Ducks Gameday -- Hittin' the Blooze
Anaheim Ducks (23-21-7, 11th in west) at St. Louis Blues (22-21-7, 13th in west), 5 pm
Anaheim Calling or St. Louis Game Time for some actual hockey talk.
It's a lazy Saturday and I don't feel like writing very much today. However, I did get my act together to draw up a few player-nickname pictures for a few players that haven't received much Sleek-art attention -- namely Sheldon Brookbank, Dan Sexton (nickname rationalization here), and Matt Beleskey (thanks to Kent at M&G for the idea). I've used these nicknames in the past -- now I just have 'em in graphic form. Enjoy!
Prediction: I should be around for gametime; stop on by and hang out in the comments. Ducks 3, Blues 2. Goals, naturally, by the three profiled above.
Go Ducks.
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OMG! The hound of Beleskeyville…the picture couldn’t be any more perfect!
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Yeah, I like how the first and third worked out, though it’s an obnoxious time of year to search for Sherlock Holmes images. Not so sure on the necessity of the Sex Offender image, though — a mug shot’s just as effective.
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by Earl Sleek on Jan 23, 2010 1:58 PM PST via mobile up reply actions
a mug shot’s just as effective
HAHA! totally!
The first one is just disturbing…Whitney…ugh.
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Seconding the kudos on that HoB graphic. Thanks to Earl for wading through all the recent Robert Downey Jr. crap to find this gem.
Ryan Getzlaf is the dumbest hockey player in the NHL, how is he Holmes? Niedermayer would have been more appropriate.
…Although, I guess Getzlaf would work as Holmes if Perry were Irene Adler.
The West Coast is the Best Coast.
Expected lines for tonight, courtesy of OC Register’s Ducks Blog. Jonas Hiller gets the nod in net.
Matt Beleskey – Ryan Getzlaf – Corey Perry
Bobby Ryan – Petteri Nokelainen – Dan Sexton
Todd Marchant – Kyle Chipchura – Troy Bodie
Evgeny Artyukhin – Ryan Carter – Mike Brown (the “ABC Line”)
Scott Niedermayer – James Wisniewski
Ryan Whitney – Steve Eminger
Nick Boynton – Sheldon Brookbank
So maybe it should’ve been Boynton in that Brookbank Mountain poster, but I don’t know if I could cast him in a romantic role.
http://www.battleofcali.com/
Carlyle knows that even a decisive #1 goalie needs days off, right? This is like Hiller’s 14th game in a row.
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Back in 07-08, I think Nabokov started something like 42 in a row for the Sharks before he got a night off. So he scoffs at 14.
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Nah…I think of the options, Whitney was unfortunately the way to go. Brookbank was covering Whitney’s ass when he came back into the lineup originally.
I suppose I could have come up with a better choice of words for all of that – but then, that’s what makes it all the more…um…fitting.
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I’m in Washington DC right now at the Caps vs Coyotes. Just wanted to stop by to say Go Ducks. P.S. There are maybe 5 people in this fucking arena not wearing Ovechkin jerseys. Me, my girlfriend, and my Dad being three of them.
by JohnQPhats on Jan 23, 2010 3:42 PM PST via mobile reply actions
just wait until the start printing his name on the front of the jerseys…
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You have no idea. I’ve got a pic for you guys when I get home. =P
by JohnQPhats on Jan 23, 2010 7:19 PM PST via mobile up reply actions
It just seems like we’re going for very weird or unlikely plays — not how I’d hope to bust a PP slump.
http://www.battleofcali.com/
Yeah, but they still managed to put some decent pressure on. Baby steps? That first unit was on the ice for like a minute and a half.
I thought they were working on it? It looked the same to me.
