How Bizarre

It's laundry day here at the Ref house. Laundry is my family chore. It started back when The Kid and Mrs. Ref had to go to school and work respectively on Fridays, and, since Friday is one of my days off, it worked. I was able to get the laundry finished without people around, and it's sort of a mindless task that, in some ways, gives me breathing space from the day job.

While I fold, I usually have SportsCenter on because . . . well . . . it's better than the soaps. They showed a clip from the LA Kings/Vancouver Canucks game last night. And in that clip there were two things that I've never seen in a hockey game and probably never will again.

First, King and Canuck got tied up with each other along the boards and the stick from the LA player went up under the Vancouver player's eye shield. Luckily it didn't do any damage to his face or eyes, but it got stuck there between the shield and his helmet. And he's skating over to the ref, hockey stick caught in his helmet, wondering why there wasn't a penalty called.

Second, the Vancouver goalie made a fabulous save to keep LA from winning; but in doing so, he got his stick caught in the blade of his skate.

Odd stuff on the ice.