HockeyBroad

Wheeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!!

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 22:35:02 -0500

Wheeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!!

I don't get the showerhead thing at TD Garden???

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 22:27:14 -0500

Go in your shower. Look at the shower head, which is probably set at at height of around 6.5 feet. Most ceilings, if you don’t have “cathedral height” ceilings, are about 8’ to 8.5’. So imagine your showerhead being instead attached to your ceiling, how that would affect water pressure and temperature of the water by the time the water hits you. Now imagine that you’re a pro athlete, just came out of a game or practice, and you want to take a shower under that ceiling-level shower head. That’s why I said it was a goofy thing to do.

Toured TD Garden last summer before the lockout. In one of the...

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 18:04:17 -0500

Toured TD Garden last summer before the lockout. In one of the goofiest forms of “visiting team pysche-out” that I’ve ever seen, not only is the visiting hockey team’s locker room kind of small (and thus quite crowded when you get 20+ people in there), but the visitor’s locker room showers have their showerheads installed about 8-1/2 feet off the ground. (Which means Zdeno Chara could stand under one of these on skates and still have a good 12”+ of head clearance.) For perspective: those soap dispensers are about 11” tall, based on manufacturer’s website.

Messing with visiting teams’ locker room facilities is nothing new. Showers that only run cold water, turning up the locker room temps to make them feel like a sauna, giving a fresh coat of paint just before the visiting team is due to arrive … anything that might help give even a tiny “psychological edge” by giving the visitors a less-than-warm welcome and making them feel uncomfortable or less rested.

halftheskymovement: On this day 30 years ago, Sally Ride...

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 17:40:12 -0500

halftheskymovement:

On this day 30 years ago, Sally Ride became the first female U.S. astronaut to go to space. Just yesterday, NASA announced its class of 2013 — four men and four women, the first time it has ever had gender parity.

First time I ever saw Brad Marchand, I thought, “Jeez, he...

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 16:02:16 -0500

First time I ever saw Brad Marchand, I thought, “Jeez, he looks really familiar.” But I’d never seen the P-Bruins play and I couldn’t figure out why my brain felt the déjà vu. Then, last night, I was watching “Circle of Friends”, and Alan Cumming’s character entered the scene…. ding!

lovebeyondmeasure: Quick, messy graphic to explain a concept...

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 15:42:06 -0500

lovebeyondmeasure:

Quick, messy graphic to explain a concept that seems obvious to me:

We shouldn’t be helping women because they’re related to someone else. We shouldn’t be helping women because someone else cares about them. We should be helping women because they are people.

We should be helping women for their own sake.

Why is that a hard concept for people to grasp?

Too Soon.

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 15:39:28 -0500

hockeysyrup:

UM…

WHAT. THE. HELL.

It’s like I have no control over what happens in these. I don’t know what this is, but sorry lol.

"I personally started unplugging one day a week, I’ve done it now for almost 3 years with my family,..."

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 15:37:40 -0500

“I personally started unplugging one day a week, I’ve done it now for almost 3 years with my family, and it’s changed my life.”

- Tiffany Shlain, digital filmmaker and founder of the Webby Awards.

When is the best time to unplug? Here, some options.

(via fastcompany)

At PRWeek and Zeno Group’s Find Your Fearless: Women, Ambition & Leadership event, panelists discussed “digital detoxing” and the need to unplug every once in a while. For full coverage of the panel, check out PRWeekUS.com on June 27.

(via prweek)

Corey Crawford

Mon, 17 Jun 2013 23:27:38 -0500

Corey Crawford

nhlbruins: Tuukka Rask gets sprayed with ice as he keeps the...

Mon, 17 Jun 2013 23:27:08 -0500

nhlbruins:

Tuukka Rask gets sprayed with ice as he keeps the puck out of the net during Game 3 #nhlbruins

Ben Smith rocking the playoff beard.

Mon, 17 Jun 2013 23:26:00 -0500

Ben Smith rocking the playoff beard.

ihateyourfavoriteteam: activevirtues: i have been watching...

Mon, 17 Jun 2013 23:25:35 -0500

ihateyourfavoriteteam:

activevirtues:

i have been watching this for an indeterminate number of minutes

i may or may not have forgotten where i am and what i was doing before i started watching patrick sharp flip his hair

I WHIP MY HAIR HAIR BACK AND FORTH, I WHIP MY HAIR HAIR BACK AND FORTH.

I must be getting old… my first thought was, “Dang, what hair products does he use, because my hair doesn’t look that good.”

Photo

Mon, 17 Jun 2013 23:24:58 -0500

knockingoneverydoor: for-the-cycle: alloku: laughingsquid: Cl...

Mon, 17 Jun 2013 23:23:58 -0500

knockingoneverydoor:

for-the-cycle:

alloku:

laughingsquid:

Clueless British Commentary for a Major League Baseball Game

Proper good announcing

Can all games be called like this please

This was the best thing ever. Petition for every baseball game to have these announcers.

Even the first five seconds are awesome. “It’s N. Y. Versus, uh, another team….” If these guys ever called a hockey game this way, please let me know.

Mike Fisher loves Canadian Tire the way I love Amazon,...

Mon, 17 Jun 2013 23:11:26 -0500

Mike Fisher loves Canadian Tire the way I love Amazon, apparently.

Selective memory works wonders.

Mon, 17 Jun 2013 23:10:49 -0500

Selective memory works wonders.

Taylor Hall is correct.

Mon, 17 Jun 2013 23:10:13 -0500

Taylor Hall is correct.

inothernews: Now that’s how to sell a TV show. Also filed under...

Mon, 17 Jun 2013 20:58:29 -0500

inothernews:

Now that’s how to sell a TV show.

Also filed under “things you never thought you’d see being used to sell a TV show. Thank you, JJ Abrams and crew, for making Star Trek cool again.”

ihateyourfavoriteteam: There’s a double rainbow over Chicago right now. Earlier a unicorn was...

Mon, 17 Jun 2013 20:55:42 -0500

ihateyourfavoriteteam:

There’s a double rainbow over Chicago right now. Earlier a unicorn was spotted waving a Blackhawks flag.

Yep, my city is officially magical.

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Mon, 17 Jun 2013 20:55:29 -0500