The Two-Line Pass

Tie Domi is finally doing some good for the world. He’s helping to endorse a charity called Spread the Net, which helps buy mosquito nets for African families so that kids don’t get malaria. Seems like a good cause.

But here’s a commercial(?) for Spread the Net featuring Domi and Cuba Gooding, Jr. that’s just… surreal. Domi calls his commercial co-star “Q-ba,” which is not how you pronounce his name, Gooding calls himself Domi’s “photo negative” and then they go on a strange tangent about the amount of children they each have before closing with Gooding’s “classic” line from Jerry Maguire, slightly (and hilariously!) modified to be more appropriate to their current situation.

Oh it’s just a hoot.

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This video, taken from the Russian equivalent of MTV, was presumably filmed before Ovie met his internet girlfriend. However, this is possibly the best Ovechkin video ever and needs to be shown regardless.

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I mean, you don’t even have to say anything after that.

By the way, the next great Ovechkin quote to enter the hockey lexicon should definitely be:

“They say hello, I say hey, the next thing you know they say rape.”

Y’ever go to YouTube and just type in “Hockey top 10?” You get some weird videos.

Who would’ve thought there was a Top 10 shootout misses countdown out there?

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There are some hilarious misses from big-time players. Alex Ovechkin, Peter Forsberg, Markus Naslund, and Corey Perry all look like fools in this one. Naslund’s is particularly embarrassing.

No shock that Wideman’s famous miss was No. 1.

I was clicking through YouTube just now and once again stumbled upon a clip that, for me, will never get old.

It is Ilya Bryzgalov, then-backup goalie for the Ducks, being interviewed by the humorless Edmonton media prior to Chris Pronger’s first game back in Oiltown since the infamous forced trade.

Funny and pointed, it stands as the crowning achievement among all hockey interviews. Nothing can match it for humor and rewatch value. I have a friend who literally watches it every day at work and giggles like a schoolgirl every time (sorry Mike).

Here it is then:

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So many great moments. The high-pitched “Why you heff to be mhad,” the indignant “Hold on, here is minus thearty-two,” the reference to November as “November months.” Priceless.

It occurred to me, though, that there are many great hockey interviews out there. It’s hard to think of an unfunny Ovechkin interview. Some people might think there are better ones though. Could you himagine?

So if you have a favorite, send it on in via e-mail or in the comments.

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Greg Scott has all the hockey smarts in the world.The 20-year-old Seattle Thunderbirds winger scored 38 goals and 75 points in 72 games in the defensively tough WHL this season and helped lead the T-Birds to an unlikely  playoff berth. His hockey IQ is unquestionable.

As for his non-hockey IQ? Well, just listen to his explanation of his father’s chicken farm.

There’s another video out there where he explains that his favorite musical artists are Beethoven, Mozart and 50 Cent. Clearly, Greg Scott is a man of discriminating, if not entirely understandable, tastes.