Hello old friends!

I've been gone for oh so long. I don't know why I really stopped writing? However...today I decided I miss it greatly!
So I think I'm going to pick it up again!
Anyone still reading me out there? Hope everyone is having a great summer!

"Gimme Gimme Moore"

Every time I think of brand new Sabre Dominic Moore all I can think of is that stupid Britney Spears song. LoL Don't think I'm not going to sing it tonight when he plays!
Oh hey Mr. Moore! Glad our country decided to let you play tonight! Congrats!
Watching his interview on sabres.com he seems pretty happy to be here. (I don't blame him.)
Other random note....I was excited to see what number he would be. 17 it is.

I'm Not A Fan

I'm not a fan of this.....

but I guess it's better to get something for him now while we can. Still I find it sad when guys go that I like. It should have been Max. Oh well.

What a day!

Today was trade deadline day. I was pretty excited to see what would unfold. I was pretty pumped about the Vermette trade only because I think he's pretty nice looking. With him no longer being a Sen I'm free to admire him. hahaha
Sabres signed Connolly for 2 more years.....whatever. I know there are a lot of people out there that are really pumped about this news. Me not so much. But whatever. If he stays healthy then I'll be happy.
Mikael Tellqvist was acquired from Phoenix. This made me quite nervous. I can understand wanting to having a backup goalie with nhl experience, but it makes me think Miller isn't coming back for the rest of the season. HEARTBREAK!!!!!!!!!!!!
Dominic Moore also jumped on the Sabre train from Leaf nation. Oh my God I just typed Leaf Nation. Ew.
Sad news of the day is Al Kotalik going to Edmonton. I'm gonna miss you Al. All the times we shared @ Chefs while you ate your pasta and I laughed your hats and spice girl glasses. I hope you coached everyone in shootout before you left.
In even sadder news.....Max Afinogenov is still a Sabre.

GOOD NEWS.....Buffalo beat Montreal tonight 5-1. Patty was 1:06 away from a shutout. SO CLOSE! What a great game tonight though! I didn't get to see the 3 stars of the game but my personal star goes to the Goose! How adorable was he after his shorty?! He was freakin giddy on the bench! LoL
Thomas Vanek made his return wearing his "Silence of the Lambs" mask. Glad he's back out there.

Dear Sabres,
Please play this well next weekend when I actually get to come watch you. K thanks!
Love,
Rachael

Does Afinogenov WANT to go?

According to the Buffalo news Afinogenov has had some good practices with the team and is hoping to play against the Habs but Lindy isn't sure yet. Max talked to the press in Long Island.

"I've been here for like 10 years. All my career," said Afinogenov. "Played all my games here. All my friends [are] here. My home here. I want to be here. But just for once, I want to play. If I'm sitting, there's no reason for me to be here."



I think Max has scored 2 goals all season? If he isn't moved Darcy really is dumb. What do you guys think will be done with Max? What do you think we can get for him?

I'm the winner!

So I haven't posted a blog in 2 weeks. 2 WEEKS! Clearly I am the winner of the "worst blogger ever" award! I'm not really sure why I haven't gotten around to posting? Maybe it's depression?
The night Miller got injured I was in Canada. I heard it happen on the radio but didn't see it until I got home. Ugh it was like watching a puppy get hit by a car. It totally broke my heart. I love lalime but good lord do we need Ryan back!
The past couple games have been so hard to watch. The hurricanes game I thought was decent at least. Lalime had a solid game and made some killer saves. Shutout by the Islanders though? THAT made me want to bury my head in a hole.
Thomas is said to be making his return Wednesday. THANK YOU JESUS! Maybe he can fire everyone up!

Is there any point to this post? Not really.
Has everything I wrote about probably been written about by 30 other people or more? Probably.
I just needed to catch up. I need to stop being a bad blogger.

Now I'll just sit back and wait for some trades to go down. Pleeeeeeeease don't do something stupid Darcy!

Happy Hockey Day Canada

Happy Hockey Day to all my neighbors to the north! I'm actually headed to Canada today. I'm seeing The Trews play in Kingston tonight. Anyone else a fan?

