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Ok, first this “jump on the bandwagon” thing.
The expression, we’re told, dates to 1848, when American humourist and circus operator Dan Rice invited presidential candidate Zachary Taylor to ride with the musicians in the parades that announced the circus’s arrival. Only later did it take on a negative, “fair weather fan” connotation. But we say, so what if we had written off the Senators in January? So what if we missed a few telecasts while binging on Game of Thrones? The Sens are in and so are we — so slide on over, Zack. We’re going to ride this wagon until the bearded lady sings.
Spit out some stats
If anyone seems skeptical of your Sens fan cred, just hit them with “22-4-4 … what else is there to say?” (That’s the Senators win/loss/overtime loss record in their final 30 games of the NHL regular season, taking them from 14th place in the Eastern Conference standings, 14 points out of a wild-card spot, on Feb. 9 to seventh spot and the first wild-card spot at the end of the season. But you knew that.)
Faye Kaplan and her daughter, Nadine Hecht, of The Cake Shop sell Ottawa Senators cookies and Hamburglar cakes.
Bake it, and they will come
Making a Hamburglar cake in honour of goalie Andrew Hammond is easy, says The Cake Shop’s Faye Kaplan. Just retop your existing SpongeBob SquarePants cake with fondant icing, and Bobby Ryan’s your uncle! OK, a lifetime of baking smarts probably helps. Kaplan is also the originator of cookies decorated with the names and numbers of individual Senators players — like hockey cards, only tastier. They’re a hit at Sens games, she told the Citizen’s Laura Robin. To which we say, fans, it’s OK to throw burgers on the ice after the game ends, but please, don’t ever toss your cookies.
The Bagel Cup, as created by St-Viateur Bagel of Montreal. Try wearing that on your head!
Shaken by bacon?
When we saw this replica Stanley Cup crafted from bagels by St-Viatur Bagel of Montreal, we thought: “Well, at least they didn’t make it out of smoked meat!”
Turns out we spoke too soon.
A Rosemont district drinkery named Bar Brutus has fashioned a cup not from smoked meat but from 10 kilograms of bacon slices, each patiently glued to the next by chef Jean-François Leduc in a five-hour labour of what we can only call craziness. It looks (and maybe smells) like the meat dress Lady Gaga wore to the 2010 MTV Music Video awards, which makes us worry that the Habs have lined up Lady G to sing the anthem Wednesday while wearing the meat dress and brandishing the bacon cup, which might prove distracting.
Cough up the cash
Not long after Canadian playoff tickets went (ever so briefly) on sale, the Globe and Mail’s man in Montreal, Les Perreaux, checked StubHub for the cheapest available scalpers’ tickets for first home games. His Twitter-conveyed findings: Montreal, $107; Vancouver, $114; Ottawa, $166; Calgary, $236; Winnipeg, $683 (later rising to $763). Of course, it has been a while (19 years) since Winnipeg hosted an NHL playoff game.
Follow that tweeter
Even if they didn’t work here — honest! — we’d recommend adding Citizen sports writers Wayne Scanlan (@HockeyScanner) and Ken Warren (@citizenkwarren) to your list of Twitter pals. Their near play-by-play commentary (when do they get the time to write?) is ever accurate and insightful, neither of which can be said, unfortunately, of some broadcast types (memo to Glenn Healey: Was that Ottawa-Boston series you recently mentioned the one in 1927? Hasn’t been one since.) Also on our list: droll editorialist (and former sports editor) @James_J_Gordon. And from the greater Twittersphere, @bRian5or6 is the very picture — or is it parody? — of Sens passion, his rollercoasting emotions surpassed only by those of his Ski-Doo-racing granny.
With files from Gord Holder
Got a photo/tip/tidbit for the Bandwagon? Write to rbostelaar@ottawacitizen.com
twitter.com/robt_bostelaar
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The expression, we’re told, dates to 1848, when American humourist and circus operator Dan Rice invited presidential candidate Zachary Taylor to ride with the musicians in the parades that announced the circus’s arrival. Only later did it take on a negative, “fair weather fan” connotation. But we say, so what if we had written off the Senators in January? So what if we missed a few telecasts while binging on Game of Thrones? The Sens are in and so are we — so slide on over, Zack. We’re going to ride this wagon until the bearded lady sings.
Spit out some stats
If anyone seems skeptical of your Sens fan cred, just hit them with “22-4-4 … what else is there to say?” (That’s the Senators win/loss/overtime loss record in their final 30 games of the NHL regular season, taking them from 14th place in the Eastern Conference standings, 14 points out of a wild-card spot, on Feb. 9 to seventh spot and the first wild-card spot at the end of the season. But you knew that.)
Faye Kaplan and her daughter, Nadine Hecht, of The Cake Shop sell Ottawa Senators cookies and Hamburglar cakes.
Bake it, and they will come
Making a Hamburglar cake in honour of goalie Andrew Hammond is easy, says The Cake Shop’s Faye Kaplan. Just retop your existing SpongeBob SquarePants cake with fondant icing, and Bobby Ryan’s your uncle! OK, a lifetime of baking smarts probably helps. Kaplan is also the originator of cookies decorated with the names and numbers of individual Senators players — like hockey cards, only tastier. They’re a hit at Sens games, she told the Citizen’s Laura Robin. To which we say, fans, it’s OK to throw burgers on the ice after the game ends, but please, don’t ever toss your cookies.
The Bagel Cup, as created by St-Viateur Bagel of Montreal. Try wearing that on your head!
Shaken by bacon?
When we saw this replica Stanley Cup crafted from bagels by St-Viatur Bagel of Montreal, we thought: “Well, at least they didn’t make it out of smoked meat!”
Turns out we spoke too soon.
A Rosemont district drinkery named Bar Brutus has fashioned a cup not from smoked meat but from 10 kilograms of bacon slices, each patiently glued to the next by chef Jean-François Leduc in a five-hour labour of what we can only call craziness. It looks (and maybe smells) like the meat dress Lady Gaga wore to the 2010 MTV Music Video awards, which makes us worry that the Habs have lined up Lady G to sing the anthem Wednesday while wearing the meat dress and brandishing the bacon cup, which might prove distracting.
Cough up the cash
Not long after Canadian playoff tickets went (ever so briefly) on sale, the Globe and Mail’s man in Montreal, Les Perreaux, checked StubHub for the cheapest available scalpers’ tickets for first home games. His Twitter-conveyed findings: Montreal, $107; Vancouver, $114; Ottawa, $166; Calgary, $236; Winnipeg, $683 (later rising to $763). Of course, it has been a while (19 years) since Winnipeg hosted an NHL playoff game.
Follow that tweeter
Even if they didn’t work here — honest! — we’d recommend adding Citizen sports writers Wayne Scanlan (@HockeyScanner) and Ken Warren (@citizenkwarren) to your list of Twitter pals. Their near play-by-play commentary (when do they get the time to write?) is ever accurate and insightful, neither of which can be said, unfortunately, of some broadcast types (memo to Glenn Healey: Was that Ottawa-Boston series you recently mentioned the one in 1927? Hasn’t been one since.) Also on our list: droll editorialist (and former sports editor) @James_J_Gordon. And from the greater Twittersphere, @bRian5or6 is the very picture — or is it parody? — of Sens passion, his rollercoasting emotions surpassed only by those of his Ski-Doo-racing granny.
With files from Gord Holder
Got a photo/tip/tidbit for the Bandwagon? Write to rbostelaar@ottawacitizen.com
twitter.com/robt_bostelaar
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