Fin

I think it goes without saying that I am disappointed in Providence's 5-4 loss to Portland last night, and thusly, Providence's playoff exit. The disappointment is extra strong because this year, I believed they could have won the Calder Cup if they wanted, because they had all the pieces. I always believe in my team, but this year felt different. This year felt like Their Year. They spent close to two-thirds (or more; my math is shabby and my ability to deal with fractions even shabbier) as the number one team in the league. For the first time that I...

by Heather | 11:28 AM | 3
filed under: 07-08 season || playoffs

OMG Those Bastards Went And Let Portland Take The Lead Banana Bread

note: it is not recommended to photograph things while they are baking. ow. 3/4 cup sugar 6 tablespoons butter, softened. 2 large eggs 1 cup mashed ripe bananas; more if you have aggression to work out because THEY WENT AND LOST THREE CONSECUTIVE GAMES TO PORTLAND, WTF. 1/4 cup cold water. 2 cups all-purpose flour (or 1 cup whole wheat & 1 cup all-purpose) 3/4 teaspoon baking soda 1/2 teaspoon salt pinch of cinnamon Grease and flour a 9x5" bread loaf pan. In a large bowl, beat sugar, butter, and eggs just until blended. Imagine it's someone on Portland. This...

by Heather | 9:34 PM | 0
filed under: 07-08 season || playoffs || providence bruins

Boston's 2007-2008 Season Comes To A Close Leaving Fans Hungry For 2008-2009.

Well another season comes to a close for the Boston Bruins as they fell 5 - 0 to the Montreal Canadiens in Game 7 of Round One of the Stanley Cup Playoffs. Despite the first round elimination however, this team has a lot to be proud of! When the 2007-2008 season began sports analysts never gave this team a fighting chance. They were not expected to play well let alone make it to the playoffs. After taking hits such as losing their star scorer, the team rallied together and posted wins. Enough wins to take them to the playoffs where...

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by Rebecca | 12:27 PM | 0
filed under: 07-08 season || boston bruins

Three down, 13 to go.

Boston bounced back from a deficit to tie the series with Montreal at 3-3. Game 7 is tomorrow night in Montreal. I am not sure I will be able to watch through both eyes at once. Someone once said to me -- when circumstances were eerily similar to this in 2004 -- that rookie goaltenders don't win playoff series. Whether it was a haunting prophecy then or it was just a comment designed to push my buttons because I made it a point to root against the Red Sox that year at every chance I was given (I'm going with...

by Heather | 9:42 PM | 3
filed under: 07-08 season || boston bruins || playoffs || providence bruins

One down; 15 more to go.

Playoffs=mohawks=love!...

by Heather | 11:24 PM | 0
filed under: 07-08 season || playoffs || providence bruins

Playoffs are in the air.

The problem with having a roommate who talks hockey as much as I do is that I don't need to talk about it on the interwebs so much. Regardless of the fact that I haven't been posting pictures (or taking them, really), I have faithfully been going to Friday night games in Providence. It is the one night a (work)week that I do not have to deal with my most favorite by-product of the RI DOT -- the 195/95 interchange. The only other highway I feel this much hate and loathing for during rush hour traffic is Rte 3, from...

by Heather | 11:30 PM | 0
filed under: 07-08 season || playoffs || providence bruins

Yomammaween.

I love this commercial more than I ought to....

by Heather | 7:48 PM | 0
filed under: 07-08 season || miscellaneous

Five things.

2008 has not been a kind year to me thus far, and dealing with the multiple fall-outs has kept me from writing here. I like to maintain my air of mystery, so rather than dwelling on the non-hockey negative, and because I finally have MY COMPUTER back (all hail the baby brother, king of technical computer stuff!) here's five things I've been meaning to talk to you about but have been unable to do so: 5. I have no idea who is even on the Boston team any more. Because when I check out of things, I apparently check out...

by Heather | 10:24 AM | 0
filed under: 07-08 season || providence bruins

How Much Is That Referee On The Blue Line?

Compared to the Providence Bruins game on Sunday vs. the Worcester Sharks, the Super Bowl seemed awfully anticlimactic. Maybe it was because the P-Bruins won and the Pats lost. Maybe it was because unlike the hockey officials, the football officials knew how to call a game! Either way I know that I was content to watch the big game in the comfort of my own home, under the covers with the laptop catching up work and getting my taxes done. Lame...maybe. But when you are always running in different directions, a little down time isn't so bad! The Providence game...

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by Rebecca | 3:01 PM | 2
filed under: 07-08 season || providence bruins

Calling out .. erm, sick?

