FANZINE

It’s not what you think! Sarah Palin, America’s Next Top Hockey Mom has “ceremonially” dropped the puck at two NHL games thus far into the voting/hockey season, and both times have resulted in disaster. Game 1: Philadelphia Flyers v. New York Rangers, October 11, 2008 in Philadelphia. She is ceremonially roundly booed (as you can see in the above video) to the point where stadium officials had to turn up the music to drown out the response to a cheap political trick (see video here). The curse? Flyers go down 4-0 in the first period, nearly even it by the final whistle, end up losing 4-3, then subsequently go on to lose their next five games, going 0-6 and equaling the worst start in franchise history.

Fast forward to Friday, October 24. St. Louis Blues v. Los Angeles Kings in St. Louis. Sarah Palin, America’s Next Top Hockey Mom again out to ceremonially drop the first puck when Blues star goalie Manny Legace trips over the rug laid out for Ms. Palin and leaves the game after the first period (read the story here and peep the video here) with an injury stemming from the fall (Blues also lose 4-0 at home). Manny is a good sport about it all, and claims he doesn’t blame Palin, in which he cleverly implies just the opposite. Coincidentally, the Flyers break out of their losing streak the very same night. Coincidence? Yeah, right. —mkl