Alaska Aces, R.I.P.

Right now, it's likely the last game of the season for the Alaska Aces, and possibly the last game ever. It is the 2nd-period break, and there remains 20 minutes to a game going so bad it should be stopped based on human pity alone. After gaining an impressive 2-goal lead just minutes into the game, the Aces then decided to set records, all bad.

Imagine a game so bad that the goaltender gets pulled, and a few minutes later, his replacement is pulled so the first guy gets tossed back in. Yep, that bad. Bad bad. Imagine a series where the defense has scored almost every goal. Yes, that's right no offense. And tonight, no goaltending. Stockton 7, Alaska 3.

We're reliving the dreadful 2001 season again. Ugh.

Now about the whole "R.I.P." comment. The rumor abounding is that the Aces may getting sold, and looking at tonight's horrid performance, I think it'll be a discount sale. The guy who sits next to me in the arena mentioned his "the team is up for sale" theory months ago, and so far, it's been coming to pass just as he said. I will not be shocked if tomorrow's paper contains an announcement along the lines of "Aces management make annoucement."

There is more to life than hockey, for sure, but you know, we really wanted so much better for our Alaska Aces this year, we really did.

Rangers 3 - Pittsburg 0

Tonight, April 29, 2008, in the Stanley Cup playoffs, you can see for yourself right on the TV that the New York Rangers are winning 3 to 0, keeping the mediocre Pittsburg Penguins down to ZERO.

News reports and even the live commentators were under the delusion that Pittsburg actually won the game 5-3, but as you can see from this picture, clearly, the final score was New York 3, Pittsburg 0

Fantasy Hockey, Etc.

I've never done any sort of fantasy sports thing before, but I decided to give it a go after a friend at work talked me into joining his league over at ESPN.com. So I did, and without much of a clue at all, I got a team created, the Anchorage Cougar Cats. Last week our 10-team league had it's draft, and I came out of it in excellent shape.

For those of you who follow hockey, here's my roster:

Lastname Firstname Position
Bergeron Patrice C
Kopitar Anze C
Gomez Scott C
McDonald Andy C
Tallinder Henrik D
Hamhuis Dan D
Salo Sami D
Regehr Robyn D
Malik Marek D
Volchenkov Anton D
Semin Alexander LW
Stillman Cory LW
Jokinen Jussi LW
Tanguay Alex LW
Zubrus Dainius RW
Bertuzzi Todd RW
Michalek Milan RW
Pominville Jason RW
Lundqvist Henrik G
Budaj Peter G
Howard Jimmy G

Now if you aren't into hockey, trust me, this is an excellent lineup to come out of the draft with. Surely you have heard of Scott Gomez, right? Anyhow, even if I don't have a clue on how to play fantasy hockey, at least I've got something to work with.

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