Category Archives: hockey pool

For whom the NHL polls

Posted on March 30, 2012 by Cath@VWXYNot?

From the NHL website* today: Well I don’t know about you, but I’m convinced! Looking forward to watching the Canucks-Flames game dahn the pub with Modscientist, Lavaland and Beth on Saturday… 40% of hockey pool contestants agree that it will … Continue reading →

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Hockey Pool, Week 25

Posted on March 26, 2012 by Cath@VWXYNot?

Well, with two weeks remaining, it just got very interesting! My goalie-fu deserted me last week, and ditching Malkin after his disappointing week 24 proved to be a big mistake as his points contributed to excellent week 25 scores for … Continue reading →

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Hockey Pool Update, Weeks 19 and 20

Posted on February 20, 2012 by Cath@VWXYNot?

Many thanks to Chall and ScientistMother for hosting Weeks 17 and 18, respectively! I messed up a bit by thinking Ricardipus had signed up for Week 19, but he hadn’t – he’d just said that he could do it “some … Continue reading →

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Hockey Pool, Week 16

Posted on January 23, 2012 by Cath@VWXYNot?

Many thanks to Chall for hosting weeks 14 and 15! As I commented on Chall’s post: The new player values make it SO HARD now! Until Friday I’d had no problems at all picking all the players I wanted and … Continue reading →

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Hockey pool, week 11

Posted on December 17, 2011 by Cath@VWXYNot?

HOckey HOckey HOckey, it’s the Christmas pool update! Many thanks to Santa’s little helpers Beth and Bob for hosting the week 9 and 10 updates, respectively. Now, what happened this week? Well, I kicked ass, for starters! This is the third … Continue reading →

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Hockey Pool, Week Gr8

Posted on November 28, 2011 by Cath@VWXYNot?

FINALLY!!!!!11!!!!!!!!1!!! What a relief – I don’t have to give up my Canadian citizenship after all! Ricardipus also had a good week, climbing from 5th to 2nd, but not doing quite well enough to catch Lavaland. Mr E Man forgot … Continue reading →

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Hockey pool, week 5

Posted on November 5, 2011 by Cath@VWXYNot?

First of all, many thanks to ScientistMother and Chall for hosting weeks 3 and 4, respectively! And now for the Week 5 update: There wasn’t a huge amount of action, as we all (except Bob) made rather similar picks and … Continue reading →

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Hockey Pool, Week 2

Posted on October 17, 2011 by Cath@VWXYNot?

Apologies for the delay – we’ve been having problems with our internet and cable TV service that seem to be getting worse every few weeks, so we haven’t had any internet all weekend (I’m jonesin’, man!) Shaw’s tech support number … Continue reading →

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2011-2012 Hockey Pool!

Posted on September 26, 2011 by Cath@VWXYNot?

Back by popular demand! (Lavaland asked in person at Saturday night’s Canucks-Ducks pre-season game, and ScientistMother asked on Twitter this morning. They’re both popular, right?!) I’m going to use the CBC pool this year, because the Sportsnet one doesn’t seem … Continue reading →

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Round 1 to Vancouver!

Posted on April 28, 2011 by Cath@VWXYNot?

I’m still emotionally drained after the Canucks’ Game 7 win over Chicago on Tuesday – what a crazy end to a crazy series! Round 2 starts tonight… I’m hoping for a little less drama this time as I’m not sure … Continue reading →

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