Any hockey fans here?

[anti-everything]

It looks like my team, The Wild, will make the playoffs with their win tonight. Barring any implosions, they're set up.

[realisticphish]

1. heck yeah

unfortunately, my team is the Columbus Bluejackets.

But luckily, I'm also a fan of the Redwings, so i can still care about the post-season :)

[anti-everything]

2. Any hockey fan cares about the postseason...

we will watch hockey no matter who plays. Hockey is the greatest sport on the planet.

[Raffi Ella]

8. I agree

:7 I don't have a favorite team,I just watch whoevers playing.Awesome Sport!

[realisticphish]

20. that's true

but it's not in the same rabid way as a superfan :)

[Bassic]

3. Go Ottawa.

:D

[The2ndWheel]

4. Looks like my team

the Kings, will miss the playoffs, again, and have a shot at a high draft pick. Stick that in your pipe and smoke it.

But I'm a Kopitarian, so I have faith.

[noonwitch]

5. My team always makes the playoffs, but they seem to like to play golf early.

Go Wings! They looked good last night against the predators! If they win tonight, they'll be in first place again!

What's with throwing the carp out on the ice? Does everyone have to copy our octopus tradition?

[MissMillie]

6. Its too bad NCAA Hockey doesn't get the same draw as

this March Madness crap.

[1gobluedem]

7. Let's Go, Red Wings...clap, clap, clap

Yes.

[PRETZEL]

9. It's a great day to be a Pens fan,

with yesterday's deal being announced, a pretty good effort against a very strong Sabres team, and with the playoffs looming for the first time in a good while, as the late, great Badger Bob Johnson always said, "It's a great day for hockey"

[Baclava]

11. Thank you Mario!

Oh yeah - Pens win in another shoot out!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Buy Sam a drink and get his dog one, too.

[PRETZEL]

12. Oh the one and only Mike Lange,

there's only been one other broadcaster who could ever liven up a game like him and that's the Gunner, Bob Prince.

btw, I've heard a rumor that Lange was replaced. Living in Philly I only get games on Versus or when they play the Flyers.

[Baclava]

13. Yeah - Lange is gone, he got fired last June...bummer

...but I got the Center Ice Package on DirecTV...I watch all the games.


"It's a... HOCKEY NIGHT in Pittsburgh!"
"It's A Great Day for Hockey!" (said at the start of daytime games, based off a quote by former Penguins Coach "Badger" Bob Johnson)
"I'll be cow-kicked!"
"Oh no, Eddie Spaghetti!"
"Heeeeeeeeeeeee shoots and scores!"
"Scratch my back with a hacksaw!"
"Well shave my face with a rusty razor!"
"He was hit so hard his kids will be born dizzy"
"Donna needs a donut!"
"He left the defensemen on the parkway going to the airport!"
"Look out, Loretta!"
"Buy Sam a drink and get his dog one too!"
"He doesn't know whether to cry or wind his watch"
"Michael, Michael, Motorcycle"
"He hasn't scored since the eighth-grade picnic."
"Never teach a pig to sing!"
"Get in the fast lane Grandma, the bingo game's ready to roll!"
"She wants to sell my monkey!"
"Call Arnold Slick from Turtle Creek!" (pronounced crick)
"He beat him like a rented mule!"
"He's all over 'em like a new pair of shoes."
"Big Ben strikes one." (said when a shot hit the goal post)
"Ladies and gentlemen, Elvis has just left the building!" (generally said when an empty net goal is scored)
"Book 'em Dano!"
"He Picked His Pocket Like He was Walking down 5th Avenue"
"And he's smilin' like a butcher's dog"
"He takes the heat out of a hot kitchen" (generally used after the Penguins clear the puck while penalty killing)
"How much fried chicken can you eat?"
"Oh slap me silly Sidney!"
"Get that dog off my lawn!"
"And the kitchen is closed!"
"He smoked him like a bad cigar!" (originally stated in Czech when the Penguins had Jaromir Jagr)
"You can spit-shine your shoes, 'cause the Pens are going dancing with Lord Stanley!'"
"Lord Stanley, Lord Stanley, bring me the brandy!"
"I've seen that fish before!"
"Let's go hunt moose on a Harley"

[PRETZEL]

15. at one time I had an audio compilation of those great Laneisms

I think I need to get that back together.

Thanks Baclava

[Jimbo S]

16. We love Bob Johnson, too!

You know where he got his start? :)

[Dulcinea]

23. Oh yeah!

I love Mario now more than ever! I wanted to name my firstborn after him...but she turned out to be a girl. Oh, well...

Where did Mike Lange, the greatest announcer in hockey, end up? Living in Atlanta, I haven't heard.

[Strawman]

10. Not as much as I used to be

It's easier for me to get into teams whose tickets I can afford.

I hear they actually do have more Red Wings tickets available this year, but in the recent past it's always been a case of getting them from someone's company, or buying someone's season ticket they don't want to use for like $70 face.

[hippiechick]

14. Yeah, but primarily college hockey

:applause: Loves me some Frozen Four games!!! :applause:

[MissMillie]

19. go BU!!!

This weekend is Hockey East semis and finals.... going to be fun!

[hippiechick]

21. yeah, my Badgers stunk up the Kohl Center this season ...

:( Boo. Not gonna be a WHCA champion taking the Four this season .... maybe Notre Dame, though - they were lookin' sweet a few weeks ago!


:hi:

[Zavulon]

17. Habs, Habs and more Habs

But I think they'll miss the playoffs this year. :(

[TheMightyFavog]

18. Go Sabres

That is all.

[WernhamHogg]

22. Go Wings!

I love hockey (the Red Wings in particular) but I only get a chance to watch them a few times a year since I moved away from Detroit. To make matters worse, the past two games I watched ended with the Wings losing -- I'm superstitious so I automatically assumed that they lost because I was watching. ;)