Internets, January is trying very hard to kick my ass. Know that I am super-proud of Pascal for getting called up (I wish I could have gone to the game), know that Providence did really well last night and that I am so proud and ecstatic that they are continuing to do so well, know that I have about 2 full memory cards' worth of pictures (and that my computer hasn't misbehaved for anyone else) to show you, and know that I plan to be as attentive as possible once I am able to stop having to keep making lemonade...

by Heather | 5:27 PM | 0
filed under: 07-08 season

The good, the bad, and the ugly.

Working backwards, the ugly: Providence has yet to score a single goal this weekend. Worcester handed them a shuto-ut on Friday, which, in turn, handed ME my first loss of the hockey season. On one hand- hey, all the way through the first half of the season before that hit! On the other hand- dang it; that wasn't the auspicious start to 2008 I'd hoped for. Last night, Portland handed Providence ANOTHER shut-out. Opponents: 7, Providence: 0. Goaltender in net for Providence when all seven goals were scored? Rask. I'm just sayin'. The bad: The military jerseys on Friday night....

by Heather | 12:14 PM | 1
filed under: 07-08 season || providence bruins

Boston Bruins 18th Annual Charity Wives' Carnival 2008

The Boston Bruins 18th Annual Charity Wives' Carnival took place at the T.D. Banknorth Garden on January 6, 2008. The funds raised were donated to Cradles to Crayons, a local charity based out of Quincy, MA. Cheri and I had the pleasure of working with members of Cradles to Crayons for the two games prior to the carnival. They were absolutely wonderful people and it was very refreshing to see people so dedicated to helping the less fortunate children all over the state of Massachusetts. The members of Cradles to Crayons work specifically to provide school supplies, winter coats and...

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by Rebecca | 1:39 PM | 5
filed under: 07-08 season || boston bruins || miscellaneous || providence bruins

The weeks are moving too quickly again...

Oh, internets. Being without my very own computer is taking its toll on my delicate psyche, and not just because I haven' t heard head nor tail of what the repairs are going to cost, but because I miss all my files and my programs and my bookmarks. Wireless internet is grand, but I don't mind being tethered to the cable router, because I like my desk. I miss my hard drive, and that is sad. What is NOT sad, not even a little bit, is the fact that Providence is representing with three players at the AHL All-Star game...

by Heather | 8:08 PM | 0
filed under: 07-08 season || ahl news || providence bruins

Happy 2008.

I know I checked out on you for a bit there, internets. I was off making holidays merry, reconnecting with a delightful sense of holiday spirit, and totaling up some personal accomplishments. When I was done with those shenanigans, I came home from gallivanting to discover that while Santa didn't leave the well-deserved lump of old-school coal in my stocking (here I was thinking that I'd dodged a bullet), he'd instead exacted his revenge on my dual-personality year of bad-girl-vs.-good-girl by breaking my computer. It won't turn on, internets, and while I can use the heck out of a running...

by Heather | 12:07 PM | 0
filed under: 07-08 season

Because I'm so proud.

Tonight, Providence played a full sixty minutes and won a hard game from Chicago. Tonight, they improved their record to 19-3-2-0. Tonight, they are the top team in the league. Not the division, not the conference- the league. Regardless of what happens tomorrow, Sunday, or next weekend, tonight -- tonight! -- I am immensely proud of those boys. They're doing good. They're going to go far. They've improved my record to something nuts, like 10-0, but I've lost count. I'm encouraged by their crazy strong start. I'm ... dare I say... lovin' it....

by Heather | 11:22 PM | 1
filed under: 07-08 season || providence bruins

Oh, I'm in a mood.

Oh, where to start, where to start. Do I share with you my rousing rendition of "The 12 Things I Hate about Chiarelli," sung to the melodious tune of "The 12 Days of Christmas"? Do I rant and rant and threaten and rant some more about how Chiarelli traded Nate DiCasmirro, and then had the ...stones (to put it delicately) to assign Manny Fernandez to Providence, where he is going to sully up my pristine, pretty ice (He's going to need more than divine intervention from the heavens above if he mucks around with my pBs' standings and record. In...

by Heather | 6:25 PM | 0
filed under: 07-08 season || boston bruins || providence bruins || transactions

Friday and Saturday, all rolled into one.

