Let's Help a Fellow [Female] Hockey Fan (Win Tickets to a Game!)!!

Madeleine and her father, Vince

Madeleine is a follower of the blog.  She's currently in a contest at Shoeless Joe's Sports Grill (Facebook page) for "Hockey Fan of the Month (January 2012)" to win tickets to take her father to a Maple Leafs game.  She writes:

I've been a hockey fan all of my life, and I owe that to my father. I want to thank him by taking him to a game, so I entered a contest on Facebook, where the most "liked" photo wins tickets! I'm currently in 2nd place, but I need 300 or so more votes by Tuesday to win. Can you please help me out by posting this link?

So if you ladies would be kind enough to CLICK HERE for the link to her picture on Facebook and then click on "Like," Madeleine and I would appreciate it.  Voting ends on Tuesday, January 31 (at 7:00).

Let's join together to help Madeleine!!! :)

Letang: Sex-Hair or Not?!!

I've been hearing / reading alot of comments about Kris Letang's hair these days.  Most of which are that Tanger's hair is leaving alot to be desired (not the usual SEX-HAIR he's known for).  I have noticed that it's been looking a tad bit shaggy lately ... maybe a bit too long, or the "no-bangs" isn't a good look, but really - WHAT is going on with his hair??!!!
So I thought to myself, HOW can I make this into a post  because I'm curious to see what my HftL readers think about it and then I came up with a perfect solution ... I'll make it into a poll. 

So let your voices be heard ... what do you think of Tanger's hair now-a-days??

SEX-HAIR??

OR [not so much] SEX-HAIR???

VOTE NOW!!!
(poll is to the left)

Is Jordan Staal Engaged??

First off, THANKS to Peyton S. for emailing me the "tip" weeks back!

And, for those of you who may not know, Heather Dysievick has been Jordan Staal's longtime girlfriend (for IDK how many years, but it's been a while!).

I KNOW, Ladies (but you knew it was going to happen sooner or later - he IS the next one in line); the thing is ... I've been "researching" this for a while now and still can't come up with much more than a screencap of Heather's FB page as confirmation (pictured left; altered for everyone's privacy; NOTE: the "yesterday" does not refer to it actually being yesterday ... this pic has been out for a few weeks and was just the time that it was screencapped).

In my personal opinion, I believe this "rumor" that had the internet a buzz a few weeks ago is very true. I can't give you firm / solid confirmation as to why, but I can just tell you that things I came across in my research make me believe it.  I post this for all of you to come to your own conclusions.

The one (maybe two which I'll get to after this) main point I want to make is that Heather's Facebook page is blocked even if you search for it on Facebook by name, so this would mean someone who is legitimate in her life had access to it and took a screencap and now it's out in the internet world for all to see.  That, to me, makes this screencap credible. 

My other point is this: I never like to post rumors and do alot of work to check the facts before I post it on HftL, but sometimes I can't always do that and I have to make decision which is what I did in this case.  I didn't post this to be evil or negative nor would I ever do that.  Ultimately, this blog is about hockey players and providing information about them that you wouldn't get on a typical blog or news page, so I wanted to provide my followers with what I believe you're interested in. 

Most female fans are not spiteful and just want to be thoughtful when it comes to their favorite hockey teams and players.  I'm here and this blog was created to represent just that and to show everyone that just because we're interested doesn't make us evil or wrong (or less of a fan) ... and basically I just want to wish the couple the best (for ALL fans) and to say ...

CONGRATULATIONS TO JORDAN AND HEATHER!!!
(if you are, in fact, engaged!)

THREE MORE Engagements and A Baby!!

THANKS to all of my awesome followers / readers for passing along all the great news on our guys (if I miss giving you credit, I apologize -- there have been TONS of emails that I've had to go back to in order to get this post ready and I've actually been sitting on this post for WEEKS!!)!!

A BABY

According to the Washington Times (and thanks for the tip from Diane D.!), Washington Capitals Matt Hendricks' wife, Kim, gave birth to twins on Thursday, November 10, 2011; one boy (Gunnar) and one girl (Lennon).  Hendricks explained the names to Washington Times (too cute!):

"My mother's 100 percent Swede, so Gunnar stands for a Scandinavian warrior," Hendricks said after Saturday's game. "With Lennon, we're both fans of the Beatles and John Lennon and we liked it and it wasn't very popular and didn't seem too over the top."

CONGRATULATIONS TO MATT, KIM, and the entire HENDRICKS FAMILY!!!

THREE ENGAGEMENTS

BRIAN McGRATTEN (Nashville Predators)
McGratten and his girlfriend, Michelle (@babycupcake84 - "soon to be Mrs. Big Ern"), got engaged over Christmas (she tweeted that it was "official" and posted a picture with the ring) - thank you for the tip, C.B.:

babycupcake84 - "Well it's official. I'm getting hitched! Best Christmas ever!"

