hockey & stuff

just call me lola. Hockey has taken over my life. Matt Duchene is my everything. I have a serious addiction to goalies March 24, 2014 was the best day of my hockey loving life.

[mttduchene]

excuse my resurrecting a very dead blog but someone has to understand my joy of seeing varly again.. he was in net for my first NHL game in 2014 (preds v avs)

[dangerouslyaddictivethings]

Their love is palpable

[flyersaremyantidrug-deactivated]

“Two words, 13 letters, say them and I’m yours.”

*whispers* “…hockey tickets.”

[cosmospock]

OH MY GOD JEFFREY!!!

[mttduchene]

quite possibly returning to active this season. stay tuned!

[star--stones]

talk hockey to me

[hockeyshipsource]

[jackzirnmermann]

“Each player is so good. It’s actually crazy how good we are.”

[schmaltzn]

can we appreciate jonathan toews speaking french pls

[beauvillier]

x

[professorbutterscotch]

someone asked me to explain the world cup of hockey so here goes

okay SO *cracks knuckles* let me take you back to sochi 2014, when the NHL threw a giant fit over who was responsible for paying for insurance for their players to participate in the olympics (hint: they wanted it not to be them) as well as the fact that “their” stars participate but another organization makes all the money. international pride and unity blah blah blah where’s the dough. since then they’ve threatened not attending pyeongchang in 2018 (lol okay), and have created their very own WORLD CUP OF HOCKEY, which i will never call world cup because NICE TRY, HOCKEY, BUT NO.

basically this is their first attempt at creating an “olympics” but one that they own (and thus, one that creates money for them). to the nhl’s eyes, it’s a global hockey championship that pits hockey’s greatest stars against each other in an exciting contest to see “who really owns hockey” (no I’m not kidding that’s one of their slogans, how gross is that). in reality, it’s really like a bunch of exhibition games prior to the season with players in vague (yet menacing) groupings, missing a bunch of stars who (understandably) want to use this time to heal up so they’re ready to start the season. ANYWAY, THE TEAMS: -Team Some Of Canada: Canadian superstars aged 24+. the usual crew. crosby. giroux. corey perry (sigh). -Team Some of America: American superstars aged 24+. -Team Young Guns (aka Team North America): Canadian and American superstars (or pupa superstars, at least) aged 23 and under. the kids. the youths. the ankle-biters. featuring connor mcdavid and jack eichel, working together to save planet earth. will they find victory? will they find international unity? will they find… love? -Team Russia: the usual suspects plus a bunch of KHLers because why not -Team Sweden: led by your favourite redheaded west-coast duo -Team Finland: self-explanatory -Team Czech Republic: does not contain Jaromir Jagr because god isn’t real -Team Some Of Europe: superstars from every european country not listed above. yes, you heard me. TEAM SOME OF EUROPE. look, nobody wants to see moldova lose 19-0 but you expect us to take this seriously with TEAM SOME OF EUROPE!?!?!?! Thus far it’s (actually) been pretty entertaining, if by “it” you mean the Young Guns, who have something to prove and are so fast they broke both the sound barrier and zdeno chara’s ankles. And That’s What You Missed On Glee!

[stanleycup]

World Cup of Hockey headshots - Team North America

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[fuckthesharks]

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No, wait you don’t understand. 

That cat became an icon THIS MONTH AND IS STILL ONE.

that’s Jo-Pawveski, a stray who wandered onto the ice and past the nashville predators bench during round 2 of playoffs. They eventually picked her up and sent her to the humane society.

Here she is.

The SAN JOSE SHARKS won that game and attributed it to her, naming her after the Sharks captain: Joe Pavelski. When they found out she was a girl, they changed her name to Jo instead of Joe.

She became an instant good luck charm after that as the Sharks won every game at home that series and moved onto round three.

Since then, every game, they stack pucks and stick a idol to Jo for luck.

This little cat has had merchendise made out of her. She’s literally almost replaced SJ sharkie as maschot of the team.

I mean. I’m not making this up. I HAVE A RALLY TOWEL OF HER THEY GAVE OUT FOR GAME 1 OF THE 3RD ROUND. I OWN THIS FUCKING THING:

FURRIES HAVE BEEN SHOWING UP DRESS AS HER. 

She had her own livestream to check in on her.

SHE’S IN THE PREGAME OPENING ANIMATION

And so I know what you’re gonna say here.

Well… what happened to Jo, though.

Good news, This week, as Sharks made their first Stanley Cup, Jo and another Kitty were adopted. 

And that kids, is the story of JO PAWVELSKI.

The stray black cat of the San Jose Sharks. 

[hokuto-ju-no-ken]

I’m beaming with shark pride and I ain’t even that big into hockey

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@svartsvensk

[mttduchene]

yall, I rarely update this blog. If you are interested in following my main it’s over at @captrxgers. I stay fairly active there, I’m just not updating my side blogs anymore so feel free to unfollow.

Edit: URL change to @srgntbxrnes

[sheercompulsion]

April 23, 2016: “jonny, your stick–” “oops sorry, peeksy”

[schmaltzn]

Chicago Blackhawks representing their home countries in the WCH2016