Bill Simmons once quoted someone who said:
"A good bet is like a good women, you only meet a few, and you remember them all."
Back in our college days, we threw some money around from time to time, never really touching hockey because it is tough to pick a winner every night.
Well, we had a solid weekend, making 150 bucks, and we were feeling lucky.
But after Monday went by, we had nothing to put any action on.
The year was 2005, and the Pens were awful in October.
It was on Tuesday, October 25, that we bet our first hockey game.
The Penguins had to win sometime, and they were playing the Panthers at home.
We put $30 on the Penguins to win.
The Penguins lost 4 - 3 in OT.
Sickening.
So yeah, that sucked.
Fast-forward to the end of October.
The 27th, (three-year anniversay today), and the Penguins were hosting the Atlanta Thrashers.
The Penguins hadn't even won a game yet.
All the hype surrounding Crosby entering the NHL and big free-agency signings was just about gone.
But they had to win, right? And the Thrashers were never good.
We put $120 on the Penguins to cover the spread. They had to win by two goals.
The game started at 7:30 PM.
And like so many games that year, it was essentially over by about 8:00 PM.
The Thrashers went off.
They were up 4-0 early, and it was vomit city.
$120 ain't no joke when you're in college and you've overdrafted your bank account more times than you care to remember.
But as usual, #66 bailed us out. He went off.
Scored two straight goals in the first period. Assisted on three more.
And as Ric Jackman made it 6-4, we were stunned. Big John Leclair added a huge insurance goal to make it 7-4, and life had meaning again. But, of course Caron had to give up a goal to make it 7-5 late in third. Thrashers could not score again. And thankfully they didn't.
We won something like $280.
Unreal.
"A good bet is like a good women, you only meet a few, and you remember them all."
Back in our college days, we threw some money around from time to time, never really touching hockey because it is tough to pick a winner every night.
Well, we had a solid weekend, making 150 bucks, and we were feeling lucky.
But after Monday went by, we had nothing to put any action on.
The year was 2005, and the Pens were awful in October.
It was on Tuesday, October 25, that we bet our first hockey game.
The Penguins had to win sometime, and they were playing the Panthers at home.
We put $30 on the Penguins to win.
The Penguins lost 4 - 3 in OT.
Sickening.
So yeah, that sucked.
Fast-forward to the end of October.
The 27th, (three-year anniversay today), and the Penguins were hosting the Atlanta Thrashers.
The Penguins hadn't even won a game yet.
All the hype surrounding Crosby entering the NHL and big free-agency signings was just about gone.
But they had to win, right? And the Thrashers were never good.
We put $120 on the Penguins to cover the spread. They had to win by two goals.
The game started at 7:30 PM.
And like so many games that year, it was essentially over by about 8:00 PM.
The Thrashers went off.
They were up 4-0 early, and it was vomit city.
$120 ain't no joke when you're in college and you've overdrafted your bank account more times than you care to remember.
But as usual, #66 bailed us out. He went off.
Scored two straight goals in the first period. Assisted on three more.
And as Ric Jackman made it 6-4, we were stunned. Big John Leclair added a huge insurance goal to make it 7-4, and life had meaning again. But, of course Caron had to give up a goal to make it 7-5 late in third. Thrashers could not score again. And thankfully they didn't.
We won something like $280.
Unreal.
