In school, the 100th day is now a widely celebrated day, even though we didn't know day 100 from 76 from 110 when I was in grade school.
The kids usually put together some type of project, and they use it as an opportunity to count to 100 by 2s, or 5s or 10s. They bring in one hundred pennies or one hundred pieces of popcorn or one hundred pop tabs.
At my son's school, the 100th day is February 18th, just over a week away, and he plans to make a picture of a Pokemon by gluing one hundred pieces of O-shaped fruit cereal to a piece of paper.
But Penguins fans have a different "100" milestone on the brain, and we're hoping it's reached long before February 18th. In fact, between now and then, they have four opportunities to reach this mark.
Dan Bylsma is looking for his 100th win as a Penguins coach, and he'd achieve it more quickly than any other coach in the team's history, according to Bob Errey.
He's already had two chances. The Penguins lost 3-0 to the Caps and 4-1 to the Blue Jackets.
But now the feat is going to be that much harder.
Injuries plague the Penguins. Crosby is hopeful he'll play again this season. Malkin is out for the next six months due to his knee injury. And then there are the injuries to Asham, Kunitz, Letestu, and Comrie. On top of that, Cooke is serving a four game suspension, and obviously he offers both scrappiness and goal-scoring.
Still, it's possible.
I'm just hoping that if you can breathe the words "hundredth win" and take it away (just as quickly as thinking "shutout" makes that goose egg disappear), maybe you can say it's just about as impossible for Bylsma to get his 100th win tonight, and help make it happen.
They don't call it "Bylsmagic" for nothing.
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