Sunday, April 11, 2010
Last Thrashers Game 2009-2010 Season
Last night was the Thrashers last game of the season. It was a great game to end the season. We played the Pittsburgh Penguins. Not only did we win, it was a shut-out. Then there were the fights. There was a so-so one with Boulton. He had a few good punches. THE fight was Kane and Cook. I think it took one good punch and Kane K.O'd Cooke. Cooke hit the ice HARD. They brought the stretcher out but he eventually skated off the ice himself. Here is an awesome picture from a Thrasher's fan of the Kane punch...
We had a good crew at the game. There was Darrell, Jesse, Josh, Kyle, Zach, Steve, Liz, Joel, de-Tag, Valorie and me. I also got to see Steve P., Joe P, Alex and Jay at the game.
This was Valorie's first hockey game and I think we have a fan.
We started out the night at Taco Mac. It was Steve's (Darrell's brother) birthday. Taco Mac has a sweet set-up. There is an entrance from Taco Mac to Philips Arena and you can actually take a to-go drink into the arena (non-alcoholic). Dinner was quick for Valorie and me since it took a while to get seated. I wanted her to see the warm-up down near the glass.
After warm up's we headed up to the seats. There was a 50% off on jersey's so Darrell picked him up a new blue jersey and he got me a yellow practice jersey. I had been looking at them all year.
It was a great game to watch and there was much fun to be had...
Josh's Thrashers Mullet wig made the rounds...
The whole gang!
Sunday, March 28, 2010
A Musical with more Hockey....
The past week has been busy as usual.
Last Tuesday it was THE hockey game - Thrashers vs. Bruins. Bruins were in the last playoff spot and the Thrashers were only 3 points behind them. If we could win this game, we had a real shot of making the playoffs.
And, we lost. It was a horrible game. Not only did we loose but it was a shutout. We didn't even score. We were not a happy group.
Friday night I had a sleep study at the hospital. Have you ever had a sleep study? It is not conducive to sleep. I arrived around 9p and was taken up to the Sleep Lab at 9:30p. At 10:15p, the tech came in to get me hooked up to 'everything' and I do mean 'everything'. Six leads (read as wires) to the head (read as in the hair - with an adhesive that resembled styling gel with crazy glue), six leads on the face, two leads on the chest and two leads on each leg. You would think that would be enough but noooooooo. Then they place two respiratory belts and two, yes two, nasal cannula's. Then they tell you that sleeping on your stomach is not allowed. After all of that, the tech flips off the light and says "Sleep tight." Right......
Anywho, I slept some and it's over now. I really hope I don't have to endure that again.
Sunday, Darrell, Jesse and I headed over to Chapel Hill High School in Douglasville to see Joey in 'Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat'. It was a fantastic production. Joey played the Pharaoh a la' Elvis.
Here is a clip. It was done with my cell phone so it's not the best quality but you get the idea...
We were lucky enough to go to the same performance as the Hanson's so we were able to have dinner with old friends after the play... Bonus!!!
Monday, March 22, 2010
Thrashers Hockey Catch-Up!!
Lately, it seems like I am consistently running 2-3 weeks behind in everything except the Blog. That is more like 4-6 weeks behind!
I know the last few entries have been ‘bundle’ entries with several events being covered. Well, this one will be no different. In fact, it will have a slew of events covered. Sorry, but this is going to be a long post.
Well, after the last entry, it was all about Olympic hockey, specifically men’s hockey. While there were no Thrashers on the USA team, they were represented on several other teams. Ilya Kovalchuk played for Russia, Tobias Enstrom represented on the Team Sweden and both Ondrey Pavelec and Pavel Kubina both played for the Czech Republic. Even though I am a die-hard Thrasher’s fan, I admit I did become a bit of a Ryan Miller fan too. He is an amazing Goalie!
After the Olympics, I began a whirlwind of Thrashers games. They started off O.K. but then it turned pretty bad with a loosing streak that did not want to stop.
March 2 – Panthers v. Thrashers – WE WON!
March 7 – Hurricanes v. Thrashers - Not so great...
March 12 – Rangers v. Thrashers - Really not so great...
