For all the Calgary Flames fans out there… Me and my once college teammate Matt Canter used to drive to hockey games together & listen to this song to both pump ourselves up and release the tension with a good laugh. This is a rap song to the beat of “50 Cent – In Da Club”. I’m not sure what year it was released, but I think it was 2005-2006 when the Flames lost to the Mighty Ducks in the Conference Finals (3-4). The best line in the song?
During the Spring Men’s League session there is one week per year where the Missouri State players are out of town for Spring Break. The majority of A League teams are comprised of Mo State players so during this week there is a real lull in attendance. Team JD and Team Finnegans joined forces, along with the help of a few B League All-Stars, to have enough players for both games.
In the first game vs Ecker, Brian Moseley scored first by forcing the play behind the net, stripping a defensemen, and finishing on a wrap around. The game went to an 11-11 shootout after Team Ecker scored with 20 seconds in the game to tie. Team JD lost in the shootout.
In the second game Team JD/Team Finnegans won vs Team Sperr 11-6 in an easy contest.
Bucci is brilliant, plain and simple. With this post defending Sidney Crosby to the millions of hockey haters out there, he has just surpassed the great Barry Melrose in my book. People wrote in to him saying that it ‘ruined’ the Olympic experience to have Sidney Crosby score the game winner. Someone even said that Canada would have still won the Gold without Crosby. Bucci’s response was so spot on, it’s crazy. Give this man Bettman’s job and call it a day.
“I watch parts of just about every NHL game. I don’t watch “Lost” or “Dancing with the Stars” or “Idol.” I watch NHL hockey every night I’m home. These are my observations:
1. Crosby rarely whines. In fact, he is one of the more subdued players in the NHL. That is a fact. If you believe otherwise, you haven’t seen a large sample of his games this season.
2. To call him overrated is as implausibly mind-boggling as calling Lady Gaga underrated. He wins faceoffs, he scores goals, he is the best passer in the NHL, he backchecks, he’s completely committed to his craft, he carries his franchise’s media load and has since he was 18. No one has had more asked of him over the past five years than Crosby.
3. Crosby has a scoring title, an MVP award, a Stanley Cup and an overtime gold medal-winning goal. He’s 22. He’s good. Try to enjoy him like the NBA fans who aren’t Cavaliers fans enjoy LeBron James and baseball fans who aren’t Cardinals fans enjoy Albert Pujols.
I have a difficult time detesting anything in life except Michael Bolton covering Otis Redding songs. That’s it.
After a decent 1st period the score was tied 3-3. Team JD let down as usual in the 2nd period, just to make things interesting. Going into the 3rd the score was 3-6 and Finnegans started to celebrate after every goal. This only served to make Team JD mad enough to score 6 goals in the 3rd period to win 9-6.
In the inaugural season of the MAHSHL (Mid-American High School Hockey League) the Springfield Spirit won the Championship.
Quarters
Semi’s
Final
Champions
2) Rockhurst
6) KC Saints
2) Rockhurst
3) Witchita
3) Witchita
7) KC Stars
2) Witchita
4) Springfield Spirit
4) SGF Spirit
4) SGF Spirit
5) St. Joe Griffons
4) SGF Spirit
1) Jeff City
1) Jeff City
9) Springdale
Quarter Finals vs St. Joe – After getting up 3-1 in the 1st period, we really let down and allowed St. Joe to come back and tie it 3-3 at the end of regulation. No scoring in overtime lead to a shootout. Austin Purdy went 1st and scored, followed by Greg Altoonian who also scored. Spirit goaltender Nate Fairbank stopped the final St. Joe shot to advance Springfield to the Semi’s.
Semi Finals vs Jefferson City - #1 seeded Jeff City got off to a slow start as the Spirit came out strong in the first period. The Spirit never trailed in the game and with a game winning goal from Taylor Fairbank, won 5-4 sending Springfield to the Finals.
Championship Game vs Witchita - Trailing 3-1 in the 3rd period the Spirit never gave up. They scored 3 unanswered goals to take the lead 4-3 with 3 minutes left. Witchita rallied and scored with 2 minutes left to tie the game 4-4. The game went to overtime and 24 seconds in leading scorer Brian Otradovec netted a sudden death goal to seal the League Championship for the Spirit.
It was a historic season for the Spirit coming into the tournament seeded 4th out of 10 teams. To read the official write-up click here.
For all the Calgary Flames fans out there… Me and my once college teammate Matt Canter used to drive to hockey games together & listen to this song to both pump ourselves up and release the tension with a good laugh. This is a rap song to the beat of “50 Cent – In Da Club”. I’m not sure what year it was released, but I think it was 2005-2006 when the Flames lost to the Mighty Ducks in the Conference Finals (3-4). The best line in the song?
