Today marked the opening of Michigan's hockey season in the form of the Blue vs. White exhibition game. I really enjoyed myself, and here are some specific notes:

• Of course, I totally got lost on the way there. It's a lot farther than I thought, and I had to ask one of the guys cleaning up garbage from the football game for directions. So I ( Read more... )

So the running joke with the Devils was that all you needed to get a roster spot was to be named "Scott". But not anymore - since the lockout, they have all left the team to move to less-Jersey pastures.

Let's review the fates of each member of the Scott Brigade, shall we?

Scott Stevens - retired after the lockout.
Scott Niedermayer - signed ( Read more... )

So congrats to the Anaheim Ducks on the Stanley Cup! (Yay for Niedermayer, again.) It was a shorter and more one-sided series than I was expecting, but it was still good hockey. This year has certainly left us with a lot to remember, but I wish that more of those memories were good plays, goals, saves, and hits, rather than controversial calls ( Read more... )

So just a few days after the Devils got bounced from the playoffs thanks in part to shaky goaltending from Martin Brodeur, the Yankees lost a game on a home run off Mariano Rivera - already his third loss in twelve appearances thus far. If you can't trust Marty or Mo anymore, then who in the world can you trust? Anyone ( Read more... )

( Long hockey-related post that some of you will find boring )

Just got back from the Devils-Flyers game, and here are my observations:

• Devils won 2-0, and Brodeur now moves into a 3rd-place tie for the most shutouts! Yay Marty!
• O Giant had a goal and an assist and was named the second star of the game. Elias also had an assist. (This is good not only for the Devils, not only for the players I like, but for ( Read more... )

So the Devils were down 6-3 in the third period today against Toronto, and they looked like crap. There is no godly reason why a hockey arena should ever be that quiet. But Brian Gionta scored three consecutive goals (I was surprised to hear it was his first career hat trick) to tie it up, and then had a goal in the shootout for the Devils win. ( Read more... )

It's been entirely too long since the Cup was skated. Yay for actually having a hockey season! And yes, in case you forgot, there's a reason why this is the best trophy in sports.

And now it's (finally) time for sleep.

History repeats itself:
( 2006 )

The first round of the NHL playoffs finished the other day, and there was something of note - every series in the Western Conference resulted in an upset. The fifth-seeded San Jose Sharks beat the fourth-seeded Nashville Predators, the sixth-seeded Anaheim Mighty Ducks beat the third-seeded Calgary Flames, the seventh-seeded Colorado Avalanche ( Read more... )