Archive for the ‘General Awesomeness’ Category

Louis CK is, at present time, the best performing comedian on planet Earth. The debate about who was before him – Jerry Seinfeld, Mitch Hedberg, Eddie Murphy, George Carlin, Lenny Bruce, Richard Pryor… whoever - is not really the point here. He’s today’s current best, and hey look, he attends NHL games.

That he’s a Rangers fan hurts. That he’s a hockey fan makes me happy. I found the above image on Reddit Hockey (posted by tbone510). Got himself some pretty nice seats, didn’t he?

And just because this is an excuse to play a clip of his…hope you can tolerate the low-def quality. It’s worth it.

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I’ve mentioned this before, but a great person to follow on Twitter (especially during this particular playoff season) is @TheRoyalHalf.

Earlier today he shared a new video from the YouTube channel of ajweinstein96, which predictably was of the ”Let’s Go Kings” themed variety.

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On February 9th, the San Jose Sharks were playing the Calgary Flames, and were down in the game 4-3 in the third period. Mikka Kipruoff got clipped somehow and went down, and the puck flipped over his head – to stop it, he did the scorpion: he kicked his legs up behind him (assuming the “scorpion” pose), and stopped the puck. It was pretty nice:

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We’re starting to distance ourselves a bit too much from the second round, so here’s the final best-of video: the 10 best hits from the second round of the Stanley Cup Playoffs.

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Those who’ve become familiar with my work (and Twitter feed) know I’m an animal guy. Right now my wife and I happen to have cats (as those who used to read jtbourne.com know all too well – here’s Tyson and Jiggsy, by the way), and we’ve taken enough pictures of them that our families should be reasonably concerned about us.

Anyway, my current cat obsession has led me to saying this: vote for Scott Hartnell to be on the cover of EA’s NHL 13, because he made the video below. Just move past the semi-douchey move that is wearing an NHL All-Star Game t-shirt (just as a little reminder for everyone, of course), and do it. I love this guy.

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This Mike Smith slash may very well have been my favourite part of last night’s game, and I have nothing against Dustin Brown. It presented very little chance of causing real injury, plenty for real pain, and was just so, so old school (I did grow up watching Billy Smith, for context). While Brown definitely took his time getting up, how got a “diving” penalty (to go along with Smith’s slash) is beyond me.

Just look at the backswing he takes below. He doesn’t quite get it to parallel, as Tiger Woods would recommend, but he held his wrists from releasing until the last second, and had some good hip turn. Really great way to generate power. Fore!

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With round three just under way, we thought it’d be a good time to reflect on round two, and re-watch the best goals that were scored.

The video is cut to a hockey-based music video by Saukrates, a rapper from Toronto. There’s even a brief “white Canadian guy rapping about hockey” cameo, and honestly (see also: surprisingly: it’s really good.

The top-10 goals from the Conference Semi-Finals:

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