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Pierre McGuire was a little awkward during the Pens/Flyers coach spat

Posted by Justin Bourne under Awk-warrrd, General Hilarity, Whimsy on Apr 02, 2012

"D'jou guys see that oh man I was right there!!1!"

In last night’s Penguins/Flyers game, things got a little heated. Flyers’ coach Peter Laviolette blamed Dan Bylsma and the Penguins for creating the on-ice chaos by putting their fourth line on the ice after some drama (they hadn’t played in 12 minutes), so he snapped a Max Talbot stick over the glass in the Pens direction, half of which ended up in their bench (“Said Talbot, “It was sad. That was a good stick.”)

Either way, Pens assistant coach Tony Granato got fired up in return, and stood on the bench to go face-to-face with Laviolette.

While all this took place, poor Pierre McGuire who was “Between the Glass” had no idea what do with himself. Do I look down? Up? What do I do with my arms?

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The Winnipeg Jets’ Jim Slater needs a financial advisor, and quick

Posted by Justin Bourne under Whimsy on Feb 21, 2012

In the Globe & Mail today, Paul Waldie had an interview with Jets forward Jim Slater that starts out like this:

Winnipeg Jets forward Jim Slater knows exactly what he’ll do with the money he gets from his next big hockey contract.

He won’t buy a flashy new car or a big house. He’ll go into space.

“That’s what I would spend my money on,” Slater said Tuesday. “I would spend $250,000 to go to outer space for 30 seconds than to have a brand new car.”

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An exclusive TBS interview with Edmonton Oiler Komrade @SHorcov

Posted by Cam Charron under Interviews, Whimsy on Feb 20, 2012

It’s no secret that it’s been a very rough season for the Edmonton Oilers. After two seasons at last overall in the NHL, it looks like the once-proud franchise is headed for a third consecutive lottery pick. Luckily for fans of the team, they can keep a close eye on the perpetual rebuild process of the franchise in ways no fanbase has ever had the luxury of doing: for instance, the ‘Oil Change’ documentary series is in its second season, and the team can connect with its stars Taylor Hall and Jordan Eberle via social media.

While the frivolities of NHL life are chronicled one mundane tweet at a time by 99% of NHLers who use Twitter, the Oilers’ S. Horcov, a Soviet ex-pat who captains the team, has a very eye-opening feed which takes his followers behind the scenes. Horcov, under long-term employ of the Oilers, can be quite critical of management, although in his biography he states “in Russia if you tweet wrong, it is gulag for you. Here I am free man“.

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HE DID IT! Gomez scores his first goal in 369 days

Posted by Chris Lund under Night in review, Score Video, Whimsy on Feb 09, 2012

He didn't score the goal they're celebrating

Everyone lives a good underdog story, but this isn’t one of those. Rumors had broke a little after 9:00 pm that Scott Gomez had broken his infamous scoring drought. Confused and alarmed by these rumors, I checked in with trusted sources close to the Montreal/Gomez situation who confirmed this. I was puzzled.

I started to think back to what has changed since the last time someone told me, “Hey, Scott Gomez scored.” A lot has changed. For one thing, I’m no longer a university student and have since made the transformation into ‘guy with a degree in a subject nobody cares about’. Overseas was a shocking weekend in the world of soccer as I’m sure our friends at The Footy Blog would tell you as Man U dropped a game to Wolves and Arsenal lost to Newcastle.

In less shocking hockey news, Bruce Boudreau was stressing the need for Washington consistency, the Leafs lost a game in Buffalo, and Pekka Rinne earned a shutout.

In terms of shocking hockey news, the Atlanta Thrashers were a thing, Rob Schremp was in the NHL and actually scored semi-clutch goal(s), and Scott Gomez scored a game winner.

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Carey Price didn’t expect to play for a team captained by a Bruin and a Maple Leaf

Posted by Chris Lund under Night in review, Score Video, Whimsy on Jan 26, 2012

Chara...Lupul... wait...what?

You know those moments of pure shock that catch you at inopportune times? Like when a friend of mine had a girl he had known for three months talk about them getting married. I’m not sure what his reaction was other than running out of that room, but had he had a beverage in his mouth it would have likely ended up all over the walls after a projectile reflex.

Carey Price came pretty close to that tonight when two guys he wouldn’t expect to make him their All-Star goalie made him their All-Star goalie. Price had clearly just taken a swig of something or other and wasn’t quite sure what to do with himself after the selection. After some general indecisiveness, Price makes his way to the podium to collect his jersey.

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Sergei Bobrovsky is happy and he knows it

Posted by Chris Lund under General Awesomeness, Score Video, Whimsy on Jan 25, 2012

In Soviet Russia, puck stop you

The Ilya Bryzgalov-Sergei Bobrovsky duel for playing time has been compelling to say the least. Not only has Bryzgalov revealed himself to be really, really out there since going to a team people actually follow while leaving his production in the sunshine, Bobrovsky has been quietly stellar and has really earned the starting gig in Philly.

Luckily, someone else on this blog has explored this topic.

On a much more light-hearted note, Sergei Bobrovsky won over the hearts and minds of fans of both Philadelphia hockey and art with his interpretive dance after a win against the Panthers. How is this interpretive? He interpreted happiness, whimsy and sport into one dance.

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Little things to love about hockey

Posted by Daniel Wagner under Whimsy on Jan 24, 2012

Sick flow is one of the little things that makes hockey so wonderful.

I am sometimes asked why I like hockey so much. Why hockey rather than some more elegant sport like soccer or a more tactical sport like football? What’s so special about hockey?

I can only respond like Tom Hanks’ character in Sleepless in Seattle when he is asked what was so special about his wife:

 It was a million tiny little things that, when you added them all up, they meant we were supposed to be together.

Full disclosure: Sleepless in Seattle is my wife’s favourite chick flick. I only watched it when she made me watch it. And I watched it because I love her.

Anyways, this isn’t about how much I love my wife, but how much I love hockey. While I love the big things in hockey – big goals, big saves, and big hits – all sports have big moments. What really makes me love hockey is the million tiny little things, the ones that mean we’re supposed to be together.

Here are five of the little things I love about hockey. Feel free to share the little things you love in the comments.

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