We interrupt this programming for an important announcement.

Dear citizens of Buffalo, New York!,

Contrary to popular belief, Austria's National Men's Ice Hockey Team is not, I repeat, is NOT in the Olympics this year! I've gotten many 'wait, Austria doesn't HAVE a national team?' They do indeed, they just didn't qualify. 'Wait, Thomas is also part Czech, part German, and you can throw in the USA too, right?' WRONG. Since Thomas is practically perfect in every single way he is very loyal to his country and would not play for any other team during the Olympics. Good for him I say!

Okay, you can all get back to your daily lives now. Happy New Year's Eve!

Is It Just Me, Or Is It Getting Dany Heatley in Here?

Shelby already covered the Team Canada roster. I agree with her mostly, the loving of San Jose and the hating of Pennslyvania. 

And she did mention my excitement towards Mr. Daniel Heatley making the team, which is a nutshell of my excitement!

Once Mr. Kesler is announced on Team USA, the t-shirt making frenzy can begin!

Until then, I shall do back flips!

Just sayin...

Team America's Hat.

Tamara already covered Team Finland (Yay Toni!) and I kept tabs on Team Canada announcing their roster. After they thanked hundreds of people it seemed like, Steve Yzerman went up to the podium and began to name the roster. Joe Thornton and Dany Heatley made the team much to Tamara's delight, and Scott Niedermayer was named the Captain of the team. Mike Richards is on the team too...ugh. Hate him. I don't know why but I just cannot stand him. I would have rather seen Lecavalier or Doan on the team over him. Dislike.

Not only is Team Canada stacked, but they are scary as hell. If it turns out to be a Team Russia and Team Canada final, I will be in heaven. I'm about to just root on the entire world during the Olympics, I seem to like all the teams. I just can't choose!

Now I only need to wait for Team USA to name their roster during the Winter Classic. If Ryan Kesler is not named to it, so help me God...

Break Out Your Team Finland Scarves!

(I can't be the only one that has one)

I was awoken from my mid-morning nap to learn that everybodys favorite Finnish d-man has made Team Finland!

In honor of the announcement, I picked this headshot. 

Though I'm sure this concern misses him, he will be playing against Tally Man when the games start in February.

Team Canada's announcement is expected to come around noon. That'll give Team USA a day or two to at least make it look like they have a chance (no offense).

Ryan is GM, Patty is the bailout!

- Crosby didn't score

- Miller got pulled

- Patty made 27 saves to save the game and get somewhat of a shutout

- Drewwwwww got out of Lindys shit list and 3 points!

- PATTY!

- We came down from 0-3 to WIN!

- Ryan Miller is 29 years old. Therefore, in addition to brushing up on his goalie lovin', he needs to learn to not be a little bitch and throw his equipment down the hallway when Patty is going in there to save his ass!

...Patty as won his last two games, Ryan...different story. 

Thankfully, Patty is starting to get the credit he deserves. And Ryan is crumbling right before his followers eyes. 

I think we can all get a little smile from that. 

:)

:)

Fin.

Postgame: 12-27-09

I'm typing this while watching my 2003 Frozen Four DVD, so if I shout random things about Thomas Vanek, then my bad.

After twelve years, the Sabres FINALLY defeated the Blues at their own arena! The Blues haven't been doing so hot at home so it was good to see the Sabres capitalize with that advantage of being the visiting team. I love that Timmy scored both a power play goal and a shortie, even though I'm beginning to think he's taking Thomas' job at scoring goals by tipping them in, haha. Mike Grier also scored two goals, one which shouldn't have gone in but Ty Conklin was too slow with that.

I was so glad to see Chris play in his hometown and then get the third star. He played very well last night, and deserved it. I'm glad he's back too. I've missed him out on the ice and playing with Craig.
I wish Lindy hadn't of benched Drew. He always benches the wrong people. Actually, he may bench the right people but he doesn't treat every player the same way. You can tell he kind of has favorites...it's annoying to say the least. I wouldn't care if he was benched if, say, Derek had gotten the same treatment sometime. I have never seen him benched during a game. If he has been and I missed it, forgive me. I don't think he has been though.

