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5 Facts You Probably Don’t Know About NHL Outdoor Games
January 1 will mark the 10th NHL Winter Classic. This year’s edition will take place at Citi Field in a tilt between the New York Rangers and Buffalo Sabres. If you’re heading to the home of the Mets on New Year’s Day, here are some random facts to keep in your back pocket to bring […]
How Did the Secret 3rd Fight Between Rocky & Apollo Play Out?
Editor’s Note: This post by Arda Ocal was originally published on Nov. 27, 2017 Thirty-two years ago today Rocky IV hit theaters. In honor of that, I decided to revisit one of the biggest mysteries in Rocky history … nay, movie history …. nay, world history … is the result of the secret third fight […]
Metal Band Rocks the Red in DC
It’s always fun to listen to the musical selections at a sporting event. If you’ve gone to enough games, you can almost predict the “obvious choices.” “Jump” by Van Halen, “Sandstorm” by Darude, “Get Ready for This” by 2 Unlimited, “Song 2” by Blur. You get the idea. To me, the deep cuts are always […]
Goals and Goalies (So Far) This Season
Each week, I’ll bring you random numbers from around the NHL. 0 The number of 0-0 games going into overtime this season before Thursday night: The Toronto Maple Leafs vs. New Jersey Devils became the first game to accomplish that. Last season, 10 games went into overtime 0-0. The Rangers and Flyers were each involved […]
The Great One Gives a Great Compliment
Thursday night, after the New Jersey Devils played the Edmonton Oilers at Prudential Center, Ken Daneyko got a text message from an unknown number. “I pick up my phone, I look at my texts right after the game, and some guy goes ‘hey tell that #13 I love watching him play, he’s so enjoyable’” said Daneyko. […]
Become An Official Video Game Record Holder
Last year I gave you a step-by-step outline on how to get into Mensa. Now, I will do the same with how to become an official, undisputed video game world record holder. First, why am I qualified to give you this intel? Because I, Arda Ocal, very proudly, am in fact an undisputed video game […]
Devils Roaring Off to Best Start in 35 Years
EACH WEEK, I’LL BRING YOU RANDOM NUMBERS FROM THE NEW JERSEY DEVILS AND AROUND THE NHL. Yesterday, news sites picked up Selena Gomez wearing Justin Bieber‘s jersey after the Biebs played in a hockey game. Selena Gomez Wears Justin Bieber’s Hockey Jersey https://t.co/3xIQLDp53Y — TMZ (@TMZ) November 2, 2017 The important part of the story […]
What Does Hannibal Lecter Have to Do With Hockey?
In an airport hangar, a group of men in suits and trench coats surrounds Senator Ruth Martin. As they await their guest, Senator Martin slowly walks forward. From the opposite end of the hangar, a group of police officers approaches. Two of them are wheeling forward a large upright gurney. On the gurney, at an […]
The Devils Are “America’s Team”
Last night, the New Jersey Devils defeated the Ottawa Senators, 5-4, in Canada’s capital. Montvale, New Jersey’s Kyle Palmieri (born in Smithtown, New York) had a goal and an assist. Drew Stafford, who was born in Milwaukee but raised in Minnesota, also got an apple. Winnetka, Illinois’ John Moore scored the 5th overtime winner of his career to […]