I guess funny is not allowed on good ol' Ek's thread...

discrimination at its finest
- Cool Hand Luke

Is there something wrong with HB at the moment, it's doing some funny stuff on my end right now.

About the Leafs game tonight. what's the "end of game drama" between Ondrus and Artyuhkin that TSN is talking about and how come Wilson got ejected?

Artukin jammed his stick in Ondrus crotch, Ondrus punched the stick out of his hand then they were going at each other a bit around the ice, they wanted to go the refs stepped in, stopped it, Ondrus skated away from the refs hoping to draw a lightning player out to fight him, then Wilson just laid into the ref verbally for all the bad calls on the night and got the boot.

1. I wear boys' skates, haven't worn girls skates since I was 10.
2. Errol Thompson (Leafs) boarded with my dad's family when he was playing Junior hockey
3. My dad played lacrosse with Don Koharski
4. Ian Thompson was in my mom's English class in high school.
5. My dad played ball with Paul MacLean (Wings AC)
6. Val Bure was a customer of my moms and Candace Cameron gave her a signed picture.
7. My dad played ball with Tony Curry and I'm friends with his son
8. My mom dated Basil MacRae
9. My sister dated Vince LeCavalier
10. I have a Jersey with Frank Mahovalich's blood on it, and he and Guy Lafleur signed it. (Frank said - "hey, that's my blood on there" )
11. My sister turned down a date with Derian Hatcher.
12. I have touched the Stanley Cup while it was on tour and have been to the HHOF.
13. I went to school with Crosby's roommate from Juniors (drafted by LA Kings)
14. I have been in a fight at a hockey game
15. I have scored 7 goals in pond.
- CatWoman

I've done number 12.

I got autographed Russian hockey sticks on separate occasions from Darryl Sittler and Wendel Clark.

I met Peter Zezel, Chris Draper and Darren McCarty once a long long time ago at my high school.

Met Don Cherry at hospital once.

'99 Maple Leafs came into a restaurant I worked for at the time for team meal during training camp.

Met Mats Sundin at same training camp and had him sign a bunch of stuff.
Mats is awesome.

I scored 12 goals in a street hockey game once as a kid.

Candace still looks like DJ Tanner and is awesome.

I turned down a date with Eric Lindros.

1. The only Hockey Jersey I own is a Detroit Red Wings #7 for the
most under rated hockey player of my life Norm Ullman.

2. The best hockey day of my life was when the WHA Edmonton Oilers
signed Norm Ullman.

3. I coached hockey from mite to junior B.

4. Following an NHL old timers game I went to a local watering hole
with a number of the players. I worked in radio at the time and
Ab Mcdonald thought it would be fun if we went to the station and
did an interview. Luckily I listened to the interview later, prior
to airing it.

5. I was an Oilers season ticket holder from the WHA days till after
their third Stanley Cup.

6. I was sitting in the SOS lounge in the Holiday Inn Airport South
in Winnipeg one Friday evening. I recognized a gruff voice from behind
a VLT. Eddie Shack and I enjoyed a few beverages.

7. My wife almost got me killed in an Edmonton establishment called Baileys.
Stanley Cup playoffs (she hates the Oilers) and Calgary scored.She leaps
up cheering and screaming. She proved she could run faster scared than I
can mad.

8. The only Hockey Jerseys my two youngest daughters have ever owned
ae Vancouver Canuck Jerseys.

9. I dislike people who call themselves hockey fans then antagonize hockey fans
whose team is struggling to stay in their current city.

10. My favorite Oiler of all time off the ice is Dave Semenko. He is a genuine
nice person.

11. My least favorite Oiler of all time off the ice is Dave Hunter.

12. My favorite celebrity sports event is the Andy Moog golf tournament in Penticton, B.C.

13. I do not own any hockey video games.

14. My favorite Hockey Arena's of all time are the Montreal Forum and the Edmonton Gardens.

15. The most complete junior hockey player I ever watched was Owen Nolan.

16. The most memorable radio hockey broadcast I ever heard was Rod Phillips doing play by play of Edmonton versus Pittsburgh in the Igloo. There were numerous brawls. I thought Phillips would have a heart attack.

17. I dislike any player who won't fullfill his contractual obligations.

18. I hope the Sutter brothers never forget how much their older brother Gary taught them.

19. I think hockey in HD is the best thing that has ever happened in broadcasting.

20. I think hockey players need to learn to respect each other.

Didn't Eklund state dozens of times over the years that he was never fortunate enough to play ice hockey as a child?

