NHL Draft Day

Last night the NBA gave us a warm up for tonight’s NHL Draft.  I watched the first round of basketball’s annual event and then realized once again that I didn’t like basketball.  Go Grizzlies, I guess.
Anyway, tonight we have a sport that one of us here at WaB cares about so it gets its own [...]

Thank You, Penguins!

Tonight, the Pittsburgh Penguins saved the hockey world from another boring Stanley Cup champion.  I’ll be honest, I didn’t think the Penguins had a chance at the beginning of the series.  I thought their chances were even slimmer when Detroit won the first two games of the series.  Then, the Pens woke up.
This also means [...]

NHL Playoff Previews – Semifinals

I’m a little late on this since the Detroit Red Wings already downed the Chicago Blackhawks 5-2 in their opening game.  It’s a long series, though, so this is still a valid preview post.  Plus, I think this is going to mostly be about why I hate the Red Wings anyway.  Feel free to add [...]

Everyone Loves A Good Look-Alike

From the time my St. Louis Blues named John Davidson the team president, I always thought he looked like someone.  I could never quite put my finger on it until just about 15 minutes ago when I saw a commercial on ESPN.  It hit me like a ton of bricks.

NHL Playoffs Round 2 Preview

Alright after a double dose of Game 7 last night, the first round of the NHL Playoffs has come to a conclusion.  In the preview of Round 1, I managed to pick six of the 8 series correctly and I got the game total corrent in four of them (Boston in 4, Carolina in 7, [...]

My First NHL Playoff Experience

As I noted a couple days ago I got some tickets to the St. Louis Blues playoff home opener against the Vancouver Canucks.  I’d never been to a playoff hockey game, but I love live hockey and I love playoff hockey.  It’s a match made it heaven, right?  Unfortunately, there was trouble in paradise.

Weekend Plans

I’ve got quite a busy weekend ahead of me.  Tomorrow I’m going over to Missouri’s Spring Game to check them out.  Hopefully that will mean a mini-tailgate since the weather has turned beautiful.  Then on Sunday I was able to get my hands on some Blues playoff tickets.  I’ve never been to a playoff hockey [...]

NHL Playoff Preview

Tomorrow is the start of the two month haul known as the NHL Playoffs.  The first round presents us with some interesting match ups and I’m going to break them down for you.  Since there are only about eight people who watch hockey, I’ll try to keep it short.  No promises, though.

Sean Avery: Still An Ass

It’s been a while since we had a good hockey post around here.  As you know, I love hockey.  I’m a huge St. Louis Blues fan and I feel like I’ll jinx their late playoff push by writing about them.  This post is not about them, but if you haven’t noticed, there’s an excellent playoff [...]

NHL Trade Deadline

When the smoke cleared today on NHL’s trading deadline there had been 22 trades made.  Several high profile players were sent from bottom feeders to teams who were gearing up for a run to the Stanley Cup.
Perhaps the biggest news, though, were the players who stayed with their original teams to finish out the year.