List of NHL Stanley Cup Champions

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The NHL is a beloved pastime of mine.  Raised in a family of devoted & passionate Toronto Maple leaf fans, I have been watching hockey since I was in diapers.  I believe the passion of hockey is in most Canadians as it should be our national sport.  Below is a full list of Stanley Cup Champs.

Quick congratulations to the 2010-2011 Stanley Cup Champions the Boston Bruins.  After a long series Boston beat Vancouver in game seven, the score was 4-0.  The series was good but I was disappointed in Vancouver.  They should announce the next NHL schedule later this month.  The NHL should be good next year becuase of other sports being locked out. 

NHL 2011 Playoff: Conference Final Predictions

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The NHL Playoff started with 16 teams.  The 2011 Playoffs are currently in the conference finals, which is now down to four teams.  The Stanley Cup Playoffs conference finals start tonight; you can follow the scores at the bottom of my site.

The First round I had Predicted 7 out of the 8 series correctly & in the second round predicted only two out of the three series correctly. This round I hope to predict them all correctly.  Tampa Bay was the only team to surprising me last round beating Washington.  If you are interested my last post was “NHL 2011: West & East Semi-Final Recap”.

This is where the NHL playoffs get really good to watch because it’s now down to the four best teams.  I will still be giving you my prediction for the final round of the playoffs.  These next two rounds of the NHL Playoffs will be nearly impossible to predict because in the playoffs everyone dose better than normal.  Here is my prediction for the NHL Playoff Prediction for both the eastern and western finals.

I knew one team would step up and surprise me.  Tampa Bay did good eliminating Washington.  I picked Washington because I thought Washington could beat them but they are commonly eliminated at about this time and Tampa Bay is one of the best team when playing under pressure but they eliminated Washington in FOUR.

San Jose another team commonly eliminated at this time, also shocked me.  Although I said I was unsure and favouring Detroit, I knew San Jose may pull that series off.   This could possibly be San Jose’s year for the cup.

Eastern & Western Conference Round 3 Predictions

NHL 2011: West & East Semi-Final Recap

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If you have been following my blog or are just reading for the first time now, I have been attempting to predict the Stanley Cup Playoffs.  As you read in my NHL 2011 Playoff east and west predictions.  Eight teams from both the eastern and western NHL conferences have entered in the 2011 NHL Playoffs, competing for the Stanley Cup.  The Stanley Cup Playoffs Round two ended last night; you can follow the scores at the bottom of my site.

Attempting to predict the Stanley Cup playoffs are not easy.  Players commonly play better than normal and some teams do better than expected.  I enjoy watching the NHL Playoffs which is the reason I attempt to predict them as I commonly do with friends.  Here is a recap of my east and west Playoff predictions.

Western Conference Round 2 Rep

NHL 2011 Western Conference Semi-Final Prediction

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Eight teams from the eastern and western NHL conferences have entered in the 2011 NHL Playoffs semi-finals, four from each conference.  The Stanley Cup Playoffs semi-finals start tonight; you can follow the scores at the bottom of my site.

Last round had I Predicted 7 out of the 8 series correctly.   This round I hope to predict them all correctly.  Nashville was the only team to surprising me last round beating Anaheim, but I really didn’t know how was going to take it due to the two teams current injuries.

Although this is where the NHL playoffs become interesting, I will still be giving you my prediction for each round of the playoffs.  Here is my prediction for the NHL Eastern Conference Semi-Finals.  Last post was the NHL Eastern Conference Semi-Final Predictions.

Western Conference Round 2 Predictions

NHL 2011 Eastern Conference Semi-Final Prediction

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Eight teams from the eastern and western NHL conferences have entered in the 2011 NHL Playoffs semi-finals, four from each conference.  The Stanley Cup Playoffs semi-finals start tonight; you can follow the scores at the bottom of my site.

Last round I had predicted 7 out of the 8 series correctly.   This round I hope to predict them all correctly.  Nashville was the only team to surprising me last round beating Anaheim, but I really didn’t know who was going to take it due the two teams current injuries.

Here is where the NHL Playoff get Interesting.  I will be giving you my prediction for each round of the playoffs.  Here is my prediction for the NHL Eastern Conference Semi-Finals.  Next Post is the NHL Western Conference Semi-Final Predictions.

Eastern Conference Round 2 Predictions

NHL 2011 Playoff Round 1: West Recap

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As you read in my NHL 2011 Playoff east and west predictions.  Eight teams from both the eastern and western NHL conferences have entered in the 2011 NHL Playoffs, competing for the Stanley Cup.  The Stanley Cup Playoffs Round one ended last night; you can follow the scores at the bottom of my site.

To predict who will win the 2011 Stanley Cup Playoff has become a little easier as half the teams have been eliminated; here is where the NHL playoff become interesting.

