Thursday Links: "3 in a row" Edition

 
Greetings, Game Timers. Weekend Dad in the house. Weekday Dad had to deal with a flat tire, a swarm of locusts, an old friend coming in from out of town, and his suit wouldn't come in from the dry cleaners. I figured I'd help the guy out.

Blues News:

• Blues win and sweep Western Canadaland!
• Brewer returned last night. Yeah, you've heard this one before.
• There's no link here, but beating Miikka Kiprusoff is fun.

NHL News:

• Mr. Hockey ends up being a "surprise" torch bearer. Somehow, I think this was a surprise that they knew about from the beginning.
• What's this? Brodeur hasanother shutout record to grab before he has all of them (sort of)?!?!
• I don't personally have anything invested in the Kings, but any article that rips on Roenick, Avery, AND Valeri Bure gets a nod from me.
• Mirtle takes a stab at who makes Team Canada. He also has the low-down on who really did make Team Belarus.
• He also knows when every nation's Olympic hockey team will be announced. Russia's gonna be scary good.
• Lots of scores from Wednesday.
• And now that I look at the recaps, Glen Metropolit, yes, THE Glen Metropolit, had 2 PP goals for Montreal's Wednesday win over Carolina (that explains it).
• Schedule for Thursday.

Other Stuff:

• Sure, it's a TSN columnist, but it's about building a backyard rink, so I'm putting it here.
• 6 ways Santa has been abused by modern culture. Or "used appropriately," if you're into that.
• You think your mall's Santa is creepy?I raise you these potential child-abusers.
• Tweeting in Klingon.

Video:

Gallagher has us covered on the video. Behold, a combo "A Christmas Story" video set to our favorite theme from "Office Space"

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