In loving memory of my mum who passed away on April 2, 2010

This little angel bear sat on my mum's sidetable in the hospital to watch over her, I lit this candle last night and the Habs won. A new ritual is born.


My sweet mum passed away peacefully on Friday afternoon. Being a church going Catholic her entire life, she now has bragging rights that she and Jesus departed this earth on the same day.  She'll be more than happy to share that with her sister who predeceased her by ten months, the ongoing sibling rivalry can pick up where it left off. 

Mum had been in the hospital for the better part of three months, she missed Christmas with us, her presents are still wrapped, we were hoping at some point she would have been well enough to have a mini-Christmas celebration, but it was not to be.  My best recent memory was the two of us watching the Habs centennial celebration on Dec. 4th, she really enjoyed seeing all the old players and shed a few tears when Elmer and Butch's jerseys were retired. We had a nice dinner that  night and were looking forward to Christmas.

Rest in peace mum, I'll miss you very  much, but I know you'll be in good company; reunited with Dad, along with your brother and two sisters, and your favorite  hockey player of all time, the Rocket.

In loving memory of my mum who passed away on April 2, 2010

This little angel bear sat on my mum's sidetable in the hospital to watch over her, I lit this candle last night and the Habs won. A new ritual is born.


My sweet mum passed away peacefully on Friday afternoon. Being a church going Catholic her entire life, she now has bragging rights that she and Jesus departed this earth on the same day.  She'll be more than happy to share that with her sister who predeceased her by ten months, the ongoing sibling rivalry can pick up where it left off. 

Mum had been in the hospital for the better part of three months, she missed Christmas with us, her presents are still wrapped, we were hoping at some point she would have been well enough to have a mini-Christmas celebration, but it was not to be.  My best recent memory was the two of us watching the Habs centennial celebration on Dec. 4th, she really enjoyed seeing all the old players and shed a few tears when Elmer and Butch's jerseys were retired. We had a nice dinner that  night and were looking forward to Christmas.

Rest in peace mum, I'll miss you very  much, but I know you'll be in good company; reunited with Dad, along with your brother and two sisters, and your favorite  hockey player of all time, the Rocket.

One step forward, two steps back.......

Can't we just get enough wins to clinch a playoff spot? Is that asking too much?  Obviously, yes it is.

The best part about last night was this,

The best smoked meat in town courtesy of Smoked Meat Pete

On the other hand, Pete's logo may have played a part in jinxing the Habs

Whatever.  I'm not going on and on about it, let the chips (or fries) fall where they may; there's not a damn thing we can do about it.  In the meantime I'll just keep stuffing my face with delicious food and leave the hockey up to them.  It won't help my waistline, but at least my sanity will remain intact.

One step forward, two steps back.......

Can't we just get enough wins to clinch a playoff spot? Is that asking too much?  Obviously, yes it is.

The best part about last night was this,

The best smoked meat in town courtesy of Smoked Meat Pete

On the other hand, Pete's logo may have played a part in jinxing the Habs

Whatever.  I'm not going on and on about it, let the chips (or fries) fall where they may; there's not a damn thing we can do about it.  In the meantime I'll just keep stuffing my face with delicious food and leave the hockey up to them.  It won't help my waistline, but at least my sanity will remain intact.

Cursed?

Halak's grandmother with Carey Price voodoo doll

Cursed?

Halak's grandmother with Carey Price voodoo doll

Sniffs of spring........

You know, the usual stuff, dog poop and playoffs.  Speaking of dog poop, we lost to the Leafs in overtime last night mainly because of our stinking power play.  I was watching the game with Mr. Moey and at one point while I was in mid yap and not paying attention he tells me one of our guys was hit in the face with a stick and we were on a four minute power play.  The first thing that came out of my mouth was that I hoped it was Maxim Lapierre.  No offense to Lapierre but he is expendable and not exactly an important piece of the puzzle.  A few minutes later there was a closeup of Max's mug and it was evident that his chops were on the receiving end of someone's stick. A couple of stitches with a shot of whiskey and he'll be fine.   What's up with Max this year?  He was the winner of the Jacques Beauchamp Molson trophy for the 2008/9 season (unsung hero award) but so far he's been useless.  Maybe he's saving up all his energy for the playoffs?  What's more concerning is that it's becoming more and more evident that Mr.Moey has chosen the lesser of two evils; watching hockey has become preferable to listening to me yap.

We could have used the two points, but to be honest the fact that Markov emerged unscathed was much more important to me.  I'm waiting for the fallout on the Team 990 tomorrow morning, when we're on a winning streak we've practically won the Stanley Cup; lose one and the sky is falling, we're too small, not tough enough, the power play is terrible, yada yada yada.  Such highs and lows, enough to make you seasick.

In any case, the boys better smarten up for Monday night's meeting with the Sens.  It's a four pointer, so no excuses and hopefully Bambi (MAB) will be back in the lineup and manning the point on the PP.  The return of Cammy can't be too far off either but it may take a couple of games for him to get his timing back.

I guess we'll be seeing Price in nets at some point this week, maybe against the Panthers, it's going to take a few days to clear the cobwebs off of him.  The spiders will be raging, they've all but completed the penthouse on the condominium complex.