Canadian Team Rankings for November
1. Montreal Canadiens 15-8-1-31
Stats
Tomas Plekanec G 8 A 15 P 23
Andrei Kostitsyn G 9 A 9 P 18
Michael Cammalleri G 7 A 8 P 15
Brian Gionta G 7 A 8 P 15
Carey Price W 14 L 7 OTL 1 GAA 1.95 save% 0.935 shutout 4
Positive - Carey Price is having a career first quarter of the season because he has 14 wins this season in 22 games and only had 13 wins in 41 games. Tomas Plekanec is leading the team with 15 A and 23 P and having 6 wins on the road this season and are 9-4-1 at home which is above average along with 7-3 in the last 10 games and 12-6-1 Vs the Eastern Conference. Also having given up second fewest goals with 47 goals which next to Boston's 46 goals.
Negative - Having played 14 games at the home and 10 games at the away and are in the bottom half of the league in scoring (60 goals) so if the goaltending goes south the team will go down hard fast.
Most important games this month
December 4 - Vs Sharks, December 10 - @ Red Wings, Dec 15 vs. Philadelphia Flyers, Dec 16 - vs. Boston Bruins, Dec 28 - at Washington Capitals
2. Vancouver Canucks 12-7-3-27
Stats
Daniel Sedin G 13 A 14 P 27
Henrik Sedin G 2 A 25 P 27
Mikael Samuelsson G 6 A 10 P 16
Roberto Luongo W 9 L 7 OTL 2 GAA 2.72 Save% 911
Positive - Daniel Sedin and Henrik Sedin are having a very good season so far and are 8-2-1 at home this season and are just outside the top 10 for goals for with 68 goals. They are also 5-2-1 aganist the Eastern Conference and back-up goaltender Cory Schneider is 3-0-1 with a GAA of 2.08 and a save% of 936.
Negative - Having so much distance in production from the Sedin twins and the rest of the team is a concern along with the not so great goaltending from Roberto Luongo is season as he so far is just about a 50/50 goalie. Along with a 4-5-2 record on the road and a 7-5-2 record aganist the Western Conference needs to be improved if they are going to challenge for top in the west and home ice advantage to the cup.
Most important games this month
December 3 - at Chicago Blackhawks, Dec 22 - at Detroit Red Wings, Dec. 28 - vs. Philadelphia Flyers, Dec. 31 - at Dallas Stars
3. Ottawa Senators 11-13-1-23
Stats
Daniel Alfredsson G 8 A 10 P 18
Jason Spezza G 6 A 8 P 14
Sergei Gonchar G 4 A 10 P 14
Brian Elliott W 10 L 8 OTL 0 GAA 2.94 save% 909 SO 2
Positives - Jason Spezza coming back into the lineup lead to a spark on the team because they were really bad before he came back and Brian Elliott has been the better of the 2 starting goaltenders and has also helped the charge towards the playoffs. Daniel Alfredsson is a good leader on and off the ice for the Senators and it continues this season.
Negative - The Senators are 3-7 in their last 10 games and Pascal Leclaire still getting starts with a 1-5-1 record with 3.22 GAA and a 898 save% has hurt the team along with giving up the second most goals in the conference with 75 and fourth most in the whole league and have scored 58 goals which puts them in the bottom third in the conference. A 7-6 record at home is not very good if use want to make the playoffs and 4-7-1 on the road is even worst.
Most important games this month
Dec. 04 vs. Buffalo Sabres, Dec. 07 at Montreal Canadiens, Dec. 09 vs. New York Rangers, Dec. 10 vs. New Jersey Devils, Dec. 13 vs. Atlanta Thrashers
4. Calgary Flames 10-12-2-22
Stats
Alex Tanguay G 6 A 15 P 21
Jarome Iginla G 10 A 10 P 20
Rene Bourque G 11 A 7 P 18
Miikka Kiprusoff W 7 L 10 OTL 1 GAA 2.79 Save% 905
Positives - Jarome Iginla has been on a roll with 8 goals and 4 assists for 12 points in his last 9 games and their in the middle of the pack in scoring and Miikka Kiprusoff has 2 shutouts this season while Rene Bourque has a 11 goals on the season to lead the team.
Negative - Miikka Kiprusoff has a 7-10-1 record with a 2.79 GAA and a 905 save% which is not the best if you need to have a strong goalie to get to the playoff and Flames have spent big bucks on their blueline and it has not worked with Robyn Regehr + 4 and Jay Bouwmeester + 8 and ther team still gives up 69 goals and have scored 67 goals. They are 6-5 at home and 4-7-1 on the road while being 3-5-2 in their last 10 games and their captaain only woke up 9 games a go and had 8 points in the teams first 15 games.
Most important games this month
Dec. 01 vs. Vancouver Canucks, Dec. 03 at Minnesota Wild, Dec. 18 vs. Minnesota Wild, Dec. 20 at Minnesota Wild, Dec. 31 vs. Colorado Avalanche
5. Toronto Maple Leafs 8-11-4-20
Stats
Clarke MacArthur G 7 A 11 P 18
Mikhail Grabovski G 5 A 11 P 16
Phil Kessel G 10 A 4 P 14
Jean-Sebastien Giguere W 5 L 5 OTL 2 GAA 2.78 Save% 895
Positives - The Leafs are one of the youngest teams in the NHL and Clarke MacArthur has been a real surprise this season especially early in the season and Luke Schenn for a third year player with the help of Tomas Kaberale has become a good defenceman this season with a + 5 and no time on the powerplay. Phil Kessel had a great start to the season and are middle of the pack team giving up 65 goals and have 6 wins and 15 points at home in 13 games.
Negative - The Leafs have scored 51 which is in the top ten lowest totals so far and have only 2 road wins and 5 pointsin 10 games on the road and 3-6-1 in their last 10 games. Also Dion Phaneuf was with the team at the beginning of the seaon when they were 4-0 and I know he is a minus 6 but he has missed the last 12 games with an injury.
Most Important Game
Their next one - Vs Edmonton Oilers - December 2Nd
6. Edmonton Oilers 7-12-4-18
Stats
Ryan Whitney G 0 A 17 P 17
Ales Hemsky G 6 A 9 P 15
Jordan Eberle G 4 A 9 P 13
#35 - Nikolai Khabibulin W 4 L 10 OTL 1 GAA 4.07 Save% 879 SO 1
Positives - Jordan Eberle has been a very big bright spot all season for the Oilers and Taylor Hall after he started his rookie season slow has found his groove with 5 goals and 6 assists for 11 points. The future looks really bright with Jordan Eberle and Taylor Hall along with other young stars to help the Oilers get respectible in the next few years and 4-6-3 on the road tells us that they try hard.
Negative - Nikolai Khabibulin has not been anything like he needed to be to make this team have a chance to win a close games like they did in the first week of the season and 3-6-1 @ home could be better and 89 goals allowed is the most by far this season so far.
Most Important Game
December 2 - @ Toronto Maple Leafs
Thanks
Tom Mehegan
Tuesday, November 30, 2010
Monday, November 29, 2010
NFL monday night football - 49ers Vs Cardinals
NFL monday night football
San Fransico 49ers Vs Arizona Cardinals
The worest record combination for Monday Night Football in years with both 3 and 7 records and the weirdist thing is that one of these 2 teams will be only a game behind the NFC West divison leaders St. Louis Rams and Seattle Seahawks (5-6).
The San San Franisco 49ers are winless on the road (0-4) this season and their leader on offense is Frank Gore,RB who is not as good as he has been before and I beleive that he can get some yards on the ground aganist the Cardinals defense tonight and if not the niners will be in trouble because their QB situation is not really good. The niners may be able to get more than 17 points tonight (their average this season) and maybe three TDs (21 points) and the niners have given up less yards per game on the ground (23.3 yards) and through the air (40.3 yards) and have given up a touchdown less than the Cardinals have. On offense they gained more yards on the ground (11.3 yards) and through the air (26.7 yards).
The Cardinals are 2-2 team at home this season who have lost their last 5 games and eventhough the Cards have scored more points per game than the niners (2 points more) the niners have a much better defense than them. While Larry Fitzgerald with his 55 rec and 691 yards along with 5 TDs is not as good as before which means he is getting doubled and Anderson has not been able to get him the ball 6 times a game when he would have games of 10,12, and even more catches a game. The Cards ground game is lead by Tim Hightower who has been known to drop the ball while running and turnovers could make it a long night for the Cards.
Final Thought
The Niners should win this game and if they work well together it could be a laugher but some how, some way there will be laughing either because the Cards are bad or the game is bad or even a little bit of everything. Niners even with a win will probably not win the divison and finally about the divison whoever wins this divison will have a losing record.
Laughter is awesome
Tom Mehegan
San Fransico 49ers Vs Arizona Cardinals
The worest record combination for Monday Night Football in years with both 3 and 7 records and the weirdist thing is that one of these 2 teams will be only a game behind the NFC West divison leaders St. Louis Rams and Seattle Seahawks (5-6).
The San San Franisco 49ers are winless on the road (0-4) this season and their leader on offense is Frank Gore,RB who is not as good as he has been before and I beleive that he can get some yards on the ground aganist the Cardinals defense tonight and if not the niners will be in trouble because their QB situation is not really good. The niners may be able to get more than 17 points tonight (their average this season) and maybe three TDs (21 points) and the niners have given up less yards per game on the ground (23.3 yards) and through the air (40.3 yards) and have given up a touchdown less than the Cardinals have. On offense they gained more yards on the ground (11.3 yards) and through the air (26.7 yards).
The Cardinals are 2-2 team at home this season who have lost their last 5 games and eventhough the Cards have scored more points per game than the niners (2 points more) the niners have a much better defense than them. While Larry Fitzgerald with his 55 rec and 691 yards along with 5 TDs is not as good as before which means he is getting doubled and Anderson has not been able to get him the ball 6 times a game when he would have games of 10,12, and even more catches a game. The Cards ground game is lead by Tim Hightower who has been known to drop the ball while running and turnovers could make it a long night for the Cards.
Final Thought
The Niners should win this game and if they work well together it could be a laugher but some how, some way there will be laughing either because the Cards are bad or the game is bad or even a little bit of everything. Niners even with a win will probably not win the divison and finally about the divison whoever wins this divison will have a losing record.
