[2011] Lightning Strikes!

[Pens_Fan]

Not rooting for the Lightning.

 

[puckmanfl]

good morning...

I knew you were out there Pens Fan...

Let's enjoy the game on Wednesday and hope for an event where the players decide the outcome(not the zebras). Enjoy the spectacle. Two teams battling hard for the prize is what is all about!!!

As much as we root for our home teams, it isn't always about the winning and losing but the process and enjoying the competition...

as the wide world of sports opening said for over 25 years...

The human thrill of athletic competition...

 

[AceValenta]

good morning...

I knew you were out there Pens Fan...

Let's enjoy the game on Wednesday and hope for an event where the players decide the outcome(not the zebras). Enjoy the spectacle. Two teams battling hard for the prize is what is all about!!!

As much as we root for our home teams, it isn't always about the winning and losing but the process and enjoying the competition...

as the wide world of sports opening said for over 25 years...

The human thrill of athletic competition...

I am hoping the Pens don't blow the 3-1 series lead! it should be a good game Wednesday in Da' Burg!

LET'S GO PENS!!

 

[puckmanfl]

good evening

WOW!!!!!

GO BOLTS!!!!

CAPS here we come

 

[SueDonJ]

Yeah, WOW! Funny, but that's what I posted earlier in the NHL thread in the Lounge after the B's won their game 7 in OT. WOW! Congrats to your team, Puck. Feels great, doesn't it?

 

[puckmanfl]

good evening

Sue..
I will pull for Bruins and you can pull for Bolts and then we can enjoy Bolts/B's...

oops getting a bit ahead here

feel great, but I feel for the Pens Fans (the real ones) not the bandwaggoning Lightning Season Tix holders that put on #87 jerseys when the Pens roll into town!!!

have to remember that injuries are never an excuse but #87 and #71 are 2 of the 5 best players on the planet!!!

 

[GregT]

Congrats to Sue and Puck! Condolences to Ace and Pens.

I actually watched both games yesterday -- they showed the Bruins/Canadiens first, and then moved to the Lightning/Penguins after OT ended. So, we joined it early in 3rd period....

Congrats again! Watched it with Mrs. GregT, so now there is another Bolts fan in San Diego -- looking forward to more!

Best to all,

Greg

 

[puckmanfl]

good afternoon

Greg...

next year you need the NHL Center Ice package. You can watch all of the games in HD...

pretty cool....

 

[AceValenta]

Congrats to Puck!

When the Pens can't score on Powerplays they deserve to lose! Way to keep fighting Lighting!

 

[beanie]

I remember the 94 playoffs very well, being a Ranger fan living in NJ ( I was into hockey before the devils came ) . as the second round was winding down and it was clear the rangers were going to get by washington and the devils would beat boston , I called the ticket office at the brendan byrne arena and had to purchase the eastern conference finals and the stanley cup finals in order to get tickets to that series. no problem , if the rangers win I would get a refund for the stanley cup finals and if they lost I knew I would be able to sell them .

I also remember sitting in my seat surrounded by devils fans being down 2-0 in game six halfway thru the second period saying to a friend of mine "if its 2-0 at the end of the period, we are out of here " because in one of our earlier losses in that round the devil fans were none to kind to us ranger fans as we were leaving
. the rest as they say is history.

I also remember the 1980 USA- russian game was not on TV till a tape delay on saturday night on abc . I found out the results by calling sports phone

 

[puckmanfl]

good evening...

wow

I remember sports phone!!!!

The game was on a Friday evening atn 5pm and shown later that night!!!!

Go Bolts....

If you want a good story on the 1994 Rangers get the ESPN video June 14, 1994. It tells the story of the OJ situation superimposed onthe NBA finals, Rangers, world cup, arnold palmer etc... must see tv...

the best of the 30 in 30 series...

 

[puckmanfl]

good evening....

It is getting better and better

Bolts 4 Caps 2... this one was really impressive!!!

 

[puckmanfl]

good evening...

Big win tonight for the Bolts....

Bolts 3 Caps 2 OT...

This thing is just getting started however!!!!

Will be at the Forum for games 3 and 4...

GregT.. why not fly across the country for a couple of playoff games!!! will snag you some ducats!!!!

Sue..B's looked good too!!!!

you could stop in St. Louis and pick up Perry!!!!

 

[GregT]

good evening...

Big win tonight for the Bolts....

Bolts 3 Caps 2 OT...

This thing is just getting started however!!!!

Will be at the Forum for games 3 and 4...

GregT.. why not fly across the country for a couple of playoff games!!! will snag you some ducats!!!!

