The temperature was hovering around the zero mark last week wasn't it. It sure isn't for the next few days and yes, I have to hit the highway again. The trek to the north begins today as I will be visiting La Ronge and Flin Flon this week as part of the SJHL's Presidents Tour. I'm guessing its as balmy in those two locales as it is in Regina this morning. BRRRRRRR!!!
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Did you watch the NHL all-star game? Did you watch the Pro Bowl? I didn't see a second of either. I saw at one point that one team had a 4-0 lead in the all-star game about 5 minutes in and that the game was tied before the first period was over. Yes, that would have been NHL hockey at its finest. I'm sure there were many hard hits and guys were giving it 110 percent. I know its not the gold medal Olympic final, but I've just gotten to the stage that I think the all-star game itself hurts the game because it isn't the game. The festivities surrounding the game are great, but the event itself isn't. The same would go for the Pro Bowl. I don't even know what the final score was or who won.
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I don't imagine the NHL was very happy with the CBC for having the start of all-star game coverage pre-empted by curling. How about the statement by Glenn Howard who took one to force that extra end thus causing the delay. When it was over, Howard chortled.“As it should,” said Howard. “It's just an all-star game, it's really not that big a deal. CBC did the right thing as far as I'm concerned. They took the live event right until the end. Those that REALLY wanted to watch the pre-game ceremonies could go to cbc.ca. I'm guessing it didn't take very long for the last rock to settle in the house before they were saying goodbye though.
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I did see the Royal Rumble. WORST RUMBLE EV-ER! In the end, Alberto Del Rio won. I'm guessing that means he will fight Edge at Wrestlemania and seeing "The Miz" has no one to fight, it will be the winner of RAW's Elimination Chamber that will battle him and that will be SIGHHHHHHH John Cena. Hopefully I'm wrong.
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It sounds like Rod Pedersen learned what Regina is like at its lowest common denominator on Friday night by reading his blog. TOLD YA RP!!! See you at next month's show.
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Congrats to Amber Holland for winning the provincial ladies curling title for a 2nd straight year. Amber and her crew beat Stefanie Lawton in the final. She is now off to the Scotties and it is a great field that is going to be there. Jennifer Jones is back to defend her title and when she plays Manitoba, she will see a familiar face. Cathy Overton-Clapham, who was disposed of by Jenny after last year's worlds in what was termed as a surprising move, won the Manitoba title yesterday. What will be colder--the ice in Charlottetown or the looks on the faces of those two women when they go head to head. Others in the event include Kelly Scott and Shannon Kleibrink. CMON AMBER!!!
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Did you see the Hockey Night in Canada/NHLPA poll that was released yesterday. Its on the CBC sports website. One question asked of players is what place don't you want to play. The top two answers were the Islanders and the Oilers. How times have changed! It wasn't that long ago that those two teams were the two teams in the NHL staging a couple of Stanley Cup battles. Somewhere guys like Bossy, Potvin, Trottier, Gretz, Anderson and Coffey must cringe when they see that. Another question was what Canadian city deserves an NHL team. While I thought Toronto would top that list, the answer was Quebec City.
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Word is Bob Wylie is going to a football team whose last name starts with an R and ends with an S. Yes, it is said he is going to the Raiders.
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CSI fans, I just heard that Gil Grissom is coming back.
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Thats all I got. Blogging may be sporadic this week, but I'll see what I can do.
5 comments:
My son wanted to watch the all-star game. He is 9. About 5 minutes in, he asked why no one is hitting and that the coaches will be irate with the defencemen for the way they are playing. He had had enough after one period.
Greg
Attaboy Glenn Howard. Strike one up for curling!!!
Worst Rumble ever? Hardly. I won the pool, and you brought wings. That's gotta count for something.
Sorry your boy Yoshi Tatsu didn't come through for ya.
To each his own. Personally, I'd rather watch curling than NBA or NFL. Go Riders Go
Johnny Canuck
Yes, you could have watched on cbc.ca . Expect that kind of thing to happen more frequently where you can watch on the internet and pay $$$ for your bandwidth in addition to also having to pay for cable as some stuff won't be available for download, but rather on tv only.
Your cable/internet bills are about to go up, up, up.
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