Welcome to the 2013 Swords and Sticks NHL Awards nomination week!!!!
What is more exciting than the Red Wedding??? Well, it's the 2013 Swords and Sticks NHL Awards, of course! In the theme of our favorite TV show, we have developed a list of distinguished and honorable awards for which we are soliciting nominations of current NHL hockey players.
Here are the rules:
- Nominations will be accepted via comment, tweet, or email between 6/7 and 6/14
- Nominations should be based on the 2013 season (including playoffs)
- The top three candidates (based on nominations) in each category will be selected for voting, which will take place 6/17 - 6/23
- Saucer reserves the right to add a fourth player to each category based on her own personal bias and crushes
- At the end of voting, Saucer reserves the right to break any ties by conducting an unannounced, completely random poll of her co-workers (I live in TEXAS so don't let this happen)
- Winners will be awarded an official certificate, a trophy, and a meet & greet with Saucer. Fine, fine. I don't want any restraining orders so we'll bypass the meet & greet. Sigh...
The Awards
The Renly & Loras Award: Best Bromance
The Daenerys Targaryen, the First of Her Name, Queen of Meereen, Queen of the Andals and the Rhoynar and the First Men, Lord of the Seven Kingdoms, Protector of the Realm, Khaleesi of the Great Grass Sea, called Daenerys Stormborn, the Unburnt, Mother of Dragons Award: Best Nickname
The John Snow Award: Best Abs
The Olyvar the Squire Award: Best Ass
The Margaery Tyrell Award: Best Playoff Beard
The Loras Tyrell Award: Best Flow
The Jamie Lannister Award: Player You’d Most Like to Punch in the Face and Then Make Out With
The Theon Greyjoy Award: Hottest Player on a Team You Hate
The Jamie/Brienne vs the Bear Award: Best Fight
The Robb Stark Award: Worst Injury
The King Joffrey Award: Dirtiest Player
The Drogon the Dragon Award: Hottest Goalie
The Arya Stark Award: Hottest Forward
The Tyrion Lannister Award: Hottest Defenseman
The Bran Stark Awards : Hottest Rookie
The Ned Stark Award: Most Missed in 2013
So get to work! Email, tweet, or comment your nominations by 6/14 to ensure your favorite players make the cut!
Kisses!
~Saucer
So let me first say I love all of these award names and their sheer perfection! Now, let me just acknowledge my clear Avs bias as I proceed with my nominations. :)
ReplyDeleteThe Renly & Loras Award: Gabe Landeskog & Erik Johnson (the tweets pretty much speak for themselves)
The Daenerys Targaryen, the First of Her Name, Queen of Meereen, Queen of the Andals and the Rhoynar and the First Men, Lord of the Seven Kingdoms, Protector of the Realm, Khaleesi of the Great Grass Sea, called Daenerys Stormborn, the Unburnt, Mother of Dragons Award: Ryan O'Reilly (Factor, or my favorite Radar)
The John Snow Award: Ryan Kesler (I'm pained admitting this)
The Olyvar the Squire Award: Sidney Crosby
The Margaery Tyrell Award: Dustin Penner
The Loras Tyrell Award: Semyon Varlamov (It's not long, but it is perfection)
The Jamie Lannister Award: Kevin Bieksa
The Theon Greyjoy Award: Maxim Lapierre
The Jamie/Brienne vs the Bear Award: Patrick Bordeleau vs. Biz (really Bordy should just be handed this award. No need for any other nominations. The man is a beast.)
The Robb Stark Award: Ryan Wilson (not for it's severity, but for the heartbreak it caused me)
The King Joffrey Award: Raffi Torres
The Drogon the Dragon Award: VARLY!!! (Sorry, but I'm not sorry for all the feels I have for his Russian perfection)
The Arya Stark Award: Gabe Landeskog (He's not even my favorite, but you can't deny how perfect the Swedes are)
The Tyrion Lannister Award: Ryan Wilson (Again, he's my favorite so how could I NOT nominate him?!)
The Bran Stark Awards : Brendan Gallagher
The Ned Stark Award: Steve Downie!