The Bruins Bear is back on patrol

The Boston Bruins beat Philly 5-1 last night and currently hold the 8th and final playoff spot in the East. They also make some damn funny commercials, as we've said before. 

You're a busy man. You've got that big account to handle, a distant wife and two kids who hate you. You also have a very nice watch. If there's one thing you despise, it's waiting. Forget that most hockey fans would take a Georges Laraque punch to the neck to score your seats, you are too important to sit in traffic. There's only one problem. The Boston Bruins have a seven-foot grizzly bear roaming the rink. And he ain't no Carlton.

The Cheapies! Best Sports Commercial of 2009

And the winner is... the Boston Bruins. Now, obviously, there are always plenty of choices here -- in 2009 alone there's Leroy Smith, Hyperize! and more -- not to mention one commercial that's so beautifully ironic, it almost brings us to tears.. more on that later.

We celebrate this series of Bruins spots for two reasons. First, it's been a long while since a TV commercial for hockey made us laugh -- those Nike spots for Sundin? -- let alone something from an NHL team itself. Second, they play perfectly to the everyday hockey fan who just wants some good beer, a good game and some good laughs in equal measure. Bring on the bear.

Rogers finally reaches agreement with TSN2

By now you know that the powers that be over at TSN had a brilliant money-making scheme to screw you out of more money (as if stealing the HNIC theme song wasn't enough). According to our friends over at Fadoo.ca:

...an agreement has been reached between Rogers Cable and CTVglobemedia regarding carriage of TSN2.

I don't know if I should be happy or sad. I mean, sure it's great that TSN2 is available to most Canadian subscribers, but man is it terrible that TSN2 even exists. Oh and good news, you can now find Blue Jays games (featuring the Boston Red Sox for at least one game) on the PAY ONLY channel. The same games that were found under your existing cable package for free just last year. First the Raptors, then Capitals / Penguins regular season NHL games, and now this.

Read the full story from Fadoo.ca here.

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