Stanley Cup

Is anyone else watching the finals? The Blackhawks and Bruins have played two games. both overtime thrillers. The Blackhawks won game 1 in three overtimes. The Bruins came back to win game two in the first overtime. The action has been great. Check it out.

Haha.  Maybe they play for the culinary institute of America. I'm not sure I'm going to be able to watch another game of the CWS without snickering.

Kinda reminds me of the first time the newly re-sodded Merlo pitch was lined. The line for the top of the 18 yard box was painted all the way across the field at the parking lot end. I passed a little hint to the fellow doing the work before he did the other end. 

Very few folks noticed the green paint until the grass grew out.

I did see the Timbers; good game. I was concerned they let too many chances get away. Fortunately not.

Next Blackhawks - Bruins game is Monday evening. It is true that the finals won't be over before the first day of summer.

The funniest part about having the Stanley Cup stretch into Mid June is you get to watch fans walk around all day in black thick polyester long sleeved replica jerseys when its in the 80s today with humidity in the 50-80% range....

No overtime tonight....the Bruins looked pretty dominant in their 2-0 win, and the Bruins Ice Girls did a terrific job keeping the ice clear as best they could with the warm conditions and rough ice. 

I've got to quit fast forwarding my DVR through the breaks.

While watching last night's game, Mrs. DD and I were discussing women's ice hockey and how much we enjoyed watching it during the Olympic Games....recalling how Canada won the gold in Salt Lake City, Torino, and Vancouver.

The discussion reminded me of a picture we really enjoyed....but one the IOC did not approve of:

Knowing the IOC I'm sure they weren't upset with the drinking beer and smoking cigars on the ice. The problem must have been that Molson wasn't an Olympic sponsor. 

Off the glass, off the top of the net, and knocked in on a bounce. Crazy goal!

Lots of scoring tonight. 4-3 Chicago after two. The third period should be fun.

5 - 5 at the end of regulation time. Another overtime game! Sudden death intensity!

DoubleDipper wrote:

I was going to write how refreshing it was to watch ICE HOCKEY where the guys have to be carted off the ice injured before they'll even consider flopping, but it also happened in the Timbers game and the NBA finals.......the guys were not flopping, for a change....how refreshing.

You don't see flopping in ice hockey because they are so bad at it.

Willie Loehman would be proud of this sales job

Down 1 - 2 with 1:20 to go, Chicago scored two goals in 22 seconds to win the game 3 - 2 and win the Stanley Cup. Crazy hockey.

up7587 wrote:Down 1 - 2 with 1:20 to go, Chicago scored two goals in 22 seconds to win the game 3 - 2 and win the Stanley Cup. Crazy hockey.

Man, the way the Blackhawks came back reminded me of game 6 of the NBA Championship....except San Antonio didn't pull their goalie, and for Boston, tomorrow is now next year.

Great hockey.....NBA, NHL, & MLB seasons are way too long, but it's great to see the postseason games/matches come alive with enthusiasm and intensity.

It's just a shot away:

Missing in the montage was the great work done by the Blackhawks Ice Crew between periods....

However, I'm told the team may furlough the Ice Crew and buy back the Zamboni because too few hockey fans were leaving their seats and going to the concession stands during the intermissions...

In the 2014 version of the Cup, the L.A. Kings beat the Rangers in 5 games. Tonight's final was a 2OT thriller. Great goaltending the whole series.

OK, time for the 2015 edition of this thread. Game 1 was played Wednesday evening between the Chicago Blackhawks (again!) and the Tampa Bay Lightening.  Two traditional hockey towns with strong followings.    Actually, I heard it might be cheaper for a Chicago fan to fly to Tampa and buy a ticket than get a ticket in Chicago.  And the Tampa management is banning Blackhawks apparel on fans at the games, at least in some areas of the arena.


Anyway, the Lightening got off to a dominating start of game 1, with a great 1st period goal - no-look, mid-air, back-handed.







The score was still 1 - 0 into the 3rd period, with Tampa trying to hold the lead focusing on defense, until with 6-1/2 minutes ot go Chicago tied the game. Then 2 minutes later they went ahead, and that was the final: Chi 2 - 1 Tampa.



Game 2 is Saturday night.

Yea, that was a helluva shot....

I watched the game, and it was good, but with two teams in the final that I know very little about (ice hockey in Tampa?), it is somewhat lacking in excitement.   Even the Tampa crowd seemed subdued compared to what I've seen live in Chicago or Boston or Montreal or Vancouver.

I gotta say, the frenzied activity and excitement of the 3rd period of the game Saturday night was about as good as it gets.

I'm really starting to like this young Lightning team....now the teams go to Chicago all tied up at 1 game apiece.

Really?  Ice Hockey in Tampa?

DoubleDipper wrote:

Really?  Ice Hockey in Tampa?

Hockey isn't limited to the traditional locations like uh, Phoenix.