Laughter is awesome
Tom Mehegan
Sunday, November 28, 2010
headlines from nfl week 12
Headlines from week 12 in the nfl
- Phillip Rivers and the chargers crush the peyton's colt 36-14
- Rams squeak past past the Broncos 36-33
- Texans shutout the Titans 20-0
- Browns sneak past the Panthers 24-23
- Steelers take down the Bills in Overtime 19-16
- Vikings give their new head coach a win 17-13 over the Skins
- Dolphins squshed the Raiders 33-17
- Orton beats Vick 30-26
- Chiefs mastered Seahawks 42-24
- Giants bounced Jaguars 24-20
- Matt Ryan stay strong with his 18-1 home record as he sends the Packers home on a losing tune 20-17
- Ravens school the Bucs 17-10
Hope you enjoyed the football this weekend
Tom Mehegan
- Phillip Rivers and the chargers crush the peyton's colt 36-14
- Rams squeak past past the Broncos 36-33
- Texans shutout the Titans 20-0
- Browns sneak past the Panthers 24-23
- Steelers take down the Bills in Overtime 19-16
- Vikings give their new head coach a win 17-13 over the Skins
- Dolphins squshed the Raiders 33-17
- Orton beats Vick 30-26
- Chiefs mastered Seahawks 42-24
- Giants bounced Jaguars 24-20
- Matt Ryan stay strong with his 18-1 home record as he sends the Packers home on a losing tune 20-17
- Ravens school the Bucs 17-10
Hope you enjoyed the football this weekend
Tom Mehegan
Saturday, November 27, 2010
Questions at will be answered at the 98th Grey Cup
For the montreal alouettes
- will Anthony Calvillo legacy in the history of the CFL be defind by his rings (wins) or his appearances (8) in the big game.
- Is Ben Cahoon one of if not the best Canadian slot back in CFL history
- How Much of a difference will playing on a snowy and cold field have on the Alouettes compared to the warm and unsnowy big O where they beat down the Toronto Argos big time last week.
- How will the Alouettes play in their first pressure game maybe of their whole season?
- Did the Alouettes learn anything about the new run defense that the Roughriders have been using in the last few weeks.?
- What tricks do the Alouettes have up their sleves?
- How many Alouettes fans will be able to get tickets to tommorrow's game?
- Can the Alouettes quiet the noisy Roughrider crowd and will it effect the play calling?
For the Saskatchewan Roughriders
- Can Darian Durant begin the climb towards being the other legendary quarterback in Roughrider history?
- Is the Roughriders Canadian receiving squad the best in CFL history (Jason Clermont, Andy Fantuz, Rob Bags, Chris Getzlaf)?
- Will the Roughriders be able to feed off the fan support or will they put too much pressure on themselves (especially Durant)?
- If the Roughriders win how much will the team make off it and where does all that money go?
- Can the Riders have anymore tricks up their selves for this game?
The Game
- Which team will be able to remember that they have runningback more because both teams backs are usually forgotten
- What effect will the weather conditions have on the game
- Durant or Calvillo who will have a better game
- Who are going to be the go to receivers in the game
- What effect will the loud crowd have on the game
- Will the game come down to minor mistakes by players or coaches at the end of the game like last years thirteenth man on the field
Go RIDERS Go
Tom Mehegan
- will Anthony Calvillo legacy in the history of the CFL be defind by his rings (wins) or his appearances (8) in the big game.
- Is Ben Cahoon one of if not the best Canadian slot back in CFL history
- How Much of a difference will playing on a snowy and cold field have on the Alouettes compared to the warm and unsnowy big O where they beat down the Toronto Argos big time last week.
- How will the Alouettes play in their first pressure game maybe of their whole season?
- Did the Alouettes learn anything about the new run defense that the Roughriders have been using in the last few weeks.?
- What tricks do the Alouettes have up their sleves?
- How many Alouettes fans will be able to get tickets to tommorrow's game?
- Can the Alouettes quiet the noisy Roughrider crowd and will it effect the play calling?
For the Saskatchewan Roughriders
- Can Darian Durant begin the climb towards being the other legendary quarterback in Roughrider history?
- Is the Roughriders Canadian receiving squad the best in CFL history (Jason Clermont, Andy Fantuz, Rob Bags, Chris Getzlaf)?
- Will the Roughriders be able to feed off the fan support or will they put too much pressure on themselves (especially Durant)?
- If the Roughriders win how much will the team make off it and where does all that money go?
- Can the Riders have anymore tricks up their selves for this game?
The Game
- Which team will be able to remember that they have runningback more because both teams backs are usually forgotten
- What effect will the weather conditions have on the game
- Durant or Calvillo who will have a better game
- Who are going to be the go to receivers in the game
- What effect will the loud crowd have on the game
- Will the game come down to minor mistakes by players or coaches at the end of the game like last years thirteenth man on the field
Go RIDERS Go
Tom Mehegan
Friday, November 26, 2010
nba - San Antonio Spurs having a great start but they have been doin it quietly
The San Antonio Spurs are a team made up of team players and Greg Popovic is the key to the success of the team because he modes the players into a team and this season the Spurs has its best start in years. Even with their 12-1 start is amazing and Wednesday comeback aganist the Minnesota Timberwolves who were down 21 points and sent it to overtime and won it in overtime and have won 12 straight game after being 1-1.
Manu Ginobili is lead the team with 20.8 pts while Tony Parker has 19.4 and Richard Jefferson has 15.9 and Tim Duncan has 13.4 pts a game so to have 4 scorers averaging over 13 points a game is amazing and to have your best player Tim Duncan be fourth on the team says there is a lot of balanced scoring on the Spurs. The Spurs have scored 108 per game and have giving 99 points per game and the Spurs have 23.6 assists per game which means that they share the ball well and take good shoots and 42.5 boards a game that helps them have extra possession.
The Spurs will probally fall back by the end of the season but will be top 4 in the western conference and have over 50 wins this season and it will probably end with Spurs Vs. Lakers in the playoff being the finishing point and the Lakers will most likely win the series and head to the campionship final.
Thanks
Tom Mehegan
Manu Ginobili is lead the team with 20.8 pts while Tony Parker has 19.4 and Richard Jefferson has 15.9 and Tim Duncan has 13.4 pts a game so to have 4 scorers averaging over 13 points a game is amazing and to have your best player Tim Duncan be fourth on the team says there is a lot of balanced scoring on the Spurs. The Spurs have scored 108 per game and have giving 99 points per game and the Spurs have 23.6 assists per game which means that they share the ball well and take good shoots and 42.5 boards a game that helps them have extra possession.
The Spurs will probally fall back by the end of the season but will be top 4 in the western conference and have over 50 wins this season and it will probably end with Spurs Vs. Lakers in the playoff being the finishing point and the Lakers will most likely win the series and head to the campionship final.
Thanks
Tom Mehegan
Thursday, November 25, 2010
the Turkey day classics for 2010 are good at times
New England Patriots Vs Detroit Lions
- Tom Brady had a perfect passer rating (158.3)
- Wes Welker had no TD in Detroit before and left today with 2
- The Lions lead for three quarters but with 24-all going into the fourth quarter where the Patriots scored 21 points (scored the last 24 points of the game)
- Brady had 4 touchdown and no interception and 341 through the air
- Dion Branch had 79 yard touchdown where he left his defender picking up his shorts (one of his 2 TD)
- Maurice Morris had 9 rushes and 2 TDs for the Lions
- Calvin Johnson had 4 catches for 81 yards
- BenJarvus Green-Ellis had 12 rushes and 2 TDs for the Patriots
New Orleans Saints Vs. Dallas Cowboys
Saints had a great first quarter lead with help from Devery Henderson with
a 57 yard catch and Christopher Ivory had a TD to start the game and Will
Smith intercepted Kitna's pass and lead to a 50-yard field goal and during
the next Saint possession Christopher Ivory had another TD to take a 17-0
in the first. On their way to a 20-3 lead until the last play of the first
half where David Buehler made a 53-yard field goal for the Dallas Cowboys
to make it 20-6 and Miles Austin ran for 60 yards in the first moment of
the third quarter to make 20-13 and then Saints got a firld goal to make
it 23-13. Then Reggie Bush fumbled on a punt return and recovered by Leon
Williams and Marion Barber rushed for a TD to make it 23-20 and then
Cowboys could have tried a 53 yard field to tie the game but decided to
punt and it was a mess and they had to kick again. Then Brees got
intercepted by Gerald Sensabaugh and it ended with Tashard Choice
touchdaown rush to take a 27-23 lead until Roy Williams had a catch and
ran for 47 yards until he had the ball striped from him and recovered by
Malcolm Jenkins. 5 plays later Lance Moore was celbrating the winning
touchdown and was set up by a great catch by Robert Meachem who had 55
yard catch and run at the 2 minute warning. Drew Brees threw for 352 yards
and 1 touchdown and Jon Kitna threw for 313 yards and Marques Colston had
6 catches for 105 yards.
Thanks
Tom Mehegan
- Tom Brady had a perfect passer rating (158.3)
- Wes Welker had no TD in Detroit before and left today with 2
- The Lions lead for three quarters but with 24-all going into the fourth quarter where the Patriots scored 21 points (scored the last 24 points of the game)
- Brady had 4 touchdown and no interception and 341 through the air
- Dion Branch had 79 yard touchdown where he left his defender picking up his shorts (one of his 2 TD)
- Maurice Morris had 9 rushes and 2 TDs for the Lions
- Calvin Johnson had 4 catches for 81 yards
- BenJarvus Green-Ellis had 12 rushes and 2 TDs for the Patriots
New Orleans Saints Vs. Dallas Cowboys
Saints had a great first quarter lead with help from Devery Henderson with
a 57 yard catch and Christopher Ivory had a TD to start the game and Will
Smith intercepted Kitna's pass and lead to a 50-yard field goal and during
the next Saint possession Christopher Ivory had another TD to take a 17-0
in the first. On their way to a 20-3 lead until the last play of the first
half where David Buehler made a 53-yard field goal for the Dallas Cowboys
to make it 20-6 and Miles Austin ran for 60 yards in the first moment of
the third quarter to make 20-13 and then Saints got a firld goal to make
it 23-13. Then Reggie Bush fumbled on a punt return and recovered by Leon
Williams and Marion Barber rushed for a TD to make it 23-20 and then
Cowboys could have tried a 53 yard field to tie the game but decided to
punt and it was a mess and they had to kick again. Then Brees got
intercepted by Gerald Sensabaugh and it ended with Tashard Choice
touchdaown rush to take a 27-23 lead until Roy Williams had a catch and
ran for 47 yards until he had the ball striped from him and recovered by
Malcolm Jenkins. 5 plays later Lance Moore was celbrating the winning
touchdown and was set up by a great catch by Robert Meachem who had 55
yard catch and run at the 2 minute warning. Drew Brees threw for 352 yards
and 1 touchdown and Jon Kitna threw for 313 yards and Marques Colston had
6 catches for 105 yards.
