#hockey is great !!!!

[greatunironic]

eddie wakes up in a strange room. this was not particularly unusual for him, historically: he’d spent most of his twenties waking up in new and interesting places (including a handful of jail cells). but after eddie, the label, and the los angeles superior court system decided it would be best if he stopped drinking and doing blow, it stopped being such a regular occurrence.

so it’s almost alarming to him, now, to be blinking up at an unfamiliar cement ceiling with the raging bitch of all headaches and generally feeling like he got hit by a truck, got whiplash in a crash with the way his neck aches. he’d think he was hungover like all those times before except for how sharp the pain is, bright.

he worries, briefly, he’s relapsed, or someone’s slipped him something. but he remembers what him and the boys had been up to, before this, and he thinks it’d’ve been a strange night indeed if someone roofied a c-list (b-list if he’s feeling charitable) musician at a fucking frozen four game.

because yeah, eddie remembers: they’d been third row, watching the wisconsin ladies clean up and cheering for jeff’s kid sister like she was about to get olympic gold. (she probably would, someday. her and that mayfield girl who played defense were looking down the barrel at a 2026 run apparently.

eddie’s been to a handful of games over the years, when touring and recording allows them to go. he’s resolutely never been a sports guy but he’ll admit, when pressed, that live hockey is pretty dope. to say nothing, of course, of how jeff would probably murder them all in their sleep if they didn’t rep the red and white for lottie.

(and also — and this is between eddie and his god alright — but lottie’s coach? standing back there in his suit, hair styled and dialed, snapping his gum, yelling at the refs? kind of doing it for him, okay. worth the price of admission, even if the tickets weren’t free.)

when he thinks harder — which hurts too — the last thing he clearly remembers was someone from the beavers scoring, bringing their lead to 5-1, and a slapshot from the other team getting out over the boards and nearly taking out some lady’s popcorn. someone behind them in the seats said, “jesus they’re getting desperate, eh?”

then shit goes dark on him, not even a fade to black, but a full on smash cut, roll credits black, and the post-credits scene is where ever the fuck eddie is at the moment. it smells like human and cold and icy hot, so obviously, he thinks, he died and went to hell like all the church ladies said he would back in hawkins, or probably just a locker room. what the fuck?

he blinks at the ceiling, at an interesting water stain on the cement texturing. he’s in the middle of wondering where the rest of his band has gone if he’s here alone, fucking abandoners, when a sweaty redhead with the bitchiest expression he’s maybe ever seen enters his field of vision.

“you’re alive,” she says.

eddie blinks again. “why do you sound so disappointed?”

“yo coach!” she shouts, already on the move away from him. “he’s alive!”

he tries to sit up, but that makes the pain in his head worse, and also draws attention to the fact that his back also hurts. he squeezes his eyes shut and makes a truly embarrassing noise of pain — if pressed, he’d call it a whimper — and a pair of big hands land on his shoulders.

“out, out ladies i got this! hey!, hey, man, don’t move just yet,” says big hands.

“yeah, no problem, i don’t want to anymore,” eddie says. he stirs up the will to open his eyes again and very nearly slams them back shut. because of course the person staring down at him is fucking coach hottie snackycakes himself. he’s even better looking in person, too, big droopy eyes, lips as pink as his bubblegum, and shiny, jesus christ. he’s still got eddie by the shoulders, hands warm through the thin cotton of his flannel and tee — because eddie’s always been more fashion than sense, wayne always said, and it’s even worse now that the paps are on him—

“oh, fuck this is gonna be all over tiktok later, isn’t it?” he moans.

“maybe not.”

“don’t lie.”

“listen, eddie — it is eddie, right?” asks coach hottie. “i’m steve. coach harrington. faughnsie — lottie, i mean — she said you’re eddie. her brother’s guitarist? what do you remember?”

“more like he’s my singer,” he says, “but sure. and not much.”

“well, you’re gonna be okay,” says coach hottie — steve. “it really wasn’t that bad, and it was probably too fast for anyone to get it, unless they already had a camera on you. you took a puck to the head when one popped up. i’d apologize but it wasn’t one of my girls who did it, so. anyway — you weren’t out for long, which robbie says is good — she’ll get a look at you in a second — but you got your bell rung pretty good. and you’re gonna have quite the shiner, trust me.”

“speaking from experience?”

“oh, yeah. closer and faster too.” he gently raps his head with his knuckles. “too many concussions too early ended my nhl days, in fact.”

“oh. oh shit, sorry, i—“

“don’t worry about it, man, it happens,” he says. “and if it hadn’t, i wouldn’t be here.”

