Paging Al Michaels: U.S. Will Beat Canada

Paging Al Michaels: U.S. Will Beat Canada

Top TWELVE Swedes

So... I really should be doing a recap of our AMAZING New Year's Eve trip to Carolina to watch the Hurricanes play the Rangers... but I'm slacking on that end and have nothing ready for that so instead we're (---> read I) will be counting down the top Swedes in the NHL (all in my opinion obviously). Here we go.

TOP TWELVE HOTTEST SWEDES IN THE NHL

(I mean... why stop at 10?)

#12: Andreas Lilja- Detroit Red Wings

#11: Jonas Gustavsson- Toronto Maple Leafs


#10: Loui Eriksson- Dallas Stars


#9: Viktor Stalberg- Toronto Maple Leafs



#8: Tom Wandell- Dallas Stars

#7: Carl Gunnarsson- Toronto Maple Leafs

#6: Niklas Hjalmarsson- Chicago Blackhawks

#5: Mattias Ohlund- Tampa Bay Lightning

#4: Patrik Berglund- St. Louis Blues

#3: Henrik Zetterberg- Detroit Red Wings

#2: Henrik Lundqvist- New York Rangers

Okay... so I'm not gonna lie... Henrik Lundqvist should definitely be number one hottie Swede... but I have MAD LOVE for Victor Hedman and he's soooo number one in my heart. Not that he's not beautiful right now, but give him a few years and I think he'll be even better.

Soooo.... here's number one Hottie Swede....

#1: Victor Hedman- Tampa Bay Lightning

Well... hope that kept everyone entertained... if you have any suggestions that I might have missed... please let me know.

Hope everyone had a Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!

Until next time... Peace, Love & Hockey.

Go Penguins!!!

(I feel that win coming on tomorrow night against the Panthers... no five losses in a row for us!)

~Pansy (w/ love from Guardian, Slasher & Enforcer)

Why Am I Not Part of This Family?

So I'm killing time today... and googling Jordan Staal pics... when I come across a picture of them with their mother. Now granted, their mom is a nice looking lady and when she's my mother-in-law one of these days I'll let her know... but I would have loved this picture a lot more if it were just her sons. What do you think?

I would LOVE to be a part of that family!

Men's Olympic Roster for Team Canada to be announced on December 30, 2009.

That's tomorrow btw. Good luck Staal brothers! I hope all of you make it! That would be amazing!

If not... at least two of you have that shiny thing... and there's always next time... but you all are going to make it so there's no use for all the negativity.

Hope everyone has a wonderful New Year's!
Be Safe!

Until next time... peace, love & hockey!
XOXOXO

~Pansy (w/ love from Enforcer, Slasher & Guardian)

Oh... I almost forgot. Here's a link to an article on Marc Andre Fleury. It's worth reading!
He seems like such a great guy!

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!

I thought I would do better with this whole blogging thing after basketball season was over for me, but apparently teaching is a full time job! Who knew!? I'm hoping after I'm through this first year that it won't be as time consuming. I feel like that's all I do. But I want to do my job well so I spend a lot of extra time at school. But for now, it's the holidays. One of the perks to being a teacher? Two weeks off at Christmas! Yeah... that's worth 4 1/2 years of college. Seriously.

The Pens are doing well. But of course you don't need me to tell you that. Luckily Jordan Staal did not break his nose on Monday night. I'm gonna admit. I was a little bit distraught. I mean, it's possible I might have cried a little. That was a lot of blood that came trickling out of his nose. I'm not gonna lie. I was scared. I thought some hard core hurtin' went down with that. I was thinking it hit his eye and broke his nose or possibly fractured like an orbital bone or something. It was scary. But, like the bad ass he is... he came back into the game and he's gonna be able to play tonight. An Iron Man he is.

Not much to report on here. Slasher, Guardian, Enforcer and I are going to Raleigh on New Year's Eve to watch the Rangers and Hurricanes play. Hopefully the Staal boys will spend quite a bit of time in the penalty box! I'm thinking since I'm not a huge fan of Carolina or New York, I'm gonna be the retard sitting behind the penalty box in a Jordan Staal shirt. I figure someone needs to show him some love, even though he's not playing. We'll see. If you're watching the game, be sure to look for us. We'll be the four chicks (and one dude... we're taking our cousin Doug as well. He just doesn't realize what he's getting himself into.) with a sign that reads...

