A short entry about hockey
My short blog entry about hockey is going to start with a ‘shout-out’ to the random people who have decided to post comments. You guys rule – for the most part. I do have to take issue with you all on one thing. While I agree that “cabs rule”, which is mainly due to their tendency to take you and up to four (five if you get a nice driver) of your drunk friends home, the comments about the Habs are unfounded lies.
LIES!!!
Blogging about hockey is not something I plan to do very often. I only watch about one game a week, if I am lucky. I grew up in a hockey town, but only played on pavement, and I’ve only been to see two games live. But I will allow myself to defend my team’s honour just this once.
From a very young age, Montreal has been my team. I think it was because my very bestest friend at the time (who is still a good friend, although slightly estranged) told me they were the best, and I believed him. These days, thanks to my amazing faculties of logical thinking and whatnot, I am able to tell you that they are the most successful team in NHL history, and the most storied. I am sure that somewhere in the great wide web, there is someone who has compiled it all and I say “hooray for them”.
They have won the Cup twice in my lifetime, and I watched them win the latter of the two live on TV. I actually helped them win. Without my authentic Roy jersey, my Montreal boxers, and my Habs mini-stick, they would never have won all of those overtime games. Never. I really felt slighted when they didn’t invite me to the parade.
The last thing that I will point out about Les glorieux is that they have won a cup every decade. They will be turning 100 in 2009, and they will win their 25th Stanley Cup in that year. In three years, all of their great rookies will be in their prime, and their current stars will be grisly veterans. Think about that for a second. Leaf fans, who haven’t seen a cup since ’67, or the Senators who haven’t been able to bring it home yet (in their new incarnation). The Habs have won a cup almost every four years for one hundred years.
That’s a lot of cups.
Well, that’s about all I have to say about hockey for now. I don’t think I’ve changed any minds, but I hope I’ve pissed off some of those damned cocky Leafs fans. And don’t get me started on Sens fans!
LIES!!!
Blogging about hockey is not something I plan to do very often. I only watch about one game a week, if I am lucky. I grew up in a hockey town, but only played on pavement, and I’ve only been to see two games live. But I will allow myself to defend my team’s honour just this once.
From a very young age, Montreal has been my team. I think it was because my very bestest friend at the time (who is still a good friend, although slightly estranged) told me they were the best, and I believed him. These days, thanks to my amazing faculties of logical thinking and whatnot, I am able to tell you that they are the most successful team in NHL history, and the most storied. I am sure that somewhere in the great wide web, there is someone who has compiled it all and I say “hooray for them”.
They have won the Cup twice in my lifetime, and I watched them win the latter of the two live on TV. I actually helped them win. Without my authentic Roy jersey, my Montreal boxers, and my Habs mini-stick, they would never have won all of those overtime games. Never. I really felt slighted when they didn’t invite me to the parade.
The last thing that I will point out about Les glorieux is that they have won a cup every decade. They will be turning 100 in 2009, and they will win their 25th Stanley Cup in that year. In three years, all of their great rookies will be in their prime, and their current stars will be grisly veterans. Think about that for a second. Leaf fans, who haven’t seen a cup since ’67, or the Senators who haven’t been able to bring it home yet (in their new incarnation). The Habs have won a cup almost every four years for one hundred years.
That’s a lot of cups.
Well, that’s about all I have to say about hockey for now. I don’t think I’ve changed any minds, but I hope I’ve pissed off some of those damned cocky Leafs fans. And don’t get me started on Sens fans!
