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Monday, December 31, 2007
Boston, Carolina x2 & Travel Plans
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Bruins: Take Two
The Thrashers will end the 2007 calendar year in BAH-Stan to take on the Bruins for the second time in less than 48 hours. Fresh off Saturday night’s 5-0 beating, I’m sure the only thing the Bruins would dread more then face the Thrashers again is go for a drive with Ted Kennedy behind the wheel…thank you!
For the Boys of Blueland, today’s results have some major implications as to their standing in the conference bracket as well as the Southeast division. A regulation win would put them at 41 points and spring them over the Bruins as well as the idle Buffalo Sabres. The Islanders at 40 points play division-leading Carolina. So, if the Thrashers do prevail again they can find themselves alone in 8th place in the conference or two points off the division lead. The Thrashers still have a game in hand with the Hurricanes as well.
JINX-Your It!
Prior to Saturday night’s game, New England Sports Network’s Rob Simpson had the following to say:
“An entertaining statistical sidebar tonight. Barring a Thrashers shutout, which we don’t expect this evening, the next Bruin to score will score the 18,000th goal in Bruin’s history”.
Needless to say, he broke all hockey protocol and jinxed his team! The Hockey Gods do frown on such things, you know. Hey Rob, the stat still stands! So what say you make the same comment later today prior to the game!
Na-Na-Na-Na, Hey-Hey-Hey…SHUT UP!
Apparently the NESN TV broadcasters that do the Bruins games, Jack Edwards and Andy Brickley, do not think the Atlanta hockey fans “get it” when it comes to NHL hockey. Why, you ask? Well, because when we were giving the Bruins an old-fashioned beat-down in Philips the other night, we failed to sing that insipid “Na-na-na-na, Hey-hey-hay…Good-bye” song.
Oh, of course! How silly of us! And, why…right here it is on page 102 of “America’s Single Standard for Hockey Orders and Lasting Etiquette”…the hockey fan’s official guide of behavior that was obviously written by Edwards and Brickley. From it I quote, “If the home team gains a point advantage that is seemingly insurmountable, the home crowd shall sing the ‘Na-na-na-na, hey-hey-hey, good-bye’ song in an attempt to taunt and shame the visiting team”. Well, there you go…needless to say a copy shall be distributed later this week at the next home game to all who attend.
So, if the Thrasher do indeed provide us with a repeat of last Saturday night’s smacking of the Bruins…sometime around the middle of the third period, that’s the last period of an ice hockey game, (seeing that none of us down here know squat about hockey)…stand up, face the north-northeast and, at the top of your lungs, shout it out loud!
“Na-na-na-na….Na-na-na-na…Hey-hey-hey…SHUT THE $%#@-UP….Jack and Andy!
Carolina X 2
The Thrashers travel to Carolina to play the Hurricanes Wednesday then on Friday will return home to play the Hurricanes. Hey, is there an echo in here?
Anyway, it just makes today’s game that much more important as they need to pick up the points now to be able to take advantage of the scheduling afforded us at this juncture. Take care of business in Bean town; take care of business against Carolina, and …TA-DA… its first place in the Southeast. How simple is that math?
Travel Itinerary
I’ll be traveling to sunny Florida on New Year’s Day, returning home Sunday…in time for the Buffalo game. I’ll be working on the mid-season report card for our team and should be able to check in periodically…depending on what brand of civilization I will be afforded, dial-up or hacking into an unlocked aerial signal, (oops, did I say that)?
Anyway, I have a very special guest blogger lined up for you in my absence. My cousin Cletus from Alabama-stan has accepted my invitation and is anxiously awaiting his chance to provide his insight.
Enjoy!