I gave you my prediction for each round of the playoffs.  Here is my recap on how well I predicted Round one in the NHL Playoffs.  Last post was NHL Eastern Recap.

Western Conference Round 1

NHL 2011 Playoff Round 1: East Recap

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As you read in my NHL 2011 Playoff east and west predictions.  Eight teams from both the eastern and western NHL conferences have entered in the 2011 NHL Playoffs, competing for the Stanley Cup.  The Stanley Cup Playoffs Round one ended last night; you can follow the scores at the bottom of my site.

To predict who will win the 2011 Stanley Cup Playoff has become a little easier as half the teams have been eliminated; here is where the NHL playoff become interesting.

I gave you my prediction for each round of the playoffs.  Here is my recap on how well I predicted Round one in the NHL Playoffs.  Next Post Western Recap.

Eastern Conference Round 1

NFL Lockout 2011 News

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What is going to happen to the NFL next season?

Now that the NFL and the NFLPA did not come to an agreement, this fight has become messy.  After a short time limit the NFL players union decertified.  This led to some players filing an anti-trust lawsuit against the NFL.

May 12^th, court with resign in front of Judge Doty and should be an interesting day for NFL fans.  The 2011 NFL season could be court ordered to continue with the season.  The other opinion would be to renegotiate the terms between the two sides, which the football season would than continue during the negotiations.  If that happens the players would mostly likely strike.

NHL 2011 Western Conference Prediction

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As I stated in my last post, eight teams from both the eastern and western NHL conferences have entered in the 2011 NHL Playoffs, competing for the Stanley Cup.  The Stanley Cup Playoffs start tonight; you can follow the scores at the bottom of my site.  To predict who will win the 2011 Stanley Cup Playoff would be hard; it is going to be good playoff year.

You can find the 2011 NHL Playoff predictions and  2011 NHL Stanley Cup predictions here.

I will be giving you my prediction for each round of the playoffs.  Here is my prediction for the NHL Western Conference.  Last post was the NHL Eastern Conference Round 1 Predictions.

Western Conference Round 1 Prediction

NHL 2011 Eastern Conference Prediction

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Eight teams from both the eastern and western NHL conferences have entered in the 2011 NHL Playoffs, competing for the Stanley Cup.  The Stanley Cup Playoffs start tonight; you can follow the scores at the bottom of my site.  To predict who will win the 2011 Stanley Cup Playoff would be hard; it is going to be good playoff year.

You can find the 2011 NHL Playoff predictions and  2011 NHL Stanley Cup predictions here.
I will be giving you my prediction for each round of the playoffs.  Here is my prediction for the NHL Eastern Conference.  Next Post is the NHL Western Conference Round 1 Predictions.

Eastern Conference Round 1 Prediction

Kraft Hockeyville Winner of 2011

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Is Conception Bay South.
(The overall winner of Kraft Hockeyville 2011)

This is just a quick post to congratulate the Kraft Hockeyville 2011 Winner, Conception Bay South, NL.

Congrats to all Top five winners, but a super congratulation to Conception Bay South, NL.

I predicted it and it happened.

I Thank Kraft Hockeyville for what they have done for all these small communities. Keeping sports alive for the kids is important, we need something to keep them off the streets.  This was fun and I will be looking forward to next year.  Kraft Hockville 2011 is over.

Congratulation again to Conception Bay South, NL the Kraft Hockeyville 2011 Winner.

Who is the Kraft Hockeyville winner of 2011?

First - Conception Bay South, NL

Second – Mackenzie, BC

Third – St. Raymound, Que

Fourth – Bentley, AB

Fifth – Wolfe Island, On

Kraft Hockey 2011 Results & Voting Numbers
Here are the Kraft Hockeyville 2011 voting results.

Kraft Hockeyville 2011 Prediction

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The winner of Kraft Hockey 2011 will be announced 5 days from today, April 2, 2011.  It has been a long and enjoying battle for many communities competing to be number one for Kraft Hockeyville this year.  I say Good luck to all Kraft Hockeyville top 5, but here is my prediction on which town will be the winner this year.

On April 2, 2011, all five will be winners, but only one will be crowned number one for Kraft Hockeyville 2011.  There are four runner-up prizes of $ 25,000 and a grand prize of $ 100,000 for arena upgrades w/ a complementary per-season NHL game.

I hope Wolfe Island is Kraft Hockeyville 2011 and takes home the competition.  Over the last week, after CBC announced the Kraft Hockeyville 2011 top 5, I had done a little research.  Here is my findings with predictions.