Things that need to end with a quickness: 15-minute warmups. What is this, Boston? Things that need to start with a quickness: Some kind of score summary on the Jumbotron at the start of the second and third periods. This weekend, Providence faced two teams we don't hardly ever get to see: the Rockford Ice Hogs (Chicago), and the Rochester Americans (Buffalo & Florida). Friday's game was against Rockford. I have a very bad habit of not knowing who we are playing until I show up at the game, and even then, it's not guaranteed I'll know who we're playing...

by Heather | 10:07 PM | 2
filed under: 07-08 season || notes on the game || providence bruins

Here We Go Again...Bruins vs Flyers

On Monday night the Boston Bruins took on the Philadelphia Flyers at the Wachovia Center in Philadelphia. It was the first time the two teams met since the hit by Randy Jones that has sidelined the Bruins Patrice Bergeron indefinitely. With what I am sure were emotions flying high, the Bruins took the ice with goaltender Tuukka Rask in net. This was Rask's second NHL start, and with a little help from his teammates, his second NHL win. (CONGRATULATIONS!!!!) Alas I did not have the pleasure of watching the game as instead I kidnapped Cheri and took her on an...

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by Rebecca | 3:25 PM | 1
filed under: 07-08 season || boston bruins || notes on the game

Things.

RASK, FERNANDEZ, AND YOU I'd had a fantastic rant all prepared about how blah blah blah, Rask in the NHL is kind of dumb at this point in his career, and didn't you people watch the development of this kid named Andrew Raycroft and how we pretty much screwed him up, and then we repeated the same mistakes with this other kid named Hannu Toivonen, and why do we have to exact the same history on tender goalie prospects and then I took a deep breath. You know what? Good for Rask. The fact that he was called up when...

by Heather | 3:39 PM | 3
filed under: 07-08 season || providence bruins

Pre-Thanksgiving Confessions and Shockers

For starters, CONGRATULATIONS to Tuukka Rask on his first NHL game and his first NHL win. As many of you know, I am a huge Andrew Raycroft fan, and more than that, I am a dedicated fan. If you are someone I respect and admire, and even more if I feel that people are not giving you a chance, I will defend you up and down until I am blue in the face. This has never been more apparent than with Andrew Raycroft. I have taken criticism from friends and strangers alike and while I will never back down on...

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by Rebecca | 1:26 PM | 0
filed under: 07-08 season || boston bruins || providence bruins

Providence 5, Worcester 2.

Yes; Jordan Sigalet started in net. Yes; Jordan played 50 minutes before being escorted off the ice on a stretcher. No; it is still unknown what caused his collapse. Yes; it could be his MS. No; we don't know for sure. No; the internet is not a doctor, and you shouldn't believe all that you read. Yes, you should keep him in your thoughts. More notes on the game later....

by Heather | 11:25 PM | 5
filed under: 07-08 season

Oh, and last night makes me 6-0. If I were any cooler, I'd have to wear shades.

TRANSACTIONS Previously, the Matts Lashoff and Hunwick were both recalled to Boston, and both were returned to Providence in time for the home opener. Phew. I don't know what I would do if I wasn't able to get mad at Lashoff's usually-streaky defensive play. (He made some excellent plays last night, though. Everyone was being a good goalie, which was convenient for Rask.) Rask was recalled from Providence today because -- shocker -- Manny is still broken. Maybe now it's not just me who is seeing the ludicrosity of trading a fantastic, talented prospect (Petr Kalus) for a goaltender who...

by Heather | 9:49 PM | 6
filed under: 07-08 season || boston bruins || providence bruins || transactions

Catching Up....And Venting

So it has been a while since I have written here. I started out this season with good intentions but alas I have fallen down on the job. There are many reasons for this such as the fact that free time does not seem to exist any longer. Between working the Boston Bruins games, working with the Red Sox during the playoffs and all the other fun activities I have been partaking in, there is not even time to sleep. Another contributor is the fact that Providence has yet to have their home opener so I have only been to...

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by Rebecca | 12:20 PM | 1
filed under: 07-08 season || boston bruins

I am cranky cranky crrrranky today.

Today Patrice gave a bilingual press conference on his injury. I didn't say much about it, because, well, I wasn't there. I was taking my nieces back home after the pBruins game in Lowell that Saturday. We got a real-time narration of the events when Jess's mom called her for the FYI. I caught a replay of the hit that night. I read the news, and I was happy that the extent of his injuries was light, all things considered. But I didn't feel it was my place to comment on anything about it, partially because I missed it in...

by Heather | 9:06 PM | 2
filed under: 07-08 season || boston bruins

Wednesday pastiche.

