In the spirit of the Oscars tonight, I thought it was time to award my 2007-08 NHL Center Ice Package Team of the Year. Sort of the Best Picture of the hockey season. If I may recap. Every year I get the NHL Center Ice package. MOL loves it because I can watch hockey every night during the season. She knows that if she complains a lot, I will give in and let her have the remote every now and then. It’s what good marriages are made on. Last season, it was the Pittsburgh Penguins. I liked them because Crosby, Malkin, and Staal were electric. I still check in on them, and if my 07-08 team isn’t on, I default to the Pens. The season prior, was the eventual Stanley Cup Champion, Carolina Hurricanes. I was into them for the other Staal, Mike Commodore, Cam Ward, and the rest of the boys that were Lowell Alumni. The year before that was the lockout, so MOL was subjected to daily updates on why my life was so sucky. She was all, what about me? Don’t I matter? Yes dear. I just like to watch men on frozen water trying to out muscle each other too.
By the way, do you guys have an over under on when she leaves me? Well, you should. Back when MOL and I first started dating, we got the NHL Package at her place in Worcester. We went to pretty much every Ice Cats home game, and would come home and watch the Dallas Stars. I think we liked them because they were just starting when we got home, and she was still trying to get in my pants. Really, she had no idea how easy it was. Without further ado, or, and the NHL Center Ice Team of the Year award goes to: The Chicago Blackhawks.
I like the Hawks for several reasons.
1. The Chicago Blackhawks have hands down the best uniforms in pro sports. Both the home and away versions are simple, and the logo is superb.
2. If you haven’t checked them out, do so. They have three excellent and exciting players in Patrick Sharp, Jonathan Toews, and Patrick Kane. All three are excellent hockey players. They are exciting and all possess offensive talent that is out of this world. Jack Skille is up from Rockford, and is a nice little player himself. He is talented offensively, and likes to hit people too. They also added Ben Eager to do the rough stuff (since been put on IR), and old Hurricane favorite Craig Adams has fit in nicely. Adam Burish is a 100+ PIM guy and when David Koci is up from Rockford, he’s as tough as they come in the NHL.
3. They aren’t the best team in the league, but they are very fun to watch. Yesterday’s game against LA saw them up 5-1 at the start of the third, and it ended with a 6-5 OT victory. It was exciting to see them play well to go up 5-1, and even more exciting to see them win it 6-5.
So, there you have it Goons. If you are in the Chicago area, enjoy the away games. If you have the Package, please do tune in. You’ll get a good show, and some kick ass uniforms.
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