Damn Kids!

As we had mentioned in our previous blog, we were confident in a win against a bunch of snot-nose kids from the windy city of Chicago. It started out in our favor with a rocket from Aucoin. From there, the Flames seemed to be in total control. So we thought. Jonathon Toews (He says it’s pronounced ‘Taves’, how the hell do you get ‘Taves’ from Toews? So if I have a last name of ‘Smith’ do I pronounce it ‘Peterson’?) gets a weak goal on Mikka and my hands started sweating.

Like a bad scene from the 90’s, the New Kids on the Block were Hangin’ Tough and wreckin havoc on us. Boys versus Men, and the boys were taking to us. We weathered the storm and a former Lethbridge Hurricane (Brent Seabrook) gift wraps a pass to the one person you don’t want. Iggy goes down and shots it past Lalime’s 5 hole (which was wide open for business like the $1000/hr prostitute ring in New York).

Then Huselius rifles a shot that was labeled for the top corner. Lalime had as much chance to stop it as Mayor Eliot Spitzer trying to be faithful to his wife. Phaneuf decides to join the party and scores a weak one past Lalime!

Lalime did not start the third since his performance was as good as Britney Spears at the Grammy’s (but hey, she’s still looks dang good!).

All I have to say is I am glad that the Flames decided to keep the bubbly on ice until the final horn sounded…I hope that another win is in store tomorrow night against the Jackets.

I will let the pessimist in me come out one final time, everyone remembers what happened to the flames last year. Four straight losses to end the year barely sneaking into a playoff position, well this year if they try to pull that stunt they won’t be so lucky. We need to finish strong for 2 reasons; 1 so that we seed high (home ice adv. obviously would be nice) and 2 to gain some momentum into the first round. The Flames need 13 of their possible 20 points (6-3-1) to make the playoffs, 15 of the 20 points gets us the Division title. Like true performers, we need to keep a good pace and finish of with the jack hammer (cause if you don’t, we all know what happens)! We do this and good things are going to happen!

Till next time, this is Hose & Shooter!