Black Team Wins League, Drinks From The Cup

The championship game for the adult hockey league I play in was last night, and somehow, my team was one of the two squads going for the hardware; the West Bend Cup.  It was an epic battle between the Black Team [my team] and the White Team with us coming out on top 8 – [...]

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MKE Admirals Don’t Be Like Mike Night

We are all certainly privy to the current public annoyance of Mikey Phelps.  Now the Milwaukee Admirals are getting in on the joke. Thursday, Feb 19th, they are having Don’t Be Like Mike Night.  According to their site: All fans who are graduates of a DARE program can get into the game for just $2 [...]

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Winter Classic: Wrigley Build Time Lapse

In a few short days, all the work you see here (including the Zamboni drop) will finally be on display as two Original Six teams go head-to-head in 2009′s Winter Classic. I’m pumped to watch…but not in person for $375 a ticket.  NBC will do.

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Winter Classic: Update

“Hey, if this thing is going to be used in Wrigley, it’s going to have to be a lot crappier…Ahh, that’s better.” Ha.

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ESPN Video: 2009 Winter Classic Preparations

more about “untitled“, posted with vodpod I got an email from the Blackhawks the other day about The Winter Classic lottery results.  The point of it…thanks for trying, but the tickets are long gone. Seriously? I didn’t win the chance to buy my one ticket in the lottery? You mean there was nothing left after [...]

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MTV MUSIC – Fiona Apple – Not About Love

ATS is a huge fan of this little sex-pot Fiona Apple, and as you already know, we think Zack kicks ass. There is something entertaining about a man with a huge ass beard singing a woman’s part. The video is insistent on auto-play so you can catch it after the jump

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2009 Winter Classic – Wrigley Field

NBC released the commercial for the 2009 Winter Classic outdoor hockey game and it is pretty bad ass. The game features a pairing of Original Six teams (and conference rivals) with the Blackhawks hosting the Detroit Red Wings on New Years Day at Wrigley Field. I’m in the public lottery for tickets since I’m not [...]

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Pond Hockey: a documentary film

17 years ago, after seeing a semi-pro hockey game live for the first time, I became obsessed with the sport.  I convinced my parents to get me a  pair of hockey skates, I collected some used equipment and I set out for the back yard.  There was a really low spot in the terrain that [...]

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Still Alive

The Pens are clinging to their last shred of hope in the Stanley Cup finals, but after a spectacular game from their young goaltender and a ‘called shot’ goal by Czech born Petr Sykora, they head home for game 6 on Wednesday. The Pens have lost only one game at home the entire playoffs (granted [...]

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When Refs lose control

This little ditty is what can happen when you get two teams that hate each other and the refs don’t have a chance in hell of controlling the game. Even the goalies get in on the action. An oldie but a goody.

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