Monday, October 20, 2003
CANUCK DAY
First, I got my Canucks beanie in the mail.
Second, I tried to go to NHL.com to listen to the CKNW feed of the Canucks telecast of Sabres/Canucks tonight. I clicked on their CKNW audio link and they still gave me the Buffalo audio. So I thought I'd just have to sit there and listen to the Buffalo guys. Luckily, I gave something else a try. I went to the CKNW page and hit "listen live" thinking they'd have it blocked like KJR does for Husky telecasts. Nope. I had the Canuck feed going here tonight and it was good stuff. Just don't tell the NHL, in case they have rules against this...
After a brutal 0-2-1 road trip (tie at Minnesota, losses to Columbus and Detroit), the Canucks went nuts tonight in a 6-1 win. Jason King had a three-point night and Dan Sedin and Sami Salo had two points each. Brendan Morrison, Ed Jovanovski, and Trevor Linden had the other three goals. Miro Satan spoiled the shutout 6:25 into the third period with a thread-the-needle goal over Cloutier's short side.
The sick thing? With this 3rd win (they're perfect on home ice this year), the Canucks have matched their October win total from last year, when they went 3-4-4.
Man, the Canucks post-game guys are just railing the Sabres. Stuff like "the Sabres were just waving sticks tonight" ... "Why doesn't the NHL keep zone time as a statistic anymore?" ... "the Sabres performance tonight was unacceptable at the NHL level" ... "that might be the worst team that's come into GM Place the last few years, and there's been some pretty bad performances"
Well, the Canucks are 1-0-0-0 when I have a Canuck beanie in my possession. Good stuff. They have the Blues on Wednesday at the Garage.
One other thing, the Canucks were wearing their third jerseys: those navy-to-red fade jerseys, which I didn't think they wanted to be caught dead in. There's worse third jerseys out there, folks. Still, this dark-jerseys-at-home thing is messing with my mind.
Game photos!!!: one, two, three, four, five, six
Another great thing about the CKNW telecasts is that they don't block out the local ads. They have an ad for Key West (sp?) Ford in New Westminster BC where the voice-over guy sounds like Dave Grosby of KJR. And then there's the Tim Horton's ads. They guarantee fresh-brewed coffee every 20 minutes. Here's their new oven-fresh Maple Pecan Danish.
And we have this about Tim Hortons' southern front...
"As of January 2003, there are 160 Tim Hortons locations in the United States. These are situated in the greater Detroit area, Bay City, Midland, Saginaw and Flint (Michigan); Columbus, Dayton and Toledo (Ohio); Buffalo and Jamestown (New York); and Portland, Lewiston and Auburn (Maine). Future expansion and opportunities will continue in these markets as well as Rochester (New York) and Erie (PA)."
and...
"The Tim Hortons special blend of coffee has been closely guarded from the beginnings of the chain, and is subject to stringent quality assurance measures by a team of coffee experts located at the Tim Hortons head office in Oakville, Ontario."
Well, just thought I'd delve into some Tim Hortons stuff because as we all know, the Stan Mikita's Donuts place as featured in Wayne's World was basically a hip version of Tim Hortons.
Second, I tried to go to NHL.com to listen to the CKNW feed of the Canucks telecast of Sabres/Canucks tonight. I clicked on their CKNW audio link and they still gave me the Buffalo audio. So I thought I'd just have to sit there and listen to the Buffalo guys. Luckily, I gave something else a try. I went to the CKNW page and hit "listen live" thinking they'd have it blocked like KJR does for Husky telecasts. Nope. I had the Canuck feed going here tonight and it was good stuff. Just don't tell the NHL, in case they have rules against this...
After a brutal 0-2-1 road trip (tie at Minnesota, losses to Columbus and Detroit), the Canucks went nuts tonight in a 6-1 win. Jason King had a three-point night and Dan Sedin and Sami Salo had two points each. Brendan Morrison, Ed Jovanovski, and Trevor Linden had the other three goals. Miro Satan spoiled the shutout 6:25 into the third period with a thread-the-needle goal over Cloutier's short side.
The sick thing? With this 3rd win (they're perfect on home ice this year), the Canucks have matched their October win total from last year, when they went 3-4-4.
Man, the Canucks post-game guys are just railing the Sabres. Stuff like "the Sabres were just waving sticks tonight" ... "Why doesn't the NHL keep zone time as a statistic anymore?" ... "the Sabres performance tonight was unacceptable at the NHL level" ... "that might be the worst team that's come into GM Place the last few years, and there's been some pretty bad performances"
Well, the Canucks are 1-0-0-0 when I have a Canuck beanie in my possession. Good stuff. They have the Blues on Wednesday at the Garage.
One other thing, the Canucks were wearing their third jerseys: those navy-to-red fade jerseys, which I didn't think they wanted to be caught dead in. There's worse third jerseys out there, folks. Still, this dark-jerseys-at-home thing is messing with my mind.
Game photos!!!: one, two, three, four, five, six
Another great thing about the CKNW telecasts is that they don't block out the local ads. They have an ad for Key West (sp?) Ford in New Westminster BC where the voice-over guy sounds like Dave Grosby of KJR. And then there's the Tim Horton's ads. They guarantee fresh-brewed coffee every 20 minutes. Here's their new oven-fresh Maple Pecan Danish.
And we have this about Tim Hortons' southern front...
"As of January 2003, there are 160 Tim Hortons locations in the United States. These are situated in the greater Detroit area, Bay City, Midland, Saginaw and Flint (Michigan); Columbus, Dayton and Toledo (Ohio); Buffalo and Jamestown (New York); and Portland, Lewiston and Auburn (Maine). Future expansion and opportunities will continue in these markets as well as Rochester (New York) and Erie (PA)."
and...
"The Tim Hortons special blend of coffee has been closely guarded from the beginnings of the chain, and is subject to stringent quality assurance measures by a team of coffee experts located at the Tim Hortons head office in Oakville, Ontario."
Well, just thought I'd delve into some Tim Hortons stuff because as we all know, the Stan Mikita's Donuts place as featured in Wayne's World was basically a hip version of Tim Hortons.
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