S THIS CANADA YEAR FOR LORD STANLEY?
It has been so long, since a Canadian National Hockey League (NHL) team. has won the Stanley cup, it has been fourteen years to be exact, in which the Montreal Canadians won the Stanley cup in the 1992-93 season.
The past two NHL season, three years to be exact due to the lockout of the 04-05 NHL season. It has been a close call for the teams north of the boarder in the country of Canada. Just last season alone the Edmonton Oilers had a nice run and force a game seven, before losing the cup to the Carolina Hurricanes. The season before the lockout of 03- 04, the Calgary Flames seem to have everything going for them. Before that powerful lighting strike, that hit the saddle dome in overtime during game 6.
In which Martin St. Louis, scored the game winning goal. that would send the series back to the sunshine state of Florida, for a game seven, in what would turn out to be a the first Stanley Cup in history for the Tampa Bay Lighting.
This year it could be different, and in what better closing of this NHL season would turn out to be if that first Stanley cup team since the Montreal Canadians won it in the 92-93 season. That it would be a team from Canada national capital of Ottawa and it would also be the first Stanley cup in the team history of the senators.
Canada lord Stanley is calling, this will be the third time in a row, a Canadians team has played for Lord Stanley is this the year? I think so, but like always, time will only tell and that is what has Canada on the edge of its seats waiting for that call from Lord Stanley.
Start your engines for the INDY 500
Its time to your engines, for this year 91st running of the Indianapolis 500 or as its simply called the Indy 500 but in the early days of what has now become one of the biggest sporting events in the world, race track officials had a hard time choosing the name of its race.
The first race was advertised as the “International 500 mile sweepstakes “from 1911 -1916. In 1919, then the race was referred to as the “Liberty Sweepstakes” then after the following of WWI.
From 1920-1980, the race was revered to as the “International Sweepstakes “after slight variations of names over the time, in 1981 race track officials adopted “the Indianapolis 500-Mile Race” name.
The Indianapolis 500 is now annually held over the Memorial Day weekend, however the first 500 was held on Memorial Day on May 30th, 1911, in that first race Ray Harroun was piloting his yellow Firestone-shod #32 Marmon “Wasp” which was outfitted with his invention the rear view mirror to victory. Rather than riding the mechanic specified in the rules, which created controversy, but it was ultimately allowed in the end.
Ray went on to win the race, with an average speed of 74miles per hour, in which created another controversy; to this day, some say a scoring error cheated Ralph Mulford of his rightful victory, Ray, who came out of retirement to race in the first Indy 500 and as it turn out that was his last race.
The attendance at the Indianapolis 500 has never been a problem since it started the race, the first race in 1911, drew eighty thousands and two hundred people, who had paid one dollar to see the race. Since then the attendance at the Indy 500 has double into the two hundred thousand ranges and the prices of the tickets now ranges from 25 dollars all the way up to one thousand dollars.
In the end, this is one of those sporting events that have become a major part of our American culture, on this weekend we also take time out to remember and say thank you to those who have served and are serving in the United States armed forces.
Enjoy this great race, on such a great holiday weekend and thank you again to all that have served and are serving this great country of ours the land the of the free.
Peon
This is Just In: NHL Playoff Hockey is far better then the NBA Playoffs.
Everyone up to our north in Canada knows it and now I will tell you why playoff hockey is far better then the National Basketball Association (NBA) equivalent of postseason play, their are three reasons in my view; the first reason is the flow of the game, second is the prestige of the Stanley Cup and the third is the apparition for athletic talent.
The flow of a National Hockey league (NHL) playoff game and the athletic ability of the players are two of the best reasons out of the three in my view; the flow of the game is so intense, that when your team shoots and makes a goal you feel like you will be having a heart attack in a mater of moments and when the other team shoots and gets the goal, you feel like you have just been hit by a semi truck.
The athletic ability, of the players in the NHL are amazing, whether it be in a playoff game or not the players athletic ability and toughness and their desire are really true sights of athletic ability, imagine being slam into the boards and with in the matter of seconds you get up and go towards the player who has the puck and then play defense, remember you are doing all of this on ice skates.
The prestige of the Stanley Cup is well known around the sporting world but it has even a meaning in Canada then in other country in the world, as in today NHL game it is extremely rare that a team from Canada wins lord Stanley, but that could end this year as Canada has only one team left in this year quest for the cup, but unlike the last two years when a Canadian team has lost a Stanley cup finals series (Calgary to Tampa in 04 and Edmonton To Carolina 06) this year team the Ottawa Senators could actually win it but they first have to take care of the Buffalo Sabers in the eastern conference finals.
But the most important thing is how much an entrainment value do you get from it, to be able to sit down and actually watch these two professional leagues playoff games on television, but for me, i get more entertainment value and fun by watching the NHL playoffs and so does the country of Canada.