First Round Voting for Kraft Hockeyville 2011

Conception Bay South, NL outnumbered Antigonish, NS -- 460,287 to 298,867 votes.  Saint Raymond, Que outnumbered Chateauguay, Que -- 204,894 to 81,644 votes.  Wolfe Island, ON outnumbered Navan, ON -- 265,299 to 149,921 votes.  Bentley, AB outnumbered Brandon, Man -- 242 055 to 77,641 votes.  Mackenzie, BC outnumbered Fort Nelson, BC -- 242 055 to 147,047 votes

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GO KRAFT HOCKEYVILLE TOP 5, 2011

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Congratulation, Kraft Hockeyville 2011 Top Five.

Go  Kraft Hockeyville 2011 Top Five Go
Kraft Hockeyville Winners are:
Pacific Winner:
   Mackenzie, BC

Central Winner:
   Bentley, AB

Ontario Winner:
   Wolfe Island, Ont

Quebec Winner:

   Saint Raymond, Que

Atlantic Winner:

   Conception Bay South, NL

Good Luck To All Kraft Hockeyville Top 5, Sorry to the arenas that didn't make it.
Congrats. Hockeyville Top Five
Go Wolfe Island Go, Vote at: http://www.cbc.ca/sports/hockey/hockeyville/home/en/index.shtml

GO HOCKEYVILLE 2011 TOP TEN

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March 8 2011, on CKWS Kraft hockeyville named the top ten:

Naming two from five different regions of Canada:

British Columbia winners are;

First Named: Fort Nelson, BC

Second Named: Mackenzie, BC

West winners are;

First Named: Bentley, AB

Second Named: Brandon, Man

Ontario winners are;

First Named: Wolfe Island, On

Second Named: Navan, On

Quebec winners are;

First Named: Chateauguay, Que

Second Named: Saint Raymond, Que

Atlantic winners are;

First Named: Conception Bay South, NL

Second Named: Antigonish, NS

Fans File Lawsuit against the NFL for 5 Million Dollars

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The Super Bowl was amazing wasn’t it?  It was a great match up between the Pittsburgh Steelers and the Green Bay Packers.  You can also check out my pre-game predictions for the game by viewing my post titles “Who will win the Lombardi Trophy in 2011? ”.  As most already know the score was 31 -25 for the Green Bay Packers.

The Super Bowl was going well and millions were watching at home but as the game was playing, the fans were getting angry fast.  The fans were angry because when they arrived at Cowboy Stadium in Arlington they were told they had no seats.   There were a total of 1250 fans left without a seat.

The NFL had notified the fans only a couple hours before the Green Bay Packers vs. Pittsburgh Steelers Super Bowl Game on Sunday that their 1250 temporary seats were filed unsafe.  Most of the fans that were seated in the unsafe seating area were given a new seat, about 850 of the 1250 fans were seated.   The remaining 400 were sent to standing rooms to watch the game.

Just two days after the Super Bowl the fans filed a lawsuit in Dallas.  The lawsuit alleges breach of contract, fraud, and deceptive sales practices, which is from the 400 fans that were made to watch the game in a standing room on a TV and the 850 fans that were made to sit in other seats.

Reports go on to explain reasons why the fans should get 5 million in damages.  They had complaints such as they had to sit in fold up metal chairs, under a over hands, without a views of Cowboy Stadiums huge video board and had paid to stand and watch a TV, which destroyed memory they will never get to have.  The repost goes on to say many people were disgusted with the NFL's actions and states the fans are not looking to get rich, only want their troubles paid for.

The NFL has announced that the roughly 400 fans that were left without seat at last Sundays Super Bowl will be able to choose from two options.  Option one; they can have a free ticket to next season’s Super Bowl and a cash payment of $2,400, which is stated as three times the original value of their ticket.  Option two; a ticket to next year’s Super Bowl and paid round-trip airfare with hotel accommodations. 

All I have to say is WOW.  Don’t get me wrong I understand where the fans are coming from; there is nothing more I hate than buying something and not getting what I thought I was paying for.  5 million may not be a lot of money to the NFL but 5 million is still a lot of money.  Look at what they are offering, in my opinion I would take it and run.  When I first heard about this I only thought the fans would get their money back, yet three times their value, plus.  I understand where the fans are coming from but 5 million is a little extreme.  If I had filed a lawsuit on every company that had done something like this to me, I would be a billionaire.

I do have to admit the "fan's" case does look solid and they just may get what they are demanding.

Also, what if the NFL has a lock out next season?  There will be no Super Bowl.

Super Bowl XLV Packers Vs Steelers Hype

Well I was surfing good old YouTube, again.  I found another good Super Bowl video that builds good hype for the Super Bowl this weekend.

Here is the video, It's a good video to watch. Only two minutes long.


Who do you think will take the lombardi trophy this year?

Here is my Super Bowl prediction; Here is why there will be NO Super Bowl next year.

"One Defining Moment"

Super Bowl XLV: Pittsburgh Steelers vs Green Bay Packers

Well I was surfing good old YouTube I found some good Super Bowl video in support of the Steelers. 

