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.
This is real life. This is happening. The Chiefs are done with their run for a third Memorial Cup. I am nothing but proud of them considering there were quite the snags along the way. The team was constantly fighting through injuries as well as some suspensions and that whole food poisoning fiasco. I had my doubts in the team throughout the season. I threw a fit when they went captainless for so long. I wasn’t pleased with James Reid not seeing more minutes he deserved. I lost my mind when the Chiefs got lazy and would rest on Dustin Tokarski. I questioned the chemistry of the team more than I wanted to.
I knew the magic of last years team was going to be difficult to replicate because really, how do you best Chris Bruton? You don’t. He had so much heart and was the quintessential captain and Chief. The team was a scrappy bunch this year who had the talent and experience to go far, but ended up being beaten by the fierce Vancouver Giants.
This game was more tension that I could handle. Scoreless in regulation and the penalties in favor of Spokane but it just didn’t happen. There were several near goals and I was screaming and shrieking at my television. Hoping that I could will the puck into the net. It needed to happen. A hat tip to Dustin Tokarski, it was a fine performance. Tokarski was just pounded with shots and I started to have a sinking feeling when I saw the numbers and just how far ahead the Giants were on scoring attempts. And then in the first overtime, a bouncing puck ended up in the Chiefs net.
I winced after the first period when Jared Spurgeon was interviewed and basically said the Chiefs were lucky to have Toka in the pipes. That isn’t what I wanted to hear; he shouldn’t be propping the team up. Len Barrie, of the Tampa Bay organization, was interviewed during an intermission as well and was rather flippant about Tokarski. Who is drafted to his fucking team. Barrie said the Lightning are deep as far as goalies go. But you know, that doesn’t mean they are deep with solid goalies. So it remains unknown if Saint Tokarski will be returning in a Chiefs sweater or will be jumping into the blue and black Bolts.
I am putting off thinking about the potential over-ager situation of the next season. We can dwell on things later. For now we will thank the Chiefs for another great season while I am wondering what to do with my (junior) hockey void. I have projects lined up for the summer that you darlings will love. I will be going to Montreal for the NHL Draft because I need to see in person if my darling Maple Leafs take our Cow Cow. I will find other things to write about. What will we do without hockey? We have baseball (Griffey is back!) and footie matches (Go Sounders!), not to mention my usual brand of silly girl fun (oh heyyyy). Before you know it, it will be August and we will have new babeh Chiefies to coo over.
I recommend the Midnight Truffle Blizzard at DQ. Seriously divine.
Stay tuned I will have some nostalgia posts up here in a few days, so we can relive the better bits of the season.
I know everyone is freaking out because tonight’s game HAS to be a win for the Chiefs to stick in the post season. I am totally freaking. But let’s clear some other stuff out of the way first; If you haven’t done it already, go to rinktology.org and fill out a playoffs bracket. It’s super easy, you just click and the brackets automatically re-seed for each round. Also if you can, donate a few bucks to the Mario Lemieux Foundation. And if you are in need of some new shirts, I ordered this crazy awesome shirt from Pittsburgh Steel Rocks. The shirts are a ridiculously awesome price and some are on sale for playoffs. Tell them the Puck Huffers sent you, because they are two awesome dames. Y’all ready for some some NHL post season action? You can catch games on Versus. I will get a schedule up here soon. But for now here is their sweet promo video;
And for those needing some music before game time, I made a youtube playlist. You can ignore most of the vids and just listen to the audio. I pulled the songs from the 100 Songs, Days and Dances vid I posted a few dys ago. Enjoy darlings.
Chiefs lose in 2nd OT. You know the drill; this will become a longer post later.
Oi, the Chiefs are trying to kill me. It all could have been wrapped up last night but it wasn’t. Instead the Giants won in the 2nd overtime period. On the bright side it wasn’t the 4th? I don’t even know. I think the boyos were a bit exhausted still from the last game and then the traveling. But most of them played through while others were clearly off their game. Mike Reddington in particular was looking a bit sloppy and ended up being minus two on the night. Spokane’s Own Special Sauce Tyler Johnson scored a goal and Stefan Ulmer (ya rly!) smacked in a goal too. Both those goals were assisted by Mitch Wahl and (oh heyyyyy) Levko Koper. The Ulmz goal nearly brought the arena down in the third period. There was screaming, near tears and lots of high fiving. I have no idea why the Chiefs couldn’t get it done in the overtime. So many near goals happened and I am not sure why the kittens couldn’t finish it.
