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This episode features Darren Dutchyshen and Jennifer Hedger (from Canadian sports network TSN) as themselves, and Jamie Hutchinson as Rocket Ronnie.
OVERALL IMPRESSIONS: This isn't the funniest episode of the season, but it's a whole lot of fun for hockey fans like me. Having Lacey as the unlikely hockey expert who can't get approval to coach the team was a great twist.
MEMORABLE MOMENT: Brent's response to Lacey wondering why the guys on the team are so against her being the coach.
MEMORABLE LINE: From Brent, who mocks his rival Rocket Ronnie with the classic "Sleep well knowing you don't suck any less than we do!"
KUDOS TO GABRIELLE: From 2:08 to 2:45, Gabrielle does a killer job uncorking a series of fake laughs - first at Hank when he refuses to accept that "bruin" means "bear," then at Brent when he gives the short answer to her question about why he needs lotion, and lastly when he gives the long answer. This whole scene runs without interruption and is absolutely hilarious. Also, I have no idea if Gabrielle knows hockey as well as Lacey does, but the job she does in this episode has me assuming that she does until proven otherwise. Gabrielle, if you're looking at this site and really do know hockey that well, please consider taking a job with my beloved New York Islanders.
FUNNIEST SCENE IN THIS EPISODE: When Lacey, who wasn't invited to be coach because she's a woman, assumes the role anyway, gives a detailed game plan to the team, yells "Who's your mommy?" to the players as they skate away for their shift, and laughs. An honorable mention is when Oscar tells Emma that the problem with their car was an air pocket in the "flex inhibitor," which is located between the "hemiquads." This really made me smile and reminds me of my youth, when my friends and I would sometimes relieve boredom by making stupid prank phone calls. Instead of the age-old "Prince Albert in a can" or "is your refrigerator running" variations, however, we'd call auto parts stores and ask if they had parts such as "muffler bearings" in stock. If you caught a teen who didn't know cars well, sometimes you could actually get him or her to go look.
BLOOPERS:
1.) Obviously, given the show's schedule, there's not much that can be done about this, but there's no way that it'd be that warm in Saskatchewan at the beginning of hockey season. Gabrielle herself, on the Vicki Gabereau show, said that during the shooting of the show's second season the crew was already wearing mittens in August.
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