It took five games and some very opportune goals but the Kings pulled out a win. They now headed to the big stage to face the New Jersey Devils in the Stanley Cup Finals. The Devils were an offensive juggernaut that had big time scorers and a future Hall of Fame goalie. After six games the Los Angeles Kings won their first Stanley Cup Championship in franchise history and became the only eighth seed to ever win the cup. The Los Angeles Kings weren’t in the conversation at all in the beginning of the season to become champions.
He had bad knees from playing hockey his whole life. He left the Bruins and then retired in 1978. He was one of hockey’s best players and was entered into the Hall of Fame in 1979. The picture of Bobby Orr was famous because it won the Bruins the 1970 Stanley Cup and the Bruins had not won the Stanley Cup in 29 years. The picture was also famous because it showed Bobby Orr in mid air, 3 feet above the ice, right after he scored the 4th goal to win the Stanley Cup.
The Stanley Cup is heading to Vancouver. But it will arrive at Rogers Arena still unclaimed. The Bruins used a Stanley Cup Final record-setting goal spree to chase Roberto Luongo, and the Bruins forced a winner-take-all Game 7 showdown with a 5-2 win over the Canucks in Game 6. The final game of the 2010-2011 NHL season goes Wednesday in Vancouver at 8pm et/5pm pt, with the winner claiming the Stanley Cup. This will be the 16th Stanley Cup Final series that has gone to a Game 7.
Hockey players dream of winning the Stanley Cup since they were little kids and now they have a chance. Sidney Crosby and Alex Ovechkin both wear the letter C on their jersey and have both been to post season four times since they entered the league. In the post season Crosby has recorded 30 goals and 52 assists = 82 points in the 62 games he has played, while Ovechkin has only recorded 25 goals and 25 assists = 50 points in 37 games he has played (nhl.com). Crosby has taken home the Stanley Cup one time in the four years he has been to the post season, while Ovechkin has never made it to the Cup finals. This explains why Crosby has more games played than Ovechkin has because Crosby has had more success than Ovechkin has in the playoffs.
The series against the Cubs would be the first intra-city World Series Championship. The Cubs would have most of the attention because they seemed to be the better team with the better record but, the White Sox ended up winning the series 4 games to 2. In 1917 the White Sox would once again have powerful pitching that would help them win a franchise record 100 games. The White Sox would play the New York Giants in the World Series Championship and win the second and last of the 20th century 4 games to 2. This series was played during World War 1, and prior to the first game at Comiskey Park the White Sox played the Star Spangled Banner to honor the troops.
American professional boxer Floyd Mayweather was born on Feb. 24, 1977 in Grand Rapids, Michigan. He three national Golden Gloves and a bronze medal in the 1996 Olympics. He became a professional boxer in 1996. By 2007, he was considered the best pound-for-pound fighter in the world and had 38 undefeated bouts. He retired in 2008, but returned to the ring in September 2009.
The HBO documentary Do You Believe In Miracles? The Story of the 1980 U.S. Men’s Hockey Team digs deep into the sociological process of sport and how that process propelled the United States Hockey past the powerful Soviet Union hockey dynasty to a gold medal. Even more than the process of socialization, the HBO Films documentary explores the American values during the years of the Cold War and how those values made the matchup against the Soviet Union ‘bigger than life’ for not just the players involved, but citizens of both countries. Throughout the documentary, there are three important concepts that are to be raised: 1) How does the U.S. Hockey team provide an illustration of sport and societal values? 2) How did both Coach Herb Brooks and the Soviet coach use the process of socialization with their team?
These skates were state of the art in the early 90’s and were worn by most players in the NHL. In 1992, Eric Lindros joined the Bauer team and helped with their research and development team. Also to help with their R&D team, Bauer partnered with McGill University in 1995. McGill University is located in Montreal, Quebec, Canada and is one of the premiere schools in North America. In 1997, Bauer introduced the Vapor skate line and the Bauer 5000 player helmet.
Male and female Canadian athletes won several golds at the 1928 Amsterdam Olympics. The Bluenose schooner won the hearts of Canadians by winning the International Fisherman’s Trophy 17 consecutive times (1921-1938). Hockey emerged as one of Canada’s favourite sports and pastimes – a popularity that soon spread to the United States. In medical field, Mr. Canada has also made a great contribution. In 1922, the Canadian doctors Frederick Banting and Charles Best injected a 14-year-old diabetic with insulin to control his blood sugar.
Early in the NBA’s existence, the NBA and the NBA Players Association (NBAPA) followed a rule that prevented an athlete from being drafted until four years after he had graduated from high school. It wasn’t until 1971 that the rule was challenged in federal court by a 19-year old named Spencer Haywood. Haywood was raised in extreme poverty roughly an hour outside of Jackson, Mississippi. A talented basketball player, as a teenager, he helped the 1968 United States Olympic basketball team win a gold medal. Then in 1970, just three years out of high school, Haywood signed a six-year contract with the Seattle Supersonics worth $15 million.