All-Star Game

So, Letang's magnificent and Ovie's still a douche, so no surprises there.

What I'm talking about is the NHL All-Star Game. Tanger was on Team Staal and Flower was on Team Lindstrom. Tanger also shares the red and white with Ovechkin, who decided to throw a stick at a guy, which sparked the ONLY penalty shot in the history of All-Star games.

But Tanger got 2 GOALS!! He did really well. Flower had a rough first period. They scored four goals on him pretty quickly. Then Team Staal scored 4 goals too. But, Team Lindstrom won 11 to 10. The game was kind of lame because there was no real hitting, but I'm sure it was still a lot of fun for the players to share ice with the best in the league.

The skills challenge was fun. Letang won the skating backwards race-thing. Fleury made an ass out of a few guys during the shootout and the breakaway challenge. The best part was Ovechkin falling over a wire after taking his shot in the hardest shot competition. The idiot had already broken his hockey stick and had to use Letang's to complete his number of shots, then he tripped over the wire and acted like a moron.



Because Crosby and Geno weren't there, the camera people felt the need to focus on Ovechkin the whole damn time.


Clay Aiken sang the national anthem and 3 Doors Down played after the first period ended. This, NHL, is why more people in the U.S. care about football.

I can not wait for the superbowl. The town's gone crazy already. I was home this weekend for a wedding and to go to the Strip District to find a black and gold scarf. You couldn't go one block in Pittsburgh without seeing a jersey or something Steelers-related. I can't wait till I'm 21 and can go to South Side for Superbowls. Until then, I'll be yelling at the TV in my room and affectionately calling Roethlisberger every swear word you can think of because that man makes passes to his eye floaters at times.

It's like 6:30 a.m right now and I'm up. I fell asleep last night around 6pm, intending only to take a power nap, but then slept till 3:30 a.m. and had to wake up and read 125 pages of A Sand County Almanac and write a paper on it. Oh, college...

Just for fun, here's an interview with Letang after the skills challenge. The first 9 seconds are of him looking awkward while the other guy is getting interviewed.