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Looks like we lost a goalie on Sunday for the Monday game. Anybody feel like taking a stint between the pipes?

Thank you for considering it! BG

Ai yi yi! From the MNDot press release:

Major weekend-long closure scheduled for Interstate 35E, 94 commons
Central Corridor Light Rail Transit (CCLRT) Project work continues

ROSEVILLE, Minn. – Motorists will experience delays and detours beginning Friday, May 18 as two major corridors in St. Paul close for the weekend.
Both directions of Interstate 35E between 10th Street/Wacouta Avenue and 11th Street, as well as both directions of Interstate 94 between 5th Street/10th Street and the ramp to 12th Street, will close.
Eastbound I-94 will close at 10 p.m. Friday, May 18, and westbound I-94 will close at 8 p.m. Friday, May 18. Northbound I-35E will close at 10 p.m. Friday, May 18, and southbound I-35E will close at 8 p.m. Friday, May 18.
In addition, the ramp from northbound Hwy 52 to westbound I-94 will close at 9 p.m. Friday, May 18.
Eastbound I-94 motorists are advised to follow the posted detour: northbound Hwy 280 to eastbound Hwy 36 to southbound I-35E.
Westbound I-94 motorists are advised to follow the posted detour: northbound I-35E to westbound I-694 to westbound I-94.
The ramp from southbound I-35E to eastbound I-94 and southbound Hwy 52 will remain open, as will the ramp from eastbound I-94 to southbound I-35E via Kellogg Boulevard.
Northbound I-35E motorists are advised to follow the posted detour: eastbound I-494 to northbound Hwy 61 to westbound I-94. Southbound I-35E motorists are advised to follow the posted detour in order to continue south: eastbound I-94 to southbound Hwy 61 to westbound I-494.
Access into downtown St. Paul will be available from I-35E at 10th Street/Wacouta Avenue from the north and from Kellogg Boulevard/11th Street from the south.
Access into downtown St. Paul will be available from I-94 at 12th/6th Street from the east and from 5th Street/10th Street from the west.
Access from downtown St. Paul to eastbound I-94 and northbound I-35E will be available from 11th Street.
Access from downtown St. Paul to westbound I-94 will be available from both West 6th Street and 12th Street.
Access from downtown St. Paul to southbound I-35E will be available from Kellogg Boulevard.
All ramps leading to northbound I-35E, beginning at East 7th Street, will close at 9 p.m. May 18. All ramps leading to eastbound I-94, beginning at Snelling Avenue, will close at 9 p.m. May 18.

This closure is necessary as crews prepare the Cedar Street Bridge that spans the commons section in order to accommodate the trains that will traverse it.
Both I-35E and I-94 will reopen by 5 a.m. Monday, May 21.

Pretty sure we all agree that the best post-hockey adult libation is beer--though there's probably a strong Jagermeister contingent, eh?

So... what's the perfect post-hockey beer? Southern Tier came out with this amazing pale ale with strong notes of grapefruit -- super refreshing (dammit, was a trial batch and I haven't found any lately, boo hoo). My sweetie favors his Guinness, but that is just too heavy after hockey. I like Paulaner Salvator doppebock... but with a cozy roast in the middle of winter, not when I'm stinkin hot and thirsty.

I like sour beers (O Duchess de Bourgone, I would buy you every day if I could afford you, you minx), so sometimes I choose Bell's Oarsman Ale.

Aside from the ubiquitous Bud/Miller/Coors run-of-the-mill stuff, what do YOU think is the best post-hockey beer?

A Detroit native, Chad Smith, drummer for the Red Hot Chili Peppers, still has hockey on his mind while he's touring with the band.

For the Michigan-born Smith, a lifelong infatuation with the Wings reached a new level in 1997, when he found himself in the locker room at Joe Louis Arena as the Red Wings celebrated their first Stanley Cup in 42 years. At the game to promote a charity hockey event, Smith gained access to the team's locker room, where he was quickly recognized. Moments later, he was drinking from the Stanley Cup.

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A Los Angeles resident for decades, Smith has adopted the Kings as another NHL favorite. For the drummer, who occasionally attends Kings games when the band isn't touring, their current run to the Western Conference Finals has been exciting. And the longtime goaltender has been especially impressed by the play of Jonathan Quick.
"I'm a fan of Quick. He's played great all year," Smith said. "I'm a goalie fan, and he's an American guy, too."

Smith would like to have watched more of the Kings' recent surge through the postseason, but the band's hectic schedule has made that difficult. It still hasn't stopped him from crossing paths with a few NHL teams, though. As the Chili Peppers have spent the spring playing a number of NHL arenas, they've found their schedule constantly conflicting with many NHL teams.

"In Ottawa, we played and they had just lost in New York. Our dressing room is the team dressing room and I saw the scorecard and everything. It was kind of sad," Smith said. "We were in Montreal and they hired their new GM and they wanted to do the press conference at the arena, but we were doing our gig. So we kind of screwed that up for them."

By the time the band arrived for two shows at the Prudential Center in Newark, N.J., they found themselves squarely in the middle of the Eastern Conference Semifinal between the Devils and Flyers.

"We had Friday and Saturday there. So they [Flyers and Devils] played Sunday after the extra days off and the Flyers were complaining the ice was a little soft. I say Philly's a little soft," Smith joked. "So the Devils can thank us for the soft ice."

Smith's hockey fandom even came in handy when it was time for the band to hire a new guitar player. When guitarist Josh Klinghoffer turned out to be a Red Wings fan, the Chili Peppers' search was over.

"When he grew up, Sergei Fedorov was his favorite player. So we have a bond," Smith said. "I said, 'You can be in the band. You're cool.'"

Full story from NHL.com.

From CNN...

Did you guess who it is?

(CNN) -- Martin Brodeur was unstrapping his goaltending pads after another victory, about to be rushed to a TV interview, when a reporter on deadline made a request. Could he answer just one quick question?
"Yes, I'm 40," Brodeur cracked, predicting the question before it could be asked. "For some reason, that's a big deal."
Well, it actually is, and the reason is simple: Brodeur couldn't celebrate the milestone -- his birthday was May 6 -- because he was too busy notching another win en route to leading the New Jersey Devils to the Eastern Conference Finals.
And now, as the playoffs move to the final two rounds, Brodeur has a chance to win the Stanley Cup at an age when most players already have hung up their skates and picked up their golf clubs.
Turning 40 usually means collecting your gag gifts and waking up with a hangover and a realization: You're not as young as you used to be. For Brodeur, it means doing what he's done his entire adult life: winning hockey games at the highest level in the sport.
No goaltender in NHL history has won more games than Brodeur: His 656 career victories are 105 more than Patrick Roy, who is second on the list. The next active goaltender on the all-time list, Roberto Luongo, has just 339, so it's a record that may never be broken.

Full story here.