my favorite canucks elimination stories by kendra

1) cousins deli, 2002? they were playing minnesota. they were ahead 3-1. we were watching on a little black and white tv. they blew the lead. they lost. we all shook our heads everytime we heard the word gaborik for the rest of the summer

2) river avenue, 2004. i had an exam the next day. they were playing calgary. nasland scored with a few seconds to go to tie it and take it to overtime. i was in the porch looking in and calgary scored right into the overtime and it was devestating.

3) arlington street, 2009, sherri comments that the canucks always choke.

4) preston avenue, 2010. waiting for next year. xo

cinco de mayo: 2010

first game: boston v. philedelphia

2-1 boston, discussion of chara's longer stick. kendra thrilled at the gifts from the us - including cherry pepsi. rebecca and vanessa wearing nervoustime shirts. first power play of the game coming up, discussion "when can they put a lien on your vehicle?" kendra informs all that she knows nothing about that.

flashback to last year when we also blogged on this day, at the time 20 of the 23 blackhawks were single. who knows how many are now? last year was also gsps anniversary of attending nt, he isn't here tonight sadly.

just also realized that last year vancouver was also playing chicago and graham was going for chicago.

sherri's crying about lost. "i didn't realize they were going to start killing characters."

boston goal

boston win

vancouver game!

opening quote: "if you face danger, sing to it" - ron mclean

bob mckenzie discussion "reminds me of a guy who lived down the street from us"

first game on home ice, applause "not bad going home with a one game split"

rebecca gets out towel

sheri "how long are you going to do this for?"

rebecca until the crowd does

cheers

"i love it when they come out so fast"

sherri "there are so many reasons to like both of these teams, it's a win win situation right?"

vanessa: "no. go canucks."

rebecca still waving towel "four minutes later"

star spankled banner, not the best signer

"his voice reminds me of christmas"

"this is the best version of the star spankled banner i've ever seen"

DONNELY!!!

cute guy spotted in the crowd during the anthem

different numbers on the clock

retro

"maybe it's a picture of the one in the arena"

"double shifting the sedin line when he can"

toooooo many single men on the ice.....chicago!

lots of shooting "a real sense of urgency on this vancouver power play"

rebecca thinks she's related to malkin

the sedins come on

vancouver penalty now demetra hooking

four on four

they scored

chicago

"real scrambling play"

not impressed

"third round centre on a first round shift"

crazy power play

Antti Niemi is my HERO........ Even though I'm only 11!!!!!!! My screen saver on my iPod Touch is him!!!! I know I'm akward!!!!!! :) - found on a dating blog

vanessa leaves

we're all leaving after this period. good night

xoxo go canucks! sheri, ness, rebecca kendra

playoffs!

montreal v. washington, game seven, third period

present: vanessa, sherri, rebecca, kendra. graham is at his parents. texted 'aaaaaaaaa' earlier to let us know of the 1-0 montreal lead. the game isn't on cbc so we had to wait for rebecca to get home from the gym.

ready to go:

washington scores....NO GOAL!!!! ovechkin knocked the skate of the halak!!

16 minutes left in the period.

CAKE!!! HAPPY 40th BIRTHDAY LIDSTROM!!

since when did hockey games have cheerleaders?? "ice girls" is what ness say they are...the clean the ice, and only the "lame" americain teams have them.

13 minutes left in the period....montreal nursing their lead!

becca is making some tuna...yum!

review....room agrees that it is a non goal. yes, not a goal! boudraur is like a cartoon character.

montreal scores!!

washington scores! 2 minutes left!! 2 to 1! juicy rebounds galore!

penalty! montreal! ooooohhh...calls of overtime come from all parts of the room...and ruby street.

MONTREAL WINS!!! great game 7!!

xo

olympic time: canada vs us!!!!

graham, sherri and kendra reporting from apt 17. party across the hall too!!! rocking arlington st......

discussion about the european teams having more experience playing together......sherri quickly changes facebook last name to 'nervoustime' and suddenly deletes, kendra explains real reason she became a fan of 'molson canadian' and yes, that does not mean i've been drinking it.

team takes to the ice, we all put on our martin brodeur bracelets.

puck changing direction...refallski scores for the states. kendra states that luongo should be put in net!

interesting fact there are 6 "ryan"s on the states. kendra sends a shout out to birthday boy, ryan holland!

shots are even at 2 in 2 minutes of the game. sby on a break away...good chance, nice save miller!

getzalf penalty! sherri is happy she spelt getzalf right!! yes!

usa power play...okay brodeur show us what you can do!

graham remarks that he is very nervous....all agree this is for reals nervoustime!!

canada kills the penalty!

high stick against the states! canada on the power play!

hese tsn guys...sherri doesn't now about them....twice they have said the goalie was luongo! also she has noticed

CANADA SCORES! staal scores!!!