“at the frozen four.”

“yeah, sure, that too.”

“what?”

“what?” steve waves him off. “anyway, i’m just glad to see you up, ish, and talking. looked pretty scary, from the bench.”

“i really don’t remember,” says eddie. “but i’m sure i’ll see it on tiktok later, like i said — at least, my unconscious, bleeding form.”

“i got up there pretty fast, so i doubt it,” says steve.

eddie blinks, twice. “you—?”

“you were behind my bench, and you. well,” he says with a shrug, but he’s clearly a little embarrassed, finally putting those hands away — weapons of eddie destruction, he thinks — and shoving them into his pockets of his tight slacks. “i should be getting back out there.”

“do you? you’re murdering them pretty good, unless i black out and missed them getting four more goals,” eddie says.

the corners of steve’s eyes crinkle when he smiles. eddie thinks he might just pass out again. “no, we’re still gonna cinch it, i think. looks bad, though — first time coach missing the final period so’s he can hit on the cute musician who got his clock cleaned by the biscuit.”

“oh,” he says. swallows. “uh.”

steve’s crinkly, smiley eyes go wide. “unless—“

“no less!” eddie shouts and then immediately winces. at a better, less damaging to his more than slightly concussed noggin, volume, he says, “more, actually. because pretty sure i shouldn’t be left unsupervised, and i’ve clearly been abandoned by the band, so—“

“so,” says steve.

“coach, two minutes!” someone calls.

“so, i was hoping maybe i could keep hitting on the hot hockey coach back at his?”

“i’m at the ramada inn,” he says, “and i got tape to watch for the finals.”

“i live for room service,” eddie tells him seriously. “and i’m suddenly very into wisconsin sports teams.”

“coach! go time!”

“yeah?” he asks.

“yeah.”

“COACH!”

he jerks a thumb over his shoulder. “i gotta — but, uh, later?”

“pick me up in twenty?”

“probably more like half an hour, with stoppage,” he says.

someone bangs on the door. “COACH!! let’s boogie!!”

with one last look, wide eyed and smiling, steve leaves. eddie watches him go. he’d heard hockey players were caked up but lord — eddie is about to convert to a new religion, or maybe found one, over the stretch of those slacks.

“damn,” he says quietly.

“gross,” a woman says. eddie startles and looks to the side, where a lanky brunette with a bob and an undercut is staring at him, unimpressed. she’s in some get up that screams athletic trainer, and there’s a white board in her hand.

“how long have you been there?” he asks.

she raises an eyebrow. “long enough, and honestly, i don’t know if that counts as a you rule for him, or a you suck for you,” she says and does not elaborate when he asks. “also don’t look at him like that. it’s steve. he’s basically my sister.”

“yeah? any tips then?” asks eddie. “i promise i’ll only use them for good. well. mostly.”

“god,” she says with an expansive eye roll. “you’re gonna be a nightmare, aren’t you?”

a cheer goes up outside the room as the teams, presumably, take the ice again. eddie, head throbbing, concussed, embarrassed, grins. “sure hope so,” he says.

#stranger things #eddie munson #steve harrington #steddie #rockstar au #hockey au #two great tastes that taste great together tbh #cross posted on twitter #might clean this up later + pop it on ao3

[sayheykid]

trying to figure out how to say this delicately. i do think that the pwhl is going to make some progress, and already the support for the league is showing how much of a market there is for women's sports even from a few years ago. but it's kind of been irking me to see so many posts that act like there has never been any arena for women's pro hockey before. like do you understand how many people — how many leagues!! — came before this to even make the pwhl a possibility. do you know how many people have fought tooth and nail for women's pro hockey for DECADES. i'm not saying don't support the league, but don't act like it's the perfect solution to a brand new issue

#idk i'm just thinking #how quickly people forget the outrage and devastation of the entirety of the phf being blindsided by the acquisition/merger #contracts erased. careers ended. lives uprooted. #yes women players are getting more money and more visibility! that's great! #but i can't support it wholeheartedly #i will support it because they've ensured it's the only option there is but it still feels kind of bad man #saw a post earlier that was like 'starting today. young girls will realize there's a future for them in pro hockey' #that's great! but it's not starting today! #it started with all the groundwork that's been happening for years and years and years #hockey #pwhl #phf

[broresteia]

EDIT: fixed all the wrong numbers….

here r the 23-24 season captains + alts! Enjoy!

