Game 24: Pens vs. Stars

I only saw about five minutes of the game, so I didn't really get anything. Though I swear I heard the following at some point:

"...is out with a sports hernia. What do they call it if you don't play sports? Is it just hernia then?"

Game 23; Pens vs. Thrashers

"Staal with that long fishing pole!"

"Then Ruutu hits Laraque! He says, 'you can't hit everybody, I'm going to hit you!'"

"Malkin can normally get the puck to do whatever he wants. It's like he has a remote control. Tonight I think he needs to replace the batteries in that remote!" (I think I butchered this one...)

"Gonchar looked like Baryshnikov tap dancing across the blue line!"

On the high school football championships:
Steiggy: "They're just playing for pride, each other, their community, their parents... It's really fun to watch!"
Errey: "They should be playing for money with the amount of taxes I pay!"

"Rock 'em Ruutu... He is kinda like a Rock 'em Sock 'em robot. You bop him in the head, he'll go down. He'll do some bopping himself."

"Sidney Crosby there with a wide base like a water bug..."

Game 22; Pens vs. Senators

I didn't get to see much of this game unfortunately. What parts I did see I couldn't really pay attention to the sound. Bummer...

Game 21; Pens vs. Devils

"Malone is where he is..."

"Now he (Clarkson) wants a piece of Roberts! That's stepping it up a notch, isn't it?"

(Side note: what did Malkin do to deserve Christensen and Armstrong as line mates?)

Errey : "I'm gonna eat my fishies. I don't know if they're organic or not. Mr. Roberts may be mad at me. He'll be looking for turkeys tomorrow in Ottawa!"
Steiggy: "Say it don't spray it!"

POWER MOVE BY MALONE!!!

Steiggy: "A kerfuffle here in the Penguins zone."

"Does Sid ever talk about what a pain in the ass Madden is to play against?"

"You smell good Max. What are you wearing?"

"Your best penalty killer has got to be your goaltender...and the goal post..."

"I say it the way I see it, and that's the way I saw it."

Game 20; Pens vs. Rangers

I missed the first half of this game due to a hockey game of my own. I didn't get much from this game because I was beat and could only half pay attention. It's a shame since Errey's usually hilarious when between the boards.

"Christensen tries to get in position to unleash that Howitzer of his..."

Game 19; Pens vs. Isles

"Laraque is like a big moose out there and he was hunting down the Islanders defense!"

"Gonchar is going to get the goal, but watch Jordan Staal. The big oak tree in front of the net!"

Errey: "What are you up to now, Coff?"
Paul Coffey: "I'm in the car business...and boy have I got a deal for you!"

Fast forward to later...
"Yeah, but don't think I'm gonna buy a car off you or anything."

Side note: Did Errey just say he still owns the same bicycle (a brown Schwinn) since the days Coffey played in Pittsburgh. I am impressed by that longevity

Paul Coffey in the booth talking about Letang reminded me entirely too much of Bill Parcells talking about Terrell Owens. Except instead of only referring to him as "the player," he only referred to him as "the young kid." "The young kid is out there again. The young kid has good vision."

Additional Letang note: apparently he is this year's rookie with a long stick. We all know where this is going...

Game 18 Part II, Electric Boogaloo

Sam mentioned this to me today and I couldn't let this slide:

Does anyone else find it a bit odd that Steiggy kept referring to Johnny Oduya* (Stockholm, Sweden), Georges Laraque (Montreal, Quebec, Canada), and Kevin Weekes** (Toronto, Ontario, Canada) as African-Americans?

Something about that seems a bit wrong, but I can't figure out what...


* Perhaps my new favorite name in hockey now that Aki Berg is no longer in the league...

**Weekes, by the way, "(was) not weak" last night, according to Errey.