US scores...within less than a minute..." that's what is called " answering back"- kendra

"play within character not out of character" brodeur definetly playing a scrambling game is his own worst enemy, but i still love him!

shots 17 to 5 for canada. canada has had some good chances, but miller has been good!

room wonders what scott oake and kelly hrudey are doing...twitters have not been update for either.

second period

canada scores!! heatley to tie it up!!

the room goes wild!

winner of this game gets an automatic berth in the quarter final

shots are 23 to 9 in favour of canada.

laptop issues are making this blog a little harder than normal...sherri's screen has finally called it a day...boo!!

kicked out by brodeur! yes!

discussion of the LA KINGS....supposedly they are good right now...who knew!

miller picks it outta the air!

canada is dominating this game, according to tsn. sherri misses cbc.

US scores. score is now 3 to 2. brodeur is having MAJOR puck handling issues tonight...he has allowed 3 goals on 15 shots. sherri wont be surprised if he doesn't play the 3rd, kendra is surprised he made it this far.

WOW...END TO END HOCKEY FOR A FEW MINUTES THERE!!

staal penalty, holding. US on the power play.

graham " ooooh no, oooh no" literally has been saying this all game...

3rd period starts!

crosby called for high sticking, US on the power play.

couple of good stops by brodeur.

graham agrees, play the young guys the older ones aren't playing so well...

penalty killed!

another penalty to canada...

US scores on the power play 4 to 2 this is terrible!

the whole room is now saying "ooooh no, oooh no!"

"canadians are staring at a long road to gold" not just the players anymore, but the whole country!

canada on the power play!!

kendra wonders if anyone across the hall is talking about teppo numminum.

SHOOT THE PUCK!!

one shot on goal that whole power play...not cool, guys not cool.

penalty against the states! come on guys!

another great couple of saves by miller...who is this guy?

CANADA SCORES!! CROSBY!!! we are all getting crosby bracelets tomorrow!

3 minutes left in the game!!

the play is so intense right now!! canadians are attacking, net is empty for the canadians.

US scores on the open net....graham again" oh no , oh no!"

kelser scores...one the greatest empty net goals according to the anncoucer, but what does her know, he is neither scott oake or kelly hrudey!

miller has played amazing tonight...unbelievable!

final score US 5 to canada 3

final thoughts...kendra: still happy to be wearing her first accessory since her wedding ring, the martin brodeur bracelet but looking forward to wearing her luongo bracelet.
graham: haven't been this dissappointed since not getting keith tkachuk's autograph at the jet's wives carinval.
sherri: well, good goalies on the other team are going to be the downfall of this team.

next game for canada, germany on tuesday....i hope to be blogging with the whole crew soon!

xoxo
nervoustime

graham-" SHOOT!! SHOOT IT!!" the room agrees.


"crosby, the only thing canada can put in the net"

Happy Hockey Day!

HAPPY HOCKEY DAY!

After watching the emotional CBC ‘Hockey Day in Canada’ program (I love watching little kids meeting their hockey heroes), the games are on! This is a solo blog, but the nervoustime crew are together in spirit. Happy belated Birthday to our very own Sherri Berry!

First up: Montreal at Ottawa.

This should be a good game. BTW, we need to give a shout out to Martie Brodeur, Teppo Numminen and Keith Tkachuk. We love you all equally and in different ways (but Teppo is the best).

Ok, back to the game. Lots of back and forth. I feel like I’m watching tennis.

Fun fact: Jason Spezza has scored at least one goal in each of his last five games, tied for the longest active streak in the league.

18:15 The refs haven’t made a call all period. The pace is great.

Ottawa scores! 22:28 in the first period. Kovalev! Great pass from Puba. “He makes no mistake putting this into the back of the net”. I love announcer Bobby Cole. Kovalev’s 14^th of the season!

23:40 Kovalev gets 2 minutes for ‘receiving’. The refs say it’s for ‘roughing’. Bullshit call. O’Byrne takes off to the dressing room to pout. 2 minutes for you!

Ottawa is 5-0 on the 4-4. I actually know what this means. Do you?

Karlsson is awesome.

Period 1 over. 1:0 Ottawa.

