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1/6/2011 7:07:59 PM

The Flyers won today, so Lavi will be back in Raleigh to co-coach one of the teams at the ASG.

1/8/2011 4:35:19 PM

wtb tix for either skills or game

let me know

1/8/2011 5:29:15 PM

Full rosters: http://www.nhl.com/ice/page.htm?id=66980&navid=DL|NHL|home

Amusing things I have noticed upon a first glance:

-Isles, Sabres, and Yotes have no players in the ASG (only rookies in the skills comp)
-Flyers only have 1 player (Giroux)
-5 of the 6 goaltenders are from the East

[Edited on January 11, 2011 at 11:30 AM. Reason : .]

1/11/2011 11:29:31 AM

Home jersey: http://yfrog.com/h8xz3qj
Away jersey: http://yfrog.com/h38modej

1/11/2011 11:45:45 AM

I like them. I will probably pick up a Staal or Ward one since I don't have either of their jerseys and it'd be nice to have another jersey to add to my collection.

1/11/2011 11:48:21 AM

Jerseys look thrown together while being almost identical design-wise to the jerseys from 2002.

1/11/2011 12:37:34 PM

^^^Ha! That's my old roommate doug holding the jerseys.

1/11/2011 2:51:43 PM

He's the senior director of marketing for the club.

1/11/2011 3:22:00 PM

http://hurricanes.nhl.com/club/news.htm?id=549744

Staal and Lidstrom will be the captains.

1/18/2011 10:37:23 AM

A Cane and one of my all time favorite non-Canes. Sweet.

1/18/2011 10:52:25 AM

loving that staal is a captain. guess cam ward will be on his team

1/18/2011 10:55:17 AM

GO TEAM LIDSTROM!

1/18/2011 10:59:03 AM

I really don't care who is on which team except in one instance: whenever the first Sedin gets picked, the other captain has to pick the other Sedin immediately.

1/18/2011 11:40:31 AM

RT @tsnjamesduthie: Intrvw with both All-Star captains on SC at 6. E. Staal on his brother Marc: "I have to pick him or he mite be the last one picked." Zing!

1/18/2011 11:41:48 AM

hahaha, thats an awesome quote

1/18/2011 11:45:30 AM

It goes without saying that Gunner will be the first Staal brother off the board

1/18/2011 12:05:22 PM

lol @ WRAL.. they give away 2 tickets to skills competition on twitter to someone with 0 followers, and their only tweets ever was the 100+ entry tweets for the contest. i could've written a script to do that shit.

1/18/2011 5:34:44 PM

starting to get really excited for this

1/18/2011 5:47:46 PM

http://www.nhl.com/ice/page.htm?id=67157&cmpid=nhl-rxl-twt

BHoyle is about to fuck this up so bad.

[Edited on January 19, 2011 at 4:24 PM. Reason : or whatever the PA's name is]

[Edited on January 19, 2011 at 5:38 PM. Reason : ]

1/19/2011 4:24:20 PM

^Brian Hoyle. and yes, yes he will.

1/19/2011 5:37:31 PM

god i can just see him stumbling over the rules as fast as possible like he does before OT and shootouts

plz NHL bring a PA announcer

1/19/2011 5:39:42 PM

The Eye has player shirts for E. Staal, M. Staal, Ward, Skinner, Ovie, Lundqvist and Crosby. They are light grey (ugh) with the jersey logo on the front.

Picked up a couple of other shirts with all the players on the back, a pin and a nice pint glass. VIP has a brand new huge check-in setup and they were putting a massive All-Star logo in the windows above the box office at South.

GET HYPE. THIS SHIT STARTS IN A WEEK!

^ wouldn't be surprised if they did. They are bringing in tons of staff, additional security, and ice crews.

[Edited on January 22, 2011 at 12:07 AM. Reason : woo!]

1/22/2011 12:04:14 AM

COPY+PASTE: http://yfrog.com/h8zo6xj

[Edited on January 22, 2011 at 12:30 AM. Reason : i love all the new window pictures around the stadium too]

[Edited on January 22, 2011 at 11:20 AM. Reason : that's really fucking stupid, you can't even have a referrer to their page?]

[Edited on January 22, 2011 at 11:20 AM. Reason : great way to get visitors]

1/22/2011 12:29:58 AM

forbidden

1/22/2011 8:17:00 AM

try again, copy/paste

1/22/2011 11:32:34 AM

Fri Jan 28
Sunny
High 45°
Low 30°

Sat Jan 29
Partly Cloudy
High 53°
Low 34°

Sun Jan 30
Mostly Sunny
High 49°
Low 25°


Weather looking fair for the weekend. I am bringing my folks' camper down for the festivities and plan on living in the fairgrounds lot throughout. Anyone that wants to stop by is welcome.

