Yet the last time a Canadian team won the Stanley Cup was 1993.

Without the 3% of Americans who give a shit about hockey, the NHL would have dried up and blown away like old dog shit in the grass over 20 years ago.

How many of the Original Six teams in the NHL were based in Canada?
TWO.
So, from the jump, FOUR out of the SIX teams in the NHL were AMERICAN clubs.

*mic drop*

 

Back to the NHL, the only hockey that really matters.
How about the Ducks coming back from behind and winning in overtime?
I think the Ducks showed a lot of heart, and you can't teach heart.
You have it or you don't.
While I like the Preds to take it all, it looks like the Ducks can make this go 7 games and the Ducks are far from out of it.

 

Penguins survive Sens' late charge to even East final


Just when it seemed the Pittsburgh Penguins might have been running out of gas, the defending champs proved otherwise. Sidney Crosby had a goal and an assist as the Penguins held off the Ottawa Senators 3-2 to tie the Eastern Conference Final at two games apiece.

 

Murray proves he can back Fleury up when it matters ...

 

Predators' Johansen out for playoffs


Nashville Predators forward Ryan Johansen has undergone surgery after suffering a thigh injury in Game 4 of the Western Conference final against the Anaheim Ducks and will miss the rest of the playoffs.

 

Lawyers in NHL concussion case want league, teams to hand over drug records


The policies of National Hockey League teams regarding the prescribing of drugs - such as anti-inflammatories, sleep aids, and controlled substances such as painkillers - to players may soon come under scrutiny in a U.S. court as part of a lawsuit involving concussions.

 

Any guesses as to one claim to fame of this site ???

I will give you a hint, open up the Led Zeppelin sleeve to their Houses Of The Holy album and you will see it there ... this is Dunluce Castle about an hour drive from Derry and among other things it is said to be haunted. Personally I found it hauntingly beautiful as is so much of the history here and it would be a full time job to see half of all that there is to take in.

 

Still scoreless halfway into the 2nd period between Canada and Russia.

Excellent game so far though with some good end to end rushes but the goalies have been up to the task.

The winner goes to the gold medal game.

Edit: make that 1-0 Russia. The ink was barely dry when they just scored a nice tic tac toe goal into an open net.

 

WATCH LIVE: Russia leads Canada after two periods in IIHF semifinal


Nikita Gusev has doubled Russia's lead on the power play as Russia leads Canada 2-0 after two periods in their IIHF World Hockey Championship semifinal.

 

3-2 Canada with 2 minutes left in the 3rd ...

 

Thanks for coming out Russia but we have a date at the Gold medal game ...

4-2 CANADA

 

Russia forgot two very important points, a hockey game has 60 minutes not 40 AND this is Canada, not some lesser team lol. Canada will play for a 3rd consecutive gold medal tomorrow night against the winner of Finland/Sweden.

Well done men.

 

The best of 3 between the Preds and Ducks goes in less than a half hour ...

Fuck me my head hurts, does that "hair of the dog" thing really work ???

 

What kind of an asshole would kill a Mallard just to throw it on the ice in the Preds/Ducks game tonight in Nashville ??? And how did he get it in there, so much for security huh ...

An Octopus was one thing, it was already dead in a seafood market ... but still wrong.

Still scoreless after 1 period.

 

The most recognized trophy in all of sport ... every letter is hard earned !!!

If this thing could talk, the stories it would tell ...

 

Sweden tops Finland to set up date with Canada


Goals from Alexander Edler, John Klingberg, William Nylander and Joakim Nordstrom lifted Sweden to a 4-1 win over Finland and a berth in Sunday's gold-medal game against Canada.

 

1-0 Anaheim in the 2nd period ...

 

Fuck it, had to watch the last few minutes before packing it in. Preds score an empty netter with 48 seconds left to nail down the 3-1 win. Nashville leads the series 3-2 and can take care of the Ducks on Monday ...

Gloves are off with a 10 seconds left and all hell just broke loose on the ice.

Call it a 3-1 final and put it in the books.

Now I'm out lol.

 

Russia takes the Bronze medal after just beating Finland 5-3. Canada and Sweden play for gold shortly.

 

Fuck, Sweden just scored shorthanded on a deflected shot ...

End of the second period and Canada will start the 3rd on the PP.

1-0 Sweden.