psa: hockey is for everyone.
okay, so I've decided to talk about why I love hockey... and why you should too.
creating this entry took me a really long time (over two hours!)... so maybe don't bypass it entirely please? :)
let's get right into it, shall we? I love hockey fights... who doesn't, really? (except for my mom--the first hockey fight she saw, she said it was girly!) but anyway... this is from only the second NHL game I ever went to (in 2005), where darcy hordichuk beat the shit out of douchebag, sean avery (you may have heard of him from some of his recent douchebaggery)
hockey is fun because you get to yell things like, "avery... turtle!" or "avery*... loser!" or "somebody hit avery!" or one of my brother's most famous lines when avery was put in the penalty box: "hey avery! you're a box turtle now!"
* feel free to replace avery with your least favorite player's name if you feel so inclined
while we're on the subject of sean avery, there's another important aspect of hockey that we should discuss... and that is dan hamhuis: my favoritest player. I don't really know what spawned my love for him, maybe it was the curly hair... but I love love him. here he is, also beating the shit out of sean avery xD however, this happened only a few minutes into the first period and he ended up getting a game misconduct and was suspended for the rest of the game D: but it was worth it... for me, at least. cuz I freaking hate sean avery.
from said fight.
now, no one dislikes winning (at least I don't think!), but one of the most exciting things about hockey for me is a big win... it is one of the biggest adrenaline rushes that I get (if the only one)--sometimes my heart beats so fast at the end of a close game that I think it's going to pop right out of my chest! this next video is from a shoot-out from this last saturday night... when the predators beat the #1 team in the NHL, the boston bruins. this is the last shot, scored by david legwand (my other favorite player) to win the game.
I took these pictures when we beat the penguins :)
but what I think I love most about hockey is the people who play it... let's start with a dan hamhuis tribute.
here he is talking about how much he loves his mommy... no, seriously.
<-- (not dan hamhuis)
the last picture amuses me because of how delicately he is hanging up his jock strap in the background...
hockey players visit sick kids in the hospital dressed up as winnie the pooh and tigger xD
hockey players are also good at ping pong... well I don't really know that, but they look cool doing it.
half-japanese boys also play hockey/ping pong.
I also love shea weber... who is the same age as me! and who I would let be my boyfriend if he wanted to be ;D
I used to love ryan suter too... until I watched the next video I am going to share and found out that HE DOES NOT LIKE DOGS. WTF.
Making of the Predators Foundation Calendar (I shared pictures from the calendar before here)
dogs love hockey players... even if they don't love dogs. [watch]
and last but not least from the predators, I cannot forget to express my love for jordin tootoo... who is an inuit, and goes to the zoo where giraffes give him kisses xD he is also the most badass fighter that we have, as you can also see in the video with dan hamhuis vs. sean avery above.
Honorable Mentions
while the predators are hands down my favorite team, there are still a few other players around the league who I fancy.
who could forget the sex god of all hockey? sidney crosby and this commercial which prompted wendy to exclaim: "OH MY GOD, HIS FACE." me: "what? what's wrong?" wendy: "IT'S PERFECT."
[watch]
quick sidney crosby spam!
hockey players are also bad actors, and it's quite endearing... but this commercial is genuinely funny, imo.
I love this commercial too... you can't leave out ovechkin.
just for the record, everything ovechkin does is freaking amazing.
super amazing goal - 2006 | super amazing goal - 2009
and last but not least... I love alexander ovechkin and evgeni malkin, but I love them even more together. this is from the super skills competition at last month's all star game.
and I'm finally finished... if no one looks at this ever, at least I know that I will enjoy going back and looking at it over and over again... <3
creating this entry took me a really long time (over two hours!)... so maybe don't bypass it entirely please? :)
let's get right into it, shall we? I love hockey fights... who doesn't, really? (except for my mom--the first hockey fight she saw, she said it was girly!) but anyway... this is from only the second NHL game I ever went to (in 2005), where darcy hordichuk beat the shit out of douchebag, sean avery (you may have heard of him from some of his recent douchebaggery)
Click to viewhockey is fun because you get to yell things like, "avery... turtle!" or "avery*... loser!" or "somebody hit avery!" or one of my brother's most famous lines when avery was put in the penalty box: "hey avery! you're a box turtle now!"
* feel free to replace avery with your least favorite player's name if you feel so inclined
while we're on the subject of sean avery, there's another important aspect of hockey that we should discuss... and that is dan hamhuis: my favoritest player. I don't really know what spawned my love for him, maybe it was the curly hair... but I love love him. here he is, also beating the shit out of sean avery xD however, this happened only a few minutes into the first period and he ended up getting a game misconduct and was suspended for the rest of the game D: but it was worth it... for me, at least. cuz I freaking hate sean avery.
from said fight.
now, no one dislikes winning (at least I don't think!), but one of the most exciting things about hockey for me is a big win... it is one of the biggest adrenaline rushes that I get (if the only one)--sometimes my heart beats so fast at the end of a close game that I think it's going to pop right out of my chest! this next video is from a shoot-out from this last saturday night... when the predators beat the #1 team in the NHL, the boston bruins. this is the last shot, scored by david legwand (my other favorite player) to win the game.
I took these pictures when we beat the penguins :)
but what I think I love most about hockey is the people who play it... let's start with a dan hamhuis tribute.
here he is talking about how much he loves his mommy... no, seriously.
<-- (not dan hamhuis)
the last picture amuses me because of how delicately he is hanging up his jock strap in the background...
hockey players visit sick kids in the hospital dressed up as winnie the pooh and tigger xD
hockey players are also good at ping pong... well I don't really know that, but they look cool doing it.
half-japanese boys also play hockey/ping pong.
I also love shea weber... who is the same age as me! and who I would let be my boyfriend if he wanted to be ;D
I used to love ryan suter too... until I watched the next video I am going to share and found out that HE DOES NOT LIKE DOGS. WTF.
Making of the Predators Foundation Calendar (I shared pictures from the calendar before here)
dogs love hockey players... even if they don't love dogs. [watch]
and last but not least from the predators, I cannot forget to express my love for jordin tootoo... who is an inuit, and goes to the zoo where giraffes give him kisses xD he is also the most badass fighter that we have, as you can also see in the video with dan hamhuis vs. sean avery above.
Honorable Mentions
while the predators are hands down my favorite team, there are still a few other players around the league who I fancy.
who could forget the sex god of all hockey? sidney crosby and this commercial which prompted wendy to exclaim: "OH MY GOD, HIS FACE." me: "what? what's wrong?" wendy: "IT'S PERFECT."
[watch]
quick sidney crosby spam!
hockey players are also bad actors, and it's quite endearing... but this commercial is genuinely funny, imo.
I love this commercial too... you can't leave out ovechkin.
just for the record, everything ovechkin does is freaking amazing.
super amazing goal - 2006 | super amazing goal - 2009
and last but not least... I love alexander ovechkin and evgeni malkin, but I love them even more together. this is from the super skills competition at last month's all star game.
and I'm finally finished... if no one looks at this ever, at least I know that I will enjoy going back and looking at it over and over again... <3