Steamers Hockey

When hockey players lose two straight playoff games and are ousted into an early offseason break, they go play golf. And so, to ease the pain, I give you Natalie Gulbis.

See you in six weeks.

… and Lindsay Lohan will be there. I guess she is excited about seeing our rematch against the first place Badenovs. It should be quite an adventure. Russ is a healthy scratch (or unhealthy depending on how much Mexican water he’s consumed by now), but everybody else should be there.

In less exciting news, there are a bunch of new stats posted on the site, so take a look around and see if you can figure out who’s getting cut next season (cough… goalie… cough…)

The Steamers managed to lock up at least fourth place in their division, along with a playoff spot, by beating the Rampage 4-2 last Monday. And for once, I didn’t give up any goals in the third period. Really, what else could you ask for? Since the answer to that question is obvious, I posted another picture of Hayden Panettiere hugging the Stanley Cup. I heard she will hug me too if we win a few playoff games.

For the second week in a row now, this author has given up four goals in the third period. At least this week we managed to have a seven goal lead coming out of the second, so we did eventually pull off a win. It was an 8-4 win against the Badenovs, the first place team in the division, so I guess I shouldn’t be too bitter. I am however, tired of the collapsing late in the game.

Some might argue that the breakaways in the third might have been a little more common than usual. I might be one of those people. Some might also argue that it could have been worse, had I not, at least for this last game, started coming out to tackle some guys before getting schooled. Ken called it “aggressive.” That’s a good word for it. I call it “having a headache driving home.”

Maybe next week we’ll decide to play for more than 30 minutes…

In other news, while writing this article, I googled the terms “hockey collapse” to try and find some appropriate graphics to stuff in the post and found this image of smokin’ hot Dutch field hockey player Ellen Hoog. So I figured I’d stuff her in the post too. Enjoy.

Penthouse Pet Kyla Cole with her Slovakian flag

Seriously? No mercy rules in Slovakia?

We need to get Bulgaria in here to have an exhibition match against the Steamers. Might make us feel better about ourselves. Or maybe worse – they probably would beat us.

The University of Kentucky really has the right idea on this one. I know more about UK hockey than I know about any other hockey program in the country. Marketing genius. Why can’t the NHL pick up something like this?

Any ideas for how to get really hot girls into some Steamers jerseys? For once, people might not complain that they’re too small.