From the monthly archives:

January 2006

Boulerice Bonanza In Lowell.

January 28, 2006

If you are wondering if you should go to Lowell tonight, pencil it in. The Lockmonsters have assigned perennial bench warmer Jesse Boulerice for a weekend stint. Boulerice is a gamer, and one tough customer. He was the subject of a vicious Aaron Downey one-punch a couple of years ago that scrambled his eggs a bit, [...]

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Colton Orr Ain’t Gonna Help You Now.

January 23, 2006

For those of us in the Boston area we all remember a well known rant by former Celtics Coach Rick Pitino. It went something like, "Larry Bird isn’t walking through that door, Kevin McHale isn’t walking through that door. It gets played constantly on sports radio, and was pretty much the end of Pitino’s days [...]

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Dear DVR, I love you.

January 18, 2006

Dear DVR,
Thank you DVR for offering me a convenient way to record matinee Bruins games when I am working. Especially when the Bruins decide they are going to win a game, and have a fight. Without you DVR, I would not be able to see the Travis Moen (ANA) vs. Dan LaCoutre (BOS) fight. I [...]

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NHL Pay Or AHL Play?

January 11, 2006

I read an article the other day about Hurricanes enforcer Jesse Boulerice, and how he has played in 18 of 36 games for Carolina, and hadn’t had a fight since November 16th. It went on to say that 71% of all NHL games this season have been fight free. That is up from the 59% [...]

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Hockey’s Halfway Point

January 8, 2006

ESPN’s Scott Burnside chimes in with a good read marking the absolute middle of the season. What if they were to dole out trophies this weekend as opposed to the end of the season? Who would be on the receiving end of the recognition? Have a look at some of Scooter’s midterm grades, including hat tips [...]

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Steve Downie – The Super-Pest.

January 7, 2006

You know you’ve established yourself when you start to get comment-spam. I’m deleting ‘em as quickly as I catch ‘em, people. It’s almost flattering though. And enough with the penis enlargement ads, you spamming bastards. Who the hell have you been talking to?
David and Goliath – Downie and Malkin. No relation to Gord, the Super-Pest helped [...]

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New Year, New Goonblog

January 6, 2006

Happy New Year! I hope everyone had a safe and Happy New Year. I myself, drank too much at the Patriots game New Year’s Day, and then drank waaaaaaaaay to much at the Bruins game the next day. In my defense, drinking was the only entertainment, as the B’s lost 1-0 in what could only [...]

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