Weekend Wrap with Tons of Death

What a relaxing, wicked weekend. Well let's start with the painful news, the Bruins lost at home to New Jersey on Saturday. It was really a great game; Hannu Toivonen started again and played stellar. Joe Thornton was, yet again, the strongest Bruin on the ice scoring 4 points and netting a shootout goal. The B's had penalty trouble throughout the game and if they had exercised a little more discipline they might have picked up their 6 win of the season. The Bruins play the New York Islanders on Tuesday night.
Switching gears for a moment, the weekend of SAW 2 turned into a weekend of cinematic death. A mid-Saturday screening of SAW 2 produced a taste for more guts and gore. I had the honour of introducing Kate From England to the lovely series which is A Nightmare on Elm Street. Five movies in 24 hours made us a little sleepy getting up on Monday morning. In fact, some might say, I had a pretty mean case of the Mondays this morning. (Sorry about that KFE!) If calculated, the cinematic death toll for the weekend was well over 30 which sets us up nicely for Halloween.

SAW 2, Bruins 2, Leafs 1

So there is joy in Bruinsville once again. Despite being out shot 37-30 by the Toronto Maple Leafs the Bruins managed to win 2-1 in Beantown last night. Rookie goaltender Hannu Toivonen played phenomenal throughout the game and especially in the 2nd period. The B's were out shot by the Leafs 20-4 in the second and really had no business going into the 3rd period with a 2 goal lead. Jiri Slegr got Boston on the board with a power play tally late in the first period. Sergei Samsonov got the eventual game winner early in the third period as he notched his 6th goal of the season. Providing the lone goal offence for the Leafs was Eric Lindros. Although the Bruins were once again extremely outplayed by their opponents, hopefully stealing a game from the Leafs is just what they need to get the season back on track. Boston hosts the New Jersey Devils on Saturday night which will most likely see Toivonen back in net due to the injured Andrew Raycroft.
It is Friday October 28th, which means the long awaited film SAW 2 is released today. For those who don't know the original film SAW, I highly suggest you pick up a copy. It is a crazy psychological thriller that has a well timed twist.

Anyway, I am not going to describe too much of the film, if you want to see it you will. But for me, this weekend is SAW 2 weekend and I am wicked excited. I am gonna spend it hanging with Kate From England (missed her a lot this week despite living with her!) just relaxing and chilling.

Hurricane Carolina Wrecks Boston

Two things came to me last night as I watched the Bruins and Hurricanes game: one, the Bruins can really play like garbage on any given night and two, those young Hurricanes forwards are impressive. Although the B's had a two goal lead at one point in the second period, they never seemed to be in control of the game. Their first two goals came with the man-advantage and after Brian Leetch put Boston ahead 3-1 midway through the game, it seemed inevitable Carolina was going to battle back and tie it up. In the late stages of the game 21-year-old Eric Staal made undressing the Bruins defense a habit. He assisted on both the 'Canes 2nd and 3rd goals of the game and relentlessly proved the Bruins could not compete with Carolina 5-on-5. In fact, if not for the play of Andrew Raycroft late in the 3rd period, the 'Canes would have won in regulation. By forcing the game into overtime, the Bruins picked up on point on the road and thanks to Matt Cullen's OT heroics, Carolina won 4-3.

Tonight could be ugly. If the B's play the non-physical, poorly supported defense they played last night in Carolina, the Toronto Maple Leafs will walk into Boston tonight and be handed two points. Generally speaking, the Leafs always seem to play well in Boston and if the Bruins don't bring their A game, they will get shellacked.

Bruins Get Hurt by Tie

Well as predicted Tie "The Bruin Killer" Domi got a point last night by scoring the opening goal of the game. The Bruins battled back from a two goal deficit and took the lead mid-way through the third period, only to see the Leafs tie it up with a short-handed tally a few minutes later. Ed Belfour held the Leafs in the game through the last few minutes of the 3rd period and O.T. sending the game to a shootout. Eric Lindros scored the only goal of the shootout and gave the Leafs a victory. Although I was disappointed with the loss, the game was amazing and the Bruins came away with a point.

Weekend Wrap with a Little Porno

What a great weekend. Friday night saw the official celebration of Kate From England's visa arrival. The famous martini glass made an appearance and held 4 French Vanilla Vodka coolers. Such a yummy way to celebrate such a great thing.

Saturday was a day for smiles as well. The Bruins managed to finally played to their full potential and beat the Penguins 6-3. While the win kept me quite happy, I think the real test comes tonight as the Bruins play in Toronto against a team that actually has a victory this year!

I saw the new Egoyan film on Sunday and was quite impressed. Although this was my first exposure to the "Other Man" in my girl's life, there is something about a well written, directed and acted movie that makes going to the cinema worth while...oh yeah and the girl on girl action helped too!


Side Note: Why is it that morons still insist on leaving their cellphones on in the theatre??? I really believe that the statute of limitations for accepting this kind of behaviour has expired. Cellphones have been out long enough that everyone should frickin' remember the courtesy of turning them off. And so you forget (yet again) to turn it off and it rings...DO NOT FRICKIN' ANSWER IT!!! I swear some people are retarded.

Anyway, the weekend was great and I am looking forward to the game tonight. I don't have any predictions about who is going to win (as Bruins/Leaf battles are usually unpredictable) but what I will say is Tie Domi will get a point. There is something about that guy that makes him score a point virtually every game I have seen him play against the B's.
Go Bruins!!!

Bruins Lose, Thornton looks good, and The Montreal Europeans

So I am not panicking...not yet. Bruins lost last night to the Sabres 4-3, but the silver lining is Big Joe was back in the lineup and playing great. He and Samsonov combined for 4 points and if not for Bruins penalty issues in the 3rd Period, they possibly would have earned their 4th win of the season. The funny thing is, despite being 3-5, Boston hasn't looked all the bad this season. Other than the 5-1 beating against Ottawa, The B's have been competitive in every game. They have lost by only one goal 3 times and I suppose this is what makes the new NHL so exciting. Teams can be up by two goals and in the blink of an eye, can be scrambling to get the equalizer with a minute left. The Bruins will take on Pittsburgh at home on Saturday. Hopefully Andrew Raycroft will return to the B's net (as it was Toivonen who started last night) and will be able to get the Bruins their next "W".

So far this season, the Habs fans I know have been generally pretty nice during the Bruins winless streak. In the past, Montreal supporters can quite easily get the upper hand on any Bruins fan by simply stating the following factual information: 24 Stanley Cups. This argument is perhaps the strongest by any hockey fan as to why there cheer for their team...albeit living extremely in the past. The agrument I cannot stand as to why an individual cheers for a certain team is country orientation. The number of times I have been ribbed for cheering for a so-called American team is countless. The irony being that the Boston Bruins have more Canadians playing on their squad than the Montreal Canadians. In fact, the Canadians have more Europeans on their team than Canadians. No offense Kate from England, but for a team to have more Europeans than Canadians and still call themselves the Canadians just doesn't seem right to me. This is not to say I don't respect the Canadians or their fans, I was in Montreal for Game 6 of the Stanley Cup playoffs when the Habs eliminated the Bruins in 2002-03 and the fans had a great sense of the game and were very courteous to the B's fans. (Unlike Leaf fans, but don't get me started on them!)

Anyway, I am looking forward to the weekend, spending some time with Kate from England, and cheering on the B's on Saturday night.

Good Day

Here be the first post of many I am sure...just testing stuff out.
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In the meantime, here's a pic of me rocking out in Slough.