Ducks Gameday -- "Gorilla Head" it is!
Anaheim Ducks (24-22-7, t-10th in west) at Washington Capitals (34-12-6, 1st in east), 4 pm
Anaheim Calling west side, Japers' Rink east side.
Spade-in-Victorhell, January 11:
the gorilla head gets his 200th [coaching win]...i shall send him a barrell of bannanas to celebrate
Spade-in-Victorhell, January 26:
im waiting for you to incorporate caryle into donkey kong
Tu Madre, next comment:
me too.
FYI, I'm a pushover when it comes to commenter requests, especially ones that are seconded. So in keeping with the eighties-video-game-inspired theme, here's a Donkey Kong Randy Carlyle for ya:

A very good cup-lifting stance, and I even used a Donkey Kong with a tie!
Now you all know I am a sucker for player nicknames, but normally they are immediately adopted -- when I hear or think of a good fitting nickname, it sticks to a player fast. It's sort of rare that a nickname grows on me over time. But I gotta hand it to Spade -- his repeated use of "Gorilla Head" in BoC comments, combined with my inability to find anything to call Coach Carlyle on my own, has nearly sunk in. I'm not using it often yet -- I'll still refer to "RC" most of the time, I think -- but it's on its way. Gorilla Head!
Of course, the Donkey Kong storyline really has two main components (we'll leave the princess out of it for now). Gorilla Head must protect his lofty perch from the relentless charge of his moustached nemesis -- who honestly wasn't that tough to cast:

"Hey, itsa me, George Parrio!"
George Parrio is determined to ascend the various slopes and ladders that will eventually get himself back into the everyday playing lineup, but Donkey Carlyle keeps throwing barrels that get in Parrio's way. In this case, the barrels represent things like Koivu returning from injury, Carter returning from injury, Bodie's work ethic, Chipchura's overall effectiveness (seriously, this guy has played 26 games for the Ducks now and I still can't find anything to complain about), Nokelainen's backchecking, Brown's penalty-killing, Beleskey & Sexton filling top-six roles, Artyukhin's hot-and-cold streaks, and pretty soon Teemu's return to the lineup.
It's getting quite difficult for poor ol' Parrio to finish the level, it seems. Now to be fair, George is good-spirited about things, I think -- he wrote this during his IR stint:
In my absence there has been no shortage of fisticuffs, though, with many different guys shedding their gloves for a five-minute vacation in the box. But these tough guys (Troy Bodie, Mike Brown and others) have been setting a new trend as well … scoring! They have all been banging pucks in. Bodes just had a big game-winner for the boys the other night against Buffalo. It has really helped our squad to get scoring from all four lines and the back end as well. Hopefully that will continue to be the case in the coming weeks.
Now for the record, I like Parros -- well, at the very least I like how much Anaheim likes him. He's become an icon that extends way beyond his presence on the ice -- fake moustache sales in Anaheim are doing well, I'm pretty sure. But I don't know if he'd be in my everyday lineup, especially one that's fully healthy. He'd be used in some home games for sure, but he'd probably have to sidestep some barrels to play regularly. But I don't mind that role out of George at all -- as Gorilla Head monkeys with the day-to-day lineup card, George Parrio can be used in games where it makes sense, when there is a real heavyweight to deal with on the opposing roster or something.
I am hoping those days are coming to an end though and am looking forward to joining my fellow brothers in battle.
Attaboy, Parrio. Good luck avoiding those barrels.
Prediction: I should be around this afternoon; hope it's not brutal. Ducks 4, Caps 2. No goals by Parros.
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I can see some resemblance, I guess, but isn’t Diddy Kong kind of talented?
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thats some funny shit right there…
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by SPADE-IN-VICTORHELL on Jan 27, 2010 11:15 AM PST up reply actions
thanks for the lift me up…dont know why but yesterdays game really pissed me off…2 points that should have been had…now were probally gonna get waxed today…fuck…2 steps forward it seems and then 2 steps back
the gorilla angle works becuase of his forehead of course..and I would say his temperment…I mean is it that far fetched to imagine gorrila head RC pounding a guys face in with the bottoms of his fists?…he would have that sinister grim and laugh after he did it also…you know that laugh after he sees a bad call..
parrio tee-hee
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by SPADE-IN-VICTORHELL on Jan 27, 2010 11:19 AM PST reply actions
Yeah, yesterday did suck, though at least a couple games went our way — need a good showing tonight, though.
