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If Aaron Sorkin Wrote a Hockey Show

I have been watching Sports Night, the Aaron Sorkin TV show, lately. If you watch it with several episodes back to back, you see a lot of hockey references in it. There is usually something hockey brought up in a show, and if not, it is usually playing on a TV in the background at some point. If you missed it when it first aired, you can get both seasons in one set on DVD. You should.

With that in mind, I give you the opening to Hockey Night, as would be written by Aaron Sorkin. (the inspiration for this is credited at the bottom. suffer through this to get there)

TWO HOCKEY PLAYERS ARE IN PRE-GAME WARMUPS, STRETCHING AND SKATING. DIALOG IS DELIVERED QUICK AND TIGHT, EXCEPT WHERE NOTED.

DAN
Man, My allergies.

TED
Yeah?

DAN
And these fans.

TED
Fans?

DAN
Well look at them.

TED
What's to look at?

DAN
Exactly.

TED
(looks around) Why do we come here?

DAN
Why?

TED
Yeah, why.

DAN
Why do we come to Montreal, or why do we come to these warm ups?

TED
Pick one.

DAN
Well, we come to these warm ups because it's our job.

TED
And to Montreal?

DAN
The cheese fries.

TED
(rolls eyes) Dan, you can't call them cheese fries

DAN
Why not? They're fries with cheese.

TED
Granted, they are fries with cheese, but calling them that could cause an international incident to rival the "War of 1812"

DAN
Did you just use quote fingers around the War of 1812?

TED
(slightly defensive) Yeah.

DAN
The War of 1812 was a real thing, you know.

TED
Yeah, I heard. It happened somewhere in the eighteen hundreds, I forget when. Oh, wait, it's coming back to me.

DAN
So you agree that the War of 1812 is a real thing.

TED
Who doesn't?

DAN
Look, all I'm saying is they are fries, and they have cheese in them.

TED
On them.

DAN
What?

TED
They have cheese on them.

DAN
What did I say?

TED
They have cheese in them.

DAN
Oh.

TED
(beat) You want to talk about it?

DAN
No.

TED
Really?

DAN
Really. (he does)

TED
OK.

DAN
(beat) But they are fries with cheese.

TED
OK. Granted, but they are more than that.

DAN
Like what?

TED
They are fries with cheese...and gravy.

DAN
And that is why we come here.

TED
Not me.

DAN
No?

TED
Nope. I come here for the hockey.

DAN
The hockey?

TED
Well we are hockey players.

DAN
See, you could put "quotes" around that.

TED
(ignoring him) Yep, the pure excitement of the game. The thrill of victory and the agony of the shootout. The sound of the skates, and the smell of the ice.

DAN
The smell of the ice?

TED
The smell of the ice.

DAN
Are you telling me that the ice here smells different than anywhere else?

TED
I am. You should smell it.

DAN
I am not smelling it.

TED
You are going to smell it.

DAN
I am not going to smell it.

TED
You are.

DAN
What makes you so sure that I am going to smell it?

TED
If you don't do it now, you will when you're sprawled out, face down, under a pile of Canadiens, after you "accidentally" trip the goaltender, which, I will remind you, somehow ended up with you getting a double minor, and costing us the game.

DAN
(pointing) Hey... That was a clean play. (pause. smells ice) I don't smell anything.

TED
That, my friend, is the smell of hockey.

DAN
Everywhere smells like hockey.

TED
Yes, but here it smells French.

DAN
And maybe Canadian? You know they are combining those these days.

TED
(looking over at the other team)Hey, isn't that Josh McCormick.

DAN
(beat) Yep.

TED
Didn't you two...?

DAN
Yep.

TED
And weren't you two...?

DAN
Uh-huh.

TED
So... what?

DAN
We got into a fight.

TED
What a real fight?

DAN
Yes, a real fight.We dropped the gloves, got bloody, all of it. We got into a fight.

TED
A fight.

DAN
A fight.

TED
(beat) Was it over her?

DAN
You know what? I don't even remember.

TED
(skeptical, letting it go, but not really) OK.

DAN
Look, I'm not worried about Josh. Not right now.

TED
What are you worried about?

DAN
(looks out into the crowd) These fans.

TED
And your allergies?

DAN
They do go hand in hand.

(they skate off) FADE TO BLACK

With a shout out for inspiration from Ken Levine (his is better, read it)

Also, don't forget, this blog has moved. You can find it here.