1/23/2011 1:00:53 PM

i cannot wait to tailgate like an allstar

1/23/2011 1:19:36 PM

not exactly counting on it but man it'd be awesome if I can come up with one of those draft wristbands

1/23/2011 2:14:28 PM

SKINNNNNNNAAAAAARRRRR

http://hurricanes.nhl.com/club/news.htm?id=550383

Quote :

"It’s possible that what’s already been a remarkable rookie season for Jeff Skinner could take a most unexpected turn. Paul Branecky Follow on Twitter According to a report by ESPN’s Pierre LeBrun, the NHL plans to replace those unable to play in the All-Star Game due to injury with rookies from the previous day’s SuperSkills competition. With other reports claiming that the Pittsburgh Penguin’s duo of Sidney Crosby and Evgeni Malkin are unlikely to play, not to mention Edmonton’s Ales Hemsky, it looks as though at least three spots would be open. "

1/23/2011 2:29:40 PM

Just realized State@UNC is at 2pm Saturday

EPIC PRE-SKILLS CONTEST DRINK/FUN-FEST?????

1/23/2011 2:36:10 PM

^^that would be fucking GLORIOUS

1/23/2011 3:52:28 PM

TOB getting all up in the hockey hype!

RBC Plaza Autographs from NHL stars on Fayetteville Street outside of RBC Bank:

Friday: Aaron Ward 5:30-6:30;
Saturday: Tom O'Brien 10:00am - 11:00am; Steven Stamkos 10:30 - 11:30;
Jeff Skinner 12:00 - 1:00; Rod Brind'Amour 3:00 - 4:00

W. Martin Street Beer Garden - sample (8) 3 oz. beers for a fee of $8

links for updated happenings

http://www.nhlallstarwideopen.com/event/nhl-all-star-wide-open-2

W. Martin Street Beer Garden - sample (8) 3 oz. beers for a fee of $8

Cabarrus Street:
Sledding Hill
Beer and BBQ Festival

etc.

1/24/2011 9:25:54 AM

TOB getting all up in the hockey hype!

RBC Plaza Autographs from NHL stars on Fayetteville Street outside of RBC Bank:

Friday: Aaron Ward 5:30-6:30;
Saturday: Tom O'Brien 10:00am - 11:00am; Steven Stamkos 10:30 - 11:30;
Jeff Skinner 12:00 - 1:00; Rod Brind'Amour 3:00 - 4:00


links for updated happenings

http://www.nhlallstarwideopen.com/event/nhl-all-star-wide-open-2

W. Martin Street Beer Garden - sample (8) 3 oz. beers for a fee of $8

Cabarrus Street:
Sledding Hill
Beer and BBQ Festival

etc

[Edited on January 24, 2011 at 9:27 AM. Reason : SHIT DOUBLE POAST]

1/24/2011 9:26:34 AM

BEER GARDEN

trying to decide if this will be worth it

1/24/2011 11:01:06 AM

RT @usatodayidol: Clay Aiken to sing national anthem at NHL ASG http://is.gd/zMRLFA



....

1/24/2011 11:32:33 AM

I might head out there just to get Skinner to sign my jersey. I'd imagine he'd be pretty swamped with fans, etc. if he's only signing stuff for 1 hour though

1/24/2011 11:53:23 AM

StateCole should definitely make the beer garden trip with me

1/24/2011 12:31:25 PM

^^^

FUCK

THAT

Katherine Fritsch is about a billion times better

1/24/2011 12:40:46 PM

hahahaha, clay aiken...great

1/24/2011 12:58:38 PM

he better not sing it on skates again

r.i.p. our dignity in the eyes of the dallas stars

1/24/2011 2:22:58 PM

I think I'm going to drop in from DC for the fan fest. Wish they'd bring more old players from throughout the league for this.

[Edited on January 24, 2011 at 2:49 PM. Reason : a]

1/24/2011 2:47:47 PM

i think they will be there regardless

should be pretty crazy

1/24/2011 4:01:22 PM

Apologizing in advance for showing up wearing an Ovechkin jersey, but I'm a DC resident now. Sorry dude.

1/24/2011 4:25:58 PM

well, you've always been kind of a douchebag, so i'll allow it

1/24/2011 6:24:31 PM

Is there anywhere online selling All-Star gear? Ive looked all over the Canes shop site but haven't seen anything. I really don't care to go to one of the stores.

1/24/2011 7:36:38 PM

that's kinda gay that Crosby isn't going to be there

1/24/2011 7:51:40 PM

So when do they actually pick the teams?

1/24/2011 7:54:12 PM

^^ Yes, it's totally gay that his brain is scrambled. Anyway, I'd much rather see Skinner in the game than Crosby.

^ Friday.

1/24/2011 7:55:34 PM

that motherfucker should at least show up and sit in a suite

the fans want him there

1/24/2011 8:03:33 PM