Thanks
Tom Mehegan
Wednesday, November 24, 2010
NFL has 3 turkeys for thanksgiven day games
The first of the three turkeys is New England Patriots Vs. Detroit Lions
The Patriots are a very good team and the addition from subtraction of Randy Moss has made the Patriots and even better as they are 8-2 and they put up a lot of points this season (average 28.9/game) and are 3-2 away from home. While the Detroit Lions are still trying to get to respecible as a franchise because they are 2-8 but have only given up 3 more points than they have scored this season and are 2-2 at home.
The game should be won by the Patriots but they did go to Cleveland and laid a huge egg aganist the browns so if the Patriots take the Lions lightly they could be had by the Lions.
The Second Turkey should of been a very good game but the Dallas Cowboys fell down hard early with a 1-7 record when Wade Phillips was fired and the Cowboys since then they are 2-0 but they are facing the New Orleans Saints who started very slowly but are now still 7-3 and most impressively 4-1 on the road. The Saints are still go on offense but the defense is not getting as many turnovers as they did last year and the Cowboys are way more productive since the coaching change.
The Saints are the better team eventough the Cowboys have been better and the Saint play better away from home while the Cowboys have only 1 win at new Cowboys stadium and the way the Cowboys can win is by having an all around game and the Saints who have not played before on thanksgiven are not upto the task.
The biggest Turkey of all are the Cincinnati Bengals who are playing aganist the New York Jets who are tied with the Patriots for the AFC East title and the New York Jets should have no problem with the Bengals with the best points aganist in the AFC and Mark Sanchez is finding ways to win games like the last second TD pass to beat the Jaguars. While the Bengals were looking for big things from Terrell Owens and Chad Oco and Carson Palmer and they have not come through this season especially Palmer who has lost some of the ablity to throw the ball.
The Jets should win easy because the Bengals look like they have folded like a cheap suit especially last week when they were up on the Bills by 21 and lost by 18 at the end and the only way the Bengals win is that they play as a team and the Jets who are 3-2 at home do not show up.
Thanks for reading
Tom Mehegan
The Patriots are a very good team and the addition from subtraction of Randy Moss has made the Patriots and even better as they are 8-2 and they put up a lot of points this season (average 28.9/game) and are 3-2 away from home. While the Detroit Lions are still trying to get to respecible as a franchise because they are 2-8 but have only given up 3 more points than they have scored this season and are 2-2 at home.
The game should be won by the Patriots but they did go to Cleveland and laid a huge egg aganist the browns so if the Patriots take the Lions lightly they could be had by the Lions.
The Second Turkey should of been a very good game but the Dallas Cowboys fell down hard early with a 1-7 record when Wade Phillips was fired and the Cowboys since then they are 2-0 but they are facing the New Orleans Saints who started very slowly but are now still 7-3 and most impressively 4-1 on the road. The Saints are still go on offense but the defense is not getting as many turnovers as they did last year and the Cowboys are way more productive since the coaching change.
The Saints are the better team eventough the Cowboys have been better and the Saint play better away from home while the Cowboys have only 1 win at new Cowboys stadium and the way the Cowboys can win is by having an all around game and the Saints who have not played before on thanksgiven are not upto the task.
The biggest Turkey of all are the Cincinnati Bengals who are playing aganist the New York Jets who are tied with the Patriots for the AFC East title and the New York Jets should have no problem with the Bengals with the best points aganist in the AFC and Mark Sanchez is finding ways to win games like the last second TD pass to beat the Jaguars. While the Bengals were looking for big things from Terrell Owens and Chad Oco and Carson Palmer and they have not come through this season especially Palmer who has lost some of the ablity to throw the ball.
The Jets should win easy because the Bengals look like they have folded like a cheap suit especially last week when they were up on the Bills by 21 and lost by 18 at the end and the only way the Bengals win is that they play as a team and the Jets who are 3-2 at home do not show up.
Thanks for reading
Tom Mehegan
Monday, November 22, 2010
The best ever head coach in the NHL history
Scotty Bowman is the best Head coach in NHL history with his 9 Stanley Cup rings coaches teams like the ST. Louis Blues, Buffalo Sabres, Montreal Canadiens who won 5 cups (1973, 1976-1979), Pittsburgh Penquins who won the cup in 1992, and Detroit Red Wings who won 3 cups (1997-98, 2002). He won 2 coach of the year awards (1977 and 1996) where for his first coach of the year award his team set the record for the most wins in a season with 60 wins which came with the Montreal Canadiens and his other coach of the year award was when he coached the Detroit Red Wings and the team broke the record for wins in a season with 62 wins. He leads the NHL in coaches wins with 1248 and Al Arbour is second over all with 740 wins which means he has 500 more wins than any other coach in history and he also has 233 wins in the playoffs which is also a record. He had 419 wins with the Canadiens, 414 wins with the Red Wings, 210 wins the Sabres, 110 wins with the Blues, and 95 wins with the Penquins and most impressive is that he had 1 50/50 season (in 85-86 he was 18-18-1 in 37 games) and 1 under 500 season (in 86-87 he was 3-7-2 in 12 games) and both with the sabres.
His time with the Montreal Canadiens made his legendary status with 4 Stanley Cups in a row and he had a legendary team to go with it with the likes of hall of famers Ken Dryden, Larry Robinson, Guy Lafleur, and Steve Shutt. With Pittsburgh Penquins he had the likes of hall of famer also of Mario Lemieux and Larry Murphy and while with the Detroit Red Wings along side of Murphy he also coached hall of famer Steve Yzerman and future hall of famers Brendan Shanahan and Nicklas Lidstrom.
He was put into the hall of fame as a builder in 1991 which was in the middle of Stanley Cup run as he had his 5 Canadiens rings by then but still had 1 with the penquins and 3 with the Red Wings still in his future. So in the end Scotty Bowman is the best coach in NHL history even if he had some all-star teams to coach but it is not always the players that get the job done because some coaches with very good teams sometimes can not get them to focused on the team goal of winning a cup. Scotty coached two dynasties (in Montreal and in Detroit) and the Penquins had a very short dynasty of only 2 years and looking back Scotty has done so much that most of what he has done will never be matched again.
Thanks for keeping up with my blog and I am very thankful to all of you
Tom Mehegan
If you want more try either tomiesworld.blogspot.com and raptorsblog.blogspot.com or all of it @tommehegan@twitter.com
His time with the Montreal Canadiens made his legendary status with 4 Stanley Cups in a row and he had a legendary team to go with it with the likes of hall of famers Ken Dryden, Larry Robinson, Guy Lafleur, and Steve Shutt. With Pittsburgh Penquins he had the likes of hall of famer also of Mario Lemieux and Larry Murphy and while with the Detroit Red Wings along side of Murphy he also coached hall of famer Steve Yzerman and future hall of famers Brendan Shanahan and Nicklas Lidstrom.
He was put into the hall of fame as a builder in 1991 which was in the middle of Stanley Cup run as he had his 5 Canadiens rings by then but still had 1 with the penquins and 3 with the Red Wings still in his future. So in the end Scotty Bowman is the best coach in NHL history even if he had some all-star teams to coach but it is not always the players that get the job done because some coaches with very good teams sometimes can not get them to focused on the team goal of winning a cup. Scotty coached two dynasties (in Montreal and in Detroit) and the Penquins had a very short dynasty of only 2 years and looking back Scotty has done so much that most of what he has done will never be matched again.
Thanks for keeping up with my blog and I am very thankful to all of you
Tom Mehegan
If you want more try either tomiesworld.blogspot.com and raptorsblog.blogspot.com or all of it @tommehegan@twitter.com
NFL Monday night Football - Broncos Vs. Chargers
For the Broncos it has been down hill since their bye week last year and were 6-0 and then went 2-8 for the rest of the season with 4 straight losses and now are 3-6 this year and the team is a mess going into this game with giving up way more point they have scored.
Chargers are lead by Phillip Rivers who has been having a MVP season and without a real running game he has been throw the ball around the field and eventhough the Chargers are 4-5 they have played a lot tougher schedule so far and they play much better at home with a 3-1 home record.
The Chargers should win the game easy with Rivers putting up big numbers but not Vick numbers from last Monday night and this game could be over at half time and the Chargers still have a win streak in them to help them still make the playoffs.
Enjoy the game
Tom Mehegan
More good stuff @tomiesworld.blogspot.com or tommehegan@twitter.com
Chargers are lead by Phillip Rivers who has been having a MVP season and without a real running game he has been throw the ball around the field and eventhough the Chargers are 4-5 they have played a lot tougher schedule so far and they play much better at home with a 3-1 home record.
The Chargers should win the game easy with Rivers putting up big numbers but not Vick numbers from last Monday night and this game could be over at half time and the Chargers still have a win streak in them to help them still make the playoffs.
Enjoy the game
Tom Mehegan
More good stuff @tomiesworld.blogspot.com or tommehegan@twitter.com
Sunday, November 21, 2010
nfl recap for week 11
The Oakland Raiders are a train wreck for the NFL as the Pittsburgh
Steelers creamed the Raiders along with Richard seymour sucker punched Big
Ben while Rodney Harrison set to be hit in his wallet again for a illegal
hit. The Buffalo Bills can not do any thing right as they won their second
in a row as they creamed the Bengals 48-31 and now are tied with the
Bengals for the worest record in the NFL (the fight for the No.1 pick in
the 2011 NFL entry draft). New York Jets Receiver Homes steals a victory
out of the jaws of defeat aganist the Jaguars and Patton Manning falls
victim to the Patroits again as he throws a late interception to loss the
game. Green Bay Packers Arron Rogers silences Brett Farve again as Rogers
throws 4 touchdownsand and Matt Ryan can really win on the road because
him and his Falcons destroy the Rams and for real this is not a dream
while Vick is sill magical aganist the Giants and Eagles are lead the
divison.
Thanks for reading
Tom Mehegan
More @ tomiesworld.blogspot.com and also @ tommehegan@twitter.com
Steelers creamed the Raiders along with Richard seymour sucker punched Big
Ben while Rodney Harrison set to be hit in his wallet again for a illegal
hit. The Buffalo Bills can not do any thing right as they won their second
in a row as they creamed the Bengals 48-31 and now are tied with the
Bengals for the worest record in the NFL (the fight for the No.1 pick in
the 2011 NFL entry draft). New York Jets Receiver Homes steals a victory
out of the jaws of defeat aganist the Jaguars and Patton Manning falls
victim to the Patroits again as he throws a late interception to loss the
game. Green Bay Packers Arron Rogers silences Brett Farve again as Rogers
throws 4 touchdownsand and Matt Ryan can really win on the road because
him and his Falcons destroy the Rams and for real this is not a dream
while Vick is sill magical aganist the Giants and Eagles are lead the
divison.
