Ode To a Goalie

(Bear with me guys, poetry has never been my gift)



Few words can describe Nic
Fewer yet for his big stick



The things he inspires in this chick
Is captured with a cameras click



As he bends, stretches, and kicks
All his movements quick



I become as coherent as a brick

Terrible right? Well, it could have been worse. I could have found some way to include certain other words that rhyme with Nic in there.


Anyway, Meet Nicola "Nic" Riopel. He's a 2009 Flyers draft pick. As much as I'd love to hold that against him I can't. He's just too stinking adorable.



Seriously, that accent! That hair! Oy vey. How can you not want to take him home and... uh... admire him. Yup. I wasn't going to say anything other than admire.

Tall, Dark, and Bendy

There's something very interesting about goalies who wear dark pads, isn't there?

 This enigmatic fellow is Dov Grumet-Morris. He's kind of an intense looking dude.

Did I mention he's dominating the ECHL right now? He leads GAA, Save %, and has backstopped his team to the top of the league.

Of course, this is all par for the course for him. His stats are proof of that.

Seriously, the only bad thing about him? Boring warm-up.