I was home sick today and look at what I saw? The cat and the dog on the kitchen table. This is crazy! I live in a zoo!
Monday, February 20, 2006
FebFest - NHL'ers Hockey Tournament
Ok, well...I was waiting to post this entry because Joanne has some photos from the day. But I have seen her recently and she has come out of the woodwork with them, so I might as well just post this entry.
The day after RailJam we were pumped for the FebFest Ex-NHL'ers tournament. It's an all day event beginning at 9am. We had seen the bleachers being out up a few days prior and the buzz was certainly in the air. We decided to get an early start. Erin and I met Jen, Alex and Joanne at Alex's place shortly after 7:30am. After the mandatory Timmies visit we hit the stands. We thought it would be tough finding a good spot but at 8am there were less than 20 people in the stands. (*grin*) So we had our pick. We settled in for a few hours of hockey fun. The Downtown Kingston organization and Kirk Muller and Doug Gilmour did it well. The 8 teams were loaded with celebrities and ex-NHL’ers like Paul Coffey, Bob Probert, Wendel Clark, Gary Galley, Shayne Corson, Gord Sinclair from the Tragically Hip, Neil Belland, PJ Stock, Steve Larmer, Marty McSorley, Mike Gillis, Dave Ellet, Rob Black, Jeff Jackson, Jason Priestley from the old Beverly Hills 90210, Mark Napier, Joe Cirella, Rick Smith, Rick Paterson, Lloyd Eisler of figure skating fame and don’t forget K-Rock’s own G! Each team was filled out with local Kingston people who made a donation to charity to secure a spot on a team. Definitely a win:win situation for everyone. So we hung out there ‘til we were hungry (a.k.a. 11am) and then we headed over to the Brew Pub for drinks. As an aside, at about 10am there was an extreme close up of us in the crowd buy Cable 13 and my buddy John waws watching at home and saw me with my Red Wings cap on. Too cool!
So we got the window seat facing the Tir N’an Og and from there on in the Brew Pub got nutty. Suffices to say we spent about four hours there. Yes, four hours. We kept ourselves entertained with numerous shenanigans some of which involved Joanne’s kick ass digital camera. (I can’t wait to get the pics!) At one point Erin spotted Lloyd Eisler on his cell phone outside the Tir N’an Og and she ran out there with Joanne and Jen to take pics. Too funny. But then… it happened! I had a mission that day. A simple one really. I wanted to shake hands with Bob Probert. A kick ass enforcer for the Detroit Red Wings in his day, he could also score goals. In his first full season with the Red Wings in ’87-’88 he scoring 29 goals!!! But he was groomed for toughness. He’s a huge man at 6’4” and little old me spied him having a smoke alone outside the Tir N’an Og. So of course, I bolt from the Brew Pub wearing my Red Wings hat with Joanne following me with the camera. We introduce ourselves, he signs our program. He puts his giant arm around me…. I’m looking at his shoulder of course! And we take some pics. We take one lengthwise so “I won’t look so small.” HAHA! I thank him for coming to Kingston and I ask him if he’s “like to punch me in the face so I can tell me friends”…. He politely replied…”No, I’m ok.” AHAHAHA! I thought Joanne would pee her pants. Bob saw the rest of the Brew Pub people waiving in the window and asked “what was that place?” and if “those were hockey players?” I told him it as my friends. In hindsight, I should have invited him for a beer! Dammit! But I was too drunk to think straight at that point!
So back in the Brew Pub we finished it off and headed with our Thunder Sticks back to see the final game at 4pm. We cross paths with Ken and Julie walking Molly and then we hit the stands. I spy Ted and Patti who came from Ottawa to enjoy the day, and we had a little chat with them. The final game couldn’t have finished better. It was tie and after a 1 minute scoreless overtime. The shootout began! Doug Gilmour’s Team won the coveted John Counter Cup! YEAH! So the crowd started to dissipate and Patti spent a few minutes trying to get close enough to Doug Gilmour to kiss him…and then Erin wanted Patti to meet Lloyd Eisler. After a few minute search in the Tir N’an Og, they aborted the mission.
Afterwards, we said bye to Patti and Ted who were off to see PT at Atomica and we headed over for video game festivities at Alex’s pad. The night included some Frogger, Asteroids, and Burger Time. Holy smokes! A high end gaming machine and we’re playing games from 1981! Haha! A good time was had by all. Yummy pizza too.
So when I get some pics, I’ll post them here.
The day after RailJam we were pumped for the FebFest Ex-NHL'ers tournament. It's an all day event beginning at 9am. We had seen the bleachers being out up a few days prior and the buzz was certainly in the air. We decided to get an early start. Erin and I met Jen, Alex and Joanne at Alex's place shortly after 7:30am. After the mandatory Timmies visit we hit the stands. We thought it would be tough finding a good spot but at 8am there were less than 20 people in the stands. (*grin*) So we had our pick. We settled in for a few hours of hockey fun. The Downtown Kingston organization and Kirk Muller and Doug Gilmour did it well. The 8 teams were loaded with celebrities and ex-NHL’ers like Paul Coffey, Bob Probert, Wendel Clark, Gary Galley, Shayne Corson, Gord Sinclair from the Tragically Hip, Neil Belland, PJ Stock, Steve Larmer, Marty McSorley, Mike Gillis, Dave Ellet, Rob Black, Jeff Jackson, Jason Priestley from the old Beverly Hills 90210, Mark Napier, Joe Cirella, Rick Smith, Rick Paterson, Lloyd Eisler of figure skating fame and don’t forget K-Rock’s own G! Each team was filled out with local Kingston people who made a donation to charity to secure a spot on a team. Definitely a win:win situation for everyone. So we hung out there ‘til we were hungry (a.k.a. 11am) and then we headed over to the Brew Pub for drinks. As an aside, at about 10am there was an extreme close up of us in the crowd buy Cable 13 and my buddy John waws watching at home and saw me with my Red Wings cap on. Too cool!