Technorati : Hockey, Humor

Avs vs Alliteration

Overall, a good couple of days for me, and a couple of bad ones for the Avs

Post Pessimist Pretty Positive

I guess Post-Pessimist means you are supposed to be positive, but I have to say, Greg is a hell of a nice guy. Of course, he is an Avs fan, so of course he is. But beyond that, he was a lot of fun to hang out with. H?e couldn't stay at the bar for the game, but the pregame was a ton of fun. He knows his hockey, which is why he writes for Hockey Rants, but he's pretty funny to boot. A good time was had. I wish he would have been snowed in, as that night, I won tickets to the Blues / Avs game that was tonight.

Theodore Tanks Trying To Take Turco

When you at the hockey bar, and the crowd cheers when your high paid "number one" goaltender is pulled, you know something is wrong in the land. All I can say is, if four goals isn't enough to beat the Stars, then there are some serious problems.

Budaj Battles Bad Blues (But Battles Buddies)

So I had to use "battles" twice. It still fits.
If you look at the game sheet, you get the feeling that Budaj tanked. Budaj let in 3 goals on 19 shots, while Legace had 30 saves on 32 shot. Sadly, half the shots the Avs took were weak as hell, and could be seen all the way in. Budaj didn't face that many shots, and he got some help in that regard. The Avs still blocked some serious shots. But there was some bad play along the way
Wolski looked dead on his feet half the time, and tried to play way to pretty when he had the puck. Ian Laperriere gets the award for most obvious penalty of the night, putting the Avs on the wrong side of a 5 on 3 (one goal). Ossi Vaananen blows the 2 on 1 against, and lets the pass go past him, when the puck was practically at the goal line. (another goal). And what the hell Hejduk was doing taking a penalty 180 feet from his own end is beyond me. (that makes 3) So the Blues went 3-4 on the power play (including the empty netter), even though they are the worst power play club in the league. The Avs had problems all night with clearing the zone. Overall a bad night for everyone, but not so bad for Budaj as it may seem.

Jerseys and Hockey Love Comes Online

I have no alliteration on that one. It was just the leap that needed to be made, and I'm happy to have done it. I keep scratching my head about some parts, and marveling at others. This is really fun. I;m pretty happy with it.

Technorati : Avalanche, Avs, Blues, Hockey, NHL

The Move Is Complete

The new Jerseys and Hockey Love is now open. You can go see it at:

jerseysandhockeylove.com/blog/

There is also a home page at jerseysandhockeylove.com, but it looks horrible right now, and is nothing but pointing to the blog.

After 240 posts, over 6,400 visits, and plenty of hand wringing, I am ready to make the move. I will miss this place a little, but not much. Blogger was a really nice start, but I think this is going to be fun.

I will be sending out emails and the like about updating links and the like. I will continue to cross-post here for a few weeks, but that's all.

See you over there!

Jerseys and Hockey Love Manifesto

Best used between June 7th, 2006 and June 30th, 2007

Management reserves the right to have an opinion

Management has the right to spread it's opinion

Management has the right to change it's opinion

Management has the right to be wrong


Item One:
Hockey is not the NHL, hockey is a sport. More so, hockey is a game. The NHL is a league that plays the game of hockey for a lot of money. That simple fact is easy to forget. It is the same game played by 10 year old children, men in beer leagues, and the Women on the Olympic teams. It is played all over the world, and at all different levels. Female rabbis and amputees play it, kids ref it, and it is larger than all of us, or our nation of birth. Acting like the NHL is hockey will be subject to finger pointing and laughter.

Item Two:
Opinions about hockey are only opinions, and you are welcome to yours. No one else has to agree with them. Do not complain to management if you feel you are not being heard, you have as much of a voice as I do. No one has to listen to me, or you, or Jeremy Roenick.

Item Three:
Your team is not your team. You do not play for the Montreal Canadians, or the Anaheim Ducks, or the Colorado Avalanche. While the use of the term "We" in regards to the team you enjoy (follow/love/bow down to/ are a fan of ) is considered marginally acceptable, you, as a person, did nothing to help your team into the playoffs, lift the Stanley Cup, make a bad play, make a bad trade, or anything that happened on the ice or the back office. If you are a player or employee of a team, then you can send a resume to management for exemption on this item. Until then, get off the high horse.

Item Four:
Management is not responsible for your anger, hate, or general dislike of anything. If you do not like what you read anywhere, be it on the web, in print, or spray painted in the streets, you have the right to stop reading it. If you are offended by anything said here, please avert your eyes. I'm OK with that.

