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

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

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

Happy New Year!!!

I just wanted to take a few minutes before I go out on the town to wish all my fellow bloggers a happy new year! I've really enjoyed starting my blog in 2008 and I hope some of you enjoy it. I sure do enjoy reading all of yours!
If you're going out tonight have fun and be safe! Winter Classic part II tomorrow!

HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!


R

This face says it all!

I'm not even going to talk about the "game." Not going to mention how I think Derek Roy spent more ice time on his ass then on his skates or how Vanek is still invisible. Nope. Not going to mention it.


Lets talk post game. First of all, I hated to see Goose on tv his first game back saying he was embarrassed. He was one of the only guys tonight that put forth any effort! I pretty much ignored anything Vanek had to say. (Was he crying?) I LOVED everything Miller had to say tonight. Best quote of the night definitely goes to him! I can't remember the exact quote and the video isn't up yet, but he basically said that guys need to learn to take criticism and not ignore it. He then went on to say how he wasn't calling out certain people and said something along the lines of "THAT was a media event." hahahah fantastic. "They don't show up to get their quotes and get their facts from other people......I'm not going to name names." I think ya already did buddy. Lesson? Don't piss off the goalie! (And from the girly side of me.....how adorable did he look in his toque and hoodie? He looked so cuddly! Clearly I wanted to hug him. Twice.)


There was one ray of sunshine that shown down on this dark display of dismal hockey for me.....

Adam Mair you made everything seem ok. You gave me a small smidgen of hope. Thank you for scoring tonight and letting Goose assist you with that matter. You are climbing higher and higher on my list of Sabre love. Do you have any plans for New Years Eve?

R

I'm never where I want to be

Tonight I came up from our last Christmas get-together to find this in my in-box....

Way to rub it in that I'm not there Sabres.com! THANKS! I don't know if any of you went tonight, but I'm going to need to know every single detail you can give me about Drew's performance. What songs did they sing? What did he wear? Was he chewing gum like it was his job like he usually does?

I'm sorry I let you down Drew. How could the president of the "Invisible Children" fan club not be present on your big night?! I'm hanging my head in shame. Please still love me tomorrow.

R

Are you there God?

It's been a pretty long day today and I'm not exactly in the best of moods so I'm going to keep this short tonight.

What was the best part about Friday night for me?

I love those Millers. I'm pretty sure that I couldn't even afford a t-shirt @ The Refinery but I sure did enjoy seeing it. Dean Miller seems like such a cool dad! LoL Other than the sweet Christmas tunes leading into the commercial breaks that's about all I took away from Friday night.

Tonight's game was a little better. I was excited to see YoYo net a goal. It's been awhile. What was even better you ask? Why this very moment right here made the entire game worth watching.....

Are you there God? It's me Jason. This was a great moment in television history people.

Other things that made me happy you ask? Watching Drew Stafford net the game winning goal in the shootout! Do I wish there was never a shootout to begin with? YEP! There shouldn't have even been an OT! I'm talking to you Mr. Roy! But hey....Hooray for Drew! (I still wish I got to see him play with BPO. Anyone going tomorrow night?)

Lastly.....speaking of my love for the Millers, did anyone catch them on the postgame show?! Mrs. Miller was clearly pumped to be on t.v while Mr. Miller stood in the back and tried to blend in. Again, great moments in television.

R

Merry Christmas to all!

Merry Christmas to one and all! I hope Santa was good to you and you all got to spend the day with the people you love the most!

Yesterday morning we wrapped gifts at the mall to raise money for the American Cancer Society and raised $321 in the 3 hours we were there! Woohoo! Mostly husbands that didn't start shopping til that morning and had to get everything done a.s.a.p. After making a quick stop to AutoZone to replace my windshield wiper that flew off that morning, I headed to church with my family. I always find Christmas Eve service so beautiful. At the end of church every year everyone lights a candle and we sing "Silent Night." I cried....I cry every single year. When I came home I took some quick pictures of our Christmas trees before I went to bed. Kind of blurry but you get the idea.

Here's my Sabres tree. All blue and gold ornaments and the few Sabres ones I have. Blue and gold lights complete with Sabretooth as the topper!

This is the skinny tree as I like to call it. Red glass ornaments and silver beaded garland with sleigh bells and some snowflakes mixed in.

This is the big tree. This Christmas tree has all of the family ornaments. My Grammie used to by my sister and I an ornament every year. It's also topped with the sweet angel I made in Preschool. LoL Can you tell we like Christmas yet?

Here's my room with my tiny little tree and some lights in the window.

Speaking of Santa being good to everyone, he sure was good to me!

I tried to group everything close together so I could get a picture. I think my favorite gift this year was XM radio for my car. Hooray! I also really like my new pink purse. It's handmade and has a matching wallet. And check out those yellow boots! LOVE them!

