| stanley cup finals - tidbits from nhl.com, some interesting notes:
-Commodore and Cory Stillman are appearing in the Stanley Cup Final for the second consecutive season. In 2004 they played each other - Stillman was a Lightning, Commodore was a Flame.
-Stillman is hoping to become the first player since Claude Lemieux to win the Stanley Cup with different clubs in consecutive years (Lemieux did it with the Devils in 95, the Avalanche in 96)
-Recchi hasn't been to a final in 15 years
-Edmonton Oilers GM Kevin Lowe and coach Craig MacTavish were teammates on four Stanley Cup champions, three with Edmonton (in 1987, 1988, 1990) and one with the New York Rangers (in 1994). If they win, they'll be the second pair in NHL history to win a Stanley Cup together as players and then serve as GM and coach of a Cup winner (previous?- Lester Patrick and Frank Boucher, GM and coach, respectively of the 1940 Stanley Cup-champion New York Rangers after both had played on the 1928 Stanley Cup-champion Rangers)
who knew?
so they are in Raleigh already and tomorrow's the night - I've waited too long for this. Damn NBC. |