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It’s just stuff like Perry needing to barely get a stick on a puck in the neutral zone to make sure that Getzlaf isn’t passing straight to a St. Louis Blue — it worked out that time, barely, but why is that pass even happening?
http://www.battleofcali.com/
The Ducks look good so far
just can’t get something into the back of the net yet.
by PhantomPretender on Jan 23, 2010 5:22 PM PST reply actions
Yeah — for some people when they hit the post, you think “aw, how unlucky”, but when you see that it was Marchant, you think, “how lucky Marchant got that even near the net”. :)
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So true
I’m sure even Marchant was pleasantly surprised
by PhantomPretender on Jan 23, 2010 5:35 PM PST up reply actions
Bad goal by Jonas
Totally caught him off-guard.
by PhantomPretender on Jan 23, 2010 6:01 PM PST reply actions
Well, Ducks getting a power play, it seems. It still gets me marginally excited.
http://www.battleofcali.com/
All I think on a PP now
is how are we going to give up a shorty?
by PhantomPretender on Jan 23, 2010 6:05 PM PST up reply actions
Whitney faiiled to hold a puck in the offensive zone?
I’m stunned, absolutely stunned.
by PhantomPretender on Jan 23, 2010 6:08 PM PST reply actions
You know
it would be nice if our D-men could at least hit the crease on their point shots during the PP. That would help a lot.
by PhantomPretender on Jan 23, 2010 6:09 PM PST reply actions
I’m scared to contrast this power play with ours — they may want to score!
http://www.battleofcali.com/
After a few games of 5 goals
the scoring has certainly dried up over the last 90 minutes of hockey.
by PhantomPretender on Jan 23, 2010 6:21 PM PST reply actions
Good thing Getzy Potter was just hanging around watching that all unfold.
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Prediction:
We’ll finally turn it on, show some fire, draw within one goal, then give up an empty-netter to lose by two.
by PhantomPretender on Jan 23, 2010 6:26 PM PST reply actions
Seen this one before?
I might be surprised if we score one this game — looking consistently a step behind, and Mason might have one good save in him this game.
http://www.battleofcali.com/
Unfortunately
I cannot argue with any of this.
by PhantomPretender on Jan 23, 2010 6:28 PM PST up reply actions
Well at least that was toward the goalie.
by PhantomPretender on Jan 23, 2010 6:33 PM PST reply actions
Anyone else find
the Blues’ choice of music interesting? It’s all super alternative/indie whereas Anaheim tends to be much more hard rock.
by PhantomPretender on Jan 23, 2010 6:55 PM PST reply actions
Yeah I even hear Slipknot played occasionally at Honda, to my liking. I did notice St Louis had something peculiar about their music, too.
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As a fan of indy/alt music
I like it. As a hockey fan, I don’t.
by PhantomPretender on Jan 23, 2010 6:58 PM PST up reply actions
This game is officially over
Our defense has completely broken down on every goal.
by PhantomPretender on Jan 23, 2010 6:56 PM PST reply actions
The only thing that would make this decision any more final would be if St. Louis agreed to play the rest of the game a man down.
http://www.battleofcali.com/
Or if two guys
fall down on a play.
by PhantomPretender on Jan 23, 2010 6:59 PM PST up reply actions
And a -3 for the top line. OK, I’m probably taking off for drinking early tonight.
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WTF!
There’s gotta be a penalty for a guy raping Bobby there?
by PhantomPretender on Jan 23, 2010 7:03 PM PST reply actions
Or at least a team response. Did B-Ry’s teammates forget that they’re the Ducks and overreact to much less than that?
http://www.battleofcali.com/
Especially when the dude slashes
B-Ry’s helmet off. I’ll take a roughing penalty as a response here.
by PhantomPretender on Jan 23, 2010 7:06 PM PST up reply actions
c'mon sleek
you know that jersey number’s cursed. he’s got to fend for himself, and hope alexander korolyuk doesn’t throw back
by Arthur from Anaheim Calling on Jan 23, 2010 7:18 PM PST up reply actions
Such a nice play
Even if it just gets Oshie the game winner, it was pretty.
by PhantomPretender on Jan 23, 2010 7:14 PM PST up reply actions
Please make a game out of this
and score again guys.
by PhantomPretender on Jan 23, 2010 7:13 PM PST reply actions
MIRACLE!!!
BawooooooooooOOOOOOOOOO!!!!
(That was in honor of Beleskey in front of the net, though he probably didn’t score it).
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Oh man
the Blues fans booing the shit out of their team. Ouch.
by PhantomPretender on Jan 23, 2010 7:28 PM PST reply actions
First time all year
pulling the goalie has worked right?
by PhantomPretender on Jan 23, 2010 7:29 PM PST reply actions
Could be — I thought they had pulled it off in the Dallas comeback but apparently Giguere was still in net. I’ll look it up later (probably tomorrow).
http://www.battleofcali.com/
Game #4 of the season in Boston, Teemu Selanne scored a tying goal with 16 seconds left in regulation and Hiller on the bench.
