Coyote Tracks - THROW THE SNAKE April 15 Edition
by Jordan Ellel on Apr 15, 2010 6:00 AM MST
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Ok, I don't even really know how to start this thing today. What an amazing game last night was...the entire playoff atmosphere around Jobing.com Arena was completely amazing. If anyone who watched this game or was at the arena still has some doubts about the viability of hockey in Phoenix...well, you must be David Shoalts. Seriously, I've been to some crazy amped up arenas in my day, and that was simply amazing. Standing ovations for penalty kills midway through the second period...the fans were engaged, loud and louder. The Coyotes started the game a bit jittery as Tippett said in his presser, but they really took the play to the Red Wings in the second and third periods.
I cannot wait until Friday night.
Major thank you to PPP for taking over duties here last night with the gameday thread, and to everyone that came from all the SBNation sites...I've gotten through the first period comments...it took 37 minutes...it was fabulous. If I didn't have to write this post and go to work in the morning, I'd read the rest right now...I might just skim them...
Throw The Snake Reaches Its Zenith - Pension Plan Puppets
Tracking the origins and history of "Throw The Snake" - I'm not sure it gets much bigger than the win, but if it did this is it. When I told Travis what happened on CBC, he just about fainted. This video is all sorts of awesome. Congrats to Chemmy and Travis for the major shout-out!!!
Recaps from last night: [Travis' take] [AP via ESPN] [AZCentral's Gintonio] [Winging it in Motown]
LAST NIGHT'S NHL SCORES: DET 2 - PHX 3!!!!; PHL 2 - NJ 1; OTT 5 - Pit 4; COL 2 - SJ 1
After the jump, a few final words (for now) on #throwthesnake, Gretzky picks a Hart winner, and some more stuff...just follow the jump...
Great moments in slithery: Fans throw snakes on Coyotes ice - Puck Daddy - NHL Blog - Yahoo! Sports
Some of the better screencaps of the snake...truly an amazing moment in Twitter hockey memes...
Phoenix Coyotes former stars, coach happy for success
Jeremy Roenick, Keith Tkachuk and Rick Bownes have a rooting interest in their former team in the NHL playoffs.
Like the 1988-89 Phoenix Suns, this season's Coyotes rose from ashes
Like the post-drug-scandal Suns, this year's Coyotes have risen from the ashes in a city known for second comings.
How Will Phoenix's Major League Tale End? - From The Rink
Life has imitated art, as the Phoenix Coyotes have lived a script straight from Hollywood. With the playoffs set to start tonight, how will it end?
Dave Tippett back in the playoffs with Phoenix - ProHockeyTalk - Hockey - NBC Sports
Experts: 10 questions for the first round of Stanley Cup playoffs - ESPN
With the Stanley Cup playoffs kicking off Wednesday, our experts took some time to ponder what lies ahead. Scott Burnside, Pierre LeBrun and Barry Melrose answer these 10 burning questions.
The 10 storylines we'll be watching this postseason at ESPN.com - ESPN
As the 2010 Stanley Cup playoffs get under way Wednesday night, here are 10 storylines we'll be watching this postseason
ESPN.com's 10 players to watch in 2010 Stanley Cup playoffs - ESPN
As the 2010 Stanley Cup playoffs get under way Wednesday night, here are 10 players we will be keeping on our radar this spring.
Phoenix Coyotes Hockey on AZ Vibe " The Snake-Free Coyotes/Red Wings 2010 Playoff Preview
Phoenix Coyotes playoffs: Questions and answers
The Republic's Coyotes beat reporter, Jim Gintonio, poses 10 questions and, with help from coach Dave Tippett and others, offer the answers.
Ok, that's a bunch of probably day old Coyotes-related playoff preview stuff. Good reads all.
Gretzky: My Hart Trophy vote would go to Bryzgalov - Puck Daddy - NHL Blog - Yahoo! Sports
I'll be very curious to see the whole interview...
FSAZ announces additional channel for Coyotes, Diamondbacks games
Fox Sports Arizona Plus will allow Coyotes and Diamondbacks games to be broadcast simultaneously. Yup, the Coyotes have forced FSAZ to add an additional channel for the playoffs...nice.
#WhiteOutShenanigans @Lomborita @Larry_w_REMAX HOWL!!! He is going to hate me tomorrow | TweetPhoto
Funny stuff prior to Game 1...
Ok, I think the whimsy from #throwthesnake is so surreal that I can't even think to add more right now. It was great to see Joel and TimmyHate and MPallen23 and everyone else before and after the game...I'll see everyone out at Jobing.com Arena on Friday night, but we'll be back here all day today and tomorrow leading up to it...
