game six!!!!!

all together.

anthem.

rebecca can't see so she's put on her prescription sunglasses.

sherr's changing her ring.

first cory heart reference of the night. vanessa to rebecca "are you wearing your sunglasses at night?"

first period begins.

15:13 it's heating up. hartnell looks like a hot hot moses.

13:44 discussion on dating and alcohol. they do go well together. i'll drink to love anyday!

12:49 3 buses away = long distance relationship

12:11 "tremendous energy in this game!"

11:12 chicago power play

9:01 "Oh Leighton"

7:32 sherri accuses the blog of being biased so far this game.

6:49 neil young is a princess.

6:30 philly power play! sopel's in the box.

chicago power play coming up.

rebecca starts discussing the road, the movie.

"is it kind of like that clive owen one where they can't have babies?"

"no, it's like walking though a forest fire

CHICAGO Goal

a few high fives. rebecca and kendra refuse

shout out to debbie! momma k!!!!

shout out to my mom then too jackie!!!!

rebecca and vaness's mom: love you too!!!

all of our moms have birthday's coming up

graham's mom: bday sept 4th.

the philadelphia role is out!!!!

sherri and me have already been golfing

philadelphia goal!!!!!! kendra and rebecca start off with a warm hug and follow it up with a fantastic high five.

rebecca eats raw fish "if i'm going to do this, you're going to blog it?"

"it is good"

"the cream cheese one was too much for me" kendra

"the salmon is too smoky" sherri

interview with dave 'the hammer' schultz

kendra exclaims "my last name is schulz!"

we're now discussing the jets

go jets go!!!!

"that interview with gary bettman and ron mclean made me so angry"

now 2-2 with 7 mins left in the second. nervoustime totally. jonathan toews blackhawks christmas photo just shown to the crowd.

discussion of 'the optional helmet'

'you had to sign a waiver'

"i have a strange feeling that this game is going into overtime" kendra

oh no another chicago goal

3-2 chicago and it's the end of the 3rd period. nervoustime!

"everybody in the cfl smokes pot". it has been decided nervoustime will attend a bomber game together in the 2010-2011 season. consulting the bomber website...saturday july 24 edmonton at winnipeg it is.

stan bowman (GM) looks nervous and is massaging his face with his palms.

3rd period commences.

the group reminisces about the hockey season spent together, sharing favourite moments and highlights. you can feel the love. love you guys.

15:30 kendra declares that chicago will likely win. rebecca is shocked and dismayed. "there's plenty of time left in this game!"

12:48 the conversation returns to Scott Oake's son Darcy Oake. it is unclear whether Scott's tweet is slagging his own son after watching the video link.

9:34 it's gotta happen for philly soon.

7:18 kendra changes her tune and is now confident philly will win.

"there are 28 canadians playing in the game tonight" inspirational statistic.

3:59 HARTNELL SCORES!!! 3-3 WE HAVE A TIE GAME!!!

rebecca smoking, sherri praying "wishing for a hockey dream"

"im stating to get a little bit nervous" sherri

"it looks like they're all cheering for toyota" vanessa

"ladd looking a lot like sharp" vanessa

47 seconds left...........

leighton save

hossa" he played for detroit last year and pittsurgh the year before. he always goes for the team he thinks will win."

OVERTIME

let's crack the wine

"i love don cherry in overtime more than i love don cherry after first period" rebecca

the room makes fun of Elliott Friedman. it's too easy.

18:10 in OT "this is good hockey" graham smith-peloquin

"i can't believe the biggest asshole in the NHL, Patrick Kane, wins it. i hate that guy" - kendra. "that's so weird" - graham. absolute shock.

so chicago wins the cup. what-evs.

see you next season!!! stay tuned for a potential NHL awards blog - june 23rd! and the bomber games (if they ever televise any of 'em) xoxo

game seven

monteal and pittsburgh - nervoustime. third period 4-2 montreal.

montreal kills penalty, 17 mins left in regulation. graham has montreal jersey, all others going for pens. we ate jumbalya. celebating halak's bday which is tomorow.

'the hockey gods love kindness' ron mclean

canadians coach looks like my dentist - kendra

no goal.

the old clock is back

malkin's parents spotted the other day

just saw them!!!!!!!

100 day flossing challenge - rebecca's starts today, kendra's is tomorrow

so close

pittsburgh coming on strong

penalty

canadians

rebecca and graham no longer sitting beside each other

commercial for cialis 'my dad told me to take up the mandolin' - rebecca

graham had a rebeccas dad alert on wolsely

still 1-0 philidelphia

'come on boston' - graham

back to the real game

the towel is out

halak robbed malkin

'it's like he's possessed by patrick roy' vanessa

'come on pittsburgh we need this right now' sherri

12 mins

'i thought everybody liked the montreal canadians. i'm surprised' graham

too many men on the ice

pittsburgh

31 in these playoffs

'somebody has a montreal canadian's hand puppet'

'i'm making a teppo numminen hand puppet' - rebecca

'do they have any statues of him (teppo NUMMINEN) in finland' graham

'i hope they start strategizing right now' - sherri

oh no

montreal goal

smells like campfire

gionta

they moved the bike rack

3:30 min left in the 3rd. pittsburgh powerplay.

3:00 min left and this isn't looking good for pittsburgh.

'fuck' - rebecca

the crowd has already started to leave the bell centre in montreal to start a riot in the street.

"who would have dreamed it would have unfolded like this"

game done.

xo

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!