the mad sports man

The Acadie-Bathurst Titan are Memorial Cup champions after beating host Regina Pats 3-0 in the championship game.  Congrats.

The Capitals are in The stanley cup finals after beating The Bolts 4-0 in game 7 and will start The finals in Vegas on Monday night.  We will have a first time winner.

The story of the season has reached the Stanley Cup final as the Golden Knights beat the Jets 2-1 in game 5 and the series 4-1.  Wow.  They await the winner of the Caps vs Bolts series.

Sweden as they beat Switzerland 3-2 in the shootout.  This was a pretty good game.  Sweden are back to back champions - last uear beating Canada in the shootout.  11th championship for Sweden while its a third silver ever for Switzerland.  Congrats to Sweden.  Next year it will be in Slovakia.  So that is it for this year.

The U.S. takes the bronze after beating Canada 2-1.  Pretty decent game.  Canada pulled their goalie and gave up a couple of goals. Only the gold medal game left.

Justify wins the scond jewel of the triple crown on a muddy track in Pimlico.  Mike E. Smith is winning jockey and Bob Baffert is winning trainer.  The Belmont Stakes are in three weeks.

Switzerland will be playing Sweden for gold tomorrow.  Sweden beat the U.S. 6-0 while Switzerland just beat Canada 3-2.  Last time Switzerland and Sweden met for gold was 2013 (i think).  Canada will play the U.S. for bronze.

Four pretty good ones.  Canada beat Russia 5-4 in ot and will face Switzerland in one semi final. Switzerland beat Finland 3-2.  Sweden will play the U.S. in the other semi final. Sweden beat Latvia 3-2 while the U.S beat the Czechs 3-2.   Semi finals are on Saturday.

Final day had Switzerland beat France 5-1, Slovakia beat Belarus 7-4, Sweden beat Russia 3-1, Finland beat the U.S. 6-2, Canada beat Germany 3-0,  and Latvia beat Denmark 1-0. Quartefinal match ups has Sweden vs Latvia, U.S.  vs Czech Republic, Russia vs Canada and Finland vs Switzerland.   Games are on Thursday.  Here are the Final standings.

Canada barely beat Latvia 2-1.  This one went into ot.  Earlier Norway beat South Korea 3-0.  South Korea will be relegated.  Group b has the U.S. leads with 16 pts followed by Finland with 13, then Canada with 12 and Denmark with 11.  Group a had Russia beat Slovakia 3-0 and the Czech Republic hung on to beat Austria 4-3. Austria will finish 7th and Belarus relegated.  Sweden leads with 17 pts followed by Russia with 16, then Czech Republic with 15, then Switzerland with 9. Slovakia is a point behind Switzerland in 5th.  Tomorrow's final round robin games has: Switzerland vs France, Belarus vs Slovakia,  Russia vs Sweden,  Finland vs U.S., Canada vs Germany and Latvia vs Denmark.   This will decide the quarter finals.

In group a, Czech Republic beat France 6-0 and Sweden just beat Switzerland 5-3. Sweden leads the group with 17 pts, followed by Russia with 12, then Czech Republic with 12, and Switzerland with 9.  In group b, the U. S. beat Norway 9-3 and Germany beat Finland 3-2 in ot.   The U.S. leads the group with 16 pts, followed by Finland with 13, then Denmark with 11, then Canada with 10. Tomorrows games has Russia vs Slovakia, Czech Republic vs Austria, South Korea vs Norway and Canada vs Latvia.

Canada got their butts kicked by Finland losing 5-1.  Wow.  Earlier Latvia beat Germany 3-1 and Denmark beat South Korea 3-1.  The U.S.  leads with 13 points, then Finland with 12,  Denmark with 11 and Canada with 10.  In group a, Sweden beat Slovakia in OT 4-3, Austria beat Belarus 4-0,  and Russia beat Switzerland 4-3.  Sweden leads the group with 14 points followed by Russia with 13,  Switzerland and Czech Republic have 9 points each.  Tomorrow has France vs Czech Republic,  Switzerland vs Sweden,  Norway vs the U.S. and Germany vs Finland.

