2 months down and Thrilla sucks balls for bus fare

So, it's about 1/4 of the season over and despite (or because of Thrilla's cockiness) he's been bumped from #1 position by Blow My Goat. 

The only rule change requested by the 3 winners of Wendel Clark day was to give goalies points for PIMs. This was in honor of Ray Emery doing the knuckle rap on Brandon Holtby's head which made for some misdirected outrage among the NHL's elite about fighting in the NHL, especially goalies. 

So here's the top 5 goalie fights for your amusement starting with Ray-Ray vs Holtby from a fan's perspective; 

Philly fan's play by play; Oh shit! Oh yeah! Oh shit! Oh yeah! Oh yeah! Oh yeah!

This is classic for a few reasons; there's rare footage of not only Zdeno Chara as an Islander but also Trevor Linden not only being the Captain of the Islanders but also 'kinda' fighting. There's also a cameo by PJ Stark rapping on a guy's noggin before the main event of Dan Cloutier destroying Sami Salo.

This is a good one showcasing the crazy of Patrick Roy, having had plenty of time to get worked up and rare footage of Detroit's 'other' goaltender who was always pretty good in his own right. 

How can you not pick a clip that features two goalies going at it, then one of them going a second time with one of the heavier weights back in the day? Emery Take 2!

The Rocky Three of Fights.  Ron Hextall was still a legend at this time; still a time bomb waiting to happen. Until this fight where after a lengthy charge down the ice, he got his ass and face handed to him by the much younger Felix Potvin.  After this, Ron was a lot less likely to get involved in extra-curricular activities.

I know there's a few more but i'm too lazy to track them all down, so instead here's a highlight reel of someone else's top 10 goalie fights from the newer, kinder, more European NHL.

Wendel Clark Day and a hockey pool update

First, my apologies for missing the last couple week's post. Remembrance Day put me behind and then my dog died so I've been preoccoupied. But enough of that, let's get to why you are reading this;

AD HOCKEY POOL UPDATE

So, as per the last winner, everyone was allowed to drop/exchange underperforming players on a sliding scale of where they were in the standings. I sent off emails informing everyone to get their picks to me by the 7th (i think) and about 4 teams responded. Their rosters were updated to reflect those changes so there has been some big changes in the standings. If you didn't send me your changes, don't worry- you were probably going to lose anyways.


And, seeing as how it's Movember and a few of you are probably attempting to grow some facial whiskers over your upper lip to prove your manhood, this month we will honor the greatest mustaches of them all and in honor of our #1 mustache (spoiler alert - it's Wendel Clark) this month's winner of 'make or change a rule' is the team with the most Maple Leafs on it!

So, I'll be right back once i figure out who that is....

In the meantime, here's my top 8 list of Hockey Mustaches, with a shout out to Paul McLean as best hockey coach mustache (pictured above)



#8 Dave Babych 

Dave rocked this stache as well as a few bodies during the Canucks memorable 94 run and helped to alleviate a few Canucks fans that were missing the glorious retired lip fungus of Harold Snepts.

#7 Claude Giroux

Look. I don't really know this guy. Looking at his mustache, I don't think i want to get to know him unless I was looking for a good car mechanic or some weed. I'd never let him babysit my kid although a great rule of thumb is to never let anyone with a mustache babysit your kid.  

#6 Brian Trottier 

When you are sporting a mustache for 4 straight Stanley Cup lifts and win it two more times, you automatically get some 'stache recognition. It's the law. 

#5 George Parros

He puts the Must in mustache. His annual shaving for Movember has now become more of a media event than anything else he has done, barring that decision to headbutt the Montreal Forum ice to mixed results. 

#4 Young Wendel Clark 

Here he is, already rocking a pretty healthy man-stache on his draft day, which the NHL decided to change to his 16th birthday, just to make things easier for him.










#3 Olli Jokinen

Hey, if i wanted to look like a porn star, you know maybe cuz i have a huge cock and don't give a shit what anybody else thinks or the fact that I would be repeatedly stopped by cops every time I pass a school yard or enter a hockey rink, then sure, I'd go for the Olli Jokinen mustache.

#2 Obligatory Lanny McDonald shout out 

Lanny is perhaps the most popular player to ever have a career centered around his mustache, George Parros notwithstanding. Ranked pretty much #1 on every hockey mustache list ever, I'm bumping him to #2 because his mustache never fought Marty McSorley or knocked so many Bruce Bells out just by meeting him behind the net.

#1 Wendel Clark's Captain Mustache.

Never before in the history of the Maple Leafs (except those crazy times when Lanny was playing for them) has a mustache ever been more glorified than Wendel's in his later years. Songs have been sung, poems have been written, gay men everywhere and Mike C have cried that they will never be able to pull off the mustached man-vibe better than Wendel did in his glory years sporting either the handlebars or the simple top cover.

Okay...if you made it this far, the team with the most Maple Leafs on it, the team that decides the next rule change is...

well. that was dumb. Pocket Rockets, Mojo mahambo and Mighty Pints all have 2 Maple Leafs each and ironically enough also are all in the bottom half of the pool.  So you 3 all have until the end of the month to send me any requests for rule changes OR choose Door #2 which is a $10 Tim Horton's card. 

Seeing as how I'm the Mighty Pints, I know what i'm choosing....