Come on home, boys and

"AnnE" <AnnE.DeleteThis@spam.proof.com> writes:

>"The Chief Instigator" <patrick.DeleteThis@eris.io.com> wrote in message
>news:szkslax6wju.fsf@eris.io.com...
>> Golfox <golfisfun.DeleteThis@golfdom.com> writes:

>>>The Chief Instigator wrote:
>>>> Golfox <golfisfun.DeleteThis@golfdom.com> writes:

>>>>> The Chief Instigator wrote:
>>>>>> capngroovy.DeleteThis@gmail.com writes:

>>>>>>> On Apr 14, 9:31 pm, "AnnE" <A....DeleteThis@spam.proof.com> wrote:
>>>>>>>> play on REAL ice. <g> Anybody hear how that ice was in CA?

>>>>>>>> Just cuz you're down 2 doesn't mean you can't come back and win
>>>>>>>> them all
>>>>>>>> from now on!
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Go WILD

>>>>>>>> AnnE

>>>>>>> That's an issue we've had every year in Anaheim. It's only coming to
>>>>>>> the surface now that we're starting to get playoff time. Results
>>>>>>> notwithstanding, it's been a remarkable series to watch. You have a
>>>>>>> fantastic goalie, which promises a spectacular future.

>>>>>> Il'ya was respectable in the first two periods, but he crumbled in the
>>>>>> third...and looked like he was back in the AHL with Cincinnati. It
>>>>>> didn't hurt to see a couple of ex-Aeros (Burns and Bouchard) light him
>>>>>> up. Now, if they can repeat that Thursday night...;-)

>>>>> It appeared the Ducks were coasting most of the night. With Beauchemin
>>>>> out of the Ducks line up, it opened up the middle a bit. And that is
>>>>> all the Wild needed with their speed. Beauchemin will most likely be
>>>>> back for Thursdays game and the best way for the Wild to win would be to
>>>>> jump out to a 2 goal lead. This will open up the middle as the Ducks
>>>>> will have to move to a more offensive style of play. These tight games
>>>>> favor the Ducks and their defensive style of play.

>>>> Beauchemin or not, if Giguere is in the nets tomorrow night, the Wild
>>>> will need to open it up with a vengeance...

>>>I don't know. Giguere just may be a bit vulnerable right now. I fully
>>>expect the Wild to come out blazing.....I just hope we have a new set of
>>>officials.

>> It didn't help that Dan O'Rourke was one of the two last night...he's still
>> as clueless as he was when he was annoying the AHL.

>>>Last night was an absolutely pathetic display by the refs. I also hope May
>>>is not suspended so the Boogy man can clean his clock. This of course after
>>>we have a nice lead late into period 3.

>> If May isn't suspended for that, there are problems in the NHL
>> leadership...and I won't complain if Boogie does to him what he did to
>> Fedoruk.

>May's been suspended but so what? He'll come out once more and do it
>again. Enough with the Dirty Duck saga! Whatever happened to "finese"
>skating instead of all this thug-business on the ice? I vhant to see
>superior skating skills and not see the likes of players thinking
>they're the next Ali? Breaking teeth with a deliberate stick blow to
>the mouth and injuries to the head are not what hockey is all about.

>Bring back the sport where skating is the preferred way to entertain!
>Enough is Enough.

What do you expect of a team with a Mickey Mouse heritage? (To the Ducks'
credit, at least they palmed Fedoruk off to the Philthy Flyers, where he got a
repeat lesson from the Rangers' Colton Orr not long ago. Some things never
change.) I know how you feel, having gotten into the sport with the Aeros in
the WHA...and in that league, they were more into proving that they were
skilled enough to get a look from the NHL. The professional goons (Sasha
Lakovic, anyone?) tend to weed themselves out in short order, but the NHL
needs to get back to paying attention to playing the game. Here's to a dinner
of fried duck tonight. (Texas, in the ECHL, went up 2-1 on Gwinnett last
night, winning 5-4 in overtime, and can clinch the first-round series tomorrow
night.)

--
Patrick "The Chief Instigator" Humphrey (patrick@io.com) Houston, Texas
chiefinstigator.us.tt/aeros.php (TCI's 2006-07 Houston Aeros) AA#2273
LAST GAME: San Antonio 4, Houston 2 (April 15)
NEXT GAME: October 2007, date/place/opponent TBA

>> Bring back the sport where skating is the preferred way to entertain!
>> Enough is Enough.
>
> What do you expect of a team with a Mickey Mouse heritage?

Actually the original Mighty Ducks were based in good old Minnesota (at
least per the movie). Of course just like the Lakers, and perhaps
sooner or later the Vikings, California took our team. But wait, Texas
did the same thing to our North Stars.