Monday, June 19, 2006

Geometry Lesson

Only in a game like hockey can a straight line be called "the point."

Nonetheless - the Stanley Cup Playoffs are over - Angela is sick of hockey (mixed in with soccer, basketball, racing, etc...).

Edmonton played phenomenally for a number 8 seed- I was rooting for them (props to Kelly Massie, my canuck friend from just outside Edmonton). They started the playoffs by quickly dropping two to Detroit, the clear favorite to win it all, and then swept them four straight.

In fact, Edmonton could have easily won the series- save for a hurt goalie and a HUGE mistake by a backup goalie in Game 1 (lost after leading 3-0 and gave up the winning goal on a mistake behind the net). Needless to say, that goalie didn't play again, and the other backup- Markkanen- played brilliantly.

And for those of you not to terribly into hockey- a quick lesson. The Stanley Cup is one trophy. You don't get the cup and keep it in your team's trophy case for ever. Your team has it for the year (or so)- and then you give it back. That's why winning it is so precious. Each member of the team gets his "time" with the Cup to take it to his hometown, climb mountains with it, etc. Check out Wikipediafor more.

Now that hockey is over - good thing the World Cup is on for another three weeks. =)

3 comments:

Anonymous said...

As much as I like you, I had to be cheering for Carolina. Any time the South can smack around our Canadian bretheren in their sport, I feel that I must support that. Kind of like how the world looks at the US in basketball. Again, just my opinion.

But mad props to Cam Ward for an amazing finals as a rookie!!

Anonymous said...

by the way... Markkanen helped me get 3rd in fantasy hockey...

Anonymous said...

I pity Ang. She deserves an award or something.