I also feel I must explain the following gift from my sister.....

Yeah that's a picture of me and Ryan Miller in a manger. LoL My family has really stupid humor. There's this movie called "Welcome to the Dollhouse" and it's pretty much one of the dumbest movies I've ever watched. But do we have it on dvd? Sure do! It's just a "stupid funny" kind of movie about this girl in jr. high that's a total geek. Kind of like "Napoleon Dynamite." Anyway....check out the trailer at about 40 seconds in and then you can understand that my sister is nuts....and I love her.

Now that you think me and my family are all certifiably insane, I'd like to wish you all a Merry Christmas again!

R

Boxes wrapped with String

So I spent the better part of my day wrapping the rest of my mom's Christmas presents. I love wrapping. Every gift I wrap gets matching ribbon and a bow. I was pretty pumped she decided I could finish hers of for her.

Nothing much to say about last night's game. It's safe to say I still hate the crown jewel with all of my might. And wouldn't you just figure that it HAD to be him to score in OT? I don't know about you guys but I hate OT losses more than anything.Plus the game was on vs. just to top off the awesomeness. For some reason the announcers found it necessary to mention ethnicity last night? "German born Hecht has the puck in the corner. Lydman the fin passes the puck." WTF was that about? Lame. Hockey Central my boo-tay!

Thomas Vanek you didn't listen to me. Where are you?

On a happy note......

HAPPY BIRTHDAY AL!!!!!! The big 30! That's quite a few candles my friend. No worries buddy. You don't look a day over 25! Hugs!

I'm off to bed early tonight. Tomorrow morning I'm gift wrapping to raise money for Relay for Life......at 8am. I'll be wearing pajamas to do so.

R

Christmas Vacation Day 1

This is officially my first day of Christmas vacation!!! No dance classes for 2 weeks! WOOOHOOOO!!!! Not that I don't love my job but I'm TOTALLY pumped to veg out for awhile.
So I've decided that I'm going to blog everyday of my vacation. I've been pretty lazy lately so I'm really going to catch up with you guys! Plus there's so much snow here that you can't get out to do much else!

In Catwalk for Charity news.....I got an email yesterday reinforcing that the event was 21 and over only and that they will be checking your photo i.d at the door. So everyone that I said "maybe you could sneak in" to I'm taking that back. Annnnnnd I got so excited that I already bought my dress. I'm trying to decide if I want to post a picture of it or not? However, it's chocolate brown and totally perfect! Now I must start accessorizing it!

Sabres-wise.....how pumped was I about the 5-0 win and another shoot-out for Ryan this year?! It's games like that where I'm always sitting at home thinking, "wow....why didn't I buy tickets for this game?" Another thing I'm excited about? Lil' Roy! Clearly someone has defiantly got behind #9 because he is on fire! More power to ya Derek! Keep it up!
Can someone please tell me though.....has Thomas Vanek become invisible? I'm counting on you TV to pull off something big against the crown jewel and happy feets tonight!

Lastly.....

Why is it that every time Ronan comes to sing with the BPO they announce that my favorite Sabres will be playing with him 2 WEEKS BEFORE THE SHOW?!?! WHY?!?!?! Maybe Santa will bring me tickets to go see Drew Stafford rock out with the orchestra? Secretly I want him to walk out on that stage with the wig and the mustache. I wonder why Ryan ins't playing this year too? Probably staying home to watch "Christmas Vacation" again?




R

WOAH WOAH! HOLD THE PHONES!

There's a costume contest @ Catwalk?!?!?! I'm already so prepared! Thanks Halloween!!!

Hahahahahaha! Ok I probably won't go this far....BUT STILL I'M SO EXCITED!!!!!!!!!!

R

What a Rockstar!

Usually I wait to the end of the game to blog but clearly this simply could not wait! The producers of the Sabres show gave me the best birthday present ever!

Thought #1....Drew has tattoos....and that makes him even more attractive!

Thought #2....You're a musical genius and I love you!

Thought #3....You're still hot in that ridiculous wig and fake mustache.

That's all for now. Hope you all are enjoying the leaf blowing. I'll blog more after the game. For now I'll sit here and wait for Invisible Children's cd to drop and work on starting their fan club in which I'll be president.

Check out this video: Fabian (Live)




R

They Say It's My Birthday

Happy Birthday to me! Today I turned 24. Wow....I'm getting old. I had a pretty good day aside from being at work all day. It really wasn't that bad. My sister bought me a Sabres Santa hat! Not to be outdone, Lucinda bought me a Jonas Brothers book. Yeah yeah I like them! I'm not ashamed! I also got new tap shoes, a glass pendent and some new pjs!

