That's Colaiacovo. As In ColaiacOh No He Didn't!

by gallagher on Dec 4, 2009 12:30 AM CST Comment 37 comments

I was stomping around my living room cursing decision-making. "It's a two-on-one and you pass to Jackman? You never pass to Jackman on a two-on-one!"

Well, shit. At least I had a reason to drink tonight all gift-wrapped for me. And then this happened:

Carlo Cokiacockvono, you are one beautiful, sick bitch. A spin-o-rama blast to tie up the game with eight seconds left that forced the OT/SO, got the Blues two points and shut that building of wine-drinking, tofu-eating, "Let's Go Shar-arks" chanters up.

The Sharks are the best team in the league. They sit atop the standings and it's easy to see why. They are talented, deep and frighteningly confident. And the Blues outplayed them virtually all night. This is what we've been waiting for. Hopefully it's what they've been waiting for too.

Some other observations from the couch:

I like the lines the ol Coach put together for this game. The Oshie-Backes-Kariya line was great, the Boyes-McDonald-Perron line was good (though Perron was pretty absent until late), the Schnoz-Silent-Beej line was as effective as ever (I liked hearing that they took the goal against as motivation), and the Berglund-Tkachuk-Winchester line seems to be good for IceBerg, who showed us a little bit of that TechnoViking swagger that has been missing all year.
Ty Conklin is my kind of back-up. The guy made some huge saves tonight, did everything required to win and seems to have no problem being the No. 2 guy.
Erik Johnson is getting better every single game. What would he be like right now if that golf cart hadn't swept the knee and taken him out all of last year?
This team played tonight like they played most of the end of last year when no one wanted to play them. They were relentless, they were physical, they were skilled and they were dangerous.
T.J. Oshie found a new shootout move. His go-to move last year was silly, but this is the NHL and the rest of the league's goalies caught up to it. Nabokov looked positively whipped on Teej's sweet game-winner.

Saturday matinee in Los Angeles. Far as I can tell, we owe those bastards a little pay-back too. Hopefully some of that San Jose karma I mentioned pre-game is left over for some other California teams.

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Evern before Goaliacavo’s stunner I was happy, feeling like that was one of our better games for awhile, counting many of the recent losses and some of the wins. If all our losses looked like that game up intil 19:53, people wouldn’t have as much to complain about. And there would be a lot fewer of them. Here’s hoping we’ve turned a corner.

by BlueMonday on Dec 4, 2009 12:41 AM CST reply actions

Great Game

All you kids and old bastards missed one hell of a late night game.

Whatever it takes?

by JoMilla on Dec 4, 2009 12:42 AM CST reply actions

Good summary of a good game. I was particularly impressed with the tenacity of some of the boys, who obviously wanted this one: Backes, McClement, EJ, Oshie, Jackman, and even Berglund, who was skating with authority…in OT yet. Conklin was the real star, though, making several game-savers in the third period.
EJ got clobbered pretty good…he too was skating well in OT so hopefully he shook it off and battled on.
I was all set to complain about the officiating, especially not nailing the Jaws team for too many men during the “fight” between Backes and McLaren, right after the non-fight between Backes and Heatley, who I am really glad is not on the Blues.
Maybe Murray had them watch Braveheart before the game…

aka billy pilgrim, time and space traveller

by Ackermania on Dec 4, 2009 12:48 AM CST reply actions

HOLY SHIT

WE STOLE 2 POINTS!

PTMFUS!

by LosBri on Dec 4, 2009 12:57 AM CST reply actions

We didnt steal shit

We busted in there, shaved their beard, kissed their wife, kicked their dog and fucking TOOK 2 points.

by Icion on Dec 4, 2009 12:59 AM CST up reply actions 1 recs

I actually just went for their liquor cabinet.

Same principle, though

No beer and no TV make Homer...something something.

by Poor College Student on Dec 4, 2009 1:01 AM CST up reply actions

Just now?!?

PTMFUS!

by LosBri on Dec 4, 2009 1:01 AM CST up reply actions

Just finished

They had a lot.

