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Hair today, Stanley Cup winner tomorrow

Posted by Lee On April - 3 - 2010 2 Comments

Some people questioned the reasoning behind adjusting my hair to resemble my avatar in NHL10. Some people suggested it would be easier to change the avatar to resemble me. Some people thought that it would make no difference. To those doubters I give you this: Yes that’s right in a marathon Good Friday hockey session  [ Read More ]

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Adventures in Ice Hockey Part 2

Posted by Lee On March - 23 - 2010 7 Comments
Yes those are blue Riddick goggles, no there's no real story there

If you haven’t yet you should really go and check out part one before reading this part.  Or not.  I don’t care. Fine. The story so far is that in order to be closer to my NHL 10 ice hockey avatar I’m attempting to change my hair to match his ‘dirty blonde’ hair. Why wouldn’t  [ Read More ]

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Adventures in Ice Hockey Part 1

Posted by Lee On March - 22 - 2010 7 Comments
Of course it's not really a traditional light bulb above my head it's one of those eco green ones, still...

You know I’m all about the scientific method when it comes to games and NHL10 is no exception: I’m mean you’re kidding right!?!? You can see a subtle difference in the colour but I completely wasted an evening on this??? A lesser man would abandon this course of action, maybe consider himself lucky that nothing  [ Read More ]

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What the puck?

Posted by Greg On March - 2 - 2010 6 Comments

Canada’s recent defeat of Team USA in the 2010 Olympic gold medal game on Sunday (Monday morning for me) was nothing short of nail biting. I managed to catch most of sudden-death overtime on a TV in my office’s lunchroom. It took a lot of effort to not punch the air in front of my  [ Read More ]

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