14,285 fans are screaming at the top of their lungs tonight in Copps Coliseum, home of the Hamilton Bulldogs - your 2007 Calder Cup Champions.
So one final time, altogether now: B-E-A-R-S Bears Bears Bears...woo.
This just isn't my year.
Showing posts with label Calder Cup Playoffs. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Calder Cup Playoffs. Show all posts
Thursday, June 07, 2007
No Sweet Repeat
Wednesday, June 06, 2007
Greenie Speaks
We have a few minutes before the puck drops in Hamilton - check out what Mike Green had to say in his chat on ahl.com:
No one asked him about his hair? Really? I guess no one gets a cookie then...still a good read, though.
Monday, June 04, 2007
All Eyes On Ontario
Big hockey night around the leagues tonight, so get those bottles of beer cooled, those remotes warmed up, and that computer humming - lots to see!
- First up, the Hershey Bears make their first postseason visit to Hamilton for a game 3 tilt against the Bulldogs. After a flat start by Hershey and a stellar goaltending performance by Carey Price in Game 1, the Bears roared back (sorry, had to do it) to even up the series with a win Saturday night.
Can the boys from Chocolatetown take a 2-1 lead in the wilds of Ontario? Who knows...I can say this, though - I would get comfortable, this series could be a long one. Start time is 7:30 so plan for puck drop about 15 minutes later, probably about the time that Doc Emrick is perfecting his combover for tonight's NHL broadcast. You can catch all the thrilling AHL action online through B2 Networks.
Also, be sure to submit your questions at caldercup.com for our very own fauxhawk king, Mike Green, who steps into the AHL Chat Room tomorrow to face the firing squad. Want to know how AHL playoffs are preparing him for NHL life? Curious about his sudden scoring prowess? Dying to know just what hair products he uses? Send those inquiries along and see what he says!
(If someone actually does submit that hair product question and it gets picked I'll send you a cookie...)
- And then, the main event...a reinvigorated Ottawa team takes on a Pronger-less Ducks squad as they attempt to tie the series at two. We've had two really good, evenly played games and one 1-0 slaughter by the Ducks, so it's a toss-up what kind of a game we'll see tonight.
Here's a few things we'll definitely see, though:
- Eddie Olczyk will call at least two penalty calls "bad calls" and scoff about them long after the penalty is expired
- Chris Neil will yap at someone and try and get them to drop the gloves before the puck is even dropped
- J.S. Giguere will drink out of a straw...hey, at least he's graduated from the sippy cup
- Chris Pronger will be in the press box - I'm guessing he'll be heavily sedated to prevent him from trying to decapitate any of the media; luckily there are only two or three of them, so they'll be able to keep some empty chairs between them
- Jason Spezza will make a beautiful play then promptly turn over the puck, à la Alexander Semin
- Ryan Getzlaf will say a bad word right when the camera has his face in close up
- Bryan Murray will stand behind the bench, arms crossed, glowering at something - whether he's happy or not
- At least five crazy Sens fans dressed as Roman warriors will appear on camera throughout the night
- Arnold Schwarzenegger will not drop the puck to start the game. Thank god.
Playoff action hot and heavy all over the place? Can you feel the excitement? CAN YOU?
...meh. Sort of.
- Just a quick note about the Blogger Playoff Pool - I've got one poor sucker's Caps post (pending final approval) but am still awaiting the other two.
You know who you are, guys...it's best just to get it over with, do it quickly and painfully, like ripping off a band-aid. And pouring acid over it. Then throwing on a Caps jersey.
See? Not so bad! :)
Saturday, May 26, 2007
Da Bears
It's so quiet right now I swear I just saw tumbleweed fly across the NHL website. It's that calm before the storm where everything about the upcoming series has been said, all the matchups analyzed and overanalyzed, all the key factors pointed out and pounded into our brains, and now all we can do...is wait.
Tap our fingers impatiently on the table.
Watch bad reality television.
Maybe hum a little tune.
Or we could *gasp* watch hockey! Now bear with me, because this may sound a little crazy, but did you know that not only is there hockey being played this very night, but said hockey is also of direct interest to Caps fans?
Capitals-related postseason hockey. I kid you not.
Tonight the Hershey Bears look to close out the sweep of the Manchester Monarchs and advance to the Calder Cup Finals for the second straight year. At the same time the Hamilton Bulldogs will attempt to take care of some unfinished business and do what they couldn't do last night - eliminate the Chicago Wolves.
It's just very exciting, kids. Lots of layers to this one, too:
- The Bears have only lost two games this postseason, both in overtime. Their opponents, the Manchester Monarchs, had up until this year never won a playoff series...so you have to think that everything else is just gravy and they'll just roll over. (Hey, a girl can dream.)
- Meanwhile out West...ish...Hamilton is en route to their third Calder Cup Final appearance in franchise history, provided they can take care of those pesky Chicago Wolves, although we know them better as the baby Thrashers.
- Fun fact that I uncovered - the Bulldogs clinched their first appearance in the Finals with a win over Albany exactly ten years ago tomorrow. Their opponent in that championship series? The Hershey Bears. Freaky.
- More semi-interesting tidbits -
- 3 of the top 10 scorers in the AHL playoffs so far are from Hershey. That's not completely unexpected, but consider the fact that the Bears have played 13 games, fewer than any of the other three remaining teams. The top two scorers are both from Chicago, while Manchester has 2 of the top 10 as well and poor Hamilton only has one. The Baby Pens and the Baby Bruins each somehow snuck a player in to the top 10...go figure.
- Of the top 20 scorers, Hershey has five: Fleischmann, Barney, Wilson, Steckel and Mike freakin' Green. Love it.
- In the last two postseasons, Hershey has lost only 7 games - 3 of those losses came in overtime (including both losses this year), 2 losses were by one goal, and 2 were by two goals. Only once were they shutout. Is that good? That seems good to me. I don't know.
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