Happy Father’s Day
I spent the majority of Father’s Day working on the shower again. Alexis and I are slowly working on it when we have time. Today we pulled out rusty nails, broke up more mortar, and finally replaced the insulation that had mold on it. With the new insulation installed, we are more optimistic that we can complete this seemingly insurmountable task.
Since my last post there was a ton of NHL news that happened. The Red Wings lost in game 7 of the final Stanley Cup finals. They lost on home ice and there was some controversy over the captain of the Penguins not shaking everyone’s hand after the game. The Dallas Stars new general manager, Joe Nieuwendyk, fired head coach Dave Tippett and hired Marc Crawford, the ex-head coach of the L.A. Kings. Derian Hatcher, a former Dallas Stars captain, retired, but will stay with the Philadelphia Flyers as a player development coach. Derian was a great player for the Stars and his absence left a huge hole in defense that Dallas struggled to fill.
The Site & Stanley Cup ‘09
The website has been up and down due to a hard drive failure on the server. The provider has restored the files, but it appears that there are still some issues being ironed out.
On to my main topic, the Pittsburgh Penguins and the Detroit Red Wings will begin the duel for the Stanley Cup tonight. This is a sequel, that I’m not entirely happy with. They played each other in the final series last year. With 30 teams in the league, it seems improbable for the same teams to make it to the final series two years in a row. I’m not a huge fan of the Red Wings to begin with and it doesn’t help that they’ve already won the Stanley Cup eleven times.
The Red Wings are not happy about the re-scheduling done for the playoffs. There was going to be a bit of a long break between the two rounds. In order to keep fans interested, the NHL moved the games up and scheduled two back to back games this weekend, one today and one tomorrow. The Wings have players that are injured or playing hurt and would have benefited from more days off. I think this is the best idea the NHL has come up with in a long time. Two consecutive games should make for interesting hockey and spark more interest.
| Game 1 | @ Red Wings | Sat. 7 p.m. |
| Game 2 | @ Red Wings | Sun. 7p.m. |
| Game 3 | @ Penguins | Tue. 7 p.m. |
| Game 4 | @ Penguins | Thu. 7 p.m. |
| Game 5* | @ Red Wings | June 6, 7 p.m. |
| Game 6* | @ Penguins | June 9, 7 p.m. |
| Game 7* | @ Red Wings | June 12, 7 p.m. |
* if necessary
Good Times
This weekend was a blast. Dustin and Hunter visited and Alexis had a birthday. Friday night Alexis and I went over to my Mom’s place and had dinner, tried to watch Galaxy Quest, and talked all night. We took some pictures of Hunter that I may post sometime this week. Sunday, Alexis and I went out to eat at Genghis Grill and went shopping. Alexis bought some boxes to put her colored pencils in and a cordless mini-mouse for her netbook. On a side note, I keep forgetting to tell my Dad that if he doesn’t mind a tiny 10″ screen, that a netbook is very affordable and probably all he needs.
I ended up buying EA NHL’09, which I had downloaded as a demo on the 360. I still need to keep playing the games in my back log, but couldn’t resist picking it up. It’s just too much fun. Maybe I can guide the Dallas Stars to victory in the game, because their season looks like it will end soon. I’m not confident that they can make it to the playoffs. In fact odds are they won’t make it, if I understand this website correctly. Richards broke his left hand in the last game just as he was returning from a right wrist injury. So the Stars can’t seem to find any luck, much less the back of the net.
