Game 6 Pictures

I should have known this was gonna be ugly... Nick didn't smile at all in warm-ups. Given his future-sight, if Nick is smiling, you know you'll be smiling come the end of the game.

And just look at what Eaves thought of it...

And Mule? I think we all can see how he feels

It wasn't all bad though- in fact, here's Big Rig looking kinda like a Giant (that's for you, nursenitz) doofus to cheer you all up

Nick still looks grumpy, but Ozzie and Helmer are having fun

For @lizzlefoshizzle and any other Helm lovers out there, here's another one of him...

Here's Homer having words with Lepisto

For Dena, Kronner being awesome...

And speaking of action shots, how about some of Abby?

Growing up, fights, big hits and scrappy players made me fall in love with hockey. In the spirit of that, I'm just gonna finish off with an Abby tribute, given that he fought, had big hits and was generally scrappy tonight...

Here's a bit of his fight... My shots stopped just before he gained the upper hand, but I still like this one

Even when the refs had him in a headlock, Abby still tried to get in a few more while Mule stood watch.

And he wasn't done chirping when the fight was over...

One more for good measure

Here's hoping we have a better game 7

Last Regular Season Home Game Motivation

We need some proper inspiration after the last few games. Before we get to that, however, I have a bit of business to take care of. Stuie hits the puck at me, Amanda, and the friendly camera guy we talk to during warm-ups. Hard. It could be the "more shoot" shirt I wear, it could be that he found an open spot and practices there... or it could be that he's mad at us for whatever reason. He has shown up here, but not often enough, it would seem. This picture is for you Stuie, sorry it's not better. Be as awesome as we know you can be, and you'll show up in my post-game pics, simple as that. For my part, I promise to try to get some pics to reflect that awesomeness during warm-ups today.

Ok, now to the motivation... You all know I love the Perfect Human, especially when he isn't looking perfect.

In honor of Homer's nod from the Wings, here's one (taken by Amanda) of him. If anyone missed it, apparently Homer can't go a day without candy. I think he's thinking about it right now...

Now on to something that surprised us all- Meech is a decent fourth line forward. Seriously, he is. I realize Danny Cleary is the better player of the two and want to see him on the ice, but I had to give Meech some recognition.

As most people will tell you, without Lilja to keep him in line, Big Rig is not always the best player. As TPL Mom will tell you, Big Rig is always a very pretty player. Part one of two motivators from two of our D-men...

Part two of two- no further explanation required...

Finally, one more of Homer.

Don't motivate on an empty stomach...

I'm a bit behind in my post-games, but I wanted to make sure everyone was properly motivated for tonight. I should warn you all, these were made on an empty stomach, which might not be the best idea...

The first one is the best I can do right now for "eavesed"- it doesn't have Eaves in it and Pav is really just doing his regular amazing stretches, but it sorta looks like it fits, right?

This next one is for most of you who don't love the Big Rig quite as much as TPL Mom... I've said it before, Nick Lidstrom can see the future and knows what is going to happen before the game even starts. I think he was questioning his vision at this point, although he likes the hats he sees us wearing in the 2nd.

And now, especially for TPL Mom, I can finally use one of my Ericsson pictures. Not that I have a bunch of those or anything... ahem, moving on...

The victory over the Wild was powered in part by a sign reading "Johan, jag vill ha små bebismulor med deg" which, for those of you who aren't Andy, means "Johan, I wanna make small baby mules with you." Dena held it up during warm-ups and Franzie saw it and laughed his butt off. So did Kronner and Lils, as you will see in my post-game when it finally comes out. For right now, we have poor Hank wanting to know why no one has a sign professing their desire to make small bearded babies with him...

Finally, this last picture has been burning a hole in my pocket. I'm not going to give it any sort of description, so you get to decide for yourself what is actually going on. This last one is dedicated to the Town Pump gang, especially for having to suffer through that DJ :)