So we got the window seat facing the Tir N’an Og and from there on in the Brew Pub got nutty. Suffices to say we spent about four hours there. Yes, four hours. We kept ourselves entertained with numerous shenanigans some of which involved Joanne’s kick ass digital camera. (I can’t wait to get the pics!) At one point Erin spotted Lloyd Eisler on his cell phone outside the Tir N’an Og and she ran out there with Joanne and Jen to take pics. Too funny. But then… it happened! I had a mission that day. A simple one really. I wanted to shake hands with Bob Probert. A kick ass enforcer for the Detroit Red Wings in his day, he could also score goals. In his first full season with the Red Wings in ’87-’88 he scoring 29 goals!!! But he was groomed for toughness. He’s a huge man at 6’4” and little old me spied him having a smoke alone outside the Tir N’an Og. So of course, I bolt from the Brew Pub wearing my Red Wings hat with Joanne following me with the camera. We introduce ourselves, he signs our program. He puts his giant arm around me…. I’m looking at his shoulder of course! And we take some pics. We take one lengthwise so “I won’t look so small.” HAHA! I thank him for coming to Kingston and I ask him if he’s “like to punch me in the face so I can tell me friends”…. He politely replied…”No, I’m ok.” AHAHAHA! I thought Joanne would pee her pants. Bob saw the rest of the Brew Pub people waiving in the window and asked “what was that place?” and if “those were hockey players?” I told him it as my friends. In hindsight, I should have invited him for a beer! Dammit! But I was too drunk to think straight at that point!
So back in the Brew Pub we finished it off and headed with our Thunder Sticks back to see the final game at 4pm. We cross paths with Ken and Julie walking Molly and then we hit the stands. I spy Ted and Patti who came from Ottawa to enjoy the day, and we had a little chat with them. The final game couldn’t have finished better. It was tie and after a 1 minute scoreless overtime. The shootout began! Doug Gilmour’s Team won the coveted John Counter Cup! YEAH! So the crowd started to dissipate and Patti spent a few minutes trying to get close enough to Doug Gilmour to kiss him…and then Erin wanted Patti to meet Lloyd Eisler. After a few minute search in the Tir N’an Og, they aborted the mission.
Afterwards, we said bye to Patti and Ted who were off to see PT at Atomica and we headed over for video game festivities at Alex’s pad. The night included some Frogger, Asteroids, and Burger Time. Holy smokes! A high end gaming machine and we’re playing games from 1981! Haha! A good time was had by all. Yummy pizza too.
So when I get some pics, I’ll post them here.
Tuesday, February 07, 2006
FebFest – RailJam!
Rail Jam was billed as a professional snowboard and trick ski competition but in reality is was much more amateur and consequently much more fun. After a quick drink at the Toucan, Erin, Julie, Ken and I hit King Street downtown to check out all the buzz. It was awesome, they had a two story scaffold set up with a ramp to a 4-inch wide metal rail. And people volunteer to hurtle themselves down this thing in a competition that awarded $500 to the best snowboarder and $250 to the best skier.
It was so fun to watch people wipe out, hit their heads against the rail or straddle the rail with full force! Luckily, a great many people had helmets! Let’s hope they also had cups!!! Haha! Despite the unseasonably warm weather the event was very well attended and 48 participants vied for the money. I was happy to see that the crowd was loaded with teenagers. Kingston needs more free-fun for teenagers. They were giving out tons of prizes in the crowd too. I got a cap and a DVD video called Adrenalin Hunters. Kewl. Kudos to the FebFest crew for organizing a very fun Friday night!
Needless to say we went back to the Toucan after for more beer and some free nachos! Thanks KSSC (*grin*)
It was so fun to watch people wipe out, hit their heads against the rail or straddle the rail with full force! Luckily, a great many people had helmets! Let’s hope they also had cups!!! Haha! Despite the unseasonably warm weather the event was very well attended and 48 participants vied for the money. I was happy to see that the crowd was loaded with teenagers. Kingston needs more free-fun for teenagers. They were giving out tons of prizes in the crowd too. I got a cap and a DVD video called Adrenalin Hunters. Kewl. Kudos to the FebFest crew for organizing a very fun Friday night!
Needless to say we went back to the Toucan after for more beer and some free nachos! Thanks KSSC (*grin*)
Monday, February 06, 2006
Floor Hockey game 2
It was a war. Their forwards were big and good. By some stroke of luck, we won 8-6. It could have gone either way. I scored 2 goals. Yeah! I rewarded myself with two pints of Hoegarden! YUM!
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