Playing catch-up

Hey guys, sorry I know it's been awhile again. I'm not doing too well in January at posting everything. Here are a few videos that I wanted to share with you all from the past week or so.

First one is Kris Letang's adorableness on Inside Penguins Hockey. I realize this is only part 2 of the segment, but it's the funny part. If you want to see part 1 you can watch it here.

Watch at 2:30 into the video and also at 5:22. Listen to his answers.

The Sex hair is back!!!! haha

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Steve Mears: "Best advice anyone ever gave you?"

Kris: "Never give up even if you're small and skinny."

Love it!

Second one is a secret hidden part 2 to the amazzzing Sid and Max dryer commercial which aired earlier this season. Those two are just hilarious together and so entertaining to watch.

The third one is Sidney's Tim Hortons commercial which just sends chills down my spine every time I watch it. It warms my heart. I die. Sid's voice-over is enough to make any girl's heart melt. It's precious.

The final video is the Pens and Pins event for the Make-A-Wish Foundation. Geno is > all bowling. Watch how it appears he doesn't even put his fingers in the ball's holes, he just palms it and lets it go. He is adorable and his English is getting sooo good! :)

3rd line madness

Watch these highlights from a few games ago. I meant to post them earlier, but sometimes you get busy. Sorry for the delay and enjoy!

Penguins vs Flames (1-13-2010)

Crosby scored using one hand on his stick. That is impressive!

Jordan Staal minute mark: 2:39 to 2:55 watch him! just watch him, simply amazing! =)

MAF had some awesome saves in that game and TK, what a beast he is! Outr 3rd line is freakin' amazing. That's all you can say about them. They certainly defy ordinary every night they're out on the ice, giving it their all.

Penguins vs Oilers (1-14-2010)

Watch at 3:19 MAF is a BAMF!!! hardcore! Muurrrrderrrr! You can't spell BAMF without MAF! haha

This game was exciting because it was a come-from-behind win for the Pens. The game was hard to watch, but real fans watch the entire game and the 3rd period saw our outstanding 3rd line just come alive and attack the goal.

TK's goal was sick. Way to get us on the board. Our 2nd goal to tie the game at 2-2 was all Staal, COoke got the rebound. Excellent teamwork. And btw, OMG OMG it was a PP goal. What, our PP is still alive? Yes, just barely. Dupuis gets credit with the third goal, but Staalsy created that. Just beautiful hockey by Jordan Staal. Just a little tap and Dupes gets a stick on it and it finds its way into the net.

Staal > Kovalchuk

The Penguins were finally able to break their five-game losing streak.

Jordan Staal was a beast last night against the Thrashers.

He's got to be a plus-some kind of crazy number right now. He's got goals being scored every time he's on the ice. I can't believe that Yzerman didn't pick him for Team Canada. It's ridiculous! It was suggested earlier in the week that if Bergeron's injury had been worse, Jeff Carter would have taken his spot and not Jordan. Jordan had two goals in this game! It's too bad he couldn't get a hat trick. Tyler Kennedy was a big part of those goals. He plays so hard and it shows. Just a great job by those two guys. I love them.

Army tried to take out Staal at center ice (bad!) and Feds scored. Karma's a bitch, ain't it, Colby?

Here are the highlights of this great game.

It's so nice to see Kris Letang score a goal. I love him and I love that he nailed Kozlov. It was awesome! I wish we could get a clip of that!

Luca Caputi was in to replace injured Chris Kunitz and he definitely showed it was the right move on Dan Bylsma's part, by scoring on Malkin's beautiful pass. Geno owned that puck and brought it all the way into the zone on that play. He created that. Just amazing.

I hope Feds is ok after Colby kind of tripped him up and he went crashing into the net. I heard he was limping after the game.

And because I can't stop myself from posting a Staal interview, post-game interviews:

Kovalchuk goals: 0

Staal goals: 2

holla

Full steam ahead

Today's a big day. We've got the Steelers at Miami early and the Penguins at Panthers later. Steelers managed to just barely squeeze out a win last week against the Ravens and are battling for a playoff spot at 8-7. Even if they win today, there's still a lot that needs to happen for us to nab a spot. The Penguins have lost four games in a row. Florida is alive and kickin' with Pittsburgh fans, of this I am sure. It's time to suit up and get your head in the game, boys. With Gonchar out with what is a suspected foot injury after blocking a shot and immediately skating off the ice, our D-men really need to step it up a notch, particularly on the power play. I'd like to see Letang score a goal...

Here's a great video of the Pens' new year resolutions. Dupuis and Tanger are just adorable, Max gets all philosophical on us, Mike Rupp is basically like, "F you, Potash!", and Sid is his usual self.