But yeah, I think this is the first time since then (not counting stuff like delayed penalties).
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Ahh
I was in Vegas for that game. Teemu won me a bet by scoring that goal and then scoring in the SO
by PhantomPretender on Jan 23, 2010 7:38 PM PST up reply actions
I think we should throw the Hound and the Offender out there for the SO! Why not? Sherlock and Watson have been terrible this season
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Getz and Perry
apparently sick of getting shit from everyone about SO.
by PhantomPretender on Jan 23, 2010 7:41 PM PST reply actions
He looked great on that shot too
Second time this year we’ve overcome a 3-goal deficit. Nice.
by PhantomPretender on Jan 23, 2010 7:48 PM PST up reply actions
This whole game has been one huge elaborate prank, but thankfully I fell for it.
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Seriously
they deserve to win in San Jose and lose. They deserve to lose tonight and win.
by PhantomPretender on Jan 23, 2010 7:50 PM PST up reply actions
Yikes, HD doesn’t do Bobby – or an orange Ahlers – any justice!
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Haha, or maybe too much justice? At least in the case of Ahlers?
I can’t tell, GCL cuts off right after the game’s over.
Ahlers
alhers on my shit list for “look out. cook out”
unless he cures cancer or somthing hell forever stay on that list
I usually end up doing somthing stupid...count on it
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by SPADE-IN-VICTORHELL on Jan 25, 2010 8:09 AM PST up reply actions
Now when it comes to superstitions, I’m sort of the anti-Mike-Chen, but it is worth noting that after the Ducks went down 3-0 in tonight’s game I did go change out of the HEIL HILLER shirt to more drinking-appropriate attire. Now I have to decide if I’m ever wearing that classic shirt again — damn you, superstitions!
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State rape time
The Sabers were 9-0-1 against the west before they came to CA.
They’re now 9-2-2.
Good job CA.
"Douglas Murray is a humongous human being." – Drew Remenda
You know, I would have gladly passed on the state rape and let them beat the Kings.
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The Sabres were 9-0-1 against the west before they came to CA.
They’re now 9-2-2.
Good enough reason for me, though I already drew this one a while ago — New York’s a bit of a tricky state with its similar tri-team format.
Jan. 19 – Ducks 5, Sabres 4
Jan. 21 – Kings 4, Sabres 3 (SO)
Jan. 23 – Sharks 5, Sabres 2
Battle of California 13, Sabres 9

“Thank you, come again.”
http://www.battleofcali.com/
"Thank you, come again."
im imagining this with an “aboo” accent (i dont know how to spell his name)
hahahahahahahahahahaha…i cant stop luaghing serriously
I usually end up doing somthing stupid...count on it
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by SPADE-IN-VICTORHELL on Jan 24, 2010 10:30 AM PST up reply actions
Incidentally, I was looking through some blog statistics recently, and noticed we were getting a bit of traffic from something called tvtropes.org, which is some sort of wikipedia or something.
At any rate, I went searching around their site and found a link in their section “Rape As Comedy” — if you click on this link, then click on the “Unfiled Examples”, you can find BoC listed among today’s cultural influences — at least the ones that take a lighter approach to the topic of rape:
The Battle of California blog had a cartoon involving state-to-state rape.
Huzzah!
http://www.battleofcali.com/
I know — seeing that list, State Rape doesn’t seem edgy at all. Maybe if it was about raping a corpse of a state…
http://www.battleofcali.com/
Haha, TV Tropes. I’m actually quoted in their page about Real Person Fiction. California hockey is slowly taking over the pop culture world! Haha.
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Awesome
Thanks Sleek.
Hasn’t been enough of this this year.
"Douglas Murray is a humongous human being." – Drew Remenda
+1
I usually end up doing somthing stupid...count on it
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by SPADE-IN-VICTORHELL on Jan 25, 2010 6:39 AM PST up reply actions
Seriously, you have no idea how encouraging that preview is for me — a plane gets hit with two missiles and nobody dies (maybe)? Hell yes.