The Sabres play the Pens again on Tuesday, fantastic. Then again, we managed to get a point against them so that's good? Here's to hoping he who must not be named won't score...

Stop. The. Presses!

My friend Melissa tweeted a little while ago about how one of our lovable defensemen is going to the Olympics. I'll give you a hint, he's Swedish!

Yeah, that was an easy guess, wasn't it? Congratulations Hank! This is the first time in his career he has been on the Swedish National Team for the Olympics, too.
Full Swedish roster is located here: Team Sweden.

If Airport Security Wasn't Rough Enough.

I have to learn that we kept Ottawa's undefeated streak alive...at least against us. The back up goalie now does better in shootouts than our starter, let that sink in folks!

Anywho, I'm sitting in JFK airport, watching my delay time get higher and higher and higher....Shelby kept me updated on the game. Perks to Derek Roy finally not playing in a game, but boo to Drew Stafford being benched. What the heck! You bench DREW before other people!? Because he was on the ice for the goals? You know who else was...Ryan Miller. 

Thomas came back, but Shelby covered that.

It's cool, we needed to get Mike Fisher an engagement present anyways, right? 

But enough about the game. 

I hope everyone had a nice holiday. My dad had a layover in NYC so my mom and I met him down here, and are yet to have our ' family ' Christmas at home. 

If it wasn't for the damn rain, it would have been a fantastic trip (that and my mothers horrific snoring in the hotel last night, ugh). We still walked around today, we went to the Plaza where I got a picture with the bobblehead (who is on his way to Dubai with my dad). 

And, since my mom made my dad and I lay around about 45 department stores, I got to go to the NHL store! I was stoked for it, but then was slightly disappointed. I thought it was so much bigger, and I'm not sure why. There was nothing there that I couldn't have gotten elsewhere, so I stuck to a present for Shelby, who kindly took time out of her Christmas Day to go check on my furry little man. 

The cashier and I had an interesting conversation, which started because he had a Whalers shirt and an Islanders hat on. 

...woah. I had a brief panic moment when I saw the Flyers won. Then I realized it was to Carolina...in a shootout. No worries!

I tell ya, that bobblehead is going to have some serious air miles on it. My dad isn't too keen on taking his picture in Dubai, in case he looks nuts. BUT...if we can get Ryan Miller to do it, he'll survive. 

We had a little incident with him in Buffalo at security. They took him out of my bag and were like what is thisss and had to run him through security again. The girl said she was a Sabres fan and I was like ' no, so am I, it's Lalime!' and the guy there told her to turn it around. THEN he started going on about how Patty was only doing well because he was trying to up his trade value...because " that's what happened to Hasek."

Those security dudes pretty be grateful they have guns.

...but a comparison to Hasek, not bad. 

Happy Boxing Day!

The Sabres are facing off against the Senators tonight, and I have no faith in them whatsoever. Alfredsson and Spezza are both out with injuries but I feel like the team could beat us with a bunch of rookies. It's rather disgusting. The only positive for tonight I feel (for me, anyways) is that Thomas is coming back in the lineup tonight! Woo! I attended the practice today and he looked primed and ready to go out there. I'm so glad he's back. I say this after he's only been gone for two games, but this is still exciting news for me.Welcome back! :D

Ho ho ho.

Happy holidays to everyone! I hope that everyone's Christmas Eve went well, and their Christmas is going splendidly too. Last night was when my family got together for gifts, and we had a fun time playing Wii Bowling. My oldest brother and I also got into a boxing match and it got pretty intense. I think I sprained my shoulder really badly, haha. My bad.

For gifts, Corey (my brother) and Lisa (my sister-in-law) bought me the new Sabres In Traffic book! I was so excited! It seems a bit smaller than volume one, but the pictures are still amazing in it. Mark Dellas is a great photographer and I always love looking at his pictures from every home game on his website. He finds the team to be 'profoundly genuine'. In volume one, he said there had been truly something special about the team. I completely agree. That's why I love them! Even after they lose horribly in some games...

My sister Kristyn and my brother-in-law Jim then bought me an ornament that has a lobster with a wreath around his head. As my sister put it 'you love seafood, so we bought this for you' haha. She was right! My other brother said he bought me something too but it hadn't been in his possession yet...I'm sort of scared as to what it is.

