Showing posts with label Stanley Cup. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Stanley Cup. Show all posts
Monday, 23 August 2010
Can Do?
Wednesday, 12 March 2008
The Contract /// Le contrat
At this rate of pay, Ovechkin had better deliver the Cup.
Since signing this huge contract, he hasn't disappointed.
///À ce taux horaire, je m'attends à rien de moins qu'une Coupe d'Ovechkin.
Depuis qu'il a signé ce contrat monstre, il n'a pas déçu.
Since signing this huge contract, he hasn't disappointed.
///À ce taux horaire, je m'attends à rien de moins qu'une Coupe d'Ovechkin.
Depuis qu'il a signé ce contrat monstre, il n'a pas déçu.
Wednesday, 6 June 2007
13 of 16 ///13 sur 16
So far, the Senators have thirteen of the sixteen wins they need for the Stanley Cup. They are 81% of the way there. Now all they need to do is win three straight games.
///À date, les Sénateurs ont treize dess seize victoires dont ils ont besoin pour remporter la Coupe Stanley. Ils ont déjà accompli 81% de la besogne. Il ne leur reste qu'à remporter trois victoires d'affilée.
///À date, les Sénateurs ont treize dess seize victoires dont ils ont besoin pour remporter la Coupe Stanley. Ils ont déjà accompli 81% de la besogne. Il ne leur reste qu'à remporter trois victoires d'affilée.
Thursday, 17 May 2007
Drinks? ///Attendre avant de boire
The headline in today's Ottawa Citizen reads : 'Put the Champagne On Ice'. It's a bit premature to mention champagne, when we know that it is traditionnaly reserved for the moments just after the Stanley Cup is won (as seen in this 2002 Red Wings photo), and not during the Conference finals.
Buffalo played better and derserved the win.
///Le Citizen d'Ottawa titrait en première page aujourd'hui : 'Mettez le champagne sur la glace'. C'est un peu précipité, quand on sait que le champagne est traditionnellement ouvert seulement lorsqu'on remporte la Coupe Stanley (comme dans cette photo des Red Wings datant de 2002), et non pas la finale de conférence.
Buffalo a mieux joué et mérite ce gain.
Wednesday, 2 May 2007
40 Years, Leafs Fans! ///Les Leafs en quarantaine
Monday, 23 April 2007
Cup Contest ///Un concours pour la Coupe
There is a fun and interactive contest over at the CBC called Bring Home the Cup. You can submit a video or photo and a short text explaining how you watch the playoffs and describing the hockey temple in your home. The deadline is April 30.
///Il y a un concours interactif à Radio-Canada intitulé Ramener la Coupe Stanley à la maison. On doit soumettre une vidéo ou une photo avec un texte explicant comment vous regardez les séries éliminatoires et décrivant votre temple de hockey à la maison, et ce avant le 30 avril 2007.
///Il y a un concours interactif à Radio-Canada intitulé Ramener la Coupe Stanley à la maison. On doit soumettre une vidéo ou une photo avec un texte explicant comment vous regardez les séries éliminatoires et décrivant votre temple de hockey à la maison, et ce avant le 30 avril 2007.
Thursday, 29 March 2007
Hockey Love Begets Children ///L'amour, le hockey et les enfants
Today's funny read focuses on another aspect of hockey love: five children are expected after the Carolina Hurricanes won the Stanley Cup last spring. Hat tip to Kukla.
///Comment ne pas sourire en apprenant que cinq enfants seront issus de la victoire de la Coupe Stanley des Hurricanes de la Caroline le printemps dernier. Merci à Kukla.
///Comment ne pas sourire en apprenant que cinq enfants seront issus de la victoire de la Coupe Stanley des Hurricanes de la Caroline le printemps dernier. Merci à Kukla.
Thursday, 1 March 2007
When? ///Quand?
I'm wondering when. This pic is from the Caps locker room area (thanks DCSportsChick).Je me demande quand. Cette photo provient du vestiaire des Capitals de Washington (merci à DCSportsChick)
Tuesday, 20 February 2007
Guest Post : Leafs 40 Years of Shame ///La honte des Leafs
Thanks to my buddy Paul for an account of the Leafs 40-Years-Without-A-Cup ceremony. Those who want to watch the final game of the 67 series can see it on Google NHL Video :
"Went to see the Leafs and Oilers on Saturday. Tickets were hard to get but I was lucky and got two great seats. Found out about a week before the game that this was going to be special. Yes, the Leafs were actually going to celebrate something. They were going to celebrate the last time they actually won Lord Stanley's mug. My friend who got the tickets from his friend told me that tickets were impossible to get for that game because of the amount of alumnus that would be there to "celebrate". He actually almost kept the tickets to himself because of all the hype in Toronto over this game.
Scalpers were selling nose bleeds for $700... I kid you not. As a Leafs hater, and a proud one at that, I actually thought about how much I could get for the two $180 tickets I was holding? But, I was sort of looking forward to the celebration. Got curious that I was going to actually witness some kind of hockey history. In fact, I myself got caught up in the hype by reading everything there was to read on the '67 Leafs in order to better appreciate the ceremony.
