According to the interwebs, the Sens lost their game last night in a shootout. Since I didn’t actually see the game happen (because once again the Sens game was not on my sports package; or anyone’s sports package as far as I can tell) it’ll be a little tough for me to write about who stunk and who didn’t. I’m beginning to understand what it must’ve been like being a hockey fan in Chicago over the past several years.
I don’t mean to gripe too much about this but I do find it a little odd that if I wanted to, I could’ve watched every single Atlanta Thrashers game so far this season but in order to watch the Senators play, I have to scrounge around the interwebs looking for a shady video feed or listen to the Sens on the radio. I mean, come on, the radio! What’s next? Smoke signal updates about the game? Ahahahah…I’m hilarious. Really though, Rogers Cable somehow managed to bring me every single Kansas City Royals game last baseball season but viewing all of the Sens games in Ottawa is a little too much to ask for.
Moving on…
While I didn’t see the game, perhaps we can see if some of the stats from the game paint us a little picture.
Auld stopped 31 of 33 shots, managed to bring the shootout to the eighth round, and has a save percentage of .931. What’s not to like about Auld so far? The Sens were guilty of four giveaways. Three of them were from Chris Phillips who has been alternately awful and then solid all season. He’s a two-facer. I still think the Sens are making better decisions in front of Auld than they did in front of Gerber for mostly psychological reasons. And, no, I’m not really qualified to make that statement.
It’s nice to see that Vermette chipped in with a goal. And apparently the Sen penalty-killers did a good job and managed to kill a two-man-advantage. Oh, also the Sens have been a good faceoff team all season long.
Ok, this is getting more difficult to continue. I knew I should’ve sent away to Daniel Tolensky.
The Sens are back in action on Tuesday when they take on the Caps (uh-oh). Hopefully the spell the Capitals had over the Senators last season had time to dissipate over the summer. If not then I hope the Sens are spending their days off attempting to cast Silence on the Caps. But I wouldn’t bet on it.
Also this month they play the Canadiens twice and the Rangers twice, both formidable opponents. They play the Islanders three times this month which must be some cruel joke played on us by the Leaf fan who does the NHL scheduling. No one should have to see the Islanders play three times in one month. Not even Islander fans (joking, no hate mail).
That’s it for today. Sorry I couldn’t give a more comprehensive breakdown of the game (believe me, I want to) but I can’t write about what I couldn’t see. Well, I can but it’ll just get ridiculous.
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And finally, I thought I would get this blog started the right way: WITH A CONTEST!!!
That’s right, it’s time for another “win something decent and also an item from Gerz’s basement” contest. The rules are simple. This time around, I want people to come up with original hockey related jokes. It could be about a team you like, a team you hate, the sport in general, whatever. When you come up with your joke, post it on the forum here or e-mail it to me (
[email protected]) and when I feel like I have enough, I’ll take the ones I consider to be the funniest and post them in a blog. Once I do that, we will get the readers to vote (again by forum posts or e-mail) on which joke is the best.
The winner will receive some paraphernalia related to their favourite team (mug, t-shirt, key chain), a copy of Sonny Chiba’s classic film “Samurai” on DVD, a tweety-bird PEZ dispenser and more (will be announced as the contest continues). Also, as a bonus, if you live in the Ottawa area and win this contest, I will deliver the prize to your house/apartment/box along with some piping hot, that’s right – piping hot, take-out food (your choice of location).
The contest is open to everyone and I will ship the prize anywhere within Canada or the US (including the freak states).
-Gerz
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