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Stanley Cup, game 7: It doesn’t get any better

Cyd Zeigler jr. — Wed, 15 Jun 2011 17:56:09 +0000

There are few moments in sports with the excitement of a game 7 in hockey. With hard hits and goals at such a premium, every pass, every check takes on such importance that tension in the arena is hard to match anywhere else. When you add in suspensions, illegal season-ending hits, biting, and six games of the home team winning…the energy surrounding this game 7 of the Stanley Cup finals, the last game of the NHL season, between the Boston Bruins and Vancouver Canucks is palpable. The Canucks are going for their first Stanley Cup every (losing twice before in the finals); the Bruins want their first since 1972.

While Boston Pride has come and gone this year, Vancouver Pride is July 31. If they win, hopefully the Canucks will follow the Blackhawks’ lead and march the Cup in the city’s pride parade!

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NHL suspends Aaron Rome for the rest of Stanley Cup Finals for hit on Nathan Horton

Cyd Zeigler jr. — Tue, 07 Jun 2011 17:35:54 +0000

The NHL needed to do something about the increasing violence in hockey, and they started with suspending Vancouver’s thug Aaron Rome (right) for the rest of the Stanley Cup Finals for his vicious hit on Boston’s Nathan Horton. The video is after the jump, but if you haven’t seen it, Rome illegally and violently sailed his shoulder into the unsuspecting head of Horton, leaving him with a severe concussion (that’s a nice way of saying ‘brain damage’) and knocking him out for the rest of the Stanley Cup Finals.

And if I were the head of the Boston Police, I’d have Rome arrested. While the NHL has a responsibility to stop the unnecessary violence, so do we all. A good, hard hit or brief fight where both men have an equal chance: That’s sports. What Rome did: That’s nasty and illegal, and it should be treated as such. Check out video of the evil hit after the jump.

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Looking for a date for NHL’s Winter Classic

Cyd Zeigler jr. — Wed, 23 Dec 2009 04:21:06 +0000

What do you do if you have two tickets to the NHL’s Winter Classic and don’t have anyone to go with? Well hockey guru Peter Hay Halpert has two tickets to the Jan. 1 outdoor game between the Philadelphia Flyers and the Boston Bruins at Fenway Park. His straight buddies can’t go because their wives won’t let them, and his gay friends don’t have much interest in hockey. So Peter came to Outsports to find a date!

Peter runs an art gallery in Chelsea featuring some fantastic photography (I first met him at a reception he held for Brian Orter’s Oarsmen series). He’s a sports nut who has played in the Toronto Maple Leafs organization and has coached players from high school through the Olympics.

So, who’s he looking to take to the game?

A young(ish) guy who is really in to hockey, with whom I can develop some chemistry, and who might like to go see the game with someone who really knows hockey.

Peter lives in New York, is a season ticket holder for the Flyers, and is traveling to Boston for the game: So, wherever you live in the Northeast megalopolis, or if you just want to connect with a big hockey (particularly Flyers) fan anyway, email Peter at phhphoto@aol.com.

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Quick hits: Boston, T.O., Phillies, Chris Benoit

Cyd Zeigler jr. — Wed, 13 May 2009 16:34:32 +0000

Categories: Drugs, MLB, NBA, NFL, NHL, Wrestling

Tags: Boston Bruins, Boston Celtics, Christ Benoit, Philadelphia Phillies, Terrell Owens

Boston teams win big: Bruins extend series to game 7, Celtics take 3-2 lead. When Terrell Owens shows up for minicamp in Buffalo, VH-1 will be there to chronicle the whole thing. Yeah, he’s definitely leaving all his issues in Dallas. It’s a new T.O. Phillies’ Jayson Werth steals second, third and home against the [...]

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Morning hits: UNC, Bruins, Quidditch, Millen

Cyd Zeigler jr. — Thu, 23 Apr 2009 16:59:03 +0000

Categories: Animals, NBA, NFL, NHL

Tags: Atlanta Hawks, Boston Bruins, Matt Millen, North Carolina, Quidditch

North Carolina Tar Heels going from the penthouse to the outhouse. Boston Bruins win first playoff series in 10 years by sweeping their Canadien rivals. Quidditch continues to grow, now being played at Univ. of Wisconsin. Further evidence that Matt Millen is the scum of the NFL. Hawks mascot delays game; Hawks players blow homecourt [...]

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Dating rules for a hockey fan

Jim Buzinski — Tue, 14 Apr 2009 21:21:27 +0000

I liked this commercial by the Boston Bruins, who start play this week in the NHL playoffs.

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