Boudreau Thankful For A Win
Alex Semin came on strong two days after his benching and scored a goal off of a nice Ovi pass to start the game in the first period. The teams traded goals for the rest of the game before Chimera finished off the Jets on a great move and pass by Wideman. The best player on the Caps so far, Nick Backstrom, put in the other Caps goal and the rookie D-O picked up his first NHL assist.
The Caps actually looked like the better team for the first time in a while. They are going to have to continue to score a lot because they are giving up a lot of goals.
Notes & Questions:
- Is that VW logo always painted on the ice?
- The Jets coach looks like a combination of Jeff Goldblum, John Cusack, and Eugene Levy
- I love when they show Bruce after an opposing goal. He is just cursing away.
- What is a "blue liner" is that a defender? Why are they called that, there is a blue line on the offensive end too.
- How many pucks are there? I know baseball has so many, football has a bunch, and basketball basically has 1.
- Does Ovi wear a fanny pack?
- Did I hear a "Refs You Suck" chant?
2 comments:
Oddly enough, a defender is called a blue liner because in the offensive zone they generally stay at the blue line. So they're named that for the offensive end rather than the defensive end.
A hockey game actually uses a lot of pucks. Occasionally it's to replace a puck lost when it flies out of play or if a player grabs the puck as a memento (to save for milestone stats) but also, as a puck glides across the ice, it warms up the rubber which causes the puck to bounce much more making it hard to handle. It is switched out for a frozen puck.
I don't know exactly how many they have per game but I wouldn't be surprised if there were a couple dozen frozen pucks stashed away for a game.
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