Then I woke up this morning, and found out my mom had bought me a pair of Emu boots. They are so comfy, it's ridiculous. I know what I'm going to be wearing through the snow on days when I don't have to work.

Have a safe holiday guys. :)

Postgame: 12-23-09

This was the best part of the game last night, hands down.

I have nothing else to say except happy holidays to all our blog readers out there and their families. Merry Christmas Eve!

Belarus names their Olympic roster...and I have nothing else to talk about!

Belarus is probably one of the only teams to release their roster this early, but that might be because of the lack of NHL players that come from Belarus or because they aren't a large hockey country. I'm going to go with the latter of the two. Ruslan Salei (Colorado), Mikhail Grabovski (Toronto), and the Kostitsyn brothers (Montreal) were all named to the roster when it was released earlier today. To be honest, before I started getting back into hockey, I had never heard of Belarus before. Hockey has opened my eyes to geography, look at that.

Speaking of Olympic rosters, I can't wait to see Canada's. Yeah yeah, I will be excited once I see Ryan KESLER on the roster for Team USA. Not Miller, but Kesler. I have made my priorities in the list of guys named 'Ryan'. But beyond that, nah. Forget USA. CANADA! It's going to be so stacked, I'm sort of scared. Plus, Lindy is going to be the assistant coach. I can't wait to watch those games, they're going to be so much fun. Bring on the Olympics.

Things That Are Not Kissing Millers Behind.

And things that don't have anything to do with the Sabres. 

Last night, the Sharks/Blackhawks game was on Versus. Shelby was kind enough to remind me of this, and leave out the fact that I was suppose to be at that game. BUT, that is a different story. 

Anywho, we were also baking Christmas cookies at the time. It was a blur of Tamara hearing ' score!' and ' Heatley' and a thud when a chunk of flour and what was suppose to be dough hit my kitchen floor. 

(Needless to say, Shelby and I did a jumping dance in my kitchen. Which, has improved from when Toni scored). 

So yes, Mr. Heatley scored hisssss 22nd goal of the season. Which means, he is only one goal below Ovie. Put that in your pipe, Derek Roy. 

:)

I had to use Getty Images because when it comes to Dany, Yahoo! Sports isn't with it just yet. I think they may believe he still plays for the Senators. 

Also scoring was Joey! I wasn't there when it happened, but it was shorthanded and it was Joe Thornton so who the hell cares about details. 

Yahoo! Sports know who he is. 

Evengi Nabokov also made 45 saves on 47 shots which is stellar. It's amusing because for the entire pre-game they were talking about how awesome Huet was, prior to letting in three goals on 14 shots. Kind of like how they talk about Tyler Myers right before he lets the other team on a breakaway...

This just in, my dad has agreed to take Patty the Bobblehead to Dubai with him on Boxing Day! He's going to get a picture and return two days later with the picture and the bobblehead (I hope). I usually go visit him every year at Spring Break, but it wouldn't work out with our non-existent schedule, so yay!

This is almost as good as Goose scratching his hiney on the jumobtron...allllmost. 

My Apologies, Mr. Patches.

In all my fire about shutout records and irresponsible 19 year old defensemen, I entirely forgot that Mr. Nathan Paetsch scored his first goal of the season last night!

Not bad for a guy who has played as much as Patty Lalime. 

To mark this special occasion,  I bring you Patches groovin' at the Catwalk for Charity. 

Also featured...people who did not score last night. 

Postgame: 12-21-09

Those dastardly Leafs thought for sure that they had ended the losing streak against us, but aha! With Jochen scoring in the third period and then Derek capping it off with a nice OT goal (I know, right?), the Sabres continued their winning ways over them. I'm pretty sure they've beaten them nine times in a row now? That's bad. I would be complaining if I were a Toronto fan...

Tamara and I didn't watch any of the third period because we were watching Pineapple Express. When the Sabres were down 2-1, yeah, it was a good idea to pop in the DVD and have a good laugh. It's a pretty funny movie, I was impressed. James Franco is so adorable.