March 14 – Coyotes v. Thrashers - Lost in the Shoot Out.
Then there was the Sabres game on March 16th. Walking around, I think there were more Sabres fans in attendance than Thrasher fans but that was OK.
Something that night changed and while I’m not sure what it was, I liked it. My theory is that Mike attended the game with us… as a Sabres fan. Mike is a great guy, he just happens to be a Sabres fan. For the past few years, he and his wife have always sat with us at the Sabres-Thrashers game. Every game he has come too, the Thrashers have won. I consider him my own little twisted good luck charm. Don’t worry Mike, we’ll make sure you and Melissa have tickets for next year’s game.
(Quick Note: A ‘bucket’ is a helmet; specifically a Star Wars costume helmet like a Stormtrooper or Darth Vader. Just so the rest all makes sense)
Also, it was a bucket night for Zach (and Steve so Zach wouldn’t be alone). The official ‘Bucket Night’ was the following Saturday, Mar 20th against the Flyers. Since Zach had to go out of town that weekend, he decided to have his own bucket night before he left Atlanta.
We arrived at the game early and decided to get some pictures of Zach down by the ice. We picked a spot near the tunnel where the players exit to the bench. I had never been able to wait there before. It was usually too crowded. Guess that’s what a losing streak will do for attendance. Anyhow, as we were waiting, the SportSouth camera man was setting up to film the team’s entrance to the ice when he spotted Zach. He asked Zach to hold one of the Thrasher’s hockey pucks and point to it. It was a quick shot. We really didn’t know if they would use it and were ecstatic when we watched the game later on Tivo to see Zach right after the 1st period. Here is the clip:
It was also some of the best player photos I have been able to take. Here is my favorite of Eric Boulton.
Of course, the most exciting thing for me was hanging my hand down and getting the fist bumps from the players as they went back to the locker room. I know it’s silly but I loved it!
Zach and Steve made the jumbotron in their buckets but it was so quick, I couldn’t get a picture of it. The best part of the night – WE WON!!!! The loosing streak was over! It was a beautiful thing.
The next game was March 20th against the Flyers – The Official Bucket Night 2010.
Earlier on game day, BenThrashers had put out a Tweet (yes, I love Twitter) that Hedberg was in Goal that night. Since I had made a special Star Wars related hockey sign just for him, I was excited. I replied to BenThrashers that “we would have 7 Thrasher lovin’ Troopers and Darth Vader at the game that night.” He retweeted the message to all of his followers. I was really getting excited about the game. At the last minute we heard from Zach. He was coming back from his trip early and was heading straight from the airport to the game on Marta. We had a ticket waiting for him.
Again, we arrived early and to a huge crowd for a nice change. The gang convened at our seats in section 309. We had me, deTag, Liz, Darrell as a Republic Commando, Steve as a Biker Scout, Josh as Vader, and Alex, Jesse, Kyle and Zach as Stormtroopers. At this point in the evening, my main focus was photos and some video.
All I can say was it was AWESOME! First and foremost, we won the game. Lots of people came down to our seats for pictures – just as many adults as kids – gotta love that! The guys made the jumbotron TWICE! I was able to catch it the first time. I turned on the video as soon as I heard the Imperial March start playing…..
The second time was so unexpected and I didn’t have the camera ready.
After we got home, I received an email from Steve stating we had made SportSouth again. I pulled up the TIVO and sure enough, there we were. They caught at an awkward moment. Not everyone had their bucket on. It was between the 2nd and 3rd period. We were watching Thrash shoot his t-shirt cannon.
Liz had brought her puppet Frash to the game. Everyone loves Frash. He is this awesome bird puppet she has made just for the Thrashers games. He got his own little blip on TV during the ‘Final Take’ that is shown after ‘Thrasher’s Live’.
So, as you can tell, Bucket night was a huge success.
Monday, February 8, 2010
HOCKEY!
It is that time of the year. The time we start attending those beloved hockey games. This is just a quick catch-up.
We went and saw the Thrashers v. Hurricanes back on Jan 21st. Thrashers lost. It was a sad night.
