This collection of entries is from December 23, 2005.
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Outshot 40-30.
Referee Bob Langdon called a very uneven game. We were up 3-1 in the 3rd (Tuomas Tarkki actually looked great), and then all of a sudden were called for some cheap penalties and the Bears got back into the game and tied it 3-3.
In overtime, Langdon calls Kip Miller for Holding the Stick (which we're now dubbing the Brokeback Mountain penalty) in Kip Miller at 3:19 into overtime, and the Bears score 4:32 into overtime. The Wolves went nuts, pitching and hollering at Langdon. According the the scoresheet, the Bench got a 10-minute Gross misconduct at the end of the game.
REALLY SCARY part of the game - sometime during the 3rd, one of the Bears got hit in the throat. He went don in front of his net, struggled to get to his feet, coasted back to the bench and collapsed in the bench. Everything else happened pretty quickly. A doctor cam onto the ice and was escorted to the bench. Paramedics and police brought out a gurney. Players and coaches stood in front of the bench door, making "snow" with their skates on the ice. (I think they were applying it to the guy's throat). He eventually stood-up and you could see that his throat was really red and wet.
(Boxscore - Gamesheet)
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There is NOBODY at work today. My SameTime list is showing just about everyone I know is not in the office or even logged-in from home.
Very quiet.
Today, just to play with the season and since I already had the beard and gut, I wore a Santa hat to work. Nearly every single person addressed me as Santa today - and I don't know any of these people. But they were all smiling.
Even the hottest woman in the place, whom I've only seen once, stopped by my cube and wanted to know if she could add some last minute wishes to her list. Oh. My. God.
Gotta love the hat.