the mad sports man

 It's the first day of summer. Summer officially begins at 2:50pm Prince Albert time.  And wouldn't you know it, it's warming up. Also drying out at the same time.  Soon a trip to the lake.

 4 players here. They are: Jeremy Hazing, Edward Li, Eugene Wang and Mo Zhang. Good luck in Paris.

 5 divers here. They are: Margo Eelam (3m), Caeli McKay (10m, 10m synchro), Kate Miller (10m synchro), Rylan Wiens (10m synchro) and Nathan Zsombor-Murray (10m synchro).  Good luck in Paris.

 Only two here. Corey Conners and Nick Taylor. Good luck in Paris.

 Three athletes here. They are: Emy Legault, Tyler Mislawchuk and Charles Paquet. Good luck in Paris.

Meet the women's team. They are: Katherine Plouffe, Michelle Plouffe, Paige Croton and Kacie Bosch. Good luck in Paris.

 9 athletes here. They are: Scarlett Finn, Audrey Larothe, Jonnie Newman, Raphaelle Plante, Kenzie Priddell, Claire Scheffel, Jaqueline Simoneau, Florence Tremblay and substitute Sydney Carroll. Good luck in Paris.

 Forgot about this yesterday (and watched it this morning). Dornoch won yesterday's Belmont Stakes in 2:01.61. Luis Saez was winning jockey, Danny Gargan was winning trainer and owner is former major leaguer Jayson Werth.  That's it for this year's triple Crown.

 6 sailors heading to Paris. They are:  in ILCA 6 Sarah Douglas. In 49er Will Jones and Justin Barnes. In 49er FX Antonia and Georgia Lewin-Lafrance.  And in kite Emily Bugeja. Good luck in Paris.

 For the first time since 2006, the Edmonton Oilers are in the Stanley Cup finals after beating the Dallas Stars 2-1 in game 6 tonight and eliminating the Stars 4-2. They will face the Florida Panthers for the Stanley Cup starting Saturday.

 For the second year in a row, the Florida Panthers are in the Stanley Cup final, knocking out the New York Rangers in game six tonight 2-1. They await the winner of the Edmonton vs Dallas series. Stanley Cup finals start next Saturday.

 Three shooters going to Paris. They are: Michele Esercitato (men's pistol), Tye Ikeda (men's rifle) and Shannon Westlake (women's rifle). Good luck to all in Paris.

 Yup announced a little while ago. Ruien (Angel) Xiao was added, competing in women's epee. Good luck in Paris.

 6 wrestlers going to Paris.  They are: Hannah Taylor (57kg), Ana Godinez Gonzalez (62kg), Linda Morais (68kg), Justina Di Stasio (76kg), Alex Moore (86kg) and Amar Dhesi (125kg). Good luck to all in Paris.

 Here is the Houston Astrodome in May 1964 under construction. Pretty neat to see. 

 Josef Newgarden is this years winner of the "greatest spectacle in racing." He is also the first back to back winner since Helio Castroneves in 2001 and 2002. It was delayed by thunderstorms. Average speed was 167.763mph. Congrats Josef.

 Wow. Czech Republic wins this one on home soil, beating Switzerland 2-0. Their 7th as Czech Republic and 13th if Czechoslovakia is included. Switzerland earned their 4th silver.  Congrats to the Czech Republic. Next years tournament is co-hosted by Herning Denmark and Stockholm Sweden.

 It's Sweden who claims bronze after beating Canada 4-2 in the second to last game of the tournament.  It's Sweden 18th bronze and 15th time Canada finishes 4th.  Coming up has Switzerland vs Czech Republic.

 Canada lost a heartbreaker to Switzerland in a shootout 3-2, while Czech Republic beat Sweden 7-3 in the other semi. Switzerland vs Czech Republic for gold at 12:20 tomorrow (who saw that coming), while Canada will play Sweden for bronze at 7:20am tomorrow. Stay tuned.

 Canada beat Slovakia 6-3 and is into the semi finals. It started getting one sided, the Slovakia scored two to make it 5-3, then Canada had an empty netter. Also Switzerland beat Germany 3-1, Czech Republic beat United States 1-0 and Sweden beat Finland in overtime 2-1. Semi finals has Sweden vs Czech Republic and Canada vs Switzerland.