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NHL Playoff Game Night: 6-3-15 Blackhawks at LightningSubmitted by pete on June 3, 2015 - 22:23
Prevent defense prevents Tampa Bay from winning Game One.
Stanley Cup Final
Game One
Chicago Leads the Series 1-0
Ben Bishop allowed 2 goals on 21 shots for the loss. He was solid, but unspectacular. I can't fault him on either goal as he was screened by three bodies on the first goal and was the victim of a quick change turnover right into the slot on the second goal. With that said, he got outplayed by Crawford tonight in a game where one more big save was the difference between winning and losing.
First Period
4:31 TB Killorn (8), (Stralman, Filppula)
Second Period
Third Period
13:28 CHI Teravainen (3), (Keith, Shaw)
15:26 CHI Vermette (3), (Teravainen)
Alex Killorn was the game's third star.
The Lightning could very well be kicking themselves pretty hard at the end of this series for what transpired in the final 45 minutes of this hockey game, and especially that Third Period. They came out like a house of fire for the First Period and really had Chicago on their heels. I have no doubt that it was a clash of styles for the Blackhawks to go from a bigger, less fleet of foot Anaheim club in the Western Finals to the speed and aggressiveness of the Lightning, and Tampa Bay cashed on the beautiful tip in goal by Killorn. It was hard not to be proud of the way the Lightning handled themselves in the first 15 minutes, where they really came out to win rather than to throw roses at the feet of Chicago as triumphant conquerors the way some in the media, like Mike Milbury, evidently thought they would. They could've built an even larger lead, but Crawford quelled any uprisings by the Lightning the rest of the way.
From the last five minutes of the First Period on, though, Chicago slowly and steadily turned the momentum of the game, sans a few hiccups late in the Second Period, until the Lightning were in a completely passive defensive shell in the Third. The Lightning are not built to win games 1-0, nor would it be prudent to try to do so anyway because when you allow the other team possession so easily, greasy goals (like a screened goal) eventually follow. That was what happened on Teravainen's tying goal and then J.T. Brown was put in a tough spot to handle a hot pass by Hedman up the wall that he tipped into the slot to Vermette, who fired it home for the game winner. And that, folks, is how a prevent defense prevents you from winning.
I still would love to see what happened to Nikita Kucherov swinging around Crawford's net on the play just before Teravainen's tying goal in the Third Period, mind you. It sure did look like he got high sticked in broad daylight, and a call there might've been the lifeline the Lightning needed to get across the finish line. It was an... interesting... decision by NBC not to air a replay of what occurred.
Now the Lightning find themselves in a near must-win situation for Game Two. It's a really dangerous spot to be in. Tonight's effort wasn't bad. They defended well, and if you told me the Lightning would hold Chicago to 2 goals in this game I would've told you the Lightning probably won. But, they can't get off their possession game like they did the final 45 minutes of the contest. The scary thing is Chicago will be playing aggressive and loose knowing they're playing house money with a road win already in their back pocket, so the Lightning have to be ready for Chicago to push and they also have to remain disciplined and not get away from their defensive game despite having only scored 1 goal in Game One. It's going to be a challenging couple of days for Cooper and the coaching staff to get the Lightning into the right frame of mind after letting this one slip away.
Psychologically, the Lightning are in the tough position of needing to learn the lesson of the night for when they're protecting a lead in a tight game, but they simply cannot bring any regret or frustration to the rink the next day. What's done is done and there's a lot of hockey left to be played in this series. Any negativity or temptation to indulge in self pitying wishful thinking about what might have been will only keep them from focusing on what still needs to be done. Were I Coach Cooper, I'd start the next practice by telling everyone that anyone who is still pouting about what happened in Game One can stay in the locker room, because everybody needs to be on point to win Game Two.
Nikita Nesterov was +1 with 1 blocked shot in 6:23. Given the gravity of these games, and that most of them are pretty tight, Nesterov's just not going to get a ton of ice time. With that in mind, it's fair to ask if the Lightning might be better served dressing a 12th forward instead, although the coaching staff clearly doesn't trust any of their other options enough to give them meaningful ice time, either. This is a difficulty that should remedy itself with another year of seasoning for the likes of Drouin and Namestnikov, but that's cold comfort when you're playing for a championship this year.
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Walcott More of the Same for Syracuse, Tampa BaySubmitted by chad on June 3, 2015 - 17:13
The Tampa Bay Lightning acquired Blainville-Boisbriand overage defenseman and captain Daniel Walcott Monday, adding a puck-moving defenseman to the organizational roster.
The Lightning have had an abundance of success under Steve Yzerman picking up undersized cast-offs who can skate and have a high hockey IQ and skill level. Walcott certainly fits the mold. He stands just 5'11" and weighs under 2-bills, but put up 41 points in 54 games with the Armada as a 20-year-old this season.
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NHL Playoff Game Night: 5-29-15 Lightning at RangersSubmitted by pete on May 29, 2015 - 22:59
Mission Impossible = Mission Accomplished
Eastern Conference Finals
Game Seven
Tampa Bay Wins the Series 4-3
Ben Bishop looked sharp in light work stopping all 22 shots he faced for the shutout. He didn't face very many chances, but he was sharp on the ones that came at key moments of the game, particularly with the Rangers pushing after Tampa Bay went up 1-0 in the Third. In a spot where the New York media had preordained Lundqvist was going to roll over Bishop after Ben got a big number put up on him in Game Six, he doled out some U of Maine Justice and got the last laugh.
First Period
Second Period
Third Period
1:54 TB Killorn (7), (Carle, Filppula)
11:17 TB Palat (7), (Johnson, Bishop)
Bishop and Alex Killorn were the game's first and second stars.
One game after being shelled for 7 goals on their home ice and with the entire hockey world writing their epitaph, the Lightning defied conventional wisdom and turned in the single greatest defensive effort in the history of the franchise. Coming into this game, the northern hockey media pounded an incessant drum beat for 2-1/2 days about how the Lightning simply had no chance. The Rangers held a 7-0 lifetime in Game Sevens at home. They had won 6 consecutive playoff Game Sevens, an NHL record. And, yes, Lundqvist was nearly unbeatable in Game Sevens, having won all 6 of those Game Sevens. How would the young Lightning, after getting embarrassed in Game Six, possibly rebound in the face of a mountain of ominous statistics? It was 2-1/2 days of an all out national media blitz which screamed, "The Lighting are DOOMED! DOOOOOOOOOOOMMMMMED!"
From Jon Cooper (who was maligned by the likes of New Yorker Keith Olbermann as a "junior college coach" after Game Six) through Steven Stamkos, and down to the likes of Killorn, it seemed that every single member of the Lightning organization absorbed the hyperbolic shark jumping of the national media and chose to use it as a motivational lens to focus in on the task at hand and play about as close to perfect a defensive game as is humanly possible. The Lightning didn't just defend like demons in their defensive third like they did in Game Five, they contested every single inch of ice for the full 200 feet. It was a symphony of positioning, support, and pure hustle the likes of which have never been seen by players in Lightning jerseys, even in the 2004 Cup run. Combined with a forechecking/possession game that was far closer to their normal swarming effort of the regular season, this really was the complete game. Note: it wasn't just the Triplets or even the top two lines tonight, either. The checkers, oft maligned, were superb tonight. Ryan Callahan and J.T. Brown, in particular, were difference makers in all three zones and very threatening in the offensive zone. Were it not for some scintillating saves by Lundqvist, this could've easily a 4-0 or 5-0 win by the Lightning.
All in all, you have to be thoroughly impressed with it all. It really proves what I've always thought about this franchise: they play better the in the disrespected underdog role with a gigantic chip on their shoulder. In situations like this, they always play better than when they're too fat and happy on media plaudits or from the league banquet circuit. The Lightning are, and ever shall be, gate crashers in the NHL. Embrace it, bask in it, and use it as fuel, like they did tonight. I'm thoroughly impressed that a team this young could figure out how to strangle the life out of a grizzled, Presidents Trophy winning team in their barn under the harsh scrutiny of the biggest media market in the world and punch their ticket for the Stanley Cup Finals.