Thanks for reading
Tom Mehegan
More @ tomiesworld.blogspot.com and also @ tommehegan@twitter.com
Saturday, November 20, 2010
A thank you to Pat Burns
As people may or may not know but Friday Pat Burns passed away at age 58 and he was a hockey coach that was great when he started with a team and do very good but would not last long.
Pat Burns was a real battler off the ice as he battled colon cancer in 2004 and survived and Liver cancer in 2005 and also survived that. He coached the QMJHL Hull Olympiques from 1984 to 1987 and the Sherbrooke Canadiens of the American Hockey League for the 1987–1988 season and was a Montreal police officer before he became a future hall of fame coach.
He started with the Montreal Canadiens in 1989 and helped them go to the Stanley Cup and won 51 games and 115 points along with winning the coach of the year award but lost and then he coached them for 3 more seasons and lost in the second round in all three seasons. Then he went to coach the Toronto Maple Leafs for the 1992-93 season and for the next 3 + seasons where the Maple Leafs went to the Western Conference Finals the first 2 years and the first year was the closest the Leafs have been to the Stantley Cup Finals since 1967. This is when the Leafs went into overtime aganist the LA Kings in game 6 and if the Leafs had scored they would have gone to the Stanley Cup Final aganist the Montreal Canadiens but the Kings won and Wayne Gretzky high sticked Doug Gilmour with no call and then they come home and lost to the Kings in game 7. Then in the 95-96 season he was fired and after a year away from hockey he coached the Bruins for the 1997-98 season and for the next 3 + seasons where they made the playoffs the first 2 seasons with 91 points both seasons but lost in the first and second round respectably before not making the playoffs and then getting fired 8 games into the 00-01 season. Then after another year away he coached the New Jersey Devils in the 2002-03 season and for the 2 seasons to end his NHL coaching career and in his stint with the Devils he had 46 and 43 wins respecably and over a 100 points both seasons and won his only Stanley Cup ring in year one at the the 2003 Stanley Cup Finals.
He ended his coaching career with a very good 501 wins and 151 ties in 1019 games with only 353 losses and 14 other overtime loses and had a 578 winning % and the 2003 Stantley Cup and will be in the hockey hall of fame one day but sadly will not get to enjoy the moment in person.
Thank for reading
Tom Mehegan
Pat Burns was a real battler off the ice as he battled colon cancer in 2004 and survived and Liver cancer in 2005 and also survived that. He coached the QMJHL Hull Olympiques from 1984 to 1987 and the Sherbrooke Canadiens of the American Hockey League for the 1987–1988 season and was a Montreal police officer before he became a future hall of fame coach.
He started with the Montreal Canadiens in 1989 and helped them go to the Stanley Cup and won 51 games and 115 points along with winning the coach of the year award but lost and then he coached them for 3 more seasons and lost in the second round in all three seasons. Then he went to coach the Toronto Maple Leafs for the 1992-93 season and for the next 3 + seasons where the Maple Leafs went to the Western Conference Finals the first 2 years and the first year was the closest the Leafs have been to the Stantley Cup Finals since 1967. This is when the Leafs went into overtime aganist the LA Kings in game 6 and if the Leafs had scored they would have gone to the Stanley Cup Final aganist the Montreal Canadiens but the Kings won and Wayne Gretzky high sticked Doug Gilmour with no call and then they come home and lost to the Kings in game 7. Then in the 95-96 season he was fired and after a year away from hockey he coached the Bruins for the 1997-98 season and for the next 3 + seasons where they made the playoffs the first 2 seasons with 91 points both seasons but lost in the first and second round respectably before not making the playoffs and then getting fired 8 games into the 00-01 season. Then after another year away he coached the New Jersey Devils in the 2002-03 season and for the 2 seasons to end his NHL coaching career and in his stint with the Devils he had 46 and 43 wins respecably and over a 100 points both seasons and won his only Stanley Cup ring in year one at the the 2003 Stanley Cup Finals.
He ended his coaching career with a very good 501 wins and 151 ties in 1019 games with only 353 losses and 14 other overtime loses and had a 578 winning % and the 2003 Stantley Cup and will be in the hockey hall of fame one day but sadly will not get to enjoy the moment in person.
Thank for reading
Tom Mehegan
Friday, November 19, 2010
A story about Frank the frog by Tom Mehegan
In the year 3000 after frogs had outlasted people during a natural
disaster and frogs were now running the world with Nancy the frog as the
mayor of the world and assistant mayor was Billy the frog.
The story begins with Frank the frog on his lilly pad and jumped off his
the lilly pad and headed to the fly store as he jumped from lilly pad to
lilly pad and he meet up with his friends Tim the frog and Sid the frog
and they talked about the latest frog football game where the flying frogs
beat the scared frogs. After speaking with Tim the frog and Sid the frog
he kepted jumping from lilly pad to lilly pad and meet up with Kimberley
the frog and she joined Frank the frog on his journey to the fly store and
when they finally got to the fly store Frank the frog choose apple flys
and cinnamon flys. While Kimberley the frog choose chocolate flys and
candy flys and she and Frank the frog jumped to Bridget the frog's lilly
pad where they sat down and eat their flys together and then they took a
nap together on Bridget's lilly pad. Frank the frog after he woke up he
jumped from lilly pad to lilly pad and went over to his girlfriend's lilly
pad and her name was Trish the frog and they listened to Jockin' Ted the
frog on Trish's frog radio and then Frank the Frog jumped from lilly pad
to lilly pad all the way back to his own lilly pad. Freddie the frog came
over to watch a frog basketball game on Frank's frog TV and jumping high
in enjoyment of the game and then Freddie the frog jumped back towards his
lilly pad and Frank hoped into his bed for the night.
Thanks for reading this story there will be another frog story next friday
Tom Mehegan
disaster and frogs were now running the world with Nancy the frog as the
mayor of the world and assistant mayor was Billy the frog.
The story begins with Frank the frog on his lilly pad and jumped off his
the lilly pad and headed to the fly store as he jumped from lilly pad to
lilly pad and he meet up with his friends Tim the frog and Sid the frog
and they talked about the latest frog football game where the flying frogs
beat the scared frogs. After speaking with Tim the frog and Sid the frog
he kepted jumping from lilly pad to lilly pad and meet up with Kimberley
the frog and she joined Frank the frog on his journey to the fly store and
when they finally got to the fly store Frank the frog choose apple flys
and cinnamon flys. While Kimberley the frog choose chocolate flys and
candy flys and she and Frank the frog jumped to Bridget the frog's lilly
pad where they sat down and eat their flys together and then they took a
nap together on Bridget's lilly pad. Frank the frog after he woke up he
jumped from lilly pad to lilly pad and went over to his girlfriend's lilly
pad and her name was Trish the frog and they listened to Jockin' Ted the
frog on Trish's frog radio and then Frank the Frog jumped from lilly pad
to lilly pad all the way back to his own lilly pad. Freddie the frog came
over to watch a frog basketball game on Frank's frog TV and jumping high
in enjoyment of the game and then Freddie the frog jumped back towards his
lilly pad and Frank hoped into his bed for the night.
Thanks for reading this story there will be another frog story next friday
Tom Mehegan
Thursday, November 18, 2010
Cut or uncut the Chicago Cubs are a storied francise and should fans still support the Cubs
The Chicago Cubs have not won a World Series in 102 seasons and they have
Cy winners, MVP winners, fireballing young pitchers, a guy hitting almost
70 homers in a season, a guy who has hit 400 batting average in a season,
a curse by a goat, and a black cat running across Shea stadium since their
last appearance in the World Series.
With all these things happening the Cubs they have not been in a World
Series since Billy Sianis and his goat were kicked out of Wrigley Field
during game 4 of the world series in 1945 and Billy said "Cubs will never
win again". Ferguson Jenkins and Rick Sutcliffe have both won CY youngs as
Cubs and Andre Dawson also won the MVP on one of the worest teams in
history and later even had a great picher in Mark Maddux who had a 20 win
season and no playoffs. Also having fireballers like Kerry Wood and Mark
Prior did help them win their first playoff series in 85 years and if it
was not for fan Steve Bartman reaching over the wall and taking a ball
Moses Alou may have caught and the Marines won the series and then won the
World Series just helps their lovable losers status. The Cubs over the
years have brought in high priced talent as well but did not use their
money smartly on players like Carlos Silva, Carlos Zambrano, Aramis
Ramirez, Kosuke Fukudome, Alfonso Soriano and this shows that maybe they
should get a better GM like the Red Soxs did to help themselves finally
winning a world Series after 86 years of not winning a World Series.
This is uncut because the Cubs are a storied franchise as they are the
loveable losers and I beleive that the Cub fans need to take a step back
from Wrigley field until the Cubs put together a team that is as good if
not better than everybody else in the NL Central and can be able to
chellenge all the other teams in the NL playoffs. This could happen by
going out and getting the best free agents like the Yankees and Red Soxs
do or get very good scouting and build from the farm up like Oakland and
the twins have done for years and then at some point maybe bring in the
right free agent at the right time.
Thank you for reading this blog
Tom Mehegan
If you want more you can go to either Tomiesworld.blogspot.com or tommehegan@twitter.com
Cy winners, MVP winners, fireballing young pitchers, a guy hitting almost
70 homers in a season, a guy who has hit 400 batting average in a season,
a curse by a goat, and a black cat running across Shea stadium since their
last appearance in the World Series.
With all these things happening the Cubs they have not been in a World
Series since Billy Sianis and his goat were kicked out of Wrigley Field
during game 4 of the world series in 1945 and Billy said "Cubs will never
win again". Ferguson Jenkins and Rick Sutcliffe have both won CY youngs as
Cubs and Andre Dawson also won the MVP on one of the worest teams in
history and later even had a great picher in Mark Maddux who had a 20 win
season and no playoffs. Also having fireballers like Kerry Wood and Mark
Prior did help them win their first playoff series in 85 years and if it
was not for fan Steve Bartman reaching over the wall and taking a ball
Moses Alou may have caught and the Marines won the series and then won the
World Series just helps their lovable losers status. The Cubs over the
years have brought in high priced talent as well but did not use their
money smartly on players like Carlos Silva, Carlos Zambrano, Aramis
Ramirez, Kosuke Fukudome, Alfonso Soriano and this shows that maybe they
should get a better GM like the Red Soxs did to help themselves finally
winning a world Series after 86 years of not winning a World Series.
This is uncut because the Cubs are a storied franchise as they are the
loveable losers and I beleive that the Cub fans need to take a step back
from Wrigley field until the Cubs put together a team that is as good if
not better than everybody else in the NL Central and can be able to
chellenge all the other teams in the NL playoffs. This could happen by
going out and getting the best free agents like the Yankees and Red Soxs
do or get very good scouting and build from the farm up like Oakland and
the twins have done for years and then at some point maybe bring in the
right free agent at the right time.
