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1)It was a Disney movie. 2) The vast majority of the movie was building the team and the game against Russia so a random swear quote made by the coach during the second intermission of the Finland game probably was not deemed all that important. |
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The one exception was the guy who played Jim Craig. But apparently he was a quick study and did a lot of his own stuff. But they did bring in an actual goalie to do some of the more acrobatic stuff. Fun fact - Buzz Schneider is actually portrayed by his son, Billy. Quote:
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And actually now that I think about it, I also knew the guy who played Craig was an actor too. Feel free to make fun, but I actually remember him from his very brief run on Friends :lol |
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As for sticks, skates and equipment I agree that was probably a tough switch for some of the guys. I started out with a Sherwood wooden stick, then moved to a POS Graf wooden one that snapped halfway through one game, then I switched to those old red Titan Turbo sticks for a while before settling into loving the purple koho fiberglass ones with the toe hook on the blade - finally broke down and snagged an Christian aluminum one that I still have. I started out with cheap skates then as I got a bit older I moved to those old Bauer plastic skates with the moving ankle piece and removable inside (Turbo's I think were the model) until after about a year or so in HS when a slap shot smashed the plastic that held the blade and I finally bought a nice pair of Graf skates that I still use to this day. As for padding, I always used CCM, Bauer or Koho equipment, whichever was most comfortable and light. Nice tip on Schneider, I did not know that! Quote:
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When Baby Bombay clanks it off the iron my heart breaks a little then they show Coach McDouchebag and I'm ok with him hitting the post
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Just glad I'm not the only in here who watched that show :lol |
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Speaking of movies, I watched Mystery Alaska for first time in a long time last Saturday. Solid watch.
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Game 3 tonight. Let's get it!!!
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Non-NHL talk...it's fuckin depressing trying to play hockey here in the south. Moved to Texas about 5 weeks ago, and every drop-in/rat session I go to is hit or miss. I've been to ones where it's me and one other guy, and some where there's 16 or so skaters. Every rat hockey in Chicago we had to turn away guys. Shit, most ended up as invite only because ice was in such high demand. Here? Can't fucking find anyone to play.
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Come on Sharks
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I am so sad right now.
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sharks are toast.
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Penguins are such scum
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Not just yet.... |
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Let's go Sharks! What a game!
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Like I said on FB, make your way up here and there's a Don Cherry sweater just waiting for you. Quote:
Glad to see SJ has abandoned the idea of trying to outspeed the Pens and are getting back to what they are good at. |
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Thank God
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Pens did not play great last night and still almost stole that one. That game does that worry me.
A few thoughts: 2ND goal Murray let in was soft. The other two, I don't know how anyone faults him. What's more frustrate about that second goal is that penalty should've never been 4 mins. I'm still not convinced Thornton was even bleeding, and what makes it worse is Bonino's stick skid up off of Thornton's into his cheek, if he's wearing a visor, no chance that's a 4 min penalty. Also, that ice was embarrassingly bad last night. How the NHL allows that to happen in a finals series is a joke. I thought they send a guy to each game to keep everything in check? |
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Last night's rat ended up with 8 skaters and 4 goalies (weird), so we just went 3 on 3 half ice with one sub each. Have a nice bruise the size of a small dinner plate on my inner thigh from blocking a shot.... |
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The Mighty Ducks is on this fine evening. I had to miss the beginning due to Game of Thrones, but I promptly tuned in after. An observation: in the game in which the Ducks clinch a playoff berth, the opposing team played the worst defense in the history of hockey at any level. Their slowest guy strips the puck from Fulton Reed, only to get his pocket picked by Reed, who only just learned how to skate. They then give him about 10 seconds to set up his shot, line up to block said shot, then jump out of the way when they realize their error. Totally unacceptable! :lol
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"After dying, Burns missed two shifts and then returned to the ice." Oh my :lol
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"After dying, Burns missed two shifts and then returned to the ice." Oh my :lol
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Joel Ward showing why I wanted islanders to sign him. He shows up this time of year.
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Love that guy :thumbsup |
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Joel Ward was easily the most difficult departure in a while. Nothing to not love about him
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I did learn this morning there was a concert at the SAP Center on Friday night so that probably affected the ice negatively. So hopefully tonight is at least a little better. That slop only benefits SJ. |
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Officiating again? On a clear-cut (if perhaps strange) rule that if there's blood, it's an additional minor? I guarantee that if that had happened to a Penns player, he's got blood on his face, and the refs DIDN'T call the double minor, Penns fans would be upset. And justifiably so, because whether it's a good rule or not, it's one of the few in the NHL that's pretty cut and dry.
