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Why We Love the Stanley Cup Bakeoffs (DeadBlogging Game 5)
First off the hardwatching staff wants to nominate hockey as the real beautiful game (sorry, fútbol), especially during the Stanley Cup Finals. There’s almost never a bad finals game, and last night’s double-overtime tilt between the Los Angeles Kings and … Continue reading
Why We Love the Stanley Cup Bakeoffs (Rangers Win 1! Edition)
For once, Los Angeles was not the Comeback Kings. The Hockey Squad from Hollyweird are past masters at coming from behind, but in last night’s Stanley Cup Finals Game 4, the Kings got crowned by the New York Rangers. Highlight … Continue reading
Why We Love the Stanley Cup Bakeoffs (Rangers Weak on the Puck Edition)
First, full disclosure: As we might have mentioned previously, the hardwatching staff has been a New York Rangers fan for over half a century. But we’ve also grown to like the Los Angeles Kings a lot over this Stanley Cup … Continue reading
Why We Love the Stanley Cup Bakeoffs (LA = Let’s Advance Edition)
In the runup to Friday night’s Chicago Blackhawks-Los Angeles Kings Western Conference Finals Game 6, the redoubtable Drew Doughty of the Kings said this: “We know how good a team they are. We know they know how to win. We also … Continue reading
Why We Love the Stanley Cup Bakeoffs (Blackhawks Stave Off Elimination Edition)
When the hardwalking staff embarked upon its post-prandial promenade last night, the Los Angeles Kings (up 3-1 in the series) had just come back from a 3-1 deficit to tie the Chicago Blackhawks in Game 5 of their Western Conference … Continue reading
Why We Love the Stanley Cup Bakeoffs (Teemu Selanne Edition)
Last night’s decisive Western Conference semifinal Game 7 between the Anaheim (No Longer Mighty) Ducks and the Los Angeles Kings turned into the swan song for the great Teemu Selanne. The Finnish Flash finished his 23 years in the NHL (15 … Continue reading
Why We Love the Stanley Cup Bakeoffs (Marian Gaborik Edition)
From our 19:53 of the Third Period desk And then there was overtime in the Anaheim (No Longer Mighty) Ducks v. Los Angeles Kings (of Comebacks) Western Conference semifinals Game 1. Announcer: “And the Kings have … Continue reading
Why We Love the Stanley Cup Bakeoffs (Game 7 Road Win Edition)
Last night was Game 7palooza in the first – no, best! – round of the Stanley Cup playoffs. And the visiting team won both games in the Western Conference tilts. Start with the Minnesota Wild skating uphill vs. the Colorado … Continue reading
Our ‘Beat The Press Party’ Bakeoff (Carr Stalled Out Edition)
The hardwatching staff is a little late to the Great Boston MediaWatch Dogfight this week, but hey – we were distracted by Rafael Nadal’s epic dismantling of Novak Djokovic in the French Open semifinal (and subsequent dispatching of David Ferrer … Continue reading
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Why We Love The Stanley Cup Playoffs (Damn! Blackhawks Win Edition)
Okay, so regulation time in Game 5 of the Western Conference Finals just ended with the Los Angeles Kings and Chicago Blackhawks in a 3-3 tie, but it’s how they got there that’s so special. The ‘Hawks went up 3-2 … Continue reading
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