[CsInMyBlood]

Went with Simon, he scored some important goals during our run in '04.

McCarthy was a close second. What a beast.

I've told my Kevin LaVallee story on CP before, but I figure it's been so many years that I will tell it again.

At a Flames game when I was about twelve, Reggie Lemelin was in the Flames net. My friend being the biggest Lemelin fan ever, cheered like a nutball, over the top apeshiz every time Reggie made any kind of save.

A bunch of "adults" (four guys in their mid 20's) were beside us and one made the comment that we seemed like big Lemelin fans and that was cool, cause Reggie was a great guy.

Later on during a stop in play, one of the guys asked us if we knew who Kevin LaVallee was. My friend replied, "Yeah, he has a really hard shot, too bad he could never hit the net." Three of the guys burst into crying laughter and one said, "This is Kevin LaVallee", and pointed to the guy who was sitting next to us. Kevin didn't find the comment nearly as funny as his buddies did.

Later on, to get back at my friend, LaVallee pulled the old "Hey kid, whats this on your shirt?" routine, and gave my friend a tap on the nose when he looked down. My friend said, "Hey, whats that on your eye?" and pretended to poke him in the eye, except he actually did poke him in the freaking eye. HAHAHA. So brutal. His buddies found it funnier than the can't hit the net comment.

Kevin LaVallee was still super cool to us, even after getting his eye poked. We made the poor guy show us his drivers licence because we didn't believe it was actually him. Heh. Still have the autograph he gave me in a Flames program from that night.