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Sorry—Some Blog Problems

by Alanah McGinley on 12/28/06 at 02:04 PM ET
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Apparently there have been hosting problems this morning and Canucks & Beyond has been offline quite a bit. (Either that or it's a Kukla's Korner conspiracy to shut down this poor little blog. Should I be suspicious? Hmmmm....) I'll be back over the course of the day with stuff on Team Canada, the Vancouver Canucks and the weekly collection of hockey quotes. Later.

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Are You at Work? STOP IT!

by Alanah McGinley on 12/27/06 at 04:30 PM ET
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The World Junior Championships game #2 -- between Team Canada and Team USA -- starts now. 10:30 a.m. PST. Canadians can get broadband streaming on their computers at TSN -- go here then click the broadband link at the top of the page. Americans, I'm told, can watch it on Center Ice, but I'm not sure about broadband access. Alternatively, connect your non-Canadian computers to a Canadian IP address and hopefully you'll be able to access the TSN broadcast. _____________________________ *thanks to commenters on this post for the connection options

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“SHOOT THE PUCK, YOU &#$*!NG GUYS!”

by Alanah McGinley on 12/27/06 at 02:30 PM ET
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For a game that Vancouver managed to actually win, we expended a surprising amount of profanity around my house last night. Particularly for the first half of the game, and for a variety of reasons: (1) Watching players repeatedly pass and not shoot is frustrating. It makes me want to break sh!t. (2) When coach Alain Vigneault thinks changing the lineups yet again is a good idea, I get mildly annoyed. But when I see lines hit the ice like "Naslund Kesler Bulis" and (early on) "Green Morrison Linden", I want to break more sh#t. (3) When PPV/Team 1040 color commentator Tommy Larscheid says things like "Bingo! Bango! Bongo! Luongo!" I finally do start breaking shit. (I mean, what the hell, Tommy? I used to think you were one of the good guys.) On the other hand, things did find a way to work out. Some high points:

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On the Hockey Blogs This Week

by Alanah McGinley on 12/27/06 at 02:00 PM ET
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By Alanah

We all depend on the mainstream hockey media to provide their usually-excellent insider coverage, but there are at least three big things I love about hockey blogs and bloggers:

(1) they do it all for the love of the game,
(2) they get to voice some insanely-entertaining opinions that the mainstream media can only dream of writing, and
(3) they cover every aspect of the NHL and don’t just get stuck on the ‘talking points’.

I hope you enjoy this week’s selections—some analyses, some rants and some laughs.

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Money For Nothing

by Alanah McGinley on 12/26/06 at 11:27 PM ET
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It's not fair -- I like money, I like gambling and I like free hockey stuff. Unfortunately I'm not allowed to enter the contest... but you can. Good luck!

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Vancouver in Flames (Arena) Again…

by Alanah McGinley on 12/26/06 at 04:05 PM ET
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No more food, way more hockey. These are words I intend to live by with the passing of Christmas, and Boxing Day is the right day to start this resolution. Besides, we ate everything -- including the leftovers -- so the food is gone anyway. About hockey, well, there's a lot of it worth watching today. We're going to start with the World Junior Championships and enjoy the Canada vs Sweden game this morning, including Canucks' prospects Luc Bourdon (Team Canada) and Daniel Rahimi (Team Sweden). Here's a PDF file of the lineups today, with thanks to a friend who pointed it out to me. Other Vancouver Canucks kids playing in the tournament for their various countries include Mario Bliznak and Juraj Simek. (FYI, Hockeys Future has a review of Canucks prospects in the WJC.) Okay, now let's turn our focus back to the Vancouver Canucks in Flames -- you know, the ones who make the big bucks and who are already busy losing hockey games for the Mother Team? There's a few problems...

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The Night Before Hockey Christmas

by Alanah McGinley on 12/25/06 at 12:30 AM ET
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T’was the night before face-off and all through the rink, All the Referees were partying and farting up a stink... ...for the rest of this hockey cartoon, click here.

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World Junior Championships

by Alanah McGinley on 12/24/06 at 04:45 PM ET
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The WJC start December 26 in Sweden. TSN will be broadcasting all the Canadian games (plus three Team USA games) via broadband, although there is some uncertainty whether or not non-Canadians will be able to access them live online. (Canadian IPs only? Let us know, TSN.)  The games are being broadcast live, then available on demand till January 8th.

Broadband schedule can be found here.
Schedule for all tournament games is here.
Official World Junior Championships 2007 website.

Updated Jan. 3/07:
More on watching the WJC here.

Updated Jan. 5/07:
More on the WJC - Medal Games

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Santa Needs a Slap

by Alanah McGinley on 12/24/06 at 03:20 PM ET
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Not hockey, but hey, it's Christmas...
powered by ODEO Just a taste of holiday madness from The Onion Radio.

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Merry Christmas and All that Jazz

by Alanah McGinley on 12/23/06 at 07:30 AM ET
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I'm totally shameless -- click here or the image and I'll do a Christmas dance on command.

Best of the season to you all. Whatever celebrations you're enjoying, I hope you have a brilliant time. Now... time for egg nog. And wine. Lots of wine.

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