Hockey Fans

[billchao]

8 hours ago, commishbob said:

This pic was in a Jersey deli I visited last month.  🙄

 

 

Ha I knew where that was without looking at the sign. Hobby's is a well known Devil's stomping ground.

Did you get the King Henrik soup? 😜

[commishbob]

2 hours ago, billchao said:

Ha I knew where that was without looking at the sign. Hobby's is a well known Devil's stomping ground.

Did you get the King Henrik soup? 😜

Of course!  Had to share the bowl tho...wanted a Cup. 😃   Oh..I had to explain these to my brother who doesn't know hockey.

 

 

[BamaWade]

On 12/5/2018 at 4:47 PM, fever said:

It's good to know there is Hockey in Bama. Life is short, just do it. Best of luck Wade, I hope it all works out for you.

So...I went through a weekly skills camp late spring, and signed up for rec league.  3 games in as of last night.  The first one moved a little quick for me, but the 2nd was better; then last night I played pretty well.  Playing first-line C, scored my first goal of the season on shift #1 just about 30 seconds in.  Got a good shot that was padded over and recovered by my RW who shot, and his rebound popped out to me.  It was a bouncer, but I had been working on that some in my practice and got solid contact to pot it firmly in the empty half.  Felt nice.  Should've had #2 in the 2nd--got a good backhander off from about 15' right in the slot with the goalie recovering and just his stick to get over...but didn't get the elevation I needed (which sucks, because I work on that a lot).  But anyway, the game is really starting to slow down for me, so I'm hopeful.  It's frickin' fun, even though our team needs work...lots of work, haha.

Re: minor leagues:  Our SPHL Bulls are playing for the championship this weekend...against in-state Huntsville, to boot.  Pretty cool, because Birmingham was dead last last season, and have a chance to win it all this year.  The first rendition of the SPHL years ago was awful, but I've been to a few this year and the quality of the hockey is actually pretty good for low-level minors.  If only our ticket prices weren't highest in the league! ($22 sides; $30 down low).  Hoping to go to game one Friday night, though.  Hope they can pull it off.

[mcanadiens]

On 4/23/2019 at 3:29 PM, BamaWade said:

If only our ticket prices weren't highest in the league! ($22 sides; $30 down low).

Holy crap. 

SPHL is sub-ECHL. The only thing keeping it from being the bottom is the silly Federal League.