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.

a.o. getting 5 points...and he's still behind geno

last night the washington capitals absolutely demolished the boston bruins 10-2. in the game, ovechkin got a hat trick and recorded 2 assists, giving him a total of 5 points for the game. and with less than 20 games left in the season, the race for the scoring title continues on. and you'd expect, since ovechkin had a 5 point night, for him to be atop the leader board. but no, geno malkin is still 3 points ahead of him. how 'bout them apples a.o.?? i feel like geno is going to win the scoring title...he's been on a tangent since sid's been out, and he's showing no signs of slowing down. let's go pens!

cancelled..

so yea, our lacrosse home game for this weekend got cancelled due to terrible field conditions. turns out, there's about 1.5-2 inches of straight ice laying right on top of the turf of the football field. and because of this, the maintence workers were told not to plow the field because they would tear up the surface. this was strangely similar to what happened for our first home game last season against the very same opponent. we were scheduled to have the stadium for the game, but the university would not plow the 8 inches of snow off. so using hand shovels, our lacrosse team cleared the entire field so that we could play a game that weekend. this year, we weren't so lucky, or eager. ohhh well. i'm not happy about it, but at least i don't have to run around in the snow and cold.

ROCKLacrosse...1-0

yep. the rocklacrosse team defeated kent state last week. it was awesome. so now we're 1-0 going into a game this weekend against penn state-behrend. this should be a good game, but i'm pretty confident we will win. our goal for the season is to go undefeated and win a national championship, and so far we're on track for that. only time will tell...