I forgot to incorporate the barrel-smashing hammer into the Parrio/Donkey Carlyle storyline, but I suppose that’s just the legend of his moustache — it can help him pass parts of the level quickly.
http://www.battleofcali.com/
yea i want a do-over for yesterday…my lord and savior/idol rudy kelly also disowned me and wanted to be ban me yesterday….just one of those shit days…
the question is do i take down the candles and shrine i had created and pray to every nite…?..
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by SPADE-IN-VICTORHELL on Jan 27, 2010 12:12 PM PST up reply actions
the question is do i take down the candles and shrine i had created and pray to every nite�..
Yeah right, “pray.” You don’t need a bottle of lotion and a kleenex to pray, Spade.
And stop sending me pictures of you “praying,” it’s disgusting.
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i thought u would have appreciated the distance i got on that one pic…
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by SPADE-IN-VICTORHELL on Jan 27, 2010 12:25 PM PST up reply actions
What an ingrate. He wants adoration, he finally gets it, and then he doesn’t want anything to do with your jizz.
I prefer my Kool-Aid spiked
the story of my life
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by SPADE-IN-VICTORHELL on Jan 27, 2010 12:28 PM PST up reply actions
I almost spit out my water reading this … damn you two!
Ever get the feeling we are on a collision course with reality?
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by ang6666 on Jan 27, 2010 1:20 PM PST up reply actions
yeah … not even going to go there … :)
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by ang6666 on Jan 27, 2010 1:45 PM PST up reply actions
booooooooo
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by SPADE-IN-VICTORHELL on Jan 27, 2010 2:16 PM PST up reply actions
Wait
how the hell is “gorilla head” referring to Carlyle and not to NSH’s Trotz? Trotz looks like a 1950’s NFL linebacker. Or a gorilla. Either one.
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Trotz is a troll, dude — his visage is such that it only can be likened to mythical creatures.
http://www.battleofcali.com/
i really belive trotz cant turn his head past more than 15 degrees either way
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by SPADE-IN-VICTORHELL on Jan 27, 2010 12:08 PM PST up reply actions
king of ptown just informed me he got tix for ducks-kings next thursday…who knows the staples cetner seating..whats the aboulute top seat row number?
at the honda center its U…
just curious were the fuck ill be sitting
warning: approach spade and bro slowly..will be extremly drunk..
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by SPADE-IN-VICTORHELL on Jan 27, 2010 12:24 PM PST reply actions
Nice buildup to Super Parrio Brother! Although I spilled my tea.
seriously, this guy has played 26 games for the Ducks now and I still can’t find anything to complain about
How about his name? Come on. It makes me think of the chimney sweep song in Mary Poppins, plus some kind of unholy mishmash of product that Taco Bell is going to put out next. (Let’s put chips! Covered with a layer of cheese! In a burrito!) So I imagine Dick Van Dyke traipsing around the rooftops with fake Mexican food humming Chip churrah me, chip churra me, chip chim, churoooo, and it’s a heck of a collision of images to deal with every time he touches the puck.
You know, rereading the above, I accept that the problem lies with me.
I prefer my Kool-Aid spiked
It’s true, and I can’t say I have much of a nickname for Chipchura, either, other than “the successful Kyle C”, which doesn’t really roll off the tongue.
But in a kind of way, maybe Chipchura is the nickname itself. It’s not the worst thing; you know who else never got a nickname from me? Sammy. Mabye I’ll just call him “Kyle”.
http://www.battleofcali.com/
I thought it was chupacapra!!
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by SPADE-IN-VICTORHELL on Jan 27, 2010 1:06 PM PST up reply actions
Chipchura
Already sounds like a pokemon.