Can anyone explain to me what in the hell has happened to Tyler Myers? I am disgusted with his play. Tamara says it all the time, but it's as if he got to that nine game point and then decided 'Okay, I can play like a rookie now.' Nooo Tyler, this is not how that works. YOU'RE MAKING HANK LOOK BAD! I think I'm even more disappointed with him because his shot is the reason why Thomas Vanek is getting rehab on his stomach. Not on purpose, but it still blows and I am not happy.

Things That Are Not Marty B's Record.

Marty Brodeur shut out the Penguins. He beat the record, blah blah blah. 

Speaking of blah blah blah, Roy's overtime goal is not that great. At least we won, but things that inflate his ego are best left undid, maybe a loss to the Leafs would be worth it to avoid post game interviews where he seems to act as though his goals are calculated in cat years. 

As Shelby mentioned earlier today, it's a certain d-mans big day! 

Stevie Montador is the big 3-0. 

Fantastic!

Not to worry, Monty, you don't look a day over 25. 

...I just like that headshot. Even if it isn't snowing in it. 

For his present, 

Yup.

And also, the removal of Tyler Myers. 

I suck, sorry Monty.

Thanks to other bloggers, it was made known to me today that not only is it the first day of winter, BUT it is also Steve Montador's birthday! And he's the big thirty!






Happy birthday, Monty! I hope that you boys can get a big win in Toronto to celebrate. I would say that you should also score but you already have two...I mean, if you want, Craig can score for you instead. Just saying.

Patty-esque, Not Miller- esque

I will admit, I was very nauseous about last night. There were several moments during the game where I said outloud " I'm going to vomit." I didn't which is good. 

When I first heard Patty would be playing this weekend, I was excited, but then I thought " he's either going to get the Pens or a division rival? And he hasn't played in a week?"

Then I heard it was the Pens, and I got scared. Nothing against Patty, but it's the Penguins, and it was the second of a back to back game, when the Pens had been off since Thursday (and went shopping in the Galleria?). 

BUT

Fuck Tamara. 

Pens fans laugh that it was our back up goalie. Well, cup defenders, why did you only score one goal on our awesome, dominating back up goalie?! Not to mention, how did Jason Pominville score on your starter!?

Other than the attempted vomiting, I was a mess during the game (and I don't just mean the damage on my bank account to SEE Patty play, you're welcome). There's probably cuts and bruises all over Shelby from gosh knows what. She even covered my eyes during parts of the shootout, specific parts that is. 

I think last nights game deserves a top fives! no?

Worse!

5.) 23-ish years ago, Troy and Tina Crosby had sex. 

4.) I had to look up Sidney Crosby to get the names for number 5. 

3.) Craigory almost killed Patty. But, in our heads, it shall remain Tyler Myers.

2.) Jay McKee HAS to be on the Penguins. I mean...grrr!

1.) Abortion wasn't very popular in 1987. 

Honorable Mention: Derek Roy and Jason Pominville do shit for 65 minutes, so we put them on the shootout? C'monnnn!

BEST!

5.) Goose had the opening faceoff, Goose won faceoffs, Goose would take faceoffs and then go right to the bench. Thank godddd that man is back!

4.) Patty got second star! It's not first star, but he was a heckofalotbetter than anyone else, haha!

3.) Patty did AMAZING, even when his captain went all heave ho on him. 

2.) On top of doing amazing, this is a major confidence boost for Mr. Patty. It reminds me of my DARE class in 5th grade in which self confidence was measured with a balloon. 

1.) SIDNEY CROSBY DID NOT SCORE ON THE SHOOTOUT! Huzzzzah!

Also, I've been noticing that a lot of people have been saying Patty plays like Ryan. No no, my friends. Many people like to pick on his age, which means he's been in the league longer, which means IF ANYTHING (not saying it happened, just saying if it had to work one way....read that a few times over before you comment on it) it's the other way around. 

And another thing, Mr. Miller. Patty brings his A-Game when he wears the beanie and sits on his little chair. He bounces around, he leans over the wall to watch, he OPENS THE DOOR FOR PLAYERS TO GET OFF! What do you do? You leave the bench early, and hug Patty the same way my brother hugs me. Shame on you! Brush up on your social skills, you're gonna be doing this a lot more now. 

