another hockey hat: Cincinnati Cyclones

well, there are serious things to discuss...or at least a bunch of story links and fight videos to post, but when I was ready to write several blog posts last night, my Internet quit working (it was connected, but running at approximately a dial-up in 1994 speed) and after several fruitless hours of restarting it I gave up. so, for now, just something to pander to the "Girls in Minor League Hockey Hats" fetishists out there. in this case, Girls in Minor League Hockey Hats with Hilariously Awful Logos--I refer you to this review at the Bush League Factor.



I bought this at my Monday night game--seeing the Johnstown Chiefs play the Cincinnati Cyclones. of course I'll have pictures of the arena/a fuller review "later" like all my other game recaps...for now let me sum it up:

OMG how does a team have 5 shots on goal in the FIRST FORTY SECONDS and 14 SOG before the VISITING TEAM EVEN GETS ONE and they're one of the TOP TEAMS IN THE LEAGUE and have a good home record AND they're playing the ABSOLUTE WORST TEAM IN THE LEAGUE and yet they manage to lose to the WORST TEAM by a SCORE OF 5-1? FUCKING HELL, HOW DOES THAT HAPPEN?! HOW THE FUCK DOES THAT HAPPEN?!!

still, it was entertaining, especially because of the fight/brawl that happened with 23 seconds left on the clock, and the fact that I was sitting close enough to the Chiefs' bench to heckle them if I wanted to (I didn't, but I heard other people). it was a lot of entertainment for $12. and I did want a hat in part because it's such a silly logo, and because I'm from Iowa State Cyclones country and hey, it's another team with the same colors called the Cyclones! why not?

6 comments:

Ken Socrates said...

I don't know if he has a Girls In Minor League Hockey Hats fetish but I know he has a deep rooted love for the Cyclones, so I'm going point my man Gonz in this direction a.s.a.p. There are a number of Cyclones pieces in the HGW archives from him and he is very well versed in Cyclones lore. I'll never forget the phone call I got from him from inside a crazed, chaotic US Bank Arena in 2008 when they won the Kelly Cup.

Couldn't hear a word he was saying above the screaming but it sure as hell sounded like fun.

k of c said...

Ha, thanks! I enjoyed the game, but I'd like to go back and see them win--I know they've won championships...

gonz said...
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gonz said...

They won a championship in '08.

And you should be warned, K, that I not only love the Cyclones but also redheads. Your picture has me a little hot under the collar.

k of c said...

Thanks, Gonz. As long as you're not that married guy who tried to pick me up at the fancy hotel bar while I was killing time before the Megabus to Chicago, I'm flattered. Er, I'll have to tell the rest of that story...

gonz said...

I am married (to a readhead) but I've never tried to hit on anyone else. If you wouldn't mind, I'd like to practice on you at a future time and place, TBD.