I had the chance to meet Hockey Night in Canada commentator and former NHL goalie, Kelly Hrudey, and current Calgary Flames defenceman, Robyn Regher, at the grand opening of CrossIron Mills in Balzac, Alberta.  There were so many hockey fans, it was crazy.  I’m used to seeing jerseys since I live in a suburb of Calgary but it was nice to see fans of all teams congregating.
I have got to say that Hrudey has been one of the nicest sports personality’s I have ever met.  I had my three kids with me and my husband and he wasn’t rushed or …read more

There were some great plays this past week across the NHL but there were a couple goals that stood out for me – Evgeni Malkin (Pittsburgh) scoring on the Florida Panthers with his back turned to the net, Jamie Lundmark (Calgary) wrapping around the net to surprise Ty Conklin (Detroit) with 1:20 left in the game and then Olli Jokinen securing the 6-5 victory in a shootout after making a major comeback.  Jokinen also scored an amazing breakaway goal for the Flames (who lost) against the Toronto Maple Leafs.
There were great saves too – Steve Mason (Columbus) denies the Boston …read more

As if I don’t hate that awful song enough, Energy 101.5 has decided to create a tribute song for the Calgary Flames inspired by Lady Gaga’s “Poker Face.”  I’m serious – I CANNOT STAND THAT SONG and I like Lady Caca even less.  The worst part about it is that Freeway Frank and Ian MacKinnon actually manage to make it sound even more awful than the original.  Listen and cringe.

Some playoff songs are more tolerable than others but, of course, being in Calgary, I only really get to hear the ones for the Flames.  I liked “In Da Dome” which …read more

As far as trades are concerned, Olli Jokinen is delivering all that the Calgary Flames could have asked for when they acquired him at the trade deadline.  The man has managed to post eight goals and two assists in just six games.  Unfortunately, his new team appears to be struggling.  Despite Jokinen’s big numbers, they’ve just won two of their last six games.
I was over on Puck Daddy’s blog and he is blaming Jokinen for the team’s demise.  I’m not sure I’d go that far but I will concede that the man has some extremely valid points.  As he mentions, …read more

New Jersey Devils goaltender, Martin Brodeur, has celebrated his 551st win by turning away 22 of 23 shots on goal by the Montreal Canadiens tonight, which has tied him with the record set by star netminder, Patrick Roy.  "It feels great, the first crack at it I was able to do it," Brodeur said during his postgame news conference. "Definitely, I’m enjoying this moment pretty good."
Roy was in attendance at the game and was excited to see the moment so that he can tell his grandchildren that he there to see it happen.  "He deserves every minute of it," Roy …read more

Last night, the Calgary Flames played the Detroit Red Wings and there were a number of reasons why I didn’t watch all of it.  The first problem is that the Flames have been sucking majorly on this road trip and the other is that I just hate Detroit.  My son kept checking the score and my non-hockey loving husband kept complaining that he didn’t want to watch the game and, for once, I agreed with him.  The last time we checked, there was about 8 minutes left in the game and the Wings were up 4-2. 
I slumped down onto …read more

Toronto Maple Leafs head coach, Ron Wilson, was ejected during a game last night against the visiting Tampa Bay Lightning after he started an argument with the refs.  "Yeah, I’ve been kicked out before," said Wilson. "It’s not a big deal… What happened is, we killed too many penalties in the second period and lost our momentum.  They gained it and we could never find a way to get it back."
The man’s got a point.  The Leafs were outshot by the Bolts 30-21.
Here’s a video of Wilson getting a game misconduct.  You can see the officiator warning him and saying …read more

The Edmonton Oilers might have been celebrating the return of captain, Ethan Moreau, but the excited was short-lived since they went on to lose 4-3 in overtime against the visiting Atlanta Thrashers.  Unfortunately, the night also turned bittersweet for the victorious team since they lost their captain, Ilya Kovalchuk to an undisclosed upper body injury during the first period.  "We don’t want to say too much right now because we don’t know for sure," said head coach John Anderson. "He’s day to day as we speak right now. He had a little problem yesterday and I didn’t practice him. He …read more

American Idol winner, Carrie Underwood, was again spotted cheering on her hockey-playing boyfriend, Mike Fisher, which his team, the Ottawa Senators took on the visiting Tampa Bay Lightning.  Fisher scored the game-winning goal, in overtime, on March 11, 2009 and Carrie can be seen jumping up and down and hugging someone in the box (I think it looks like she says “my boy.”  Here’s the video:

Let me just say that, if I were one of the reporters talking to Lindy Ruff, I would have kept my distance.  He revealed that a nasty virus, which they are calling a “flu bug” but, because it is causing stomach issues, is probably something like Norwalk, is sweeping through the Buffalo Sabres team and is even making it difficult to come up with lines.  Here’s a video of Ruff talking about the situation:

I read the following on the Buffalo Sabres website (some is taken from the video above): “What’s really made it tough is that we keep having players …read more