Because I'll be @ the concert I'll sadly be missing the game. Hopefully I'll come home and have a reason to use my favorite phrase of "Suck it Drury!"

Tallinder is ready to hit the ice tonight. Teppo Numminen will be cozy and warm in the press box with Paestch.

I don't really have much to say about tonight's match-up. Of course I'm hoping for a win. It's pretty much Rangers country here where I live so I'm glad to be heading north.....where it will be leafs/sens country. UGH! lol

Still miss these!

Every time A Flyers game rolls around I can only think of one thing......


Just how much I miss the Marty Biron spoofs on WGR! You have NO idea how much joy those silly things brought me! I just tried to search the audio vault but this is the only one I could find.
http://audio.wgr550.com/m/audio/19278361/inside-the-head-of-marty-biron.htm?q=Marty+Biron (Ps...why have I never learned to make a link?)

Anway...does anyone have any of the old marty spoofs saved? The "SexyBack" one was my favorite! hahahahahaha

Awww Marty I still miss you.....but I hope you lose tomorrow.

Drew x2

What a game tonight by the Sabres! Please excuse my stupidity in my previous post. I got the leafs game mixed up with the oilers game. Woops. Moving on.....

My first thought of tonight centers on Mr. Justin Pogge. First home start for this kid all season. You'd think I'd be a little excited for him.....but nope. Not at all. All I could think about were fun nicknames to taunt him with. Lucinda had a good suggestion with "pierogi." I do like those. I do not like him. So I decided to go with POGS for the rest of the game.

Hahahahaha remember those? "NICE SAVE THERE POGS!"

Anywho.....end of the 1st period and the Sabres had a nice 3-0 lead thanks to Drew "I'm not Joey Ramone" Stafford, Dan Paille and Matt Ellis. I don't know about you but I bet you agree with me in saying it should have been a 4-0 lead. Pommers goal definitely should have counted. The net was completely on and I really don't think he made a "forward chest movement." Oh Well.

No highlights for the 2nd period really. The leafs' Paval Kubina scored a power play goal to make the score 3-1.

I know I mentioned before how much I hated VS. Chris Simpson? Really? Could her boobs have been hanging out anymore? Real professional there chicky. Cover those up because I really don't enjoy you interviewing my beloved team looking like that. Ok. Thanks.

3rd period came around and Drew scored ANOTHER goal! YAY!!!!! Finally I get to actually SEE Drew Stafford being awesome and not have to hear it on the radio! Stafford's goal was the game winner and made the final 4-1 Sabres.

Here's my 3 stars of the game.

1. Drew Stafford. 2 goals and setting his personal season high with his 16th and 17th of the season. I hope you get the pigeon tonight again buddy!

2. Ryan Miller. Stopped 26 of 27 shots tonight and made some GREAT saves! Nothing new though right?

3. Dan Paielle. A goal and an assist tonight.

Thoughts before tonight's game.

1. The last time the Sabres played the Leafs they won 10-1. I was sick and missed it. Clearly it would be amazing if they could mirror that game. Even just a little bit!

2. It would not be amazing for them to mirror their last game. NOT even just a little bit.

3. I wonder who will be in the net tonight? Angry Miller usually means good Miller...we'll see.

4. I hate Leaf fans.

5. Tonight's game is on VS. Those fools might be worse than the leaf fans.

Weekend Ramblings

I haven't had time to blog all weekend so I thought I'd jumble everything together tonight. So sit back, relax, and get ready for a pretty long post written by moi! (Which is pretty rare!)

So let's start with Friday night's game vs. the Sharks. WOW! It's been a LONG time since I've seen the team make a comeback like that. I just about fell off my chair when Pommers tipped in that goal. I was so relieved that the team could pull off a win for the city. What a horrible tragedy for everyone to have to go through. My thoughts and prayers are still with all the victims and those affected. Lindy Ruff had this to say after the game....

"I think, yeah, ever so small, this event turned out to be a positive night," Ruff said. "Though it is a hockey game, it was a good ending. It's a positive feeling. We needed it. I think our fans needed it."

