We Interrupt This Relationship to Bring You The Playoffs

The most inspiring time of year for me is now: NHL playoff time. 

There's nothing more exciting than watching your team build a lead and then defend it with tough play and hard hits. Maybe the goalie stands on his head and pulls off a shutout after facing 40 shots. It's nuts. This is when teams in the NHL actually start playing real hockey. Just last week I was speaking to a man in his late 60's and he told me he hasn't watched the NHL regular season since the 1970's. 

"Start of the season is warm-up, after Christmas is practice for the playoffs, then the playoffs are when they actually start playing."

This man knew exactly how I felt. During the NHL Lock-out, I lost interest in hockey. I never watched any games and never followed any story-lines. But whenever the playoffs came around, I couldn't help but become completely surrounded by hockey. Over the years, the playoffs have drawn me back into the hockey world. Since Montreal's run last year, I've been a die-hard Habs fan, and have followed them all season long and plan to cheer them on for years to come. 

My prediction? Habs grab the Stanley Cup for the first time since 93'. They have plenty of experience and Carey Price is a monster. They can't be stopped. 

Pit Football: Interview with Jon Franklin

Here's an interview that I conducted with one of the co-founders of the Pit Football League which is an indoor/outdoor touch football league run out of Winnipeg.


Interview with Jon Franklin from Jordan Johanson on Vimeo.

D2 The Mighty Ducks: Breaking Down a Classic

Having grown up in the 90's I am, of course, quite familiar with Disney's The Mighty Ducks movies. I loved them when I was young, I loved them when I was older. But now, I loath them.

After watching D1 and D2 today, anger grew inside of me. Where did the anger come from?

COMPLETE INACCURACIES.

I strongly believe that it's not THAT hard to have real game-play take place in a movie. All you need to do is throw in stunt doubles who know how to play the game, and tell them what to do.

The Mighty Ducks franchise had another idea. Why not make the goalies look like complete idiots instead? Why don't we just mess with the rules of the game? Let's just throw national pride out the window!

I loved these movies when I was young, but that's because I only paid attention to five minutes of the movie. After only watching two of them, I had to stop out of anger. I mean seriously, they called a time-out and then, while still on the ice, had their goalie and player switch equipment, and then had the new goalie take a knuckle puck from behind his own goal line? The kid didn't have a helmet or gloves on, and any goalie from the age of 7 years old and up can stop a puck shot from that far away...

I could go on further, but I'm getting angry just thinking about it.

Enjoy.