On an endnote, a guy in a Pens Hossa jersey made a comment about my Patty jersey. My first response was ' ohh, a Crosby jersey, how original.' Only to see what it really was.

And that, my friends, is worse. 

The Epic Adventures of Tamara and Shelby: It's always a good game if Crosby doesn't score.

This might be the last game we attend together for awhile, but we went to this game for Patty. He played excellent last night and gets a big, gold star from me for playing so well. Good job Patty! The most important save he made last night was against Sidney Crosby in the shootout...and he made the save! I had to cover Tamara's eyes yesterday so she wouldn't see what happened, but he saved it. :) I'm okay with Kris Letang getting the game winner because I like him. Overall, it was an extremely good game and at least the Sabres got a point out of it.

You know those people you can't stand when you go to hockey games, the ones that are ALWAYS commenting on what's going on during the game? Specifically, the penalty kill and the power play? Yeah, we had one of those people sitting behind us last night. She kept shouting on the Sabres to get the puck out of the zone during the penalty kill, and kept yelling them to shoot from the Sabres' blueline on the power play. I know sometimes I get aggravated during games, but she didn't shut up at all about those things. Tamara and I generally talk about stuff during the game (that doesn't pertain to the game itself) and I think if someone told me to shut up I would do it. I just feel like commentary during a game is extremely unnecessary. At least, the commentary other than RJ.

Also, some Pens fan wearing a HOSSA jersey made a remark on Tamara's Patty jersey. Please dude. You're wearing the jersey of a guy who didn't want your team's offer of however much money, and instead opted for less pay with the Detroit Red Wings. That's pretty said in itself and a horrible investment. I'm surprised you didn't get mauled by other Pens fans.

Here's hoping that Thomas feels better soon. I missed the Aussie out there last night. I hope his injury isn't too bad...but if it is, he needs to take as much time as he needs.

Postgame: 12-18-09

Yesterday's game got exciting once the first period was over. I was a little nervous for a bit since the Leafs had been winning for a period, but then the Sabres came back and scored five in a row to secure the win, 5-2. Toni's goal was the best goal of the night, and they replayed a goal from two seasons ago where Toskala let a shot from about 200 feet away trickle in against the Islanders. 200 FEET! I couldn't believe it. Last night's wasn't AS epic but still epic because it was Toni. This means Craig has to score tonight against the Penguins because Tamara and I are going. It would just be so right.

This is the second time the Sabres play at home on back to back nights. It seems really weird because I'm so used to watching them play at home on Friday, and then go on the road on Saturday. At the same time, I also sort of like it. I don't know. It's weird but not.

We're still at the top of the Northeast Division, right? Good.

An Ode to a Finn (Or Should I say Finnnnn)

While setting up mobile text messages on Shelby's phone, I thought to myself ' Toni always scores against the Leafs for his first goal' ...this being based on last season alone. 

Then, there was a goal....then I heard ' oni Lydman'

Then...Shelby and I danced around my living room. 

Then, she fell onto me and I fell on to my chair. 

Loveeeee, Finnish style. 

" Guess what I'm gonna do tonight."

The Tortorella Show.

Even if your team never had John Tortorella as a coach, you know who he is. You made have heard some audio, or you may have watched videos. You have seen him freak out at least once during a game. It is never not funny to watch him go on a rampage, and he did just that after Wednesday's game when the Rangers lost to the Islanders 2-1.



These rants never get old. I must say, I like that they have a 'bleep' device, but it's probably only used for him.

On the Jarkko Ruutu non-suspension - this league is a joke. I could go on and on about it, but the other bloggers have pretty much hit the nail on the head with one not being handed out. Absolute joke.

Postgame: 12-16-09

You know, if it weren't for the fact that most of the boys had food poisoning from two nights ago, I would be furious at the effort they had against the Senators. When they only score one goal on you in two periods, I would hope that they would grab them by the throat and score a couple of goals since the goaltender is playing so well. Then they couldn't even do that. It's a start, but not good enough. I'm just so used to them losing to the Sens all the time that I see it as an automatic loss anyways.