And, it's just the tip of the iceberg. Remember, Sinatra said if you can make it there... well, you know the rest. I said it after Game Six of the Montreal series, which was a gem in its own right, but were I Jon Cooper I'd tell this group, "Now that you've shown you can do it, especially on the defensive side of the ice, don't shortchange yourself and settle for anything less. You know how it's done and the sky is the limit. So go out and do it, now."
Now, I could use this moment to further expound on my thoughts about Rangers fans, the New York media, and Martin St. Louis, but nah. Success is the best revenge, so I'll take the high road instad. I would like to note, though, that the Lightning didn't get a power play the entire game, matching the Game Seven travesty in 2011 against Boston. The Rangers got 2 power plays in the Second Period with the game 0-0, one of which was a very soft "hooking" call on Morrow, showing the refs had no problem giving the Rangers some opportunities to score that all important first goal, whereas some obvious infractions like a high stick taken by Nikita Kucherov, went completely uncalled. So, as expected, and as has been the norm against the traditional, big market teams, there were times the Lightning had to play (and win) 5-on-7. And no, NHL, just because the Lightning won doesn't mean we forgive, or forget. And yes, NHL, you ought to be ashamed.
As a post script, Steven Stamkos treated the Prince of Wales Trophy like a piece of molten hot lava. That's good captaining. We'll pass the rest of the night away with NBCSN holding a wake for the New York Rangers rather than giving the just plaudits the Lightning deserve, and then see this weekend whether Chicago or Anaheim advances to the Finals. I will say this about both teams: after having gone through a very hot Petr Mrazek, the presumptive MVP in Carey Price, and a living legend like Henrik Lundqvist, neither of those teams have netminders that should intimidate the Lightning's snipers. And, if the Lightning start to play defensively on a plane closer to what they did tonight, consistently, then I really like their chances to go all the way.
Nikita Nesterov played just 3:10 tonight. Game Seven? 0-0 game most of the way? On the road with the Rangers holding the last change? Yeah, Nikita was there for moral support and water bottle filling only. Not surprising.
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NHL Playoff Game Night: 5-26-14 Rangers at LightningSubmitted by pete on May 26, 2015 - 22:33
Game Four redux, unfortunately.
Eastern Conference Finals
Game Six
Series Tied 3-3
Ben Bishop allowed 5 goals on 26 shots for the loss before giving way to Andrei Vasilevskiy, who allowed 1 goal on 7 shots the rest of the way. Bishop never looked completely comfortable in this game, but I can't really fault him on any of the 5 goals he allowed. The Rangers' first two goals had distinct puck luck elements to them off of soft point shots that hit traffic in front. The remaining 3 goals in the Third Period resulted from a complete defensive meltdown by the Lightning in front of Bishop, as they neglected to even attempt to play that side of the game down 2-1 coming out of the Second Intermission.
First Period
3:36 NYR Brassard (7), (Miller, Boyle)
15:30 NYR Yandle (2), (Brassard, Nash)
17:20 TB Callahan (1), (Stralman, Bishop)(PP)
Second Period
Third Period
3:02 NYR Miller (1), (Brassard, Nash)
6:00 NYR Sheppard (1), (Moore, Glass)
7:14 NYR Brassard (8), (Miller, Nash)
7:50 TB Kucherov (8), (Johnson)
10:21 NYR Nash (5), (Yandle, Miller)(PP)
13:21 TB Kucherov (9), (Johnson, Nesterov)
18:19 NYR Brassard (9), (unassisted)(EN)
I'm just at a loss to explain what's transpired in both Game Four and Game Six of this series. I honestly can't fault the effort of the team in both games. As with Game Four, the Lightning had the majority of possession, shots, and chances through the first 40-45 minutes. Perhaps they didn't have the same quality of chances tonight as they did in Game Four, but still, they didn't necessarily deserve to be down 2-1 heading into the Third Period either. The Rangers rode a bit of puck luck and good goaltending to the advantage heading into the final frame. There, as in Game Four, the Lightning just absolutely left any pretense of playing defense in the locker room and just got burned to death because of it. They were so impatient to fly the zone to seek the equalizing goals they just absolutely went brain dead with turnovers and poor defensive zone coverage. Maybe it's better that Game Seven is on the road, because the team seems to have a healthy fear of those types of mistakes playing in the other team's barn that doesn't exist when they play at home lately.
I'll say this also: it's pretty clear if the Lightning are to win Game Seven it'll be a 5-on-7 victory, because the officiating tilted against the Lightning pretty hard tonight. For a team that had so much more possession, zone time, and the greater quantity of chances, the Lightning only got 2 power plays in the first 2 periods of the game, and none in a Second Period that they dominated. That just seems improbable bordering on impossible, and it's even more frustrating when you consider the phantom hooking call Nikita Kucherov got in the Second Period and the obviously embellished hooking call on Morrow that also came in the Second Period. When you contrast that against the pretty nasty slash Nikita Kucherov took away from the puck by Staal in this game (no call) and the pivotal non-call on a trip of Tyler Johnson that occurred early in the Third Period (again, no call), well...
I'll let you draw your own conclusions about which way the officiating will tilt in Game Seven. If I had my guess, it'll be an anything-goes affair where the refs will just about completely pocket their whistles and the Lightning will need a mixture of the defensive discipline they got in Game Five in MSG and the stellar goaltending they got against Detroit in their previous Game Seven in this playoff run. That's entirely possible, despite the media's breathless rush to proclaim the Lightning DOA based on the Rangers' all-time home Game Seven record. But, it requires the Lightning to buckle down mentally again like they did for Game Five. Honestly, they just need to realize they're still in a great spot. If you offered any team in the league the opportunity to play in Game Seven of their conference finals at the start of the year, they'd have taken it gladly and thanked you for the opportunity. That's all the Lightning need to take to heart after tonight. 7-3 aren't the numbers that matter. 3-3 and the chance to advance to the Stanley Cup finals with a single victory are. Things are never as bad as they appear, and a change of fortune and redemption are just a game away.
Nikita Nesterov was +1 with 2 penalty minutes in 11:00 of ice time.
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NHL Playoff Game Night: 5-24-15 Lightning at RangersSubmitted by pete on May 24, 2015 - 22:18
Tampa Bay whips New York at its own game.
Eastern Conference Finals
Game Five
Tampa Bay Leads the Series 3-2
Ben Bishop stopped all 26 shots he faced behind a masterful defensive effort to get the shutout. He was challenged pretty hard by the talking heads in the media after allowing 10 goals total in the previous two games of the series, and he smothered what few chances the Rangers developed tonight. He was especially strong in the First Period as the Lightning played a classic road strategy where they successfully weathered the home club's early charge. In the end, U of Maine Justice reigned supreme, and were I a superstitious man I might be advocating having Nesterov hit Bishop in the tender bits during warm-ups before every game from here on out if that's the performance you end up getting out of it.
First Period
Second Period
13:29 TB Filppula (3), (Stamkos, Stralman)
18:22 TB Stamkos (7), (Palat, Kucherov)(PP)
Third Period
Steven Stamkos, Bishop, and Valtteri Filppula were the game's three stars.
I am absolutely shocked at this result. Not so much that the Lightning won, mind you, but how they won was absolutely amazing. The Lightning essentially followed the Rangers' own recipe and baked up a sweet confection filled with defensive dominance. The Lightning typically do not play well without the puck. They are a possession team and they have looked lost for most of the past couple of years in games where the other team tilts the ice against them. Tonight, playing against an amped up Rangers team fresh off a 5-1 win on their home ice in MSG, they played a nearly flawless, defense-first road game where they comfortably absorbed the Rangers' pushes and eventually manufactured the goals they needed on a counter rush and late on the power play. At the heart of it all was a Herculean effort by the team's much-maligned penalty kill, which went 4-for-4 tonight and made the Rangers look positively non-threatening on their last 3 chances with the extra man. These are things I'm fairly certain the Lightning were not constructed for, and yet they executed that style with amazing efficiency. And, once they had that 2-goal lead, they put the lid on in the Third Period with a calmness they absolutely failed to muster in their Game Three victory that ended up getting pushed to Overtime.
