Stanley Cup Finals

[klingoncowboy4]

Well the Stanley Cup finals are about to begin. I don't usually pay that much attention but since the Oilers (the local team for me) have made it for the first time in 15 years I have started keeping track. However, I also have decided not to watch any games since the one game I did watch was that one where the Oilers lost to the Ducks.

 

[Ryan]

The hockey season is still goin on? ha ha Just Kidding. Once Dallas forgot to show up in the first round, after they were supposed to make a good run, I lost interest in hockey. Plus, there are no games on any TV stations here, since I don't get OLN. Plus, the Mavericks are tearing it up so that's kept me interested. Anyways, Good Luck to the Oilers.

Ryan

 

[klingoncowboy4]

It is a bit insane running games in June isn't it. I can't help but get them since CBC is big on sports coverage.

 

[Ryan]

June just doesnt seem right for hockey. Too hot. But I will say that I do miss hockey playoffs. I never watched much of the regular season, but I usually get caught up in the playoffs, always really exciting. I think the strike really hurt hockey here. Even when Dallas was tearing up the regular season nobody really mentioned it much more than an after thought.

 

[Gale Seddon]

Not too long ago, I used to go to a few Caps games each season and really enjoyed them (after I got used to the boo-ing and the crashing around). Got to see Lemieux, Gretsky, Jagr and others, but can't remember the other names at the moment...my brother had season tickets and took me and my son to a Caps dinner thing, got to meet the team, my son got all his Caps cards autographed, it was very exciting for him. Hard way to earn a living though, rough sport...I think they all play golf in the off-season.

 

[rkm]

No first hand experence, but I bet being a rodeo cowboy is a little harder way to make a living than playing hockey. They don't put no 2000 lb bull out on that ice.

 

[chrisy]

Good Luck.....hope your team wins

The World Cup starts next week, with any luck England might get somewhere this year. Football (soccer) is nearly at the end of the season now and, Cricket will take it's place. We can pick up any sport on TV if you want to pay for it.

 

[Gale Seddon]

No first hand experence, but I bet being a rodeo cowboy is a little harder way to make a living than playing hockey. They don't put no 2000 lb bull out on that ice.

No arguments there, rkm...I would not want to do either personally.

 

[Angus Cattle Shower]

Hard way to earn a living though, rough sport...I think they all play golf in the off-season.

Hockey is a rough sport-even at the level that I am playing at there are some hard hits, and some nasty injuries-me being a goalie, I see all of tghis, but the worst I was hurt was a slapper in the back-not much protection back there. lol.

No first hand experence, but I bet being a rodeo cowboy is a little harder way to make a living than playing hockey. They don't put no 2000 lb bull out on that ice.

Both of them would be hard, but I have done both, and I seem to think hockey is harder-there another like 9 people ont the ice besides you, and this is 60 minutes, not 8 seconds. lol. Just my $0.02

 

[2centsworth]

***** GO OILERS!!!! *****

They're bringing home the cup!

 

[VanC]

Hockey was never that popular around here, but I always liked watching it. An exciting, fast-paced sport that takes a heckuva lot of skill and toughness in my book. USA Olympic team beating Russkies in 1980 will never be forgotton by many, including me. Still get goosebumps when I see a replay of it.
Only seen one match in person in my life. Wisconsin vs. Michigan about 30 years ago and had the time of my life.

Anyway, I don't follow it enough anymore to have a favorite, so I'll be rooting for your Oilers. Hope it brings you (and them) good luck.

 

[aplusmnt]

Hockey was never that popular around here, but I always liked watching it. An exciting, fast-paced sport that takes a heckuva lot of skill and toughness in my book. USA Olympic team beating Russkies in 1980 will never be forgotton by many, including me. Still get goosebumps when I see a replay of it.
Only seen one match in person in my life. Wisconsin vs. Michigan about 30 years ago and had the time of my life.

Anyway, I don't follow it enough anymore to have a favorite, so I'll be rooting for your Oilers. Hope it brings you (and them) good luck.

We went to see our first Hockey game this past winter it was the Tulsa Oilers, not the NHL some other minor type league. And I was impressed as to how fun it was. All my kids thought it was the most exciting thing they ever saw. We have saw lots of different sporting events as a family but I would say the Hockey game was the most fun we ever had.

