It's NHL awards time. Here's my picks. Any arguments?
Calder (rookie of the year) ~ Patrick Kane / Chicago Blackhawks
Hart (MVP) ~ Alexander Ovechkin / Washington Capitols
Jack Adams (coach of the year) ~ Bruce Boudreau / Washington Capitols
Norris (best defenceman) ~ Niklas Lidstrom / Detroit Red Wings
Vezina (best goalie) ~ Martin Brodeur (mar-TAN bro-DOOER) / New Jersey Devils
14 April, 2008
09 April, 2008
Playoff hockey
Playoff time is upon us. Here are my picks.
EAST
Montreal over Boston in 5.
Pittsburgh over Ottawa in 5.
Washington over Philadelphia in 6.
NY Rangers over New Jersey in 7.
NY over Mont in 6.
Wash over Pitt in 7.
NY over Wash in 7.
WEST
Detroit over Nashville in 4.
San Jose over Calgary in 6.
Minnesota over Colorado in 7.
Anaheim over Dallas in 5.
Det over Ana in 7.
SJ over Minn in 5.
SJ over Det in 6.
FINALS
San Jose Sharks over the New York Rangers in seven.
EAST
Montreal over Boston in 5.
Pittsburgh over Ottawa in 5.
Washington over Philadelphia in 6.
NY Rangers over New Jersey in 7.
NY over Mont in 6.
Wash over Pitt in 7.
NY over Wash in 7.
WEST
Detroit over Nashville in 4.
San Jose over Calgary in 6.
Minnesota over Colorado in 7.
Anaheim over Dallas in 5.
Det over Ana in 7.
SJ over Minn in 5.
SJ over Det in 6.
FINALS
San Jose Sharks over the New York Rangers in seven.
05 April, 2008
Race pic
This is my favourite picture from this winter. Sunnifa's dad took it at one of the races. It's of me and my team leaving the start line. Lucky (by himself in the 'swing' position) is my best puller and it shows here. Ears back, tail in a low curl...he's all business. The 'wheel' dogs (Tavarez and Lew) are actually raring to go. Lew has that glint in her eyes and Tavarez is wearing a big smile. They look good here. I think that the leaders make the photo. The yearling, Bert, is all about going out and running while "old man Joh" takes a second to make sure the pup isn't screwing anything up.We came in third place that day. 5.9 miles in 27 minutes 4.3 seconds. A whopping 4.59 mph.
Sparky
Greetings y'all! What's shakin'? Things are OK here. Spring is here, I'm taking a class to get ready for going back to school full-time, Sunnifa is more than ready for summer break to get here, and the dogs are sick.
The mushing season is d-u-n done! All last week we had temperatures in the 50s. The snow is melting fast and what is left is slushy muck. Time to pull out the break-up boots so we can go sloshing thru the puddles and mud and gunk. Right now it's 10:22am and there is a mix of rain and snow coming down with a good breeze and 33F. A nice day to stay inside.
We got a new dog a couple of weeks ago. A two-year-old boy that we named Sparky. Sparky is going to be Sunnifa’s skijor dog. We got him from the pound. He is out of a sprint musher’s kennel and was dropped off because he dips for snow too much while he is running. I think he was just too dehydrated. His gums weren’t a bright pink like they should be. I took him out on a 4.5 mile run on the Monday that we got him and he dipped a little bit but when Sunnifa took him skijoring on Tuesday, they went about 1.5 miles and he didn’t dip at all. When we got home on Tuesday we let him inside the pen so he could sniff around and introduce himself to the other dogs on his terms. Well, about a half hour later he was standing in the middle of the driveway! The little bugger worked at a corner of the chain link gate door and wormed his way out, chipping a tooth in the process. It’s chipped to the point that the root is exposed. So now we (Sunnifa) have to decide if we want to have an upper canine tooth extracted from a two-year-old dog ($500) or have him get a root canal ($650). Oh yeah. He also has kennel cough. Good boy Sparky! Good boy! The kennel cough has spread to Tavarez. When we went for a run, she was running next to Sparky. That's probably when she contracted it.
Kennel cough (Bordetella) is a highly contagious respiratory virus. The best thing that we can do is keep all the dogs on their chains for about two months and hope that Sunnifa and I don't somehow carry it around between the dogs. It is very rare for a human to contract it, so hopefully it won't go any farther than Tavarez.
We got a new dog a couple of weeks ago. A two-year-old boy that we named Sparky. Sparky is going to be Sunnifa’s skijor dog. We got him from the pound. He is out of a sprint musher’s kennel and was dropped off because he dips for snow too much while he is running. I think he was just too dehydrated. His gums weren’t a bright pink like they should be. I took him out on a 4.5 mile run on the Monday that we got him and he dipped a little bit but when Sunnifa took him skijoring on Tuesday, they went about 1.5 miles and he didn’t dip at all. When we got home on Tuesday we let him inside the pen so he could sniff around and introduce himself to the other dogs on his terms. Well, about a half hour later he was standing in the middle of the driveway! The little bugger worked at a corner of the chain link gate door and wormed his way out, chipping a tooth in the process. It’s chipped to the point that the root is exposed. So now we (Sunnifa) have to decide if we want to have an upper canine tooth extracted from a two-year-old dog ($500) or have him get a root canal ($650). Oh yeah. He also has kennel cough. Good boy Sparky! Good boy! The kennel cough has spread to Tavarez. When we went for a run, she was running next to Sparky. That's probably when she contracted it.
Kennel cough (Bordetella) is a highly contagious respiratory virus. The best thing that we can do is keep all the dogs on their chains for about two months and hope that Sunnifa and I don't somehow carry it around between the dogs. It is very rare for a human to contract it, so hopefully it won't go any farther than Tavarez.
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