So true. It's kind of like after 9/11 when Saturday Night Live went back on the air. People needed to laugh. People needed to smile. People needed something to forget about life for awhile.

Thank you Sabres for being that distraction. Thank you Ryan Miller for throwing the puck at Milan Michalek after stopping his shot. That sure made me smile!

Saturday was Valentine's Day. I really have nothing to say about this. I have no Valentine. *sigh*

I read a story on http://www.newzjunky.com/ today about a couple that got married in Syracuse yesterday. After the ceremony they donned their SU gear and went to cheer on the team. When SU beat Georgetown they began their normal wedding reception. HOW GREAT IS THAT?! I would totally go to a Sabres game on my wedding day! I've always said I wanted my wedding pictures taken center ice at the arena. Maybe next Valentines Day.......or I'll just have to go with play B.....standing outside Ryan's house playing songs to make him fall in love with me a-la-say anything.

Moving on to tonight's game vs. the Hurricanes. OY! I didn't watch the whole thing but clearly I didn't really miss anything. I watched Miller start the game. I went to eat dinner. Miller was gone. Never a good sign. Seriously I didn't see one thing that I can comment on. Shutouts are great....not when you're on the side with the goose egg! And speaking of Goose, Lindy said he could be ready to play Thursday. Fingers crossed!

Last but not least I'd like to welcome http://www.nhlsnipers.com to my blog roll! VERY cool site so make sure to go check it out!

R

An Early Valentine

Puck Daddy brought this video to my attention.....





Hahahahaha!!!! The Ladies man has always cracked me up. I'm a fan Adam Burish but my Ladies man vote is going to have to go to Sharpie.


The Sabres take on the Sharks tonight @ HSBC Arena. Buffalo currently sits in 8th place in the East and San Jose is at the top for the West. Joy.
***Paging Thomas Vanek. Thomas Vanek to the ice please.***

We'll see how it goes. After the Ottawa game Ryan was pretty pissed. Lets hope he channels that anger into a win tonight!

R

Catwalk Pictures

As promised here are my pictures from Catwalk. I've decided not to write a long detailed blog about how amazing the event was. Jill and Caroline have already done a great job with that. (Nice to meet you ladies!) I've said it before but I'm saying it again. Dean and Ryan Miller are about as classy as they come. Not only did they put on a beautiful and fun event, but the money they raised will help so many families and children. The $50,000 donated to Carly's Club was only the tip of the ice burg of what is yet to come from The Steadfast Foundation. I clearly can't wait for Catwalk IIII!!!

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Catwalk for Charity Videos

I'm totally late in writing about CFC but I had SUCH an amazing time. I have to be to work soon but I thought I'd share the videos I uploaded so far. I have one more but for some reason it doesn't want to go from my camera to my computer. BOO! So in the meantime, enjoy Drew's lovely drum solo, Ryan and Drew rocking out with the band and a Derek Roy singing like it's his job!

I'll post all of my pictures later.







R

Hanging out in Buffalo

Got into town tonight for CFCIII! After dropping our stuff @ the hotel we went to Pearl Street to catch the game. That was the plan at least. We couldn't even find a place to park! Clearly we went @ the wrong time. So we headed to Jack Astor's for dinner and the game because it's a favorite of both Lu and I. I LOVE the Baja chick tacos.....which are no longer on the menu. Bummer.

We ended up catching the end of the game here @ the hotel downstairs. Half of the room was watching the Sabres game while the other half was watching to Leafs game. The guy sitting next to me leaned over and said "Come on Sens!" during the shootout. HOW DARE HE! Jinx! When they lost he was like "I didn't mean it." Well thanks sir. I blame you for everything. How about that shot Thomas took to the mouth?! OUCH!!! I hope he's ok. From the looks of it I wouldn't be surprised if he had a broken jaw. Ugh I hope it's nothing that bad!

So now I'm just sitting here chilling in the hotel. (Which is beautiful! I've never stayed here before and I love it! Totally coming back!) I already tried on my catwalk dress just to make sure I still liked it. I even practiced my 20's style makeup. Hahahaha what a loser. I'M CLEARLY EXCITED FOR TOMORROW NIGHT!!!!