Thank you for reading this blog
Tom Mehegan
If you want more you can go to either Tomiesworld.blogspot.com or tommehegan@twitter.com
Wednesday, November 17, 2010
Mr. Halliday is Mr. CY young and tea party helping palin and someone wants to take out Avery
Halliday wins the CY young in the NL and is the 5 pitcher to win both a AL
and NL CY young and 226 strikeout, 2Nd in the NL, and he is not really a
strikeout artist and he won 21 and his 2.44 era makes it his best season
of his career so far. The best part of his season is his perfect game and
then his first ever playoff appearance was a no-hitter.
Shawn Avery is not making friends as a team-mate Eric Christian sucker
punched Avery and Wade Belak said if Avery was on fire he would not even
piss on him. While in Dallas Marty Turco said he should not be on the team
and that was the end of Avery's stint in Dallas.
Bristol Palin is getting help from the tea party who figured out that for
voting for dancing with the star on the ABC.com you do not need a real e-
mail address and people are voting hundreds upon hundreds. There doing
this to prove a point that there strengh in #'s will take down Obama and
Obama may do a good enough job to take himself out of the white house
within the next 2 years.
If you like this check back tommorrow
Tom Mehegan
and NL CY young and 226 strikeout, 2Nd in the NL, and he is not really a
strikeout artist and he won 21 and his 2.44 era makes it his best season
of his career so far. The best part of his season is his perfect game and
then his first ever playoff appearance was a no-hitter.
Shawn Avery is not making friends as a team-mate Eric Christian sucker
punched Avery and Wade Belak said if Avery was on fire he would not even
piss on him. While in Dallas Marty Turco said he should not be on the team
and that was the end of Avery's stint in Dallas.
Bristol Palin is getting help from the tea party who figured out that for
voting for dancing with the star on the ABC.com you do not need a real e-
mail address and people are voting hundreds upon hundreds. There doing
this to prove a point that there strengh in #'s will take down Obama and
Obama may do a good enough job to take himself out of the white house
within the next 2 years.
If you like this check back tommorrow
Tom Mehegan
Tuesday, November 16, 2010
Why do cats love people and a Demostration of new airport security check from Conan O'brien show
Why do cats love people and the #1 reason is that people feed them food and sometimes like drinking water/milk because they are very interested in food and they also like to be petted, which means just like people cats like getting attention. Cats also love soft and warm places to sleep and cats love to sleep and they can find softer and warmer places inside a house than outside a house.
On Conan O'brien on Monday night he had a skit with an airport security agent and a guest from the audience and the agent with white gloves on patted down the guys shirt and one of his legs. Then he started to checked the guy's hair and then he smelled his hair and told Conan he should come smell the hair and Conan said "no". Then the agent tried to put a chocolete covered strawberry in his mouth and told him when he put it in your mouth say ymmm and when I take it out to say I want more. To finish the skit as the camera is pulling away from the skit you can hear the guard say turn your body away from me and with a camera in his hand he tells the guy look over his shoulder like your doing something wrong as he is taking pictures of him. There was also a woman in the crowd wearing an orange beard and Conan went over to her to ask if he could wear it and he says as he is walking back to his camera spot that he always loves wearing a fake beard over a real beard and he puts his hands through it will it is on his face.
Thanks for reading and more good stuff @ tommehegan@twitter.com
Tom Mehegan
On Conan O'brien on Monday night he had a skit with an airport security agent and a guest from the audience and the agent with white gloves on patted down the guys shirt and one of his legs. Then he started to checked the guy's hair and then he smelled his hair and told Conan he should come smell the hair and Conan said "no". Then the agent tried to put a chocolete covered strawberry in his mouth and told him when he put it in your mouth say ymmm and when I take it out to say I want more. To finish the skit as the camera is pulling away from the skit you can hear the guard say turn your body away from me and with a camera in his hand he tells the guy look over his shoulder like your doing something wrong as he is taking pictures of him. There was also a woman in the crowd wearing an orange beard and Conan went over to her to ask if he could wear it and he says as he is walking back to his camera spot that he always loves wearing a fake beard over a real beard and he puts his hands through it will it is on his face.
Thanks for reading and more good stuff @ tommehegan@twitter.com
Tom Mehegan
Monday, November 15, 2010
Monday Night Raw - returns to the 80's tonight
Tonight 80's wrestling is back as Roddy Piper, Dusty Rhodes, Sgt. Slaughter, Ted DiBiase, Jimmy Snuka, Nikolai Volkoff, The Iron Sheik, I.R.S., Mae Young, Gene Okerlund and Tatanka are back on Monday Night Raw. It could be good if they do it in small doses over the 3 hour show and they could have Jimmy Snuka and Tamina Vs. Jim nighheart and Natalie if Nighheart is a surprise appearance. Also you can have Dusty Rhodes and Goldust Vs Ted DiBiase X 2 Vs I.R.S. and Husky Harris in a triple threat match where the sons face the sons and former superstar Vs former superstar. Gene Okerlund should go around interviewing past or present superstar and Roddy Piper should have a piper pit with Iron Sheik and Sgt. Slaughter and Nikolai Volkoff and Vladimir Kozlov sing the Russian national Anthem and Jullian Hall and Hacksaw Jim Duggan (who rumor has it will be there) come down to the ring to interupt them and Jullian singing and Duggan swings the 2 by 4. But in reality the most likely thing that is going to happen tonight is that they will some how setup a survivor series match some how involving the past superstars either having them team up with Present day talent or a team of past superstars Vs present superstar. The Surprises of the night will probably good especially if a guy like Ricky Steamboat and it is sad that a guy like Owen Hart is gone because he would be good for this show and also Eddie Guerrero who past away 5 years this past weekend would have been good too for this show.
Thank you if you like more @ tommehegan@twitter.com
Tom Mehegan
Thank you if you like more @ tommehegan@twitter.com
Tom Mehegan
Sunday, November 14, 2010
CFL playoff predictions
Toronto Argos Vs Hamilton Ti-Cats
The Ti-Cats have won all 3 games this season and the Ti-Cats will have the crowd on their side and Kevin Glenn who is the quarterback of the Ti-Cats is way better than Cleo Lemmon who is the Argos quarterback. Argos Cory Boyd is a better runningback than Ti-Cats Cobb and Chad Owens of the Argos is a very dangerous kick returner who cho break a long one so the Ti-Cats will try to keep the ball out of his hands and the defences are even so it could be a good game. In the regular season Lemmon put up good # aganist the Cats and Boyd was handled nicely but in the end if the Argos need to cut down on the turnovers that hurt them in the 3 games aganist the Cats this season and need Owens to break a couple of long returns along with Boyd getting some yards on the ground. For the Cats they need to keep the ball from Owens and stop Boyd along with Glenn needs to get the ball to his # 1 receiver and former Argo Arland Bruce III who can go off for big yards and big catches.
So I beleive eventhough the Argos played not great aganist the Ti-Cats in the regular season but trying to sweep a season series is hard and I feel that the Argos can go on the road and win this one.
BC Lions Vs. Saskatchewan Roughriders
The Roughriders won the season series aganist the Lions 2-1 but the Lions are the hottest team going into Mosic Stadium located in Regina, Saskatchewan having won 7 of their last 10 games. The Lions are lead by Travis Lulay at QB who has been getting the job done since being put in as starting QB 5 or 6 weeks ago and his favorite targets Geroy Simon and Paris Jackson but the biggest player in the game for the Lions will be Jamal Roberson as the Riders have not been stopping the run. For the Riders their lead by Darian Durant who has not been playing well down the strech in meanless games and their runningback is Wes Cates who can get yards if he gets the ball and the big key for the Riders is getting Durant the ball to the receivers like Weston Dresser, Andy Fantuz, and Chris Getzlaf. The Riders need to stay in their defensive lines to stop the run and with their best tacler Barrin Simpson out of the game everybody will have to pull up their socks.
I like the Riders so that I beleive that they will make over 30,000 screaming fans happy by the end of the game and it will need to start with a good balance of pass and run and if Cates can find the running lines he should have a great game and Durant with all the cards on the table while be able to throw to the guys in green instead of the guys in Orange.
You can watch the game on CFL.ca right now
Tom Mehegan
The Ti-Cats have won all 3 games this season and the Ti-Cats will have the crowd on their side and Kevin Glenn who is the quarterback of the Ti-Cats is way better than Cleo Lemmon who is the Argos quarterback. Argos Cory Boyd is a better runningback than Ti-Cats Cobb and Chad Owens of the Argos is a very dangerous kick returner who cho break a long one so the Ti-Cats will try to keep the ball out of his hands and the defences are even so it could be a good game. In the regular season Lemmon put up good # aganist the Cats and Boyd was handled nicely but in the end if the Argos need to cut down on the turnovers that hurt them in the 3 games aganist the Cats this season and need Owens to break a couple of long returns along with Boyd getting some yards on the ground. For the Cats they need to keep the ball from Owens and stop Boyd along with Glenn needs to get the ball to his # 1 receiver and former Argo Arland Bruce III who can go off for big yards and big catches.
So I beleive eventhough the Argos played not great aganist the Ti-Cats in the regular season but trying to sweep a season series is hard and I feel that the Argos can go on the road and win this one.
BC Lions Vs. Saskatchewan Roughriders
The Roughriders won the season series aganist the Lions 2-1 but the Lions are the hottest team going into Mosic Stadium located in Regina, Saskatchewan having won 7 of their last 10 games. The Lions are lead by Travis Lulay at QB who has been getting the job done since being put in as starting QB 5 or 6 weeks ago and his favorite targets Geroy Simon and Paris Jackson but the biggest player in the game for the Lions will be Jamal Roberson as the Riders have not been stopping the run. For the Riders their lead by Darian Durant who has not been playing well down the strech in meanless games and their runningback is Wes Cates who can get yards if he gets the ball and the big key for the Riders is getting Durant the ball to the receivers like Weston Dresser, Andy Fantuz, and Chris Getzlaf. The Riders need to stay in their defensive lines to stop the run and with their best tacler Barrin Simpson out of the game everybody will have to pull up their socks.
I like the Riders so that I beleive that they will make over 30,000 screaming fans happy by the end of the game and it will need to start with a good balance of pass and run and if Cates can find the running lines he should have a great game and Durant with all the cards on the table while be able to throw to the guys in green instead of the guys in Orange.
You can watch the game on CFL.ca right now
Tom Mehegan
Friday, November 12, 2010
THE GOOD, THE FUNNY, THE BAD, AND THE UGLY FOR NOV. 8-12
THE GOOD - Conan O'brien is back on TV and one of the best pieces of the show in the first week was the bit about he can and can't say on cable TV.
