Monday, January 14, 2013

HftL 2013 Fantasy Hockey League: Calling All Prior Team Managers!!

HOCKEY IS BACK, ladies!!!  And so is the HftL Fantasy Hockey League (FHL)!!

There was such a great response to the league last year (we had THREE LEAGUES!) and there have been a few of you who have contacted me about starting it back up that of course I decided it will be a yearly thing.

Unfortunately, I am looking to just keep the same individuals who played last year to keep the leagues at three (with 10 teams in each) and unless there is at least 10 more new people interested in joining to make another league, I'm not going to be accepting any new -- although I do have two openings in one of the leagues and could possibly at TWO MORE people.

This post serves as a "call-out" to those who played with the HftL league last year. I believe I sent messages directly through Yahoo! only to HftL FHL giving you the option to re-sign; however, I was unable to do the same for the other two leagues (HftL FHL2 and HftL FHL3) and Yahoo! hides the emails addresses of the managers.

Why do I always seem to have issues with this fantasy league every year?!!  LOL

SO ... if any of you are interested in re-signing your team into the leagues, please send an email directly to thesteelcitysportsfan@gmail.com (please include the name of your team), and I'll send you an invite. In case any of you need a reminder, I haven't heard back from or wasn't able to send an invite to the following teams (SO PLEASE CONTACT ME!):

HftL FHL
  • ChickacheeSuperstars
  • Sharp Attack
  • Don't Toews Me Bro
  • Bomb d'Addie
  • Polar Dragons
  • Scotlands Thistle
HftL FHL2
  • Saxons
  • The Pacificats
  • Puckin' Penguins
  • Sask. Roughriders
  • Puckin' Sin Bin
  • O'Puck It
  • Ice Hawks
  • SFPenguins
  • You Me & Dupuis
HftL FHL3
  • Rio's Flyers
  • Our Staal is Better
  • Frozen Yogurt
  • Scared Hitless
  • Team Mario
  • StaalFalls
  • Believe in Repeats
  • RuffNasty
If any of you have questions or concerns, PLEASE FEEL FREE TO CONTACT ME!!

Tuesday, January 1, 2013

Alex Ovechkin Engaged!!

Washington Capitals captain, Alex Ovechkin, is off the market ladies!!  He and Russian pro-tennis player, Maria Kirilenko, are engaged.  The couple have been dating for a little over a year.

CONGRATULATIONS TO ALEX and MARIA!!

READ MORE ABOUT IT
in my article at RantSports.com!!
 
 

PHOTOS / LINK: James Neal for Travis Mathew Golf Apparel

MERRY CHRISTMAS / HAPPY NEW YEAR TO ME (and all the other Pittsburgh Penguins / James Neal fans!)!!!  No hockey for over two months, so this is a BIG TREAT, ladies!!

THANKS to my good friend, Debbie, for sharing the link to these pics that I just had to share with all of you!!  Can you hear me now, ladies, squealing with delight when I discover the great surprise I found when I clicked on the link?!!

The pics were taken by Seth Williams of Seth L. Williams Photography (based out of North Huntingdon) and are from a recent photo shoot at the Longue Vue Country Club in Verona, PA - simply breathtaking (and the beautiful PA scenery isn't bad either!!).

Ladies ... the tattoo!!  I think this one is NEW ... I knew he had one, but I think this one is an addition and, may I say, quite SEXY!!!

Hockey, I MISS YOU!!!!!!

It's A Boy ... Welcome Baby Vitale!!

Pittsburgh Penguins forward, Joe Vitale, and his wife welcomed a son into the world on Thursday, December 6.  His name is Harper (too cute!). How PRECIOUS is the pic, ladies??!!!!!  This is the couples second (I believe) child as Harper joins big sister, Summer, in the Vitale family.

From Joe's twitter (@JoeVitale46):
Feeling extremely blessed after the arrival of our son yesterday! Harper and Mom are both doing great!
CONGRATULATIONS TO JOE and HIS WIFE!!

 

Monday, November 26, 2012

Kris Letang Welcomed His Son to the World!!

For many of you, this may not be breaking news, but you all know that I'm not able to devote as much time to this blog as I used to so (you know my motto here!) BETTER LATE THAN NEVER!!


CONGRATULATIONS to Tanger and Catherine
on the birth of their first child, a son, they named Alexander
who was born last week!!