Sue..B's looked good too!!!!

you could stop in St. Louis and pick up Perry!!!!

Puck,

My apologies for being off-line this weekend -- took my two Beautiful Daughters (Cassie, age 10 and Caroline, age 8 -- 9 in July) to Catalina Island this weekend for Indian Princess campout. I checked my blackberry on Saturday and saw the Bolts Friday night victory -- but technology skills (mine) precluded a celebratory post -- but was happy!

By the time the ferry dropped us back at 2pm, we were home by 3:30pm, and I turned on todays game at 4pm. What a game!!!!!!!!!!

And there are two new Bolts fans in the world -- Cassie and Caroline -- and I'm confident that Jack (age 6) will become a fan when (if?) he is done cleaning his room and gets to watch the OT replay.

Great stuff!!!!

Funny you mentioned the ducats, I did ask my wife mid-game if she would mind if I flew to TPA for a hockey game this week -- she knows I'm just crazy enough to do it...(and for the record, she had no objection).

But alas, sanity prevailed, and I think I'm a TV fan this week and hopefully next week too....

Loving the run, and provides LOTS of sports excitement in the Tibbitts house these days...

Best,

Greg


Sue: Congrats -- I've not seen highlights yet but happy for the result! Best GT

 

[puckmanfl]

good evening....

games are back to back Tues/wed... you can stay in my crib and the ducats will be on me!!!!

If not TV works too!!!

I have the best seats in the joint...Go on the the website

www.sptimesforum.com and check out 201a 7-8

 

[GregT]

good evening....

games are back to back Tues/wed... you can stay in my crib and the ducats will be on me!!!!

If not TV works too!!!

I have the best seats in the joint...Go on the the website

www.sptimesforum.com and check out 201a 7-8

Puck,

Those seats look tremendous! Center ice --Jeep Club looks nice!!

Love the offer -- very much appreciated -- but I'm a TV fan this week and hopefully next....take heart in knowing there are more and more Lightning fans each day! Jack will clean that room eventually, and then you'll have the whole family...

Best to all,

Greg

Go Bolts!!!!

 

[puckmanfl]

good evening....

The beat goes on!!!

Bolts 4 Caps 3..the 3rd period was the best period the Bolts have played during the playoffs...

This tthing ain't over but If this is truly 2004 redux..then I will have to see the ending from Kauai Lagoons... I am sure there is a sports pub somewhere that will put on hockey!!!

No way , I miss the 25th anni. gig!!!! Besides those 7000 pts would go in the penalty box and I would lose my koolina week too!!!!

Go Bolts...

p.s Greg.. have you watched Miracle yet!!!????

 

[GregT]

good evening....

The beat goes on!!!

Bolts 4 Caps 3..the 3rd period was the best period the Bolts have played during the playoffs...

This tthing ain't over but If this is truly 2004 redux..then I will have to see the ending from Kauai Lagoons... I am sure there is a sports pub somewhere that will put on hockey!!!

No way , I miss the 25th anni. gig!!!! Besides those 7000 pts would go in the penalty box and I would lose my koolina week too!!!!

Go Bolts...

p.s Greg.. have you watched Miracle yet!!!????

Puck, great game great hockey!!!!! Go Bolts!

For the second week in a row, I was at a Padres game, and watching hockey in the bar before the game started (Padres won, by the way). Strong finish, exciting hockey, very happy for my Florida friends!

I sure am hoping you're watching hockey from Kauai Lagoons -- would be very memorable. Great great stuff!

And yes -- Miracle is a fabulous movie -- it's on the list of my Summer Series (I show Classic movies to my kids during the summer, we've got Miracle, Sound of Music, Black Stallion, Oliver, Singing in the Rain, etc) and I'm very excited for my kids to see it. It's one of the reasons we're watching lots of hockey these days, to help them understand the movie.

Looking forward to Game 4 -- let's close it out and move on the next round!

Best to all,

Greg

 

[RandR]

One of the best things about Miracle was that even though I knew how it ended, I was never bored and was still excited at the end.

Unfortunately, my Rangers are once again gone from the playoffs. Down to rooting against certain teams rather than rooting for mine. Been a long time since 1994.

 

[puckmanfl]

good morning...

RandR... I am a transplanted NYCer and old Ranger fan (before Lightning) as well...

Just remember what Sam Rosen said as the clock wound down in 1994....

"this one will last a lifetime...no more curses, no more 1940!!!!" Enjoy it.. I do...

There is a great box set (DVD) of the last 14 games of the 1994 playoffs Rangers v Devils and Rangers v. Canucks... you can snag it on nhl.com

The Best line of Miracle was when Coach Brooks was sipping hot coco in Lake Placid lamenting the "matchups" with the Soviet Players. he said "Patty, we just don't match up". Patty said "you might want to skip that part when you talk to the team!!!!"