We've still got room on the Whiteout Bandwagon, so hop on board...
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Good win last night.
Join me on the Hockey Blog Adventure! (or Twitter.) GO BRUINS! (and Wild!)
by Cornelius Hardenbergh on Apr 15, 2010 6:46 AM MST reply actions
THE BLOG HAS BEEN WHITED OUT.
Pension Plan Puppets*
* Blog contains less than 2% puppet content by weight.
AWOOOOOOOOOOOO
Join me on the Hockey Blog Adventure! (or Twitter.) GO BRUINS! (and Wild!)
by Cornelius Hardenbergh on Apr 15, 2010 6:53 AM MST up reply actions
AWOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
God damn it Phoenix move your clocks up we’re all awake and bored here.
Pension Plan Puppets*
* Blog contains less than 2% puppet content by weight.
AWOOOOOOOOOO
The blog white out is AWESOME
Pension Plan Puppets: A Toronto Maple Leafs blog and a group therapy session.
Like reading thoughts confined to 140 characters? I'm on Twitter too.
From the conversation that spawned #ThrowTheSnake:
OdinMercer: Sup
me: First and foremost I’m disappointed in you.
10:57 AM OdinMercer: Sorry. I hate conflict. SHouldn’t have appologized. :P
me: You’re apologizing again.
OdinMercer: DAMN IT
haha
I really am Canadian
me: you don’t know how to skate
OdinMercer: I do. Just not well
me: what you need is some jam Odin
10:58 AM some grit
OdinMercer: Go on…
me: first and foremost I’m proposing a two step plan
1. the blog needs to be whited out
10:59 AM you should email support and see if they could change the gold and red to white temporarily
Pension Plan Puppets*
* Blog contains less than 2% puppet content by weight.
Between this blog whiteout and #throwthesnakes that might be the most important conversation in Five For Howling history. SB Nation archivists are going to want to receive printed copies to store in their vaults for future reference…
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(Oh, and go Philly teams as well!)
by Jordan Ellel on Apr 15, 2010 8:58 AM MST up reply actions
as a records manager, i will advise you that an electronic archival copy is the smarter way to go.
"...sometimes I wake up cradling a gourd."
Forwarded.
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JaredFromLondon: ...Odin, he's cool.
by Travis Hair on Apr 15, 2010 11:00 AM MST up reply actions
Now chemmy has the power to white out blogs too?
Pretty soon he’s just declare himself the king of Canada. Or become the new Don Cherry after he retires. (OMG, I could actually see that happening)
Not even the Toronto Maple Leafs could kill my optimism
Tyler Ennis: Freed from Portland!
i threw a snake
it was actually quite liberating.
I like my goals like I like my booze..... Top shelf.
by GhostOfLinkGaetz on Apr 15, 2010 7:28 AM MST reply actions
Awoooooooooo!
Awesome white out!
Follow me on Twitter!! I even say some relevant stuff sometimes
I wish I could quit you, Tyler Sloan! - Co-founder of the Tyler Sloan Fan Club
It’s King Chemmy!
Cheers, Complaints, homerism and bashing of mediocre pop musicians in 140 Characters
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by Kevin Sellathamby on Apr 15, 2010 8:11 AM MST up reply actions
dear lord
"He'll be fine, he grew up by a nuclear power plant"- Alexander Mogilny
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Good Win Last Night, 'Yotes Fans
Brutal and effective. Won huge faceoffs and capitalized on chances. Bryzgalov settled in nicely, but most of the credit goes to the defense for keeping the Wings to the outside with weak perimeter shots. Wings couldn’t get to the few rebounds that Bryzgalov allowed and the Coyotes were really able to dictate flow. Going to take a coaching adjustment to keep your big guys from being able to lock down every offensive rush to the sideboards and outwork Detroit’s forwards.
Still, I like Detroit’s chances. Their PP won’t stay asleep and their PK (especially the faceoffs portion) won’t be that bad again in the whole series. I imagine that with all the veteran players, Tippett won’t have as much difficulty keeping the guys playing within their system as he might with a younger corps, but they can be made to chase the puck too much in their own end. Either way, this one’s gonna be good.
by J.J. from Kansas on Apr 15, 2010 8:14 AM MST reply actions
Yeah, I’m hoping that we don’t see the Coyotes give Detroit 6 PP opportunities again this series. That is not the snake that I want to be dealing with this series…I just want to #throwmoresnakes!!!