Item Five:
The professional players who we pick at, make fun of, and take to task are people. They have a completely different lifestyle, and had a completely different experience growing up than you or I. While they should be held accountable for their actions, they are not perfect, nor should they be expected to be. Money does not make them happy, daily struggles do not simply vanish, and life does not stop for them. They have feeling, problems, and issues. To act like they should walk on water is ridiculous. Look back on your life and see where you went wrong. Then apply that to a life well outside of the mainstream. Kids who want to play in the NHL do not think about how they are going to get ripped apart in the media, or how they are going to be public enemy number one in the eyes of millions. They aren't thinking about bankruptcy or divorces or hate mail or toiling in the minors. They want to score and skate and hold up a trophy. We are the ones who bring along their baggage. We make it harder on them. As much as they may own that for being in that light, we own it for slinging it.

Item Six:
The NHL is not a right, it is a privilege. The NHL is a business that sells you hockey. If it went out of business tomorrow, there would be jobs lost, feelings hurt, money that didn't change hands, and the earth would still spin. If you wanted to, you could find a hockey game to go to the very next day, for less money out of pocket, and with a better seat to watch from. You can find a game most nights of the week, be it minor pro, junior, or a bunch of mites. Tomorrow, there will be hockey.

Item Seven:
Calm down. Thank you.

Item Eight:
Management reserves the right to not like the same team, player, beer, or anything as you. Management does not have to agree with you. It's not a problem. It's not personal. I have chosen my path, and to me, it is the path of the righteous. If it is not yours, that is fine. I will not be knocking you down a peg for it. That isn't my place, and it isn't yours.

Item Nine:
You are responsible for what you write. Freedom of speech and personal responsibility go hand in hand. You can act like an adult, or not, but when you get the reign of fire thrown at you, don't come around here expecting your wounds to be cleaned up and get a pat on the head. Act like an ass, get treated like an ass.

Item Ten:
I am part of the problem. Deal with it. We are hockey fans. None of us are innocent.

Item Eleven:
Go watch a game.


Please Note:
This manifesto was inspired by the Old Bastard's Manifesto (from where I completely ripped off the format), written by Warren Ellis. Ellis is, to me, one of the best comic book writers (and soon to be novelist) in the world. He uses pictures and words for great stories, and occasionally to disgust and anger. Don't check him out if you are not prepared.

Also, while I believe everything I just wrote (and have written on this blog), the era of the personal manifesto is at it's end. I am happy for that. There was a time when it was hip to write a manifesto. I am writing mine way after it's cool to do so. I'm happy with that. I don't need to be cool. That can help when you are a hockey fan.

Technorati : Hockey, JAHL, NHL

Bad Day for Me, Good Day to Have Hockey

Well, I had a hell of a day. Actually, it was only a few things. It started with work, where we were loading out the Nutcracker. Your truly took a little tumble and fell backward onto a pile of stage weights. My back is pretty scrapped up, but it could have been worse. Then, when I tried to reset my stats counter for my new site, getting my own page views and visits removed, I accidentally reset the Blogger site. Oops. Well, I can maybe add a few numbers to that, or at least just an asterisk. But even though the Avs aren't playing, OLN is showing the Bruins at Columbus. During the lockout, I spent 8 months in Boston. There was no better place to be without hockey in the States. Northeastern University, Boston University, Boston College, the Beanpot tournament. There was still hockey everywhere. There was AHL nearby in the form of Providence, Lowell, Worcester, Springfield, Hartford, and even Bridgeport, CT. We got to see the AHL AllStar Game and UHL AllStar Game, and I even got to see the Denis Leary Celebrity Hat Trick charity game. They even opened up the Fleet Center (as it was called at the time) for some public skating. For someone who never cared for baseball, it was impossible not to get swept up in the Red Sox world series win. Less so for the New England Patriots superbowl win. There was good food and living on a house boat for a month, there was a serious blizzard and warm days in the Commons. There was days skating in Stoneham, and nights drinking at the Blue Man Group theater. It was the best time I have ever had in my life. It's nice to see the Bruins, but I have to agree with the Wicked Bruins Fan. It's too bad it;s on OLN. I would rather see it on NESN, the local feed. They do a superior job. If I were moving to the east coast, I would go to Boston in a heartbeat, and if I had to pick an Eastern Conference team, I guess I would have to choose the Bruins. Sorry to the rest of you. So the day, she is looking up.

Update: Man, what a game. Ups, downs, highs, lows, the only things missing were a fight and good announcing. Tim Thomas deserved better than what he got tonight. Overall, a good game. A good night for hockey.

