Go Lightning!

Yes me to. I play street hockey with my son and his friends. I use to spend every weekend ice skating when I was growing up but back then in this area we had like no hockey teams for kids and besides I am old and back then they sure as heck weren't gonna let a girl play.
I could only play softball back then when I really wanted to play baseball :(
Anyway I am finally gonna get a chance to get my picture taking with the Stanley Cup in a few weeks.
We are going to N.C. for the NHL draft and it will be there Woo Hoo!!! as dumb as it may sound to some getting my picture taking standing next to the cup is on my 101 things to do in my life :)

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Originally Posted by gozetec02

I am not all that into hockey. It never snows here. But we have a CHL team here in San Antonio called the rampage but i have yet to attend a game. But seeing the stanley cup it looks really cool. I wish i had a chance to play when i was younger.

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Last year, my daughter's 4th grade class won tickets for the whole class and one-parent-each to attend a Rampage game. Even though we're not really into hockey, I was actually looking forward to it...any sport is more fun when attended in person. Unfortunately, I got sick and my hubby took her. They had a great time. I would recommend going...great way to see some professional sports without having to spend an arm-and-a-leg like with many of the "big" leagues.

I'm not only Canadian but since I'm from Vancouver and we got taken out by Calgary, I gotta root for them all the way to validate us, lol!

Woo Hoo on to game 7!
Can't wait until Monday night :)

GO CALGARY!!!!
Go Flames Go!!!

Congrats to the Tampa Bay Lighting on winning the Stanley Cup!
Tampa 2
Calgary 1 Final Game 7

I hope hockey makes it back next year and there is no strike over the new CBA.
:( Hockey season over for 2003-2004

For my money, the cup in Florida just seems SO wrong. But, I like John Tortorella (Fonzie) a lot. I think that he is a class guy & he deserves this thing. He used to coach the Rochester Amerks (Buffalo's minor league team) not so many years ago.

And Dave Andreychuk, congratulations man! He deserves the cup too. Again, a high class guy who has ALWAYS put the team first.

I don't dislike Tampa as a team but ya just know that next year Calgary is gunna be just like the Ducks were this year. This was really the only shot they were gunna have. Congrats to both teams on a great season though. What a fun & entertaining finals!

Here is to hopin that the boys in charge get their crap together to give us a FULL season next year!!!

sorry I haven't been here lately, been busy and have had some PC issues:

all I gotta say is the LIGHTNING RULE!!! AWESOME FRICKIN' GAME MONDAY!!!
We played our hearts out and since I am originally from Buffalo, I'm perfectly content w/the cup being down here. It is a little aggravating when you could pratically get tickets for free 3 or 4 months ago and now everyone's a big hockey fan. We've been watching the Lightning for 5 yrs. since moving down (we also still follow the Sabres of course), but on the flip side, we need the support. I'm sure many will become true hockey fans now....we'll see I guess. I'm kinda sad it's over, it was such a great series!!

Heheheh, I figured you hadn't been on cuz you guys were dancing in the streets and partying!
Hell has offically frozen over! ( just kidding)
I heard the newspaper down there screwed up and ran the wrong story saying that they had lost, gee did they all have their heads in the sand.

I only had a problem with one thing about them winning the Cup.
They had Hulk Hogan on the ice and he hoisted the cup up on the ice. I feel that is something only for the team to do.
Hulk Hogan could play with the cup when the guys all get there " day " with the cup.
Yes it stinks I wanted it to go on longer, oh well lets hope we have hockey next year!

I missed the Hulk Hogan thing, that would've annoyed me too...My co-worker brought the paper in for me the next day, soooo stupid!! I would have loved to have been down at the Ice Palace w/all the crazies, but opted to stay in the comfort of my own home, IF I had tickets you better believe I would'a been down there!!

What is all this crap going on? I heard a blurb, but haven't gotten the full scoop yet....I stopped watching a lot of professional sports b/c of strikes and money issues...I really hope it doesn't happen in hockey, I'll be so disappointed! :(

The CBA runs out on Sept 15 and the owners want a hard salary cap of 35 mil per team and the players union doesn't they want it to be a soft cap where if your teams payroll goes over you pay a luxury tax above the 35 mil.
Owners say they are losing money which for most teams is very true. the NHL as a whole is slowly sinking. TV ratings waay down and people just don't follow it or catch on to it not even for the finals. A sad thing because hockey is an awesome sport. It's really two sports in one Ice skating and hockey
Talk about guys being fit you have to just to play.Anyway that is it in a nutshell. Sides way far apart, lot of players going to Europe to play next year and Bobby Hull is starting a new league WHA in Oct and there are rurmors Iginla and even St Louie May play if there is a lock-out
If there is a lock out and the NHL is out next season it may indeed go under it just can't take the hit of being gone a year.
It's a sad sad thing for us hockey fans.