Stanley Cup Final Game 1 Analysis And Other News

Well folks we had a great game today. Game 1 in Vancouver was a great contest, a real old time duel between netminders. Time Thomas and Roberto Luongo battled all game, not allowing any goals until 18.5 seconds left in the 3rd period. Thomas came out slightly too far and the 'Nucks were able to slip one by to get the 1-0 winner to take a 1-0 lead in the series.

The Bruins looked very slow in the 3rd period. While both teams were gased watching the game it really seamed like the B's were exhausted, maybe a sign of the long ECF battle against the Bolts, either way they still were near perfect. The series started very physical like most Cup Finals, which helped the B's slightly. The series should shape up to be a good one in the B's can steal a game in Vancouver.

Other News: 

• Complete opposites in Chicago baseball today as the White Sox swept the Red Sox, and the Cubs got swept by the Astros 
• Shaq retired, ending his 19 year Hall Of Fame NBA career
• The mens semi-finals in the French Open are all set, should be some great matchs with the top 4 seeds in the semis 
• Dirk Nowitzki injured his finger in game 1 of the NBA finals, we'll see how this effects the rest of the series

Day in Sports: May 26th

The main event of today was Game 5 of the Eastern Conference Finals between the Bulls and Heat. The game really changed in favor of the Heat around 2:30 left in the 3rd quarter off of a flagrant foul against Carlos Boozer. The Heat really just outplayed the Bulls from that point on and beat my hometown Bulls by 3. 83-80 Miami, winning then the series 4-1.

This sets up a Finals matchup against Dallas with took the West.

Other Briefs:

• Red Sox won huge 14-1
• White Sox finally pull it together a pull off a 3-1 win
• A fan fell to his death at the Rockies game. 
• The heavily favored Kim Clijsters got upset in the 2nd round of the French Open
• Nadal won in straight sets at the French 
• Doug Weight retired after 19 NHL seasons, he joined the Islanders coaching staff and front office

NHL News

New Jets? - The Atlanta Thrashers are 95% certain to move to Winnipeg, Manitoba. The NHL left Winnipeg 15 seasons ago and fled to hot climate of Phoenix. Personally I am not a fan of warm weather teams, but my plan for the NHL will be discussed in a later post. 

ECF Game 7: After a huge performance in Game 6 the Bolts pushed it to the pivotal Game 7 against the Bruins. Tomorrow we will find out the matchup for the Stanley Cup Final. Either way I hope the winner of this Game 7 wins the cup. 

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