Technorati : Boston, Bruins, Hockey, NHL

Mascots

Yes, this is hockey related.

Meet Snowie, from the World Championships in 2002. Snowie, meet boards.



This one is for all the kids



Just plain fun



This is what life is really like in Alberta



Finally, keep your head on a swivel. Chicks dig it.

The Move Happens This Week

Soon after Christmas, Jerseys and Hockey Love will be moving to it's new home. I'll be cross posting here and there for a little bit, and then just let this place trail off. I'll also send out some emails letting people know so they can update their links and all that.

Now I just have to work on the home page more, which looks boring and silly. This HTML think isn't as easy as it looks.

THN, STFU.

I swear (and I might a few times here), I see no reason to continue buying The Hockey News. They piss me off more than any Red Wings blogger has - ever. In what I assume is the latest article (I'm not even interested in going to their website to find out, Crosby and Malkin on the cover), they tell us how, since no one is going to games in America anymore, it's high time some of the teams should be moved to Canada. That's right, the Gary taketh, and the Gary should giveth back.

To make their point, The Hockey News selected November 30th as it's measuring stick. A Thursday. So, THN then goes on about the attendance figures for that night across the league. They talk about the total attendance percentage figures (72%), then the percentage without the Canadian home games included (61.4%). Now, here's some of the kickers:

• The night in question was chosen for a specific reason. Namely, in St. Louis, the Blues has an announced attendance of 5,410 (according to THN). So, that dramatically lowers the percentage. That night, there was also a nasty ice storm. THN reports it as "icy outside". Weather Underground reports that around 8:30 am, there was "light freezing rain," and soon following "ice pellets." Here in Denver, there is snow like a mother (or what I'm assuming THN would call a 'light dusting'), and the Nuggets game was canceled. Uh, oh. We better move the team to the sun belt. Now they have canceled the Avs / Flames game for tonight. On no, we better ship the team back to Quebec City. Our fans aren't good enough to make the game happen.

• There were three NHL games played in Canada. Ducks at Vancouver (it's the Ducks, with the best record in the league, and the dreaded Chris Pronger), Avalanche at Edmonton (an in division game in the tightest division in the league, also right after the Ryan Smyth / John-Micheal Liles knee-on-thigh incident), and Panthers at Senators (huh?). The Senators game was announced at 17,814, and have a reported capacity of 20,500. Not bad, but what is that 85% ish? Fine, not bad, but still... The games played in America: Flyers at Islander (two crap teams), Kings at Coyotes (crap and crap), Lightning at Bruins (can you say disenfranchised fans? I knew you could), Stars at Caps (out of Conference, but should sell, didn't but should), and Maple Leafs at Thrashers (sold decent considering that the fan base is getting back into the game after years of losing for no good reason). So, what do you stake your findings on? A piss poor night of hockey.

• This is a beef with THN specifically. If you are going to put a picture of a game in Montreal in your article about attendance on a specific day, pick one where the Habs play.

• St. Louis is the whipping boy. After coming in last with a bullet, and then the promise of serious rebuilding falling flat, and with an increase in ticket prices to boot, what the hell do you expect? I found this simple graphic from St. Louis Today. I can't attest to it's accuracy, but if this is what's happening in St. Louis, I think there are some real problems that can be solved easily and without a border crossing.

They claim that Winnipeg and Southern Ontario would be good markets. Fine. Great. If Winnipeg was so good, why did the Jets leave? Why take a chance on Arizona, a place that many people believe is a silly place for the NHL to be in. Or, if Quebec City is a possibility, why did the Nordiques leave for Colorado. Sure, the Flames left Atlanta for Calgary, and are wildly successful, but they were in Atlanta first for a reason, and a franchise was put back there for a reason.

Even if the teams moved to Canada, what would that give you? A few more percentage points of attendance bump? Whoopide doo. You also get a more diluted Canadian television package, and an even less interested American audience (we don't see many Canada vs Canada teams down here, you know). What you wind up doing is selling the game to the same people you are already selling the game to. This is not how you build a league beyond gate revenues. As important as that is, how much is television rights worth for individual teams, in their own markets?

My beef is not with Canada, or with the people who want or would support an NHL team in another Canadian city. In a way, I hope you get your wish. My beef is with THN. There is more punditry in THN than on the average hour of FOX News, and that is saying something.

Technorati : Hockey, NHL, THN

Still Life in the Snow Storm

Continuing the Still Life with Hockey Nerd series...