So I get all, "Internets, I'm going to write to you EVERY (week) DAYYYYY this month!" ... and then I disappear. I'm sorry internets. Sometimes life has a way of getting in the way of my hockey addiction. After going to Portland and back on Saturday, I went to Boston on Sunday, because my boys (the Sens, this time) were in town. Unlike Saturday's game, though, Sunday's was a bit of a snoozefest. Providence and Portland both skated and skated hard for 60 minutes on Saturday. On Sunday, not so much with the 60 minutes, at least on Ottawa's part....

by Heather | 11:56 PM | 1
filed under: 07-08 season || boston bruins || notes on the game || ottawa senators || providence bruins

Krejci sent down, Nokelainen called up.

So, no Jason Spezza for the game tonight (I am beginning to feel like this is a personal slight, Jason. Why must you be hurt almost every time I plan to go to the FleetCenter TDBNGarden to see your team live?), and no Dave Krejci- he was sent to Providence last night and Petteri Nokelainen was recalled in his place. Providence's team has gelled together quickly and is doing very well, Chiarelli. Don't. Mess. That. Up. Mike Brown, on recall to Providence because Jordan is on recall to Boston, played for the pBs in net last night. It was his...

by Heather | 10:48 AM | 1
filed under: 07-08 season || transactions

Dear Jason;

Thanks for keeping things consistent, what with the YOU STAYING IN OTTAWA. Love, Heather -- Dear Santa; All that good, all year long, for Jason to STAY IN OTTAWA? Thanks for nothing. The opposite of love, Heather...

by Heather | 10:37 PM | 0
filed under: 07-08 season || ottawa senators

It's November, and I like challenges, part two.

Last November, to combat the guilty feeling of inter-webs avoidance, I participated in NaBloPoMo, the insane activity where bloggers update daily. Since I am battling a similar sense of guilt about avoiding you AGAIN (though, different reasons this time), I am going to try to blog at you at the very least, Monday through Friday. This is cheating, I know, but internets, my weekends, they are unpredictable and adventure-filled. My Mondays through Fridays, though, they're fairly predictable. I know it will be hard to contain the hockey love to the weekdays, and that I will fail at it, but I'm...

by Heather | 7:01 PM | 1
filed under: 07-08 season || miscellaneous

Jordan Sigalet recalled to Boston.

Manny tweaked his knee (yes, that one). I'd say I'm shocked, but it'd be a lie. I am, however, excited for Jordan. -- Last Tuesday, when I was at Celebrity Bartending, my mother left me a voicemail message. Some tickets to the UML game on Friday night had been made available to her. Was I interested in some hockey? Well, of course. This is why I found myself flying at very unsafe speeds up highways to take me from Providence to Lowell's Tsongas Arena on Friday night. I was never into hockey when I was actually in college, and I...

by Heather | 8:11 PM | 1
filed under: 07-08 season || boston bruins || providence bruins || transactions

Photo Friday XIX: Matt Hendricks.

Photo Friday is proving harder and harder with no new pictures. I've gots to get me to some GAMES. Sheesh. I'm almost forgetting what it's like to see hockey, live and in person. Internets, meet Providence's Matt Hendricks, a 26-year-old forward from Blaine, Minnesota: It took an informative, "let's learn about the new guys" Google session for me to realize that hi, he looks familiar to me because of the lock-out. I loved the lockout. I would like THAT back for Christmas. That whole season. I miss so many things about it. Providence beat Lowell Wednesday night, and are now...

by Heather | 7:21 AM | 1
filed under: 07-08 season || photo posts

Providence 2, Manchester 1

Quick notes; details later: Manchester's giveaway tonight was a tiny replica of their Atlantic Conference banner. There was huge fanfare about unveiling it. Sad that it will hang lonely in the rafters for many years to come. I just want to go on record RIGHT NOW and state that those new jerseys? They are some of the ugliest that I have ever seen. Thumbs down for the new jersey design. Blech. Providence scored first, Manchester tied it up. Rask looked pretty solid in net, and if he's going to continue to play this well for the rest of the season,...

by Heather | 11:30 PM | 4
filed under: 07-08 season || manchester monarchs || notes on the game || providence bruins

Catching Up...

Several things to discuss today...though I guess they are all inter-related. On Wednesday evening I was kidnapped and held hostage for the entire evening by a crazy hockey fan. She dragged me at gunpoint (or maybe it was more like a tube of mascara to my head) from my desk at work to the car in which she child proof locked my door so I could not jump out. I was taken from Boston to the University Of Rhode Island where we saw the Providence Bruins take on the Springfield Falcons. When we arrived we were surrounded by other crazy...

