the mad sports man

The Carolina Hurricanes are going to the second round after beating the Washington Capitals in double ot in game 7.  They will face the New York Islanders next.

The San Jose Sharks are heading for the second round after coming back from a 1-3 series deficit and trailing game 7 0-3 to win 5-4 in game and 4-3 in series.  The had 4 power play goals on a questionable cross check resulting in a 5 minute power play.  Anyway the Sharks play the Avalanche in the next round.  Should be a good one.

The Boston Bruins are into the second round after eliminating Toronto in game 7. The will be playing Columbus next.

The Dallas Stars are into the second round after beating the Nashville Predators in game six and will now play the St Louis Blues in the second round. The series will start in St Louis.

Twas a good Easter weekend here.  Besides working at Rickys on Friday and Superstore on Saturday,  I went to two Raiders playoff games vs the Oil Kings.  Raiders won game one 1-0 and the Oil Kings won game two 4-3 in ot.  Dad was at game one with me.  Dad and I also dug out 3 of the 4 planters yesterday and I got the last one today.  Boy is the wood ever rotted out. 😮.  The weekend went quick.

The St. Louis Blues are into the second round after beating the Winnipeg Jets in six games.  They will face either Dallas or Nashville next.

The Colorado Avalanche are into the second round after dousing the Calgary Flames in 5 games. The Avalanche will face either San Jose or Vegas in the next round.

The Columbus Blue Jackets and New York Islanders both complete sweeps, the Lightning and Penguins are on the receiving end of those sweeps.  Who saw this coming? Crazy so far.

The U.S beat Finland 2-1 in a shootout in what was apparantly one of the most bizarre, most controversial finishes ever.  (Disclaimer I did not see the game so I don't know what happened). The fans in Espoo Finland were pretty pissed from what I heard.  Ouch. That's it for this tournament. 

This was a no doubter. Canada blew out Russia 7-0 to take home bronze.  They needed this result after yesterday's loss.  Coming up has the U.S. vs Finland for gold.

This one was a no doubter.  The U.S blew out Russia 8-0 and will face Finland for gold, while Russia plays Canada for bronze. Both games are tomorrow.

For the first time ever Finland will be playing for a championship as they beat Canada 4-2.  Finland is a resilient team.  They will await the winner of the U.S. vs Russia game.  That game starts shortly.

Canada beat Germany 5-0 to go to semi finals. They will face either Finland or Czech Republic.  The U.S.  beat Japan 4-0 and will face either Russia or Switzerland.  Sweden beat France for 9th place.

Canada walked away with a 6-1 win over Finland.  They will play Germany in the quarter finals. Other QF games has: US vs Japan,  Finland vs Czech Republic, and Russia vs Switzerland.  Sweden and France will play for 9th, despite both being relegated. All these games are on Thursday.

Virginia are NCAA basketball Champs after beating Texas Tech 85-77.  Congrats to Virginia.

Canada beat Russia 5-1 to go to 2 wins and a loss. Natalie Spooner had 3 goals and an assist in the win. The U.S. pretty much wrapped up group a, having beat Finland and Canada already.  Canada plays Finland tomorrow to finish round robin. Russia will finish 4th and Switzerland 5th in group a. In group b, Czech Republic leads with 9 pts, then Germany with 6, Sweden with 4, Japan with 3, and France with 2.  France is relegated and either Sweden or Japan will join them.  Other than Canada vs Finland,  it will be the U.S. vs Russia,  Sweden vs Japan  (to avoid relegation) and Czech Republic vs Germany for first in group b.

Nik Edin of Sweden has beaten Kevin Koe to win the men's world championships winning 7-2. He got two in the 9th and stole 3 in the 10th to win it.  Edin is the first international skip to win 4 championships.  Three of those four on Canadian soil.  Fun fact,  Edin modeled his game while studying Kevin Martin.  So there ya go.

All match ups are decided even though there are 4 games left in the season. The match ups are: Carolina vs Washington, Pittsburgh vs NY Islanders, Columbus vs Tampa Bay, Toronto vs Boston, Dallas vs Nashville, St Louis vs Winnipeg, Colorado vs Calgary and Vegas vs San Jose. Playoffs begin Wednesday. (I think)

Canada drops a good one to the U.S. losing 3-2.  The U.S. sits atop group a with two wins while Canada, Russia and Finland are at a win and a loss.  Canada's next game is Monday vs Russian while the U.S. plays Switzerland tomorrow.

Canada opened with a 6-0 win over Switzerland.  Good start so far.  Meanwhile Germany beat Sweden 2-1 in a shootout. Wow.  Host Finland plays the U.S. later as well as France vs Japan. Canada plays again Saturday vs the U.S.