So, I'll say this: If the Lightning continue to prove they can win games like this consistently when they don't have the lion's share of possession, I don't know how you can beat them in a 7-game series. They continue to shore up every major hole and weakness in their game little by little as these playoffs move along. Bad PK last year? Looked pretty good most of these playoffs. Non-existent power play all regular season? Now they're getting key goals at key times. Waiting on your franchise cornerstones (Stamkos and Hedman) to rise up and be the team's best players along with Bishop? Sure looked that way tonight. When you layer learning to play a strong defensive game without the puck and learning how to protect leads in tight games on top of that, they're on the verge of becoming positively terrifying to play against. And, imagine this: Vladislav Namestnikov, Jonathan Drouin, and Slater Koekkoek aren't even regular contributors to this team, yet. They'll be even more talented at this time next season. I won't throw the "dy" word out there quite yet, but you can see where this might be progressing. They haven't played their best hockey consistently yet, and yet they've still managed to put the veteran-laden President's Trophy winner on the ropes after disposing of the presumptive MVP netminder in the previous round and NHL royalty in the Red Wings in the opening series. It just shows how incredibly talented this team is.
Now, here's another test for the Lightning. Much like the Montreal series, you don't want this game to go to a Game Seven in their barn. You don't want to step foot in New York again until next season. Now: finish them. Put the offensive jump from Game Four together with the defensive play from Game Five and the finishing from Game Two and Game Three and put the Rangers away. Do so, and the team punches its ticket for the Stanley Cup Finals. To paraphrase Tyler Johnson, how cool is that?
Nikita Nesterov was +1 with 1 hit in 8:02, with his ice time limited in a tight game on the road with the team not holding last change. I have to say, I'm pleased how he's tightened up his game in the defensive zone after looking a little loose in that department in the Montreal series. He could be a monster in another year or two once he gets a full regular season in to develop further at the NHL level.
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NHL Playoff Game Night: 5-22-15 Rangers at LightningSubmitted by pete on May 22, 2015 - 22:12
Rangers manufacture a smack down of their own.
Eastern Conference Finals
Game Four
Series Tied 2-2
Ben Bishop allowed 5 goals on 24 shots for the loss. There was nothing super-soft in the five goals, but he did have a couple of rebound goals that went through him five-hole, and five-hole tends to be a spot where Bishop gets leaky when he's a little off. He actually looked sharper than in Game Three, to me, but he needs to be better nonetheless. It's an ugly, albeit deceptive, stat line.
First Period
17:18 NYR Nash (3), (Hayes, Hagelin)
Second Period
11:30 TB Stamkos (6), (Killorn, Filppula)
15:16 NYR Kreider (7), (Klein, Yandle)
17:04 NYR Yandle (1), (Klein, Nash)
Third Period
5:08 NYR St. Louis (1), (Brassard, Boyle)(PP)
11:33 NYR Nash (4), (Hayes, Yandle)(PP)
Alex Killorn was the game's third star.
This game, in many ways, was a mirror of the Lightning's win in Game Two in New York. They utterly dominated the Rangers for the first 45 minutes of the game, but New York got some good goaltending and some puck luck and eventually built a lead that they then took to blowout proportions with a couple of Third Period PP markers. The turning point of the game was a soft Brendan Morrow pass around the boards behind his own net with the score tied at 1-1 that became a cheap goal for the Rangers. They then got some puck luck on a point shot that bounced in off of Victor Hedman's leg, and things just went straight downhill from there for the Lightning. By the end, you had a Lightning bench that looked a little shell shocked because they, like a lot of Lightning fans, couldn't figure out how the heck they got clubbed by 4 goals in a game they absolutely dominated in shots, chances, and possession. That's the way hockey is sometimes, though.
It's very important right now for the Lightning to focus more on 2-2 (the series) instead of 5-1 (the Game Four score), which will be a test of their maturity. A Game Four hangover leading to a flat start in Game Five could well cost them the series. They need to take some solace in the fact they actually played pretty darned well through 45 minutes until garbage time set in and they need to recognize that they just need to bury their chances and continue to clean up the turnovers like Morrow's blunder. It's a three game series now and it wasn't unreasonable to expect this to be a six or seven game series when it started, so there should be no panic right now. It's a 2-2 series. Not a big deal. Not anything mind blowing. Not anything unexpected. Throw out this game's score as being partly as a function of buzzard's luck, tune out the northern media harping about Nash and St. Louis suddenly being let loose out of the barn, and just hunker down and win Game Five. That's what the approach, mentally, has got to be right now.
Lineup changes? I see a lot of people calling for Brendan Morrow's head and a lot of people calling for Cedric Paquette's head after he got pylonized dropping back on D on Nash's First Period goal. Here's the problem, though: I'm not sure you can trust what your second options (Namestnikov, Drouin, and/or Marchessault) will give you if they draw into the lineup, especially on the defensive end. My point being, I don't know that there are any really good options floating around out there, other than rolling the dice on Drouin's outstanding individual skill and speed.
Also, I must say, Kevin Hayes needs to get suspended for that dirty slash to Tyler Johnson's abdomen. Dirty, dirty play.
Nikita Nesterov had 1 shot, 2 hits, and 2 penalty minutes in 14:43. He had at least one glorious opportunity early in the game and has been better on the defensive end to boot.
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NHL Playoff Game Night: 5-20-15 Rangers at LightningSubmitted by pete on May 20, 2015 - 22:59
Track meet ends on a King-sized softie.
Eastern Conference Finals
Game Three
Tampa Bay Leads the Series 2-1
Ben Bishop allowed 5 goals on 28 shots for the OT victory. He looked tired and possibly a little hurt tonight. His positioning was off. Rebound control was poor. He was fighting it, but he's a battler and fortunately he got the goal support from the guys in front of him. Hopefully he can get some rest and treatment and get back in the groove for Game Four.
First Period
1:02 NYR Brassard (6), (Boyle, Stepan)(PP)
9:55 NYR Fast (2), (Kreider, McDonagh)
11:07 TB Stamkos (5), (Killorn)
Second Period
10:32 TB Palat (5), (Johnson, Stamkos)(PP)
13:17 TB Johnson (12), (Palat, Hedman)
17:18 TB Killorn (6), (Hedman)
17:47 NYR Fast (3), (Klein, Stepan)
Third Period
2:28 NYR McDonagh (3), (Hayes, Yandle)(PP)
14:05 TB Palat (6), (Nesterov, Kucherov)
18:04 NYR Boyle (3), (Miller, Yandle)
3:33 TB Kucherov (7), (Nesterov)
The Lightning deserved to win tonight. Let's say that right from the jump. They may not have deserved to win Game One and may not have been 4 goals better in Game Two, but they had the run of play in their favor most of the night tonight and deserved the "W". They possessed the puck most of the night, they were extremely physical, and they produced tons of scoring chances. That's the glass half full. They absolutely deserved the result they got tonight.
On the flip side, there were a lot of mistakes in this game that the team still needs to clean up if they are going to take this series. They ultimately got off the hook tonight because of the horrific softie allowed by Lundqvist in Overtime, but on most nights they're not getting off the hook with the bevy of mistakes they made. The first goal was a PP goal on a very dubious roughing call on the first shift on Paquette. I call baloney on that, and we'll put it aside. The second goal was on a bad line change compounded by Matt Carle getting hurt in the neutral zone, thereby putting the Lightning in a situation where they had 1/2 of a defenseman on the ice. Not ideal. We'll see when/if Carle can return. Looked like maybe a concussion situation to me, but we'll see. Those 2 goals put the Lightning behind the 8-ball early and it was a critical goal by Stamkos on the rebound on a 2-on-1 that allowed the Lightning to stay in the game in a First Period that they otherwise dominated.