I am not a fan of Evander Kane. Not at all. He is a bit Kyle Beach-esque.
Don’t count the Chiefs down yet. Having to win a game 7 is never the scenario I hoped for, and having to pull it out not on home ice. It can’t be done. I realllllly want to see the Chiefs push off the sluggishness and play their faces off. Get out your lucky rabbit’s foot, game is Tuesday.
Onto things more exciting; The Pensblog has put together a wonderful online bracket. Seriously you just click it sorts the reseeding for you. How rad is that? Also the tPB is doing what they can to raise $10,066 for the Mario Lemieux Foundation. You don’t have to donate money to do the bracket, but I think you can fine five bucks in your wallet to donate to a charity. I filled out my bracket and it took forever. Mainly because I have no attention span and was multitabbing and forgotten I started filling my picks out. I don’t want to share my terrible choice…You can register and fill out the bracket here, do ittttttt.
I think that might have been the cutest game ever. It was filled with moments that made me go AHWWWWWW. The lone goal was scored by Tyler Johnson in the first. You’d think after that it would be totally dull. AU CONTRAIRE. What a great game. It’s amazing how much can be accomplished when the boyos stay out of the penalty box.
Tyler Johnson after scoring his goal in the first.
During the second period Drayson Bowman’s mouthguard fell out. And onto the ice. And he kept looking around waiting for the right moment to rescue it. He tried to like pick it up with his stick. And then decided to just flop over the boards and snatch it. He held it out for the trainer, “water.” And then put it back in his mouth.
I dropped my mouthgaurd. will you get it for me plz?
Then during the second it was getting a bit hectic in Tokarski’s crease and at one point Reddington just shoved the puck to Toka so he could cover it. It was pretty much “here you hide this!”
Reddington and Tokarski.
I should probably talk about the goalie. He did get a shutout, stopping an insaneeeee 41 shots on goal. Cupcakes, amirite or amirite? It wasn’t like it was a light workload either, he was everywhere and on point, go go gadget arm style. It was like, “Hey babe it’s ok I got this, I am Dustin FRIGGEN Tokarski. ” He was the first star, obvs. I wanted to give him all three stars. Apparently you aren’t allowed to do that. Second star of the night was Trevor Glass who was in beast mode. He broke two sticks and was a complete animal landing hits. Glasser, I love you darling. I love the beard too. It reminds me of last year. Fuzzy, warm, metal memories…
oh hey wassup, i'm trevor glass. i'm in beast mode.
It was a brilliant effort by the Chiefs and I was proud of them. The arena atmosphere was ridiculous. Despite the small numbers, it was just unreal. Standing ovations for saves and screaming triumphantly at the hustle the Chiefs were showing. There was a buzz like there would be on sold out game night with Tri. Kids, we are in post season. This is playoffs, welcome and thanks for joining us.
the Chief celebrating the win.
The Chiefs will be on the road Friday. Can you handle that? And the home Easter Sunday. Wear your Sunday best to the game. Please believe I will.
Sorry about that last double post. I was posting from my phone and each time it said there was a program error so I figured it didn’t even go through. Surprise! They did.
Anyways, the Chiefs found some chemistry. And to demonstrate said chemistry I am going to link a Girls Aloud vid, Biology from their album Chemistry. You see what I did there? Pretty sneaky, sis.
The Chiefs seeme to have gotten back into the swing of things and I didn’t have to throw a temper trantrum. I did however kick the seat in front of me in the first period. Which was a bad idea, because I scuffed my new heels. Que sera. Brady Calla was a sexy sexy plus 3 on the night. Our darling Dr Dray was plus 4. Man I think I need to bring back the Bowman Post Season Point Watch.
The Chiefs win 5-2. There were chalupas. But as usual I forgot to grab my coupon. Whatevs. I was really happy with the effort the boyos put on tonight. They made it clear this is OUR house and were actually playing like ohhhh I dunno, defending Memorial Cup champs. Dustin Tokarski had a light workload, stopping 16 of 18 shots, but that is a good thing. Guys! Baldwin wasn’t in that green shirt! I was soooooo confused. The Panel told me other things to note here and I am totally blanking. Argh. They will remind me.