I was saying boo-urns.
by Floyd Gondoli on Jan 27, 2010 1:37 PM PST up reply actions
Does anyone else find that commercial on the NHL Network where Ovechkin walks out to greet a group of kids and then awkwardly says, “What is up…. future stars?” as funny as I do? My brother made a sound clip out of it and I have it on my iPod. It makes me giggle every time.
The West Coast is the Best Coast.
it’s not as fun as the Eastern Motors commercial…
At Eeztern Modurs…you job you credit
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There’s a downside to the NHL Network’s repeated commercials, though. I might murder somebody if they walk up and tell me, “I live in Akron, Ohio, but on my TV it’s Center Ice!”
http://www.battleofcali.com/
LOL! you need to watch that commercial again…
“…but my seats are Center Ice!”
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Earl any last minute Positivty?
cuz i cant think of any right now
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by SPADE-IN-VICTORHELL on Jan 27, 2010 3:39 PM PST reply actions
Um, we’ve followed up our last three losses with wins, and beat a tied-for-top seed in the east last week?
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you deserve a scooby snack
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by SPADE-IN-VICTORHELL on Jan 27, 2010 4:02 PM PST up reply actions
Giguere vs. Neuvirth tonight.
Looks like Festerling in, Boynton out, and Parros continues to watch.
http://www.battleofcali.com/
gorilla head took your post to heart i guess…poor parrio….momma mia!!!
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by SPADE-IN-VICTORHELL on Jan 27, 2010 4:07 PM PST up reply actions
maybe parrio has been detained by gumbas…
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by SPADE-IN-VICTORHELL on Jan 27, 2010 4:10 PM PST up reply actions
Gorilla head? Nice.
I thought his nickname was fuck face.. As in, hey fuck face, how about calling a time out when Buffalo scored 2 within the first 5 minutes in the 2nd period instead of scratching your balls.
Or maybe it was just me using that nickname …
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u need to post more….
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by SPADE-IN-VICTORHELL on Jan 27, 2010 4:08 PM PST up reply actions
Oh, there’s plenty of acceptable alternatives — fuck face can be used for any coach, though.
http://www.battleofcali.com/
+1…whitney was as fault for that first goal with his Ole defense…
and we remember the cross check
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by SPADE-IN-VICTORHELL on Jan 27, 2010 4:09 PM PST up reply actions
Wow, I didn’t even have time to get the radio stream going…crazy.
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Was a deflected shot that went to Ovechkin, with Giguere stuck on the completely wrong side of the net.
http://www.battleofcali.com/
lets hope it was a fluke goal and not jiggy mailing it in..cuz hes not the starter…kinda worried after him bitching in the oc register
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by SPADE-IN-VICTORHELL on Jan 27, 2010 4:14 PM PST up reply actions
yea…me too…shit
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by SPADE-IN-VICTORHELL on Jan 27, 2010 4:12 PM PST up reply actions
hot dog!!
it takes me 1 hr to get home..wonder what the score will by then…hello 6-0!!!
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by SPADE-IN-VICTORHELL on Jan 27, 2010 4:12 PM PST up reply actions
laters..gonna listen on the radio till halfway when it cuts out in the desert and i beg sk to update me on the game…
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by SPADE-IN-VICTORHELL on Jan 27, 2010 4:17 PM PST reply actions
is it just me, or does that guy sound like his teeth are lose and he’s constantly having to juggle them in his mouth?
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He’s got a slight case of the Bryan Murrays. Nice guy in print, though.
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How is that a penalty?
That’s such a soft hit. Eastern pussies.
by PhantomPretender on Jan 27, 2010 4:18 PM PST reply actions
11 shots in 8 minutes? I guess that’s happens when you’re killing penalties…or playing Ovechkin.
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I am stuck w/ gameday, I have a radio but AM blows in this building, so it looks like 3 shots on goal in like 11 minutes.
Ducks need another cup
Neuvirth
how many games has this guy played? I’m sure we’re about to make him look like a damn superstar.
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I think they said he’s 10-5 this season; Varlamov’s been hurt, I think.
