The Stanley Cup was donated in 1892 by Frederick Arthur Stanley. He purchased the trophy for what amounts to about $50.00 and is one of the most coveted awards in Pro sports today. Ironically, Lord Stanley never saw the trophy awarded. Because each member of the team has their name inscribed on the trophy bands have been added under the 'bowl,' and some older ones have been removed and retired along with the original bowl are stored in a Vault. There are spelling errors as well as names X'ed out. In 1983-84 The owner of the Edmonton Oilers, Peter Pocklington included the name of his father, who had nothing to do with the team and it was later X'ed out. The first error was corrected on '95-'96 winners. Adam Deadmarsh was misspelled (Deadmarch) and the correct spelling of his name was added.
Now the match ups are set, and the quest starts on Friday, it has not been announced who plays when yet. I've listed the match ups below. You will need to pick a winner in each series for a total of 8 picks. The number in parenthesis is the seed number for the conference. The higher seeds have home ice. Feel free to go HERE for a breakdown on how the teams did against each other during the regular season. Make sure you get your picks in by before Friday. I am counting on you!! :)
East
Ottawa (1) vs Tampa Bay (8)
Carolina (2) vs Montreal (7)
New Jersey (3) vs NY Rangers (6)
Buffalo (4) vs Philadelphia (5)
West
Detroit (1) vs Edmonton (8)
Dallas (2) vs Colorado (7)
Calgary (3) vs Anaheim (6)
Nashville (4) vs San Jose (5)
16 comments:
umm wow
I'll have o study some moe love,nat
Ok mate, right I've printed off the list from the link you gave (thanks for that!) and I've seen how many points each team has, so hoping I've done this right (?) here are my picks !!
Ottawa vs Tampa Bay ~ I'm picking Ottawa to win
Carolina vs Montreal ~ " Carolina "
New Jersey vs NY Rangers ~ mmm close one this, I'll pick NY Rangers
Buffalo vs Philadelphia " Buffalo "
Detroit vs Edmonton " Detroit "
Dallas vs Colorado " Dallas "
Calgary vs Anaheim " Calgary "
Nashville vs San Jose " Nashville "
I hope I've done it right, if not please let me know, I really want to play :-) Do you think any of the games might be shown on Sky Sport so I can watch some of them ?
hugs and fingers crossed Debbie ~xxx~
Really not my thing ,but Idid enjoy the story of the trophy ,Isee Debbie has entered the the contest with gusto ,good luck Deb ......Jan xx
I'm not into hockey, but that was very interesting to learn about the origin of the Stanley Cup! :-)
~ Susan
http://journals.aol.com/njmom72/TheStrawberryPatch
My picks are underlined or in red if I can't underline. Sorry the Flyers have to be your first opponent. Well I see I can do either so I will use cut and leave my picks showing.
East
Ottawa (1)
Carolina (2)
NY Rangers (6)
Philadelphia (5)
West
Detroit (1)
Dallas (2)
Calgary (3)
San Jose (5)
Great write up on the cup I saw it and actually got to touch it years ago.
Good Luck to all.
Bill
This is a terrific entry. I loved reading about the Stanley cup because I don't believe I ever have before.
Thanks:)
Dianna
I heard Tampa got in. Doubt they will go very far though. We will see. I don't know about any of the other teams so I'm not picking. lol I LOVE hockey though. : ) GBU, Shelly
East
Ottawa (1)
Montreal (7)
New Jersey (3)
Buffalo (4)
West
Edmonton (8)
Colorado (7)
Calgary (3)
San Jose (5)
GBU, Shelly
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East
Ottawa (1)
Carolina (2)
NY Rangers (6)
Philadelphia (5)
West
Detroit (1)
Colorado (7)
Calgary (3)
Nashville (4)
Donna
For me to pick any hockey team to win or lose is going to be like throwing darts, but here goes.
East
Tampa Bay
Montreal
NY Rangers
Buffalo
West
Edmonton
Colorado
Calgary
Nashville
East
Ottawa
Montreal
Devils
Flyers
West
Detroit
DallasAnaheim
San Jose
V
Hey Donna! Sorry we haven't talked in a long time, but, I DO miss you very much and even tho we don't talk as often, I think of you often...My picks!
East
Ottawa
Carolina
New Jersey...my boy Jamie is doing good!
Buffalo
West
Detroit
Dallas
Calgary
San Jose
Here goes!
East
Tampa Bay
Montreal
NY Rangers
Philadelphia
West
Edmonton
Dalls
Anaheim
San Jose
East
Ottawa (1)
Montreal (7)
New Jersey (3)
Philadelphia (5)
West
Detroit (1)
Colorado (7)
Anaheim (6)
San Jose (5)
Those are my picks... no laughing now, LOL
72 degrees out right now and it's 8pm. Yeeehaaw... Stopped at my sisters after work for dinner and low and behold I never posted my picks. So for the record...
Ottawa
Montreal
New Jersey
Buffalo
West
Detroit
Dallas
Calgary
San Jose
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