Diana & Elvis at Stanley Cup playoffs

[jazzygal karla]

Diana and Elvis share a smooch at the game!

http://www.fanfeedr.com/nhl/2011/05/01/ ... r-elvis-co

and

http://twitpic.com/4rq30w

Elvis even played a mini-set with The Odds to kick off the Canucks-Predators game 2 tonight in Vancouver.

[Bud]

Thanks, karla!

Obviously they weren't happy with the outcome, since the Canucks were less than 2 minutes from winning at the end of the third period. There seems to be something just wrong with a Canadian hockey team losing to one from Nashville

[scielle]

Aren't most of the guys on the Nashville team Canadian anyway?
(This is why I don't get pro team sports, where they trade players like commodities - how do you cheer for your home team, if everyone on it is from elsewhere?)

[Coda]

Thanks for the pictures, Karla!

(As a side note, nothing says "Ignore me, I'm nobody famous" like wearing sunglasses inside a hockey arena! )

[Bud]

(As a side note, nothing says "Ignore me, I'm nobody famous" like wearing sunglasses inside a hockey arena! )

To be honest, I'm a little surprised she and Elvis attended in such clichéd attire

[Bud]

Another pic emerges: http://ht.ly/4P8RE

[Coda]

Very intriguing picture, Bud! I see the guy in the row behind had on a pair of sunglasses, too. (Must be contagious.) And it looks as if he's licking the hand of another green outfitted person. Then there was the two-dimensional picture of another blonde woman.

Anybody know what was going on?

[Bud]

This is all pretty rich! You're picking up on a lot of tidbits I overlooked!

Another mystery is the earlier picture of Diana and Elvis. They look as though they're sitting nearly alone. Why would that be? When during the pre-game or game would they be isolated? Playoff games are always packed! And there are plenty of people in the green men picture!

Here's more on the green man phenomenon: http://sports.yahoo.com/nhl/blog/puck_d ... nhl-wp3963

By the way, I believe the cardboard cutout is Carrie Underwood. Why Carrie Underwood, I have no idea

[Coda]

I think the story says Carrie Underwood is married to one of the hockey players. I see the article also mentioned the ban on throwing octopi on the ice, which has been a tradition in Detroit. (I believe it's supposed to stand for the eight games of the playoff.) The octopus throwing was considered okay for a long time in Detroit. Cartoon images of an octopus often were included in advertising about/around hockey. Now it's not...someone was even taken to court in Detroit for throwing an object (an octopus) on the ice that could endanger the players. I understand the octopus tradition, but I don't like the idea of tossing an animal carcass on the ice. (Of course, it's easier to smuggle a dead octopus into the arena than some other dead animals...could you imagine someone tossing a dead cow on the ice? How would you smuggle it in? Just put a Red Wings jersey on it and hoist it on your shoulder? ) I do think that taking the octopus-throwing guy to court was a little over the top...considering that the hockey players endanger each other more than a dead octopus.

[gundy516]

So I just saw a short clip (18 seconds) of Diana and Elvis at this game........it's on youtube........I would post a link to it but I don't know how. Apparently Elvis played before the game.........it's very cute!

[mapache61]

I don't follow the NHL too closely; I wasn't even aware the Finals had come down to a Game 7 last night. But obviously I do now. Wow, when it comes to ridiculous sports riots, these Canucks crazies make Bud's San Fran savages and my LA animals look like amateurs.

http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/nat ... om=2063781

[Coda]

It's too bad. Probably involved people who had been served beyond their capacity. But today, I also saw a picture of a couple making out horizontally in the middle of a rioting street. Go figure.

[Bud]