OT: T’Was the Night Before “Holidays”

Drivesaitl

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Good idea, and we thought about it, but my kid wasn't too eager to put on equipment that was minus 30 and frozen stiff before a game or practice.
I did it even in outdoor rinks. so cold the pad straps would snap and you'd just use rubber bands or laces to tie. lol In JP back in the day we only had a small rink with a "skate shack/washrooms" that was a little cinder block building smaller than our garage. lol Only about 15 people if that, could fit in there.

The only warming time for the pads was IF my dad gave me a ride to the rink. He wouldn't stay either. lol. I wasn't worth watching on the ice. haha. I could skate like the wind until the boards happened...I always preferred rinks without boards or lake hockey or road hockey

Merry Christmas.
 
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Stoneman89

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I did it even in outdoor rinks. so cold the pad straps would snap and you'd just use rubber bands or laces to tie. lol In JP back in the day we only had a small rink with a "skate shack/washrooms" that was a little cinder block building smaller than our garage. lol Only about 15 people if that, could fit in there.

The only warming time for the pads was IF my dad gave me a ride to the rink. He wouldn't stay either. lol. I wasn't worth watching on the ice. haha. I could skate like the wind until the boards happened...I always preferred rinks without boards or lake hockey or road hockey

Merry Christmas.
Sounds like someone needed to teach you how to stop.:laugh:
 

Drivesaitl

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Sounds like someone needed to teach you how to stop.:laugh:
Terrible at it. I was good at speed, turns, not stopping. When I tried most times I'd go flying. heh In games I would say I was just finishing hits when I ran into somebody, as if I had a choice...

I was invented for lake or river hockey. Lungs and stamina like crazy, nothing could stop me, pun intended.

Back in the day my mon and dad couldn't skate, older bro barely could, and you were lucky if the coach wasn't a drinker and just doing this for community hours... Coaching or instruction was next to non existent. "don't embarrass me" lol

This was the degree of hockey instruction where I'm from: "These are skates, this is a stick, don't kill anybody out there"
 
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Behind Enemy Lines

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T’Was the Night Before Christmas “Holidays”
And all through the rink
Holland was cursing
One goal you would think

He thought he would rebound
From that ripped up knee
So he used next years cap
To win now you will see

Then when his groin
It really did pop
But after only 9 games
Holland could have said stop

And now he sits out
A damn healthy scratch
It really does seem
He wasn’t a good catch

And stuck in the minors
Jacks percentage did cave
Even down there
He can’t make a save

Hollands son he did tell him
He watched hundreds of hours
It must have been Pornhub
And lots of cold showers

Along with coach Dustin
They told Ken that he’d be
Our saviour in net
But now we need three

Thankfully Jeff Skinner
Along with Pickard
are letting Ken think
Tending can disregard

Kane scored a goal
With his brand new white stick
McLoed went to net
And beat Jonathan Quick

Drai has right wing
Warren Foegele
And I will be damned
He scored a big goal

The line McDavid and Hyman
Ryan Nugent Hopkins
Are the best in the league
All the shots they go in

Derek Ryan gets smoked
In every damn game
Janmark and Erne
Play well all the same

Hamblin is a bit small
But plays very smart
And what can we say
About Sammy’s big heart

Dylan’s injured again
He is made of glass
Tyler Wright he got fired
His scouting was ass

The defence is better
Under Coffey and KK
The penalty kill
Well what can you say

It’s much better now
Nurse he can provide
He’s earning every penny
Of that nine and two five

Bouchard he can bomb
And Ekholm the Viking
Really make a great pair
They really are striking

Ceci can’t score
But he is playing better
Pair Kulak and Vinny
They’re earning the sweater

Oh don’t forget Ben
His last name is Gleason
He’s sitting a lot
In the games that we’ve won

We just hit five hundred
It’s been really hard
And all we can hope for
Is to be a wild card

The reffing has sucked
It seems every game
But it will never change
It will be all the same

The Oilers have dug
Themselves a huge hole
To climb out of it
Will it be a new Pole?

To all of my friends here
And those I have blocked
On HF Oil the forum
Who post mostly half cocked

I wish you all of the best
Of the season with cheer
A Merry Christmas to All
And Happy New Year

And to @brentashton
You miserable old prick
I hope you get all
What you want from Saint Nick!

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Ho Ho Ho. Fantastic tribute to the often dysfunctional 'family' that binds us all together.

Merry Christmas to all who post here and share the toilet seat ups and downs of Oilers hockey. May each of you celebrate the Season with your loved ones and enjoy this time to renew and savour the positives in life. May Santa bring this team a 1A goaltender; top 4 RD upgrade; and structure, discipline and work boots to keep pucks out of their own net. Good tidings one and all.
 

Lay Z Boy GM

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I hope Holland gets a big lump of coal this Christmas, thrown directly at his dusty old nuts

Merry Christmas everyone, crazy year so far, hopefully our Oilers go all the damn way this year and the Nucks can spend the next decade reminiscing on their regular season success
 

Cloned

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McBeastMode

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Beside my neighbor..
Merry Christmas to almost everyone..

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