Greg.. I suggest you snag the DVD on the 2004 Lightning... 9.95 on nhl.com or www.tampabaylightning.com go to shop!!!

 

[puckmanfl]

good morning....

Greg...
interesting that you should bring up "Sound of Music" as it is one of my favorites...

In 2001 (3 years before I ever heard of Marriott time shares) Mrs. Puck and I made a journey to Salzburg, because it just looked so cool in the movie!!!

We picked up some little tidbits!!!!

There was once a little known tour called "the Land and Lakes of Salzburg" a rather spottily attended sightseeing tour. After the 1965 release of the movie, the tour operators added a few stops such as the gazebo (16 going on 17 fame) the real Von Trapp house and the cathedral where the actual wedding took place. The tour was renamed "The Sound of Music Tour" and is one of the most popular tours on the planet!!!

If you watch the Do-re -mi sequence...you will noticed that in a 5 minute movie sequence, the family ran, bicylcled and rode in a horse driven carriage for a distance of about 80Km. The children changed clothes at least 4 times!!!

The story had a few poetic moments of inaccuracy (don't all based on true story movies). The Von Trapp family did not escape the German occupation by "climbing every mountain" during the Salzburg Music Festival. The actually left Austria on a train as they had Italian passports

A close review of a European map shows that Salzburg is just south of the Bavarian village of Berchtesgarden, home of the "Eagles nest" winter home to Adolph Hitler. Nuetral Switzerland is 150 kn to the west!!!

The Von Trapp family still owns and operated the Von Trapp ski lodge in Vermont. This is an II resort that occasionally pops up on availability on the II website!!! This is the timeshare connection!!!!

Brigitta was played by Angela Cartwright of Lost in Space and Make Room for Daddy fame!!! I really am dating myself now...but Lost in Space was my favorite TV show of the late 60's...

Sound of Music grossed $300,000,000 with a production budget of $8 million. One of the all time profit winners!!! This is in 1965 dollars and before the era of cable reruns and DVD's (although the 45th anniv gig is on sale)..In terms of actual viewers in the theatre and inflation adjusted $$$ I believe it is close to #1 most successful film ever!!!

Greg, when you get your apple ID I will send you the pix...

 

[puckmanfl]

good morning....

Rand...

please remember that you have a great coach. Remember where Coach Torts came from before you got him. Tort's son and mine played youth hockey together and I have gotten to know the man well. Don't let the verbal play with Larry Brooks fool you, he is an incredibly warm hearted soul, that will do anything for the community and his players.

I was the manager of the peewee team which had Torts son on it. He never interfered, but made all of his resources available to us and helped us in so many ways. He resisted every one of my attempts to get him on the ice during practices. The one time he did was a day to remember for all of us!! I remember playing the role of one of our absent D -men during a drill. Torts was giving me the "business" too!! He didn't care if I was slow and over 45, he demanded full effort ,even from the coaches during practice!!!

Torts is a perfect Ranger. If you can snag Brad Richards, then you will have something!!! I hope he comes home to Tampa, but I don't think we have cap room to sign him.

 

[GregT]

Puck,

I love the Sound of Music info -- that's been a favorite of mine for years and years and years. I intentionally waited until the kids were this age before watching it, to try and make it "special" for them too. It's a timeless classic.

I've picked about four other families (who all have good kids) and we gather on Sunday nights to watch some of the Classics. Sound of Music kicks off the season on June 12 (right before our annual trip to MOC on the 17th!).

Thanks again for the Sound of Music information -- very interesting -- got anything on Casablanca????

Go Bolts!

Best,

Greg

 

[puckmanfl]

good evening....

I know a lot a bout a few things!!! Casablanca isn't on my radar, although a great flix!!! My charge nurse on weekends is from Morocco, maybe I can get info!!!

 

[GregT]

TUGgers,

Huge win tonight for the Lightning -- a stunning four game sweep over top-seeded Washington! The Lightning are a juggernaut right now, winning 7 in a row in all conditions -- home, road, underdog, doesn't matter. The Lightning are making hockey pundits (not just Puck) talk about 2004 -- these are exciting times to be a Bolt fan!!

And a huge split appears possible in TUG world -- as the Boston Bruins are also looking like the next possible opponent -- pitting two TUG favorites (Puck and SueDonJ) against one another in a friendly (?) rivalry.

More to follow -- but the Lightning are definitely advancing to the next level -- exciting days right now.

Best to all -- Go Bolts!

Greg