Then we had the opportunity to see the Thrashers play the Ducks on Jan 26th. A much better game. Thrashers won!
I also had an opportunity to get near the ice for warm ups.....
What brought on a post about hockey? Well, I was going through a bunch of old stuff today and came across this awesome cartoon. I just had to share it, along with all my other other recent hockey pix!
Saturday, January 30, 2010
Thrasherman at DragonCon 2009
This is AWESOME! My buddy Zach over at Hockey Cop turned me on to this video. I wish I would have run into him last year. If I'm lucky, maybe he'll be back this year!
Sunday, April 12, 2009
Thrasher vs. Tampa Bay
It was the last game of the season so we decided to make it count. We arrived early and I was able to down and take some more snapshot pictures - after all it was my last chance for the season.
The guys also decided to see the season out with style. Darrell brought his RC bucket, Steve brought his Biker Scout and Kyle had a Stormtrooper. They even made the Jumbotron!!
Not to be out done, Liz brought her newly created and Thrasher inspired puppet 'Frash'. He was a huge hit with several people wanting pictures with him. Frash also made the Jumbotron!
Guess who I ran into (OK, I knew he was going) at the game, one of my dear H2 Bunny Crew- Brandon!
Of course, we stomped Tampa Bay 6-2.
And always, I leave with a group picture: Darrell, Kyle, deTag, Steve, Frash and Liz!
And the last message on the Jumbotron that night...
I took a couple of videos as well, they are under the 'read more >>>'
Star Wars Guys
Frash
Rabid Fan
And the Official Thrashers Fan Appreciation Video...
Friday, April 10, 2009
Thrashers v. Panthers
Headed down to Philips Arena last night for the Thrashers v. Panthers game. Thanks to my brother-in-law, we had the most amazing seats about 8 rows off the ice.
Alex rode with me and Darrell. We arrived at tad early and decided to wander through the CNN/Cartoon Network Store. Alex made some special friends...
We met Steve, Josh, Jay and his lovely wife Liz at the CNN Center Food Court. The Kuipers, unfortunately, had to bow out. This left us with some extra seats and since I just got a new snapshot camera, I took a seat to the back and away from everyone so I could snap to my hearts content.
Here are some random shots...
It was a night to see old friends. Not only had it been forever since I had seen Jay but the Hanson's were there as well. It was great to visit with Maria and Dave and see Amelia. She is getting tall. We were going to invite them to sit with us but seeing that they were only three rows off the ice that didn't happen.
While I was away visiting the cat did play. Here are some pictures of Darrell and his date - I mean dates...
It was a great night, even if we didn't win but Kolvy gave us one hell of a good, all be it short, fight. The fight is about one minute into the video...
And I'll end with the traditional group shot.
Fantastic Night!
Wednesday, April 8, 2009
Thrashers vs. Capitals
We didn't win but this video on the jumbo-tron was priceless!!
If the video is being uncooperative (Vermithrax :), go visit
Bad Hockey Commercials on the Thrasher's website!
Saturday, April 4, 2009
Thrashers vs. Buffalo
Last Wednesday, on April 1st, a group of us headed down to Philips area for the Thrashers vs. Buffalo game. It was Kyle, Deneen, K, deTag, Steve, Mike, Melissa, Josh, Kristen, Darrell and me. It was a fantastic game and an amazing win! The winning goal came in the last 30 seconds of OT. The fact that we had some truly obnoxious Buffalo fans (definitely not Mike or Melissa) around us just made the win that much sweeter!
Here is part of the celebrating crew...
Sunday, March 8, 2009
Thrashers vs. Calgary Flames
Steve, Liz, deTag, Kyle, Darrell, Zach and I went to the hockey game this afternoon. It was a great game on so many levels.
First, today all the 'extras' of the game focused on kids. The game questions where geared toward kids, there was a kids hockey game between periods (they were as young as 4!) and they even brought in some junior versions of Thrash and his Handler....
Steve and Liz WON the 50-50 Raffle worth $1,600+ dollars AND the Thrashers won the game!
It was an awesome afternoon...
The best was deTag's 'McCreary Shuffle', even though this really does not do it justice....
