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02.25.2013 Terms of Endearment

Terms of Endearment #6

I love the LA Kings Insider, Jon Rosen. He maintains a blog about the Kings. Here’s a blurb about it.

LAKingsInsider.com provides in-depth, independent coverage of the Los Angeles Kings. Its content and reader comments are not subject to approval or review by team personnel.

I read it daily to get the latest about my team–how they did, how they’re doing, how they might be doing in the near future. This morning, I learned a new term from a fan comment.

“…great block by Stoll, which lead to Lewis’s shortie…”

Shortie – (n.) A goal made when your team has less men on the ice than the opposing team, due to one or more players in the penalty box.

And it truly was an exciting goal. Playing with four against five, Stoll took it upon himself to block a shot by the Avalanche with his body. He just threw himself down on the ice and bodily stopped the puck from getting past–without all that goalie protective gear! (Crazy!) Someone else, I think, picked up the puck and a couple seconds later Lewis (left) scored.

It was awesome.

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02.20.2013 Hockey, Terms of Endearment

Terms of Endearment #5

Drop Pass (n.) – Passing the puck to a teammate who is behind you.

I love when they do this. It’s so smooth, it’s almost like magic sleight of hand, except it’s sleight of stick.

P.S. The Kings won last night against Edmonton, 3-1. Ha! Tonight, there’s another game against Calgary. Go, Kings, go!!!!!

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02.18.2013 Terms of Endearment

Terms of Endearment #4

Dustup (n.) –  a fight.

Hockey is known for fighting, but as far as I can tell the serious injuries occur during real play, usually when they’re checked against the boards, not when the players are punching each other. I read in this article that this is because they can’t get any real traction behind their punches because they’re on ice.

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02.11.2013 Hockey, Terms of Endearment

Terms of Endearment #3

Blueliner – a hockey defenseman. When the players line up at center ice, the defense guys are closer to the blue line.

I found this out because the Kings just acquired a blueliner, Keaton Ellerby, from the Florida Panthers. This is because Matt Greene and Willie Mitchell are still injured and it’s hurting us. (Sorry about the pun.) Get better, boys, we need you desperately!

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USA Today Bestselling Author Kate Willoughby happily writes her contemporary hockey romances in Southern California. She is married and has two sons and a Chihuahua. When she’s not writing, she’s watching hockey. When it’s not hockey season, she whines a lot.

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