kev/null » canucks http://kevnull.com Thu, 01 Mar 2012 02:07:54 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 AA! http://kevnull.com/2004/04/aa.html http://kevnull.com/2004/04/aa.html#comments Fri, 16 Apr 2004 13:14:43 +0000 Kevin Cheng http://kevnull.com/?p=276 Session Start (kc:TP): Wed Mar 31 09:21:48 2004
[09:30] kc: if we play calgary, even if we win, we’ll be broken
[09:30] kc: i can’t believe it. kiprusoff. wtf.
[09:30] kc: why do we never get goalies like that.
[09:31] TP: seriously
[09:31] TP: oh wait, we did.
[09:31] TP: ;o)
[09:31] TP: lol you even have hedberg
[09:31] kc: i think auld is our saviour
[09:31] TP: he’s good! give him a chance

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Two weeks later, it looks like my prayers have been answered. Let’s see how well we do now.

]]> http://kevnull.com/2004/04/aa.html/feed 7 NHL on London TV http://kevnull.com/2004/04/nhl-on-london-tv.html http://kevnull.com/2004/04/nhl-on-london-tv.html#comments Tue, 13 Apr 2004 20:37:09 +0000 Kevin Cheng http://kevnull.com/?p=271 So I looked and looked to see where I could potentially watch a hockey game live around here because the Canadian bar, the Maple Leaf, only shows taped games. After some digging, I found out about NASN (North American Sports Network). They had a link to request what locations they were available. Since nobody else seems to have this information handy, I’m posting it so people might find it should the google for NHL playoff games on TV in London, UK or some combination thereof.

NASN is currently available in the following venues. We would advise you to contact the venue directly in order to ascertain exactly what they are showing:

  • London Marriot Hotel, Grosvenor Square, London W1K 6JP
    T. 0207 514 1669
  • The Connaught Hotel, Mayfair, London W1K 2AL
    T. 0207 499 7070
  • The Savoy Hotel, 1 Savoy Hill, The Strand, London, WC2R 0ER
    T. 0207 836 4343
  • Cheers Bar, 72 Regent Street, London, W1R 6EL
    T. 020 7494 3322
    www.cheersbarlondon.com
  • Bodean’s Smokehouse BBQ, 10 Poland Street, Soho, W1F 8P7.
    T. 020 7287 7575
    www.bodeansbbq.com
  • The Sports CafĂ©, 80 Haymarket, London, SW1Y.
    T. 020 7839 8300
    www.sportscafe.com
  • The Maple Leaf, 41 Maiden Lane, Covent Garden, London WC2 E7LJ
    T. 020 7240 2843
  • The Big Easy Bar-B-Q and Crabshack, 332-334 Kings Road, Chelsea, London,
    SW3 5UR
    T. 020 7352 4071
    E. enquiries@bigeasy.com
    www.bigeasy.uk.com
  • Tinseltown Ltd, Bar, 44-46 St John Street, Clerkenwell, London EC1M 4DF
    T. 0207 689 2424

When we get into the finals, maybe I’ll just nab a hotel room in one of the hotels that have NASN =)

]]> http://kevnull.com/2004/04/nhl-on-london-tv.html/feed 6 A Confession from a Canucks Fan http://kevnull.com/2003/05/a-confession-from-a-canucks-fan.html http://kevnull.com/2003/05/a-confession-from-a-canucks-fan.html#comments Fri, 09 May 2003 12:43:22 +0000 Kevin Cheng http://kevnull.com/?p=142 Ok, I have a confession to make. It’s all my fault.

Every Vancouver Canucks fan does it. We all play our small role in how the Canucks perform, especially during playoffs. Maybe it’s whether you shaved. Maybe it’s whether you watch the game live (my dedicated friend, Maruno actually gave up his St.Louis Blues Game 7 tickets because he felt he’d jinx the team). Maybe it’s whether you wore your lucky Jersey or changed your left sock in the last month.

For me, it was whether I wore my Jersey during the game (don’t) and whether I listened to the game from end to end. Or so I thought. Then it finally occurred to me.

Last year, I was lucky enough to score playoff tickets (again thanks to Maruno, actually) and watched games 3 and 4 against Detroit in Vancouver. We lost both, and proceeded to lose two more. I was basically in Vancouver for a weekend, just in time to watch the games. This year, I was in town the morning after Game 4 when we established a 3-1 lead over the Minessota Wild. I left town during the first period intermission of Game 5, when we were tied 1-1. That game turned into a 7-2 blowout by Minessota. We then lost the next 2 and lost the series.

Basically, when I show up in Vancouver during the playoffs, the season ends. Last year, 4 straight losses; this year, 3.

I should note that I’m not shocked that Minny set a record of being the first team to come back twice from 3-1 series deficit in the same playoff year. Vancouver’s all about handing records to the other teams. For example:

  • Vancouver has never lost 3 consecutive games in the 82 season games and 13 playoff games thus far.
  • Nobody has ever won a division 9 straight times. Vancouver had division lead for most of the 82 games in the season.
  • Minessota has never scored 7 goals. Ever.
  • Nobody has ever come back from 3-1 series deficit twice in a playoff year.

    We happily obliged. In the last three games of the season, we needed but two points to seal the division. We managed one tie and got shutout in the last game. Handing out the Art Ross, Rocket Richard and Division Title all to Colorado and helping them set an NHL record when we were leading in all three categories. Now we gift wrapped a win, not just by losing three straight, but losing it definitively. To the point that you couldn’t really say, “hey, good fight”.

    I’m not jumping off the bandwagon but I’m allowed to call it as I see it. Bertuzzi was a no show, Naslund was ok. Our best scorerers were our D-men. Our goalie isn’t as good as everyone in Vancouver seems to think. Face it, JS Giguere, Brodeur, Lalime, Roy, Belfour, Cujo, even Marc Denis or Roberto Luongo could’ve got us to the playoffs with the great way the skaters played in the regular season. The number of wins Clouts had was no indication of his skill, only an indication that he is NHL caliber, not GOOD NHL caliber.

    But in the end, I just should’ve known better than show up in Vancouver during the playoffs. Sorry, guys. =)

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