They built a 2 goal lead in the Second Period through superior play and really deserved to have a much easier way to the finish line in this one, but they let New York off the hook. The Lightning had a lapse in the shift directly after their 4th goal that allowed Fast to get a greasy goal, and that allowed the Rangers to hang around going into the Third Period. The team made some great strides in the Detroit and Montreal series protecting leads, but they blew a pair of 1 goal Third Period leads tonight. Johnson had a neutral zone turnover that led to a Sustr tripping call that yielded New York's 4th goal, and then they had an unforced icing and a bad loss on a defensive zone draw that led to New York's 5th goal. Again, a slew of little mistakes that marred a game that the team otherwise dominated. So, there's tons to clean up. Additionally, the Lightning PK that has been so fantastic all playoffs long has looked very vulnerable the past 2 games. A more disciplined Lightning team would be in a very advantageous position, because from here on out I suspect they'll be the better team at even strength as they get stronger over the course of the series. Don't give the Rangers power plays and allow them to manufacture goals and stick around in games and the series with the man advantage.
All that said, though, the genie looks to be fully out of the bottle offensively for the Lightning and Lundqvist has looked extremely mortal against the Lightning this year. The power play in on track and both the Stamkos and Johnson lines are creating a slew of chances. On the Stamkos line, in particular, Stamkos and Killorn have looked fearsome on the forecheck in this series with a mix of brutality and skill that forms a thunder/lightning contrast to the surgical precision and speed of the Johnson line. It's got to be in New York's head a bit, at this point, frankly. I firmly believe if the Lightning get to 3 goals in any given game in this series, there's an extremely high chance they'll win the game because it forces the Rangers to play the Lightning's style and not their own, and right now the Rangers don't look like they're holding the Lightning to 2 goals or less anytime soon. They almost stole a game playing more of a Lightning-style high scoring game tonight, but ultimately lost their opportunity and it may really be the first big nail in their coffin in this series.
Right now complacency is the big enemy for the Lightning, though. They HAVE to come out with the same intensity and physical approach in Game Four, while also cleaning up some of their mistakes. New York's like a fighter that's been stunned by a good haymaker. Their legs are a little weak, and they're looking a little wobbly, but they're not down and out yet. The Lightning have to put them on the canvas in Game Four. If they do so, they haven't lost 3 straight games all season long, so... well... you can do the math. If they don't, this is a 3 game series with the Rangers holding home ice, which is a much harder road for the Lightning to traverse.
Nikita Nesterov had 2 helpers and was +1 with 2 penalty minutes, 1 shot, and 1 hit in 14:14. He got a little extra IT to help compensate for the loss of Carle, and give him credit, he made some good passes as a puck mover to get his forwards off and running on the rush for two key late goals. That makes up for the penalty he took in the Second Period when, thankfully, the PK let him off the hook at a danger time in the game with the Lightning down 2-1. It's a different game if they fall back behind by 2 early in the Second Period.
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NHL Playoff Game Night: 5-18-15 Lightning at RangersSubmitted by pete on May 18, 2015 - 22:25
Manufactured smack down.
Eastern Conference Finals
Game Two
Series Tied 1-1
Ben Bishop remains my #1 story of the playoffs, allowing just 2 goals on 37 shots for the victory. With all due respect to Tyler Johnson, Bishop's carrying this team on his back right now. He's erasing copious amounts of defensive mistakes in front of him and giving the Lightning an opportunity to win every single night, like he did again here in Game Two. His stop with the left pad on Fast at 3-2 in the Third Period may not have only been a game saver, but a series saver, too.
First Period
5:38 TB Johnson (9), (Killorn)(SH)
8:50 NYR Kreider (6), (St. Louis, Boyle)(PP)
11:15 TB Johnson (10), (Stamkos, Kucherov)(PP)
Second Period
8:17 TB Johnson (11), (Palat, Kucherov)
14:17 NYR Stepan (5), (St. Louis, Boyle)(PP)
Third Period
3:09 TB Killorn (4), (Hedman, Filppula)
6:28 TB Stamkos (4), (Coburn, Kucherov)(PP)
17:58 TB Killorn (5), (Garrison, Filppula)(PP)
Johnson, Alex Killorn, and Nikita Kucherov were the game's three stars. Ben Bishop's my guy in this playoff run, but there's little doubt that if the Lightning go all the way Johnson will win the Conn Smyth. His hat trick tonight puts him 1 goal shy of the Lightning record for goals in a playoff season, and we're sitting at Game Two of the Eastern Conference Finals. Bishop, Johnson, and the Lightning PK have been the reason the Lightning have gotten this far, but the suddenly white hot PP may be what puts them over the top. They were 3/6 tonight and continue to flirt with 50% with the man advantage over the last 7-8 games. I don't know how the team loses a series with the power play clicking at this level, given they led the league in goals during the regular season with nothing resembling a PP from November on.
With all that said, this game was tighter than the score indicates. The Lightning matched the Rangers' effort level tonight, unlike Game One, and produced the chances they needed to win. But, they still made a large sackful of turnovers and mistakes that could've ended in catastrophe were it not for Bishop's ongoing excellence. Jon Cooper and his staff will look at the tape and have plenty to clean up, but I feel pretty safe in saying the Lightning just played their 2 worst games of the series and they only lost Game One 2-1 and they eventually blew out NY in Game Two 6-2. Game Three will be a lot more tight checking, so the Lightning need to refocus going home to Tampa in good position with everything reduced to a 5 game series with the Lightning holding home ice advantage.
Nikita Nesterov had 2 hits and 2 blocked shots in 12:49. He had a goal on a 2-on-1 and took his eye off the puck trying to one time it into the open side. He didn't have the anxious moments on defense he had in the Montreal series, and having him in the lineup in a 7 D alignment provides the team an assertive pace pusher and scrambles the forward lines enough to make it harder for a team that likes to play matchup as much as the Rangers do.
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NHL Playoff Game Day: 5-16-15 Lightning at RangersSubmitted by pete on May 16, 2015 - 15:02
Little things cost the Lightning again...
Eastern Conference Finals
Game One
New York Leads the Series 1-0
Ben Bishop continues to sparkle, allowing just 2 goals on 30 shots for the loss. I can't fault Ben on two greasy goals, one of which was a puck deflected off a body in front. He game the Lightning every opportunity to win the game while the team figured out an approach that would work against the Rangers.
First Period
Second Period
19:47 NYR Stepan (4), (Kreider, McDonagh)
Third Period
6:45 TB Palat (4), (Johnson, Hedman)(PP)
17:35 NYR Moore (1), (Hayes, Brassard)
Ondrej Palat was the game's third star.
The Rangers probably deserved the win today, given the overall run of play, but the Lightning did a lot of good things and put themselves in position to steal Game One. They weathered a very spirited First Period by New York with the Rangers coming out flying, largely on the strength of Bishop's goaltending. Then, with fatigue slowly starting to creep in for New York and nerves wearing off in the Second Period, the team started to slowly turn the momentum until a little disaster struck late in the period. Steven Stamkos failed to pay the price to take a couple of extra strides to get the red line and get the puck deep late, and the Rangers took the resulting turnover and eventually cashed on a greasy goal that hit traffic in front and found Stepan at the side of Bishop's cage. The Lightning really came on in the Third Period, drawing 3 PP's from The Rangers, but in a game that tight it just takes a bounce to lose. Kevin Hayes threw a sharp angle shot off Moore in front of the net and in, and the Lightning find themselves down 1-0 in the series.
