had to be the one with the biggest attitude problem. Yellow Horn, show some spine. You consistently act impolite and fans call you out. You should not yell back at fans and pop your jersey at us. Is the A on your jersey mean Asshole? Some fans were booted without warning for heckling Yellow Horn which is unfortunate and disappointing. Yellow Horn didn’t play the last four minutes because he probably would have been beaten to exta pulpy orange juice.

Levko Koper had a fight. As did Judd Blackwater. I think I am missing another.

From the bench, Tokarski was yelling at Ams goalie Pichard. I was expecting gloves to drop. Army was also exchanging words across the ice for Pichard. It seemed like a 2 vs. 1 goalie fight could go down, but never materialized.

The final damage was 7-2 Ams.

Next game is Monday, the rescheduled game from Friday against Seattle.

Maybe Monday there will be more of an effort and no phoning it in.

Same as it ever was.

The puck didn’t drop until 7:45 on Saturday. Which made for a long night. The arena was full/cramped because it was Buck Night. Children ran amok in Heelies and dudes drank more beer because, well, what else were we gonna do?

I think my new rule is always give the puck to Tyler Johnson. That kid can breakaway like mad. It’s some serious Sonic the Hedgehog action. He popped in a gorgeous goal unassisted in the first. And I was excited. I happily ate my dollar hot dog and pounded down curly fries ready for a good night of hockey. And then Seth Compton pops a goal in first as well. I am now slamming down my Coke screaming at Tri Cities and directing my hatred at Colton Yellow Horn, who’s last name sounds like a type of STD. Colton Yellow Horn decided to throw my insults in my face and score a goal. I am not please.

We head to the second and the Americans decide to ruin my day and score another goal tying it all up. I spend the rest of the second and third praying to whoever the hockey god is to not let this go to a shoot out.

Goddamit, we are going to a shoot out. And we lost.

Jace Coyle is on my black list for making a dumb move and essentially giving an assist to Tri Cities. I hope he went home and cried that night.

The game was evenly matched. So I should have seen this coming. Tokarski continues to hold it down and I have no complaints.

Buck Night is a curse. I think it’s a guaranteed loss. I wanna see some facts and figures. Someone have that on my desk by lunch on Monday.

Next game is Wednesday. I honestly can’t remember who we are playing.