BRH

Senior in high school, blew off the last class of the day to go to opening day at Silver Stadium. Back in school the next day, teacher asks me where's my excuse. I told him I went to the game. I figured since he was a big baseball fan he'd let it go. He didn't. Said "I'm gonna have to report you." I said fine. I go down to the vice principal's office. He asked me what happened. I said I went to the game because it was opening day and I don't miss opening day. He goes, "You realize I have to give you ten periods of restricted study hall for that." I go, "Yep." He looks at me. "Well. I guess you're just going to have to ask yourself if it was worth it to skip school to go to the game." I look at him. "Oh yes, sir. It was." He looks at me for a long while as if I'd just taken a big stojan on his desk. Finally, he says, "That will be all." In the end I had a friend forge excuse notes to get me out of about eight of the ten periods of study hall.

I think you're talking about this rule (17(b)). Also rule 51(d): [emphases added] So it seems like penalty shots can only be imposed (and, moreover, must be imposed) in 5-on-3 situations when the penalty is for too many men or for dislodging the goal post. Not for any other penalties, like hooking etc. There doesn't seem to be any mention of awarding penalty shots for "making a mockery of the game." Perhaps that's in one of those Double Secret Memos, you know, from the same file whence came the league's justification of Brett Hull's "goal."

I'll tell you what I miss: Hockey Hotline on NSA. WROC-950 doesn't air the postgame show after Sabres games.

And if Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers, where's the peck of pickled peppers Peter Piper picked?

Outstanding Navin Johnson reference.

I have a better stat... 4-1 in five games. The PP will come around.

For my money it's the Michal Grosek to the Blackhawks for Doug Gilmour and JP Dumont deal that still makes me laugh. Friggin GROSEK and we get Killer and Dumont? Granted, I'm still mad at Killer for not catching up to Kasparaitis, but Dumont has more than tilted that deal in our favor many times over.

Boomer ain't been right in the head ever since Bruce got to him.

Oh my. The other 19 images aren't bad either.

This quote from the site pretty much tells you what people really use it for, though:

I come to this subforum seeking the BOTD. Where is it?

Archie Manning made the Pro Football HOF? Peyton will get in, SB ring or no, but it's a bit early to put him in the Marino/Fouts/Kelly "no-ring" category. And the calling his own plays, IMHO, wasn't as important to Jimbo's election as were the four AFC championships, the five title games in six years, and making the playoffs eight of his last nine years after joining a team that went 2-14 in each of the two seasons before he arrived. Nor was it as important as the fact he made Marino's teams his personal B word for a decade and, in three consecutive AFC title games, beat Elway, Marino and Montana.

Good thing the Yankees aren't in the ALCS or the games might be rained out.

I'm with Darin. My wife loves hockey. Not enough to follow it, but she will watch with me on TV and she especially likes going to games. I took her to her first Sabres game back in '97 or so against the Habs and after Quintal elbowed Audette with a minute left in a 6-1 Sabres win, the crowd started chanting "We Want Ray." Razor came out and skated a couple of circles around Brad Brown; then, when the puck came down, they squared off and Razor hit him twice and just dropped him. Wife was hooked after that. Out of all the sports, it's easiest to get my wife to go with me to a hockey game.

And now you know the real story about why Moulds is always willing to extend his contract to stay in Buffalo...

We could go all day. Joe Danelo kicked the game-winner in the Bills' epic win at the Orange Bowl in 1983.

As is Vince Ferragamo. And Torretta too. I guess they'll let anybody in. Then again, there's also Alan Ameche, Dante Lavelli... and, of course, Daryle Lamonica. Brian Piccolo as well.

He sucked.

Worked pretty well with Gino Torretta and Giovanni Carmazzi, so I don't see why not. Then again, Dan Pastorini wasn't bad for awhile, and neither were Gino Cappelletti, Nick Buoniconti (much as it pains me to admit) or Gino Marchetti. Or Franco Harris. But Hammer07 is right... Fonoti is Samoan!

Here's to red shorty-shorts. (On that girl. Not on Brett Favre. Please, let's not go there again.)

Great post and analysis. I agree completely.

I don't see a delete button. Maybe I need some powers activated?

All good things come to they who wait, I guess!

Biscuit's not on that list either. In terms of raw talent AND production, he has to be there (even if he didn't end up being the next LT as was predicted for him).

The OP asked about the stiff-arm. I think I read somewhere that defenders are very aware of it (and why wouldn't they be, when he put two or three guys out last year with it?) and are trying to avoid it when tackling him, i.e., coming in lower when he runs those sweeps. So he doesn't have as many opportunities to use the hammer.