Mental note: we need to watch the 1987 Canada Cup with Gretzky, Messier & Lemieux. I’ve never seen the game in its entirety. Shame on me.

Period 2 begins.

Nearing the 5:00 minute mark and nothing much to report.

Oh, except douche wad Stephen Harper is at the game with his kid (poor kid). I guess he's got some time on his hands now that he's prorogued parliament.

Best moment so far: Announcer Guy Carbonneau posts a photo of himself as a 16 year old hockey dude circa 1972.

9:26 What about Fisher, eh?!

Montreal gets a penalty.

Ottawa scores on a power play goal! Spezza with the tip in 13:35! His 9^th of the season. 2:0 Ottawa.

Anybody else know that Scott Oake’s kid is an illusionist? Darcy Oake is playing the Gas Station Theatre in Winnipeg soon – it’s like my worlds are colliding into an alternate universe of ILLUSION!

Canadiens are trying to recover, and there’s a penalty against Ottawa. Carkner 2:00.

15:30 Montreal scores! 2:1 now. Pouilot gets the toe of his stick on it. Great pass from Plakenek.

We've got ourselves a pretty damn good hockey game.

Period 2 over. Bring on the CBC hockey nostalgia clips.

Period 3 begins. Both teams are at full speed. Looks like a penalty coming up...yep, 2:00 Hamrlik for holding.

I get verklempt watching Sid Crosby's Timbits commercial. 'Hockey is in our driveways, it's in our dreams.'

16:02 Power play Ottawa! Excitement. Kovalev is a machine! Some awesome scoring chances, but Halak is proving his stuff today. Big saves.

11:55 It's really picked up. The announcers are really getting into it.

Montreal on the power play.

Montreal ties the game with 2:45 left in the 3rd! Gionta 2:45. We have a tie game, folks.

OVERTIME!

Spezza has been tripped! Shoulda been a penalty shot. They say if you don't get a chance to shoot the puck, then you should get a penalty shot. "We've seen penalty shots called for a lot less this year." 2:00 penalty to Montreal. 4 on 3 for Ottawa.

2:30 minutes left in OT. 2:2.

1 minute left in the penalty, 2 minutes left in OT.

PENALTY CALLED! Spezza sent to the bench for kicking the stick! Spezza is not happy.

Wowza. 3 on 3.

Fisher coming in...SCORES! 9 straight wins for Ottawa! Power goal!

3 stars: Halak, Elliott, Fisher.

Great game, great finish - those are my final thoughts on this one, folks! Holla to the nervoustime crew!

Saturday Double-header January 23, 2010

location: sherri's pad

present: sherri, becca, kendra, graham smith-peloquin

tardy: nesse (waiting for joe pug to start)

game #1: toronto at florida.

concensus is this game sucks and we're really just waiting for game #2 to start. why the hell does florida have a hockey team? in the words of don cherry: "if this game keeps going this way, we're gonna have to give the #1 star to the zamboni driver."

group discusses tv antennae - who else bought overpriced tv antennae in the 80s?

(cbc is coming in clearly at sherri's, btw)

sherri saw mr. benson in de luca's today. one side of the room talks about how mr. benson looked exactly like the gym teacher in beavis & butthead. high school gossip circa 1992.

awesome dip gets five awesome's out of five. discussion of the weather in january, flury's injury, graham's condition on new years day, waiting for game 2 to start.

GAME #1 IS OVER! Florida won 2-0 if anybody cares.

End of game from Montreal - 6-0 win against New York Rangers. Kendra receives call from ex-boyfriend who is at that game and wants to rub it in. little does he know, we are content waiting for Chicago at Vancouver to begin.

Game #2 - Chicago at Vancouver

8:56 the discussion about scott oake begins. sherri: "he used to live in linden woods, i lived on a farm nearby."

8:57 "are you on the single-for-a-year-challenge?" "NO!?!" "i do NOT need another challenge...unless it's a chocolate challenge...or a macaroni and cheese challenge"

8:59 Vanessa arrives! entry dilemma. manual door system enacted. "And I've brought a delicious treat with 3 kinds of butter: real butter; peanut butter; and butterscotch". Round of applause.

9:04 the room rises and we remove our hats to sing the national anthem with mark donnelly. Vanessa "i could totally hear you guys outside in the hall."

9:10 chicago power play. well, nothing came of that.

9:14 baumgartner, from manitoba, has come back up to the big league! welcome back, broseph!

9:16 nostalgic trip down memory lane over the way Polo Park shopping mall used to be. graham "i remember when you used to be able to smoke in the food court."