If you're a glass half empty person, you'll note that the third pairing of Carle/Sustr (particularly Carle) is the most glaring weak spot on the team right now. It's bad. The Lightning had a high amount of turnovers in the game, some of which were the result of the Rangers flying on the forecheck to start the game, but there were a ton of really stupid unforced errors, too. And, Carle seemed to be at the heart of a lot of those unforced errors. Also, the team had nothing resembling support from the bottom two lines with Boyle a late scratch and Marchessault a liability in this contest. Namestnikov also showed a lot of jitters and withered a bit in the big moments, like a 2-on-1 he meekly centered right into a sprawled Rangers defender in the Third Period. It's not like the coaches have a ton of choices, though. They either bite the bullet and give Drouin a chance or they don't.
Glass half full, it looks like the Stamkos line is going to be able to do some business in this series and the PP cashed in again. The Lightning also won the faceoff battle, at least on paper, even with Boyle out. And, Bishop. Enough said.
Game Two is going to be very big. The Lightning found some things that worked in the Third Period and I expect a big push from them to try to even up the series before it shifts back to Tampa.
Jonathan Marchessault had 2 shots in 11:40. He looked like a deer in headlights to me in the First Period, with some cringe-worthy turnovers. He settled down as things went along, but I'm just not sure this is a series that suits his game. He and Namestnikov (6:52 of IT), in particular, may need to draw out for Game Two. Obviously, you hope Boyle can go in Game Two and then Cooper will need to decide whether to go with 7 D or maybe try Drouin again. Some tinkering definitely needs to happen on the third pair and bottom two lines, though, because they were glaring liabilities, at times.
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NHL Playoff Game Night: 5-12-15 Canadiens at LightningSubmitted by pete on May 12, 2015 - 22:41
The night it all came together...
Eastern Conference Semifinals
Game Six
Tampa Bay Wins the Series 4-2
Ben Bishop allowed 1 goal on 19 shots for the victory, with the lone goal coming off a play where a puck took a goofy hop off the glass. He didn't have a ton of work, but he continued to make the key saves when he needed to. The national press just realized Bishop is no fluke. It's no small thing to out-duel the presumptive MVP, Carey Price, in a 7-game series. Did he get some lucky, horseshoe breaks? Sure. But you make your own luck, and Bishop was the MVP of this Montreal series.
First Period
15:35 TB Kucherov (5), (Palat)
Second Period
5:12 TB Stamkos (3), (Killorn, Carle)
18:56 TB Palat (3), (Kucherov, Stralman)(PP)
Third Period
15:03 MTL Pacioretty (5), (Gallagher)
17:59 TB Kucherov (6), (unassisted)(EN)
Steven Stamkos, Bishop, and Nikita Kucherov were the game's three stars.
After muddling through much of the first dozen games of this playoff season, tonight the Lightning finally figured out how to translate their regular season style to a successful 60 minute hockey game. You could see it coming in their 5-on-5 play in Montreal in Game Five, and once the Johnson line worked their way into scoring the opening goal in the First Period, the Lightning were fully off and running. The Lightning completely dominated the Habs from there on out. Outshot them. Outchanced them. Outhit them. They even did a number on Montreal in the faceoff circles after struggling mightily in that department for most of the series. All in all, it was the first time in these playoffs that the Lightning played a full game of Lightning hockey, which points to the tremendous potential of this club. Even struggling to figure out postseason hockey, the Lightning had the talent to advance within 1 game of the Eastern Conference Finals. Tonight, all the pieces fell into place.
Moreover, the Lightning have filled in some important gaps in their game from the regular season, and may be be finally reaching their full potential as a team. That should be terrifying to the rest of the league, considering that the Lightning still managed to put up a 100+ point season and lead the league in goals even without a functional power play and without a really strong ability to close out close games in the Third Period. The Lightning got 7 goals on the power play in the Montreal series, and starting late in the Detroit series they started to really look more comfortable and efficient protecting Third Period leads and playing a more simple 200 foot game.
Oh, and after being MIA in the Detroit series, all of a sudden Kucherov is fully on track and Stamkos is getting on track. Yikes.
Credit BP member Bolthed with the following paraphrased point from the BP chat room, which I think strikes the right tone, post game: I hope Coach Cooper stood up in front of his team after the game and said something along the lines of the following...
"Boys, congratulations for advancing to the Eastern Conference Finals. It hasn't always been easy, and it darn sure hasn't always been pretty. But, you've worked hard and you've learned and gotten a little strong, bit by bit, along the way. Tonight, you finally put it all together, and I'm proud of you guys for that. But, you know what? Now there are no more excuses. Now that you've proven you can put it all together it's on you guys to play at that same level every game from here on out. You can do it. You've shown you can do it. You had the talent, and now you've got the experience. Anything less and you're cheating yourselves."
And at that point, I hope he asked Stamkos and Hedman to stand up in front of the team and talk about 2011, and guys like Stralman and Boyle about their experience with the Rangers, and what it feels like to come that close to winning it all. Once you get this deep in the playoffs and are one of the final four teams, you're in the rarefied air of an event that may never come in your life again. You only get so many kicks at the can and only so many real chances to get your name on the Stanley Cup.
Capitalize it, and as Tim Taylor said in 2004, your team will walk together forever. When you lose though, like the Lightning did in 2011 in Game Seven against Boston by such a slim margin, it's the kind of thing you take to your grave. As a fan, I'll never get over 2011 and how close the Lightning were to advancing and probably winning their second Stanley Cup. Maybe it's a sign of my lack of an adequate social life, but there's not a day over the last 4 years I haven't thought about it and wished they could've gotten those couple of more goals they needed to advance and how that would've changed the legacy of that team and the franchise. I can only imagine what the players like Stamkos and Hedman who were in that room and shed blood, sweat, and tears with that team feel. They have to understand the fierce urgency of this moment and impart that wisdom on their teammates who haven't experienced a deep run like this at the NHL level before. When you get this far, you've got to win it all. You've got to. You've got to sell out mentally, emotionally, physically, and spiritually for every single shift of every single game, because you don't want to cheat yourselves and you don't want to find yourself looking back and regretting what might have been. For the next 4-6 weeks (hopefully), the Lightning will put everything of themselves toward this singular goal. It'll be grueling. It'll be nerve wracking. It'll galvanize a city behind the team that wears their jersey and shares their community. And that, folks, is what makes the Stanley Cup Playoffs the most unique and exciting experience in all of professional sports.
Jonathan Marchessault had 1 shot and 1 hit in 11:15 in his NHL playoff debut. Credit the coaching staff for monitoring how well Marchessault was practicing and for having the guts to insert him in the lineup in such a big spot. He didn't score tonight, but he made smart plays with the puck and was poised defensively in a way the younger forwards haven't always been in these playoffs.
Nikita Nesterov had 1 shot and 1 hit in 6:19. He had some anxious moments in his own end in the First Period. That's been the trade off with Nesterov. You get some possession advantages, but he looks a little hairy at times in his own third. Hence the lower ice time.
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Today we take a look at an amazing crossover in the pages of My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic.
Okay, in My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic #11-12, by Katie Cook and Andy Price (and colorist Heather Breckel), Princess Cadance and Shining Armor are relating the story of how they first fell in love back in high school (they eventually got married).
In the first part of this two-part story, we see how Shining Armor's friends tried to help him win Cadance over.
Notice the pony Gaffer who comes up with the plan.
Okay, so at the end of #11, the plan fails miserably and Cadance goes to the prom with this jerk pony named Buck Withers.
Gaffer and the gang aren't giving up yet (meanwhile, Cadance is planning on breaking up with Buck at the dance anyways)…
At the dance, Gaffer runs interference for Shining Armor and Cadance…
Things were looking good until the king and the queen were named and it was Cadance and that jerk Buck. He uses the opportunity to run Shining Armor down, calling him a loser, etc. But then Shining Armor stands up to him and Gaffer jumps in and has everyone rally around what a good pony Shining Armor is…
And thus, the day is won!