Now I just need to see how Liam Neeson looks in his “Mr. Lee” costume and how the new B.A. Baracus looks with fluorescent pink socks over his overalls. Plus: Not nearly enough gold!
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I was sold
When the parachuting tank hatch pops open and murdoc gets on the the gun and shoots down the attacking plane.
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whats this about anyways?
I usually end up doing somthing stupid...count on it
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by SPADE-IN-VICTORHELL on Jan 25, 2010 7:43 AM PST up reply actions
duh…i rememeber now..grace rocks
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by SPADE-IN-VICTORHELL on Jan 25, 2010 7:58 AM PST up reply actions
the fact your nuerotic about it adds to enjoyment of this great blog…i like the fact the insane ward of Boc is growing everyday…..thats a compliment if u can belive it
I usually end up doing somthing stupid...count on it
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by SPADE-IN-VICTORHELL on Jan 25, 2010 8:48 AM PST up reply actions
Hey! I caught that “particularly”! And see, it’s not just me. Or maybe it is, and tu madre just felt sorry for me.
Now nobody is going to believe me when I say that I didn’t even notice that this thread was sitting at 199 (before tu madre posted).
One out of four people are clinically crazy. Take a look at your three best friends, if they’re fine, then it must be you.
es muy caliente.
i dunno i got a buddy as loco as me..he worse though hes a big time conspiracy therorist…
I usually end up doing somthing stupid...count on it
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by SPADE-IN-VICTORHELL on Jan 25, 2010 10:24 AM PST up reply actions
I’ve got a buddy like that too. I find myself shaking my head and telling him to shut up quite often.
NO THE WORLD IS NOT ENDIND IN 2012.
es muy caliente.
hell argue to no end…its a waste of time to even engage him…but damn hes the coolest to party with..
my other best friend is also a weirdo..right now hes lost in the space time continumum or whatver thats called..hes like a comet only comes around every so often…hell drop a nugget like “a skeleton walks into a bar and orders a beer and a mop” then gets lost for months…u can never get a hold of him..he only contacts you…that guy is a phsyco..one time we couldnt get into an apartment complex that had one of those metal rolling gates…he gets out of the car…runs and jumpkicks the gate..the gate comdically swayed back and forth when he kicked it…the manager comes out and screams at him…it was one of the funniset things i ever saw..especally the way the gate flopped around
as far as the other friend “the conspirist)..he likes to yell at pedestrians and bicylist as he drives by..(yea hes that asshole)…once he yelled at a bicyclist…a block later we pull into a starbucks drive thru..and the bicyclist rides by and sees us…he gives my bud the bird and yells somthing..”mike my bud" yells out what?..and jumps out his truck…leaps like a hurdler in the olmpics over a couplce bushes and runs straight for the guy…the guy without saying anything…scurries off..after getting an frappacino…we harass the guy..he tried to hide behind a column..then tries to act like hes calling the police..etc..it was hilarious…
i love my friends
so out of my 3 best friends two are nutjobs only one is sane…so i got your math in reverese….i know your all thinkin this might explain a couple things
I usually end up doing somthing stupid...count on it
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by SPADE-IN-VICTORHELL on Jan 25, 2010 10:43 AM PST up reply actions
he likes to yell at pedestrians and bicylist as he drives by..(yea hes that asshole)…
try this one. its funny and harmless. yell to pedestrians " Hey you dropped something", they’ll look around like idiots and you get to point and laugh.
es muy caliente.
word to the wise..dont be a pedastrian if you can help it..ive also been on a late nite water balloon throwing spree….i think i after that i realized i was going to hell and there was no turning back…i wont go into the details but to say was probally one of my more darker hours
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by SPADE-IN-VICTORHELL on Jan 25, 2010 11:14 AM PST up reply actions
haha when I was 16 my buddy’s mom gave us a bunch of stale rolls. we drove around throwing them at pedestrians. We came up to a red light and were in the left hand turning lane. there was a car next to us with the window down ( i was sitting shotgun). I hucked the rock hard roll at him and hit him square in the face. He chaced us down (my buddy who was driving paniced and almost crashed his car into a house)and he caught us. He was raging pissed and took down the license plate number. He pressed charges. I awoke to my mom yelling “why the hell are the cops here son?”