With that said, I do hope that all the sick ones feel better soon. I'm sure they will be better by Friday and I'm sure the ones that are sick are moaning and groaning today about their tummies. Even Lindy was sick from two nights ago, so it was good that he gave them the day off from practice. Maybe since we were you know what last night, we may be able to have a you know what against Toronto? I hope so. I'd rather have it be against the Pens though...

Oh, and that A on Roy's jersey stands for asshole. Just getting that out there.

Games That Make You Want to Vomit (Pun Intended)

Sadly, last night was the closest we've come to beating the Senators (excluding last January when that actually happened, somehow). 

According to the Buffalo News- Kennedy, Vanek, Clarke, Pominville, Sekera, Ellis, and Ryan were potentially sick last night. As were Patches and Goose, but that didn't effect last nights game (it should have). 

There's a good chance Patty, Toni, and Drew were sick as well. 

No angry tummies for Timmy, Derek, Hank, and Tyler. Which I find not ironic, usually watching Derek makes me want to be sick. 

I'm very shocked the team played despite that many people being sick, but I'm sure it's a lot more complicated to not play. Plus, Lindy (who is also sick) probably thought oh, it's Ottawa, we're screwed anyways....while his team laid on the benches moaning and groaning. 

I had food poisoning my first week of freshman year, which was ironically in Ottawa as well. But, unless they ate at the Carleton University cafeteria, it wasn't the same thing. 

The game itself was rather boring. There was a glint of hope somewhere in there, I think it was our two power plays right in a row, or the five minute penalty we had because Ruutu is a bitch. 

But, it wouldn't be a hockey game if Miller didn't let a goal in past the two minute mark. It just wouldn't. 

Hopefully all the boys, or at least the important ones, are better by this weekend. Shelby and I are ready to pounce as soon as we hear which game Patty is playing. That's right, you read correctly, our back up is either taking on Pittsburgh or Toronto. They need him to ' shine now!' apparently. 

Then, they figured out that means he has to, you know, play. 

All Good Things Must Come to an End.

The Sabres are at a winning streak of four games. And, chances are it will end tonight. 

I'm not a negative nancy or anything (that was lame), but it's the Senators. 

Die by the Blade says if anyone can get us past the Senators, it's Ryan. Not only was he shaky against the Habs, but last I checked when we played Ottawa in November, goaltending was the least of our problems. Then again, it was our terrible, horrible, no good very bad back up goalie. 

Just kidding, about Patty that is. 

There is only one thing I expect from the Sabres tonight...

Though I will be willing to admit I was wrong if it doesn't happen. If...

The things that gets the girls going.

Tonight during the Sabres-Sens game, they are showing a video of the Sabres visiting Women's & Children's hospital. Every year I look forward to these videos because of how sweet they are with the children and what they say about how it makes them happy to visit them. I know there will be a lot of 'awwing' in the room as they show the video and we probably won't hear a thing they're saying, but that's why they put it on the website afterwards!

Besides, this might be exactly what we need during the game if it turns out like it did last time...

Postgame: 12-14-09

I'll be honest with you all - last night, I was falling asleep during the game. FALLING ASLEEP! It was an entertaining game to say the least, and it was hard for me to stay awake. I'm at least glad that they won and are now four points ahead of the Bruins in the Northeast Division. We all know who they see on Wednesday...oh boy.

What about that clock mishap, huh? Most Sabres fans would have been furious if a goal had been scored during the time the clock stopped, and thank God that didn't happen. Tamara and I didn't even realize the game had ended because the clock was stopped at eight seconds and then when they changed the clock time, it was supposed to have ended already. I'm sure Habs fans are finding a way to bitch about it but whatever. It was just nice to see the Sabres not completely collapse and lose two points.

Clarke MacArthur is now leading the team in goals. Stop the presses. I'm pretty cool with it as long as Thomas can keep it up in other categories because to be honest, I like the balance scoring happening on this team. This team has been lacking it for the past two seasons, and if it means that his goal amount has to go down a bit? I'm okay with that. He's said it himself that he's just happy if the team can win, not about how many goals he can get or whatever.

Heeeey, the last time the Sabres played the Senators was when we went on our Ottawa trip. let's hope it doesn't turn into the same kind of game it was last time.

Oh Look, a Tamara Post!