#hockey #nhl #if u see any errors PLEASE do not let me know #i cant look at this anymore…the wrong numbers brought great shame upon me #doodles #also gudas isnt captain but an alt….let me perish

[tianhai03]

felt like drawing kiryu how i dressed him up in gaiden... i havent drawn him in like 2 years i think. feels good to be back 🐉

#yes i put the hockey mask on him because of jason. yes im never taking it off. i love the mask so much #its like rggstudios knew that i got into friday the 13th recently and so they made that an option in the game im forever grateful #anyways. the game's great. im like 10 hours in and im still on chapter 2. i almost went broke multiple times bc i bought too much clothing #for kiryu to wear. 10/10 i cant wait for the ending to absolutely fucking destroy me emotionally <3 #yakuza #ryu ga gotoku #kiryu kazuma #allyart #god i wish i didnt have work so i could play gaiden all day. its so fun..........................

[suburbanbonfire]

he SHOOTS he SCORES!!!

69 is still a pretty nice number (prints here)

#god i had the best fucking time working on this #did the bg first and it was so fun #colors man theyre great #originally had 'hockey stick as rifle' written in my notes for the first kraken 40 goal scorer this year #whomstever that would be #and well yeah we dont need to look any further in on that one #still an idea going to good use #hockey #hockey art #toronto maple leafs #maple leafs #auston matthews #am34 #my art #nhl

[nottodayjustin]

April 1st 2024 best hockey tweet(s) of the day

#pittsburgh penguins #toronto maple leafs #vancouver canucks #ryan reaves #hockey twitter #nhl #nhl hockey #hockey #ryan reaves last night was the epitome of that worst person you know just made a great point clickhole article #i love tkachuk but the oh no i’m so scared hands bit was hilarious ngl

[larsnicklas]

MATTHEW TKACHUK ✧ 240124 We're a team through and through in that room and we're sticking up for each and every one of us.

#matthew tkachuk #florida panthers #nhl #hockey #meg.cats #meg.gif #meg.all #ah it's just a pleasure seeing him get hot. he was honestly playing well early in the year too but he was SO snakebitten #also like. you know. coming off a major injury and whatnot. #he's been looking great though. #as soon as he was sure he wouldn't get dragged to the cold north for the asg he was like <3 ok hang on i'm going turbo mode #(me vs. the 720p footage the bally twt account posts.....)

[adelphenium]

haiiii twirls hair Have u done anymore mcmattdrai angel/devil au art ? 👀

wellllll now that you mention it.......

i've had a couple of ideas in the meantime but never gotten around to doing anything, so tysm for the req; here's some more snippets of these three! :D

#shoulder devil matthew mainly exists to be a menace and he's doing a great job at it 👍👍 #connor mcdavid #matthew tkachuk #leon draisaitl #mcmattdrai #mattdrai #mcdrai #mcmatt #hockey art #yjart #req! #angel/devil mcmattdrai #hrpf #hockey rpf

[ziggyplayedguitar96]

I personally believe these signs were the best thing to come out of the devils vs canucks game last month

#nhl #hockey #new jersey devils #nj devils #devils hockey #vancouver canucks #canucks hockey #quinn hughes #jack hughes #luke hughes #hughes brothers #hughes bowl #twitter #jack may have been injured but it was still a great game #I forgot to post this back in january lol

[crybaby-bkg]

I just want hockey player Bakugou who’s so goddamn aggressive on the ice, but so sweet and tender and loving when he’s off. you can often find him screaming his head off at someone and shoving against them during games, but pouting in your lap at some after party after scolding him for yelling at a teammate too much.

he’s honestly too pretty to even be playing the sport—always coming home to you with a split eyebrow and an excuse as to why this fight actually wasn’t started by him but by some other dumbass. always nursing bloodied lips and black eyes, but he thinks they’re worth it when you coo up at him for still being so damn handsome, even if he is black and blue.

omg and imagining him coming off the ice, spitting his mouthguard into his gloved hand, teeth covered in blood. he’s skating over to you, fussing the entire time, unaware of just how sexy he looks, all deranged and feral, and like you’re the only one that can tame this beast. he never fully understood why you liked kissing him when he had a mouthful of blood, but your sweetness collides with the metallic tang, so he can’t really complain.

#hi I wrote this at 1:30am #but yes I need him so bad #hopefully by the time this posts I’ll have had a hockey player baku dream lmfao #also I’ve been spring cleaning and it’s so relaxing and cathartic I love it #have a great days guys :) #—new treat in the streets! 🍫 #bakugou treats! 🍬

[sergeifyodorov]

inarguably one of the tweets I think about the most often

#many great hockey tweets out there but this one Speaks to me in a way few others do

[coefficiente]

some long lost lars photos

#adam larsson #the hockey blog I found them on mentions “han är också en riktigt snygging” (not only great at hockey also very hot) lol #krakenblr #seattle kraken

[hab-a-nice-day]

—Juraj Slafkovský is a reaction gif factory ("Oh yeah, for sure!"), Montreal Canadiens' Practice, March 18, 2024

#Montreal Canadiens #Hockey #Habs #Juraj Slafkovský #JS20 #Practice #BABY’S GOT 40 POINTS! #GREAT JOB DINO!