THE FUNNY = The Dallas Cowboys lost their web site for a couple of days this week because they forgot to renew the web site name which they need to do every 5 years but at least nobody came in and bought it while it unowned and it would have only cost $ 9.99.
THE BAD - The Raptors are 1-7 and can not put together 48 solid minutes to win games or be close in games because they can play well for a quarter but then be to tired to finish off the game as they had dug themselves a huge hole early.
THE UGLY - The Toronto Maple Leafs gave up 2 goals in 29 seconds aganist Tampa Bay and then gave up a third goal with less than a minute left in the period and it was over with 40 minutes still to play losing 4-0.
Lets have a get week
Tom Mehegan
THE FUNNY = The Dallas Cowboys lost their web site for a couple of days this week because they forgot to renew the web site name which they need to do every 5 years but at least nobody came in and bought it while it unowned and it would have only cost $ 9.99.
THE BAD - The Raptors are 1-7 and can not put together 48 solid minutes to win games or be close in games because they can play well for a quarter but then be to tired to finish off the game as they had dug themselves a huge hole early.
THE UGLY - The Toronto Maple Leafs gave up 2 goals in 29 seconds aganist Tampa Bay and then gave up a third goal with less than a minute left in the period and it was over with 40 minutes still to play losing 4-0.
Lets have a get week
Tom Mehegan
Thursday, November 11, 2010
Canadian Hockey Teams in the NHL for the week of Nov 5-11
LW TW
1 1 Montreal Canadiens (9-5-1-19) are still chugging along with a 6-4 in last 10 games and the Canadiens are playing very well on the road (5-2) and are winning lots of 1 goals game so Price is still playing way better than I thought he would.
2 2 Vancouver Canucks (8-4-2-18) are 7-2-1 in their last 10 games and are unbeaten at home in regulation (6-0-1) and Cory Schneider is 3-0 this season helping the Canucks get close the top and the Sedin twins are still leading the team to victory but they may need more key saves from Roberto Luongo.
5 3 The Ottawa Senators (8-6-1-17) are 7-3 in their last 10 games but are now playing much better than they started the season and Spezza is back and has put up 12 points in 10 games while Brain Elliot has 8 wins so far this season so he is making the key saves to help win the game.
4 4 The Calgary Flames (7-7-0-14) are 5-5 in their last 10 games and Rene Bourque leads with 7 goals and Brandon Morrison leads with 8 assists and this team is a 50/50 team who need their best player acting like it so with Jerome Iginal who has 8 points in 14 games and Kipuroff is hot and cold 6-6 this season but already has 2 shutouts.
3 5 Toronto Maple Leafs (5-7-3-13) are 1-7-2 in their last 10 games and Kessels have not have a point in 7 games but he also has nobody to work with and when you go to FLA and are MIA (8-1 in the 2 games) and J.S. needs to steal a game or two to get this team back in the winning circle and are 50/50 at home (3-3-2) and need to be better.
6 6 Edmonton Oilers (4-7-2-10) and are 2-6-2 in their last 10 games and Dustin Penner leads with 5 goals and Ryan Whitney is leading with 11 assists and Jorden Eberle is doing well 8 points in 13 games. After a tough start Taylor Hall has found the back of the net and he is getting better but with Khabibulin giving up 3.42 goals aganist and needs to be better if their going to win some games.
Thanks for reading go Canada go
Tom Mehegan
1 1 Montreal Canadiens (9-5-1-19) are still chugging along with a 6-4 in last 10 games and the Canadiens are playing very well on the road (5-2) and are winning lots of 1 goals game so Price is still playing way better than I thought he would.
2 2 Vancouver Canucks (8-4-2-18) are 7-2-1 in their last 10 games and are unbeaten at home in regulation (6-0-1) and Cory Schneider is 3-0 this season helping the Canucks get close the top and the Sedin twins are still leading the team to victory but they may need more key saves from Roberto Luongo.
5 3 The Ottawa Senators (8-6-1-17) are 7-3 in their last 10 games but are now playing much better than they started the season and Spezza is back and has put up 12 points in 10 games while Brain Elliot has 8 wins so far this season so he is making the key saves to help win the game.
4 4 The Calgary Flames (7-7-0-14) are 5-5 in their last 10 games and Rene Bourque leads with 7 goals and Brandon Morrison leads with 8 assists and this team is a 50/50 team who need their best player acting like it so with Jerome Iginal who has 8 points in 14 games and Kipuroff is hot and cold 6-6 this season but already has 2 shutouts.
3 5 Toronto Maple Leafs (5-7-3-13) are 1-7-2 in their last 10 games and Kessels have not have a point in 7 games but he also has nobody to work with and when you go to FLA and are MIA (8-1 in the 2 games) and J.S. needs to steal a game or two to get this team back in the winning circle and are 50/50 at home (3-3-2) and need to be better.
6 6 Edmonton Oilers (4-7-2-10) and are 2-6-2 in their last 10 games and Dustin Penner leads with 5 goals and Ryan Whitney is leading with 11 assists and Jorden Eberle is doing well 8 points in 13 games. After a tough start Taylor Hall has found the back of the net and he is getting better but with Khabibulin giving up 3.42 goals aganist and needs to be better if their going to win some games.
Thanks for reading go Canada go
Tom Mehegan
Wednesday, November 10, 2010
The most impactful former CFLer is Cameron Wake formully of the BC Lions and now is sacking quarterbacks and stripping Brett Farve in the end zone to win the game for the Miami Dolphins. It is his second season with the Dolphins with spot duty last year with 1 game start and this year he has started every one of the 8 games for the Dolphins this season where he has 8.5 sasks so far this season which puts him 1St in the AFC and 2Nd in the NFL. While he was with BC Lions he was a sack monster as he had more sacks than some CFL teams in his finally year in the CFL and he would open up other players to get to the QB because he was always was double teamed.
Another former CFLer is Stefan Logan who is also a former BC Lion who is in his second season in the NFL and last year he was a kick returner for the Pittsburgh Steelers and had one reception for 5 years ontop of his kick returning yards. This season now with the Detroit Lions he has 1 rush for 21 yards but he also has a 105 yard TD kick return and averaging 29.4 yards a kick return. When he was with the BC Lions he was mainly a kick returner who got touches as a running back too and set the team record for kick return yards in a season with 1466 yards.
But most former CFLers are like John Chick who was the CFL Defensive Player in the 2009 season for the Saskatchenwan Roughriders and now he is on the Indianapolis Colts practice roster. Players if the opprtunity to be on a NFL practice roster than come back to play in the CFL is because they can make way more money just practicing 2 or 3 days a week at most than playing 18 games in a CFL regular season.
Some players like Rickey Folley and Stevie Baggs try out for a NFL team but do not make the cut and have not shown enough during the pre-season to get a practice roster spot come back to the CFL and some go back to their orginal team or like these 2 players they find a better deal with another CFL team. Some players come back to the CFL like nothing ever happened and play like they did when they were in the CFL before and some can come back with a chip on their shoulder and just not as focused as when they left even if they had not missed a CFL season.
Thanks for reading
Tom Mehegan
Another former CFLer is Stefan Logan who is also a former BC Lion who is in his second season in the NFL and last year he was a kick returner for the Pittsburgh Steelers and had one reception for 5 years ontop of his kick returning yards. This season now with the Detroit Lions he has 1 rush for 21 yards but he also has a 105 yard TD kick return and averaging 29.4 yards a kick return. When he was with the BC Lions he was mainly a kick returner who got touches as a running back too and set the team record for kick return yards in a season with 1466 yards.
But most former CFLers are like John Chick who was the CFL Defensive Player in the 2009 season for the Saskatchenwan Roughriders and now he is on the Indianapolis Colts practice roster. Players if the opprtunity to be on a NFL practice roster than come back to play in the CFL is because they can make way more money just practicing 2 or 3 days a week at most than playing 18 games in a CFL regular season.
Some players like Rickey Folley and Stevie Baggs try out for a NFL team but do not make the cut and have not shown enough during the pre-season to get a practice roster spot come back to the CFL and some go back to their orginal team or like these 2 players they find a better deal with another CFL team. Some players come back to the CFL like nothing ever happened and play like they did when they were in the CFL before and some can come back with a chip on their shoulder and just not as focused as when they left even if they had not missed a CFL season.
Thanks for reading
Tom Mehegan
Tuesday, November 9, 2010
STEROID PT.4 - HOCKEY along with final thought and more Conan
Steroid in hockey are still present in todays NHL with the idea of hockey players being bigger, faster, and strong but the most important enhansher in hockey is sudafed which can make players more alert and I guess it can also help players not catch colds. The most public announcement of a banned substance would be Jose Theodore and his use of a hair growth drug that can be used as a masking agent and was found during a pre-olympic screening. Also with guys like Zdeno Chara who holds the nhl record for hardest shot @ 105.4 mph and the players who have such a hard shot that they hit the glass behind the net and shatters on impact.
FINAL THOUGHTS
Steroid will never be out of sports because the faster the system catches up to people means the sooner they move onto the next undetectable drug and in the long run atheletes use drugs to stay on top of their paticular sport and their ownly hurting themselves by shortening their lives by taking theses drugs.
Conan Thought
The opening of his new show where he on the phone with the people with the peacock network saying he will not move to 12:05 and hangs up the phone and then trys to get out of the parking lot attendant puts up a bulletproof door and then gun men come out of the bushes to shoot him but he dances away. Then they go to his jobs after the show went off the air like being a clown at a kid's birthday party and tells an Obama joke about he is not american and the mother at the party steps in a pays him to go away and then he is working @ a coffee shop and the costumer says I do not care who you were and then he is in an addition and they do not like him. So he is walking on a bridge and climb the wall thinking of jumping and Larry King as his guarden angel takes him down and he walks into the TBS offices and gets the job and I believe he is still awesome and Tom Hanks on tonight.
keep reading and thank you
Tom Mehegan
FINAL THOUGHTS
Steroid will never be out of sports because the faster the system catches up to people means the sooner they move onto the next undetectable drug and in the long run atheletes use drugs to stay on top of their paticular sport and their ownly hurting themselves by shortening their lives by taking theses drugs.