Well, now I know why the Leafs don't win: because they don't know how to celebrate. Oh my God!!! What a letdown. The entire thing from start to finish was less than 10 minutes long and the applause was tame even at its loudest. What a joke.
The whole thing was even a letdown for the Leaf fans around me. Yet they applauded with less enthusiasm that I did... and I wasn't wearing a blue wig and a Tie Dummy jersey!!!! Sigh... this was the event: 1) Video of about 4 minutes that basically said "They were not supposed to win...but they did." 2) Introduce players who walk one by one onto the ice to some COSTCO (!) metal chairs placed at centre ice. 3) Ceremonial face off. 4) Voice over loudspeaker saying "Ladies and Gentleman, your 1967 Toronto Maple Leafs Stanley Cup Champions". 5) Lights on, roll up carpet.
That was it!!! I'm sorry but any other team from the Original Six would have brought the roof down when they introduced Dave Keon. Mind you, probably 75% of those at the game don't even know the 1967 Leafs. 1967 is the most hated number in Toronto and relates to how long it has been since they won. People do not view 1967 as something to celebrate... and boy oh boy did they ever prove that on Saturday night.
"I've been to a few ceremonies, and this one ranks right up there,'' said 82-year-old goalie Johnny Bower. "The crowd was great, and all of us appreciate the gesture." Bower must suffer from dementia. Or was drunk!! Not sure what kind of ceremonies he is refering to but someone in Calgary said the ceremony on Saturday for Mike Vernon was a classy and a "goose bump" affair. The Flames even had the Stanley Cup there for him, which leads me to believe that the Leafs organized this haphazardly with not much thought. Obviously the Flames planned well in advance to secure the Cup for their evening. It would have made sense for the Leafs to do the same!!
That said, the night was an entire let down as the Leafs won the game. Not much of a game either, sloppy play from both teams. Not very entertaining.
The highlight of the night for me was to watch Stephen Harper, our Prime Minister, enjoying the game with his son. I know how hard life can be on kids when parents are in public life and I really admired the PM giving all his attention to his son and the youngster, who was probably seeing his dad for the first time that week, was soaking up his father's attention like a sponge.
At one point, after a whistle, a Harper staffer rushed to go and tell him something and Harper completely ignored him and without taking his eyes off his son who was talking, shooed him away. It was hilarious. Made for a good Tim Horton commercial.
Side note, Tim Horton the hockey player got a louder ovation than Keon. As my buddy said, "everybody here knows him that's why they are cheering".
It is sad that most would cheer loudest for a dead business man who baked a donut (and a good one at that) instead of what is supposed to be a hockey hero to Leaf fans. It was really sad for the Leafs. They failed to kindle any kind of "goose bump" feeling in anyone.
That is the best way I can describe it... "the ceremony had no goose bumps effects". And that is what you are supposed to accomplish with those celebrations. Oh well, what did I expect from a team who's fans adored players like Wendel Clark, Tie Dummy and Darcy Tucker but to name a few (I actually saw someone with a Cory Cross sweater at the game). Fans got what they deserve. They keep cheering for sub par players, they will get sub par ceremonies. Thank God my buddy paid for the two beers and two popcorns. $32.75. That's why there's MasterCard!"
///Pour la version française, contactez moi.
"Went to see the Leafs and Oilers on Saturday. Tickets were hard to get but I was lucky and got two great seats. Found out about a week before the game that this was going to be special. Yes, the Leafs were actually going to celebrate something. They were going to celebrate the last time they actually won Lord Stanley's mug. My friend who got the tickets from his friend told me that tickets were impossible to get for that game because of the amount of alumnus that would be there to "celebrate". He actually almost kept the tickets to himself because of all the hype in Toronto over this game.
Scalpers were selling nose bleeds for $700... I kid you not. As a Leafs hater, and a proud one at that, I actually thought about how much I could get for the two $180 tickets I was holding? But, I was sort of looking forward to the celebration. Got curious that I was going to actually witness some kind of hockey history. In fact, I myself got caught up in the hype by reading everything there was to read on the '67 Leafs in order to better appreciate the ceremony.
Well, now I know why the Leafs don't win: because they don't know how to celebrate. Oh my God!!! What a letdown. The entire thing from start to finish was less than 10 minutes long and the applause was tame even at its loudest. What a joke.
The whole thing was even a letdown for the Leaf fans around me. Yet they applauded with less enthusiasm that I did... and I wasn't wearing a blue wig and a Tie Dummy jersey!!!! Sigh... this was the event: 1) Video of about 4 minutes that basically said "They were not supposed to win...but they did." 2) Introduce players who walk one by one onto the ice to some COSTCO (!) metal chairs placed at centre ice. 3) Ceremonial face off. 4) Voice over loudspeaker saying "Ladies and Gentleman, your 1967 Toronto Maple Leafs Stanley Cup Champions". 5) Lights on, roll up carpet.
