Closing the Door on the NHL Season

Spirits were high in Chicago after the Blackhawks halted a 48 year old curse

Well, they did it. Last Wednesday the Blackhawks ended a 47 season Stanley Cup drought by beating the Flyers in overtime.

It's easy to write about the Blackhawks and their well deserved celebrations (and hangovers that followed) but here at WMBC we like the losers better. So my apologies to the Blackhawks' fans, but this ones going to be about the Flyers.

What About Home Ice?

As if you needed anything more than last night to remind you there are two winter sports championships going on right now (you should see what the "previous channel" button on my remote looks like), your feedback has been heard.

I went on and on about home court advantage for the NBA Finals, so what about home ice advantage for the Stanley Cup Finals? Sorry for the wait NHL fans. Below is a similar analysis to my home court advantage analysis for basketball. For making you wait the whole weekend before you were able to read this in hopes for an escape to the away team curse, I went back to the 1990 Stanley Cup, just for you. Can we be friends again?

Loving the Eastern Conference

The NHL might want to take some advice from the NCAA with regard to expanding their tournament. Why? The Eastern Conference is gearing up for Flyers vs. Canadiens this Sunday in the Conference Finals. That's right, a 7 vs 8 seed matchup. And the two teams that barely made the playoffs are amped up about playing each other for something other than a "who deserved to be in the playoffs more" consolation prize.