- I didn't think we'd win last night, I don't know why. And throughout the game, it didn't look that promising. I'm glad the guys pulled it off in the end. A nice little boost before Ottawa on Wednesday. 

- I've never liked Versus, but who has? They've never seen to get in to the whole hockey thing, or even try. If it's not bull riding, it's not worthy to them. Last night they kept going on about Tyler and Tim Kennedy, so they must have missed that memo that it's no longer a good idea. Myers probably only got a star last night because they wouldn't shut up about him for an hour. 

- Someone finally hit 10 goals! And it was Clarkie!

- People really need to get off Thomas and Timmys back. 

- Speaking of Timmy, 340 days since he came back against the Rangers in January. Yeahhhh!

- Patty should play on Wednesday. Surely, I would say that regardless. But, Ryan was really shaky last night...and 21 saves on 24 shots isn't good. He was going to break eventually (even if people were not willing to accept that) and I think the time has come. Plus, it's Ottawa. 

- This picture...

Technology at it's finest.

A couple of people on my Twitter feed have been constantly mentioning the sweet feature of the webcam at Fenway Park so you can watch them putting the outdoor rink together. I don't remember if there was a feature like this for our Winter Classic, but I do remember that they had a sped up video of the ongoings of what went on before the game. I know that with ours there was a time constraint because of football going on and having to wait until the Bills season was over. Since baseball has been over since October, they have a lot more time to get things done. Would I want to sit there and watch the video all day? Probably, but that's because I have no life with class being over and me not having a second job. The joys of being a college student on break!

On the topic of the Winter Classic, I didn't watch the one from last year because I was on my band trip to Florida. I think I may try to watch the one from this year. I will probably root for the Bruins even though they are a division rival but it's because I really do not like the Flyers. Always root for the team you feel neutral about if they're facing a team you hate, that's how I look at it. Besides, the Bruins' jerseys are kind of cute and remind me of Disney so that influences my decision to root for them a little bit. I know, I am a traitor. Shame on me.

Game time tonight with the Sabres rolling into the Bell Centre! They haven't played so well there in their last few outings, but hopefully that can change tonight.

Ahoy hoy!

This is Tamaras entry post. 

Bahwhoooooooo!

The End. 

*snip snip* Postgame: 12-12-09

This is the first 'real' post on the new blog that Tamara and I have created. Welcome to the Coldffalo Train! All aboard as we travel through the ups and downs of the Sabres season, and maybe we'll talk about some other teams through our journey. Make sure you're comfortably in your seat while reading what we have to say. Though, as our tagline says...if you hate it, we love it!

All righty, after the cheesy intro, let's talk about the game from last night. The fourth line continues to be the most consistent one in this Sabres season as Patrick Kaleta netted two goals (one shorty) and also got the game winner. His goal celebrations always tend to be so dorky. I was watching NHL On The Fly this morning and the guy said he was 'doing football celebrations' because of him living net to Kawika Mitchell. Well, if the Bills aren't going to do much celebrating...someone should do it. I thought for sure he was going to fall on his butt after his second goal because he did a twisty thing but he managed to keep his balance. The short handed goal shows how you properly do a breakaway. Thomas, I hope you were taking notes.

Okay, Derek Roy scored too, blah blah blah. All I care about from that play was that Thomas got an assist and after he did a no look backhand, someone actually scored to make it worthwhile. Good stuff.

So the Sabres now have 40 points and are two points ahead of the Boston Bruins in the Northeast Division. I love it! Hopefully they can keep the pace going as they go through Montreal and Ottawa in the next few days. I'm not expecting much in Ottawa though to be honest...losing to them all the time does that to a fan. You expect nothing. Unless Patty plays. Then I expect many things.

In the rest NHL, did you see the Maple Leafs beat the Caps? They really made a turn around after the Sabres shut them out two weeks ago. I say good for them, even though they're a division rival. Just as long as they don't beat us, I'm okay with it. I know, what's wrong with me? The only rival I really loathe is Ottawa and Tamara may or may not disagree with me on that one most of the time, haha. It's all good.

I really hope that I will at least be able to update this once everyday, regardless whether it's stupid news or real news. Thanks for reading!

Testing.

1...2....3

(almost like the amount of goals Patty Kaleta scored)