Detroit Tigers: One and eight sure is great!
Posted in Hockey, Patrick Thoresen, horric injury, nhl, shit americans hate on Apr 12th, 2008
Patrick Thoresen of the Philadelphia Flyers made the ultimate playoff sacrifice. As a result of blocking a shot, it looks like the young guy is going to lose a testicle. Dear Jesus.
Posted in Hockey, bell centre, fans, loud, montreal, montreal canadiens, nhl, shit americans hate on Apr 11th, 2008
I am bias, I admit, but to me the Montreal Canadiens have easily the best atmosphere and crowd of any pro sports team in North America. The way the city gathers around the team, reacts to everything and is just so loud is intense. I think it beats even the big football stadiums.
A video after […]
Posted in Hockey, celebrities, nhl, photographs, shit americans hate, sports illustrated on Apr 10th, 2008
Sports Illustrated does one of their fancy photo galleries, this time since no one likes hockey, they compare NHL stars to real life stars in side-by-side shots. I’ve seen many of these over the years and they’re usually, “mm, I can kinda see that,” quality, but not this time. Some of these are downright creepy.
For […]
Posted in Hockey, Nordegren, anna benson, christina aguilera, elisha cuthbert, hot chicks, nhl, playoff predictions, selma hayek, shit americans hate, tits on Apr 9th, 2008
So, you know, DMan made his high falutin playoff predictions today, and thus I have to get off my lazy ass and do the same thing. So how does one top someone who uses math, logic and common sense? Tits and beer.
You’ll have to trust me on the beer part, but as the name implies, […]
Posted in Hockey, nhl, ratings, shit americans hate, ticket sales, vs on Apr 7th, 2008
From NHL.com comes this tidbit:
NEW YORK – A season of suspenseful races and outstanding performances on the ice was accompanied by historic levels of attendance at National Hockey League arenas in 2007-08. Total attendance of 21,236,255 and the per-game average of 17,265 set records in each category and marked the third consecutive season of growth.
“Our […]
Posted in Hockey, analysis, nhl, predictions, prognostications, shit americans hate, standings on Apr 3rd, 2008
So you may remember just under a month ago, I started some NHL playoff prognostications. The question is, how right was I going into the last 2 games of the season. Of course, it’s a bit early, so I also get to make some revised predictions. The key to predicting the future, is to keep […]
Posted in Hockey, nhl, playoff races, predictions, projections, shit americans hate on Mar 21st, 2008
Based on your feedback, I did some more work on this and now have two sets of projections. Both use my classification system, but while one classifies as before using the full season standings, the other classifies based on winning percentage since the All-Star Break. Not surprisingly, it changes the outcome quite a bit.
I have […]
Posted in Hockey, alex kovalev, beautiful play, montreal canadiens, nhl, shit americans hate on Mar 21st, 2008
Alexei Kovalev, the enigmatic Russian star who had for years decided to rely solely on his talent and not bother doing things like exercising, got the message this summer and decided at 35 he wanted to be a star again. Weird, but it works for Habs fans.
Last night, he single handedly dismantled the Boston Bruins, […]
Posted in Hockey, Misc, nhl, shit americans hate, standings on Mar 20th, 2008
In response to some critiques of my most recent standing analysis, I started looking at new ways to improve my projections for tomorrow. One person suggested less reliance on current standings and more on recent record. The last 10 games is too small a sample, so I decided to go back to the All-Star Break. […]
Posted in Hockey, analysis, nhl, playoff races, predictions, projections, shit americans hate on Mar 20th, 2008
Over the last week or so, I’ve done some projections of the final NHL playoff races. Today, I up the ante, with full projections of the entire league based on my formula, which I have modified somewhat.
These projections look largely at the strength of the remaining opposition and obviously upsets and streaks will change things. […]