There’s a team in my hockey division that have been rivals with us for years ( and I say they’ve been rivals, because most of the bad feelings have been on their side) and I’ve just come home from a playoff win against them. It’s been on again/off again (mostly on) for our near-6-year history, and seems to have returned with our last two regulation wins against them.

The new twist in this story is our goalie is involved with their goalie, so we get the privilege of hearing repeatedly how much they hate us. I really don’t want to hear about it, because if someone is going to criticize me and my teammates it’s going to get my back up. We’re obnoxious and lippy – probably true – but it isn’t because we mostly win. Maybe it’s a good thing for the playoffs because I’ll feel the rivalry more keenly. I don’t, however, like how it makes me argumentative with the person telling me about it. So in our next matchup we’re going to try and do a little damage control, as well as kick their asses.

I do talk a lot about hockey, don’t I ? I’m sorry……..but Go Canucks Go!