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by Rebecca | 2:31 PM | 0
filed under: 07-08 season || providence bruins

Boston trims roster; adds vice-president.

Today, Boston sent Martins Karsums and Tuukka Rask down to Providence. They also named Cam Neely VP. Talk about starting at the top....

by Heather | 7:33 PM | 0
filed under: 07-08 season || boston bruins || providence bruins || transactions

News you can use (or something).

So, yesterday, Boston dropped forward Mikko Lehtonen, defenseman Jonathan Sigalet and center Vladimir Sobotka from camp. Jonathan and Vladimir were assigned to Providence -- and NO, I am NOT UPSET that was AFTER Providence's camp dismissed for the day. Why would I be upset about that? -- and Mikko will return to Espoo of the Finnish Elite League. So, TODAY, my least-favorite day in recent memory, mostly because today is not yesterday and today is not this past Saturday and today is NOT next Saturday, TODAY Boston decided to ice the cake and trade away Mark Mowers (to Anaheim; in...

by Heather | 6:33 PM | 0
filed under: 07-08 season || boston bruins || transactions

Preseason Bruins vs Leafs....Just As I Remembered

So any doubts I had about being ready for hockey season to start...out the window! Any illusions about trying to find a balance between hockey and the rest of the things I have going on...out the window. I am now on a mission to find a way to do it all...and live through it! What has brought about this change in attitude? That would be the head first jump into the hockey world at the Boston Bruins vs Toronto Maple Leafs preseason game. Cheri, Jess S., and I teamed up to work the game where we met up with Jenna...

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by Rebecca | 11:19 AM | 0
filed under: 07-08 season || boston bruins || notes on the game

Boston makes more cuts.

Boston, they made some more cuts today. This is exciting for me because it means that I will not be seeing just four or five guys skate drills at pB camp tomorrow. Guys sent to Providence today: Byron Bitz, Sean Curry, Nate DiCasmirro, Matt Hendricks, Adam McQuaid, Pascal Pelletier, Wacey Rabbit, Jordan Sigalet, and T.J. Trevelyan. They join Dwayne Zinger, Jamison Orr, Alexandre Imbeault, Mark Tobin, B.J. Crum, Bill LeClerc, Steve MacIntyre, Daryl Boyle, Reid Jorgensen, Chris Collins, and Mike Brown. The number of boys I will recognize at pB camp: 12 of 20. That's more than 50%. I suppose...

by Heather | 8:22 PM | 0
filed under: 07-08 season || boston bruins || providence bruins || transactions

Providence invites some boys to camp.

Providence has released their training camp schedule. pB camp opens this Saturday at the Rhode Island Sports Center on Rte. 146 in North Smithfield, RI. You can find the camp schedule here. They've also invited six more boys to camp: Alexandre Imbeault, Mark Tobin, B.J. Crum, Bill LeClerc, Steve MacIntyre and Dwayne Zinger. Of that list, Mark Tobin was invited to camp last year. He saw time in Long Beach with the Ice Dogs. Bill LeClerc played a few games with Providence. Dwayne signed- and played- with Providence all last season. He's signed another contract with Providence and will return...

by Heather | 9:14 PM | 0
filed under: 07-08 season || providence bruins

Training camp: news and notes.

Boston dismissed the following gentlemen from camp. They will rejoin their junior teams: Jordan Knackstedt (Moose Jaw - WHL), Denis Reul (Lewiston MAINEiacs - QMJHL), Radim Ostrcil (Ottawa 67's - OHL), and Adam Courchaine (Ottawa 67's - OHL). Boston dismissed the following gentlemen from camp, and Providence invited them to theirs: Daryl Boyle, Reid Jorgensen, and Jamison Orr (former Bruin Colton Orr's baby brother). Boston assigned the following gentlemen to Providence camp: Chris Collins and Mike Brown. Providence opens their camp September 22. The following boys made the trip to Newfoundland for the preseason game against the Islanders: Peter Schaefer,...

by Heather | 9:59 PM | 0
filed under: 07-08 season || boston bruins || notes on the game || providence bruins

Training camp: observations.

I love the whole hockey season, from start to finish, but if I had to, absolutely HAD to pick, I would pick training camp as my most favorite part. The reasons why are varied, and they bounce from it being the first live hockey after a long hiatus, to being so full of potential and hope for the season ahead that it's just bursting at the seams with all the possibilities, to just pure joy that one of my most favorite things to watch is back and here for my taking. That said, one of the most difficult parts of...

by Heather | 7:19 PM | 0
filed under: 07-08 season