Here is one of the video I found, It's a good video to watch. Only A few minutes long.


The Steelers still have a chance to win this years Super Bowl but in my opinion it is unlikly they will.

Here is my Super Bowl prediction; Here is why there will be NO Super Bowl next year.

Who will win the Lombardi Trophy in 2011?

There is no doubt this year the Super Bowl will be huge.   This could be the last Super Bowl until 2013, if you haven’t read about the NFL lockout yet you can read it in my post titled "The NFL's future looks to lockout, Will the NBA follow?".  The lockout is threatening next year’s season and that would make this Super Bowl more important.  There is also no doubt that all eyes will be watching the Super Bowl this Sunday.  So the question is who will win this year’s Super Bowl between the Pittsburgh Steelers and the Green Bay Packers?

When thinking about this answer, you are going to need to think of the current injuries in both rosters.  The Super Bowl would be easier to pick a winner with two full health rosters.  Like the weather the injuries can't always be controlled, which in my opinion may make the game better.  It definitely raises questions on who is going to win this year and take home the Lombardi trophy.

The question for the Steelers fans is, what is Pouncey going to do?  If the Steelers go without their Pro Bowl Center, they could be in trouble for this Super Bowl.  Maurkice pouncey has been set to a game-time decision, and it may be the game making decision for the Steelers this Sunday.   There are other players that the Steelers will need this Sunday, such as Polamalu but his ankle isn’t looking promising.  I don’t know what the Steelers are going to do.

Don’t get me wrong the Packers have their problems going in to the Super Bowl as well.  Missing more than a dozen players from their roster with five of them from their starting line up, the Packers have problems too.  With their linebackers Barnett and Chillar down that area of their team has became weak.  The Super bowl winner may be who can take advantage of whose weakness best.

My predict for the winner of the 2011 Super Bowl is; Pouncey will not play due to injury. The Steelers will play a close first half with a 7-7 score, but I think the Packers will run with it in the second half, winning 7-16 final.  What do you think?

All Eyes Will Be On The NHL In 2011.

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In my last post titled “The NFL future looks lockout, Will the NBA follow?” I had explained the NFL (National Football League) going into lock out and how the NBA (National Basketball Association) may be following them in the same direction.  Well the NHL is a head of the game, since it had its lockout a few years ago.

September is a huge month for professional sports.  The NBA, NHL, and NFL start their seasons.  All three season go well into the spring.  The MBL has a summer/fall season, so the World Series is also around that time, which will end in October.  September is most likely one of the busiest month of professional sports. 

In 2011, it looks to be a year where the NHL will dominate most of the sports coverage for than end of 2011 and start of 2012.  The NHL will most likely caption more at attendance than they have ever had in history.  They will almost have all the coverage over professional sports.  The NHL will most like set records for game night viewers.

The fall always does provide new series and TV shows that start in the fall but my prediction is with no NBA or NFL next season, the NHL will most likely double their usual at home viewers.  How much will it raise ticket sales? Because their will be no other season going on.  Some teams may not be as affected as others but for some big city teams I am sure it will raise the ticket sales noticeable amount.  Good luck NHL, reap the reward & run with the cash while you can.

The NFL's future looks to lockout, Will the NBA follow?

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Well the Super Bowl is around the corner, and next season is most likely going to be locked out.  The question now is who will follow?

Most have heard the NFL (National Football League) has a good chance of being locked out next year.  In the past other leagues have locked out, such as NHL (National Hockey League).  Some reports have said there is no chance the NFL will not lock out next season, because that they need the salary cap.  Other reports have said there is only an 80 % chance, in my opinion those odd are still high.  A season with no NFL would be different, in Canada hockey was well missed while the NHL had a Lockout.   My only question is how will it affect the NFL and what is to follow?

There has been a lot of talk about NFL lock out.  There has not been much talk about the NBA lockout.  While I was reading blogs, I found reports stating the NBA (National Basketball Association) are in the same situation. The situation is if there players do not drop their salary than the next season will be locked out.   Both the NBA and the NFL 2011 season locked out?   Now, I wonder what the future looks like for the NBA as well.

So now the question is will the NBA Lockout with the NFL next season?   Do you think any of the players will drop their salary to prevent the lock out?  Would you?

If they do lock out, what will happen to both of them?  Are the players staying or going?

This lockout will most likely be talked about more as the days to come.  I will update you if anything more happens.  

Here are other reports about the lock out.

http://sports.espn.go.com/nfl/news/story?id=4887844

http://sports.espn.go.com/nba/news/story?id=5840275

http://boston.sbnation.com/boston-celtics/2010/11/24/1832042/nfl-lockout-nba-lockout-2011

http://uneekvids.blogspot.com/2011/02/nfl-owners-paying-players-to-much.html