I'm a 20 year old part blogger, part reporter, part fan. Hockey is my thing, specifically the Leafs and Marlies. I'm also rather odd and talk about a lot of stupid stuff. Expect a bunch of random pics (often hockey), and a lot of rants that I can't really use for my sites. I'm sarcastic and a partial egomaniac, signed photos of myself available upon request. Lets talk.
Catching Elephant is a theme by Andy Taylor
Another issue the Marlies will see is familiarity. Mostly, the lack of it. I could talk to you about the last time these two teams played each other, but then I’d be making things up. The picture for this article? It’s a photoshop. Norfolk vs. Toronto, and vice versa is a schedule line that will be written for the very first time tomorrow, despite the two teams co-existing since the Marlies emergence in the league in 2005-06.
This and more in the series preview: http://marlieshq.com/2012/05/31/preview-marlies-vs-admirals-calder-cup-finals/
For details on winning game 3 and 4 tickets: http://marlieshq.com/2012/05/30/contest-win-calder-cup-finals-tickets/
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The Toronto Marlies dressing room
I feel like I’m going to be confirming rumours that the entire team has been put on the injured reserve by the end of this week. I know that hockey is a grind, and that many of these guys are playing injured at this point, but the list is just absurd at this point. Technically you can say it got smaller today, but the one exclamation point on the list wipes out any sense of a positive.
http://marlieshq.com/2012/05/29/matt-frattin-out-for-the-season-and-more-injury-updates/
Just some guys at a baseball game.
Some of the Marlies ran into the Prime Minister last week, and some others threw out the first pitch at tonight’s Jays game. This and actually important info at MarliesHQ:
http://marlieshq.com/2012/05/28/updates-and-a-rapid-fire-mailbag/
I realized something today – over the course of the playoff run, while I’ve been updating the social media inter-blag-verse on the unique contraption pictured above, I’ve never really introduced you all to it. What you see above hangs on a door in the Toronto Marlies dressing room, and is used to track the playoff run as the team goes along. If they win a game, a puck is obtained and placed into the plaque to signify it. There’s a row for every series, culminating with the one on top – the Calder Cup Finals.
After three rounds, there are eleven (three instead of four in the first round) pucks in the plaque. With just four more to go, here’s 11 points (plus a pre-bonus) to think about heading into the last series.
http://marlieshq.com/2012/05/27/by-the-numbers-11-thoughts-for-11-wins/
Matt Frattin