It is not a sport I would every follow, but anyone that has never been to a live game should go sometime!

 

[dun]

Who is stanley and why do we care about his cup?

dun

 

[Ryan]

Who is stanley and why do we care about his cup?

dun

I dont really know. But apparently he was some type of royalty or something. I always hear him referred to as Lord Stanley. But I dont know why anyone care about his cup just because he was royalty???

 

[dun]

Who is stanley and why do we care about his cup?

dun

I dont really know. But apparently he was some type of royalty or something. I always hear him referred to as Lord Stanley. But I dont know why anyone care about his cup just because he was royalty???

He probably puts on a cup just like the rest of us do, royalty or not.

dun

 

[Ryan]

Who is stanley and why do we care about his cup?

dun

I dont really know. But apparently he was some type of royalty or something. I always hear him referred to as Lord Stanley. But I dont know why anyone care about his cup just because he was royalty???

He probably puts on a cup just like the rest of us do, royalty or not.

dun

You know, I bet you're right.

 

[chrisy]

This is a picture of the original Stanley Cup and Lord Stanley himself. Lord Stanley of Preston (England) was Governor General of Canada from 1888 - 1893....he helped to create The World of Organized Sport.
He paid for the cup himself and Donated it in 1892 it was because of his sons interest in the game....It's original name was the Dominion Challenge Cup...

 

[Bez!]

The Stanley Cup

It all started on March 18, 1892, at a dinner of the Ottawa Amateur Athletic Association. Lord Kilcoursie, a player on the Ottawa Rebels hockey club from Government House, delivered the following message on behalf of Lord Stanley, the Earl of Preston and Governor General of Canada:


"I have for some time been thinking that it would be a good thing if there were a challenge cup which should be held from year to year by the champion hockey team in the Dominion (of Canada).

"There does not appear to be any such outward sign of a championship at present, and considering the general interest which matches now elicit, and the importance of having the game played fairly and under rules generally recognized, I am willing to give a cup which shall be held from year to year by the winning team."



The Stanley Cup was originally known as the Dominion Hockey Challenge Cup
Shortly thereafter, Lord Stanley purchased a silver cup measuring 7 ½ inches high by 11 ½ inches across for the sum of 10 guineas (approximately $50); appointed two Ottawa gentlemen, Sheriff John Sweetland and Philip D. Ross, as trustees of that cup; and set the following preliminary conditions to govern the annual competition:


The winners to return the Cup in good order when required by the trustees in order that it may be handed over to any other team which may win it.

Each winning team to have the club name and year engraved on a silver ring fitted on the Cup.

The Cup to remain a challenge competition and not the property of any one team, even if won more than once.
The trustees to maintain absolute authority in all situations or disputes over the winner of the Cup.

A substitute trustee to be named in the event that one of the existing trustees drops out.

The first winner of the Stanley Cup was the Montreal Amateur Athletic Association (AAA) hockey club, champions of the Amateur Hockey Association of Canada for 1893. Ironically, Lord Stanley never witnessed a championship game nor attended a presentation of his trophy, having returned to his native England in the midst of the 1893 season. Nevertheless, the quest for his trophy has become one of the world's most prestigious sporting competitions.

Bez!

 

[chrisy]

This is an extract from the web site of Lord Stanley's grandson, here in Preston. Lancashire. England

Winning the Stanley Cup

It's for the Stanley Cup that the players fight, season after season. And it's of the Stanley Cup that all hockey players dream, from childhood onwards. The Cup, symbol of excellence in the world of hockey, owes its name to Lord Stanley of Preston, Governor General of Canada. In 1892, he bought a small gold-plated silver bowl from a London silversmith, for $50. The bowl was awarded to the best hockey team in Canada.

Today, the original trophy is a museum exhibit, but every year its replica is awarded to the best professional team in the league. Today, it bears the names of the privileged few who have realized their greatest dream. Some outstanding players have held this coveted prize more than once, while others, equally talented, have never won it.

The Stanley Cup is more than 100 years old, and despite the great moments of glory it provides for the winners, and despite their pride in raising it triumphantly above their heads, some players have had embarrasing experiences with this prestigious trophy. The following pages contain some amusing anecdotes.

these can be found on http://www.mcq.org/societe/hockey/pages/aacoupe_1.html

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[Lammie]

How about them Mavericks???!!!!