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ahhhhh, gotcha. I just wanted it to be known that I ignore East coast hockey like they ignore West coast hockey. :)
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Here’s a problem…
Carroll…“Wizniewski turns over the puck to Ovechkin…just gave it to him………..Wizniewski turns it over again.”
yikes.
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Getzlaf is getting fairly owned by the Caps’ top line — Gorilla Head needs to pound some fists in the intermission.
Still, only down one, and I have this odd feeling we might get a power play goal this game. If we get a power play, that is.
http://www.battleofcali.com/
sounds a lot like all the other power plays…
I can practically picture it.
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This one looked beter, I promise — sorry, though — got caught on the phone.
http://www.battleofcali.com/
Did he start a rant about how protected modern-day goaltenders are compared to the goalies of his day? Hayward’s already been down that road this broadcast.
http://www.battleofcali.com/
No, but he’s got a similar, nasally whine. He complains about non-calls, gets defensive about the Ducks physical style of play, and is generally obnoxious. And he has that knack of delivering obvious statements as if they were deeply insightful.
Hm, looks like the guy I’m complaining about (Craig Laughlin) may be filling in for the regular color guy? And I may just be grumpy b/c I hate Wednesdays.
One other thing — the CSN feed I’m on isn’t showing commercials, just a running feed of game replays and fans wandering around the concourse. Plus occasional audio of the announcers talking while they’re not officially on air. One guy just asked the other, “Dan Sexton, right?” Heh.
I love that stuff — rarely they allow that glimpse into broadcasting breaks, but it’s more entertaining than commercials, even out-of-town ones.
http://www.battleofcali.com/
Another case of “it’s not good enough to poke it to the blueline” — hrmph.
This game has the scoring rhythm of yesterday — let’s end it better, guys.
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He looks awful, like he Just got out of the hospital, or got hit by a truck or something.
Anaheim Ducts
by brokenyard on Jan 27, 2010 6:03 PM PST via mobile up reply actions
dammit
Ovechkin is SO HOT RIGHT NOW
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by brokenyard on Jan 27, 2010 6:01 PM PST via mobile reply actions
I got home from work … saw this game was on … it was tied … they got 3 very quickly
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by ang6666 on Jan 27, 2010 6:21 PM PST up reply actions
Holy hell — two minutes of 3-on-5 surrounded by a 4-minute? I’m running out of nonsense text.
http://www.battleofcali.com/
OK, well to distract myself, I decided to do a rundown of J.S. Giguere’s season statistics. Here’s how his save percentage breaks down by period, including tonight:
Period 1: 12 GA on 189 shots, .937 sv%
Period 2: 15 GA on 194 shots, .923 sv%
Period 3: 28 GA on 184 shots, .848 sv%
Period 4: 3 GA on 11 shots, .727 sv%
Theories?
http://www.battleofcali.com/
Here’s the total result, adding two more saves made tonight by Giguere after I posted the comment.
Period 1: 12 GA on 189 shots, .937 sv%
Period 2: 15 GA on 194 shots, .923 sv%
Period 3: 28 GA on 186 shots, .849 sv%
Period 4: 3 GA on 11 shots, .727 sv%
http://www.battleofcali.com/
Looking at this again, I’m more surprised by how well he’s done in the first two periods than by the third period drop-off.
I’m not going to be able to watch the game on Friday, but the team had better win that one, as well as the one against the Panthers. It would be great to have a little momentum going into those first three games back in SoCal.
now im starting to think of exuses why i cant go to the game next week…im not sure if im angry any more…or in that mode…ill watch only…“if” its totally convient….and i dont have something better to do like watching people load stuff in there storage on my balcony (i have a great closeup view of a storage facility)
art of suicide cartoon? try a bomb this time maybe
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by SPADE-IN-VICTORHELL on Jan 28, 2010 6:12 AM PST up reply actions
Lower your expectations Spade. Take a shot everytime Whitney or Wiz turns the puck over. You’ll have a great time at the game.
It’s how most of us go through the late 90’s.
