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Sunday, February 7, 2010 -- Afternoon
Pens versus Capitals
Although the PIttsburgh area got almost 2 feet of snow, Washington DC got almost three feet of snow. That made it impossible for the Pens to fly into town from Montreal yesterday. Instead, the Pens flew to New Jersey, and drove to DC, finally arriving around 2 a.m. Not a great time when you consider that the game with the Capitals started at noon. The Pens, especially Sidney Crosby, came to play for the nationally televised game. Crosby scored two goals, three minutes apart, in the first period. Alexander Ovechkin got a goal in the second period, and then Jordan Staal decided that he wanted two goals, and he quickly put two into the net. Ovechkin got his second goal in the third period to make the score Pens 4, Capitals 3. Then Ovechkin makes a face-off win this third goal of the period. The crowd went wild, and hats flew to the ice. Obviously, this is why the Capitals have a 13 game winning streak going into today's game. They don't give up, and Ovechkin can always score. The game went into overtime, and the Capitals capitalized on a power play to win the game. Final score: Pens 4 - Capitals 5. The Capitals lead the Eastern Conference, and now have a 14 game winning streak.
Saturday, February 6, 2010 -- Evening
Pens versus Canadiens
The Pens were in Montreal today to play the Canadiens in an early afternoon game. Although the Pens didn't play poorly, everything seemed to go the Canadiens way. The first goal that the Canadiens scored came about because Marc-Andre Fleury was playing the puck behind the net, and he was checked into the boards, falling to the ice. Of course, that left an empty net, and the Canadiens scored. Evgeni Malkin did get a short handed goal at the end of the game, but it was too little, too late. Final score: Pens 3 - Canadiens 5.
Snow, snow, and more snow
Snowmageddon delivered 21.5 inches to the PIttsburgh area making it the fourth largest snow storm in Pittsburgh history, right behind the Blizzard of '93, which had 25 inches of snow. I'm just amazed that we got so much in less than 24 hours. People made do, walking down the streets with the cars since the sidewalks were impassable. Now we just have to wait for the clean-up. A state of emergency has been declared statewide, and folks are told to not drive so the roads can be cleared. Fortunately, I have electricity, but thousands of others in the area, don't. Personally, I'm enjoying being snowbound. It gives me time to bond with loved ones, watch old TV shows, read, and eat. Check out the last of the Snowmageddon pictures.
Saturday, February 6, 2010 -- Early Morning
Snowmageddon
Boy, did it snow! When I woke up, I checked out the snow levels, and we had around a foot of snow surrounding my apartment building. The street I'm on is not passable, and you can barely see my car in the drift in which it sits. The snow is still continuing, but only another two to four inches are expected before things quite down at noon. Allegheny County has declared a disaster emergency, and other neighboring counties have a state of emergency. Basically, the point they are trying to convey to the stupid is that you should not be out driving unless you have an emergency or are an emergency vehicle. Getting toilet paper does not constitute an emergency, even if you think it does. What is sad is that people have to be told things that should be common sense. What we should all do is just hunker in for the day and enjoy building snowmen and having snowball battles. Check out the Snowmageddon pictures from this morning. Yep, the ruler in the snow measures 11 inches of snow.
Friday, February 5, 2010 -- Evening
The Start of Snowmageddon
One thing you can count on, when the weather psychics, aka the TV weather guys, tell you that a huge snow storm is headed your way, you know that the claim will be like most psychic claims: wrong. Well for the past few days, we have been hearing in Pittsburgh how we would have a major snow event this weekend. Snow would start on Friday afternoon and continue steadily through Saturday afternoon. At least six inches, at most 12 inches, were predicted. As the hours passed, the snow amounts didn't lower, they increased. Would the Snowmageddon actually arrive. At noon, light snow was in the air. It melted as soon as it hit the ground. By 5 p.m., as I was leaving work, I was feeling disappointment in the amounts. However, by the time I got off the bus by my apartment, an inch of snow covered the ground. By 7:30 p.m., it was at least 3-4 inches. Who knows what tomorrow will bring! Check out my Snowmageddon pictures.
Monday, February 1, 2010 -- Evening
Pens versus Sabres
The Buffalo Sabres were in town to play the Pens this evening. The Pens scored first with a goal by Mark Letestu, called up from the Baby Pens along with Nick Johnson. It was Letestu's first NHL goal, and he made it 47 seconds into the game. Unfortunately, the Sabres scored two quick goals five minutes later. Of course, the only I have to say about the Sabres' two goals is that the Pens were wearing those blue uniforms at home. They tend to do poorly when they wear blue. The Sabres added another goal to their lead, and things were looking dire. However, Sidney Crosby and Jordan Staal did their parts to tie things up. Crosby's second goal was a nice one. Ryan Miller was getting the puck from behind the net, and one of the Sabre defensemen let it go past him. Well, Crosby got it into the net. Then a little after a minute later, Crosby got another goal for a hat trick. The points put him into third place in the scoring competition. The Sabres managed to cut down the Pens' lead to one with three minutes left in the game. The Sabres put there all into tying the game, but they weren't able to get the tying goal. The Pens won with a final score of 5-4.