Men of Steel and Ice

So this exists.  It was done by the amazing Christin Kolzig and according to her photography Facebook page, will be for sale at Friday's game with proceeds going to Player Education Fund.  I hope she prints a lot because I need at least a dozen.

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Thank goodness Gregg Drinnan pays attention to the important stuff (since I clearly do not)

Is any WHL team hotter these days than the Spokane Chiefs? They played three games last week and scored 22 goals, which gives them the WHL’s top offence, at 4.10 goals per game. . . . The Chiefs, in fact, are the only team in the league scoring more than four goals a game.

“And suddenly,” writes Dave Trimmer of the Spokane Spokesman-Review, “the team that lost 103 goals and 301 points from a half-dozen regulars last season is leading the league in scoring.”
Spokane also has the WHL’s second-best PP, at 24.1 per cent. And, as Trimmer points out, this PP unit once went 23 chances in a row without scoring. . . . They scored four PP goals in beating the visiting Kamloops Blazers 10-5 on Saturday and also have at least one PP goal in each of their last 13 games.

The Chiefs also are fourth in the 22-team league in defence and fourth on the penalty kill.
Veteran C Tyler Johnson scored 10 points in three games to move into a tie for third place in the WHL points derby, with 46.

You may recall that the Chiefs got off to something of a slow start, at 2-5-0. Since then, they are 14-4-4, and now are tied for second in the U.S. Division with the Tri-City Americans. . . . The Chiefs, who are 7-0-2 in their last nine outings, have one regulation loss in their last 15 games. (Taking Note)

Damn you Spokane. And damn you Don Nachbaur (said with adoration of course).

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I've received several emails with this video, Wazz showed it to me the other day and Wyshynski had it on Puck Daddy.  The "Men of Steel and Ice" is super rad, but I would LOVE to see the boys do something like this:

so badass, so festive.