Stanley Cup FInal

Viceroy · **Posted:** Mon May 24, 2004 5:33 pm

OK I know they're aren't as many hockey fans on here as people who follow the Premier League - but those who pay attention to the NHL, who will win the Stanley Cup? High-powered Tampa Bay or grinding Calgary?
Personally I really like this matchup because Calgary has only won 1 cup and that was years ago, I mean they haven't even made the playoffs for years. And Tampa is an expansion team that lots of good players but has never made it this far before.

Andy P · **Posted:** Mon May 24, 2004 6:57 pm

Calgary in 6

ya heard it here first (everyone thinks this will be a walkover)...nah calgary will win with a few 1 goal games then Canada goes cup mad after they win it...hehehe

motapower · **Posted:** Mon May 24, 2004 10:43 pm

I HATE tampa so I hope Calgary wins

bounce · **Posted:** Tue May 25, 2004 3:50 am

I'm rooting for Calgary, but that's no surprise. Wink

Spherix · **Posted:** Tue May 25, 2004 11:04 am

hmm don't really care Razz

Like it's so booring first it's like 82 games who doesn't really mean anything and then after that it's like best of 7 games in the playoffs Razz

Viceroy · **Posted:** Wed May 26, 2004 4:08 am

Game 1 - Calgary 4 Tampa 1
Surprised me, I thought Calgary would win the series but after sitting around for a week I thought for sure they would lose their first game. Mind the first goal was a fluke. Rolling Eyes

davehart · **Posted:** Wed May 26, 2004 12:03 pm

Missed it but I dont know anything about Hockey whatsoever.

wonderbeen · **Posted:** Wed May 26, 2004 1:23 pm

I gotta go with the Lightening just because they're from Florida.

Andy P · **Posted:** Wed May 26, 2004 2:47 pm

bluE_Neon · **Posted:** Thu May 27, 2004 12:04 am

i dont know about you guys but Tampa Bay is a really young team thats hungry for winning. if you say that their a team with a lot of good players, then your right but thats about it. their good players, not stars and they play so well together. im shocked at the first score of the first game but the 2nd game will be totally different. im neutral when it comes to hockey, but i do live in Canada and i would want the Flames to win but just coz Tampa has been playing sooo faacking good, i want them to win. they deserve to be the champions!

motapower · **Posted:** Thu May 27, 2004 7:58 am

Viceroy · **Posted:** Thu May 27, 2004 10:47 pm

You should see all the Flames flags on cars, everywhere you go in Alberta - even in Edmonton!
Tampa does have a really good team, with three of my favourite young players, Richards, St. Louis and Lecavalier. And for additional firepower they have guys like Andreychuk, Modin, Stillman, Fedetanko. I like Tampa because they don't play the neutral zone trap usually, full-on exceitement all the way mostly.
Calgary has mostly got to where they are by hard work. They don't have a lot of top-notch scoring abilities like Tampa does. They have Iginla, Conroy and Gelinas (sometimes) for scoring basically. Kiprosoff has been a big reason as well. He shakes off bad games so easily and plays brillantly the next one.

Viceroy · **Posted:** Fri May 28, 2004 9:59 pm

Game 2 - Tampa Bay 4 Calgary 1
Tampa sped all over the place and scored. Lots of shorthanded chances.

Viceroy · **Posted:** Mon May 31, 2004 10:43 pm

Game 3: Calgary 3 Tampa Bay 0
Didn't see all the game but did see a quality fight between Vincent Lecavalier and Jarome Iginla. As could be expected Vinnie got taken to the cleaners. Laughing

Game 4 tonight.

wonderbeen · **Posted:** Tue Jun 01, 2004 11:45 am

Viceroy · **Posted:** Tue Jun 01, 2004 10:42 pm

Game 4: Tampa Bay 1 Calgary 0
More luck than anything I'd say on Tampa's part. Niemenen had a brutal check from behind on Lecavalier. I'm sick of that kind of crap.

Viceroy · **Posted:** Fri Jun 04, 2004 4:53 pm

Game 5: Calgary 3 Tampa Bay 2 (OT)
Pretty wide open game. Iginla was crazy in this one.

wonderbeen · **Posted:** Tue Jun 08, 2004 11:49 am

Well kids, it's official. Tampa Bay has won the Stanley Cup. So I guess American hockey isn't as bad as the rest of the world thinks.

Viceroy · **Posted:** Tue Jun 08, 2004 10:19 pm

Game 6: Tampa Bay 3 Calgary 2 (OT)

and the deciding Game 7:
Tampa Bay 2 Calgary 1

So Tampa wins the Stanley Cup.
Sad