The Winnipeg Jets are making their first trip to The conference final after beating The Nashville Predators 5-1 in Game 7.  They will face The Vegas Golden Knights starting Saturday night in Winnipeg.  Washington vs Tampa Bay start tomorrow.

Canada beat Norway 5-0 and sits tied atop Group B with the U.S. at 10 poi ts.   The U.S beat Latvia 3-2 in OT. Finland is third with 9 and Latvia with 6.  In Group A, Slovakia beat France 3-1 andthe Czech Republic beat Russia 4-3 in OT.  Sweden leads that group with 12pts, then Russia with 10,  Switzerland with 9 and Slovakia with 7.  Tomorrow has France vs Austria,  Belarus vs Czech Republic, Denmark vs Norway and the U.S.  vs South Korea.

Surprise pf the day goes to Denmark as they beay Finland 3-2.  Other games had Sweden beay Austria 7-0,  Switzerland beat Belarus 5-2 and Germany beat South Korea 6-1.  Tomorrow has Slovakia vs France, Czech Rep. vs Russia, USA vs Latvia and Canada vs Norway.

James Paxton threw 99 pitches and struck out 16 as the Mariners beat the Jays 5-0.  Third no hitter of the season. Oh by the way he is from Lander B.C.  He is the second Canadian to throw a no hitter after Dick Fowler did it with the Philadelphia A's in 1945.

The Capitals are into th eastern conference finals after eliminating The two rime Stanley Cup champions Pittsburgh Penguins in overtime in game 6.  They will start in Tampa Bay.

Canada beat Denmark 7-1 fow their second win of the tournanent.  Also the U.S. beat Germany 3-0, Russia over Belarus 6-0 and Sweden just beating France 4-0.  Russia and Sweden sit atop Group A with 9 points each, followed by Switzerland with 5 and France with 3. (Top 4).  In Group B, the U.S leads with 8 points,  then Canada with 7, Finland with 6 and Norway with 5. (Top 4).  Tomorrow has Austria vs Slovakia, Czech rep. Vs Switzerland, South Korea vs Latvia and Finland vs Norway.

This Vegas team continues its cinderella run after eliminating the San Jose Sharks in six games.  They await the winner of the Nashvillr vs Winnipeg series.

Here are the Updated standings.

The Tampa Bay Lightning are in The Eastern Conference final after eliminating Boston 3-1 in game 5 and The series 4 game to one. They will face either Washington or Pittsburgh.

Yes day 3.  Canada blew out South Korea 10-0 early this morning.  At the moment they are second in group B.   Also Russia beat Austria 7-0 and Sweden beat the Czechs 3-2.  Norway and Germany are in OT.  Later has Slovakia vs Switzerland  and Latvia vs Finland.   Updated standings At somehow point later.

Justify had won the 144th running of the Kentucky Derby in a time of 2:04.20 on a muddy track.  Mike Smith is winning jockey and Bob Baffert is winning trainer.  Next up is the Preakness in two weeks.

Walker Buehler,  Tony Cingrani, Yimi Garcia and Adam Liberatore combined for a No hitter as the Dodgers beat the Padres 4-0.  They combined for 5 walks and 13 K's in the no hitter.  The game was in Mexico.

Albert Pujols collected his 3000th hit with a base hit in the 5th inning in Seattle.  Congrats.

two games don and two beginning.  the U.S. beat Canada in a shootout 5-4 (something about Canada and shootouts that don't get along for some reason) and Russia beat France 7-0.  on now has Sweden vs Belarus and Germany taking on host Denmark.  updates on those games in a couple of hours. Update:  Sweden 5 Belarus 0,  Denmark 3 Germany 2 in a shootout.  Party in Denmark tonight.  Canada plays again Sunday against South Korea.