This was taken at Illegal Pete's, which was one of the few places open yesterday serving food. For those of you in Canada, that plate is full of what we call nachos. The tomato stuff and the green stuff is called salsa, which you may know as chutney. I didn't have a burrito, as that may have confused you (in my 6 months spent in Toronto, I never did see one). But, to the left is a Molson Canadian. I'm sure the phone (first look at the new one) was made overseas.

Technorati : hockey, hockey nerd, still life

Snow Day!!! (very photo heavy)

If you don't pay attention to the weather outside of your area, or just don't even care, it's snowing like a mother here (Dear Canada, I don't care how much it snows there. Thank you) up to two feet are expected by noon tomorrow. The Ballet was canceled, as was the Nuggets (basketball) game. And since I didn't have to work, I could go out and make snow angels (which I didn't, but I could have). Wish you were here:

View from my building


Ready to go out


Yeah...


Big blue bear attacks convention center, film at eleven.


the 16th Street Mall


It's a basketball thing, but I thought it was still funny


The train station

Dancing in the snow...


This post was designed to make Greg jealous. I'm not sure it worked, but it sure is worth trying.

Go Avs (nice legs, eh?)

Technorati : Avalanche, Avs, Denver, Snow

Thin Air: Bad Night For the Home Team

Just a quick hit or two, from my sleepy brain:

• There was only one win by a home team Tuesday night (Wild)
  
• There were three teams to score 7 goals
  
• There were 3 hat tricks in the night (Blake, Brunette, Sturm)
  
• The Nutcracker was Tchaikovsky's least favorite composition he wrote (look, I give you the hockey, and throw in the bonus of culture. Angry culture)
  

That's all I have for tonight. Tune in next time when I ask if there were any goalies in net for last night's Oilers / Avs game. Goodnight.

Technorati : Avalanche, Avs, Hockey, NHL

Doing the Work to Make the Move

I'm doing a bunch of work on the new site, which should be up and ready soon. There is a bit of a learning curve moving over from Blogger to Wordpress, but so far, I like the results. It seems like everything you want to do, there is a plugin for.

Last night, I was working the load out for Sweet Charity starring Molly Ringwald (yes, you read that right), so I was going to tape the game and watch it today, but about ten minutes into the loadout, one of my co-workers came by and said, "So, Blackhawks, huh?" So much for the surprise. I have become well versed on shutting out the internet when I have to tape delay my hockey enjoyment, but there is only so much a man can do.

Cleveland It Is

I will be at work all day today, and well into the night, so I won't be able to update if this is officially announced today, but this is from the Plain Dealer:

The American Hockey League team owned by Dan Gilbert will be the top affiliate of the Colorado Avalanche, Cavaliers officials confirmed Saturday.

Gilbert, owner of the Cavaliers, and a group of investors purchased a dormant AHL franchise, the Utah Grizzlies, earlier this year. The AHL approved the sale in May.

The Cavaliers and Avalanche agreed on a multiyear deal that is expected to be announced officially today

One good thing about Cleveland, they are right next to the best amusement park in the world. So there.

Oh, also, this is for Brushback of sidearm delivery...

The current franchise still needs a nickname and accompanying logo. Komoroski said broadcast reports that the team will be known as the Fighting Walleyes are premature.

Someone needs to photoshop up a Walleye jersey.

Analyzing the Ducks (with pictures) Part 2

Continuing the painstaking, time consuming analisys of the Anaheim Ducks. Be warned, it will blow your mind. If you are not up to reading this sort of in depth analysis, with pithy insights, perhaps you should look away, and maybe even turn on the CBC. Just warning you now.

Creating confusion and havoc with speed and hard work...



Lead to a bad line change for the opposing team, and too many men on the ice.



More work along the boards.



Now, watch this. Keep an eye on the defenseman on the outside..



He cuts off the top man, and gets in for a near perfect pinch down low. Just brilliant. You can't trade players to Edmonton for that kind of skill.



Staying tight to his man, the D doesn't let him get a pass off.



And don't forget, they have some serious talent in the system, lots of young prospects waiting in the wings (HA!!)



Well, that's all I have for now, but you can be assured that if the Ducks start changing systems or tactics, you can read about it here.

Technorati : Aneheim, Ducks, Hockey, NHL

Avs Looking to Cleveland for AHL Affiliate?

There is so much to read these days, I missed this from a few days ago. From The Denver Post:

The Avalanche organization is continuing negotiations that could lead to Colorado supplying talent for a new American Hockey League franchise in Cleveland.

