Steamer action - Ghostbusters style!

Three in the box, ready to go;

We be fat and we be slow!

Try this after a hockey goal!

Christmas shopping - photo stuff is hot this year!

One great punch

  

This was not related to a goal scoring celebration.  That being said, Chowd and I attended and Oilers / AVS game last year and ended up sitting by Smid and MacIntyre who were both healthy scratches.  "Big Mac" is listed as 6-05, 250 lbs. and after standing by him, I am sure those are accurate numbers.

From Russia with Love

The KHL and Playboy are having a fan contest for female fans of the KHL.  The eventual "judging" favorite to be Playmate of the Month.  Follow this link to see the candidates on Facebook.

Rules in life...

Do it hurt?  Sure it do!

Update on Soccer

Sure, we are rooting for the Rapids, but regardless, here is an update!

Soccer Officially Announces It Is Gay

Welcome back CHUB ROCK!

Welcome back to the Chub as he just returned to the Steamer net!

Since you have always looked at me lovingly when drinking (despite us both being married)......

I had the military send your gear back for your continued goaltending!

We raise a toast to your re-adjusted Spleen!

Perron goal

A beauty by David Perron....

Steamer Action

A special moment for the Steamer family. 
We've had brothers, cousins, uncles and nephews all play together.  And one time we had a Father / Son combo.  But probably more significant was this game where a previous young Steamer critiquer joined us on the ice.  

And there go the Samudios on a 2-on-2.

My NHL predictions from last year

I'll give myself a B- (for the playoff picks, not the awards).

Trophies:
Hart (MVP) – Alexander Ovechkin (Wash) 2nd - H. Sedin
Norris (D-Man) – Shea Weber (NASH) 7th -D. Keith
Vezina (Goalie) – Henrik Lundquist (NYR) 6th - R. Miller
Selke - (defensive forward) – Mike Richards (Philly) 7th - P. Datsyuk
Calder (Rookie) – John Tavares (NYI) (5th) - Tyler Myers
Adams (Coach) – Joel Quinneville (Chi) 8th - Dave Tippett
Rocket Richard (Goals) – Ovechkin (Wash) 3rd – S. Crosby / S. Stamkos


Playoffs:
EAST:
3. Bruins vs. 4 Flyers – a re-match of the Winter Classic – everyone is undervaluing the Bruins and they stun the Flyers in 6.
WEST:
1. Blackhawks vs. 6. Ducks – the Ducks age gets the best of them. Hawks in 6.

FINALS:
An original 6 match-up and great TV – Blackhawks vs. Bruins – get ready for another parade chowderheads – Bruins in 6.

Peter Regin goal at Worlds

A mesmerizing goal from a different Regin!

Predictions for the 2010-2011 NHL Season

Sorry for the delay - you can go to Vegas now!
West
1. Vancouver Canucks
2. San Jose Sharks
3. Chicago Blackhawks
4. Detroit Red Wings
5. Anahiem Ducks
6. Los Angeles Kings
7. Phoenix Coyotes
8. St. Louis Blues
9. Nashville Predators
10. Colorado Avalanche
11. Calgary Flames
12. Edmonton Oilers
13. Columbus Blue Jackets
14. Dallas Stars
15. Minnesota Wild

Playoffs:
Vancouver over St. Louis
Phoenix over San Jose
Los Angeles over Chicago
Detroit over Anaheim


Detroit over Phoenix
Vancouver over Los Angeles


Detroit over Vancouver

East
1. Washington Capitals
2. Boston Bruins
3. Philadelphia Flyers
4. Pittsburgh Penguins
5. New Jersey Devils
6. Tampa Bay Lightning
7. Buffalo Sabres
8. Montreal Canadiens
9. Ottawa Senators
10. New York Rangers
11. Carolina Panthers
12. Atlanta Thrashers
13. Toronto Maple Leafs
14. Florida Panthers
15. New York Islanders

Playoffs:


Capitals over Canadiens
Bruins over Sabres
Lightning over Flyers
Pens over Devils


Bruins over Pens
Lightning over Caps


Lightning over Bruins

Finals: Lightning over Red Wings – oh, the irony!