Conan Thought
The opening of his new show where he on the phone with the people with the peacock network saying he will not move to 12:05 and hangs up the phone and then trys to get out of the parking lot attendant puts up a bulletproof door and then gun men come out of the bushes to shoot him but he dances away. Then they go to his jobs after the show went off the air like being a clown at a kid's birthday party and tells an Obama joke about he is not american and the mother at the party steps in a pays him to go away and then he is working @ a coffee shop and the costumer says I do not care who you were and then he is in an addition and they do not like him. So he is walking on a bridge and climb the wall thinking of jumping and Larry King as his guarden angel takes him down and he walks into the TBS offices and gets the job and I believe he is still awesome and Tom Hanks on tonight.
keep reading and thank you
Tom Mehegan
Sunday, November 7, 2010
TONIGHT CONAN O'BRIEN IS BACK WOW WHO GOING TO BE AWESOME
Conan just does not take himself to seriously and for that he is the best he can do an interview with someone that is in a place far far away from his studio because the capishion on the screen says so but while he does his next bit the character walk right in front of him and he will just laugh about it. His monologues and his sketch comedy bit are the best parts of his show and the deal between himself and the mayor of Newark, New Jersey Cory Booker was great with Bookerr doing youtube promos like Conan O'brien being banned from the Newark airport and then Conan banned mayor Booker from the Burbank airport. Booker then banned Conan from Newark and the sister city and Conan came back with i guess the only way for me to get into Newark is like everybody else "through a series of poor decisions" and Hillary Clinton ended the deal by telling Booker to "chalk it up to Conan" and the next week Mayor Booker was on the show to finish the long term comedy bit.
Also Conan during his negotiations for his buy out dragged out the process because he wanted his crew to be taken care of too because he knew he was getting his but he also wanted his crew to get there too which is a fresh way of thinking as most people would look out for # 1 and not care about anyone else. In the end the peacock network made a horrible mistake when they replaced Conan with Jay Leno as the host of the tonight show as Conan is much better than Leno because he is funnier.
Thanks for reading
Tom Mehegan
Also Conan during his negotiations for his buy out dragged out the process because he wanted his crew to be taken care of too because he knew he was getting his but he also wanted his crew to get there too which is a fresh way of thinking as most people would look out for # 1 and not care about anyone else. In the end the peacock network made a horrible mistake when they replaced Conan with Jay Leno as the host of the tonight show as Conan is much better than Leno because he is funnier.
Thanks for reading
Tom Mehegan
differences between CFL and NFL Defence and Special Team
DIFFERENCE ON DEFENCE
The defence starts a yard off the ball in the CFL and there are 12 players
on the defence too and there needs to be canadians on the field (12 minus the amount of canadians that played every down on offence). The clock starts again on incomplete passes when the ref whistles the play back in and in the NFL the clock starts again when the center snaps the ball.
DIFFERENCES ON SPECIAL TEAMS
In the CFL when team who are kicking off or punting they have to give the player receiving the ball 5 yards and if a kicking team player is in the 5 yard area and the player receiving the ball catches it the penalty is a 15 yards and if he lets the ball bounce it is a 5 yard penalty. If a kicker goes after the ball they can go into the 5 yard area and not get penalized and if a player is standing behind the kicker it is the same deal. When kicking a field goal the ball is put down 7 yards behide the line of scrimmage but not the 10 yards to get it throw the end zone like the NFL because the goal posts are on the goal line. If the kicker misses he can still get a point if the defensive team kneeled down in the end zone and this can also happen on a punt but if the ball goes out of bounds the defence does not give up a point. If a missed field goal or a punt is in the 20 yard end zone area the defensive player in the end zone can run the ball out or kick the ball out and then someone can kick it back in but in the end the defensive player gets the ball out of the end zone they do not give up the point.
Overtime
In the regular season overtime works like this a team starts at their opponent's 35 yard line and they have 2 downs to get 10 yards and then if they do not get the 10 yards they can kick a field goal or go for the first down. If they get a touchdown they have to scrimmage from their opponents 5 yard line and have one more chance to get the ball into the end zone by running or throwing it and this attempt is worth 2 points. Then the other team gets to have an opportunity to match or better what the other team did starting from the opponents 35 yard line. If after both teams have a chance with the ball and it is still tied both teams get another chance with the ball but at anytime if a team gets a turnover and score with a tied game the game is over and when a team who is leading in overtime and then gets a turnover they win. If after two attempts each the game is still tied the game ends in a tie both teams get a point and if it happens in the playoffs they continue these process until each time has an equal amount of possessions and one team have finally gotten more points they are declared the winner.
Playoff in the CFL will start in 1 week and games will be broadcast on Serius radio if you want to listen along with cfl.ca have other options to viewing/listening to games.
Thanks
Tom Mehegan
The defence starts a yard off the ball in the CFL and there are 12 players
on the defence too and there needs to be canadians on the field (12 minus the amount of canadians that played every down on offence). The clock starts again on incomplete passes when the ref whistles the play back in and in the NFL the clock starts again when the center snaps the ball.
DIFFERENCES ON SPECIAL TEAMS
In the CFL when team who are kicking off or punting they have to give the player receiving the ball 5 yards and if a kicking team player is in the 5 yard area and the player receiving the ball catches it the penalty is a 15 yards and if he lets the ball bounce it is a 5 yard penalty. If a kicker goes after the ball they can go into the 5 yard area and not get penalized and if a player is standing behind the kicker it is the same deal. When kicking a field goal the ball is put down 7 yards behide the line of scrimmage but not the 10 yards to get it throw the end zone like the NFL because the goal posts are on the goal line. If the kicker misses he can still get a point if the defensive team kneeled down in the end zone and this can also happen on a punt but if the ball goes out of bounds the defence does not give up a point. If a missed field goal or a punt is in the 20 yard end zone area the defensive player in the end zone can run the ball out or kick the ball out and then someone can kick it back in but in the end the defensive player gets the ball out of the end zone they do not give up the point.
Overtime
In the regular season overtime works like this a team starts at their opponent's 35 yard line and they have 2 downs to get 10 yards and then if they do not get the 10 yards they can kick a field goal or go for the first down. If they get a touchdown they have to scrimmage from their opponents 5 yard line and have one more chance to get the ball into the end zone by running or throwing it and this attempt is worth 2 points. Then the other team gets to have an opportunity to match or better what the other team did starting from the opponents 35 yard line. If after both teams have a chance with the ball and it is still tied both teams get another chance with the ball but at anytime if a team gets a turnover and score with a tied game the game is over and when a team who is leading in overtime and then gets a turnover they win. If after two attempts each the game is still tied the game ends in a tie both teams get a point and if it happens in the playoffs they continue these process until each time has an equal amount of possessions and one team have finally gotten more points they are declared the winner.
Playoff in the CFL will start in 1 week and games will be broadcast on Serius radio if you want to listen along with cfl.ca have other options to viewing/listening to games.
Thanks
Tom Mehegan
Thursday, November 4, 2010
THE GOOD, The BAD, THE UGLY, AND THE SAD
WELCOME TO MY WORLD
THE GOOD - Tim Lincecum and Matt Cain pitching in the world series f
or the San Franisco Gaints to help the Giants win their first world series
in San Franisco and unlike Lee in Texas (as Lee is going to the yankees
guaranteed) they will be pitching for years to come for the Giants.
THE BAD - The Toronto Maple Leafs get shutout by the Boston Bruins
and followed it up by getting shutout by the New York Rangers and than
waited until the third period of their next game aganist the Ottawa
Senators and it lasted over 167 minutes. attention Ron Wilson and Brain
Brurke Nazem Kadri has 4 goals and 5 assists in 9 games on ahl and he
should be getting a look with the big club to see if he can make the team
better.
THE UGLY - Hulk Hogan was video taped with his junk out of his pants while
playing video games with his daughter, Brooke and he has destroyed his
image over the past little bit with stuff like this. Also a 10-years-old
girl has given birth to a baby in Spain and the father is only 13-years-old
and the girl does not understand what the problem is and I think it is
going to be hard not having a real childhood and I am only talking about
the mother because she will not have the chance to grow-up normally.
THE SAD - Sparky Anderson died yeasterday at age 77 and won 3 world series
titles with the Cincinnati Reds (1975 & 76) and the Detroit Tigers (1984)
and is the only manager to win a world series in both NL and AL. He is the
winningest manager of both the Reds and the Tigers and is the 6 all-time
on the winningest managers list and managered for 27 straight seasons.
THE GOOD - Tim Lincecum and Matt Cain pitching in the world series f
or the San Franisco Gaints to help the Giants win their first world series
in San Franisco and unlike Lee in Texas (as Lee is going to the yankees
guaranteed) they will be pitching for years to come for the Giants.
THE BAD - The Toronto Maple Leafs get shutout by the Boston Bruins
and followed it up by getting shutout by the New York Rangers and than
waited until the third period of their next game aganist the Ottawa
Senators and it lasted over 167 minutes. attention Ron Wilson and Brain
Brurke Nazem Kadri has 4 goals and 5 assists in 9 games on ahl and he
should be getting a look with the big club to see if he can make the team
better.
THE UGLY - Hulk Hogan was video taped with his junk out of his pants while
playing video games with his daughter, Brooke and he has destroyed his
image over the past little bit with stuff like this. Also a 10-years-old
girl has given birth to a baby in Spain and the father is only 13-years-old
and the girl does not understand what the problem is and I think it is
going to be hard not having a real childhood and I am only talking about
the mother because she will not have the chance to grow-up normally.
THE SAD - Sparky Anderson died yeasterday at age 77 and won 3 world series
titles with the Cincinnati Reds (1975 & 76) and the Detroit Tigers (1984)
and is the only manager to win a world series in both NL and AL. He is the
winningest manager of both the Reds and the Tigers and is the 6 all-time
on the winningest managers list and managered for 27 straight seasons.
ranking of the 6 canadian NHL week 5
My Ranking Of the 6 Canadian NHL
LW TW
1 1 Montreal Canadiens (7-4-1-15) are on a two-game losing streak and they are playing better on the road (4-2) than at Home (3-2-1) while Andrei Kostitsyn leads with 6 goals and PK Subban leads with 6 assists and Carey Price still good in net.
4 2 Vancouver Canucks (6-3-2-14) are on a 4 game winning streak and Roberto Luongo has won his 2 games this week with almost 100 minutes of a shutout while Sedin twins are up and above anyone else on the offence for the Canucks still having problems on the road eventhough they won their first road game aganist the Edmonton Oilers.
2 3 Toronto Maple Leafs (5-5-2-12) got shutout almost 3 full games and then the next period they scored 2 goals aganist Senators and then scored 1 goal aganist Capitals in the first two periods and then 3 goals in the third period. Dion Phaneuf out 4 to 6 weeks with Clarke MacArthur and Phil Kessel lead with 7 goals and Tomas Kaberle and Mikhail Grabovski lead with 6 assists and 3-5-2 in last 10 games.
3 4 Calgary Flames (6-6-0-12) and are 5-5 in last 10 games and lost last 3 games and they are 4-4 @ home and 2-2 @ away and Rene Bourque leads 6 goals while Brendan Morrison and Matt Sajan are leading with 7 assists. 4 loses at home and where at the beginning of November is scary and Kipuroff needs to steal more games for them.