It took a couple of trips

No beer and no TV make Homer...something something.

by Poor College Student on Dec 4, 2009 1:03 AM CST up reply actions

Huge Fan of:

-Conklin embracing the Power of the Beard.
-Heatley the Bitch not wearing our crest (nice stick work, followed by the refusal to fight, you pussy).

SWYD

by gallagher on Dec 4, 2009 1:02 AM CST reply actions

Backes the Warrior

Perron the Wizard

Jackman the Protector

Heatley the…Bitch

No beer and no TV make Homer...something something.

by Poor College Student on Dec 4, 2009 1:05 AM CST up reply actions

Recaps

I need to come up with more Conklin material, my period 2 stuff mentioned the beardtector but I think Im gonna have Conk go in a differant direction. I wanted to mention heatley not fighting in my period 3 recap but things were moving really fast at the end and had to crank out the funny. Not only did I give the fight part to the wrong guy I rushed my Jackman-Coliacovo=Jack and Coke on the ice joke I had been saving for a while.

by Icion on Dec 4, 2009 1:09 AM CST up reply actions

Love the Jack and Coke ref. I hope they stay together just for the joke.

SWYD

by gallagher on Dec 4, 2009 1:13 AM CST up reply actions

wine-drinking, tofu-eating

Wow do you have that wrong! As I said before, always fun to play (and chat) with you guys. :)

Ever get the feeling we are on a collision course with reality? (boycott Hollywood!)

by ang6666 on Dec 4, 2009 1:33 AM CST reply actions

it's called 'the easy joke'

You’re lucky I left out Blackberry texting, Ang.

SWYD

by gallagher on Dec 4, 2009 1:36 AM CST up reply actions

what?

your really tofu-drinking and wine-eating?

dude CHECK THE DAMN FRIDGE SETTINGS!!!

A strong anvil fears no hammer

by Childhood Trauma on Dec 4, 2009 1:35 PM CST up reply actions

Put a merry-skeeny cherry on that one

that was sweeeeeeeeeeeeeet.

Heatley was quite the woodchopper when he pussed with Backes. Fucking linesmen, you can’t hold one guys arms when the other guy (McLaren) is free. It always ends up with someone getting in freebies which McLaren did. Just let go and let them duke it you ButtmanBoys.

Strong effort all night long.

What Cola did at the end is freakin extremely hard to do. Try that move sometime and see if you can keep the puck, let alone snap an on goal shot.

Great momentum to bring into the Forum for Saturday against the Kings.

Some days its just not worth chewing through the restraints

by spectr17 on Dec 4, 2009 2:52 AM CST reply actions

Now THAT was a fucking HOCKEY game!!!

We sooooo needed that!
Thanks for the slammin recap gallagher & kudos to Icion on the Jack & Coke reference!

Is it possible that we play better without Captin Roboto?
I’m thinkin…

YES.

by scotchontherocks on Dec 4, 2009 5:20 AM CST reply actions

We’ve shit our pants without him before, too, so I don’t really think the take away here is anything about Brewer.

by BlueMonday on Dec 4, 2009 11:54 AM CST up reply actions

God dang it.

I fell asleep on the couch shortly after the Backes/Heatley BS. Wake up, and we win. Every damn time I fall asleep in the middle of a game…

Wait.

Hold on, should I schedule a nap at about 3:30 Saturday?

Reporter: There`s a "stamp out the Beatles movement" underway in Detroit. What are you going to do about it?

Paul McCartney: We`re going to start a campaign to stamp out Detroit.

by hildymac on Dec 4, 2009 9:14 AM CST reply actions

Don't worry abou it.

We’ll send someone out with a tranquilizer gun on game days.

by BlueMonday on Dec 4, 2009 11:54 AM CST up reply actions

Just send someone with beer.

I nominate DanGnR.

Reporter: There`s a "stamp out the Beatles movement" underway in Detroit. What are you going to do about it?

Paul McCartney: We`re going to start a campaign to stamp out Detroit.

by hildymac on Dec 4, 2009 5:34 PM CST via mobile up reply actions

1st

It’s DanGNR .. I am not like Rick nASH. 8-P

2nd, I suppose I am getting known as the beer man from Missouri.

