Tempo fugit.....

and flies and flies.
Sochi is past, medals have been collected. 
No medals collected, well there is always something/one to blame. Snow too slushy. Wax too sticky. Suits too (?) aerodynamic? and so on and so forth! 
Memories enhanced by selfies and other camera work.


Meanwhile there are riots in various parts of the world.
Meanwhile the killing goes on...
not on the stock exchange, well, perhaps some is happening there as well....
but ...


Laws are proposed and vetoed, at least in Arizona.
And the list of "what the hell IS going on in this miserable world" is going on and on!


But hark, the RODEO barbecue cook off is on and the air's full of aroma!
And the tickets are selling.






And the prize (hoped for anyway) steers and calves and hens and roosters and goats and sheep and, and, and.....are being groomed and pampered and fed and, well, you all know!

R.I.V. 2011 and 1994

It must be something in the air/water in Vancouver
because it is NOT the first time riots follow a lost game.
(all videos and photos from various sources)

In 1994, after the Rangers won over the Canucks, a riot broke out:

AND 2011 A REPEAT after Boston Bruins win the Cup

ON the road, in Game 7 with a Shut out 4-0 win, yet!

But go back a little further and you find another riot in 1907 (Anti-Asian), and one at the G8/G2 summit and the pre-Olympic one in 2010. 

A few other quick mentions:   Rookie Marchand gets 2 goals in game 7.
A slightly injured (split lip?) Bergeron also gets 2 goals in game 7.
Dennis Seidenberg, is only the second German player after Uwe Krupp (no idea if related to those industry Krupps?) to get a Stanley Cup win.


And the hero of these games: USA born TIM THOMAS,

at 38 the oldest goalie, stops 238 shots  for a .967 % average, and carries off the Conn Smythe Trophy!

Guess what, if you look closely in the video clip you can see a guy with cute dimples hugging or being hugged ecstatically... yep, former aeros Goalie Anton Khudobin, who served as second BUG and with Nr. 35 after Tuuka Rask during the play offs.


AK in Providence

What a hoot: the Wilde trade AK for the Penner, and - wishful thinking maybe - a future skater, the Finn Lehtonen. AND HERE IS AK as part of the STANLEY CUP Champions 2011! WOW!

No wonder he's all dimples LOL! 



And now hockey IS history for the next couple months.