However, check out the ending…
Yep, Sam Beckett (or at least the pony version of Sam Beckett) leaped into Gaffer and his mission on this leap was to get Cadance and Shining Armor together! How awesome is that? What a great bit by Cook and Price (Price's first comic gig was drawing Quantum Leap twenty years ago for Innovation, so it was doubly cool by him!)
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I would have liked to have seen some animated QL. Would have been nice to see him leap into Shaggy.
Another great idea for "The Line is Drawn" series…"Quantum Leap Meets…."
Is that pony in last panel dead?
Actually it seems more like that's what Sam *thought* his mission was. But the fact that he hadn't leaped suggests it might be something else or that it's part of a larger component.
The other big question is why is Al a pony? Maybe Ziggy made Al look different so that Sam could more readily adjust to his new surroundings?
"Buck Withers" is such a great 1980s teen movie comedy school bully name
Oh boy…
Mark_S: There was a rumor back in the day of QL planning an episode where the leap landed him in an animated universe.
Several fanfic authors, not being deterred by this not actually happening, wrote stories to that effect. One of my favorites was a "A Leap and a Half", which had Sam leaping several times within the Ranma 1/2 universe, into different characters each time, because something (from his previous leaping experience) kept screwing things back up.
@Andy Presumably Ziggy projected Al as a pony because the ponies (like all animals and children) would actually be able to see him.
And there's a theory I never thought I'd ever have reason to consider!
But if the ponies could see Al, then they'd also be able to tell Sam had replaced the other pony…
Maybe this is something we just shouldn't question too closely.
My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic should adapt this story for the animated series. Gaffer would, of course, be voiced by Scott Bakula. Buck Withers could be voiced by William Zabka
The Quantum Leap cameo is the least strange thing here.
Does this really count as a "crossover"? It's more like a quaint reference in the last panel. If there had been clues the whole time that the pony was Sam, I'd buy it.
I mean, "Family Guy" did this once on that episode where Neal was trying to get with Meg.
You can certainly take it as a one-off gag. I think it's all what's more fun for the individual reader. If for a reader, the most fun take is that it is in fact a true crossover, then for that reader it is despite the evidence hinging on that one panel..If it was a piece of actual history the truth would be more important to me, but since it's all make believe, I opt to make believe that Sam did in fact leap in.
That pretty much came out of nowhere. :I
Now I want a miniseries like the recently-completed X-Files one in which Quantum Leap crosses over with a different property every issue.
Who has the rights to Quantum Leap these days?
I'd like to see a Quantum Leap / Star Trek: Enterprise crossover where Sam Beckett leaps into Jonathan Archer, and his task to "put right what once went wrong" is to turn it into a show that doen't suck
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Steak & Eggs$14.95
fischer farms flank steak marinated in helios pale ale and flash grilled. served with scalloped idaho and sweet potatoes topped with goat cheese, 2 over-easy eggs, and chimmichurri sauce
The Tuna$17.95
wasabi peanut dusted yellowfin tuna seared rare with sticky rice, sriracha-soy dipping sauce, and napa slaw with edamame, bell pepper, carrot, and scallion dressed in our thai chili vinaigrette
Hash & Eggs$12.95
homestyle hash with roasted red and golden beets, new potato, zucchini, spinach, onions, garlic cream sauce, local goat cheese, 2 over-easy eggs, fresh chive
Wit Macaroni & Cheese
penne pasta, sautéed garlic, upland wheat beer, fresh cream, mozzarella and cheddar-jack, toasted garlic baguette
- $13.95
- Add Grilled Chicken Or Southwest Tofu For $3.00
Pasta Primavera$13.95
artichokes, zucchini, asparagus, spinach, kalamata olives and garlic tossed with penne pasta and our homemade fresh herb marinara. served with garlic baguette and shaved parmesan curls
Homemade Desserts
Carrot Cake$5.25
homemade carrot cake with cinnamon and raisins topped with toasted coconut and cream cheese icing
Locally Made Ice Cream$5.75
rotating ice cream from our favorite local shop, the chocolate mouse
Chocolate Walnut Brownie A La Mode$6.50
made from scratch with walnuts, bittersweet & white chocolate. served warm with chocolate moose ice cream
Root: 1 Carmenere
rich flavors of plum, blackberry and spice. root: 1 practices management of water use and water waste quality and preservation of wildlife habitats
- $7.00
- $27.00
Root: 1 Pinot Noir
meduim body with ripe cherry flavors and silky tannins. root: 1 practices sustainable viticulture and donates to tree-planting and ecosystem restoration projects
- $7.00
- $27.00
Oliver Shiraz
hints of dark berries and a slightly spicy finish. supporting our neighbor to the north
- $8.00
- $31.00
Padrillos Malbec
aromas of dark fruit with notes of sweet spices and soft, subtle tannins. this vineyard in the uco valley was certifed organic in 2011
- $7.00
- $27.00
Cousino Macul Cabernet
ripe berries and spices along with velvety tannis and hints of dark chocolate. cousino macul employs energy efficiency, waste minimization and reforestation
- $8.00
- $31.00
Oliver Moscato
sweet with fruity, tropical flavors and a lively spritz. buying from a local winery helps to reduce carbon emissions created by the transport of the wine
- $6.50
- $25.00
Oliver Riesling
apple and tropical fruit flavors with mild sweetness. as one of the largest wineries in the eastern u.s., strengthening employment opportunities in the community
- $6.50
- $25.00
Oliver Pinot Grigio
lean and smooth with flavors of pear and subtle peach. buying local recycles money through the community generating taxes to support our quality of life
- $7.00
- $27.00
Kato Sauvignon Blanc
lively tropical notes along with flinty minerality and a dry crisp finish. kato is dedicated to sustainable practices and a proud sponser of the whale and dolphin conservation society
- $8.00
- $31.00
Cono Sur Chardonnay
refreshing citrus aromas, fruity notes of white peach, along with hints of minerality. cono sur became the first winery to obtain carbonneutral delivery status
- $7.00
- $27.00
Dragonfly Ipa
a brew with a very powerful hop powerful, matching malt character, and an enticing floral nose. 6.4% abv, 40 ibu, & 15.3 starting gravity
Wheat Ale
brewed with organic coriander, chamomile and orange peel to be light on the tongue and refreshingly tart. 4.5% abv, 12.6 ibu, & 11 starting gravity gold medal-2002 great american beer festival
Helios Pale
a refreshingly crisp, citrusy, and slightly bitter brew. 4.8% abv, 31.3 ibu, & 11.9 starting gravity silver medal - 2003 great american beer festival. bronze medal - 2010 world beer cup
Bad Elmer's Porter
medium-bodied beer, brewed with lot of roasted malt, giving it flavors of coffee, liquorice, and chocolate. 5.0% abv, 20.5 ibu, & 13.5 starting gravity. bronze medal winner - 2004 world beer cup
Champagne Velvet
pre-prohibition pilsener brewed in a traditional style with corn, malted barley, and cluster and tettnang hops. 5.3% abv, 29 ibu, & 12.5 starting gravity
Side Trail Series
our brewers are always itching to try new things. through the side trail series program, we will periodically release new and unique brewer creations, all meant for the beer drinker with a wandering spirit
Seasonal Beers
ask your server about today's beer special. seasonal beer pricing differs by syle
Komodo Dragon Black Ipa
- 16 Oz. Pint $4.50
- 20 Oz. Imperial Pint $5.00
- 23 Oz. Pilsner Glass $5.50
- 60 Oz. Pitcher $13.50
- Beer Sampler $9.50
Lightwave Pale
- 16 Oz. Pint $4.50
- 20 Oz. Imperial Pint $5.00
- 23 Oz. Pilsner Glass $5.50
- 60 Oz. Pitcher $13.50
- Beer Sampler $9.50
Ard Ri Infinite Wisdom Tripel
- 16 Oz. Pint $4.50
- 20 Oz. Imperial Pint $5.00
- 23 Oz. Pilsner Glass $5.50
- 60 Oz. Pitcher $13.50
- Beer Sampler $9.50
- 16 Oz. Pint $4.50
- 20 Oz. Imperial Pint $5.00