Awards:
Hart – Crosby (Ovechkin, Stamkos)
Vezina – Luongo (Rask, Bryzgalov)
Norris – Doughty (Weber, Green)
Calder – Parjvi (Hall, Carlson – Wash)
Adams – Boucher - Tampa (Laviolette - Philly, Q-stache)
Rocket – Ovechkin (Stamkos, Kessel)

Player Profiles - # 19 - Shane M.

Name: Shane Patrick McArdle

Position: Reach around (?), occasionally Winger, some defense?
Number: 19
Why?  Number of beers he drank while watching the Patriots prior to a 2:45 game.

Nickname: The Professor (due to illicit affairs with Igor Larionov, not his Havahd education); Mr. Jones; Dirty Hippie; Tom Brady’s Priest.

How we know him? Totally unrelated to the Parole Officers and Prosecutors on the team.  No, really.  Met the Pod when he subbed for a floor hockey game, saw a Bruins bag, and could never say no to the Steamer again.

Scouts Say: “This kid skates like the wind, but could somebody teach him to stop before he goes Christopher Reeves on himself?” “The kid’s got heart and wheels and a thirst that makes David Hasselhoff look like an occasional drinker.” “Wow, he sure showed that goal post who’s the boss!” “Is there a force field around his skates that keeps him from going into his own zone?” “His ability to turn a ref against his entire team in a matter of seconds is nothing short of genius!”  "Tremendous speed and no apparent fear of the end boards.  Plays with hustle and scores goals in bunches with a nice mix of wheels and sniper."

Game reminds you of: Mike Cammaleri, LW, Anthem Booers; Martin St. Louis, RW, Tampa Bay Lightning (and former UVM Catamount).  

Best line on the ice: “It is true, I committed an infraction!”  Or - Pod: "Do you want to go get beers and watch the Bruins (playoff) game?"  SPM: "No, I'll be locked in the panic room!"

You may not have known:  No truth to the rumor that he is the forbidden love-child of former Bruin, Jay "Killer" Miller.  He actually did go to Harvard for Grad school.  Played on the Holy Cross ice in High School.  Thinks Mike Greenwell should be awarded the 1988 American League MVP.
Thanks for:  
Randomly joining a team where you didn't really know anyone and fitting right in; always being a solid guy willing to get beers and join Steamer traditions (charity tourney, Fu Manchu anyone?); 'out-kicking your coverage' with a super cool wife who mentioned Steamer in her vows; and of course - being a Chowderhead who lives and dies with the Bruins!

Boychuk hit

Great hit by Boychuck - notice Komisarek just about to fight Chara.  Yeah sure, but more on that later....

Steamer action

Stifling defense - a Steamer trademark?

Rules in life......

Sometimes it's just not your day!  (But that kid looks amused!)

Wrong-ness

Flyers fans - stay classy!

Daniel Sedin goal

The 2010 battle for the Lord Steamer Cup!

 Another rousing success, the 2010 tourney...

 Mike, Big Fred, Little Fred, and Reegan.

 Matt (?), Darryl, Eric, and Jimmy.

 The 3-iron from 250 yards that won the tourney - by a Goalie?

 Craig, Stewart, Adam and Frank.

 Worn down by a lot of swings and a lot of swigs.

Getting close to sleepy time!

Sgt. Schultz, dreaming of The Howitzer, misses the putt!

The winners (Joe, Joe, Jake and Matt), with a -9, held off the other three groups who added impressive scores of -8, -7, and -1!  Nice effort boys!

And the post-golf drinking got scary!

What ever happened to.....

...Fontana?  Lots of guys have asked where he went - seems like he just came and went?  (That's his hot Sister!  Yes, thay are allegedly related!) 

Well, it is a little known fact that while in the midwest this Summer he won a race and that led to a job at the University of Illinois.  Oh yeah, here is a video of him winning the race!