Actually, I also give my dad at least a case of wine a year. He lives in West Fork, AR and can’t get his favorite wine anywhere close down him down there. So I buy it here and deliver when I can. In fact, I have a case in my kitchen waiting to be delivered now.

BTW, it is MUCH harder to deliver beer via a plane vs car. But I think you guys know that.

You can't call me a fair weather Blues fan.

by DanGNR on Dec 5, 2009 8:23 AM CST up reply actions

Let's go Blues!!!

by Milo. on Dec 5, 2009 10:45 AM CST up reply actions

and the funny thing is...

I don’t even drink beer…

(notice I didn’t say I don’t drink)

You can't call me a fair weather Blues fan.

by DanGNR on Dec 5, 2009 11:26 AM CST up reply actions

If you say yiou drink nothing but wine ..

we’re gonna buy you some brie, buy you one of these, and buy you a one-way ticket here.

Let's go Blues!!!

by Milo. on Dec 5, 2009 1:11 PM CST up reply actions

nope

I hate wine and beer just the same. I sometimes do shots and mixed drinks.

You can't call me a fair weather Blues fan.

by DanGNR on Dec 6, 2009 7:43 PM CST via mobile up reply actions

Nut Punch

When Carlo tied I was buried under an afghan to fend off my cold house. I tried to do a fist pump of happiness and the elasticity of the blanket threw my fist back down afterward directly into the crotch. As I lay there writhing in pain as gasping for breath I realized it would be the only time I got racked and was still happy.

What. A. Fucking. Win.

by dvdvrhs on Dec 4, 2009 9:21 AM CST reply actions

HAHA!!!! thats fucked up I only fell backwards in my chair

"It’s a brand new day
And the sun is high
All the birds are singing
That you’re gonna die" ~ Dr. Horrible

by Carnie on Dec 4, 2009 10:20 AM CST up reply actions

With about 15 seconds to play

the wife said, “It’s over, turn it off.” And then they scored.

I leaped off the bed and started hopping up and down…pointing at her.

Three thoughts:

1. Barret Jackman played one of his best games of the last couple years. That tenacity, he needs to remember where he put it and bring it out every game. Granted he took some chances, but he was a man possessed. Need more of that.

2. The Blues have a goalie tandem that gives them a legit shot to win every single night. Rare for St. Louis.

3. When Nabokov went for the poke check with Oshie that far out, well it was already over. Dumb Russian goalie.

I wonder how many people turned it off in St. Louis and are finding out the Blues won. I also wonder how many people left the Shark Tank in the final minutes to beat the traffic and missed the end.

www.stlouisgametime.com

by Brad Lee on Dec 4, 2009 9:35 AM CST reply actions

A lot of people left the tank with two minutes to play.

I think it was to avoid the heart ache they knew was coming.

I havent seen the Sharks play to hold onto a one goal lead like that since the Ron Wilson days.

Sad times for us Tofu eating, red wine drinking, pedigree dog owning mofo’s.

"iaT"S FUCKINGE LIEK CONICO DO MAYO!!!!!111"
Mr. K. 5/5/2009

by Morti on Dec 4, 2009 2:28 PM CST up reply actions

Hey,

at least you beat the traffic.

Let's go Blues!!!

by Milo. on Dec 4, 2009 10:55 PM CST up reply actions

I almost turned it off after the two on one miss

staying up to 1am for nothing was all that was running in my head. I was picking crap up off the coffee table when I heard “THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU” well worth the lack of sleep to see that game

The term "in my humble opinion", which they think adds weight to their statements rather than indicating , in reality, "these are the mean little views of someone with the social grace of duckweed"

by Maverides on Dec 4, 2009 9:57 AM CST reply actions

The only appropriate time

for THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU. It just sounds stupid otherwise.

Actually, it sounds stupid when you hear it every game anyway. Probably the reason they got Pang in there this year: “Holy Jumpin” makes the THANK YOUs sound intelligent.

by Mr. Particle on Dec 4, 2009 12:22 PM CST up reply actions