the mad sports man

this is the fourth time it has ever happened. coming back from three games to none down to win a series. and the l.a. kings capped it off with a convincing 5-1 win in game seven and win the series four games to three. their four wins were pretty convincing out scoring san jose 18-5. wow. just wow. monumental collapse by the sharks. the previous three comebacks were the 1942 toronto maple leafs, the 1975 new york islanders and the 2010 philadelphia flyers. the kings will face the anaheim ducks in the pacific division final starting soon.

would you believe an overtime in game seven? it happened and for the first time in the series a road team won it. the minnesota wild are going to the central division final with a 5-4 win in overtime and four games to three in the series. four of the six games went into overtime, but minnesota won the last overtime in the series. minnesota will face the chicago blackhawks in the central division final. start of the series to be decided shortly.

in a back and forth series, the rangers beat the flyers 2-1 in game 7 and the series four games to three. the rangers wonthe odd numbered games while the flyers won the even numbered games. intense series as well (which apparantly included a fight in the stands in philly last night) the rangers will face the penguins for the metropolitan division final. schedule will be released at some point tonight.

the pittsburgh penguins have knocked out the columbus blue jackets with a 4-3 win in game six and a four games to two series win. the jackets gave pittsburgh quite a run. both their wins were in overtime. pittsburgh will now face either new york or philadelphia in the metropolitan division final.

nick bonino scored the series winner in overtime as the anaheim ducks beat the dallas stars 5-4 in game six and won the series four game to two. the ducks were down 4-2 in the third period and then scored two within three minutes late to tie it. they will get either los angeles or san jose in the pacific division final.

with a 5-1 win in game six, the chicago blackhawks eliminate the st. louis blues and will be in the central division final. the hawks will face either colorado or minnesota in the division final chicago was down 0-2 in the series then won four. three of the six games went into overtime with chicago winning two of them. congrats to them.

the boston bruins just finished off the detroit red wings with a 4-2 win in game 5 and the series four games to one. it was all boston after losing game one. tuuka rask gave up only six goals in the series. the bruins will now face the montreal canadiens for the 34th time in playoff history. that will be a good series.

with a 4-3 win, the montreal canadiens sweep the tampa bay lightning out of the playoffs. although the games were close, the habs kept finishing the game out. the habs will either face the boston bruins or the detroit red wings in the atlantic division final.

the final day of the nhl regular season is in the books, and after 1230 games, 16 teams in the playoffs. this year the playoff format is almost reminiscint of the 1980s format. the difference is this year the top three in each division get in and two wild card teams in each conference. the division winners get the wild card teams. division playoffs still apply. in the metropolitan division, pittsburgh faces columbus and philadelphia plays the new york rangers. in the atlantic, boston faces detroit and tampa bay squares off with montreal. out west, in the pacific, anaheim plays dallas and san jose plays los angeles. in the central it is colorado vs minnesota while st. louis faces chicago. these division semi final match-ups should be good. playoffs start on wednesday night.

the conneticut huskies are 2014 ncaa tournament champions with a 60-54 win over the kentucky wild cats. i think it was quite a very good and entertaining game. it is their 4th title, in their 4th title game and their 5th final four. they are the lowest seed, at #7 to win a championship since villanova, who was an 8th seed in 1985 when they beat georgetown. congrats to the conneticut huskies.

aaron harrison scored the biggest three pointer ever as the kentucky wildcats beat the wisconsin badgers 74-73 in what was a heck of a game. harrison hit the three pointer with 5.7 seconds ended up sealing it. this game went pretty much back and forth. kentucky will face conneticut on monday night at 7:10 pm mt for the national championship.

i just realized i have been doing this blog for 10 YEARS. holy crap. my how time has flown. i have had put nearly everything on here from sports to odd things - like how to lose several pounds on a sheep by shaving all the wool off. that story april from 2004. also anything from mass snow storms to pleasant evenings to anything sports related. and a few pictures. here is to 10 more years. and may posts.

the conneticut huskies are in the championship game with a rather convincing 63-53 win over the florida gators. they were down 16-4 and was not getting anything going. then two quick three pointers turned it around and played excellent baskeball. conneticut will either face wisconsin or kentucy for the championship. wisconsin/kentucky will be coming up in about 25 to 30 minutes.