Actual hockey talk: What a phenomenal playoffs Ben Lovejoy is having. Also, Olli Maatta is gradually returning to form and actually had a great Game 3. Good for him. Pens fourth line? Perfect. Exactly what you want from a fourth line. On the Sharks end, looks like they're finally giving up on trying to match the speed of the Penns and focusing on amping up the physicality to neutralize it. Good plan. Also, Vlasic has been steady freddie in doing about all one can do against Crosby. He and Braun are the Sharks best D-pair right now. Both goalies are their teams' biggest question mark right now, and that IMO makes it all the more exciting. Also - Ward clipping his finger nails after he scored the goal. :lol Great hockey being played. |
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I thought that as bad of a penalty as it was to take, Bonino clearly hit him and he was clearly bleeding. NBC showed him by the bench with blood dripping down his cheek.
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Point was almost null and void if it wasnt for Ward's goal with seconds left in the PP. |
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EDIT: We aren't talking Ric Flair PPV blood here, but it was there unfortunately. |
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I was reading in some hockey book by a former player (Sean Pronger maybe?), about how when he'd get hit in the face, he'd put his hand over it like one does when hit in the face, but all the while furiously biting his lip to get it to bleed so he could get the extra minor. I bet that happens more than we think. :lol |
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and yea, i'm sure guys bite their lips all the time if the infraction itself doesn't draw blood. i'd do the same thing |
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Really looking forward to tonight's game. Its funny how there can be such a vast difference between a 3-1 series and a 2-2 one. |
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here are some quick numbers. percent of players with visors by season: 2011-12: 68% 2012-13: 73% as of november 2015: 89& those are huge jumps from year to year...and the whole thing about not wearing a visor (besides preference on peripheral vision) is that you are a "fighter" and don't want it to get in the way. well, the fighter is going the way of the Dodo (although too slowly for my liking) which means more visors are popping up cool article where i got these numbers from: http://www.sportsnet.ca/hockey/nhl/v...y-rare-sight2/ |
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Metallica to play the national anthem before Game 4. Fuck yea!
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but Fonz, you might be right. there's still a 23-year-old who is visorless playing for the Panthers. so if he stays on an NHL roster throughout his prime years, it may be a decade or more until ALL players have visors...but we're going to crack 95% by the end of next year
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I finally went to one this year and FWIW, it only took about 2 periods to get used to it. Obviously I'm not a player and not quite as particular about what works for me. But even so, not that big a deal. You're also right about the correlation between more visors and decreased fighting/fighters. |
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i've always been very skeezed out byt things near my eyes. i hate it. and a stick to the eye sounds like the worst thing in the world plus, i remember reading somewhere about how Oakley has made great strides (in football, hockey & skiing especially) with visor technology i'll try to find the article but basically it said that Oakley visors are dimming arena and stadium lights while still making the field of play bright and clear and offering eye protection. good stuff |
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I'd be all for on ice glare reduction
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I've never really had an opinion on the visor thing in the past as a player (mainly because I was a goalie) but I lean more toward it being a necessity, especially after seeing Chris Pronger's career end the way it did.
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And yeah, the reason I started wearing one was "why not"? It can only protect me, and with minimal intrusion. Mrs. Fonzz has been bugging me for years to get one, and she's right for doing so. Haven't stuck one on my red helmet yet, but that's only because I have one and it's on my playing helmet. Cool to hear the technology has come so far. |
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So since only have the offseason to look forward to, Radulov is supposedly wanting 7.5mil per year.....no thanks. Not that I wanted him before but Matty, your team can have him.
Dreger also was saying, looks like Wings should be able to move Datsyuk's contract but will have to include something with it...duh. one was you'd have to include Jurco or Pulkkinen. If you could guarantee me Stamkos then I'd give up one of those guys to move Pavel's contract but if you can't get a big UFA or trade asset here, I wouldn't give one of those guys up. It's one year at 7.5mil for Pavel and if you can't get any high-end talent this offseason, then no reason to rid yourself of the cap hi. |
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But at the same time, can't blame him and his agent for wanting to capitalize on a non-thrifty NHL that's handing out contracts like that. |
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Radulov thinks he's a 7.5 million guy?? :lol :lol wow
I predict that experiment will fail. I hope he lands nowhere near my team. You guys can have him |
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James Hetfield being awkwardly interviewed on NHL Live is gold!
