Is it possible to die from swooning?

Because this much-anticipated (at least by me) video might just do it to me.

What a trifecta of happy that is. Dear lord.

If I do actually expire from swooning, please send donations to Houston Aeros Charities in lieu of flowers.

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Also, my dear Tamicakes sent this to me this morning. Awesome.

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Bobblehead fun

The Aeros are doing a giveaway this season of a collection of bobbleheads of beloved former Aeros in honor of their 15th anniversary, and even though I'm not much of a memorabilia collector, these amuse me.

So far we've gotten Chabot, Boogaard, Reitz, and Wiseman, being the most recent. I finally opened my Wiseman bobblehead box up today to put him in his spot on the nice little stand they also gave for them.

But something is kinda off about the guy. I wasn't around when he played for the Aeros so I don't really know much about him, other than seeing him on the broadcast with O'Donnell Friday night. He seemed pretty normal there, but his bobblehead seems to have an attitude problem.

He's got his tongue sticking out.

Unfortunately for him, bobbleheads Boogie and Reitzy don't take too kindly to guys pulling faces at them.

There's about to be a rumble on the sofa table.

So, you folks who've been around... was he known for skating with his tongue hanging out or something? What's up with that?

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Fools rush in; Congrats to Cal

First of all, my apologies for jinxing Kolanos with my exuberant post the other day. He has not been impressive, other than one good shift tonight, since then. As a good, law-abiding hockey fan and knowing that the fate of my teams revolves around my behaviors, I'll fall on the knife for his less than effective play the last couple of games.

*shame*

P.S. But he's still better than Pouliot.

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What is it about Phoenix that Cal has such exciting games against them? He was amazing tonight with 5 shots on goal, 4 hits (and a few nasty ones he took on himself), some quality jawing at Jokinen and probably lots of other guys, one goal, and one assist. Oh yeah, and he was the #1 star. Again.

The kid is just wired different. No matter how bad the other team gives it back, he just keeps coming. He's just relentless.

Have I mentioned lately how much I miss getting to watch him in person? Widescreen HD just can't contain his game. But who could deny him this:


Here's a post game interview. He's the first interview. And here's another one. Kid can't even get his pads off and they're all over him.

And just to pile on a little more, here's Russo's article for tomorrow. It's about Boogaard but it's mostly quotes from Cal razzing him (gently) for his lack of goal scoring. My favorite part:

When locker-room stallmate Cal Clutterbuck heard Boogaard hadn't scored in more than three years, the agitator couldn't help but chime in.

"That's a long time, man," Clutterbuck, 21, told Boogaard. "How do you get through the day? I mean, I was 18 years old. I was still playing junior hockey, Boogs."

Poor Boogie. But you have to love this, right?

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Random Assortment

Got a muffin basket of delight for y'all today:

First off, it looks like our favorite big, blond, Southern defenseman, Jon Awe, is doing just fine over in Korea. NHL.com reports he has 5 goals and 11 points for the Anyang Halla.

Next, thanks to my homeboys over at Hockey Wilderness for the bitchin' shout-out. Check 'em out. There's good stuff going on there.

Also, I just got notification from the Canadian postal service that my goalie mask was shipped yesterday. It's currently in Mississauga, ON. I don't know where that is or how you might pronounce it, but it sounds like a good place for a Canadian-made goalie mask to spend a few hours. How do you suppose it feels about coming to Texas? Suppose its little mask friends are laughing at it? Those smug Montreal-bound masks especially... les batards.

Also, if you don't think I'll spend at least one day wearing that thing around the house and hitting myself in the head as often as possible, you just don't know me very well.

Help me out though... my mask needs a name. Drop a suggestion in the comments. It's like the one pictured but solid black. Six months ago, I would have named it Marty. But, um, not now! Thanks for ruining my perfect mask name, Turco, Biron, and Brodeur!

(ETA: Also just got notification that my Goalie Monkey order has shipped! But it won't be here until next Monday, so no goalie for me this week.)

Lastly, Tomas Mojzis cleared waivers but according to the Russoblog the team has 48 hours to decide what to do about it. Sounds like it's riding on the "lower body" evaluation of Josh Harding today. I'm guessing his lower body is quite fine.

ETA: Oh! Another nugget from Ryan Stanzel's blog:

I got Erik Reitz and Derek Boogaard to record quick clips for the Houston Aeros, who are honoring the duo by including them in their Aeros Legends Bobblehead Series. Both have bobbleheads coming up soon, and they’ll both get a few for friends and family.

Sweet! I took a pass on the Obama/McCain bobbles but these? Oh hell yeah! The Boogie ones, especially, I would expect to be a hot commodity. And no, you can't have mine.

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