Dave's a big country fan so I thought it only appropriate to send him Cowboy Birthday Wishes. Please take some time to send my (and Vicki's) favorite hockey neighbor your best as he celebrates his 25th birthday, again. You'll find him @refncoach on twitter.
HAPPY BIRTHDAY RICH, RANDY AND TO MY FAVORITE MONKEY GIRL!
I'd make some wiseass remark about aging but considering I'm way older than two out of the three of ya I'll just let it go. Just remember, you young pups are here to push us old farts around in our wheelchairs at the nursing the home. Feel lucky and celebrate that!
HAPPY ANNIVERSARY RANDY AND CONNIE!
Every time I hear this song I think of you two and the adventure that is your lives together. Here's to my favorite next door neighbors!
(I absolutely LOVE, LOVE, LOVE this group and their music. I get all happy when the shuffle on my iPod lands on one of their tunes.)
Wild at Florida Panthers
I seriously contemplated the 10.5 hr trek to Sunrise, FL for this game. I got a Wild itch that needs to be scratched. Things didn't work out and I ended up just putting some anti-itch cream on that rash and tuned in to watch my boys on the tube. Vicki and I drooled over Jose Theodore via text and scolded Setoguchi for running one of our favorite hockey porn goalies. He's so pretty, **sigh.
Good thing we had Jose to look at for the first period cuz it was a relative snoozefest. With six minutes left in the second the Panthers went up 1-0 and at the 17:27 mark Chad Rau took the Wild's first shot on goal of the period. REAALLY glad I didn't make the trip for this one. Kyle Brodziak, team workhorse, tied the game with 19.8 seconds left in the second period. Funny, it was off a rebound from Zidlicky who's stick literally shattered and the blade went flying into the crowd.
Favorite tweet so far: "A Zids screw-up paid off!!!!! Thank you, Hockey Gods!" Thank You, Ms.Conduct.
The third period opened up with the Wild going on the powerplay and those Hockey Gods were still in a jovial mood. Matt Cullen scored on a rebound from Heatley who was set up by SPURGE! Wild up 2-1. And because Zidlicky believes in equalizing things for the other team he took his usual penalty right afterwards. Luckily the rest of the Wild defense held up and the Panthers didn't score while Zid was vacationing in the sin bin. Of course, with just over 4 minutes left in the third the Panthers tie it up 2-2.
Note to Panthers: quit playing the Gary Glitter song. 1: get with the times. 2: stop supporting pedophiles.
Overtime - just get it done in the next 5 minutes guys.
Panthers looked like the Wild with a man advantage there for the first minute - totally unable to clear out of their own zone. They pulled themselves together and pretty much owned the next three minutes. Backstrom stood tall despite the following:
Favorite tweet of OT: "And for those asking, no, Hackett is not warming up?" Russo responding to his many followers.
Oh shit, Shootout. Against all odds Backstrom stands tall and the Wild win this one! Thank You Hockey Gods!
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