When we first started this blog, one of our first posts was an Islanders drinking game. At the time we posted the game, the Islanders were a below-average team, but they were a far cry from the 30th overall team we saw last year. When your team is really bad, sometimes it can get tough watching the team play.
That's where we come in.
The 2009-10 New York Islanders should be a significant improvement over last year's team, but it doesn't necessarily mean they'll get better results. With this in mind, here's something to keep you interested. If nothing else, we hope it'll keep you laughing (and drinking), something much easier said than done with this team. We'll update this as it becomes necessary.
And away we go!
ANNOUNCERS
Drink every time...
- Billy Jaffe stares into the camera with a creepy half-smile while Howie is talking
- Howie Rose or Billy Jaffe reference their listeners on the radio. Chug if they use the phrase "Out In Radio Land".
- A sponsored segment is introduced. Chug if it's a Panasonic Digital Replay.
- Howie or Billy makes a bad pun
- Howie states that coincidental minors "will not affect on-ice manpower"
- Howie dismisses a late-game penalty as "just bookkeeping"
- Billy says something that could be construed as homer-ish. Chug if Billy precedes it with something like "Not to sound like a homer, but..."
- Stan Fischler appears on the intermission report. Chug if he's the best-dressed member of the crew. Take an additional drink every time he says something that would best be described as "crotchety". Kill a beer if he goes out of his way to bash Sidney Crosby.
- Howie praises the Islanders' third uniforms
- Howie complains about the difficulty of the night's trivia question
- Howie or Billy mention crew members (i.e. statistician Eric Hornick, producer Larry Roth, etc.) during the middle of a game
- Billy begins a point by saying "Here's a guy..."
- Billy gives orders to the production truck during a replay (i.e. "Hold it right there", "OK, roll it")
- Billy or Howie compliments the camera crew for getting a particularly good shot
- Butch Goring wears a hideous suit
- Howie or Billy mentions Egg Levine
COMMERCIALS
Drink every time the following commercials air...
- Emblem Health
- Anything owned by Cablevision
- Two Brothers Scrap Metal (PLEASE add this to your rotation, MSG Plus!)
- Coin Galleries of Oyster Bay
IN-GAME
Drink every time...
- Scott Gordon is wearing a tie that incorporates the Islanders' color scheme. Chug if his entire wardrobe is blue, white and orange.
- The crowd does a two-syllable chant in honor of a goalie (i.e. "D-P", "Roll-E", "Bee-Ron")
- Kyle Okposo takes a shot with one of his knees on the ice
- Jeff Tambellini does something that makes you curse aloud
- An opposing player dishes out a borderline hit. Chug if the Islanders don't bother to respond.
- An Islanders player is injured
- A Bridgeport Sound Tigers regular is called into duty to replace an injured player. Jeff Tambellini does NOT count as a Sound Tigers regular.
- The Islanders let up a goal while leading in the third period
- The camera gets a shot of a player taking a sip of water
- An Islanders goalie leaves the net to play the puck. Chug if it leaves him horribly out of position.
- A former Islander scores a goal against the Islanders
- The Islanders have more shots on goal than their opponents, but lose the game anyway
- The game goes to a shootout. Kill a beer if Brendan Witt is one of the Islanders' shooters.
Wow! So many rules!! It was easier when it was just "Do a shot every time Micheletti mentions Bates groin." I was blown out of my socks by the end of the first.
ReplyDeleteNice job.
" - Jeff Tambellini does something that makes you curse aloud"
ReplyDeleteJeez, what are you trying to do, kill us?
Christ, I forgot about Bates' groin! I think that would kill you before this whole entire game would.
ReplyDeleteBe glad I forgot about the "at the Coliseum" section - not because of drinking and driving or whatever, but because nobody can afford to play this game while beers are $8 a pop.