Cleveland. Whoopie.

Quicken Loans chairman Dan Gilbert, who also owns downtown Cleveland's Quicken Loans Arena and the Cleveland Cavaliers, also will own the hockey AHL franchise.

As far as I can tell, that's pretty much the only way it's going to work in Cleveland. A major reason the San Jose Sharks moved the Cleveland Barons to Worcester was because they had an unfavorable lease deal (high rent). If the guy who owns the arena owns the team, there is no such thing. The question will be about attracting fans, which was the other problem for the Barons. They weren't doing so well in that regard of late. But there's nothing like taking hockey away to make fans come back, right lockout sufferers?

Still, Cleveland. I would rather see the Cincinnati Cyclones of the ECHL be moved to an AHL level team, but I have a soft spot in my heart for the Cyclones.

Technorati : AHL, Avalanche, Avs, Cleveland, NHL, hockey

JAHL Welcomes the Caps Fans and the Biggest Day Ever

I gotta say, those Dancing Hockey Cats are worth their weight in posts. Yesterday, someone who stumbled across the hockey cats posts put it up on the Official Washington Capitals Message Board. Well, the results were amazing. I know these are small beans numbers compared to places like the Battle of Alberta, or Kuklas, but for me, this is huge. I get more hits from google search pages than from people. I'm OK with that, but some days it sure is nice to get a big day out of the JAHL. They say write for yourself, and that's what I do, some days that seems like all I do. So, here was what I got at 11:59 PM:



By comparison, this is what the average day and week looks like around here:

Of course, I was just waiting to see if I got that nice round number of 250. And really, I'm fine with that, but then I refreshed the thing just after midnight. Guess what:



One person logged on right after midnight, and who would that fateful person who made it by JAHL at 12:00:12 AM? Earl Sleek from the Battle of California. Such is life.

Thanks to all the Caps fans, and the Habs fans who saw the forum post someone put up at the Official Montreal Canadiens Message Board. Thanks for stopping by, and making this the MOST VISITED DAY EVER.

Now, back to the stuff.

Analyzing the Ducks (with pictures) Part 1

The Ducks are first in the NHL right now, but they have the rare night off. Who couldn't use more Ducks? Maybe the LA Kings. Or the Coyotes. I haven't seen very many Ducks games this season, but I thought I would throw in my two cents as to why they are doing so well. This is the kind of hard hitting analysis you have come to expect around here from JAHL. This is the kind of work that would kill a weaker man. But I aim to please. This is classic Ducks. On this breakout, see how the duck at the bottom of the picture is driving hard to the blue line, making the defender give chase. Great speed, and a confidence his teammates along the boards will get the puck to him. Hard backchecking. These guys don't give up. Three Ducks lined up at the red line, but this is not the trap. Nope, not a trap. Really. We mean it. Good work along the boards.

There are five players covering four Ducks. Where is the fifth Duck?

There he is, on the breakaway. Such calm and poise. It can only be Teemu

Now that's serious puck support!

It's pretty obvious, from the photographic evidence, what the Ducks are doing right. They are the best team for a reason, and here at JAHL, we tell the tail. (HA!) But that's only part of the story. More Ducks analysis soon.

Technorati : Anaheim, Ducks, Hockey, NHL

Still Life From Last Night

Still Life From Last Night
Originally uploaded by Tapeleg.

I'll tell you right now, I was reading the book on the left a hell of a lot more than the one on the right. The puck is from Monday's game. It's the same one I gave to the Acidqueen at the game.

JAHL is Moving!!!!

Right on the heals of the Biggest Blogging Announcement Ever!!!! (yes, even bigger than The Battle of California actually being a battle), I took the plunge a week or so ago, dropped the spare change, and now,

JERSEYS AND HOCKEY LOVE IS MOVING!!!!

Yes, that's right, in a few weeks, I will take all the limited talent I have produced on blogger, and move to it's own separate site. I should be ready to take the plunge in a week or so, and I will be moving all of the content over to a Wordpress blog, so things will be interesting for me shortly.

I also have a few other projects in mind for the site, nothing to big or shocking, but stay with me on this, I think it's going to be fun.

As for Alanah at VCOE, I wish her well on the move of her site, even though I'm kind of sad she is shutting down the old dog. VCOE was one of the reasons I started blogging in the first place.

I will let you know when the date is near for the inevitable screwup I will make in transferring sites. Thanks for sticking around.

Technorati : Hockey, JAHL, Jerseys, VCOE