Finally! We Can All Go Home HAPPY!!!

It's been way too long. I don't remember the last time I went home from Philips Arena happy and in a good mood. Well that all changed, finally, last night. Thanks mostly to Belanger. We played well in the 1st and in the 3rd...but WTF was up with the 2nd period? They looked like the same team before the trades were made... sloppy passing, in the wrong place at the wrong time, sloppy everything... we seemed slow. But I think the crowd sent a message with a lot of heavy booing. I think it went to their heads during the 2nd intermission. Whatever it was, it worked, because we came out flying in the 3rd period. But that 2nd period still worries me. It looked like the same shit, different day. But we changed it.

And Sutton, with that assist... that was a thing of beauty! Don't get me wrong, I'm one of the few people that actually LIKE Andy Sutton, even though he always seems to be fucking up... the last two games, he's actually had some positive things happen, which is nice to see for a change.

After the game, we were able to catch the elevator down and I mentioned that it had been way to long since we've left this place happy and the entire elevator of fans had a good laugh... Me? Making people laugh? No way... but it was funny because it was true... so I was able to get away with it. But damn, it felt good. And so did that win. I was SO damn tired of going home feeling like shit after a game.

My brother was in town and he ended up at the game as well.. the lucky bastard got a LOW number on his Hossa statute...he got # 23 of 6,000. I attempted to try to trade him for mine, but he wouldn't.

The positives - we stopped a HOT team that had won 8 out of their last 9... at HOME. We haven't won at home since JANUARY. That's sad. But we stopped their streak and we stopped our own home losing streak... Two Ws in a row! That in itself is a good sign.

The Negatives - The entire 2nd period was horrible. We are lucky we stayed in the game. Our PP still is a joke, even with the new guys. Cmon. Way, WAY too much firepower...shit, the Thrashers are an All-Star team by themselves with Hossa, Kovy, KT, Belanger, Kozlov... we should be winning 5-0 every time... but we aren't. We can't even get the PP set up.. and when we do, it always ends up getting chucked down the ice. With a team of this caliber with this much firepower...our PP being a disaster is sad. I hope this gets fixed SOON. We should, in theory, on paper anyway, have one of the most dominating PPs in the NHL, yet we are among the very worst. WTF?

Our PK was OK, but could be better.

I'm glad they changed the game time from 12:30 to 2 on Sunday. At least you can sleep in a bit longer! Can't wait to fuckin' rock out 80's style with the mullet wigs on Sunday!!! YEAH DUDE!! RAD!!!! Speaking of Rad, Rad Racer is still the shizzle! And the best, by far, hockey video game is still none other than ICE HOCKEY for the NES. It's the first game I downloaded on my Wii, even though I have an NES and the cartridge. Even with all the fancy graphics and features, ICE HOCKEY for NES is still one of the most entertaining hockey video games, if not the all time best.

Let's hope we can get some sweet, sweet much needed ice cold revenge against Crapolina on Sunday!!!

Also, yes don't forget if you are on MySpace that I have a page created in honor of the one and only Chief, so if you are on MySpace and know, or know of, Chief.. join up!

http://www.myspace.com/Chief755

Till Sunday...