NHL Playoffs

Sorry, New York Rangers — the only time a team came back from 0-3 in the Stanley Cup Finals was 1942, and a ref got punched in the face in the process

Posted on by Ted Bauer

We don’t think of 0-3 in a big spot as totally insurmountable anymore because of the 2004 Red Sox (and other examples), but on hockey’s grandest stage, it really is. There are only four examples of a team down 3-0 coming back… Continue Reading →

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The geographic center of the eight teams remaining in the NBA/NHL Playoffs is Millersville, Missouri (ya know, in case you wanted to know)

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When you get older and your friends start living in different parts of the country relative to work/family/etc., you sometimes hop on GeoMidpoint to figure out the best place for a group to meet up (news flash: if you put six… Continue Reading →

There is absolutely no one who saw Rangers-Canadiens coming as the NHL’s Eastern Conference Finals

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The goaltenders in the 2014 Olympic gold medal game were Carey Price (Canada) and Henrik Lundqvist (Sweden). Canada won, 3-0. Those same goaltenders are now facing each other in the 2014 NHL Eastern Conference Finals. No one saw this coming… Continue Reading →

Willie O’Ree was the first African-American NHL player — for the Bruins. So let’s hope a good series by P.K. Subban doesn’t become a racial thing for Boston.

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I’m a big fan of the Canadiens right now — they’re Canada’s best (read: only) hope, for chrissakes — and the rest of the playoffs, minus the Wild and Rangers, feels like a bunch of teams that won it all… Continue Reading →