Uncategorized It’s Avalanche Season!

It’s Avalanche Season!

7 October, 20107 October, 2010 Drew LittonDrew Litton 4 Comments
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It was great to see a reunion last night at the Chophouse of all of the Avalanche 96 Stanley Cup Championship team. There seems to be lot of those kinds of reunions these days. The Buffs 1990 Championship team celebrated just last weekend up in Boulder. I guess that’s the thing to do when there has been so little lately to celebrate sports wise here in Denver. But I digress…

I’d kind of lost my zeal for the NHL after Patrick Roy and Joe Sakic moved on. That along with the ridiculous level of gratuitous violence that continues to plague the sport left me cold. Let’s not even get me started on the Todd Bertuzzi incident against Avalanche player Steve Moore several years back. Bertuzzi should be in jail.

But I have to admit I’m starting to get excited about the Avs young nucleus of players that could make them a contender for the Cup for years to come. It’s always fun to watch things build into something good. We could use a lot more of that here in Colorado. Today’s cartoon is in this Months Mile High Sports Magazine as well. And it looks nicer in print.

Those of you who have followed my cartoons through the years know how hard I’ve been about hammering the sport of soccer. Well, this last World Cup I finally understood what the rest of the world sees in the game. So I picked up a copy of FIFA soccer for my new Xbox 360 that I just splurged on. (Hey I figured after the last few years of trying to survive the aftermath of the Rocky Mountain News going under and that I’m working some 60 hours a week doing animation and cartoons for numerous clients, I thought deserved an Xbox. Of course finding the time to actually play it is a whole different matter altogether). Anyway, the FIFA game got me into taping some English Premier Soccer games, which led me into trying to pick a team to follow, which then led me to start reading a book called “Bloody Confused” about the why the British are so crazy about their soccer. It’s all interesting, It really is. Honest. All of this comes at a time when I really have so little time to spend just relaxing, which is, of course, the time you need to relax the most. Anyways, the moral of the story is, you can teach an old dog new tricks. Even if they involve a Soccer ball.

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4 thoughts on “It’s Avalanche Season!”

  1. Good Morning from Omaha,

    we are headed into the buffet of sports. baseball, football, hockey basketball…there is something for everyone.

    a well played game of soccer must be something to see. Creighton draws big crowds to their games downtown and they are ranked about as high as the huskers, I must be missing something?

    strive for excellence,nothing but your best.

    Gene

  2. One of the things that got me started liking soccer is just how much more organized it is than the other sports. What I mean is, how much more competitions there are.

    If the Broncos win the Super Bowl, that’s all there is. Not so for soccer (and sort-of for hockey).

    Think about it. The Avs win the NHL this season.

    They then play next season in the NHL, plus in a North American “Champions League” which has the best team from Canada, Mexico, and other North American countries (ignore that the top team in Mexico would be dramatically worse than the top NHL team, I’m just using an example).

    Plus while all this is going on, the Avs have players missing from some of their NHL games, beause those players are trying to help their respective countries qualfy for North America Championships or the World Cup of Hockey.

  3. Yip Yip Yahoo! I have to agree with you Drew, I have not followed hockey much after the Ave’s glory days but then a year ago I watched this young team and they are fun to watch. Not to mention that watching hockey on HD is the only enhances the hockey experience. If they can keep their young nucleus together, the cup will soon return to Denver.

  4. As for the NHL Season, GO BLUES!

    If/when you pick an EPL team, take it from a soccer fan: DO NOT pick Manchester United. Ever. They’re the Yankees, Lakers, Cowboys, Canadiens, USC, McDonald’s and the Fifth-Grade Rich Kid Bully all rolled into one.

    I’d suggest these:

    Manchester City (kinda like the Mets)

    Liverpool (The St. Louis Cardinals, except going through an ownership upheaval. Also my team.)

    Arsenal (Flashy but technically skilled old-school London team; Think a cross between the Indy Colts and Boston Celtics)

    Chelsea (Splashes the Cash and owned by a [reputed] Russian mobster. The Dallas Mavericks if Mark Cuban were in the Waste Disposal Business)

    Everton (Middle-of-the-Road team with a lot of respect and U.S. keeper Tim Howard. A good Rockies parallel.)

    Tottenham (London rival of Arsenal in the Jewish section of town. Think the Dodgers if they had stayed in Brooklyn.)

    Fulham (Less-supported London team with a penchant for staging upsets and hiring American players, like Clint Dempsey. Reminds me of the Detroit Tigers)

    Newcastle (Always in disarray, always a soap opera to follow, usually does well, fans are exceeded in thuggery only by the players…Here’s you chance to love the Oakland Raiders.)

    West Ham (Very Blue Collar, Very Industrial fan base who adores physical play even if they lose. President Obama’s favorite team. Cross the Chicago White Sox with the Detroit Pistons.)

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