Didn't Eklund state dozens of times over the years that he was never fortunate enough to play ice hockey as a child?
- Piccolo

it used to be on his profile

Then...does that mean he is now lying?

Then...does that mean he is now lying?
- Piccolo

Pleads 5th, then pleads to jury.

Then...does that mean he is now lying?
- Piccolo

not necessarily ... could be at different ages he's talking about .. not a huge deal .. get over it.

this has been a great thread .. hockey lovers talking about memorable moments .. leave it at that . put up yours . we won't judge you for what we think you did or didn't do.

Yeah i know it's hyperbole. i just cannot believe we won that game, what a huuuuge win, game of the year
- S Kaspar Rollins

I had to take crap damn mac n cheese. I leave my tv for 3 Fn minutes and I miss 3 goals.....

1- Even if I am a real hockey fan, I bought my first hockey skates and hockey sticks this winter...and I'm 22...never played ice hockey before...

2- Bought tickets on the eve of a playoff game between Habs and Bruins (Game 6) and made the trip from Sherbrooke to Boston and then the way back after spending the entire night studying for a final exam at University. I drove all the way and even when we came back.

3- Most amazying game I watched on tv: Habs - Rangers when the Habs came back from a 0-5 and won the game in shootout.

4- Favorite player still playing: Jarome Iginla

5- My father-in-law's cousin was married to the one and only Patrick Roy (but they divorced in early 2006...a few months after I started dating my girlfriend )

6- Never finished a season in career mode in any NHL game even if I buy them every year

7- Favorite player of all time: Raymond Bourque (Even if he was playing for Boston Bruins...)

8- Team I like to watch playing when habs gets eliminated (and that hapenned a few time last 15 years ) : Anaheim Ducks

9- I always miss school or work on trade deadline and july 1st.

10- I intend to visit every NHL arena to get one puck of the arena store. Only have Habs, Bruins and Flames one yet...

11- I feel guilty not being in front of my tv when Habs are playing.

12- The team I hate the most: Toronto Maple Leafs

13- Ovechkin or Crosby?? I would take both in my team but I prefer Ovechkin

14- Favorite player in Montreal Canadiens: Komisarek (PLEASE BOB RESIGN HIM!!!!!!!!!)

15- THe worst 2 months each year for me are july and august...try to guess why

16- I prefer the game now that there's no more tie game, which was the result of the first game I ever saw, 1-1 between Habs and Panthers. Ryder scored for Montreal...

17- I love living in Quebec just because NHL is the main sport here, everyone talks about hockey, buys flags to hang on cars, listen to 3 different sport channels while watching 10 hockey website on trade deadline and july 1st....Hockey is a religion for us...

18- I can't wait to have a superstar in Montreal... let's hope for Vinny this summer....

19- I can watch Habs games on 30 tv at the same time when I work while they play... I sell tv's

20- I often watch "Canadien Express" which is a summary of 1 hour of every Habs games played during the week even if I watched the game live...

The last 6 were really hard to find but I finally did it!

1. My dad played soft ball with Bruce Courtnall, brother of Geoff and Russ.
2. When I was about 15 my friends and I had invented a league of two on two (very similar to Ek's basement ball hockey)
3. I bought my first "Ice Pack" when I was 17 and to this day the best goal I have ever witnessed (live) was when Harold Druken went top corner against the Kings in the last game of year to put the Canucks in the playoffs for the first time in a long time.
4. My second favorite team used to be the Canadiens, but after joining the HockeyBuzz community I secretly root for the Leafs when they play the Canucks
5. I missed the first period and a half of the Canucks/Wild game 7 because of my girlfriend...I dumped her a week later
6. I honestly believed Dan Cloutier was underrated
7. I saw Crosby and the Pens play at Nasseau stadium - great game, horrible stadium.
8.When I use to babysit my neighbours kid's. We played hockey in their basement - it was awesome, I would of done it for free.
9. A friends girlfriends is best friends with Shea Webber's girl.
10. I played ball hocked with Shaone Morrison (Washinton Capitals)
11. I'm a distant relative of Darren Turcotte -the guy selected #2 behind Eric Lindros
12. I washed dishes at Earls when I was 17 and I had my break having lunch next to Brian Burke
13. My last name is Sutherland and because there is no Sutherland in the NHL my Be A Pro's play by play name was Sutherby.
14. I lost my voice for a week after going to my first playoff game
15. Best playoff series was Canucks Vs. Flames about 6 years ago.
16. I was happy when the Canucks signed Loungo, I was ecstatic when Naslund signed with the NYR
17. I don't think Cody Hodoson will be a star.
18. When I read Nick Hornby's Fever Pitch I immediately related it to my own experience as a Canucks fan
19. From age's 12-16 one my favorite things to do was write a detailed draft guide for my upcoming fantasy hockey team - and related, I've never finished out of the money in any regular season hockey pool.
20. I never understood how anyone could even fathom the idea of Mats Sundin playing for the Canadiens