"WE MAY BE FROM MAYNARDVILLE, TN... BUT OUR SEATS ARE DEFINITELY CENTER ICE".

Yeah. We'll be those idiots who can't decide which Staal they like more. That's us.

Anyway. Until Next Time.

We hope everyone has a wonderful holiday season.

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!

Peace, Love & Penguins!

~Pansy (w/ love from Slasher, Guardian & Enforcer)

I Miss College....

I'm just going to come right out and say it...

The real world SUCKS!!!

I miss the days of college, where if I wanted to go to a concert or sporting event in the middle of the week... out of town... I could. I didn't have to worry about getting things together for the day I was going to miss. I didn't have to worry about being missed. I didn't have to worry about losing my job for laying out late at night in the middle of the week. It was kinda nice. I understand why people stay in college for years at a time now. I really do. The funny part is, I think I actually had more money when I was in college than what I have now with a full time job! Man... it sucks!

But what doesn't suck is the fact that as of next weekend, my cousins and I are going to Atlanta to watch the Penguins vs Thrashers. The bad part about that (if there is a bad part) is the fact that Letang, Gonchar, Brooksie, or TK probably won't be playing. Word on the street is, though, Malkin will be back before then. That's a plus!

Pens were off to such a great start but have kinda been sucking it up lately, since 1/3 of the top players are out with injuries. But you all already know that. Slasher, Enforcer and I blame it on Guardian. She's been bailing on us and hasn't watched one Pens game with us all season. Even Moose has been watching with us, but apparently she doesn't bring the luck that Guardian does. Things are going to have to get better...

Enforcer is an angel and used her knowledge of Amazon to find us Penguins calendars. There's nothing better than flipping to a new beautiful Penguin each month! Now we have them year round.

As excited as we are about the Penguins game... Enforcer is a huge fan of Marc Staal so that makes her a fan of the Rangers as well....

She's been dying to see them play, so we decided to get tickets to see them play Carolina in Raleigh on New Year's Eve (since Carolina is our second favorite team).

Since it was the holiday season... we decided to splurge a little on tickets and just not get each other Christmas presents. And I'm pretty sure that's been one of the best decisions we've ever made... because our seats are CENTER ICE... two rows behind the penalty box. Maybe Marc and Eric will get put in at the same time! Hopefully Carolina will turn something around before then. If not, it's going to suck being with probably the only Rangers fan in the building (namely Enforcer).

Basketball season is over for me. Hopefully that will give me lots more time for hockey (and hopefully a nice bonus for Christmas presents). I haven't got to watch my games as much as I'd like. It's all gonna turn around now!

Step it up Pens!

Until next time... peace, love & hockey.

XOXOXO

~Pansy (w/ love from Guardian, Enforcer & Slasher)

Sports Illustrated Loves Me

I know it has been a while since I have sat down and filled you all in on the stories in our lives... so, I apologize and I hope you aren't too disappointed.

Sorry about not posting. Again, I can't get any of my cousins to contribute or this wouldn't be so much work. I'm nine weeks in to my new career and a month or more of that has also consisted of being a basketball coach... boys and girls. Thank goodness that their season only lasts about a month and a half. Not only am I missing some hockey games but the only two shows that I watch religiously (Heroes and Bones) come on on Mondays and Thursdays which are the two days a week that I have basketball games. Since I coach the boys and girls, it means I don't get home in time to watch either show. That's what you get when you live out in the boondocks. Speaking of... the elementary school where I went to school is the smallest in our county and it's really where I wanted to teach but it's difficult to get a position there because that's where everyone wants to be. Since I'm teaching (and coaching) at another school in the county, we ended up playing my elementary team last week and my teams ended up winning both games. Awesome, considering my boys haven't won a game all year... or even come close. I was so proud that my kids beat my elementary school in their gym. On the other hand, I go to church with their coach and assistant coach and I'm pretty sure I might be banned from the community. J/k... hopefully.

On another note, the Penguins are off to a great start, as if you didn't already know that. Gonchar is going to be a big loss (broken wrist), but we have other players that can step up and fill his shoes.

