how 'bout them pens n'at...

get out your brooms and start sweeping. the pens just owned the sens in 4 games. it pretty much wasn't fair from start to finish. the pens demolished the sens in every single aspect of each and every game. the offense was on fire. the defense played spectacular. and fleury was playing like a man possessed. all i can say is, lord stanley lord stanley bring me some brandy!

midwest lacrosse fest...

this past weekend rocklacrosse went to the midwest lacrosse festival at ohio state university. 16 teams attended, and games were setup in a tournament fashion. each team was guaranteed 4 games, after which playoffs seeds were determined. you could then play an additional 3 games, including the tournament championship game.

on the weekend, the rocklacrosse team went 3-2, losing to cincinnati in the first round of the playoffs. our wins came against ohio dominican, denison, and our huge rival kentucky. our loses came to the always-talented ohio state and cinci. overall i'd say the weekend was a success. we played extremely well early on in the weekend, but exhaustion took its toll in our later games. we are now 8-2 on the season.

not even fair...

the rocklacrosse team just finished up their stretch of 4 home games in about 2 weeks. we won all 4 games, going undefeated at home for the season. all of the victories were pretty much lopsided. here's how the games went:

vs. toledo 9-0
vs. youngstown state 21-0
vs. akron 22-4
vs. penn state-behrend 18-0

in 4 games, we scored 70 goals and allowed only 4. not even fair...

lots of lax...

i'm pumped. the rocklacrosse team has 4 games coming up in the next 6 days. the following weekend, we have a tournament at ohio state. so if you count that, we have the potential of playing 11 games in 9 days. that is awesome. right now we're 2-0. we are heading into this weekend playing youngstown state on friday, akron on sunday, penn state-behrend on monday, and iup on wednesday. i am fairly confident about all of these games, and i feel as though we could go into ohio state undefeated. we just had a big shutout victory against toledo, so we're trying to keep rolling from that.

pens in the playoffs

the win last night over the devils put the pens in the playoffs regardless of what happens in the last 8 games or so they have left. i saw this coming, but i'm still way way beyond excited about it. my family has season tickets, so i've been to a couple playoffs games in my day. and there isn't anything like being in the arena in that plyoff atmosphere. you can't beat it. i just hope this year its not another disappointing first-round blowout.

march madness

i'll say it. i am not a fan of basketball. i am not a fan of march madness, and how there's going to be like 8000 games played over the next month. basketball is already unbearable to watch as it is. then march madness and the ncaa tournament comes along and makes me want to carve out my eyes with a spatula. i don't mean to offend anyone who plays and/or loves basketball, but i just don't get it.

sid back in the lineup

i'm pretty happy that sid's finally back in the pens lineup. although geno was able to do an outstanding job without him, sid just brings a whole different level to the game. when he's out there, you know something sweet is going to happen. he's flashy without even trying. and it was nice to see him flying around the ice in his first game back, another indication that his high ankle sprain is now a thing of the past. hopefully all roads lead to lord stanley's cup.