Top 10 Fantasy Hockey Team Names

From Puck Daddy - here are the Top 10 Fantasy Hockey team names!  PS - read the comments, there are some beauties in there as well.

How Skarda's FF team got it's name:

Read about "the act" here!

Stupendous hands...

In honor of what I thought was the best fantasy name.......

Steamer action - oot and aboot

The guys night Avalanche game in February 2010.

Left to right: Chub Rock, E5, The Professor, Former Shot Pimp, Ponderous Pod, K-Pax, # 16, Slim Shady, and Harlan Pepper.  Evening Totals: Avalanche 3, Oilers 0; Steamer players 9; beers left over = 0!

Dates - "Your best?"

Let me apologize for not pre-reminding you, that August 25th was Sean Connery's 80th birthday.  Now bow down and talk like Sean Connery for the next 10 minutes to honor his greatness.

Wrong-ness

Check out this mascot.  It defies words - and HERE is the article about it.

Duchene goal at World Championships

Dates - Labor Day

The Top 25 Hockey Movies of All-Time - # 16

Coming in at # 16 is..........Net Worth.  Huh?  I know, but your # 16 is always flaky!  And sadly, I have not seen this one yet.  Supposedly a pretty good movie about how Ted Lindsay helped start the NHLPA.   Sounds worthy of a view on a slow summer night. 

2010 Charity Hockey Tournament

Yes, oh yes - the Steamer represented again this year.  Tournament recap:

MVP - Bada Bing with 5 goals, 2 were game winners, and missed work to keep drinking, all of which probably excused what The Mesmerizer called "crying like a bee-yotch" when he hurt his knee.  

And we had a Dr. try to get the pussy-whippedness out of him...but it did not work. 

Worst story - Bada Bing's sprained knee and CWebb's back re-aggravation.

We did see CWebb drink beers though, so that is a plus.  Beers consumed - too many to count.  Between period "breaks" - only 5, a new low.

Shocker award - Slim Shady who had this great shoot-in...

...but was witness to a bad "shoot-out" as a chick dropped a nose-scorching grumpy in the stall next to him while he took a pre-game leak.

Best story - The Mesmerizer played great all weekend and told wild tales of visiting the elephants at the zoo or something like that.

Co-MVP - Boris the Blade - great weekend in net, set up a plan to avoid having to start his car with alcohol-free breath, and and actually brought a chick to a game.

Prize winner - JQ - big time haul of alcohol.

Game # 1 - we dominated, but lost 2-1 (Jason).

Game # 2 - we were drunk, played a better team and won 6-5 . Scoring: Jason x3, young Joey Samudio, E5, and Bada Bing. (Bada Bing with the game winner with 15 seconds left).

Game # 3 - played like we were sore and hung-over - lost 7-1 (Bada Bing). We did ogle the Red Bull girls at a championship level though.

Game # 4 - we looked iffy after 5 hours of between game beer drinking. But we rallied and got a really good no-goal call in a 5-3 win (Bada Bing x3 and another game winner, Professor, and Tripod).

Q:  What is better than post-game cigars and scotch? 
A:  Nothing - and there was much rejoicing!

Until next year.....

Steamer action

The Pimp earns the trip......

Datsyuk goal

The extremely obscene hands of Pavel Datsyuk....

What ever happened to.....

.....that Kings goal-tender from Japan?

Flyers fans..........stay classy!

Urban Dictionary word of the month

In honor of our recently injured buddy # 14 and 2/3, Carolyn's husband......read about "The Stranger."

Wrong-ness

Fu Manch Sunday

The legendary day was celebrated in classic red-neck fashion....first with a short bench on the ice.

Then the perfect venue - a Chevy truck - for beers and beef jerky.

The pimp got a picture for the "alleged" sponsor who shockingly missed the event.

The partcipants represented in proper fashion and included:  The Infidels,

The semi-participants - some city-folk - fans of that damn book-learnin',

Goofy rednecks,

some scary hillbillies,

and of course the two Uncles your Mom warned you about - Chester the Molester and crazy Cletus! 

And there was much rejoicing!