The Wheel of Cheese

One thing I think is very interesting about sports is the massive amount of jerseys being introduced these days. Some teams have just a simple home/away jersey combination (ex- New York Yankees), while some seem to have more jersey combos than teams in their conference (ex - Oregon Ducks). This brings me to the thought of the newest jersey to be unveiled, the Minnesota Wild's third jersey.

Since their inception into the National Hockey League (NHL) in 2000, the Wild have had a very minor changes to their jerseys. First it was the traditional home/away jerseys (green/white), which sat pretty good with fans (myself included). In 2007, that changed as the Wild unveiled a new home jersey which was part of the Reebok Edge jersey system. Since then, that jersey has replaced the former green home sweater, and the Wild has remained one of the few NHL teams without a third jersey.

That is until now, as the Wild unveiled their new third uniform at the Minnesota State Fair. I've known about this for awhile now (the jersey was leaked at Icethetics.info a few days prior), but after getting a nice closeup view of the jersey, I would have to say I am not completely sold on the jersey. I will admit, it has a nice Minnesota-Northern-Iron Range feel to it, but the overall design is not as good as the other jerseys the Wild currently wear. From the front, the jersey looks absolutely great, but there are three things that bother me when I look at this jersey in comparison to the current home/away sweaters...

1) Overall Design - Looks like the home uniform with different colors and a new logo.
2) Blandness - The design is good, but not as high quality as other Wild jerseys.
3) Too Much White - The white stripes/numbers/name plates stand out too much from the green color of the jersey. I would have liked to see some darker colors used (ex - gold/red).

With those three negatives in mind, its still awesome to see that the Wild came out with a new jersey for the 2009-10 season. I guess it will probably take a little while for this design to wear on me, but odds are, I'll probably like the new sweater once I get to see the Wild wearing it this season.

Labels: Minnesota Wild, Uniform

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It may have taken two nights to complete, but I finally finished watching the movie Mallrats. I watched it in two 45 minute sessions due to being very sleepy, but thanks to On Demand (shameless plug), I was able to start and pickup right where I had left off the following day.

Brief Review: If I had to sum up the movie in one word, it would be great. The movie itself has many funny and odd moments throughout, which adds up to a rather unique, yet simple storyline. The movie itself takes place in Minnesota, which was an additional plus as I enjoy movies that are filmed in Minnesota.

Note: For those of you who don't know, Mallrats was released in 1995, and filmed at Eden Prairie Center. I've never been to that mall, but after seeing this movie, I am tempted to go there just to loiter and do absolutely nothing (well maybe shop since it is a mall). The movie also had a spot at Minneapolis-St Paul Airport, and the rest appears to be filmed in sunny Los Angeles, California. For some reason, this screams D2: The Mighty Ducks, as many of their scenes were filmed in Minnesota and the rest was filmed in California as well.

Another cool thing about this movie is that since it was filmed 14 years ago, you'll notice little nuances such as the older clothing styles, pro hockey teams that no longer exist, stationwagon and movie actors who look younger. Overall, its like going back in a time machine and seeing what life looked like 15 years ago.

Best Quote: The movie itself had lots of memorable quotes, and my personal favorite came when Brodie started to play a hockey video game shortly before getting dumped by his girlfriend...

[Brodie picks up a controller and continues a paused video game]

Rene: What are you doing? You promised me breakfast.

Brodie: "Breakfast, shmreakfast. Look at the score, for Christ's sake. It's only the second period and I'm up 12 to 2. Breakfasts come and go, Rene, but Hartford, "the Whale," they only beat Vancouver once, maybe twice in a lifetime."

Sure that quote will make any person who enjoys sports laugh, and what makes that even more funny is that the Hartford Whalers are no longer an NHL franchise.

Yay/Nay???: If you haven't seen the movie Mallrats yet, I would highly recommend it. It may not be a best-seller, or a movie that is referenced as frequently as Ferris Bueller's Day Off, but the movie does have quite a few laughs and the romantic-comedy style movie is more funny than cheesy.

Movie Rating = 3 out of 5 stars

Labels: Mallrats, Movies

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