1. I aLmOst haVe Enough Saved uP in the bAnk to Go to tHE twenTy Ten olympIcs in vacouver to watch my favourite team play.
2. I oWn a paIr of hockey Skates but tHey do not fit Me, or anYone, PrOperly arOund tHe Ankles anD they teNd tO cut me around thoSe saMe ankles but I still lacE up and go to the rink everyonce in a whiLe for recreation League.
3. I aM Actually noT vEry goOd at hockey at all but I am surely glad that the league that I play in is a recreation league then iF, and when, i mess up my teammaTes will not be ovErly aNgry with me
4. tHe vEry first hockey gAme that I haVe been to, atleast at the professionallY, THat Is, was aN Game in vancouver at general motorS place that Featured the teAms (mind you this was actuaLLy and Factually an exhibition game not a Regular seasOn gaMe) of the vancouver canucks (gm'd by Bryan bUrke at the Time) and the edmonton oilers pitted together in battle.
5. I once scored a hAt trick at the Major national hockey league level equivalent in the yukon and was Basically the biggest star ever tO come fRom hEre you have probably all hearD Of me but iF you preTend you are too cool i can understand because my stardom Hurts many and intImidateS all
6. Actually I onLy have Less Than six inteResting things about me bUt i am glad you listenEd to them atleast.

1. The first hockey game I can actually remember going to was at the Fleet Center in 1997, a matinee the day after Thanksgiving between the Bruins and Canucks. Joe Thornton, then a rookie, got in his first NHL fight. The Bruins lost 5-2 but hey, I can still tell people that I saw Big Joe's first fight (it may have been against Dave Scatchard, I'm too lazy to look it up).

2. I once, in frustration, broke my goalie stick in half and hurled the remaining shaft over 200 feet into a nearby lake while playing street hockey. I immediately regretted it.

3. Byron Dafoe was my favorite player growing up (no matter how much you may insist he consistently sucked during third periods).

4. Jarome Iginla is easily my favorite non-Bruin.

5. My Dad, as many of you know, won the 7th player Award in high school.

6. Former Bruins' defenseman Don Sweeney once literally ran into me in the men's room at the Liberty Tree Mall movie theater in Danvers. It was just hours after the Bruins were mathematically eliminated from playoff contention so I hadn't a clue what to say.

7. I sold a router to Dave Lewis the day after the Bruins had one of their few wins during his stint as Head Coach in Boston. I failed to tell him what an awful coach he was and how he nearly ruined this organization.

8. I didn't realize until visiting the Hockey Hall of Fame that Mexico had a hockey team. I have photographic proof if you do not believe me.

9. I was never more embarrassed as a hockey fan as when I told the lady at the hair salon "Hey, that's a really cool picture of Joe Thornton!" ...It was Hal Gill. I got glasses shortly thereafter.

10. Since my David Krejci jersey arrived in the mail in early February, he has gone from being the hottest player in the NHL to one of the most invisible. Whoops.

11. I was a big time Rangers fan for a while there as a kid. I'm not sure why, but I think the names Messier, Graves, Gretzky, Leetch, Beukeboom and Richter had a lot to do with it.

12. When I was 14 I recognized PJ Axelsson while at Macy's in Peabody. I made my family follow him around and forced my Dad to verify my sighting while my sister and I hid behind a clothes rack. PJ couldn't have been any friendlier. He scored an OT winner a few days later.

13. I was once lucky enough to sit in the front row at a game against Buffalo. Unfortunately Dafoe and Martin Biron both posted goose eggs and I got to see one of, if not THE last 0-0 tie in Bruins' history.

14. I once got knocked out and bloodied while playing street hockey. The assailant? Our air conditioner. The location? My driveway. My opponent for the day? Our garage door. I will keep my head up the next time I go chasing after a rolling ball while wearing rollerblades.

15. I always create myself in every NHL video game as a small speedy right-handed LW, with a 99 rating for every attribute (you were guilty of doing it too) while wearing #17. I'm much happier feeling represented by Lucic in that particular number than former Bruin Rob Zamuner or anyone else who has worn #17 in my lifetime.

16. Julie Robenhymer once saved my life at my first game covering the Bruins for hockeybuzz as I nearly made the fatal mistake of stepping on the sacred spoked-B on the carpet of the B's locker room. Thanks Jules!