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Lower your expectations Spade. Take a shot everytime Whitney or Wiz turns the puck over. Youāll have a great time at the game.
Has anyone on BOC ever written rules up for a Ducks drinking game? Seems like a natural fit. A couple suggestions:
Every time one of the announcers say something that rhymes take a shot. (Example: “Look out cook out”)
Every time Getzlaf gets in a stupid fight, take two shots.
Every time Perry runs over the opposing teams goalie, take a shot.
Spade once made up a Ducks bingo card that worked sort of well as a drinking game starter. Of course, it needs some updating, so yeah, we can re-work it.
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Things Ahlers Says...
“Center Red”
“[Goalie’s name] is livin’ right!”
“Let’s talk about it!” (He doesn’t say this anymore, it’s disappointing)
“I’m a big douche bag”
The West Coast is the Best Coast.
I say we pull a Colorado Avs and tank it
I think we tanked it the last two games…did the ducks even looked intrested?
to add salt to the wound…dan wood interviewed 2 Ducks fans from the pentagon (they orginated from the OC) who work for the department of defense…you know guys working to keep our country safe?…they dont get to see many ducks game..but made this one…way to show up ducks for them yay!!!
after watching niedemeyer get undressed (sleeks words right there he texted me that)..maybe scotty is starting to throw in the towell…..I think if we tank florida and tampa..the fire sale begins..in barstools mind anyways…he starts makin some calls…my prediction anyways
i expected this loss…the atlanta one was the real killer IMO
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by SPADE-IN-VICTORHELL on Jan 28, 2010 8:59 AM PST reply actions
It's Funny...
I saw the score of the game and wondered, “Huh, I wonder which Duck took a stupid penalty at the end of the game.” Then I discovered 2 Ducks took stupid penalties at the end of the game. Those guys, they sure do care! Too bad they don’t care about backchecking.
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backchecking.
foriegn word to getzlaf and perry
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by SPADE-IN-VICTORHELL on Jan 28, 2010 10:14 AM PST up reply actions
I tried so hard to not look at the score so I could watch the rest of it that I have DVRed at home. Couldn’t help it. Fuck.
Sigh:
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Joke for Spade:
A few months ago, there was an opening with the CIA for an assassin. These highly classified positions are hard to fill, and there’s a lot of testing and background checks involved before you can even be considered for the position.
After sending some applicants through the background checks, training and testing, they narrowed the possible choices down to two men and a woman, but only one position was available.
The day came for the final test to see which person would get the extremely secretive job. The CIA men administering the test took one of the men to a large metal door and handed him a gun. “We must know that you will follow your instructions no matter what the circumstances,” they explained. “Inside this room, you will find your wife sitting in a chair. Take this gun and kill her.”
The man got a shocked look on his face and said, “You can’t be serious! I could never shoot my own wife!” Well," said the CIA man, “you’re definitely not the right man for this job then.”
So they bring the second man to the same door and hand him a gun. “We must know that you will follow instructions no matter what the circumstances,” they explained to the second man. “Inside you will find your wife sitting in a chair. Take this gun and kill her.”
The second man looked a bit shocked, but nevertheless took the gun and went in the room. All was quiet for about five minutes, then the door opened. The man came out of the room with tears in his eyes. “I tried to shoot her. I just couldn’t pull the trigger and shoot my wife. I guess I’m not the right man for the job.”
“No,” the CIA man replied. “You don’t have what it takes. Take your wife and go the hell home.”
Now they’re down to the woman left to test. Again they lead her to the same door and hand her the same gun. “We must be sure that you will follow instructions no matter what the circumstances. This is your final test. Inside you will find your husband sitting in a chair. Take this gun and kill him.”
The woman took the gun and opened the door. Before the door even closed all the way, the CIA heard the gun start firing, one shot after another, for 13 shots. Then they heard screaming, crashing, banging on the walls. This went on for several minutes, then all went quiet. The door opened slowly, and there stood the woman.
She wiped the sweat from her brow and said, “You guys didn’t tell me the gun was loaded with blanks! I had to beat the son of a bitch to death with the chair!”
ha
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