Re-Cap: Everblades vs. Road Warriors

I have one word for you!

SWEEEEEP!!!

I'm too happy to do a re-cap. Enjoy the only way I could relieve stress during the game:

Or it could be the eyebrows. They are a bit overwhelming.

Little know fact: Sebastien Piche can shoot laser from his mustache. No lie.

I don't claim to be good at Photoshop (or MS paint as it actually was) by the way.

Anyway, we play the winner of the yet undecided Reading/Jackals series. Doesn't matter though. It's all us. Giddy-up.

Friday Links

I didn't even notice that last night's post was the 500th on this blog. So, um... yay!

On to business, you might have heard there's a big name tonight. The Everblades are 2-0 in their best of five series with Greenville. I don't think I'm the only fan ready for the Blades to work their magic and spoil yet another divisional rivals hopes.

- Here's where you can listen over the internet (tuning your old fashioned radio do-hickey into 770 AM works as well), and here's where you can watch (once you sign up and pay 9 bucks).

- Can we all agree to put a moratorium on the s-word until we know for sure. ARGH.

- Pictures from Wednesday's game are up by the way:



- Your Wikipedia hockey page for today- "Florida Everblades"

- Tweet of the week people.

- I managed to forget to mention this: Scott Pitt was named ECHL rookie of the month! Well deserved for sure.

- In sad news, the Express decided to cease operations. It's always heartbreaking to watch fans lose their team.

- I need this kitty so much. I'm so nervous about this game I could vomit.


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Guest Re-Cap: Everblades vs. Road Warriors (4/4/12)

Here we go with yet another post from the always magnificent Chelsea Clyde. I'm just going to leave to her website here in case you can't get enough.

Keeping with the theme of my t-shirt of the Wednesday night, this post shall be filled with poor pirate/sailing puns. 

So to begin....

The Everblades prepared to set sail for Greenville, SC with a 4-2 victory Wednesday night. 

1. Jason Missiaen walks the plank.

The National Hockey League and I have something in common: we like big goalies. The Everblades liked Greenvilles 6’8” goalie Jason Missiaen so much they scored four times. While the Everblades offense demonstrated some smooth sailing it’s clear Greenville has little choice but to stay the course in goal.

2. Trevor Bruess released the Kraken.

The Everblades have a nightly “Collision of the Game” as voted on by fans. For Wednesday’s game we all got to pick between “option one: Trevor BRUESS” or “option two: Trevor BRUESS”. If you can’t figure it out Trevor Bruess won. Bruess is commonly known for his exuberance and can be spotted racing off the ice at the end of warm ups... and hitting anything that moves. Yeah, that too.

3. Muse sinks their ship.

The Everblades continued to put their faith in John Muse. This time Muse stopped 32 of 34 shots. The third star of the game, faced some rough waters with the marauding Road Warriors in his crease. His crew mates were there to back him up and some pretty glove saves later we had the W.

4. Rutherford is a scurvy dog (in the best way possible).

I once heard a fan refer to David Rutherford as a “man Chihuahua” or “manhuahua” while some people may take offense at the term I think it was a compliment. No one seems to get under opposing teams skin quite like Mr. Rutherford. #tinybutfierce

5. Leigh Salters and his weapons of “mast” destruction.

As tensions continued to rise the off-ice production crew decided to give the Road Warriors a not so subtle reminder. The reminder was a video of Leigh Salters trouncing a Gwinnett Gladiator. His weapons of “mast” destructions: yeah those would be his hands. Salters is not only good in a fight but provided the game winning goal during the second period.

Now for the fun part. My baseless predictions/ wish list for the rest of the series. 

1. A duel to the death between John Muse and Nic Riopel. My money is on Muse. 
2. Brayden Irwin gets a hat trick. This would annoy @Swamphockey till the end of time. (ed. note: I am happy any time a player scores, even when I'm generally underwhelmed by that players effort)
3. Marc-Olivier Vallerand and Sebastien Piche sing “Oh Canada” in harmony and in french. “Oh Canada” is totally under utilized in the US. Plus, I see an episode of karaoke superstars in their future.

What would you like to see happen? Tell me on Twitter @CVClyde or leave a comment!