5 5 Ottawa Senators (5-6-1) are 5-4-1 in last 10 games and have given up 8 more goals than they have scored but their becoming more conpetitive than they were at the beginning of the season Daniel Alfredsson leads with 7 goals and 6 assists but Sergei Gonchar tied with 6 assists.
6 6 Edmonton Oilers (3-5-2-8) are lead by Ryan Whittney with 9 assists and 4 players with 4 goals including Jorden Emerle and Shawn Horcoff and they have balanced scoring along with lots of upside.
See you next thursday for another
Tom Mehegan
LW TW
1 1 Montreal Canadiens (7-4-1-15) are on a two-game losing streak and they are playing better on the road (4-2) than at Home (3-2-1) while Andrei Kostitsyn leads with 6 goals and PK Subban leads with 6 assists and Carey Price still good in net.
4 2 Vancouver Canucks (6-3-2-14) are on a 4 game winning streak and Roberto Luongo has won his 2 games this week with almost 100 minutes of a shutout while Sedin twins are up and above anyone else on the offence for the Canucks still having problems on the road eventhough they won their first road game aganist the Edmonton Oilers.
2 3 Toronto Maple Leafs (5-5-2-12) got shutout almost 3 full games and then the next period they scored 2 goals aganist Senators and then scored 1 goal aganist Capitals in the first two periods and then 3 goals in the third period. Dion Phaneuf out 4 to 6 weeks with Clarke MacArthur and Phil Kessel lead with 7 goals and Tomas Kaberle and Mikhail Grabovski lead with 6 assists and 3-5-2 in last 10 games.
3 4 Calgary Flames (6-6-0-12) and are 5-5 in last 10 games and lost last 3 games and they are 4-4 @ home and 2-2 @ away and Rene Bourque leads 6 goals while Brendan Morrison and Matt Sajan are leading with 7 assists. 4 loses at home and where at the beginning of November is scary and Kipuroff needs to steal more games for them.
5 5 Ottawa Senators (5-6-1) are 5-4-1 in last 10 games and have given up 8 more goals than they have scored but their becoming more conpetitive than they were at the beginning of the season Daniel Alfredsson leads with 7 goals and 6 assists but Sergei Gonchar tied with 6 assists.
6 6 Edmonton Oilers (3-5-2-8) are lead by Ryan Whittney with 9 assists and 4 players with 4 goals including Jorden Emerle and Shawn Horcoff and they have balanced scoring along with lots of upside.
See you next thursday for another
Tom Mehegan
Wednesday, November 3, 2010
Offensively the differences between the CFL and NFl
One of the mane difference is that the field is longer in the CFL as it
110 yards long compared to a 100 yards for the NFL and 65 yards wide
compared 53 1/3 yards wide while CFL has a 20 yard end zone compared to 10
yards for the NFL. The CFL has C in the middle of the feild (55 yard line)
and the NFL usually has a logo of the home team in the middle usually (50
yard line). The wide receivers in the CFL get a 5 yard jump on the defence
because they start 5-yards behind the line of scrimmage (where the ball is
placed) and have to make sure they do not pass the line of scrimmage
before the ball is snapped while NFL receivers are on the line of
scrimmage and can not move forward before the ball is snapped. In the CFL
canadian born players need to be on the field anywhere except for
quaterback counts and they need to have 7 canadians on the field but you
can but some on defence so not all 7 need to be on offensive and you have
12 players on the offense and the NFL has 11 players. Inside 3 minutes
left in a half or the game the clock will stopped at the end of the play
and starts up again when the referee blow the whistle and clock starts
again except ofcouse for incomplete passes and getting out of bounds and
in the NFL the clocks keeps moving except for also time-outs. In the CFL
you get 1 timeout a half and 3 a half in the NFL and the CFL you get 2
downs to get 10 yards while you get 3 downs in the NFL and the goal posts
are on the goal-line instead of the back of the end zone so you need to be
more aware of them as they are in the field of play.
Thanks for reading
Tom Mehegan
remember a raptor blog will be out after tonights game @ Raptorblog-tommehegan.blogspot.com and other blog entrees @ tommiesworld.blogspot.com
110 yards long compared to a 100 yards for the NFL and 65 yards wide
compared 53 1/3 yards wide while CFL has a 20 yard end zone compared to 10
yards for the NFL. The CFL has C in the middle of the feild (55 yard line)
and the NFL usually has a logo of the home team in the middle usually (50
yard line). The wide receivers in the CFL get a 5 yard jump on the defence
because they start 5-yards behind the line of scrimmage (where the ball is
placed) and have to make sure they do not pass the line of scrimmage
before the ball is snapped while NFL receivers are on the line of
scrimmage and can not move forward before the ball is snapped. In the CFL
canadian born players need to be on the field anywhere except for
quaterback counts and they need to have 7 canadians on the field but you
can but some on defence so not all 7 need to be on offensive and you have
12 players on the offense and the NFL has 11 players. Inside 3 minutes
left in a half or the game the clock will stopped at the end of the play
and starts up again when the referee blow the whistle and clock starts
again except ofcouse for incomplete passes and getting out of bounds and
in the NFL the clocks keeps moving except for also time-outs. In the CFL
you get 1 timeout a half and 3 a half in the NFL and the CFL you get 2
downs to get 10 yards while you get 3 downs in the NFL and the goal posts
are on the goal-line instead of the back of the end zone so you need to be
more aware of them as they are in the field of play.
Thanks for reading
Tom Mehegan
remember a raptor blog will be out after tonights game @ Raptorblog-tommehegan.blogspot.com and other blog entrees @ tommiesworld.blogspot.com
Tuesday, November 2, 2010
STEROID PT.3 - ABOUT BASEBALL
WELCOME TO MY WORLD
The first indication of steroids in baseball started was with Mark Mcgwire
and Jose Canseco in 1987 and it continued all threw the 90's and it got so
bad that Roger Clemons, Sammy Sosa, Mark Mcgwire, and Ralph Palmero stood
in front of a congressional hearing on steroids and had no comment or in
the case of Ralph Palmero said " I did not take steroids ". Ralph Palmero
got into a lot of hot water for this because soon after he said it he
ended up testing positive for steroids and people like Roger Clemons and
Barry Bonds have been pushed out of baseball by the feds coming after them
for allegedly using of steroids during their careers. For the most part
MLB turned a blind eye to it as in there was not a policy until the late
90's and Mark Mcgwire was not hiding his steroid because he had it in
clear sight in his locker during his home run chase where he hit 70 home
runs as he had Andro in his locker. Mlb is still turning a blind eye to
steroids today as they have very muscler batters smoking the ball 450 -
500 ft and pitchers who throw close to 100 mph if not over like Aroldis
Chapman who throws 105 mph. While other pitchers have pin point spotting
of the ball which sounds like hgh (human growth hormonies) which gives
people more acute vision and there are also really fast runners in
baseball so that some players are using steroids to strenghten their legs
so they can be really really fast. Also hitters who have been great
hitters ie they get a high batting average like 340-350 could also be
using hgh to see the ball better. MLB takes the minor league players and
steroids more seriously because the minor league policy for steroids is a
lot stronger than for major league players and minor league players
actually get suspended for like 50 games.
Thank for reading if you like this go to tomiesworld.blogspot.com for more
Tom Mehegan
The first indication of steroids in baseball started was with Mark Mcgwire
and Jose Canseco in 1987 and it continued all threw the 90's and it got so
bad that Roger Clemons, Sammy Sosa, Mark Mcgwire, and Ralph Palmero stood
in front of a congressional hearing on steroids and had no comment or in
the case of Ralph Palmero said " I did not take steroids ". Ralph Palmero
got into a lot of hot water for this because soon after he said it he
ended up testing positive for steroids and people like Roger Clemons and
Barry Bonds have been pushed out of baseball by the feds coming after them
for allegedly using of steroids during their careers. For the most part
MLB turned a blind eye to it as in there was not a policy until the late
90's and Mark Mcgwire was not hiding his steroid because he had it in
clear sight in his locker during his home run chase where he hit 70 home
runs as he had Andro in his locker. Mlb is still turning a blind eye to
steroids today as they have very muscler batters smoking the ball 450 -
500 ft and pitchers who throw close to 100 mph if not over like Aroldis
Chapman who throws 105 mph. While other pitchers have pin point spotting
of the ball which sounds like hgh (human growth hormonies) which gives
people more acute vision and there are also really fast runners in
baseball so that some players are using steroids to strenghten their legs
so they can be really really fast. Also hitters who have been great
hitters ie they get a high batting average like 340-350 could also be
using hgh to see the ball better. MLB takes the minor league players and
steroids more seriously because the minor league policy for steroids is a
lot stronger than for major league players and minor league players
actually get suspended for like 50 games.
Thank for reading if you like this go to tomiesworld.blogspot.com for more
Tom Mehegan
Monday, November 1, 2010
a weekend story
Staurday instead of hockey night it was shutout night with the Rangers
shuting out the Maple Leafs, Penquins shuting out the Hurricanes,
Lightning shuting out the Coyotes, Bruins shuting out the Senators. Pats
not crying over moss leaving and Brady has retired Favre while Jags sags
cowboys and they put up their white flags. Texas Rangers had good home
cooking on Staurday but it was not very good on Sunday and are hoping for
some good home cooking with Lee on Monday. Bills are keeping their perfect
record intact and Rams hold down the Panthers and Fans went to for a New
Meadowlands Stadium football game but instead it was a baseball game with
the Brewers shuting out the Mets 9-0. Fans in London, England are still
waiting for the NFL to send them a football game as the Broncos and niners
was not a game and the Bucs squeak out a victory aganist the Cards. Lakers
cream the warriors and Heat smoke the Nets while Jazz throw the thunder
for a loop while the nuggets dismantled the Rockets.
Keep smiling
Tom Mehegan
shuting out the Maple Leafs, Penquins shuting out the Hurricanes,
Lightning shuting out the Coyotes, Bruins shuting out the Senators. Pats
not crying over moss leaving and Brady has retired Favre while Jags sags
cowboys and they put up their white flags. Texas Rangers had good home
cooking on Staurday but it was not very good on Sunday and are hoping for
some good home cooking with Lee on Monday. Bills are keeping their perfect
record intact and Rams hold down the Panthers and Fans went to for a New
Meadowlands Stadium football game but instead it was a baseball game with
the Brewers shuting out the Mets 9-0. Fans in London, England are still
waiting for the NFL to send them a football game as the Broncos and niners
was not a game and the Bucs squeak out a victory aganist the Cards. Lakers
cream the warriors and Heat smoke the Nets while Jazz throw the thunder
for a loop while the nuggets dismantled the Rockets.
Keep smiling
Tom Mehegan
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