This game will have to go down in my all-time favorites list. And, it gave the Chicago Blackhawks the Stanley Cup, #1 team in the NHL for the year. And, after that tremendous start to the lockout-shortened season with all those regulation wins. And then the playoffs.
At the moment, I can't even remember who we played first in the super long hockey playoffs, but definitely have some memories of the Detroit Redwings series, when the Hawks went down 3-1 in games at the start, then won the last three to advance to the Western Conference Finals. And I thought they were a particularly dirty team in their play, well, at least until we played the Bruins. In conference championship, it was the L.A. Kings, last year's Stanley Cup winners. Then, the Boston Bruins (2011 Stanley Cup winners) for the Stanley Cup. The Hawks won it in 2010.
We watched all the Stanley Cup games at Tommy's, especially the second and third games which were only broadcast on the NBC Sports Channel, a big mistake for NBC if you ask me. We can't get the channel here in Spring Grove on our sorry Mediacom cable service. Why, even my mom in North Carolina gets the NBC Sports channel, even though she'd never watch a hockey game, regular season or playoffs.
Great food and drink specials at Tommy's everyday, so that was covered, and even better and more importantly, lots of boisterous and committed fans who really get into the game. It is always more fun to watch a game with a bumch of fans than by yourself at home (unless you have a house party). And, very important, Tommy's is less than a mile from the house.
The Game, Next. --RoadDog
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