Monthly Archives: April 2007

Joined The Hockey News Playoff Pool

Anyone else? I did it for a competitor comparison more than anything. The Hockey News operated a regular season pool but the only thing viewable to the public is the rules. The playoff pool was going to be the same, … Continue reading

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Hockey Playoffs: The Time of No Sleep

One thing quickly forgotten from years past while gearing up for this year’s Stanley Cup Playoffs is that I need to condition my body to run at half the sleep than its used to. The playoffs are in a word, … Continue reading

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Champions League Highlights (4/11)

Some poor video choices on YouTube for the Bayern-AC Milan and Liverpool-PSV games yesterday. That is fitting with these games, really. Liverpool had already all but officially wrapped up advancing to the semis after a 3-0 blasting of PSV in the first … Continue reading

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Champions League Highlights (4/10)

7-1 win by Manchester United over AS Roma. Wow. Now that is some goal scoring dominance like I’ve never seen in a game at this level. Lets rank these goals from most impressive to least impressive, and then cue the … Continue reading

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Hockey Talk, Playoff Predictions and More

While cruising the Internet yesterday and trying to drum up more interest in the Hockey Playoffs Pool (tick, tick, tick…), I came across a website with links to many different hockey blogs and links. There is some great stuff here, … Continue reading

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Rollercoaster Ride for Leafs Fans

What a weekend with, finally, a not unexpected result. The Leafs did not qualify for the Stanley Cup playoffs. It was an emotional rollercoaster like no other to come to that conclusion though. First, Hockey Night in Canada featuring the Leafs-Canadiens in … Continue reading

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Champions League Highlights (4/4)

More people picked Manchester United and Chelsea to advance from the quarters in our Champions League pool. Wouldn’t you know Roma and Valencia hold the upper hand after the first Leg. Roma 2, Manchester United 1: Rooney scores his first … Continue reading

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Champions League Highlights (4/3)

Champions League started up again yesterday after a long layoff with the quarter-finals, and boy did it not disappoint. Excellent action in the AC Milan-Bayern Munich match. AC Milan is the only team still alive in this year’s tournament that … Continue reading

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