Surprisingly, Don Cherry makes sense for once and agrees with me that Jordan Staal should have made Canada's Olympic roster. I'm glad someone else thinks so too. You can watch that clip between the 5:00 minute and 6:00 minute marker of this video. Thanks to Seth at Empty Netters for the find. Usually I don't watch Coach's Corner because a) I don't live in Canada to see HNIC and b) I don't like Don Cherry.

Too bad Don Cherry calls him Jason at first! FAIL.

One last thing, I want to congratulate our own Free Candy, Brooks Orpik, for making Team USA's Olympic roster. We hoped you would, we know you will crush some skulls in Vancouver, Brooksie. It is disappointing that Alex Goligoski wasn't picked, but not all that surprising either. Gogo is a great D-man and I'm glad we have him on the Pens, but Orpik deserved a spot over him. What is surprising is that Billy Guerin was not selected. I can see that Yzerman might want to have a young team that's got talent, but I think you really need that experience too and that's what Bill Guerin brings to the table. He is a seasoned veteran in the League and a bad ass. He's 39 so this was basically his last chance to be on the team. So boo. Score more goals for us, Billy, so that you can prove everyone wrong.

History lesson

This is a cool special that aired on FSN Pittsburgh and I think you should watch it. Personally, I think Pittsburgh + history + hockey = amazingness. Wait, this is a history lesson, not math. Anyways, Ghostwalker40 has graciously uploaded it in three parts for us to enjoy today. Please be sure to check out his youtube channel for more awesome videos. Also, be sure to follow him on twitter. He is awesome and we in the blogosphere community love him.

I just realized I use the word "awesome" quite a bit. You know what, shut it, I'm from SoCal =)

Pittsburgh is Hockeytahn

Part 2

Part 3

Happy New Year!

I want to get all mushy for a second and reflect on the absolutely amazing year we have witnessed. 2009 brought all kinds of excitement to the Pittburgh fan's heart. Steelers brought home Super Bowl number 6 from Tampa, the only organization to do so in the entire NFL, while the Penguins brought home the Stanley Cup from the coldest parts of the D after being out of playoff contention. They won all their game sevens on the road, and it was not an easy road at all. The Flyers proved to be a tough competitor in the first round, but Max Talbot shushed them all. The Caps series was a long one, going seven games. It was brother pitted against brother, Staal versus Staal, which Jordan swept in four. And we all know that MAF made an epic save in the final seconds of game 7 of the Stanley Cup Final. 2009 was a year of epic proportions and it deserves to be remembered.

This commercial is to die for. I love Max and Sid. They are adorable. It is a great way to tip your hat to what has been a fantastic year for the Pittsburgh fan. We brought home a Lombardi Trophy and a Stanley Cup. We got to host two parades for our champions. I was lucky enough to be in Tampa at Super Bowl XLIII to witness Stantonio's catch and I watched Max score both goals on tv. Words cannot describe how happy I was to watch these wins. Pittsburgh, I salute you. You have the most amazing fans ever and I am so glad to be able to count myself as one of them. Enjoy. Happy new year! Here's to 2010 and another championship or two.

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Oh Canada...

Team Canada released their 2010 Olympic roster this morning and two of our Penguins have made it: Sidney Crosby and Marc-Andre Fleury.

It doesn't come as a surprise that Sid would be on this team, in fact, it was a given. Sid has been made one of the alternate captains, as Scott Niedermayer will wear the C.

Martin Brodeur will be the number one goalie in net with MAF as number two and Roberto Luongo as number three. Brodeur stops everything and is bigger than Marc-Andre so it really wasn't a surprise to see Marty get the start. The man has 104 shutouts for goodness' sake! It is nice to see Fleury get the credit he deserves, though, after his last few years in the NHL, with a roster spot.

Eric Staal made the roster which is kind of surprising. He was injured earlier this season and I didn't think he was anything ridiculously special with all of the other talent Steve Yzerman and company had to choose from. Is he good in the faceoff circle, yes. Does he score goals, yes. But younger brother and my fav Penguin, Jordan, is a fantastic two-way player and that is where I think Jordan deserved a roster spot over Eric. If anything, put them together and see some Staal brother magic explode. I knew it would be iffy that Jordan would make it, but really, they are going to have Mike Richards (leadership???) and Patrice Bergeron over JStaal? Hmmm. We all know Staalsy is amazing on the penalty kill. He's got eleven goals so far this season and two were short-handed. I know Eric was injured, but I still like Jordan has proved he has had the better season thus far. Jordan hasn't missed a game in forever. He works through his pain and fights his way to the net hard, every game. He gives 110% and I love it. Everyone wishes both Eric and Jordan could be on the team together juast so that we can have a totally epic Staal Brothers Drinking Game - Olympic Style. It would be amazing, especially if both Staals were out on the ice together. It's a dream... Jordan could be a fine winger to Eric.

Anyways, enough of my complaining. Congrats to both Sid and MAF. Now, we have a division game to win tonight. Devils. Penguins. It's on!

Let's go Pens!