In closing I leave you with this......

How did I miss this?! What exactly is going on here? LoL

R

I need your Buffalonian expertise!

Lucinda and I are headed to Buffalo tomorrow for CFCIII. We decided to go a day early to get in the proper Buffalo experience. I.E shopping and eating. Ya know...all the good stuff. But we have one small glitch. We simply CAN NOT miss a Sabres/Ottawa game!

SO.....

Where can we go to catch this game? Somewhere we can grab a bite, have a few drink and still be able to HEAR the game and not just see it on a screen across the room.

Any suggestions would be quite helpful!

R

Hats off for Tom, Drew is sick and Scruffy goalie love

I'm always so behind. I totally should have written last night but I couldn't keep my eyes open.

First of all....SHUTOUT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Way to go Ryan. Major MAJOR goalie love! And I must add in that I love the scruffy goalie look!

Next up lets chat about that crazy move Drew pulled off. In the words of pretty much everyone it was "sick!" However I have a small bone to pick with you Mr. Stafford. STOP DOING GREAT THINGS WHEN I'M NOT THERE TO SEE THEM!!! I had just got in my car and turned on the game on my way home to hear RJ go absolutely crazy over the goal. You're lucky your post-game interview made me forgive you. All that was missing was your sleepover buddy on your shoulder.

What is there really to say about Mr. Vanek. He was clearly nothing short of fantastic. This was the first hat trick I've gotten to see all year. I love seeing the hats fly! I was amused because they kept showing Tom and Tim chat on the bench after they each had netted a goal. Then Thomas netted a few more and every time they showed the two of them Tim was looking the other way. Jealous? Awwww Tim....I pretty much hate you. However, props for staying out of the hospitals lately. You're right up there with "Tim Taylor" from "Home Improvement."

Do you think this is TV's hat or do you think he picked it out of the hat trick garbage can in the hallway? teehee

I pretty much would like to end my ramblings with this....

Way to go Leafs. Way to be horrible!

R

Props for the love Ducks!

Welcome home boys! You all have no idea how glad I am for you all to be back in Buffalo! I simply can't take the late starts anymore. I had to take a nap this afternoon! No worries. I'll stay up for you when you need me.

Kind of a bummer last night. After the first period things kind of went down hill. Major props to Patty Kaleta for his goal! Same for El Capitano Rivet! Lalime had a decent game. I got a little nervous when he got skated over but I must admit I was pumped to see Ryan ready to go! How sad am I?! I just wanted to see Miller vs. Miller. I must give major props to the Ducks brodcast for all the Miller love last night! Even Dean got some camera time.

However speaking of Ducks....what's with this fashion show?! Catwalk for Charity > Quacks on the runway. 5 days my friends! 5 days! Anyone excited yet?



R

I'M ALIVE!!!

I'm back from vacation! Ok I've been back for about a week but I've been a horrible blogger in that week.

The cruise was AMAZING!!!! Every time I'm on TRB I remember just how much I love music and what a big part of my life it is. I hope you guys had time to check out some of the artists I spent my week in the middle of the ocean with. If you'd like to check out some of my videos of performances from the ship you may do so on my youtube channel....

http://www.youtube.com/user/RachyG1211

I'm slowly adding them on....they take forever to upload.

So unlucky for me when I got off the boat I got sick....for the entire week. ugh. You may be asking, "Rachael does that mean you missed the most amazing win of the year?!" YEP! SURE DOES! I slept through the 10-2 win over the Oilers. I slept through Drew's hat trick.

I slept through this.....

(thanks for the image sabre chaser!)

But ya know what it's ok. I'm moving on. I DID get to see the SHUTOUT against the Coyotes. OH HEY RYAN! And speaking of Ryan..... T-6 days until Catwalk!!!

So starting today I promise to be a better blogger. I will no longer ignore you all. I missed you!

R

My Goodbye

Remember when I said that nothing could go wrong tonight with the game?





WRONG!!!!!!!!





