So I’m not the biggest hockey fan out there, unless you count the fact that I was obsessed with Mighty Ducks as a kid (well, let’s be honest, I’m STILL obsessed with that movie). Anyway, the NHL playoffs are going on and I have been rooting for the Columbus Blue Jackets, and here’s why:
1. “Blue Jackets” is actually a Civil War reference! (And doesn’t actually have anything to do with bees like I initially thought.) I mean, what other professional sports team has a Civil War-themed name?
So badass.
2. While playoff beards are a phenomena in many sports, hockey players are particularly notorious for them.
And that is the Badass Civil War Beards connection.
In the aftermath of Super Bowl Sunday, while you clutch your abused liver and pray to the porcelain god, here are the week’s highlights in hockey, according to me. This is not one of the things I talk about. (more…)
It’s Olympics time, which means this will be the last of the Weekly Wrap-up until the NHL comes back. Keep an eye out for anything else we may be posting between now and then, but for the most part, it’s no-sleep-must-watch-Olympics. Okay, yes, I talk about the Olympics in here. (more…)
15. New York Rangers 14. Dallas Stars 13. Philadelphia Flyers 12. Calgary Flames 11. Chicago Blackhawks 10. Ottawa Senators 9. Vancouver Canucks 8. Los Angeles Kings 7. San Jose Sharks 6. Detroit Red Wings 5. Columbus Blue Jackets 4. New Jersey Devils 3. Anaheim Ducks 2. Seattle Kraken 1. Buffalo Sabres
