It's friday morning. I have exactly 4 hours and 15 minutes until Charlie gets home from work, so I had to get up early today to have some day off alone time. Not that I don't love Charlie, but when he's home, I don't like to be cooped up in my craft room ignoring him. I want to spend time with him and talk about how the Coyotes WON LAST NIGHT IN OVERTIME! I will admit though, I was the one falling asleep at the end. I guess I should have taken a nap too, but I've never been a napper. I'd rather just keep sleeping than wake up to go to sleep later. And I think that when you fall asleep in the chair or couch, minus your arm falling asleep and hurting so bad because it is holding up your head, it's the best sleep you can get. :) Anywhoo..... The game was great! Chicago scored the first goal, leaving us trailing behind until the second period and Cutie Pyatt comes through and scores a goal to tie us up! We finally start playing play off hockey! And then Vermette scores another giving us the lead 2-1. SO we get excited. This is it we say. We're going to win. We can do this! Third period, late in the game, with less than 30 seconds left in the period, Smith let a goal go by. It was devastating. We were tied. We were going to over time. I woke up from my brief nap to be upset with Chuck, and waiting for OT to start. The great thing about Play Off games is that there is no shoot outs. It's just 20 minutes of over time. So.... half way through the 20 minutes of OT, Aucoin takes a shot...... Slow motion.... the puck flies through to Hanzal who redirects it into the net past Chicago's Crawford..... AND WE WIN GAME ONE IN OVERTIME!!!! I was woken up by Chuck's cheering. It was great. And I got to see the replay, so it was like I was awake for it to happen. (Sorry Yotes... I get tired past 9pm.... I am an old lady, but I sure as hell watch the high lights!) So our beloved Yotes rallied together and play hockey the hard way. We even had a key injury in the beginning of the game which could have really set us back in this round. Vrbata was hit against the glass and banged his head. He was out for the rest of the game.... but they boys pulled it together and won for him. Because if the Coyotes know how to do one things, it's being the under dog, and coming back to show you who's boss. This is a team that wants to play hockey. Just pure and simple hockey. They want to be a team. They're not in it to go where there's money, where there is a sure hope of winning a Stanley Cup. They want to win it on their team, with their family, with their fans. They want Phoenix to have the cup. They are true gentlemen, team mates, players-- you name it. Phoenix is not about show boating, or having their name in a rap song, or being on an NHL commercial, or having their picture on the cover of NHL13. These guys just want to play hockey, and win. And that's what athletes should be about. The love of the game. But today, everyone wants more money. More fame. More greed. And I will say that that is not the Coyotes. And it makes me proud to be a fan, to go to their games, to support them even when they are losing because they support us. And you can't ask for a better team.
So I say.... I believe in you.... Doan, Yandle, Whitney, Vrbata, Pyatt, Aucoin, Smith, Labarbera, Bissonnette, Torres, Hanzal, Rozsival, Morris, Vermette, Langkow, Ekman-Larsson, Schlemko, Chipchura, Boedker, Brule, Gordon, Korpikoski, Klesla, Stone, and Summers.
WE BELIEVE YOU BELONG IN PHOENIX.
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