Big sporting weekend is almost over this Memorial Day, but needed to touch on a few things:
First, Game 1 of the Stanley Cup Finals did not live up to the hype going on, the Red Wings dominated the Penguins basically from the opening faceoff, Sidney Crosby and Evgeni Malkin had terrible games, they'll need to be really good in Game 2 if the Pens want a split. Many writers keep referring this matchup to a callback to the 1983 Cup Finals between the Islanders and the Oilers..the Isles swept Edmonton in four games, that was the Islanders 4th straight Cup(which is crazy now to think about)but that Oilers team was loaded. Thanks to the good people at hockeydb.com
for these stats:
G A Pts
Wayne Gretzky 71 125 196
Mark Messier 48 58 106
Glenn Anderson 48 56 104
Jari Kurri 45 59 104
All four all Hall of Famers, the Oilers went on win 4 of the next 5 Stanley Cups...the Penguins are loaded with young talent, but perhaps they've got to lose to learn how to win. We'll see.
The Indy 500 was raced today, one of my favorite sporting events on the calendar..Scott Dixon won the race, a lot of attention was focused on Danica Patrick trying to win the race after she won in Japan.She got tangled up in the pits with Ryan Briscoe, thought there might be an incident there, luckily cooler head prevailed, but that look from Danica would have cut thru stone. Now under normal cicrumstances she'd be the most important female at the race, but not yesterday my good friend Brooke Palmieri was at the race, hope to have some visual evidence tomorrow.
One last thought..Mets lost 4-1 to Colorado, finish road trip 3-6. Two games under .500 at Memorial Day..let's go!