BUT... the main reason why I chose to post today is because usually I curse Sports Illustrated for not having much hockeyness in it but apparently the hockey gods have been smiling down on me this past week because I've been blessed with much lovely Jordan Staalness. Because we live in football country and hockey isn't important there is only one little store (that's an hours drive away) that we know of that sells Penguins gear (and we're pretty sure they only have that much because we've became good friends with a couple of employees and the owner knows us by name) so that is where we go to con grown men into ordering a bunch of hockey stuff for four girls. Anyway, we go in last week and I'm not really planning on buying anything because I think they have nothing new and there isn't anything that I really need. WRONG! What does Enforcer find sitting on the shelf, that was definitely not there the last time we were in... A JORDAN STAAL BOBBLEHEAD! I bout peed my pants, and bought it of course... so it's been sitting in my room smiling at me for about a week now. AND THEN... I go to the mailbox today (expecting hockey shirts that I've ordered and being sad about because they still didn't) and I see that my Sports Illustrated has come. I bought this stupid subscription just so I could learn more about sports and usually I just flip through it, hit the high notes and give them to Enforcer... BUT NOT TODAY... I'm flipping through looking for the little they have about hockey and what is there on one of the very first pages...? AN INTERVIEW WITH JORDAN STAAL!!!! SERIOUSLY?!?! Somebody upstairs must really love me. Not only that, but also on the Penguins site you can take a survey and be registered to win an autographed Staal jersey... WHAT?!?! What is with all of the Jordan Staal love? I don't know what it is, but it does not bother me at all!

The cousins and I are headed to Nashville this weekend to hang out. We've been going to Lynchburg these past few years to the Jack Daniel's BBQ Festival and it's become a tradition. I think this will be year number five. It should be exciting. Me and five of my cousins. Good thing we are so close... it means we can all cram in one hotel room and save some money! It should be fun! It always is.

Slasher, Guardian, Enforcer and I are headed to Atlanta in November to watch the Penguins play the Thrashers. Can't wait! We are the traveling support crew for the Pens. Sucks we can't seem to get tickets to Mellon Arena so we'll just catch them on the road. Maybe we can catch a game at Mellon in the Spring!

Hope all is well with everyone! Again, sorry it's been so long! Penguins play tomorrow night and Saturday night! Word on the street is Brent Johnson is going to be starting in the crease tomorrow night...

Until next time... peace, love & hockey!

XOXOXOXO

Go Pens! Bring the cup back home!

~ Pansy (with love from Guardian, Enforcer & Slasher)

11 Days...

The Penguins first pre-season game starts tonight! How I wish I could watch that!

Regular season games tickets went on sale this past Saturday for October and November... With no luck, my cousins and I attempted to purchase Pens tickets for Mellon Arena. Unfortunately, we were not able to obtain any tickets... and that left us very sad....

UNTIL...

I actually went over to Enforcer's house last night to get a few things that she had picked up for me. Well, we got to talkin about how we were upset that we didn't get any Pens tickets and how we would probably have to wait until the Spring for our next chance to see them at Mellon Arena when Enforcer mentions how the Pens are playing in Atlanta in November...

WHAT!?

No way! I hadn't even looked at away games. I thought they were all too far away. BUT! Atlanta is actually pretty dang close for us. So... we decide to see if there are any tickets for the November 21st game... and guess what? There are! So as of this moment, Enforcer is actually ordering us Pens tickets! Woo!

So... that's another hockey game that we have lined up to go along with the other two. ONE: 11 days from now we go to Nashville to watch the Predators play the Hurricanes in a pre-season game. TWO: (hopefully) we'll be going to Raleigh for New Year's Eve to watch the Hurricanes play the Rangers. (And now) THREE: we're going to watch the Pens play the Thrashers in Atlanta on November 21st! YAY!

Hockey season is so close! To quote Enforcer, "I can feel the cold of the ice and taste the blood." Unquote. I can't wait to get this season started. It'll be the first full season of hockey for Guardian, Slasher and I! We're looking forward to it!

I'm trying to balance things out with work. I'm an assistant (girls & boys) basketball coach now so that keeps me busy as well! It only lasts a couple of months though so I should be okay. With all the germy kids though, I'm fighting a cold and losing my voice. Go team! lol

Regular Season is so close!

Until next time... peace, love & hockey.

XOXOXO

GO PENGUINS!!!

STANLEY CUP CHAMPS!!!

~Pansy (with love from Guardian, Enforcer & Slasher)

He's Legal

Jordan Staal is officially 21 today... I guess if he wanted to drink anywhere in Minnesota, he could now! If not, he'll always have Pittsburgh... and... that... shiny... thing.

Jordan Staal rocks my world! And apparently since I'm the only one that blogs anymore, this post is going to be all about him!

Yeah. I'm pretty sure he needs me.

