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Okay. I admit it. I am a fair weather fan (fans who only follow their team when they are winning). But I believe that is going to change.
Who knew hockey could be so exciting?
You all knew.
Right.
Well, our Chicago team, The Blackhawks, are vying for the Stanley Cup Championship, against the Boston Bruins. Winner is the best of 7 games. Right now the score is 3-2 Blackhawks. If they win the game tonight in Boston, they win the championship. Otherwise, the seventh game will be played in Chicago on Wednesday.
I hope it ends tonight. Not only because I am a Blackhawks fan (fair weather or not!), but also because I don't think my heart can take another game. It is very nerve wracking! And I'm afraid of losing a sibling. Both my brother AND my sister had said they experienced chest pains watching these games.
Now THAT'S excitement!
My twin sister, Pam, and I have watched a couple of the games together. She knows more about the players; I know a little about hockey. Well, let's just say that all the knowledge I know could fit into a walnut shell. I know....not much, but more than Pam.
If you were in the room with us during a game, you'd hear a lot of screaming, a lot of, "Where's the puck?" A lot of swearing, clapping, etc. At one point I yelled, "Son of a Biscuit!" Then I yelled, "Mother Tucker!" Then "Shit!" Pam looked at me and said, "Look, if you are going to swear, then be consistent!"
After a hockey game is over, I feel like I was "rode hard and put away wet". And I don't mean that in a sexual way whatsoever!
Some interesting facts about the Stanley Cup:
This trophy is awarded annually to the National Hockey League playoff winner at the conclusion of the Stanley Cup Playoffs. In 1892, originally commissioned as the Dominion Hockey Challenge Cup, the trophy is named for Lord Stanley of Preston, who was the Governor General of Canada. The cup was awarded to the top-ranking amateur ice hockey club in 1893. In 1915, two professional hockey organizations, the National Hockey Association (NHA) and the Pacific Coast Hockey Association (PCHA) reached an agreement that their champions would compete for the Stanley Cup. After various league mergers and folds, the Stanley Cup was considered THE championship trophy of the NHL in 1926.
What is interesting is that the winning team does not keep the trophy. They are allowed to have it for their winning year, but the trophy is passed to the next Stanley Cup winning team. All the names of the team players, coaches, management and club staff are engraved on the chalice. There are five bands on the trophy. Each band can hold up to thirteen winning teams. When the bottom band band is full, the oldest band is removed and placed into the Hockey Hall of Fame. A new blank band is added to the bottom.
It is a tradition for the winning team to drink champagne out of "The Cup", "Lord Stanley's Cup", "The Holy Grail", or "Lord Stanley's Mug", all names for the Stanley Cup.
Since 1914-15, the Stanley Cup has been won a combined 94 times, by 18 active NHL teams and 5 defunct teams. The Montreal Canadians have won the cup 24 times.
The Stanley Cup was not awarded in 1919 due to the Spanish Flu epidemic and in 2005 due to the NHL lockout.
(all information on the Stanley Cup from Wikipedia)
GO HAWKS!!!
15 comments:
I never could get interested in hockey; I can't keep track of the puck. My sports are basketball and baseball.
Whoopee. Let's go Hawks. I am a sports fan win or lose and I follow all the Chicago teams. I am so proud of our Hawks this season. Tonight's game is in Boston. I want them to win, but I wish they were at home instead.
hey i root for the blackhawks when i watch...smiles...hockey is much better in person i think...and can get pretty vicious....we go to college games in town...
I don't really follow hockey but they way you describe it, you sound like me at a NASCAR race! Wow! Except I am a NASCAR fan all of the time. ;)
I live in Bruins country but am not really a fan and didn't want to get called a bandwagon fan. Honestly, I followed the Canucks since I was in WA for so long and got to see them on the CBC all the time. That said, I would like Chicago to win b/c I'm just so tired of the nonstop Bruins/Boston Strong posts by one particular friend. He's gone beyond obsessed. I'd like to see him knocked down a peg.
The last graphic looks very much like the Native American used for Fresno High Warriors. Hmmm...
I'm not even a fair weather fan. I heard when the Kings did well, but I kind of shrugged and didn't pay much attention. (At some point, every single local team, with the exception of the Lakers, pissed me off, so I don't root for them anymore.)
Hockey is one of the few sports where I'm interested in the whole game from start to finish. It's a shame my city is only close to a medicore minor league team
Oh, hockey. I just don't get it! Thanks for trying to educate me!
I lost interest in hockey when I was at school... I got fed up with the sprained ankles deliberately caused by hockey hookers. You know, those who deliberately leg you over with their sticks. I like other games though, especially tennis.... grins.
My husband is a big sports fan but I don't care a thing about most of the sports. Bless his heart. He misses having someone to discuss this things. Anyway - - I found it interesting about the bands with the teams - -- and that they all drank from it - - sounds unsanitary!
Regarding the heart attack -- - my MIL DID have a heart attack during the World Series one year so tell your family to calm down.
I've always thought that I would probably enjoy hockey if I could ever get into it.
Go Blackhawks!
I had to be reminded....
It's in the 90s and I'm sweating like a hooker in church.
They're still playing hockey???
Then again, my team is the Flyers.
So.....
Valerie: There are hockey HOOKERS!!??
I really should take in some games.
Okay, one more and I'm done.
There is NO WAY I'm drinking anything out of Lord Stanley's cup!! I mean, come on, ewwwwww.
Especially since he's dead.
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