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Nick heating up

Like Stars center Joe Nieuwendyk, Andrew's younger brother Nick is on a scoring tear. Nick picked up his first career hat trick this past week to run his goal total to 19 this season.

Nick scored his hat trick when he answered what seemed to be a pretty tough question by big brother Andrew. Some background first.

Mommy has implemented a new strategy in our never ending quest to get Nick to use the potty on a regular basis. Every time he successfully does his duty he gets a sticker. When he gets up to five stickers he gets a toy. (On a side note, Hitch may want to try a system like this instead of ripping his players in the media.)

Anyway, back to our tale of Nick's goal. After Nick had picked up two stickers Andrew asked him a question.

"Nick, if you need five stickers and you already have two stickers how many more stickers do you need," Andrew asked.

"Three," responded Nick, who was automatically given three goals by Dad. There was controversy though. Mommy wasn't sure that Nick had pulled off a little mathematical wizardry. She believe Nick answered three because he knows three comes after two. Dad didn't care about Mommy's theory and the three goals stood.

Nick also picked up 15 minutes in penalties. He was assessed a five minute major for roughing and a match penalty for intent to injure. The roughing major came when he pulled a bunch of Dad's leather bound books off the bookshelf.

He was given the match penalty for attempting to injure himself. In order to get to the books Nick had to stand on top of the back of a recliner. Had he fallen it would have been pretty ugly.

In other news, Mary Katherine wrapped up her basketball season this past week. Her team, the Hornets, won the Tournament B consolation championship. Mary Katherine scored her first and only basket of the season in game two of the tournament. It was a baseline jumper. It was almost Jordanesque.

Nothing much new on Andrew. He was in a band competition over the weekend, but we don't know the results.

Nick's season stats

February 18 Nick Story | February 11 Nick Story | February 4 Nick Story
January 27 Nick Story | January 20 Nick Story | January 13 Nick Story | January 7 Nick Story | January 1 Nick Story
December 23 Nick Story | December 16 Nick Story | December 9 Nick Story | December 2 Nick Story
November 26 Nick Story | November 19 Nick Story | November 12 Nick Story | November 5 Nick Story
October 29 Nick Story | October 22 Nick Story | October 15 Nick Story | October 8 Nick Story | October 1 Nick Story