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Originally posted by: Aquaman
Secret tabled at Turco dinner
Greg Douglas
Vancouver Sun
Saturday, April 28, 2007
SCENE & HEARD: It will be awhile before Dallas Stars goaltender Marty Turco has dinner again at Umberto Menghi's signature eatery, Il Giardino on Hornby Street. Not that Turco has anything against the food or service at the charming Tuscan-style villa. He loves the place. But as Turco's superstitions go, forget it.
Turco picked up the tab for eight of his teammates last Sunday on the eve of Game 7 in the Canucks-Dallas playoff series. Funny thing is, Il Giardino isn't open Sundays. But Turco insisted. He had wined and dined the same eight teammates earlier in the week and when the Stars won Game 5 the next night at GM Place, Turco wasn't taking no for an answer prior to Game 7. The Dallas players would sit in the same seats, order the same meal and drink the same wine.
After several desperate calls from Turco, the chef and two senior staff members agreed to open the restaurant for his private sitting. All in, it would cost Turco close to $10,000 to have the lights turned on, the grills fired up and the tab delivered for the nine hearty diners.
Dallas, of course, lost 4-1 the next night and Turco to this day is unaware that there was a Canucks souvenir collectible coin -- Roberto Luongo edition -- securely taped to the bottom of his chair. Turco should have known. As the team's rallying cry goes: "We are all Canucks".
Go Canucks Go!!!
Cheers,
Aquaman
Originally posted by: mugs
Son of a fvck.
Haha, brilliantOriginally posted by: sandorski
Originally posted by: Aquaman
Secret tabled at Turco dinner
Greg Douglas
Vancouver Sun
Saturday, April 28, 2007
SCENE & HEARD: It will be awhile before Dallas Stars goaltender Marty Turco has dinner again at Umberto Menghi's signature eatery, Il Giardino on Hornby Street. Not that Turco has anything against the food or service at the charming Tuscan-style villa. He loves the place. But as Turco's superstitions go, forget it.
Turco picked up the tab for eight of his teammates last Sunday on the eve of Game 7 in the Canucks-Dallas playoff series. Funny thing is, Il Giardino isn't open Sundays. But Turco insisted. He had wined and dined the same eight teammates earlier in the week and when the Stars won Game 5 the next night at GM Place, Turco wasn't taking no for an answer prior to Game 7. The Dallas players would sit in the same seats, order the same meal and drink the same wine.
After several desperate calls from Turco, the chef and two senior staff members agreed to open the restaurant for his private sitting. All in, it would cost Turco close to $10,000 to have the lights turned on, the grills fired up and the tab delivered for the nine hearty diners.
Dallas, of course, lost 4-1 the next night and Turco to this day is unaware that there was a Canucks souvenir collectible coin -- Roberto Luongo edition -- securely taped to the bottom of his chair. Turco should have known. As the team's rallying cry goes: "We are all Canucks".
Go Canucks Go!!!
Cheers,
Aquaman
rofl
Originally posted by: jman19
Sabres v. Rangers was insane today, just got back from the game
The officiating was fvckin awful though.
Originally posted by: mugs
Originally posted by: jman19
Sabres v. Rangers was insane today, just got back from the game
The officiating was fvckin awful though.
Yeah, I was glad the Rangers won it in the end so the officiating didn't affect the end result. I don't know what the hell Shanahan was doing taking that penalty toward the end of regulation though. Not smart, and it could have cost them the game.
The officiating has been bad throughout all the eastern playoff series.Originally posted by: jman19
Sabres v. Rangers was insane today, just got back from the game
The officiating was fvckin awful though.
Originally posted by: jman19
Originally posted by: mugs
Originally posted by: jman19
Sabres v. Rangers was insane today, just got back from the game
The officiating was fvckin awful though.
Yeah, I was glad the Rangers won it in the end so the officiating didn't affect the end result. I don't know what the hell Shanahan was doing taking that penalty toward the end of regulation though. Not smart, and it could have cost them the game.
There were a lot of bad calls in the Sabres' favor, but then the Rangers went and committed some dumb penalties, probably due to frustration. Too many one-sided ticky-tack calls IMO.
How did the disallowed Rangers goal look? One of my friends sent me a text msg and said it wasn't intentionally kicked, but it was impossible for me to see that from where I was sitting (and the air was thin up there )
Originally posted by: SampSon
On a side note, I HATE watching games on CBS or whatever national broadcast station that was. They constantly fellate the big market teams and have clear cut leanings to who they like. Brett Hull was funny though, he was definitely going against the grain during this game. These guys talk about hockey games like they are football games, and announce them in that fashion as well. It's no wonder the NHL gets sh!t national ratings, they might as well put two chimps and Martha Stewart in the press box to call the games.
Originally posted by: pyonir
GO DUCKS!!!