First order of business, today is the FINAL game of the Memorial Cup Championship… the match-up: Kitchener vs Spokane. If I had it my way, everyone in Washington State would know about this and we’d all be piling into a giant stadium watching it on the Jumbo-tron like those wonderful Pittsburgh Penguins fans were last night.


That’ll be the day.


This is a huge deal for Washington, the Chiefs are more than likely to be the winningest sports team in the state this year, and no one has any idea. I believe just a couple of seasons ago the organization was offering refunds to their season ticket holders if the Chiefs failed to make the playoffs… again. It’s a long way to the top for a US Division team, who hasn’t seen the Memorial Cup in 10 years. This is cause to celebrate, something we Washington State hockey fans can be proud of. No hockey in the Northwest? Well today we have a team.


For those of you lucky enough to be able to catch the game (hello Canada), I highly suggest you don’t miss it..
And for those of us who have to miss it, keep the faith. Best of luck (though they hardly need it) to the Spokompton Chiefs. And more importantly, congratulations you big shots. Bring it home boys.


A couple other quick points to make while I’m here…
The Stanley Cup kicked off last night with the Detroit “Iron Man” Red Wings shutting out the Pittsburgh Penguins in game uno.


Mikkael Samuelsson.. where the balls did you come from? That reach-around goal was fantastic (and yes, in the spirit of maturity, I meant to misname it).


New game plan: KEEP HOLSTROM OUT OF THE P-BOX.


Where did Malkin go? I didn’t feel his presence on the ice at all last night… Missing in inaction?


If beauty came in the form of a man in bulky pads and a Red sweater, it would be named Chris Osgood. His ‘tending was unbelievable. This really is his season. Hard work beats talent?


On the other end of the ice, MAF was not having such a fabulous night.. all starting with him totally eating it while making his entrance onto the ice. I thought "Oh sh*t.. that can’t be a good sign..“. It wasn’t. Let’s blame that bail, not nerves, for throwing off his game.


I’m going to go on record saying that I predict that last night’s game is the worst the Penguins will do all series. I do not believe that game 1 was any indication of what the rest of the series will look like. It’s all uphill from here boys.


Lots of hockey action tonight and tomorrow. Lucky lucky you. Enjoy!


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Dude, he was truckin’ it out of that hallway too… first Stanley Cup game of your life and you eat some serious ish. I love the two jokers in the Red Wings jerseys just laughing their asses off. Ahh memories in the making…