Clearly the officials last night didn't get the memo that it was time to celebrate because they SUCKED! I was so pumped for the win but OMG how terrible were some of those calls. Hey Ryan! Next time you think about grabbing that puck in your glove I hope you think twice! And Al! What were you thinking trying to stop yourself from running into the glass?! For the safety of everyone I'm glad you were escorted off the ice. Adam you made me feel much better...you scrappy little devil. I love watching you beat the living daylights out of people. Sorry I blew you off to talk to Ryan that one time. I'll never do it again. Pinkie swear!

In closing and totally off topic when I look @ this picture.....

all I can think of is this......

Derek. Your future's made of virtual insanity. Aww the 90's. I miss you. LoL

R

Just when I thought things couldn't get any better....

Sabres 4 Pens 3. WOOHOO!!!!!!!! Ryan Miller had some amazing saves! So amazing that they pretty much made up for the horrible fact that the game was on Versus tonight. I always have to laugh at some of the things they say during the game. My favorite saying of the night was "MILLER SAYS NO!" I was also pretty happy that it wasn't "the sid show" tonight. I know I've said it before but I really really can't stand him. Punching YoYo in the face was totally uncalled for......and I hate you. Watching Goose get all fired up was also a highlight. I'm pretty sure I saw a pretty enthusiastic "F*#k you!" from him. LoL



If a win didn't already make the day worth living.....I come upstairs to blog about the awesomeness and this is brought to my attention.....

My ticket order is being faxed in first thing tomorrow morning. I am SO excited for Catwalk! Last year was so much fun. I must admit I was a little confused/pissy that it was on a Sunday night this year considering it's a 3 hour drive. It's also at a much smaller venue. You know what makes up for it? A THEME!!!!! A roaring 20's party with the Sabres? Count me in! Derek Roy get out your fishnets! This is going to be a party!

R

Sabres for Sale?

According to Jim Kelley and WGR the Sabres are for sale. There doesn't seem to be many details about this so far, but what a crappy thing to wake up to on a Monday morning. WBEN News Radio in Buffalo reports that Tommy G has approached Canadian billionaire Jim Balsillie about a possible sale. It was also reported that there was concern that Balsillie would move the team to Hamilton, ON. Would that be a stupid move or what?! Ugh....we'll see where this goes. It's like the plot of Slapshot 2 happening before my eyes!

R

Ger-bee? Ger-bay?

The Sabres won a game! I repeat. The Sabres won a game! It's amazing. I must admit that I wasn't too sure if they were going to pull it off. Every damn time the Sabres would net a goal the BOLTS would fire one in too! I'm assuming Ryan Miller and I had the same reaction every time...........DOH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!(Oh.....LOL @ BOLTS! What a horrible jersey!) Anyway.....highlights of the game, for me anyway. DREW STAFFORD STRIKES AGAIN! YES! After reading about his "rockstar, I don't care about anything" attitude in the Buffalo News I was so excited to see him produce another goal. Adam Mair beating the holy hell out of Downie was also pretty fantastic. Andrew Peters were you watching that? I hope you were taking notes.

Oh hey Nathan Gerbe! Ger-bee? Ger-bay? Whatever.....What a great game by the little guy! Can we keep him instead of Mr. Injury making a return? Did anyone catch Derek Roy's post-game interview last night? He was excited that there was finally someone smaller than him on the team. Kevin Sylvester suggested Nathan buy him dinner in Pittsburgh. DON'T FALL FOR DEREK'S TRICKS NATHAN!!!!! First you're grabbing a bite to eat. Next thing you know you're flat on your back on the sidewalk and you've lost your shoes.

So I've been pondering what if finally took for Buffalo to pull off the win and I think I have it. For the past week I must admit I have focused much of my time on a non-sabre. I'm sorry Ryan! I'm sorry Drew! It was for your own good! Clearly this is how it has to be for awhile.

R

Breaking News....Avery Still a Tool!

Ok so it's not really breaking news. We all already knew that Sean Avery is a pretty big tool right? Well it's safe to say that he's moved up another notch on the scale of douchebaggery. The NHL has suspended Avery indefinitely for doing something "detrimental to the League or game of hockey." I don't have the exact quote but I guess the idiot told TSN that it's a pretty common thing in the NHL for guys to fall in love with his sloppy seconds. Really Sean Avery? How any woman lowered themselves for you is beyond me in the first place.





In other news....


Andrew Peters is injured. According to wgr, Peters came away from last night's game with an abdominal strain. Great. Now we are minus Kaleta AND Peters. It was also reported that Derek Roy is having back spasms. Poor Derek. I can't imagine why he would be having back problems.......

Somebody should have asked Cari over @ Sabre Chaser. Clearly he needs to stick to the posturepedic and not the sidewalk. May I also suggest Dr. Scholl's to slip into your easy spirt slide? You could use the extra support.

R