Call of the Day: Jack Edwards

IN the 3rd period of yesterday's matinee between the Bruins and the Hurricanes, Carolina enforcer/knucklehead Troy Bodie sent a not-so-subtle elbow flying toward the head of Bs d-man Mark Stuart with 5 minutes left in a 7-0 drubbing handed out by the Bruins. Not only was this a garbage move by Bodie against the guy who opened the scoring back in the 1st period, Stuart couldn't drop the gloves even if he wanted to - yesterday was his first game back following a hand injury suffered Dec 7th against Buffalo. Stuart was wearing a brace/wrap on his hand and, per league rules, he couldn't fight.

To the resuce came Adam McQuaid, Bruins rookie who's been making a name for himself this season and who already had 2 assists in the game. Not only did Lone Wolf McQuaid drop the gloves with Bodie, he landed and epic right hander early in the bout that left Bodie hanging on for dear life for the remainder of the fight.

It was about this time that Bruins play-by-play announcer and wordsmith-extrodinaire Jack Edwards delivered his most creative line of the game (and perhaps of 2011):

"McQuaid's just swinging away... he's shooting until that ship burns to the waterline..."

Pretty epic, eh? Even more so if you if you picture this going on in the 3rd period of a hockey game:

This is the most recent in a long line of natuical metaphors and images by Mr. Edwards. Most memooably, perhaps, was his send-off to the Buffalo Sabres following their exit from the 2010 Stanley Cup Playoffs at the hands of the Bruins: "And the Sabres hopes sleep with the Edmund Fitzgerald at the bottom of Gitchey Gumey."

What is it with Jack and nautical references? What more does he have up his sleeve? We shall certainly find out when the Bs and Canes commence part II of their home-and-home tonight in Raleigh.