Ovechkin and Crosby – New Best Friends Forever by clydeorama, on Flickr Are you watching the NHL Playoffs this year? Because you should be, especially the Washington Capitals vs. Pittsburgh Penguins series. Last night’s game was epic, with Alex Ovechkin picking up the Caps and carrying them past the Sidney Crosby and the Pens for [...]

I’ve had this idea for a vacation (well, this is one idea I have). Fly to Edmonton, see the Oilers play some hockey against the Avalanche. Cruise down to Calgary, see the Avalanche play the Flames. From Calgary, go to a few places. One of those places is to drive 90 minutes west into the [...]

Thanks to the wonders of the all-mighty DVR, I can make my hockey predictions after the games have actually started. I guarantee that I haven’t seen or heard about any hockey this round. Scout’s honor. Oh yeah, Jews generally aren’t scouts. Jew’s honor, I guess it is. Western Conference Avalanche vs. Red Wings: My team, [...]

Go the distance. Yes, that was ripped off of Field of Dreams (as was the title). But it’s an important thing in the world of Customer Service. Take today, where an expected bad customer service experience has turned into a really nice customer service experience. I am a hockey nut. I love hockey. Anything to [...]

The WCHA hockey tournament is played in Minnesota at the Xcel Center every year. One of the five teams in the tournament, University of Minnesota gets to essentially play home games during this tournament. Every year. Minnesota beat Colorado College last night in overtime. It’s pretty much a crock of shit to get to play [...]

im at the blackhawks/flames game right now, here in chi-town during my 6 hour layover. got “scalped” (read: 5th row seats after game started for cheap) and it’s not bad. so im back stateside. the trip was fun with some serious melancholy thrown in to ground me. was it relaxing? in some ways but the [...]