HOCKEY IS COMING BACK!

Hi all my cool people! The moment we have all been waiting for… HOCKEY IS BACK. I am pumped that hockey will be back soon and I can watch my boys play again. Its cool that Edmonton has been picked to be one of the locations for hockey to start back up.

I am very very very excited for the hockey season to start again. I have really missed going to the live games and seeing our oilers players score on the other team. I miss the energy and excitement at Rogers Place during hockey games. Even though I wont be able to watch the games in the stands I am still very excited that hockey is finally coming back. I will just have to pretend I am surrounded by cheering fans but I am really sitting at home on my couch. 

I like following along with all the teams and keeping track of the scoreboard to know what the standings are for each team. I like to go over all the stats and keep and eye on what teams are the best. So I am looking forward to making my new roster and staying on top of which teams are doing the best. 

When the games were first canceled I went back to old games and watched them again just to still watch some hockey. Connor McDavid has had some amazing plays over the years that I have been re watching. One of my favourites was when he scored his very first hat trick against the Colorado Avalanches. I cant wait for more awesome moves and games now that hockey is back. 

NEWS:

They started to enter phase 3 of returning to play on July 10th. 

The playoffs are set to start July 30th after two week training camps and exhibition games.

They will start qualifying round games on August 1st 

Two favourite moments from past NHL seasons: 

1. When Connor McDavid got his first penalty shot in the playoffs against the Flames. The goalie was Mike Smith and everyone was pumped when Connor got the goal. 

2. Before Mike Smith signed with the Oilers him and former Oiler goalie Cam Talbot got in a brutal fight. The battle of Alberta and that game was over the top most rowdy game. Dont see goalies fight often so it was a crazy thing to watch. There were lots of other fights that game but that one for sure was the best. It was awesome. Thats the type of hockey I want to see at Rogers Place. RAISING HELL.

Predictions for the NHL Playoff run:

1 Oilers vs Flames Rematch - winner Oilers

2 Flames vs Jets - winner Jets

3 Boston vs Pittsburgh - winner Boston

4 New York vs Panthers - winner Panthers 

The top teams for the playoffs: (Not in order)

1 Boston 

2 Tampa

3 Toronto 

4 Blues

5 Knights

6 Oilers 

7 Flames 

8 Vancouver

9 Coyotes

10 Capitals

11 Hurricanes 

12 Jackets

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2019 NHL Hockey Playoffs

It’s the best time of the year aka HOCKEY PLAYOFFS! Why do I love playoffs so much?

I like watched sound hockey fans get excited and its fun to see their love for watching hockey games. Its funny to watch how pumped people get during watch parties and just over all crazy times watching live games in their hometowns. The best part to me is all the excitement and the parties. Its another excuse to get together with your buds and eat junk food. People get so into the game (myself included) so its fun to watch fun cheer and get rowdy. 

Playoff season wouldn’t be right without some hockey pool fun and winning the money at the end.

My hockey pool…

1. Jets

2. Tampa Bay

3. Captals

4. Vegas Knights

5. Boston 

6. Blues

If you are not sure how playoffs work…

There are 3 rounds each best of 7 games and the final game is the Stanley cup Championship. 

We are now in round two. The teams left are…

Boston Bruins 

Columbus Blue Jackets

Carolina Hurricanes

New York Islanders 

San Jose Sharks 

Colorado Avalanche 

Dallas Stars

St Louis Bluses 

My predictions for the rest of round two 

Boston VS Blue Jackets 

I think Boston will win four of the 7 games. 

Hurricanes VS New York

I think New York will win 

Sharks VS Avalanche

I think Colorado will take the win with five games. 

Dallas VS St louis

I think the blues will win. 

My biggest hope is the the New York Islanders dismantle the Blue Jackets in this round. 

Some highlights of the playoffs so far

I would say one of my favourite games to was was the blue jackets vs Tampa Bay. The game between Colorado and the Flames…. all hell broke loose during that game. War people war. 

I predict that the final games will be Colorado vs St Louis. I think the winning team this year is going to be Colorado. What is your prediction? I want to hear who you think will take home the cup this year. Let me know!

Bye, Bye Summer

Hey cool people. Ryan here with another blog post! It is officially the end of summer. Summer has felt like its been over for a month now but now its officially official. So I thought I would start my summer reminiscing now. This blog is all about summer 2018 and what I got up to. 

Summer is a time for sports, activities, and getting your body moving. When its sunny everyone is more willing to get outside and get active (if you are working on your beach bod you are even more willing). 

This summer I played outdoor Pickle Ball. Very underrated sport. I had so much fun playing. My team mates and I would always make a game within the game and tell jokes/poke fun at each other. I played pickle ball back in University at MacEwan but completely forgot about it until this past summer. 

Something pretty awesome things happened this summer. Awesome thing number one is….We got a puppy! If you haven’t seen my many photos on my instagram or facebook I will post lots below so you don’t feel like you are missing out (you’re welcome). Its been so nice to have dog around the house again. I love everything about her. Her little nose and her smile. I can’t get enough of her cuteness. She has grown so much already. She is still a pup though and loves to do what puppies do best….Chew. Thankfully she is in love with mom’s bath robe and hasn’t taken a liking to any of my things to chew on. 

Awesome thing number two is trips! I went on a couple of different adventures. Adventure number one was heading to Calgary for a few days of quality time with my girl friend. We went to the stampede, out for dinner, to the zoo, to the movies and all that jazz. But the best part of that trip was just spending time with Sarah (my girlfriend) talking. 
Another adventure spot was Seattle, Washington. We did all the mandatory touristy things like pikes place, a walk on edge water, a visit to the needle but what we were really there for was Baseball. We watched four back to back games. 

Summer wouldn’t be summer without a little camping. Nothing says summer like sleeping outside under the stairs and making your own food on a fire. I went camping a few times to Slave Lake. I brought my girlfriend to Slave Lake camping with my family one of the weekends and showed her around the town I was born. Eating smores by the fire is nice but it was even better to show Sarah my old stomping ground. Next summer I want to camp even more and check out Banff’s camping spots. 

Lastly here is a quick list of my favourite summer songs that I am still going to play and keep on playing them into the winter. 

1. Luke Bryan - Sunrise Sunburn Sunset 

2. Brantley Gilbert- One Hell of an Amen 

3. Flordia Georgia Line - Simple

4. Keith Urban - Parallel Line 

5. Luke Combs - She got the best of me 

6. Kenny Chesney - Get Along

Well thats it thanks for checking out this weeks blog post! Another summer in the bag. I hope everyones fall is rocking and school/work treat ya well. Who else can’t wait for next summer?