- 23 Oz. Pilsner Glass $5.50
- 60 Oz. Pitcher $13.50
- Beer Sampler $9.50
Nut Hugger Brown
- 16 Oz. Pint $4.50
- 20 Oz. Imperial Pint $5.00
- 23 Oz. Pilsner Glass $5.50
- 60 Oz. Pitcher $13.50
- Beer Sampler $9.50
Oktoberfest (silver, 2010 Wbc)
- 16 Oz. Pint $4.50
- 20 Oz. Imperial Pint $5.00
- 23 Oz. Pilsner Glass $5.50
- 60 Oz. Pitcher $13.50
- Beer Sampler $9.50
- 16 Oz. Pint $4.50
- 20 Oz. Imperial Pint $5.00
- 23 Oz. Pilsner Glass $5.50
- 60 Oz. Pitcher $13.50
- Beer Sampler $9.50
- 16 Oz. Pint $4.50
- 20 Oz. Imperial Pint $5.00
- 23 Oz. Pilsner Glass $5.50
- 60 Oz. Pitcher $13.50
- Beer Sampler $9.50
Winter Warmer (silver, 2008 Wbc)
- 16 Oz. Pint $4.50
- 20 Oz. Imperial Pint $5.00
- 23 Oz. Pilsner Glass $5.50
- 60 Oz. Pitcher $13.50
- Beer Sampler $9.50
Double Dragon Fly Ipa
- 16 Oz. Pint $4.50
- 20 Oz. Imperial Pint $5.00
- 23 Oz. Pilsner Glass $5.50
- 60 Oz. Pitcher $13.50
- Beer Sampler $9.50
Our Lambics And Sours
- 16 Oz. Pint $4.50
- 20 Oz. Imperial Pint $5.00
- 23 Oz. Pilsner Glass $5.50
- 60 Oz. Pitcher $13.50
- Beer Sampler $9.50
Beer To Go
- Glass Growler $4.00
- Growler Fill (/ 14.50) $11.50
- 6-packs (/ 9.99) $8.99
- Cases (/ 35.99) $31.99
- Locals' Twelver $16.99
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We've been brewing ales, lagers, and sours in Bloomington, Indiana since 1998. Many of our brews are unique twists on traditional recipes, while others are products of our own imaginations. We're proud to say that several of our beers have brought home national and international medals and awards, but what we really care about is brewing the kinds of beer we like to drink, and providing a fresh local option to our communities.The name "Upland" comes from the Norman and Crawford Uplands, the term geologists gave to our area of southern Indiana, which was never overrun by the glaciers that flattened much of Indiana's landscape.


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Nipple confusion is the term some people use to describe the difficulty some babies have trying to breastfeed after being fed by a bottle. It happens in some babies and not others. Nipple confusion is most likely to happen in the first few weeks of life, and some say it is most likely when the mother has flat or inverted nipples because exposure to a firm, protruding bottle nipple changes a baby's expectations. Because your baby won't be born with a label telling you whether or not he's susceptible to nipple confusion, many lactation consultants recommend avoiding bottles before four to six weeks of age if possible. After several weeks of nursing, nipple confusion is much less likely to be an issue.


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Confirmed: Groundhog Day heading to the stage in 2017
The movie Groundhog Day will arrive on Broadway in early 2017, courtesy of the Matilda: The Musical team...
UPDATE: Just over a year since the story first landed, it's definite: Groundhog Day is heading to Broadway.
The stage musical of the film will reunite the Matilda team of Tim Minchin and director Matthew Warchus (who also directed the movie Pride). Also from the Matilda team is designer Rob Howell and choreographer Peter Darling. Danny Rubin, who penned the screenplay to the film, is writing the book.
Previews for the show will begin on January 23rd 2017, with the official opening currently planned for March 9th 2017. No casting has thus far been announced.
Here's our original story from January 2014.
There's no shortage of hit films that have been making the transfer to theatre over the past years, and there's no shortage of further movie adaptations for the stage in the works too. Most of which fizzle out quickly enough, but here's one that's got us really interested: a stage musical version of Groundhog Day.
Wait! Come back! Whilst on the surface the idea could be horrifying, consider this: Tim Minchin is behind it. The same brilliant Tim Minchin who worked such wonders with the stage take on Roald Dahl's Matilda.
The musical adaptation of Groundhog Day also has on board the film's original writer, Danny Rubin (who wrote a fascinating book on how his original movie script changed during production). Matthew Warchus, who directed the stage version of Matilda, is also involved.
Minchin announced the news on his blog, noting that "our version of Groundhog Day is going to be both instantly recognizable, and utterly different". His blog post is here.
The plan is to workshop the project around the summer time, with the aim of getting it to the stage "within a couple of years". Don't expect further news just yet then, but we'll keep you posted....
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Guidelines For Rehabilitating Historic Buildings: Energy Retrofitting
- Procedure code:
- Source:
- National Park Service, Preservation Assistance Division
- Division:
- General Requirements
- Section:
- Reference Standards
- Last Modified:
- 06/02/2015
U.S. Department of the Interior
National Park Service
Preservation Assistance Division
Washington, D.C.
NOTE: Although the work in these sections is quite often an
important aspect of rehabilitation projects, it is usually NOT part
of the overall process of preserving character-defining features
(maintenance, repair, replacement); rather, such work is assessed
for its potential negative impact on the building's historic
character. For this reason, particular care must be taken not to
obscure, radically change, damage, or destroy character-defining
features in the process of rehabilitation work to meet new use
An illustrated booklet addressing the Secretary's Standards and the
guidelines is available from the U.S. Government Printing Office.
The title is "The Secretary of the Interior's Standards for
Rehabilitation & Illustrated Guidelines for Rehabilitating Historic
Buildings", ISBN 0-16-035979-1.
Each of the guidelines included in the booklet mentioned above have
been separated into individual entries for specific use in HBPP.
This entry represents one of many guidelines included in the
booklet and describes RECOMMENDED and NOT RECOMMENDED applications
of the Secretary of the Interior's Standards as they relate to
Energy Retrofitting. For a list of the Secretary of the Interior's
Standards for Rehabilitation, see 01091-04-S; For general
information relating to the purpose, organization and content of
the individual guidelines, see 01091-05-S. Both of these entries
should be referenced along with the information contained in this
Some character-defining features of an historic building or site
such as cupolas, shutters, transoms, skylights, sun rooms, porches,
and plantings also play a secondary energy conserving role.
Therefore, prior to retrofitting historic buildings to make them
more energy efficient, the first step should always be to identify
and evaluate the existing historic features to assess their
inherent energy conserving potential. If it is determined that
retrofitting measures are necessary, then such work needs to be
carried out with particular care to ensure that the building's
historic character is preserved in the process of rehabilitation.
1. Recommended:
- Maintaining those existing landscape features which
moderate the effects of the climate on the setting such
as deciduous trees, evergreen wind-blocks, and lakes or
Not Recommended:
- Stripping the setting of landscape features and landforms
so that the effects of the wind, rain, and the sun result
in accelerated deterioration of historic materials.
1. Recommended:
- Retaining plant materials, trees, and landscape features,
especially those which perform passive solar energy
functions such as sun shading and wind breaks.
Not Recommended:
- Removing plant materials, trees, and landscape features,
so that they no longer perform passive solar energy
2. Recommended:
- Installing freestanding solar collectors in a manner that
preserves the historic property's character-defining
Not Recommended:
- Installing freestanding solar collectors that obscure,
damage, or destroy historic landscape or archeological
3. Recommended:
- Designing attached solar collectors, including solar
greenhouses, so that the character-defining features of
the property are preserved.