[linskywords]

Hockey RPF Recs from 2023

I realized recently that I haven't done a great job keeping up with hockey fic beyond the authors I was already subscribed to, so I did some reading in the tag for the past year (and of course fell in a hole and neglected other parts of my life, you know the drill). Mattdrai is even bigger than I thought?? (She said, having been living under a rock.) Also, wow, *amazing* writers out there I had no idea about! Here are my favorites of the stories I've read so far:

so is the longing by dogjuice (mattdrai): This one might win as my favorite fic of the year. You know how sometimes you read something that's not quite as well written as you want it to be but it's doing the thing you want so you read it anyway? This is NOT that fic. It hits such good juicy trope buttons and also is clever and hilariously written. Top marks.

i'll tell you when to stop by dogjuice (mcmattdrai): Sadly this is the only other fic dogjuice has posted, but it is also excellent. The premise could be ridiculous in someone else's hands but rings so true. I was on tenterhooks for it all to work out.

In From the Cold by makeit_takeit (TK/Patty): FERAL. OVER. THIS. All three stories in this (loosely related) series are impeccable, but this one gave me the most feels. I am weak for a repressed closeted character gradually discovering happiness, and the depth of characterization is breathtaking.

Baby, I'm a Wildcard by wearemany (mattdrai): The writing!! This fic is mostly developing/established relationship, which is not usually my fave, but somehow I loved the entire thing?? Just really compelling character-focused writing that had me completely absorbed without needing to rely on angst or drama (much as I love those in other stories).

Edmonton 10 by Helenish (mattdrai): Helenish is incomparable. I cannot express how happy I am that they've (she's?) gotten into hockey lately. Read everything; I don't even know if this is the best one because I *am* subscribed to them so I read the stories as they came out and didn't rank them or anything, but this one is excellent and also you can't go wrong.

this must be the place by rafting (Jamie/Trevor): Love me some sexuality exploration. The USNTDP ensemble was so vividly and delightfully present in this one. Also, Trevor is so dumb. How can you not love it.

let me look at you by isozyme (mattdrai, mcmattdrai): This one is emotionally ROUGH but so well done. Heed the warnings, but there's plenty of emotional satisfaction as well. I read it several weeks ago and it's still living in my head.

roughed up in the afterglow by notthequiettype (mattdrai): This one is pretty short but gets a lot done in not too many words. Really excellent character interactions and dialogue.

linger by bropunzeling (mattdrai): Top-notch A/B/O content. Sometimes you just want Matthew to have heat sex with Leon and pretend not to have feelings until he can't anymore.

in the honey by donderwalk (Jamie/Trevor): Okay it's been a while since I read this one but I remember it as the highlight of my Jamie/Trevor tag search at the time, so I'm gonna say it's probably great. 😄

Serenity in Those Deep Waters by angry_geno_is_score (larsdunn): This mashes the D/s buttons sooooo good. Has it inspired me to write more D/s? Oh yes. Check it out; You Will Have Feels.

how lovely are thy branches by quadratics (mattdrai, Brady/Tim): Hilarious premise, charming execution. This isn't even about characters getting together and yet I loved it.

Hourglass Theory by puckedup (mattdrai): So short, and totally managed to punch me in the chest (in the best way).

#i'm sure there are more great ones but i am but one reader #also i've gotten sidetracked by the necessity of reading everything makeit_takeit's ever written #which is a delightfully large amount #fic recs #hockey rpf #2023 in review

[larsnicklas]

BROCK BOESER ✧ 240302 [Elias] has shown he's a phenomenal player and, you know, he's a great kid.

#brock boeser #vancouver canucks #canucks #nhl #nhledit #hockey #meg.nucks #meg.gif #meg.all #(lovingly) brock.... wash your hat..... #anyway. hi beloveds. have some belated giant brock gifs <3 #'he's a great kid' okay and what if i cry....

[mattymartin]

↳ BARZAL GETS CALLED FOR EMBELLISHMENT | NYI v. CAR (GAME 4) | 4.23.23

#i'm not great at reading lips but i think that's what he said #eyebrows shooting to the moon #this series is :( #mat barzal #mathew barzal #new york islanders #isles #nhl #hockey