17. I have never smelled a more foul stench than while in the visitors locker room during a summer tour of the (then) Fleet Center back in 8th grade. When I say the place wreaked, I truly mean it.

18. While at a Bruins game, I made sure I would have a shot at the 50/50 raffle by buying a ticket from every color available: red, white and blue. The winning ticket was green. It's true when they say life isn't fair.

19. I was in attendance for Mario Lemieux's first game back in Boston after his initial retirement and also present for Sidney Crosby's first game in Boston during his rookie season.

20. Jim Craig, the winning goaltender for the 1980 US Olympic Squad, was the speaker at my graduation from Lynn English High School in 2003.

Hooray! Where's my ski cap?

5. My Dad, as many of you know, won the 7th player Award in high school.

- Jesse Connolly

Didn't Eklund state dozens of times over the years that he was never fortunate enough to play ice hockey as a child?
- Piccolo

That and he has in his top twenty:

I've never caught a puck in a game....and then when asked to supply 5 more, adds that he was asked out by Shania Twain in her less popular years, but he declined.

Listen, if I was ever asked out by a multi millionaire, do you not think that it would be number 1 on my list.

Now I know where he get's his trade rumors...He's obviously delusional.

8. I didn't realize until visiting the Hockey Hall of Fame that Mexico had a hockey team. I have photographic proof if you do not believe me.

- Jesse Connolly

Lots of countries you wouldn't think of have teams.

Austrialia is in Men's Div 1, South Africa is in Men's Div 2, Isreal is in Men's Div 2...and so on and so on.

Lots of countries you wouldn't think of have teams.

Austrialia is in Men's Div 1, South Africa is in Men's Div 2, Isreal is in Men's Div 2...and so on and so on.
- selvig

When I went to Mexico on my honeynoon, our guide at Chiten-Itza was so excited that I was Canadian and could talk hockey with me(We were the only Canadians on our tour). It was kinda surprising. He said his daughter plays hockey in a league!! I was wearing a Hockey Canada T-shirt so that's how he knew I was Canadian and that I was into hockey.

When I went to Mexico on my honeynoon, our guide at Chiten-Itza was so excited that I was Canadian and could talk hockey with me(We were the only Canadians on our tour). It was kinda surprising. He said his daughter plays hockey in a league!! I was wearing a Hockey Canada T-shirt so that's how he knew I was Canadian and that I was into hockey.
- burn

I was browsing through the IIHF website, and there's even an roller hockey world championship.

What a game between the Jackets and Penguins last night! Holy poop!

I was browsing through the IIHF website, and there's even an roller hockey world championship.
- selvig

They'll give medals/trophies to anyone these days.

As great as this discussion was it would appear that we need a new blog.

1- I got my first flyers outfit when i was just 2.
2- When i was 11 i played roller hockey with my brother and my neighbors. We all picked a player every monday and thats who we were for the week.. I was always Keith Tkachuk.
3- When i cant fall asleep at night i think about playing in the stanley cup until I doze off.
4- I didnt get to go to a game until i was 10.. coming from a family of 6 it was always too expensive. The Flyers beat detroit 6-1
5-I played defense on my hockey team.
6-Scored my first goal while laying on my stomach. (i dove to get a rebound)
7-I played mites on ice 2 times.. once during a phantoms game and the other during a flyers.
8-My uncle took me to the most memorable game i have ever been too.. Flyers vs Sens. Flyers won 5-2, Danny Markov score the 10,000 goal in franchise history, and then all hell broke loose. Flyers and Sens had fight after fight, line after line, setting a record 419 penalty minutes.
9-My current girlfriend is a flyers nut. She hearts Mike Richards
10- My dad never once complained about the weird hours of hockey practice (230am)
11- I missed half a season when i was 12, due to a cluster migraine.. my team only won 2 games out of 12 during that time span
12- When i came back we went on a hot streak and ended up winning the championship
13- I wish i could have lived in Canada so i had more people who around me who understands the game the way i do.
14- My first son WILL play in the NHL
15- Ovechkin may possibly be my favorite player, but after the dive in the playoffs last season i still dont look at him the same way.
16- I went to the Flyers-Caps double OT game.. second best game i have ever been to.
17- I got to try on Bernie Parents stanley cup ring at a signing at the park next to my house
18- I went on a 29 game win streak in NHL09 live VS play.
19- I wish i would have been born in the 60's so that i would know what its like to have a stanley cup
20- I will have season tickets by 2010-2011