Archive for the 'Playoffs' Category

Red Wings Win the Cup

Well the fat lady has sung and it was a Motown tune. The Red Wings deservedly sealed the deal last night for their 11th Stanley Cup win in franchise history and despite a pretty good effort from the Pens (Game 5 was the tits!!), overall it was a case of the men from Detroit […]

Thursday, June 5th, 2008

Nothing Left for Cup Keeper to See

Mike Bolt is the guy you always see standing next to the Stanley Cup. That’s his job. Where ever the cup goes, he goes. Seriously. No exceptions.
The always lovely Maxim magazine interviewed Bolt and got some pretty good answers to questions we’ve all wanted to ask.
Here’s a sample:
Who’s downed the most booze from the […]

Thursday, May 29th, 2008

Flyers Consider Chopping Their Nuts

For a team that finished dead last the previous year, the Philadelphia Flyers made a comeback this year that is almost worthy of a Disney movie. By getting to the Eastern final, the Flyers established themselves (once again!) as a hard-ass, tough-as-nails team that can hurt you each and every night either on the score […]

Friday, May 23rd, 2008

Worst Goalie to Win a Cup?

It is one of the prevailing sentiments in hockey that Chris Osgood is the worst goalie to ever win a Stanley Cup. PTH will no refute that claim, but pass along some words from the Toronto Star’s Damien “I So Rock!” Cox:
For starters, it was the Detroit Red Wings…who decided Osgood was unqualified for the […]

Thursday, May 22nd, 2008

Playoff Tree Updated: … and then there were 2

So Adrianna takes a sip from her martini, leans over and says, “I noticed on your website that you haven’t updated the 2007/2008 Playoff Tree yet. Alessandra and I have been waiting to see the final version for a few days now.”
So then I says to her, I says, “Yeah, don’t worry about that […]

Wednesday, May 21st, 2008