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Since I am *not* currently on my way to vacation in New Zealand (darn weather), I am going to post some pics from last week's Caps game. :)



So serious all the time. Very focused.




He is quite possibly the smoothest skater I have ever seen. I could watch him skate all day and not get bored.



That's my boy! I know that guy. :)



Oh yeah, and some Ovechkin guy was there too!

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I told you I'd get back to my Derek Roy pining- and here we go.

I googled him (this is hardly a new activity but sometimes random things appear) and found some gems today- I did the picture search. There's the always classic laser background shot from his bantam hockey days (he would be 13 or 14 in this pic) -



And then this really nice shot of him signing at Dave&Adam's. I don't know why I like it so much but I have a thing for the pics of hockey players signing things with their heads down-- and looking very concentratedly-(is that a word?) at what they are doing. I have one of Brendan Morrow that's brilliant and a rather old hockey card of Pavel Bure with the same situation going on that just melts me. Thank you, whoever took this picture. Plus, I just love how his hair is curly- it looks soft and I want to touch it! (I know, I'm terrible!)




And then there's this- which could rightly be called a "Hockey Freak of Nature". I don't even know what to think about this one- they are on cafepress- and you can get shirts and whatnot that say "I <3 {insert Sabre here}" but I think that Royzie has the only teddy bear. What the?



But ya know what- that bear looks really soft and snuggly. But then again, I dunno if even I- a self-proclaimed and unashamed Derek Roy fangirl- could go there. It's just too weird. (this coming from the girl who has a Derek Roy light switch plate cover- it was on ebay and cheap and I love it LOL)

I know.. I need help. I probably just shot whatever credibility that I gained by that decent and well-thought out post about the World Juniors all to hell. Oh well, I am who I am and I don't plan to change. I love Derek Roy primarily for his hockey talent (when he chooses to share it with the general public- which was happening quite a bit this year, for a change.) I also happen to be a woman who enjoys a good looking man. And Derek is a good looking man. Good combination in my book- you really can't go wrong with that. :)


And one more link of fun before I stop embarrassing myself
some old pics of Derek that I found on a site for his old bantam team. The pic from draft day is hilarious- his dad looks kinda scary though!

they did it!

OH YEAH baby the Sabres actually won a game that I went to! Huzzah! (I think I figured it out- the secret weapon is my nephew Christopher. See, I've been to 5 games this year, but the only 2 they've won are when he's with me. Hmm....)

It was a fun one. We were a bit late.. got in as the anthems were happening so we did not see the first goal but we heard it. The second one was a thing of beauty with Royzie taking the puck and sending the perfect pass to a streaking Staffy.. man that was a smart play. And then Roy's goal was nasty but great and Van iced it with a very patient, deliberate empty netter. WOOHOO!

The 2nd period was a little scary though, I gotta say. Spacho was killin me there with his (lack of) defence.. and when he Sekera got BURNED on the Spezza breakaway I was afraid all the Sabres were toast but they collected themselves admirably and managed the win.

A few things:
-How about that Matt Ellis guy? Pretty sick, eh?
-I really like Butler. He's pretty solid, especially for a rookie!
-Vanek looked like he had feet of cement, especially in the 2nd period. I dont know what was up with him but he did not want to move for half the game. It was pretty annoying to watch. He picked it up a bit late in the game but yeesh.. that was ugly.
-Miller was good when he needed to be but I really could (and I think he would agree) have done without that first Sens goal. That was brutal. I'm less inclined to be hard on him for the breakaway but he maybe coulda had it too. He did own in the 3rd so he's alright.
-Poor Petey! That was some jacked up madness with Ruutu. I mean seriously- it was obvious to everyone in the arena that he was bit but the ref (who was RIGHT there) said/did NOTHING?! And then Peters gets the unsportsmanlike? SAY WHAT?! Yeah. I am interested to see what happens on a league standpoint from that one. Man oh man.
-Goose was awesome tonight, as usual.
-I'm so happy to have Rivet back. He was being nasty there.. taking on everyone on the ice during the one shift.. that was great! He wanted to get his hands dirty but no one would dance. His toughness carries over to all the guys and it's something that we so desperately need. I love it!
-I love Derek Roy. (duh) Seriously though, he had a great game tonight. A goal, 2 assists.. he was in the play, didn't take any dumb penalties, played smart hockey. His faceoffs could maybe use a little work (seriously like.. take some classes my man!) but otherwise I was very happy with his game. And I'm not just saying that cuz I like him.
-I wasn't feelin Kotalik. It seemed like every time a Sabre made a boneheaded play it was him. I don't know what it is about him.. but he is bugging me lately. Yuck.

okay I really need some sleep but before I go, here are some pics from the Winter Classic II game and some from tonight-
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