9:19 just pulled over by andrew ladd

vancouver score!!!! samuelsson

"duncan keith, where did he come from?"

sherri bouncing on a workout ball

graham watching the clock

pizza second wave is ready, 9:25

another vancouver goal "holy trilogy" - sedin triplets (burrows wishes he was a sedin)

two nothing vancouver!!!!!

watched the boston bruins commercials (thank you kh)

another goal!!! steve bernier

quote "you know the blackhawks are going to come out and play better in the second"

fight - ladd and kessler, they look like fluery and ras......

both leaving

kendra mentions ray emery for the first time, 9:45

note we have a picture of igor ulanov on display.

"sequence, boas and more"

discussion of signs "etc"

thoughts of spring and the BDI. though it is hard to believe that it is the middle of january and there were puddles on the road.

discussion on louis riel day and family day.

nervoustime's first hockey twin...jerome iginla...who knew so many hockey players think that the blackberry is the greatest canadian invention...nervoustime choice was 5 pin bowling. second twin brendan morrow...tries to go back on that one...

10:21 jessie is teaching tom to drive on 18 to life on monday and there is a rumor going around the room that some of the kids from the jersey shore are at hifi tonight.

10:30 st bonifice is so far away! des meuron is even further!

10:32 second period over. score stands at 2-0.

10:43 kendra's departing words "i love nervoustime!"

10:45 we declare our love for wayne coyne.

10:49 vancouver's got this in the bag. kendra: "that's what i'm worried about"

10:52 vanessa "i love it: the world's largest sporting event, brought to you by McDonalds. Yeah. cause after i get my gold medal, i really want a Big Mac."

10:53 kendra "Jets Wives Carnival". And scene.

10:55 vanessa's departing words "loooooooooooooooouuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu"

10:56 Waiting on a bus.

10:57 the announcers are loving that fight between Kessler and Ladd. we've seen at least 6 replays and obsessive commentary. looked like a clean fight to me.

11:00 Chicago scores - Toews at 16:30

11:01 Vancouver scores - H. Sedin scores! 15:51

11:03 Icing penalty for Vancouver's Raymond. It's getting dirty during those icing rushes.

11:04 discussion about musician's cruise ships: john mayer; barenaked ladies and michael franti.

final score 5 to 1 vancouver! luongo stop 43 shots tonight and is cbc's #1 star and nervoustime's too!!

happy new year

late into the winter classic, boston and philedelphia, playing outside. 1-0 phil with 4:00 minutes left in the second. doing the quiz "do you remember 2009" written by mr. mike, kendra and sherri's grade 8 teacher.

present: sherri, kendra, nesse, rebecca. drinking coffee and/or kahlua.

report on the game: saw the first scrap in winter classic history (the Don disapproves, but admits Carcillo #13 brings 'the meat') between Carcillo and Thornton). drop kick murphy performed opening song (not flogging molly as earlier thought). weather conditions have been worsening and the wind has picked up. Philly is up 1:0. Second intermission and the whole gang is now here!

Kristen & Graham arrive (wearing no hats! it's -45!) Discussions ensue on last night's festivities. Happy New Years to all our nervoustime fans!

talks on Team Canada Olympics. we'll be waiting with baited breath for American team announcement.

graham realizes he only has one period to start talking about the jets wives carnival.

reminise about the scott tournament of hearts.

power play philedelphia.

rebecca wants a dog.

carsillo back in the pentalty box "the dick of all dicks" - don cherry

discussion of the folk fest lineup

anymous comment about iron and wine "yeah i would like to listen to them when i am home and depressed but not outside."

discussion of photographic memory

elliot friedman has been tackled by security - we need to check his twitter

boston goal! nervoustime

theme for 2010: sexy intelligent

subtheme: sincere laughs

graham shows all his insincere laugh "ahhh" kristin mentions others

in overtime now, five minutes

discussion of the shoe doctor

boston scores

they won

"someone's always sad but at least they get to celebrate there, they get to use those pyrotechnics." vanessa

final thoughts

sherri: i hope it wasn't too cold out there for them

vanessa: timmy tom

rebecca: i'm happy it was the heart of the home team

kristin: i don't know my thoughts for this

graham: i guess i ran out of time to talk about the jets wives carnival

rebecca: post final thought that i'd like to give a shout out to teppo and i received a trading card from santa and it made my holiday brighter

happy new year!!! xo sherri, rebecca, graham, kristin, kendra and vanessa