But, the thing that really struck me about the game in the 2nd and 3rd periods was how tired Detroit looked. The Coyotes have great team speed and Tippett really rolls 4 lines for most of the game which keeps them fresh. By the third, though, the Czech line, Doan’s line and Winnik’s line were really keeping the puck deep in the Detroit zone for entire shifts. I wonder if the stretch run of playing playoff like games for the entire months of March and April might catch up with Detroit, despite all their guys being “rested” coming back from injury.
But it was a great game, great atmosphere in the building. Can’t wait for Friday.
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(Oh, and go Philly teams as well!)
by Jordan Ellel on Apr 15, 2010 8:57 AM MST up reply actions
I think we can all agree that 6 PP’s is 3 too many.
As for the tired thing, I think they were tired from being hit all night. This is not the old Wings who had a third line that was as physical as they came and had a guy like Chelios on the blueline. This team can be manhandled and they can be forced into bad turnovers.
I still think the Wings win the series, but I suspect their season will end in the round 2.
Can’t wait for Friday as well. I’ll be there in person this time.
"You ever use smelling salts, every time you type a bad blog?" Brooks Laich
I have Red Wings in 6.
But oh man, I so want the Coyotes to win this series. This has become too good of a story not to.
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just to reitterate:
A huge thank you to everyone from PPP for all their help. You guys are making it so much easier to enjoy being a Coyotes fan, and more fun to boot.
You guys rock, in a totally platonic way. Okay, I lied. I totally want to make out with you.
I like my goals like I like my booze..... Top shelf.
by GhostOfLinkGaetz on Apr 15, 2010 9:55 AM MST reply actions
Yeah, but you want to make out with everyone.
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JaredFromLondon: ...Odin, he's cool.
by Travis Hair on Apr 15, 2010 10:18 AM MST up reply actions
that’s true…keep your mothers, wives and daughters away ;-p
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(Oh, and go Philly teams as well!)
by Jordan Ellel on Apr 15, 2010 10:20 AM MST up reply actions
I said EVERYONE.
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JaredFromLondon: ...Odin, he's cool.
by Travis Hair on Apr 15, 2010 10:30 AM MST up reply actions
CMERE CUTIE PIE
I like my goals like I like my booze..... Top shelf.
by GhostOfLinkGaetz on Apr 15, 2010 1:18 PM MST up reply actions
Does anyone have a video of the thrown snake?
And what if you guys plan to throw the snake after a home victory? Can’t have a delay of game penalty then, right?
About 5 or 6 snakes hit the ice after the game was over, including a 4-5 foot coiled python looking snake. That actually gave the ice cleaners a second of pause because they weren’t sure if it was real (it wasn’t).
I don’t have any video, but I will see what I can do on Friday…
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(Oh, and go Philly teams as well!)
by Jordan Ellel on Apr 15, 2010 10:54 AM MST up reply actions
That was me. lol
I like my goals like I like my booze..... Top shelf.
by GhostOfLinkGaetz on Apr 15, 2010 1:19 PM MST up reply actions
Haha, the white out makes it so you can’t read anyone’s names at the bottom but WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOo
"...sometimes I wake up cradling a gourd."
We're not important anyways.
The Whiteout is all of us.
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JaredFromLondon: ...Odin, he's cool.
by Travis Hair on Apr 15, 2010 11:01 AM MST up reply actions
I really like this answer.
Okay Mr Hair, I give in. The Coyotes are my bandwagon team.
"...sometimes I wake up cradling a gourd."
HOORAY!
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JaredFromLondon: ...Odin, he's cool.
by Travis Hair on Apr 15, 2010 11:38 AM MST up reply actions
I like the whiteout on here.
Lifelong Arizona Cardinals/Chicago Bears fan.
I can't stand fair-weather/bandwagon fans, stick with your team, throughout the good and the bad.
BREAKING NEWS
THROW THE SNAKE COVERED ON AROUND THE HORN
TURN ON ESPN 2 RIGHT NOW IF YOURE IN AZ
I like my goals like I like my booze..... Top shelf.
by GhostOfLinkGaetz on Apr 15, 2010 3:01 PM MST reply actions
Well that was sort of anticlimactic.
but they mentioned the snake in the intro, teased it before the break…Then nothing.
Oh well, throw the snake got a little shout out.
I like my goals like I like my booze..... Top shelf.
by GhostOfLinkGaetz on Apr 15, 2010 3:55 PM MST up reply actions
What a Whiteout
I did see several redwings jerseys covered by whiteout shirts. Many redwings were wearing the white away jerseys. and I didn’t hear any redwings at all. Way to claim the Jobbing.com for the Coyotes, I would have hated to be Redwings fan with the crowd we had last night. We Rocked the house harder then any other teams last night, even when we were loosing. Keep it up and Go Coyotes
Well
Our owner bought you all off. Or so DET fans say.
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