Well, congrats to the Boston Bruins are in order...they pulled out Game 7 in fine fashion last night, beating Vancouver on their home ice, 4-0.
As a native New Englander, I well remember the last time the Bruins won the cup, in 1972. I was only about six years old at the time, and being the dumb kid I was, I wanted the Rangers to win. No idea why.
I was producing the Senators' win over the Thunder on the Ticket last night, but I made it to my car by early in the third period. It was already a done deal; the Canucks just could not get back into the game.
I tuned to Home Ice, the hockey channel on Sirius/XM. Now in playoff sports, S/XM takes the home radio feed, so I got to hear the Vancouver broadcast team handling the call. To my surprise they were playing it straight. No real homerism, they called the game right, fairly and professionally. Something that is lost on NESN and quite a few American commentators.
The only crack came after the empty-net goal...the color guy said, "That sucks." And I'm sure it did. The guys appealed for calm, as they were watching a CTV raw feed from the city...does Vancouver have professional rioters living there? It's clear to me those people were out to start trouble, and were not real hockey fans.
Either way, I'm glad the Bruins won it, a long time coming, and happy for Tim Thomas, the University of Vermont product...yay, Catamounts!
I went to UVM for about two months one summer, that's my only connection.
That said...another day of editing SDS-1...it's getting much better. My friend Riz and I had a brief talk about the recent feelings thrown down by a publisher...they have good points, but the readability is still there. Riz of course would tell me if it wasn't...she pulls no punches.
Another game tonight at the Ticket, and I hope I can keep up a good level of concentration on the edit. This needs to be finished and soon.
"Five Fifty-One," track from Bruce Cockburn's new CD on my Walkman...nice...trying to keep it together here...much to do.
So yeah...B's fans rejoice, Canucks fans clean up their city and I have to get on with life.
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