Not Recommended:
- Locating solar collectors where they radically change the
property's appearance; or damage or destroy character-defining features.
1. Recommended:
- Installing thermal insulation in attics and in unheated
cellars and crawlspaces to increase the efficiency of the
existing mechanical systems.
Not Recommended:
- Applying urea of formaldehyde foam or any other thermal
insulation with a water content into wall cavities in an
attempt to reduce energy consumption.
2. Recommended:
- Installing insulating material on the inside of masonry
walls to increase energy efficiency where there is no
character-defining interior moulding around the window or
other interior architectural detailing.
Not Recommended:
- Resurfacing historic building materials with more energy
efficient but incompatible materials, such as covering
historic masonry with exterior insulation.
3. Recommended:
- Installing passive solar devices such as a glazed
"trombe" wall on a rear or inconspicuous side of all the
historic building.
Not Recommended:
- Installing passive solar devices such as an attached
glazed "trombe" wall on primary or other highly visible
elevations; or where historic material must be removed or
1. Recommended:
- Placing solar collectors on noncharacter-defining roofs
or roofs of nonhistoric adjacent buildings.
Not Recommended:
- Placing solar collectors on roofs when such collectors
change the historic roofline or obscure the relationship
of the roof to character-defining roof features such as
dormers, skylights, and chimneys.
1. Recommended:
- Utilizing the inherent energy conserving features of a
building by maintaining windows and louvered blinds in
good operable condition for natural ventilation.
Not Recommended:
- Removing historic shading devices rather than keeping
them in an operable condition.
2. Recommended:
- Improving thermal efficiency with weatherstripping, storm
windows, caulking, interior shades, and, if historically
appropriate, blinds and awnings.
Not Recommended:
- Replacing historic multi-paned sash with new thermal sash
utilizing false muntins.
3. Recommended:
- Installing interior storm windows with airtight gaskets,
ventilating holes, and/or removable clips to ensure
proper maintenance and to avoid condensation damage to
historic windows.
Not Recommended:
- Installing interior storm windows that allow moisture to
accumulate and damage the window.
4. Recommended:
- Installing exterior storm windows which do not damage or
obscure the windows and frames.
Not Recommended:
- Installing new exterior storm windows which are
inappropriate in size or color, which are inoperable.
- Replacing windows or transoms with fixed thermal glazing
or permitting windows and transoms to remain inoperable
rather than utilizing them for their energy conserving
5. Recommended:
- Considering the use of lightly tinted glazing on non-character-
defining elevations if other energy retrofitting alternatives are not possible.
Not Recommended:
- Using tinted or reflective glazing on character-defining
or other conspicuous elevations.
1. Recommended:
- Utilizing the inherent energy conserving features of a
building by maintaining porches, and double vestibule
entrances in good condition so that they can retain heat
or block the sun and provide natural ventilation.
Not Recommended:
- Enclosing porches located on character defining
elevations to create passive solar collectors or airlock
vestibules. Such enclosures can destroy the historic
appearance of the building.
1. Recommended:
- Retaining historic interior shutters and transoms for
their inherent energy conserving features.
Not Recommended:
- Removing historic interior features which play a
secondary energy conserving role.
1. Recommended:
- Placing new additions that have an energy conserving
function such as a solar greenhouse on non-character-defining elevations.
Not Recommended:
- Installing new additions such as multistory solar
greenhouse additions which obscure, damage, destroy
character-defining features.
1. Recommended:
- Installing thermal insulation in attics and in unheated
cellars and crawlspaces to conserve energy.
Not Recommended:
- Apply urea formaldehyde foam or any other thermal
insulation with a water content or that may collect
moisture into wall cavities.


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Politics "Property Rights" Initiatives Gut Land-Use Law
If there was any doubt that "property rights" initiatives such as Portland's Measure 37 and Washington's proposed Initiative 933 lead to development run amok, the Sightline Institute has laid them firmly to rest, with these maps showing development in the rural area surrounding Portland before and after Measure 37 (which allows property owners to do pretty much anything they want on their land, regardless of environmental and land-use laws, or forces taxpayers to pay them to follow those laws). The first map shows development around Portland before Measure 37 passed; each dot represents ten new rural residents. Obviously, most of the new development was concentrated around Vancouver; development near Portland was limited by Oregon's strict growth-management law.
The second map shows development around Portland after Measure 37 passed. As you can see, rural and exurban housing development shifted dramatically; now most new development is massed in the rural areas in Oregond outside Portlanda direct result of the initiative, which gutted state and local land-use laws. Washington's Initiative 933, on the ballot this November, is even worse: not only does it require taxpayers to pay land owners to follow nearly every state and local environmental and land-use law, it makes no allowance to enforce federal laws like the Clean Air Act; includes no exemptions for public nuisances; and actually allows property owners to jeopardize their neighbors' health and safety, as long as the threat is not "immediate.â


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- Low debt relative to cash and earnings
- Not with potentially obsolete product or service
- Low P/E
- Stock under-performed due to a temporary negative event or news
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Recent negative news about company related to its tabloid in UK.
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It's IE6 on XP, no service packs.
I know that the computer was connected to the internet, because I was remotely logged in. What could be wrong?


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UNION — The Union Harmonica Ensemble, established over 50 years ago, will perform at the Union Public Library on Tuesday, March 29, at 7 p.m. The public is invited to this admission-free concert.
"Cardman" Creates City Display At College
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EDISON — His nickname is "Cardman," and he has created a spectacular display at the College Center at Middlesex County College. Alex Perricone of Avenel is a card artist, and before he graduates in May, he decided to create a "card city."
New Tutors Receive Literacy Certification
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UNION COUNTY — Literacy Volunteers of Union County recently certified 25 new volunteers who will begin tutoring adult learners. The new tutors will teach basic reading skills, English as a second language as well as instruct at a special G.E.D. test preparation class.
Irish Business Association Helps Send NJ Youth To Irish Dance Championship In Dublin
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CLARK – The Irish Business Association (IBA) recently donated $500 to David Janovsky, a New Jersey youth who will be competing in the 2011 World Championship of Dance, or Oireachtas Rince Na Cruinne, in Dublin, Ireland, April 17-23.
Kane Completes Recruit Training
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GREAT LAKES, Ill. — Navy Seaman Apprentice James J. Kane, son of Rita M. and James J. Kane of Metuchen, was recently promoted to his current rank upon graduation from recruit training at Recruit Training Command, Great Lakes, Ill.
Winfield Park Resident Accepted To US Naval Academy
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WINFIELD PARK – Vincent LaRocca, a resident of Winfield Park and senior at Union Catholic High School in Scotch Plains, has been accepted to the United States Naval Academy in Annapolis, Md.
Clark Recreation Offers Programs For All Ages
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CLARK – The township offers a variety of recreational programs for residents of all ages.
Clark Collects Cleaning Items, Distributes Food
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CLARK — During the month of April, the Clark Health Department will be accepting donations of cleaning items (handi-wipes, sponges, detergent, dish soap, brillo, cleanser, air fresheners, bleach etc.) Items may be dropped off in Room 18 at the Clark Municipal Building, 430 Westfield Avenue, between 8:30 a.m.-3 p.m.
Giardinieri Completes Basic Training
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SAN ANTONIO, Texas – Air Force Airman Kevin G. Giardinieri graduated from basic military training at Lackland Air Force Base, San Antonio, Texas.


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Social worker Jim Shanks, from the Office of Children's Services, and foster parent Paula Sumdum receive the Juneau Court Appointed Special Advocate Program's Light of Hope Award in recognition for their outstanding efforts on behalf of Alaska's children.
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Justin Bish, 3 1/2 years old, is trying to get his new puppy, Sparky, to face the camera so his grandma, Pam Filo of Hubbard, can snap the picture.
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