We have a playoff series!

Unlike the Buffalo Sabres and New York Rangers playoff series. The Vancouver Canucks and Anaheim Ducks now have a series.
Last night Buffalo was able to squeak out a win against the Rangers. The Rangers outplayed the Sabres for most of the game but as good teams do the Sabres were able to score […]

Bartender, bring us another round of hockey

For the third year in a row, the Dallas Stars have made an early exit from the playoffs. Vancouver finally ended their epic journey through the quarterfinals by beating the Stars 4-1 on home ice last night, with Trevor Linden getting the game winner on a power play seven minutes into the third period. Poor […]

Oh Canada, So Close To A Sweep

The Great White North came within an overtime goal of putting two teams into the second round and sweeping the action last night, but the stupid Stars had to go and ruin it when Brenden Morrow scored on Roberto Luongo to put Dallas over Vancouver 1-0 in the extra period. Oh well, the Canucks are […]

NHL playoffs - day 2

Some great games last night as the Wings, Sabres, Rangers (yes, Rangers) and Devils all won.
The games that I was able to catch had one trend. The winning team (except the Rangers) were owned like the girl in this basketball dunk video

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2yy3eUYlUU8

Anyway, to recap

Calgary Flames looked terrible
Buffalo made the Islanders look like, well, Islanders.
Devils […]

NHL playoffs - day 1

Last night was the first night of the NHL playoffs and to use a ‘colour commentator’ comment, “It was a dandy.” Not exactly sure what a ‘dandy’ is but it was definitely a dandy. Now I could write how I was up till 1:45 watching the Vancouver Canucks win […]

Willa Ford is sad . . . and sleepy

So let’s get one thing straight: We like hockey. A lot. And we love the Stanley Cup playoffs. A whole lot. But four overtime periods seems just a little extreme.
In the first meeting of their quarterfinals series last night, the Dallas Stars and Vancouver Canucks battled to a 4-4 tie in regulation then took another […]

Are you smarter then a Monkey?

Maggie the Monkey has officially made her NHL Playoff picks for the first round.   The monkey is an actual monkey that spins a wheel to choose which teams will win their respective match.
Her picks this year are the Detroit Red Wings, Minnesota Wild, Nashville Predators, Buffalo Sabres, New Jersey Devils, Atlanta Thrashers and Pittsburgh Penguins […]

Xmas in April

With the NHL regular season over the NEW NHL season is about to begin.   This is what MANY Canadians anticipate since the all-star game.   This is when the best games, most emotion and most beer is consumed.
TSN will be covering up to 28 games in the first round of the playoffs!   While the CBC will […]

Snarks On Ice: Your NHL Playoff Preview

Oh I know, you hardly took notice that the NHL regular season came to an end yesterday, but there’s no need for you to be ashamed or anything. With NBC’s spotty coverage and Versus being the cable equivalent of a low-powered community-college UHF station, it’s easy to overlook hockey sometimes, even though it is […]

NBC doing a fine job ignoring hockey

The final weekend of the NHL regular season is upon us, and what a doozie it will be. There are a couple division races still to be decided and two playoff spots are up for grabs.
Montreal and Toronto battle it out tonight for the eighth seed in the East with a one-point margin separating the […]