A Game 7 Looms...

Pittsburgh. Detroit. Joe Louis Arena. Stanley Cup Finals. Game 7. How could you not watch? Grab a cold Labatt Blue or Molson Canadian (or if you are a diehard of these 2 teams, a Stroh's or Iron City) and plop down in front of your TV on Friday night at 5 PM Pacific (7 PM for you Minnesotans) and watch the fireworks.

Sunday's Action

Some quick hits:

• The Boston Celtics held on this afternoon to eek out a Game 7 victory over the Cavaliers to move to the Eastern Finals. No team has ever begun the playoffs 0-6 on the road and won a title. The C's are eight wins away from doing that. However, I have to believe that Detroit is good enough to win one in Boston so the Celtics must figure this out, or else the 66-16 season goes down in flames, Doc Rivers is probably fired, and KG is cemented as a playoff non-performer.

• The Flyers rolled over and played dead this afternoon, as the Pens crushed them 6-0 to finish the Eastern Finals and move on to their first Stanley Cup Finals since 1992, if memory serves correctly. I believe this was the East's last chance to get the Penguins while they're still young and able to be rattled. They remind me so much of those early '80s Edmonton teams, it's scary. It's also scary to think how good they could get and for how long they might dominate. My Rangers missed their chance this year. (Also, one of my major pet peeves is lazy/stupid headline writing -- and ESPN.com is pissing me off greatly with "Penguins March To Finals." Like the movie, March of the Penguins? Get it? GET IT?? Yes, ESPN, we get it. It's f-cking stupid.)

• For a little local VT flavor, the Twinkies got bounced by the Rockies again this afternoon. Justin Morneau showed up but he wasnt enough to stop the Rockies onslaught led by Clint Barmes.

• I shot a 46-46-92 at my course this afternoon, compiling the best 18 I've had on this course yet.
  

Hockey's Here!

At 11AM, locally, the NHL season officially gets underway. To commemorate this occasion, I present you with this video of Kevin Stevens and Brian Trottier of the Pittsburgh Penguins heckling Brian Bellows of the North Stars during the Stanley Cup Finals of 1991. Before you watch the video, you should probably check out the transcripts below if you are wary around naughty words. A lot of naughty words (at least 13 in a 30 second clip). Hockey players now use witty banter like this in several different languages!


Stevens: Bellows! Get off the [expletive] ice, you [expletive]

Stevens: Bellows, you must be really hurt. Get off the ice, you [expletive]
Trottier: Oh yeah, you're the best
Stevens: No problem gettin' off the ice. Get off the ice, you [expletive]. [expletive] --
Trottier: You're the [expletive] best, Bellows!
Bellows: (inaudible)
Stevens: You lay on the ice like a world class --
Trottier: You're a superstar!
Stevens: You lay --
Trottier: You're the [expletive] best, Bellows!
Stevens: You lay on the ice like a little -- Lay on the ice like a broad, Bellows! You, [expletive]!
Trottier: You [expletive] woman!
Stevens: You little [expletive] puke! Get up, [expletive]
Trottier: Lick my [expletive] [expletive]. [expletive]!