london-2007 Stories - Battle of California
Schneidermayer joins the LockoUK
Schneidermayer (noun) – a term used to refer to defenseman Mathieu Schneider in a situation where he is signed to replace the minutes of retirement-muller Scott Niedermayer.LockoUK (noun) – a collective scheme by players to utilize whatever means necessary (surgery, injury, or possible retirement)...
BoNY made me do it: Season Previews
Now that the Kings have introduced Bailey the hard-luck lion ("Seriously, I have to root for the Kings?!"), I thought I'd make a little all-nature BoC logo based on the teams' mascots. It got me thinking about what it would be like if there really were a three-way fight to the death among these...
Kings Gameday: I'm Still Not Convinced This "Austria" Exists
Okay, c'mon, there's no way that's a real place.The Kings are still in this mythical land of Austria, where people wear hats on their feet and the hamburgers eat people. (Jesus, is that the Australia episode too? That’s a good one.) Despite some… difficulties yesterday, the Kings still managed to...
Aubservations From Austria
They were showing the game online at NHL.tv, so I ignored work for a while and watched the game. The Kings won, 4-3.-Jack Johnson is a very good stick handler for a guy his size.-You can't blame the goaltender for any of the goals the Kings let in. (I'm actually not sure who allowed what; Bernier...
Earl Sleek: the model of Londifference
As the Ducks and Kings finish preparing for actual games this weekend, I thought I’d devote a post to the apparent problems of having two BoC teams starting their season in London. This is not to say that there won’t be any positives to these two teams taking the trip—but without knowing what the...
BoC Gameday—A poetic beginning
Anaheim Ducks (0-0-0, 0 pts) at Los Angeles Kings (0-0-0, 0 pts), 9:00 amLet's start this season off with a little class and culture, shall we? Before any blood spills, I mean.L isten, dear readers, to the ballad at hand,O f a Battle of California in a far distant land,N ow the choice of location...
Kings Live-Blog: It's Never Too Early For Hockey!
So here's last night:I went to Target to buy a gift for my roommate Megalodon and my other roommate, Matt (who refuses to go by a nickname because, and I quote, "I'm not gay,"), bought The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance. (I don't know why.) We drank two bottles of wine and then I demonstrated to...
Earl Sleek: Audio Idiot
Well, the Ducks won their "home" game in England, 4-1, to put the Sharks squarely in the BoC basement, and also it prevented me from mass producing my "0-2 in the O2" t-shirts. All in all, it seems playing in England was a pretty good opening gesture for the NHL--no major head hits or stick swings,...
The London Effect: Putting the "UK" back in "SUCK"
Well, it’s been a combined 10 games played since the Ducks and Kings split games in London, and of course results have been less than stellar: combined only two of those games have resulted in BoC wins, and both those wins came midway through the third period. Combined, the teams have been...
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