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This past weekend I traveled with some members of The Vanguard Marching Band to New York City for their spring trip. Saturday night I saw a great concert at the Lincoln Center (Rose Theater) (more to come on that later) and Sunday afternoon I saw probably the best musical that I have ever seen. I laughed so hard that when I work up this morning my insides were hurting. Yes you were probably asking, Nick you were in New York City and the Sabres were playing, why didn’t you skip the musical and go to the game? Well from what I heard the game was pretty bad so it was probably better that I stayed at the musical.
Personally I was tired and was looking foward to getting into the theatre so I could sleep. Well, that changed in a heart beat. Right from the start I was out of my seat. You know how some musicals have funny momements, but sometimes are lost in dialouge. Well not at this musical. From start to finish was complete hysterics. The name of the Musical is “The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee” So if you are ever in New York City and looking for a good show, this is the one for you. The best part about this is Mo Rocca from the Daily Show (with John Stewart) was playing the part of the Vice Principal. Click the picture for a larger view of me, Jefe, and Mo Rocca.
Well game one is over, and the Avery Effect was foiled by a 5 – 2 Sabres victory. To tell you the truth I was looking for Sean Avery a number of times during the game and didn’t even see him. He had two penalties and that was about it. However, the fans sure did let him know that he was No. 1 in their hearts every time he touched the puck. Hopefully the Sabres can keep this momentum going for the rest of the series. Lets see how Avery does in Game 2 Friday night. (Avery’s effect never really started to become visible until Game 3 of the Thrashers / Rangers series) Below is a quote from an article on Nhl.com.
Sean Avery’s pre-series comments of wanting to “hurt” the Sabres got the Rangers forward all the attention he wanted, booed every single time he touched the puck. The chants of “Avery, Avery” echoed throughout HSBC Arena after the Rangers winger took a foolish holding penalty just over four minutes into the game. The crowd was cheering when Avery was sent sprawling on the ice later in the period when he was kneed by Buffalo defenceman Jaroslav Spacek. He was not injured on the play. Avery took another holding penalty 4:23 into the third period, much to the delight of the crowd, who once again showered him with “Avery, Avery” chants.
Yesterday the NHL released the semi-finals schedule. The Sabres will be playing the Rangers. Are you worried! I’m not. The Sabres have dealt with the Rangers all year and they did it pretty well, but since the Sabres don’t have key marketable players like Jagr, Straka, Nylander, and Shanahan you never hear about how good the Sabres really were (are). Versus drove me crazy with this all year. For example, back in November all game the Versus commentators would talk about how great Jagr is. How good of a striker Straka is. Yet they forget to mention the score 7 – 2, Buffalo leading in the 2ND Period. Ok all you Ranger fans out their settle down. I think you guys have a great team this year (or should I say your key players have a great team this year) and I think the Rangers will give us a run for our money. I believe the series will go to 6 and I will tell you why. (NO SWEEP) After a while your key players can only do so much. They can only score so much and they can only skate so long before they become fatigued. Sooner or later they will begin to break down. Buffalo roles 4 lines all the time. Probably the quickest team in the league and they don’t spend a lot of time playing the hitting game. A lot of teams have tried to keep Buffalo down all year by playing the hitting game and it didn’t work. And if your not paying attention they will transition on you like vultures feasting on a dying animal. Look at game three of the Islanders series, Adam Mair scored. Who’s Adam Mair. I think he only had about 3 goals the entire regular season. For A minute I forgot Adam Mair was still playing with the Sabres. All this talk about the Rangers Sweeping and the last time they swept they ended up winning the Stanley Cup is driving me crazy. Not this year folks.
Let’s Go Buffalo!
So my prediction is Sabres in 6, but yet again I could be wrong.
Happy Sheeping!
While most people shuffle off to Mrytle Beach (entire city of Auburn), Florida, or some other place thats warm during spring break I usually find it very relaxing to sit at home and do nothing (watch the Sabres acutally). This year was a little different, I spent my first two days of spring break digging out of 2 Feet of snow. Thats right 2 feet of snow in mid-April. CRAZY! The forecasters say we get a freak storm like this every 20 or so years. To tell you the truth I am pretty sure we get a freak storm like this every year at this time. These forecasters really make me mad. We live in the North, we get snow right up until June. Next thing you know they will be saying that rain and hail in August is the sign of the end of the world.
As you can tell or might notice (from my blogroll) I am huge hockey and Buffalo Sabres fan. Throught out the playoffs the Sabres have been playing a video before every home game. It kind of has become somewhat of a battle cry for the fans and the players. I thougth I would share it with you because its a really well done video. Enjoy! (There is always room on the bandwagon for the believers)
Welcome to The Sheep Shack. Why The Sheep Shack you ask? STOP! It’s not what you think. While at college an RA of mine said that there were always people whether it be fraternity brothers or friends coming and going from my dorm room. He said he would count them like sheep jumping over a fence to help him sleep. He would call it “Taco’s Sheep Shack.” (Taco is my fraternity nickname). The name stuck and through out college, where ever I lived my room was always called “Taco’s Sheep Shack.” We (I say we because of my roommates) even had a slogin – “We take shacking up Sheep seriously.” No joke, we even had a website!
For this new internet venture I will just keep the title, “The Sheep Shack.” The Shack will be just my little space on the internet to do I guess whatever I want, rant about whatever I want, and post whatever I want.
So I hope you enjoy and check back often.
The Sheep Shack