I didn't even get to SEE the game! It was blacked out here! BOOO!!! What I heard on the radio I wasn't too impressed with at all. 4-1 Sabres? Really? Ugh! Sharpie did score a goal though. So woo hoo for that I guess?





Anyway...





This is my official goodbye. This is my last post until I come home from my cruise. I'll only be missing 3 games so I hope nothing huge happens while I'm away. (And if any of you really loved me, you'd email if I do!) Last year when I landed in Miami I had 3 voice mails telling me Drew Stafford scored a hat trick. Don't do that to me again Drew K?





I leave you with a list of a few of the musical artists I'll be spending the next week with. They are all AMAZING and I encourage you to check out their tunes!

Sixthman presents "The Rock Boat" http://www.therockboat.com

Michael Tolcher - http://www.myspace.com/michaeltolcher

Stephen Kellogg and the Sixers - http://www.myspace.com/sk6ers

Wideawake - http://www.myspace.com/wideawake

Hanson - http://www.myspace.com/hansonmusic

Aslyn - http://www.myspace.com/aslyn

Over and Out!

R

Tonight's looking really good!

Off the top of my mind I really can't think of anything that could go wrong tonight? Sabres vs. Hawks. I'd be lying if I didn't say I wanted the Sabres to win, but I really don't mind if the Hawks win either. Ryan isn't in the net tonight so that's a bummer. I'm excited to see Soupy again! I'm still a passenger on the "I love Soupy" train. I work until 8 tonight so an 8:30 start time is superb! And since I won't be focusing my love on Miller tonight....Hey there Mr. Sharp!

Ok this blog was pretty lame and pointless but I needed to write something! It's been almost a week since my last post! I'm leaving for my cruise TOMORROW! I've been out of my mind busy trying to get everything done before I leave. AHHHH!!!!!!!!!

R

FIST PUMP!

Oh man did I love this! This picture brings one of my favorite sayings to mind. "Suck it Drury!" I didn't get to see the entire game tonight. Mostly the first few minutes of the 1st, the end of the 3rd and the OT Shootout. I don't know how the rest of the game went but what a 3rd period for the Sabres! And may I just say MILLERRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR!!!!!!!!!! I always love seeing Buffalo beat the Rangers because everyone up here is such a fan. And tonight they can all shut it and bask in the glory that is a Sabres win! How great is it after a win when Ryan does the "YES WE WIN" fist pump and the team comes and piles on him? Ahhh yes. Keep up the good work boys!

Oh and I thought you all should know if you didn't already. Goose loves the kids. Can this man do anything wrong???

R

Should I be excited about this?

Barenaked Ladies have been one of my favorite bands for quite sometime. In fact I'm one of those snotty fans who if somebody tells me, "Hey yeah I love BNL! One Week is the best song ever" I will roll my eyes at you. Seriously. If you don't own "Born on a Pirate Ship" don't speak to me. I love Ed Robinson. He can be my Yoko Ono any day!

See! Clearly we're bffs! But really I'm not sure how I feel about their version of the Hockey Night in Canada theme song? You can listen to it here: http://watch.tsn.ca/nhl/clip125845#clip125845
It's fun and all. Very BNL. But if that were to come on before a Sabres game I really don't think it would pump me up for the game? And seeing you in those ugly Sens and Leafs jerseys just makes me sad boys.

In other news, today was my long day @ the dance studio. During my lunch break I got a Sabres text and I thought "Oh great, Tim Connolly must have gotten hit by a car or something." But NO! It was to inform me that Thomas Vanek had been added to the Eastern Conference All Star team! Woohoo!!! Yay Thomath! You're thuch a thuperthstar! However I can't lie to you people. We're too close. I feel I can speak openly and freely. And I'm speaking freely when I say WHAT THE HELL?!?! WHERE'S MY TEXT MESSAGE TELLING ME ABOUT RYAN BEING ON THE ALL STAR TEAM TOO?!?!?! How can there be a Soupy and Ryan reunion now? Someone please tell my that my in-box was full and I just didn't get the message and tomorrow everything will be ok!