That was my first trip to court. You woulda thought I would learn, but it turns out I was kind of a dumbshit adolescent. I still owe the state of california 8, 000 and am on informal probation for 3 years (not for the roll incident). funny story turned sad and depressing, why did I write this.
es muy caliente.
one word…“therapy”…
and to warn others not to…all jokes aside…was pretty stupid on our parts
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by SPADE-IN-VICTORHELL on Jan 25, 2010 1:25 PM PST up reply actions
that is pretty comical … :)
Ever get the feeling we are on a collision course with reality?
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by ang6666 on Jan 26, 2010 12:07 PM PST up reply actions
i meant its “self-therapy”…theraputic to talk about it..get it off your chest…but if u know a friend and can get a cheap deal on a shrink..it wouldnt hurt hahaha
just playing…im dying no new ducks post..sleek is killing me softly here
I usually end up doing somthing stupid...count on it
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by SPADE-IN-VICTORHELL on Jan 26, 2010 12:39 PM PST up reply actions
Wasn’t it you who posted our family “roles” here on BOC?
I think we know where you fall on that list! LOL!
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I don’t remember that post … repost someone .. pretty pls!
Ever get the feeling we are on a collision course with reality?
"They who would give up an essential liberty for temporary security, deserve neither liberty or security" -- Benjamin Franklin
by ang6666 on Jan 26, 2010 12:10 PM PST up reply actions
Well, it wasn’t a real post or anything, but I think you can start reading here for the general gist.
http://www.battleofcali.com/
according to tu madre…hard to argue though
ok. so far the BoC family is:
Grandpa is Sleek.
Grandma is Sk.
Red Headed Step child is Ang.
Black sheep is Spade.
Drunk asshole is Rudy
Hot cousin is Grace.
I usually end up doing somthing stupid...count on it
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by SPADE-IN-VICTORHELL on Jan 26, 2010 12:33 PM PST up reply actions
lets add chen:
chen is older brother whos moves out the house and makes somthing of himself..(cuz he went to from the rink)
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by SPADE-IN-VICTORHELL on Jan 26, 2010 12:35 PM PST up reply actions
Holy fucking shit.
By sheer technicality, the Ducks are no longer last in the Pacific Division.
http://www.battleofcali.com/
gotta celebrate the little things huh? :)
Ever get the feeling we are on a collision course with reality?
"They who would give up an essential liberty for temporary security, deserve neither liberty or security" -- Benjamin Franklin
by ang6666 on Jan 24, 2010 10:31 PM PST up reply actions
si rumors says ducks are shopping nieds again…i find this hard to belive? or….heres a real crazy though earl…..i hear phanuef is being shopped…flames looking to get rid of his big and lon contract? u think there is a possibility there?…trade nieds to get Phanuef? u would have phanuef to replace the “probally” retiring nieds?…its far fetched..but who knows…or could be a singn they want souray..i dunno just a though..not that either of those 2 are better than neidemeyer..but thinking next year
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by SPADE-IN-VICTORHELL on Jan 25, 2010 7:46 AM PST reply actions
not sure getz would like phauneuf on his team..arent they mortal enimies?
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by SPADE-IN-VICTORHELL on Jan 25, 2010 7:47 AM PST up reply actions
Well, I hate Phaneuf — I wouldn’t pull that deal.
Basically, my thought is this: I think I would trade Niedermayer to whichever team was willing to take J.S. Giguere along with him. Other than that (which is ridiculous — that’s two $6M players), I think Scotty stays. Especially after all the hoopla about how he’s never going to be traded.
And never go to SI to read about hockey.
http://www.battleofcali.com/
Especially after all the hoopla about how he’s never going to be traded.
yea id be shocked..after what murray had to say…but who knows…i didnt expect him to throw bar stools either…
jiggy is stuck here…teams would rather go with a cheaper alternative like biron or somone like that
And never go to SI to read about hockey.
aye aye captian
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by SPADE-IN-VICTORHELL on Jan 25, 2010 8:07 AM PST up reply actions
I don’t think we can afford to be Pronger-cursed and Nieder-cursed, it’s bad enough as is. But if it had to happen, let’s go for Stamkos, just to be dicks.
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