A Man's Game

Siddo made the cover of the local Nova Scotian newspaper for earning the Order of Nova Scotia honor. Friend of The Show and fellow Maritimer Sarah T. sent in these photos of The Chronicle-Herald:




Friend of The Show Alyse had a bad thing happen to her computer that inspired her to send in an idea for another TSCS Project before the 2008-09 season gets underway. I'll let her explain:

Over the summer my computer totally crashed and died, and I lost all my lovely Penguins wallpapers I had made and/or collected. I was thinking maybe you can put it out to everyone on The Show, like your previous post where we all sent in pictures of our favorite Penguins stuff, but maybe this time we can all either design a Penguins and/or Crosby wallpaper and send it in OR send in an already made wallpaper that is just our favorite. Then maybe you can collect them all and post them - that way we could all have different and unique wallpapers to use throughout the season!

Hahaha, I've always got work for you guys to do, right?! ;) Seriously, I thought this was a fantastic idea - I've already got several of my favorite wallpapers gathered for this project! I think a week should be long enough, so how about we say the cut off date for submissions is next Friday (09-12-08) evening? Send in your favorite wallpapers and a quick note about where you found it, or create your own and send it in along with how you want to be credited for your work to snoopyjode@gmail.com.

Friend of The Show Maria T. found this video of NHL reporter Carrie Milbank's look at the NHL Player Media Tour. Our title man appears early on in the video - right before Ms. Milbank located the players' makeup table! :P

Friend of The Show Imogen sent in this picture of a "motivational" poster featuring an unhappy Siddo:


Imogen also found that the Google News version of the Canadian Press's announcement of Sid's Order of Nova Scotia award featured a map of Halifax - in the U.K.! You'd think that, considering it came from the Canadian Press, Google wouldn't miss that one! The link doesn't work anymore, but fortunately I captured a screenshot of the error:

(Click to enlarge)

We've enjoyed Friend of The Show Jan M.'s drawings of Sid for the last part of this summer. She offered to do one of a picture I chose. The one I originally picked had an issue with lighting, so she sent me a few others that I could pick from. Here's the result:

Thanks so much, Jan! I love it!! :)

Jan has started her own website to showcase her drawings. It will be linked in the blogroll in a few days when I do my monthly update. Look for it to appear under the "Essential Sid Links" section.

Friend of The Show XDanceXXforXXmeX went back to school and decorated her dormroom in a Penguins theme, too. Her captions explain the photos:

"The first one is all the photos next to my bed. My room mate and I have bunk beds, I got the bottom and decided to fill that wall space properly."

"The next is a photo of my Sidney figurine and my Pens license plate above my desk."

"The third is a photo of my jersey and my penguin I received for graduation whom I have dubbed to be Arthur (for no reason whatsoever). But he came from my best friend Paige, and it was necessary he be included. :-P"

Today's title was inspired by TSCS's Quote of The Day:

"Hockey is a man's game. The team with the most real men wins."

~ General Manager of the U.S. Ice hockey team for the 2010 Vancouver Winter Olympics Brian Burke

There's NO DOUBT our Boys of Winter are real men.

Many thanks to Sarah, Alyse, Maria, Imogen, Jan, and XDanceXXforXXmeX for their help with today's post! :) FYI - There is big news coming this weekend regarding our Roaming Penguins... (Don't worry; it's GOOD news!)

Another Day, Another Award

It seems fitting that TSCS's 800^th post gives me a chance to tell you about yet another award and record breaking achievement bestowed upon our title man. From The Canadian Press:

NHL star Sidney Crosby leads the list of Nova Scotians honoured Thursday with the Order of Nova Scotia.

He's going to need a separate house just for all these awards, trophies, and honors! :)

Crosby, who recently turned 21, is the youngest person to receive the award which recognizes those who've made "significant contributions to the province and the country."

I had never heard of the Order of Nova Scotia honor before, so I headed over to the Wikipedia page:

The Order of Nova Scotia, established in 2001, is the highest honour of the province of Nova Scotia presented in the name of the Crown. A maximum of 5 individuals are awarded annually.

The Order of Nova Scotia medal

...[The honor is given to] any Canadian citizen who is a present or former long-term resident of Nova Scotia, save for federal, provincial, and municipal representatives, and judges while still in office. [It is] awarded for outstanding contributions or achievements that bring honour and prestige to themselves and to Nova Scotia.

When I Googled the words "Order of Nova Scotia," the Nova Scotian government page was the first result. Two clicks later, and I found Siddo's nominee profile (second one down):

Rarely has there been such a positive and influential role model for young people in Nova Scotia as Sidney Crosby. ...He has never forgotten his roots and returns often to offer encouragement and support to the youth of his community. Sidney Crosby has exemplified what we, as Nova Scotians, want for our young people.


Looking beyond his outstanding athletic ability, performances, and achievements, there is a person of humble, honest, and hard-working qualities that epitomizes our great province, and the characteristics of our people. Sidney Crosby has made history in the hockey world. Today he makes history as the first youth recipient of the Order of Nova Scotia.

WOW! Once again, BIG congratulations go out to Sidney!!! :) In honor of this accomplishment, we'll look to the Saint for TSCS's Quote of The Day:

"What do you call a life dedicated to hockey? I call it time well spent."

Friend of The Show 71Crush deserves a "Thank you very much!" for sending in the Canadian Press article.