That was it!!! I'm sorry but any other team from the Original Six would have brought the roof down when they introduced Dave Keon. Mind you, probably 75% of those at the game don't even know the 1967 Leafs. 1967 is the most hated number in Toronto and relates to how long it has been since they won. People do not view 1967 as something to celebrate... and boy oh boy did they ever prove that on Saturday night.
"I've been to a few ceremonies, and this one ranks right up there,'' said 82-year-old goalie Johnny Bower. "The crowd was great, and all of us appreciate the gesture." Bower must suffer from dementia. Or was drunk!! Not sure what kind of ceremonies he is refering to but someone in Calgary said the ceremony on Saturday for Mike Vernon was a classy and a "goose bump" affair. The Flames even had the Stanley Cup there for him, which leads me to believe that the Leafs organized this haphazardly with not much thought. Obviously the Flames planned well in advance to secure the Cup for their evening. It would have made sense for the Leafs to do the same!!
That said, the night was an entire let down as the Leafs won the game. Not much of a game either, sloppy play from both teams. Not very entertaining.
The highlight of the night for me was to watch Stephen Harper, our Prime Minister, enjoying the game with his son. I know how hard life can be on kids when parents are in public life and I really admired the PM giving all his attention to his son and the youngster, who was probably seeing his dad for the first time that week, was soaking up his father's attention like a sponge.
At one point, after a whistle, a Harper staffer rushed to go and tell him something and Harper completely ignored him and without taking his eyes off his son who was talking, shooed him away. It was hilarious. Made for a good Tim Horton commercial.
Side note, Tim Horton the hockey player got a louder ovation than Keon. As my buddy said, "everybody here knows him that's why they are cheering".
It is sad that most would cheer loudest for a dead business man who baked a donut (and a good one at that) instead of what is supposed to be a hockey hero to Leaf fans. It was really sad for the Leafs. They failed to kindle any kind of "goose bump" feeling in anyone.
That is the best way I can describe it... "the ceremony had no goose bumps effects". And that is what you are supposed to accomplish with those celebrations. Oh well, what did I expect from a team who's fans adored players like Wendel Clark, Tie Dummy and Darcy Tucker but to name a few (I actually saw someone with a Cory Cross sweater at the game). Fans got what they deserve. They keep cheering for sub par players, they will get sub par ceremonies. Thank God my buddy paid for the two beers and two popcorns. $32.75. That's why there's MasterCard!"
///Pour la version française, contactez moi.
Sunday, 4 February 2007
Stanley In My Arms ///Stanley dans mes bras
It sure felt good. I got to hold the Stanley Cup in my arms for ever so brief a moment, while my fiancée (merci) took a photo. My thanks to Phil Pritchard, keeper of the Cup, for being so kind and accomodating, and to the Governor General of Canada for bringing the Cup to Ottawa so that regular fans like myself could have a moment with it. I'm the luckiest guy in the world, because I get to hold my real Stanley Cup (my fiancée) in my arms every day.
///Le "feeling" était remarquable. J'ai pu tenir la Coupe Stanley dans mes bras, pendant que ma fiancée nous a pris en photo. Merci à Phil Pritchard, gardien de la Coupe, d'avoir été si gentil et accommodant, et au Gouverneur Général du Canada d'avoir apporté la Coupe à Ottawa pour que de simples amateurs comme moi puisse la toucher pendant un moment. Je suis l'homme le plus chanceux au monde, car je tiens ma vraie Coupe Stanley (ma fiancée) dans mes bras à chaque jour.
///Le "feeling" était remarquable. J'ai pu tenir la Coupe Stanley dans mes bras, pendant que ma fiancée nous a pris en photo. Merci à Phil Pritchard, gardien de la Coupe, d'avoir été si gentil et accommodant, et au Gouverneur Général du Canada d'avoir apporté la Coupe à Ottawa pour que de simples amateurs comme moi puisse la toucher pendant un moment. Je suis l'homme le plus chanceux au monde, car je tiens ma vraie Coupe Stanley (ma fiancée) dans mes bras à chaque jour.
Friday, 2 February 2007
Stanley Comes Back Home ///Stanley de retour chez lui
Yes Stanley, you can go home again. The venerable Stanley Cup will be making an appearance at Canada's Governor General's residence tomorrow: http://www.citizenvoices.gg.ca/en/. Lord Stanley was one of Canada's first Governor Generals.
///Oui, Stanley, tu peux rentrer au bercail. L'icône du hockey, la coupe Stanley, sera de retour à la résidence du Gouverneur général demain : http://www.citizenvoices.gg.ca/fr/home. Lord Stanley a été Gouverneur général du Canada à la fin du 19e siècle.
///Oui, Stanley, tu peux rentrer au bercail. L'icône du hockey, la coupe Stanley, sera de retour à la résidence du Gouverneur général demain : http://www.citizenvoices.gg.ca/fr/home. Lord Stanley a été Gouverneur général du Canada à la fin du 19e siècle.
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