CONGRATULATIONS should also go out to Mike "Rupper" Rupp for the birth of his and his wife's fourth child (MANY THANKS to D.L. for passing along this info and the adorable pics that she found and passed along)!!  A little girl they named Marleah Grace was born this past summer on August 30th.  From Rupp's twitter account (@Rupper17):
"Thank you all for the great wishes and prayers! We were blessed with our 4th little one yesterday! Marleah Grace"

Wednesday, November 7, 2012

TONS of 2012 Hockey Engagements, Weddings, and Babies!!

Hockey is seasonal and hockey players lives seem to be cyclic to accomodate that season if you haven't already noticed.  Weddings are in the summer and babies usually come in the fall / winter.

And there has been plenty of activity this past summer just as any other when it comes to weddings and even a few babies and engagements.  A great BIG THANK YOU to all of you (too many to name individually, I apologize!) who have been emailing me the news to keep me updated and HftL's lists complete!!

Since the list is too great to dedicate a special post to each (if you haven't noticed, it's been a long time since I've posted here -- been keeping plenty busy with writing about the Pittsburgh Penguins for RantSports.com!), here's a rundown of the NHL engagements, weddings, and babies that I wasn't able to post earlier as they occurred over the summer months (if I'm missing any, ladies, please be sure to email me or post in the comments - as many as there are, I'm sure I've missed some!):

Carey Price and Angela Webber
ENGAGEMENTS
PRICE, Carey to Angela Webber on August 19, 2012 (wedding date has not been set but will likely be sometime next summer)
PHANEUF, Dion to Elisha Cuthbert (REMEMBER - Sean Avery's "sloppy seconds?!") at the beginning of September 2012 (weekend of the 1-2)

Jordan and Heather Staal
(and families)
WEDDINGS (arranged in wedding date then alphabetical order)
SIMPSON, Craig married Jamie Sale on June 20, 2012 (2009 "Battle of the Blades" skating partners)
STAAL, Jordan married Heather Dysievick on June 22, 2012
DUBINSKY, Brandon married Brenna McGuire on June 23, 2012
ALZNER, Karl married Mandy Flemmer on June 30, 2012 (the couples two doggies were ring bearers!)
CAMPBELL, Brian married Lauren Miller on June 30, 2012
ORPIK, Brooks married Erin Lilly on June 30, 2012
WIDEMAN, Dennis married Lindsay MacDonald on July 6, 2012
BOLLAND, Dave married Julia Zalucki on July 13, 2012
GODARD, Eric married Myrika Schipfel on July 14, 2012
Zach & Alisha Parise

ANISIMOV, Artem married Ksenis on July 14, 2012
GOLIGOSKI, Alex married Amanda Anderson on July 20, 2012
CAMPBELL, Gregory married Katie on July 21, 2012
FLEURY, Marc-Andre married Veronique LaRosee on July 21, 2012
McGRATTAN, Brian married Michelle on July 21, 2012
PARISE, Zach married Alisha Woods on July 21, 2012
RUUTU, Jarkko married Sofia Morelius on July 21, 2012
OKPOSO, Kyle married Danielle Hirsch on July 28, 2012
SEABROOK, Brent married Dayna on August 11, 2012
HALAK, Jaroslav married Petra Ploczekovou on August 25, 2012
LUCIC, Milan married Brittany Carnegie on August 27, 2012 (and the newlyweds are now expecting their first child, a girl)

BABIES
GLEASON, Tim and Candace - Grady Leo born March 9, 2012
RAYMOND, Mason and Megan - Max born April 8, 2012
RUUTU, Tuomo and Emilia - April 12, 2012 (name / sex unknown)
HOLTBY, Braden and fiancee, Brandi Bodnar - Benjamin Hunter born May 10, 2012
CALLAHAN, Ryan and Kyla - Charlotte born May 21, 2012
LUNDQVIST, Henrik and Therese - Charlise born July 10, 2012

ONE OTHER INTERESTING THING TO NOTE ... I recently got an email advising me that Max Talbot has a new girlfriend, Cynthia Phaneuf, whom is a figure skater that represented Canada in the 2010 Vancouver Olympics.

CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL THE NEW COUPLES, NEWLYWEDS, AND PARENTS!!!
 
PLEASE ALSO NOTE THAT
HftL's ENGAGEMENTS, WEDDINGS, and BABIES PAGES HAVE BEEN UPDATED
and I'm ALWAYS in the process of updating
(with those events that have occurred outside of 2012)

Wednesday, August 8, 2012

Mike Modano and Willa Ford Getting Divorced

That's right ... the infamous hockey couple are calling it quits after FIVE YEARS of marriage!!

Everyone knew it was going to happen, but no one really thought it would take FIVE YEARS!!!

I wish them both the best ... hey, Mike, CALL ME!!!

READ MORE ABOUT IT
in my article at RantSports.com!!