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Evening, Everyone!

 

You know, I’m so glad you guys stick around.  I haven’t done much this year, and Sexy Saturday has been hit-and-miss at best this season. Looking over our last couple of posts, you’d think this has turned into a Birthday Blog.  Seems like there’s a game to watch every day, and between watching NHL on tv and our AHL team in person, blogging time has been scarce.

 

And yet, you’ve stuck around.  Thanks. I mean that.  It makes the place so much more cozy if it’s not just me here.

 

We’ve “met” some really awesome people through the blog or our Twitter account.  Fans from all over, from all teams.  Rangers fans (ourselves included) in particular are a passionate bunch.  They’ve welcomed us with open arms, and one in particular — “@wishinonehand” on Twitter” — has gone above and beyond by sending us a Stanley Cup Playoff care package:

 

What was inside?

It was THIS AWESOMENESS:

 

Gaaaaahhh!!! I am beside myself with happiness.  These will be spun madly about our heads from the next game on.  It’s great to have a piece of MSG here, and even more great to have Brenda send them to us.  We also have these to play with:

Ranger rubber bands.  Let “Operation: Annoy My Cat” begin.

 

At any rate, just wanted to thank @wishinonehand again (give her a follow on Twitter if you are a Rangers fan), and to also thank all our readers for sticking in there with us.  This summer we will have more time to do more blogging, and I have some cool stuff (including some photos from Brenda from the Rangers Dog Walk last year) that I have saved to share.

 

Cheerio for now.  Oh, one last thing:

Hey, Hey, Hey, Hey, Hey! Let’s Go Rangers!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY BRAD!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY BRAD!
I know a lot of you are Brad Richards haters but we here at the 5 Hole love him! I (Nikki) have loved this hockey player since I was 16 and today day 1 of the Stanley Cup playoffs for the New York Rangers we want to celebrate Brad on his 33rd birthday.

Damn he makes 33 look good.

Yes that’s a Stars jersey but I love him scruffy.

Why yes we would love to go wine tasting with you.

He wears a suit so well.

#NYRBelieve

HAPPY (BELATED) BIRTHDAY

Happy (Belated) Birthday to Dan Girardi (yesterday) and Chris Krider!

He cleans up so well.

He looks good when he’s scoring those goals!

Happy Birthday fellas! Hope Torts didn’t work ya too hard!

Bonne Fête, Kris Letang! (deux ans)

Hey, guess who turned 26 today?

(credit: garageleague.tumblr.com)

Awww, don’t be shy, Tanger!  You’ve grown up so much.  Remember this picture?

Look at that baby face, and your whiskers were just beginning to sprout!

Speaking of whiskers, we have a birthday meow for LeKitty himself:

Hope you are having a good one, m’seur! A pool party, perhaps? Count me in!

You know, they sure do grow them pretty up in Quebec.  And another joli Québécois with a birthday this month (April 21) is Mr. Vincent Lecavalier:

He turned a gorgeous 33.  That one is for you, Nikki….

So, happy birthday, boys! Party ’till you drop!

Sexy Saturday: Derick Brassard

Nikki is late again! I blame our lack of dedication to the Sexy Saturday on the lockout, which is also the excuse for the slow start to the Rangers and why the Lightning are once again not making it to the playoffs. But enough of that here is what we have all been waiting for…. Welcome to the team Derick Brassard!!

Vitals: Born-9/22/1985 Height-6’11″ Weight-190lbs

Current Team: New York Rangers, center, shoots left.

 With the Blue Jackets:

With the Rangers:

Casual:

Prust! <3

Skin!

Brad Richards earns his first career hat trick!

Congratulations to Brad Richards on earning his first career hat trick after 896 career games. It is amazing to think that the Conn Smythe winner of the 2004 Stanley Cup winning Tampa Bay Lightning has never register this statistic before. This is the same player who has the amazing statistic of every time he scored in those playoff games the team won.

I know many of our fellow Blueshirts have lost some faith in this amazing veteran player. We here at the 5 hole have never stopped believing and are confident in Brad’s skill and know that he still has so many more amazing games to play and we will see him win the cup again.

Loving Richie for 8 years and counting,

Nikki

Sexy Saturday: Valtteri Fippula

Vicky is late again with…..

So let’s get right to it!

This week’s SS comes to us as a request from reader Elizabeth Stephens.  Yes, we do take requests, and I know others of you have made them too.  I keep them all on a list, and provided they pass muster with us, we will definitely get to them.  Elizabeth is up first, with her request for…

VALTTERI FILPPULA

Stats

Vitals: Born March 20th, 1984 (just had a birthday!), Vantaa, Finland. 6’0″, 193 lbs.  Single, but has a girlfriend.

Nickname(s): Flip, Fil, Val.

Current team: Detroit Red Wings. Center/Left wing. Shoots left.

Fancy awards: Olympic games Bronze medal for Finland (2010), Stanley Cup (2008 Red Wings).

Cool trivia: Has an older brother Ilari, who plays professional hockey in Finland (and is also hot!!). Likes to play tennis and golf.

Let’s get to the sexy.  What do you think we should start with, Val?

I didn’t mean to make you think too hard.  How ’bout we just start with….

RED WINGS

Awwwww.

His day with THE CUP. Anyone else besides me staring at the blue strip of underwear? Yeah, I thought so.

Now that I’ve got you warmed up, let’s jump in the deep end.

SPORTY SPICE

Val, love the Karate Kid pose, and it makes those gorgeous biceps stand out, but could you show a little more skin?

That’s perfect, thanks.

God Bless you, Nike. For making these pictures.

Looks good in blue.

THE EYES HAVE IT

SUITS YOU SIR

Track

Biz-ness.

GOLF SHIRT SHOTS

And then I said, “Tiger, you can have all my rejects.”

Oh, hai!

WORK OUT

HOCKEY THIGHS!!

DITTO!!

YOUNG VAL

I know, not much difference except a couple of pounds! lol!

 

 

This is just a random shot I had to throw in for two reasons: 1) That sweater LOVES his muscles.  2) Karlsson looks like Vanilla Ice as a child molester.

Don’t believe me?  Here.  Try this one.

Exactly.

But who cares, all we are looking at is the orange sweater anyway.  And the only person we are interested in seeing with Filppula is….

ONE DEGREE OF HENRIK LUNDQVIST

He comes perilously close to slicing my goalie with a skate, but since I’m pretty sure Henrik’s stick is stuck up somewhere uncomfortable (seriously, I don’t see anything but the blade) I’ll let it slide.

Snuck Hank in there early, cause he seemed to fit, but I do have some videos to end on.

This one is seriously cool.  It’s a Nike ad (God Bless you again, Nike), and I can’t stop watching it.

Remember the brother I mentioned? Here is a cute interview with Ilari and Val.  Watch until the end, you get to find out what kind of fish Val would be.

And last, and sort of least, is a Red Wings video about Groundhog’s Day, and Motor City Fil. Let’s just say Val will never be an actor.

That wraps up another one, peeps! Hope you enjoyed it. Especially you, Elizabeth!

See ya next time…..