R

Attn. Smart Bloggers

How do I use Google Analytics??? Color me stupid I don't know how this works? Help me geniuses of the blogging world!

In other news...

Connolly is playing Friday night.

Yay?

R

From what I DID see...

I had to work tonight until 8:00 so I knew I was going to miss a good chunk of the game. Sadly I missed this.....

Drew's 9th goal of the season! WOOHOO!!!

I also missed this...

Really Rutu?! Really?! Mair was right. You really are a joke. What kind of goon won't drop the gloves and decides to bite instead? I really don't even know what to say about how ridiculous this is. Andrew I hope you listen to Mike Robitaille's advice and get a rabies shot!

So after I miss all the fun stuff already I get in the car to drive home and listen to the game on xm. Sabres are winning 3-0. Them BAM! Sens score. BAM! Sens score. Those didn't matter though. Vanek put the game away with a pass from Stafford and an empty netter to put them on top 4-2.

The Sabres have had a great start to Two Thousand and Roy! Let's keep it up boys!

R

Random Ramblings

Hello all! It's been awhile. I've just been lazy. I don't really have much to talk about, but since I haven't posted in a few days I thought I'd find some things to ramble about.

- Does anyone in our Sabres blogosphere have a twitter? I just got addicted to this silly thing. If you have one lets be friends k? http://www.twitter.com/RachyG

- I loved seeing the Sabres beat the Bruins! Especially since they are the "be all end all" of the NHL at the moment. Matt Ellis what happened to you buddy?!

- El Capitano is back! WOOHOO!!!!! I've been waiting for Mr. Rivet to hit the ice again. You were missed sir. You were missed.

- I just watched Tim Connolly's interview on sabres.com and got a little huffy when he said "we're in a fight for a playoff spot right now." YOU haven't really done anything this season so I really don't think you are part of the "we" Tim. But I'm glad you're "feeling good" so you can play in a game soon and injure something else. *insert eye roll here*

- I went to the gym today and sweat my boo-tay off! I don't know if I ever mentioned it on here or not but I joined weight watchers at the end of October. I've lost 23lbs. so far. I have weigh in tomorrow morning and I'm hoping to hit 25!

- I'm leaving for my cruise (http://www.therockboat.com) in 12 days! I CAN'T WAIT!!! Last year when I got off the plane in Miami I had a voicemail from my mom telling me I had missed Drew scoring a hat trick. Drew don't do that to me again this year ok?

- I was sad there were no Sabres in the All-Star starting line-up. I was however excited that Soupy was voted in. I still love him. I'm not sure why there is Soup hate? The man has such sweet singing skills! teehee.

- Catwalk for Charity III is in 34 days. I need to buy shoes.

R

Will 2009 be the year of the 9's?

I'm still amazed at last night's performance. It was all about the 9's. Derek Roy with 2 goals - Pommers with 2 goals - Ryan Miller - who had a 9 in his number in college - had a great game. 9's, 9's, 9's!

All the nines, contributed - well, all the nines that aren't chronically "hurt." Yeah, I'm talking about you #19!

So, I ask this - isn't the New Year about "out with the old and in with the new?" Something to think about Sabres Management!

L

"Don't be a hot dog! It's not the Canadian way!"

I really enjoyed watching yesterday's Winter Classic from Chicago but I've made a very important decision in my life. I'm never going to root for the team I want to win again. Obviously I wanted the Sabres to win last year.
Strike 1.
Yesterday I was really pulling for my Chicago boyfriend Sharpie.
Strike 2.
Oh well. It was still really awesome to see. I loved how everyone in the crowd had a paper to hold over their head so it spelled Winter Classic. There's not one photo of this on getty. WTF GETTY! I watched the CBC broadcast and have decided that Don Cherry is indeed a nutbag...yet still fun to watch. Quote of the day definitely came from Cherry! "Don't be a hot dog! It's not the Canadian way!"

From a photographers point of view there were some amazing shots on getty of the classic. Check out some of my favorites....

As for the Sabres game yesterday.....I didn't even get to see it. But I'm really happy they beat the Leafs! Way to start the year off with a bang guys! Keep it up!

R