Tomorrow is game four. It is CRUCIAL that the Chiefs carry the momentum from tonight into tomorrow. And it is crazy important that peeps show up to the game. Tonight’s crowd was totally weaksauce. Not even 5,000. Tell all your friends it’s hockey night in Spokanada and the arena needs people who are excitable and into super enthusiastic high fiving. Like meeeeee.
Lettsy’s parents, thanks for the deep fried Oreos!
I’m going to crawl in a hole. I am going to pretend the last 24 hour or so of hockey have not happened. The Chiefs and Leafs are trying to kill me. I have a sad. I hope you are fucken happy, Chiefs and Leafs. I HOPE YOU ARE FINE WITH MY FALLING TO PIECES AND THROWING A TEMPER TANTRUM LIKE A FOUR YEAR OLD. Oh I am mad alright. You know when a kid is having a fit, and the parent tries to pick them up, and the kid just melts to the floor? That’s me right now. I WANT THE SPONGEBOB POPSICLES!
The Leafs were terrible. The Chiefs weren’t much better. I hate everything. Tuesday is so close. I am going to buy more make up I don’t need on Sephora and then watch Seth Rogen on SNL.
The Leafs tried to kill me today. All of them. Except Luke Schenn. Schenners loves me because he had a Gordie Howe hattie and led the charge for the Leafs to battle back against damn dirty Flyers. They started out as down 6-0. It’s a good thing I decided to not to drink to get through the game. My comrades on Pension Plan Puppets didn’t do too hot. For the fuck of shit, Martin Gerber was pulled, then CuJo played and then GERBER WAS PUT BACK IN. Final: 8-5 Flyers. The only star of the game that matters to me is Luke Schenn. Was he given a star? No idea. I gave him one. And lots of cupcakes.
The Chiefs were really pushing but the Giants were just all over them. Dustin Tokarski really made some great saves. It was clear that Mitch Wahl was on a mission to score a goal and he did. The seemed to get a bit of rhythm as the game went on but the Giants were just FIERCEEEEEEEE. I am confident the Chiefs will be more zen tomorrow night and won’t be resting on Tokarski. Final damage 3-1 Giants, Chiefs lose.
I am now watching The Soup and forgetting how terrible this night of hockey was. Joel McHale I love youuuuuuuuu. Jump down a few posts, I have Chiefs wallpapers there. I am working on making a Bowman one.
My mom actually tipped me off on this. Apparently she still reads newspapers and stumbled over this bit of information. Also, she has a radar for things relating to this guy…
Why the fuck couldn’t he buy a stake in the Chiefs? I won’t front. I loves me some Buble. I happen to like some of the stuff my mom listens to. I take a glee in the Captain and Tenneil, Barry Manilow’s Copa Cabana and of course Neil (fucken) Diamond.
So here’s to you Michael. You foxy, hockey loving Canadian. Which I think qualifies you as marriage material in my book.
The YouTubes are a strange place that I love. I tend to get lost there for hours at time. Similar to someone with a crack habit picking individual fibers out of their rug looking for lost granules. Endless videos. Hamsters on pianos, eating popcorn on pianos. Numa numa. Cute with Chris. Oh, Steve Dangle is there too. YouTube has some new feature where it stalks your interests and pulls up videos you might like to see. Offfffff courseeeeee I want to watch baby pandas sneezing on endless loop.
What popped up this afternoon for me? Office tribute to JAM or Kelly Kapoor? Nay. A tribute Vancouver Giant (giant also as in puffy) goalie Tyson Sexsmith. Who has nekkid chicks airbrushed on his mask.
Try not to drink anything while watching this. I don’t want you to wreck your keyboard. Do turn up the speakers. The song is the mothereffing jammmmmmm. And from the Night at the Roxbury soundtrack. Which I may or may not own. Cough. Cough.
If you have any tips, phone numbers, mayhjah issues, Mustache Monday submissions or don't like the flavor of Haterade; wraparoundcurl@gmail.com
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.
