2016-17 NHL Regular Season II
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Dennis Bonvie
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Turned on the game and saw Flames with a D pairing of Hamilton & Bartkowski. Fond memories.
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Aeroforce
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It's an awesome sport Aeroforce. Much like golf you can play it at any stage of life in competitive or non competitive situations with all male, all female or a combination of the two making up a team. Unlike golf, you can get a much greater physical workout in doing it. Lost of strategy involved also makes it more entertaining.
Have a good friend who more recently relocated to Denver and spearheaded the building of a brand new facility. The response from the community has been outstanding. Most clubs will offer free clinics for introducing the game to potential new curlers. Bonus, for those who are inclined, is you can enjoy your favourite adult beverage before, during and after the game. Customary for the winning team to buy the first round for both teams following a match.
For folks who are involved with playing sports most of their lives it is a perfect transition from the more physically demanding and injury prone options like hockey, baseball, soccer, etc. Those type of sports can often have far reaching issues should you incur a significant injury. As you get older that becomes a much more important consideration for most in choosing sports to become or remain involved with.
"Hurry hard" to your neighbourhood club add check it out! If you enjoy playing sports you will not be disappointed.
Edit: followed a world curling tour bonspiel a few weeks ago that was being played in Arizona. Much like hockey the sport has grown in non traditional markets. There may well be facilities established in Texas as well.
Part 2: Bingo! Club in Houston and it offers the free clinics for new curlers. I'll stop now with my harassing you to try it out.
https://houstoncurling.com/home.php?club=133
Wow - thanks SO much!
And when you said 'Hurry to your neighborhood club' you weren't kidding. The rink in the link you attached isn't far from me at all. In fact, I'll show my age and say I scored my first hat trick there (cough cough in 1977 as a kid
. Geez I sound like Al Bundy... ). The site even had a viewing party for "Curling Night in America," which is what I stumbled across last night on NBCSN.
So thanks again, Sharp Shooting Neely, and also Coach Parker and Bruinfanatic - I will admit my first exposure to Curling was back in 2010 during the Olympics, waiting for a hockey game to start. Without getting into disallowed territory, I'll just say the star that caught my attention was Cheryl Bernard.
Back to hockey - it looks like Columbus has an early lead on the Islanders, which could help the Bruins. But then again with the Senators' injuries and the Habs in free-fall, the B's should just go ahead and win the division and forget about the wild card - ha!
Hamilton Brian
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Wife and BIL are at the BudsHabs game tonight. I hope they come back miserable, and I hope the Habs lose. Only one of those things will happen.
I swear we played tonight. I was disappointed to see the game's on Sunday instead.
I swear we played tonight. I was disappointed to see the game's on Sunday instead.
Fossy21
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She had better be special, because this applies to other teams than the lowly Habs as well:
CBJ up 3-0 on the Islanders, great start for us. A Columbus win puts us in the second wild card spot. Hopefully we can build on that.
And tomorrow is a 12:30 PM start. So good thing it wasn't today, or we'd have back-to-backs followed by very short rest (22:30 start followed by a 12:30 game 1 ½ day later)
Emerz
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4-0 CBJ, great.
I see the leafs/habs game as a win/win for us as long as it isn't a 3 point game, so great day already.
I see the leafs/habs game as a win/win for us as long as it isn't a 3 point game, so great day already.
Bruinfanatic
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I guess a regulation win for Montrel or Toronto I find it hard to cheer for either team,Maybee some, oh sorry can't say that I already got **** for that.
Mpasta
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Well yea it's 4-0.
If Islanders lose, we'll have the same amount of games played and jump them tonight I believe.
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Ten Thousand Hours
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Everyone will pay attention next Thursday. I'm looking forward to that one - Nashville at Montreal.
Fossy21
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Forsberg following up his two straight hat tricks with 1+1 so far.
If he gets another goal in the second or the first 10 minutes of the third... watch out. Especially if the Caps stay in the game long enough to pull their goalie.
5-0 Columbus at the end of the second. Maybe a loss like that will take some wind out of the Islanders sails (feel like I can safely say that now, but you never know
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DKH
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When the catch the Bruins in the standings I'm going to consider this statement
They still have plenty of time to comeback. Only need about 1 goal per 45 seconds in the last 6:30 to tie the game.
I know a habs win would be better for the bruins. But i am very much enjoying seeing them get outplayed by the leafs this first period
Ten Thousand Hours
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Would it though? They way they're both playing, might be easier to pass Montreal.
Bruinfanatic
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Really miss the old days of ties.Would like Tor and Montreal to just get a point.I just can't bring myself to,cheer for,either one.
Fossy21
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Yup. Or a three-point system where you often end up rooting for a shootout, as opposed to now that all you can do is hope there isn't overtime at all.
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Mpasta
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The Habs winning would help the Bruins right now. Since that's the only information we have, I guess we should be rooting for the Habs. But it's very hard.
**** that. Id rather be in worse position than root for those ****ing clowns. Gross.
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