And as always the link to the stat sheet for those wanting “real” information.

Guest Re-Cap: Everblades vs. Road Warriors (4/2/12)

 As promised, here's the guest post from one of the most fantastic hockey ladies I've ever met, Chelsea Clyde. You can check out here website here and find her on Twitter here.

The curse is broken. I try not to be a superstitious person. I mean truly how much can wearing silly bands really impact a teams performance? However, I was starting to get a complex with the Everblades. They just never won when I was in the rink (my Jr. Blades never had such a problem, but that’s another story).

It got so bad that our dear SwampHockey debated whether inviting me to a game was a good decision. Lot’s of snark, not very many wins.

I’m happy to say after Monday’s 5-2 victory, the curse is officially broken and here’s how it happened.

1) The toe-tapping Muse.

 There are times that no matter the statistics I just “feel” comfortable with certain goalies. This year that was John Muse. “The Moose” has an interesting habit of tapping the toes of his skates on the ice before the start of the game. He didn’t stop however and went toe-to-toe with Greenville in the remaining seconds. The Everblades were running the clock with the puck behind the net. It was pretty comical to watch him “dance” as the Road Warriors forward tried to get around and force the Everblades to play the puck. 

2) Sébastien Piché.

The feisty defenseman made the game. He contributed one assist in the contest, but his shining moment is when he told Marc- Olivier Vallerand to “suck it” (not a direct quote). The two players appeared to be exchanging words throughout the contest. By the third period all it took was a little shove by Piche and Vallerand was ready to drop the gloves. From my seat it went like this: (shove) V: French curse word, P: You want to go?

3) Matt Beca’s Ovi inspired goal celebration.

I’m always a fan of enthusiastic goal celebrations. This one took place right in front of my seat. Bec’s beat Nic Riopel and looked like Ralphie from A Christmas Story when he his parents surprise him with the Red Ryder BB gun. The chest bump to the glass and smothering of affection from his teammates didn’t hurt either. 

 

4) Scott Pitt and the “score board incident”

I expect things to be feisty with Greenville. After all they are captained by T.J. Reynolds (hate all you want, but his particular form pestering is an art form). However, you have to know when to pick your fights and with whom. I’ve seen Scott Pitt play sporadically since 2007. I’ve seen him score plenty of goals, but I’ve never seen him get in a fight (not saying it’s never happened, just that I’ve never seen it). So it came as no surprise that he didn’t take up the useless call from Greenville throughout the game. The entertaining part was his hand gesture at the end of the game. For those watching it was easy to see Pitt gesturing towards the score board as a Road Warrior tried to engage him. Smart move Mr. Pitt. We approve.

5) David Fischer’s chew toy.

Now we’ve already talked about superstitions and habits, but then there is Fischer’s mouth guard or more aptly named chew toy. I’m not sure how many of Fischer’s teeth it’s protecting, but if chewing on that lime green guard helps you score AND prevent goals, well keep on chewing. Fischer was a +1 on the night and scored the Everblades first goal. 

For people who like actual facts I’ve included the link to the game sheet, but let’s face it a game is much more than just a piece of paper.

 

YouTube Tuesday

It was a pretty big win for the Blades last night. Of course, most of you wouldn't know since last night was the lowest attendance of the season. Seriously guys, if I can go to a game on Friday night drive the half hour back from Estero and put videos up. Then wake up at 5:30 the nest morning and work a double shift, your behinds can make a Monday or Wednesday game. This is the playoffs guys, it's time to give a shit.

Ok, I'm done with that. On to the videos!

It was a rough and tumble game. As you would expect when two South Division teams play. There were a lot of scuffles, but nothing really happened until Sebastien Piche dropped the gloves. Pretty easy to say he got the win.



Next up, video from after the game ended. Three misconducts weren't enough, the Road Warriors wanted to go after the game ended. The best part is aropund the 15 second mark when you can see Scott Pitt point up at the scoreboard. Brilliant.



Someone has kindly offered to write a guest post re-cap Monday's game. As I hate writing re-caps, I quickly agreed. Be sure to check back a little later. I know it's going to be good.

Also, anytime you want to write a guest post just email it to me. I don't always enjoy writing and I'm happy to get a break.