Archive for May, 2007
Higher
It was hard for me to get any higher this weekend, on the east coast anyway. We climbed Mt. Mitchell, the highest point east of the Mississippi and I’m still a bit sore, but what a great time! I hope everyone else had a great weekend as well!
Reviewing hockey news over the past couple of [...]
Movin’ On
The biggest news in hockey for the past couple of days has been about the sale of the Nashville Predators to Canadian billionaire Jim Balsillie. If you remember, Balsillie is the same gentleman who put in a bid to purchase the Pittsburgh Penguins, but quickly withdrew his offer when the league office said [...]
The Final Countdown
The participants in the finals have finally been determined and the first game will be played on Memorial Day, May 28th! The Ducks eliminated the Wings last night while the Senators made it past the Sabres on Saturday. Hey, hey what do you say? I picked both teams to win! I [...]
Better Man
There was no doubt that the better team won today as the Ottawa Senators eliminated the Buffalo Sabres and advanced to the Stanley Cup Finals for the first time in the history of the franchise. Team Captain Daniel Alfredsson had the game winner in over-time for the Sens in a truly dramatic game in [...]
Still Alive and Well
The Buffalo Sabres are still alive but I’m not sure how “well” they are. Some would say that they are on life support, but that’s one great thing about the game of hockey, you just never know what’s going to happen. At 2PM on Saturday the Senators again try to eliminate the Sabres from [...]
Takin’ Care of Business
The Ottawa Senators are really “takin care of business” concerning the Buffalo Sabres so far this series. While the past 2 games have had close scores, the games in total really haven’t been that close. The Senators have pretty much dominated this whole series. They have out-shot the Sabres in all but [...]
Silver, Blue, and Gold
Canada won gold, Finland won silver, and last year’s champions, team Sweden went home blue after losing the bronze medal game to Russia. Congratulations goes to Team Canada! With the help of Hurricane’s Justin Williams, Cam Ward, Mike Commodore, and Eric Staal they won the World Championships and finished off the Finnish with [...]
Mama, I’m Coming Home
Team USA lost a tough game to Finland today and is officially on their way back home. After repeatedly falling behind but being able to catch up each time, the game ended tied 4-4 in regulation. The contest eventually went to a shoot out which Jere Lehtinen won for Finland. [...]
Madison Blues
Team Canada had Team USA and John Grahame singing the blues yesterday. It was 4-0 after the first period, 5-1 after the 2nd, then Grahame was pulled. Also during the game, Erik Cole had to be helped off the ice with a leg injury. It was a just bad day all around [...]
NASCAR Girl
I have had a few recent emails asking about John Grahame’s mask. Earlier this year I posted a couple of stories about Cam Ward’s masks, but really haven’t talked much about John’s. While Steve Nash from Eye Candy Air airbrushed Cam’s mask, I’m not sure who designed and brushed Grahame’s. Obviously it [...]
Heartbreaker
Chris Drury broke the hearts of Ranger fans everywhere last night. Drury found a loose puck and rifled it perfectly into the upper corner of the net with about 8 seconds left, tying a game most Ranger fans must have surely thought they had won. As an impartial observer watching the game, [...]
Born in the USA
Andrew Hutchinson was a last minute add-on or fill-in for Team USA in their quest for World Championship gold this year. Several people, including this blogger, questioned the reasoning behind adding the defenseman to a virtual all-star team when he couldn’t even start on his own hockey club. But as usual, the armchair [...]
Half Penny Two Penny
Good news for Carolina season ticketholders! The Canes announced yesterday that they were holding the line on the price of season tickets for next year! Unfortunately, the same can’t be said about regular walk up prices which are going up across the board, but at least the head honchos on Peter Karmanos drive [...]
