On May 24, 1994, the Vancouver Canucks beat Toronto 4-3 in double overtime of game 5 to reach the Stanley Cup final, where they faced an original 6 team with a long championship drought that had won a 7-game conference final. It was Toronto's second consecutive loss in the conference final. The Canucks lost in game 7.On May 24, 2011, the Vancouver Canucks beat San Jose 3-2 in double overtime of game 5 to reach the Stanley Cup final, where they face an original 6 team with a long championship drought that won a 7-game conference final. It was San...
Friday, 27 May 2011
Tuesday, 24 May 2011
As I mentioned a few months ago, I'll be writing reviews for the Stadium Journey website. I've already posted a couple of minor league reviews and finally got around to adding a review of Yokohama Stadium. I plan to add one review per month plus an extra review of Hiroshima's new park, which I visited last year. I'll move this post to a page in a couple of days and update it whenever a new Stadium Journey review is up.Best,S...
Sunday, 15 May 2011
One of my favourite sports roadtrips was driving from Vancouver to San Jose in 1994 to see the Sharks' first ever home playoff games, which they split with top seed Detroit. It was a blast; the fans were still new to the game and excited to see their team succeeding in just their third season, long before the Sharks became the poster boys for playoff failure. When San Jose went on to upset the Red Wings in 7 games, it helped the Canucks reach the final.Now these two west coast rivals meet in the playoffs for the first time, and although I wish...
Monday, 9 May 2011
With the Lakers losing yesterday, the NBA's Western Conference will not have the #1 or #2 seed in their championship series. Quite a surprise, as the NBA playoffs are usually pretty predictable, at least when compared to the Stanley Cup tournament. Or so I thought. I decided to check if my theory was correct. I took the results from past playoffs, going back eight seasons until 2003, which was when the NBA moved to a 7-game format for the first round. In the 16 conference finals during that time, only once before were both top 2 seeds not represented,...
Saturday, 7 May 2011
While I traveling last month, the NFL released their 2011 schedule. Of course, there's a good chance many of the games won't be played, but that didn't stop me from planning a potential road trip. Without further ado, here is a route that gets you to all 32 home stadiums without too many unreasonable drives.Thu Sep 8 New Orleans at Green Bay 7:30Sun Sep 11 Atlanta at Chicago 12:00Mon Sep 12 Oakland at Denver 8:15Sun Sep 18 Oakland at Buffalo 1:00Mon Sep 19 St. Louis at NY Giants 8:30Sun Sep 25 Baltimore at St. Louis 3:05Mon Sep 26 Washington...
Friday, 6 May 2011
Pardon the self-indulgence while I summarize the 2011 California/Nevada trip.The journey lasted 20 days during which I saw 23 sporting events (4 MLB, 12 minor league, 3 NCAA baseball, and 1 each in the NHL, NBA, MLS, and Arena Football). There were four doubleheader days and one day off when I met up with my brother and his wife for dinner in Las Vegas. I drove just under 2,000 miles, averaging only 100 miles a day. Given the high price of gas, this...
Tuesday, 3 May 2011
In 2009, the Reno Aces began play after relocating from Tucson. In the same season the Las Vegas 51s became Toronto's AAA team. So I'd had my eye on Nevada as a baseball roadtrip destination for the past two years, but the schedules had not matched favourably with mine. So when my brother told me he would be in Las Vegas for a conference in April, 2011, things quickly came together as both the 51s and Aces were to be at home during that time. That's...
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