By now most hockey fans (and tangential hockey fans like myself) have had the pleasure of chuckling at Tampa Bay Lightning center Steve Stamkos’ botched penalty shot last night.

For the few of you who have not…

I like the butt slide in defeat after the fact.

It bears mentioning, however, that Stamkos is – or at least once was – a veritable stick handling wizard of sorts. In 2008, TSN.ca featured him in a segment showing off some master shootout moves – such as the spin-o-rama and the probably illegal flick-and-bat.

I think he was going for the flick-and-bat when he ate it last night.

In other news, hockey highlight are off the bizarre meter today. Did you see the puck split in half yet?

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Kings of Leon rocked Webster Hall last night. And Rolling Stone has deemed their newly released album Epic.

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…and here’s KOL at Webster Hall back in 2005.

“I’m an otter…I do cute little otter things with my tail. You’re free to go.”

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…ah yes, the soothing sound of the ice in my third caffeinated drink of the day being stirred.

This is the job you get if you’re the luckiest guy in a room with a vast frozen surface…