Once Again, Stories Writing Themselves

Ed. Belfour. Disorderly. Intoxication. Plus taser.

http://www1.wsvn.com/news/articles/sports/MI43998/

As the officer approached the men, Belfour got into a fighting position, and the
two got into a scuffle, which forced the officer to taser Belfour.

What? There was someone else involved? Who cares?

No word on how much the bribe was.

King Henrik Does Not Like Attractive Women

Henrik Lunqvist got himself in a little hubbub with some Long Island women...don't you know a goalie's got to defend his crease? Especially after the Simon incident, King Henrik was probably fearing his life when someone in Islanders garb came somewhere near him.

"[T]eams of three Ice Girls clean loose ice known as "snow" in the goal and the blue-painted goaltender's crease in front of the goal line. But Rangers goaltender Henrik Lundqvist declined to move and used his stick to whack the squeegee Kelli Higgins, 23, was using to push the snow into a pile during the first TV timeout, knocking the butt end of the squeegee stick into her stomach. "I said 'Excuse me' maybe two or three times," Higgins said Wednesday. "He didn't move and didn't say anything, so I gave up and went around him. "The tip of my squeegee kind of hit the tip of his stick. I don't know if he thought I did that on purpose or whatever, but he took a big windup and slashed the squeegee pretty good. "

Emphasis by me. Damn, the jokes just keep writing themselves.

The Canes are diseased!!!

At least if she touched the Cup before they did........

DWI on a Zamboni? Ludicrous!

And apparently the NJ courts agree...

"A judge ruled the four-ton ice rink-grooming machines aren't motor vehicles because they aren't useable on highways and can't carry passengers. Zamboni operator John Peragallo had been charged with drunken driving in 2005 after a fellow employee at the Mennen Sports Arena in Morristown told police the machine was speeding and nearly crashed into the boards."

Does that absolve the Zamboni drivers in Idaho who took theirs for a late-night Burger King run?? IT SHOULD! But that's not the best part of the story....

"Peragallo, 64, testified at his trial that he did drink beer and vodka, but not until after he had groomed the ice. However, he told police he had a shot of Sambuca with his breakfast coffee and two Valium-pills before work."

Zamboni drivers on Valium = awesome.

Jailbreak

You can't deny it anymore. Go ahead, try to lock him up again.

Buffalo 7:25, Daniel Paille 3 (Adam Mair, Teppo Numminen)

Thank God Almighty, Free at Last!!

Sorry Dr. King, but someone more important has been freed from the clutches of oppressive injury.

Injury Report

- Al Kotalik will return tomorrow against the Devils, skating on the left wing with center Chris Drury and right wing Dainius Zubrus in practice yesterday. Michael Ryan had been skating there, but Kotalik’s return will force Ryan back to Rochester because of a rule regarding emergency injury call-ups. Ryan won’t leave town until the Sabres are sure Kotalik can return.
Lindy Ruff sees potential in a Kotalik- Zubrus pairing.

- Injured forwards Tim Connolly and Daniel Paille also practiced. Paille, out since breaking his left index finger Feb. 20, is "very close.”

- Connolly still is without a timetable for a return. He's been joining the team for morning skates, but still isn't cleared for contact and was understandably sore after his first practice in a month.

- Toni Lydman, who has missed five games with an upper-body injury, did not practice. Ruff said that “he wants to try skating the first part of practice with the team".