It's game night. Leafs and Bruins. What does the B on the Boston jersey represent? does it stand for Boston or does it represent Bruins? Enquiring minds want to know. Maybe Boston should ditch that Kraft Peanut Butter Bear third jersey and go with one that has two B's on it.
There has been a couple of days since the Tucker hit on Chara. Let's recap shall we. Tucker takes six strides across the Bruins blue line, he glides for a good ten plus feet, Chara has his head and kaboom. Tucker puts his shoulder into Chara and the big man hits the ice. As far as the hit goes, in the words of Tony Little, that's called "technique", write that down. Marc Savard goes after #16, but he did it from a distance, like the Bette Midler song. Savard pokes Tucker in the back of the leg with his stick. Way too go tough guy. Incomes Paul Mara to save the life of Marc Savard. Not much in the way of fisticuffs get thrown, a lot of grabbing. Fast forward a couple of days, and a lot of negative waves thrown Tucker's way. Gee, what a shocker, a team upset with something Tucker did. Two words for you, boo hoo. Chara had the noggin down, he is the biggest guy in the league and he got thumped legally by Tucker. Get over it. Yes you have to protect your captain. Savard and Mara tried on Saturday. Time to give it a rest. Don't go chasing after Tucker tonight or you'll miss the game and could cost your team the game. Ferme la bush Bruins. Charlie Brown's teacher time, wah wah wah wah wah. Drop the puck, play hockey, leave it on the ice. Stop the yapping. Write that down in that order.
Toronto 6 Boston 5 in OT see on this date for the reason why.
I was listening to this song last night. Big N Rich's, Save a Horse Ride a Cowboy. There's a line in it that goes something like this. "I went about as far as she would let me go, then I sang her ever Willie Nelson song I could think of and we made love the whole night."
I really would like to meet the girl who says no, then a little Willie Nelson karaoke and she says, he shoots he scores. Come on get real.
Chris Pronger back in Edmonton tonight. I think the big question isn't why he left Edmonton. But. What happened to his hair since he left? Wow, a few shingles missing. Must be the stress. Anaheim hasn't won in Edmonton since Feb. 24, 1999. That's a span of 12 games. Tonight, lucky 13. Ryan Smyth scores the winner, 4-2 Oil.
Light bulb replacement on my Christmas lights already this season is 20, still have four weeks until Christmas. I better stock up. Have you seen these giant plastic snow globes for your lawn? Wow. Something for the neighbourhood kids to destroy or a nice north wind to pick up and sweep away if not anchored properly. I'd like to see a hockey Christmas lawn ornament. Darcy Tucker smacking around the Grinch and Eb Scrooge as the referee. I'd buy that. Maybe something for Gibdelay Industries to manufacture. Hey Darcy can we use your likeness?
On This Date
75 years ago today. The Leafs win their first ever game at MLG. 6-5 over guess who? Tonight's opponent the Boston Bruins. I have no idea who scored, not in the Gibson Archives. If you know who lit the lamp that game in OT for Toronto and have proof, pass it on. Thanks.
Trivia
Name the Leafs Kid Line from 1931? answer below.
Little Known Fact
OT in 1931 was 10 minutes. Going by the size of the sentence, that really was a "little" known fact.
Offside
It always seems my Offside revolves around my train ride into work in the mornings. 99% of the people on the train at 6am are quiet, either sleeping or reading the paper. There was this loud annoying guy on the train this morning. He wasn't using his inside voice. And of course, he knows everything, and he wanted everybody to hear him. Telling his buddy how to hook this up, hook that up, how he has this top of the line thing and this top of the line contraption. I felt like pressing the emergency yellow strip and having security hall the clown away. I don't want to listen to this guy at a crowded bar. Let alone a quiet train in the morning. For you loud know it alls, you're offside, use one of your fancy devices and put yourself on mute.
Trivia Answer
Conacher, Jackson and Primeau.
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