A journal written by an Irish-American lad living in New Jersey with the love of his life Maggie, a handsome Sheltie named Duffy, and a maniacle cat called Chainsaw. Mostly nonsense, some rants and ramblings. Often amusing.

Wednesday, June 21, 2006

Like a Blowjob from Karma

This week the Carolina Hurricanes defeated the Edmonton Oilers in 7 games to become this years Stanley Cup Champions. Hockey, people. The Stanley Cup is the oldest of sports trophies to be awarded, starting in 1892 awarded to a certain team from Montreal. It was just a wee bowl back then and now it is a tower of shiny metal, emblazoned with the names of every man whose team has achieved this greatness.
Although I was disappointed the Devs were not in contention, I am truly happy for the 'Canes. Not too long ago they were the dreadful Hartford Whalers. I was happy Glen Wesley finally got his crack at it. He toiled for the even more pathetic Bruins for years without a championship. He played hard and was a true team player so he's due.
Even happier though, for Mr Rod Brind'Amour. Rod is a fantastic player, a true leader and although I would have been happier to see him inn a Devils uniform, I think he is most deserving.
Many years ago Herself was on the board of the Chidrens Cancer Institute when she learned of Rod. A young cancer patient named Steven Reid confessed his love for the Flyers hockey club and his Fave-o' player, Rod Brind'Amour. Rod spent many hours working with the foundation donating his time and to the childrens charity. He appeared at events and had sent jerseys, sticks, tee-shirts and other Flyers goodies to Steven and even gave him ducets to the games and invited him to team practices. This thrilled Steven beyond words. Sadly, Steven lost his battle with cancer but Rod gave him and his family much happiness in their troubled times.
He, like the rest of the team, including by the way, Peter Laviolette who coached the Baby B's in Providence R.I. (Congrats Peter!), support many charites in the Raleigh area.
One of them is Kids 'N Community Foundation, which raises funds for The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society's Eastern North Carolina Chapter. The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society is a national voluntary health agency dedicated to curing leukemia, lymphoma, Hodgkin's disease and melanoma, and to improving the quality of life of patients and their families. Check 'em out

So anyways, where I was going with this mess is that when you do good things, good things will happen to you. So, Rod, here's looking at you man.

1 Comments:

Blogger Nelle said...

Congratulations to Rod, well deserved. One note of correction though, Rod was in CHOP (Childrens Hosp. of Phila.) Although Steve lived in NJ his parents were closer to Phillie and chose to have his treatment there. I can picture Steve looking down with a huge smile. Steve you will NEVER be forgotten.

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