Penguins Monday

Yinzers,

Well, Jaroslav Halak shat the bed in game 1 against those Philthy Flyers. The Flyers beat up on Montreal 6-0 in game one of the Eastern Conference Finals. In the name of all things Holy, Montreal better win this series. If I go back to Penn State's graduate school and the Flyers have won the cup, I may hang myself with piano wire. The Flyers are not as good as their playoff run has made them out to be and someone has to prove it.

In other hockey news, the IIHF World Championships are going on in Koeln, Deutschland (that's Cologne, Germany in their native text). Denmark earned itself a spot in the quarterfinals tournament as well as perennial powerhouses Canada and Finland. Russia, Sweden and Switzerland are also in the final spots for the tournament. Denmark's Cinderella story ended there, however, when they ran into two time defending IIHF champion Russia. Evgeni Malkin had a goal and two assists in the game, boosting the Reds over the Danes 6-1.

We'll keep other random hockey news coming on Mondays for the summer.

B Brog