MICHAEL GRABNER (New York Islanders)

Grabs FINALLY proposed to his girlfriend (and baby's mommy), Heather, during dinner on December 30th (he "tied" the esparagus with the ring - SO PRETTY!); THANKS Angela R. for the "tip!"

MAXIM LAPIERRE (Vancouver Canucks)
this one is another "secret," but there is a Canucks tumblr page created by someone who's friend's brother plays for the Canucks with the info and pics ... Lapierre and his girlfriend, Natasha, got engaged and I don't know much more than that (photo courtesy of canuckslovex3 tumblr).

Lapierre's fiancee, Natasha, and Maxim
(courtesy of canuckslovex3 tumblr)

CONGRATULATIONS TO BRIAN and MICHELLE; MICHAEL and HEATHER; and MAXIM and NATASHA!!

Ladies and Gentlemen, The Real Deal ...

Jaaaaaaaamessssssssssssssss Neal!!

THANKS to my good friend, Debbie B., for bringing it to my attention that they've posted Nealy's goal call on PensTV (and we can enjoy it anytime we want!)!!

ENJOY, ladies!!

Western Conference Hottie REWIND: Patrik Berglund (St. Louis Blues)

ORIGINAL POST-DATE:
March 4, 2009

OK ladies, you knew I couldn't stay away from the blond guys forever, so I'm sorry but your just going to have to indulge me. I was watching the horribleness that was the Stars v Blues the other day (well a tragedy for Stars fans, anyway) and he scored the 2nd of STL's 3 goals of the night. Being somewhat unfamiliar with the Blues, I got WAY more than I expected when the camera panned in on him. I could only muster a gape mouth stare.

IMPORTANT HOCKEY STUFF: A first round draft pick of the St. Louis Blues, in 2006, they liked him enough to keep him and it looks like it might be paying off. He's 2nd in points on the Blues. And yes, before you say it I know it's the blues. But you know, they started out pretty well this season, and are suffering the loss of their Captain (not unlike a certain team I have a personal soft spot for.) Actually he's the chief producer of points, right after Brad Boyes who has played 7 more games than he has. So who's gonna gripe. Plus he's keeping awfully good company. He's posted a plus-or-even game in 48 of the 56 games he has played in. Has points in 27 of his 56 games and notched 10 multi-point games this season, 9 two-point games and 1-three- point game. (and remember, this is his first year in the NHL!) He's also responsible for notching the Blues' 10,000th franchise goal on Nov. 1, 2008 vs. Pittsburgh. (On second thought should I really mention that fact on a predominately Penguins blog.) [laughs,] (remember, the pens won so you can't lynch me,) [more laughs].

REALLY IMPORTANT STUFF: Since I already gave it away in the very first sentence of this post, he's my usual "type" of 6'4" 189 lbs. of blond, blue eyed Swede. [yes, Stephanie had to ask me several times what my name was after the sight of him nearly made me faint] [she still doesn't answer to her name]!! Quite honestly, I can't find out much of anything about him other than what he looks like. If you're liked the pictures, you'll probably want to take a VERY close look (and listen if you have the same weakness for Swedish accents that I do) to these 2 videos. (1.) He's the 2nd interview in this VIDEO. (2.) He's also the 2nd interview in this VIDEO. You can fast forward to about 2:28 unless David Perron is your type of thing. He's not really mine, but he doesn't bark, either. Since I can't read Swedish, this area is rather thin on details. However, in my travels on the internet, I did come up with one pretty good quote. "And when I started this year, I was not good at all. But I have to credit our coaches -- all four of them -- for really helping me get better in that area of the game. They got me into the right position on the ice, got me to get my stick down and be facing the way of the puck, toward it. I wanted to work on it, but they really deserve the credit. But I'd be enjoying this a lot more if we were winning more games." Sounds like a promising personality to me.

But for the most part (since this HftL, after all) my goodness, set back and take a look at all the pretty!!! MEOW!!!! [I definitely have to second the Me-OW!!! You guys all know my type is far from blond, but Berglund is a real hottie who just couldn't be ignored -- good choice, Kena!]!!

[VIDEO] TOO CUTE - Kevin Bieksa with Canucks Kids

I found this on Bob's Blitz blog (who obtained it from the Sami Salo tumblr).  Kevin Bieksa is one of my FAV hotties (hottie + kids = panty-melting)!!

This is from the annual Canucks Super Skills competition that was held this past Sunday, January 22, 2012.  The adorable kids are, left to right: Makayla Kesler (daddy=Ryan Kesler), Reese Bieksa (daddy=Kevin Bieksa), Anna Hamhuis (daddy=Dan Hamhuis), Oliver and Peppi Salo (daddy=Sami Salo).


The Daddys (if you're not a Canucks fan / familiar with the players):