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Ian Cole?! Ian Cole! Big assist by Uncle Phil.
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Once again a little too exciting at the end. But what a pretty goal by Eric Fehr! I love love love this team! Much resilient! Very score! Holy shit they're one win away!!! :bounce
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I feel i have lost ten years of my life this series.
1 more to go. |
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I feel i have lost ten years of my life this series.
1 more to go. |
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What a wild 3rd period. That was great hockey.
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Lord Stanley's Cup will be in the Steel City on Thursday!!! Looks like the Pens have found the way to drain the water out of the Shark Tank. Great win.
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Lord Stanley's Cup will be in the Steel City on Thursday!!! Looks like the Pens have found the way to drain the water out of the Shark Tank. Great win.
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Lord Stanley's Cup will be in the Steel City on Thursday!!! Looks like the Pens have found the way to drain the water out of the Shark Tank. Great win.
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Lord Stanley's Cup will be in the Steel City on Thursday!!! Looks like the Pens have found the way to drain the water out of the Shark Tank. Great win.
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You can say that again!
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Lord Stanley's Cup will be in the steel city on Thursday!!
This would be accurate if Jamie Benn was a center idiot! :lol Ants so buggy! |
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Also, I do not believe that not having a visor necessarily means you are a fighter or something, I never wore one - not because I fought but because I liked the extra peripheral vision. Lastly, the players should be checked by the refs for existing injuries before the game because so many of them have scabs and just stroke their gloves against the healing injury to open it up again and get the double minor - in fact I think they should be penalized if caught doing something like that. Oh - and fuck the Penguins. |
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Thanks Caps/Barbs for Eric Fehr!
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Fucking Sharks
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Yep. Gotta think the Cup is presented Thursday night. Will be interesting to see how the Sharks okay on the brink of elimination, but the Penns are just so perfect right now.
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Not much sweeter than a Sharks defeat.
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My little heart will be so happy if they get so close they can taste it, but it gets lifted in front of their eyes by the opposing team.
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Fuck hockey
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When I saw that 17 of 27 NHL.com "experts" said the Sharks would win the Cup, I laughed. This is exactly why. I knew it coming in.
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I think the Pens need to win game 5 or it goes to 7.
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Ugh it's gonna be a shit show in here when the Penns win the Cup. Dammit
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On the positive side me and the kid just had an early morning dance party to Ants Marching from the Bernie thing yesterday. So the world is still awesome!
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Good to see Malkin finally light the lamp.
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I'm just happy that means we're closer to the offseason.....it's the little things in life.
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Same night as game 7. Let's hope it doesn't come to that :lol |
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I am just pretty stunned at how well Pittsburgh is playing, before this series started I thought the Sharks were playing the best hockey in the league and I assumed they would exploit the hell out of the Pens D - never really worked out that way though. Pens have shut down the Shark attack and been on a possession tear and cashing in at the most perfect times, now they are up 3-1 and that is quite a hole to climb out of just to force a game 7, let alone win the cup. |
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Can't the Kings and Hawks just go back to taking turns winning it? This Pittsburg business is the worst
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Pens!!!!!!
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I'm not the best hockey analyst, but there's something that has been very noticeable. While the Pens are certainly built on speed, puck possession and offense (having one of the best offenses in the league since Christmas), their defense has flown under the radar. I understand why. Outside of Letang, you look at their defense pairings and go "who?!" But the whole team has been chipping in to prevent pucks from going in. And they have been absolutely stellar at preventing other team's top scorers from lighting the lamp. Ovechkin lit it up against Philly, but was much quieter against the Pens. Oshie had a couple of good games, but that's it. Kucherov had 9-10 goals going into the ECF, but only had a couple of goals until the end of the series. The Sharks were playing outstanding hockey coming into this series, but they also have encountered the buzzsaw. Paveslki had 13 goals coming into the SCF. Zero goals so far. Couture had 24 points coming in, and only has two assists. Brent Burns had 20 points coming in, and he has zero goals and only two assists in Game 1. Pens have fully committed to shutting down the top talent, and it's working for the most part. I will say that Hertl and Donskoi have really impressed, and it sucks for Hertl that he went down (though I'm not complaining too much!) Quote:
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its ok all you Pens haters. If the Pens win the cup there will be asterisk because Crosby cheats on faceoffs
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I thought they were really effed without Daley. But, Lovejoy, Cole, and Maatta have really stepped it up. Cole and Lovejoy have each had goals in the last two games. Yikes!
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The refs really need to crack down on all of this cheating. |
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