Single game tickets go on sale Saturday!!! Pittsburgh here we come!

Oh, and the Penguins changed their site. It's nice.

Our first pre-season game that we get to attend is two weeks from Saturday! I can't wait. It's almost hockey season.

Sorry this couldn't be longer. Work is killing me. I'm trying to find time.

Until next time. Peace, love & hockey.

XOXOXO

~Pansy (with love from Guardian, Enforcer & Slasher)

P.S. Enforcer turns 29 on Saturday so we'll be celebrating all weekend. Wish us luck... or pray for us... however you wanna look at it.

Time Goes By So Slowly...

Sorry we haven't been around in a while. Well... sorry I haven't been around in a while... not so much we. My new job is taking up most of my time right now. I just can't seem to get my classroom the way I want it. I rearranged some things again today so maybe this will work. If I could get it where I want it, I wouldn't have to stay at school until 5:00 every night moving things around. Anyway... to other news....

This is going to be a short post. Not much is going on right now... ya know... that whole OFF-season thing. BUT!!! All is well because hockey season starts back in a little over a month. AND...

WE HAVE PRE-SEASON HOCKEY TICKETS!!!

Okay... well... they're not Penguins tickets, but at least they're hockey tickets. If we can't watch the best Staal (that's Jordan, for those of you who don't know), we'll settle with one of the others. Don't hate us because we're Carolina fans... forgive us please. We like Eric Staal and Cam Ward though and Raleigh is one of the closest hockey towns to where we live (given the six hour drive). Nashville is actually closer, but we don't really know a lot about the Predators, and they are a Western Conference team so they aren't going to play the Penguins as much.

BUT... good thing for us... the Predators are going to be playing the Hurricanes in the pre-season!!! That not only means a trip to Nashville for us, but a trip to Nashville in which we get to go to a hockey game AND get into bars because Guardian is now 21 (and we haven't been to Nashville since she turned 21!) Slasher and I are also huge country music fans, so we're excited about seeing some live acts downtown!

It's going to be great and it's a great way to prepare for our (Slasher, Guardian and I) first full hockey season! Can't wait!

Until next time... peace, love & hockey!

XOXOXO

32 days till the return of hockey!

Go Pens!

~Pansy (with love from Guardian, Enforcer & Slasher)

Pre-season Now?

I'm sorry our blog is not at full potential. I wish I could say that I have all kinds of free time to write, but I don't. So much has went on in the past two weeks and I have been extremely busy. New job, huge expectations, lots of moving around... you get my drift.

I took a job as a 3rd grade teacher approximately two weeks ago... it was an interim job, which basically meant that if the teacher that had that class before me wanted to come back from maternity leave, I would be out of a job. School started back on Wednesday of this week... on TUESDAY, the principal (aka my boss) calls me into his office and informs me that he's moving me to 5th grade! Now don't get me wrong... I was totally stoked. It meant I now have a permanent job and I was only going to be teaching two subjects. The downside... that was about 1:00 on Tuesday... kids would be there at 8:00 the next morning... oh, my. Sooo. I had to pretty much disassemble one room, take down all of my stuff, pack everything up in my car and move it all to the outer buildings and assemble another room. All the work I had did in two weeks in one room, I was going to have to turn around and to in a few hours in the new room. Much thanks to my mom, Enforcer and Slasher though because I totally could not have done it without them. Needless to say, I was a little stressed... BUT now it's the weekend, I'm pretty much settled in, I've met my kids, and I'm ready to get this school year started- the right way! Wish me luck.

It's been a long week (or two) and we've not been around much. I keep trying to get Enforcer to post some stuff, but she keeps whining her way out of it. I'm gonna have to lay the smack-down I guess!

Anyway... pre-season is soon... very soon... and I'm pretty dang excited about it. My students really have no idea about hockey so I'm trying to get them interested in it. I have my Penguins magnets and pictures up in my classroom and I plan on getting a rug for my door. I can't wait. I have to get that first paycheck first though.

Penguins tickets go on sale on September 12th and I'm prepared! Enforcer, Slasher and I have our work schedules laid out and have the Penguins schedule highlighted to correspond with our days off! We can't wait to go to Pittsburgh!

Anyway... I have lesson plans to work on and work to get together for my students. I hope all of you are doing well. Maybe once I get settled in I'll be able to post more.

Until next time... peace, love & hockey!

XOXOXO

~Pansy (with love from Guardian, Enforcer & Slasher)