Hockey season 2007-08 is now officially over. For my take on Game 6, click here, or continue reading after the jump.
NHL.com: Last call
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Red Wings win the Cup
Last year, Anaheim Ducks won the Stanley Cup with 16 Canadians on its roster and early on, it seemed that other NHL teams were cranking out Ducks copies in an attempt to win the Stanley Cup. And here we are again, with Detroit winning the Stanley Cup, with eight Swedes on its roster, and at least four, five, ok, let’s make it six, fine, seven, in prominent roles on the team.
Hockey Dads
You know I have a soft spot for hockey Dads. I’ve got one, and I am one.
Tight like that
Time Machine
I just got a letter from last week. In the envelope, there was a picture of me interviewing Henrik Lundqvist.
Risto: “What’s your name?”
HL: “Henke Lunkvist”
R: “What’s your favorite team?”
HL: “Ilves.”
Drop the puck
You know what I mean.
Hype Ovechkin
I think the price just went up.
NHL.com: World of hockey
Recovering from the Worlds, getting ready for the Stanley Cup Finals.
Read the whole thing at nhl.com or below.
Au revoir
And we came to the end. After 19 days in Quebec, with 29 games covered, I climbed down the 89 stairs from the Colisée Pepsi press box for the last time, in a hurry to get to the mixed zone to get the players’ comments.
Then, just a couple of last things, and we were done. Check out www.iihf.com for our full coverage over the past three weeks. Some of that came from here:
Nabokov
Here’s a little thing about Evgeni N.