The Bruins are going to the Stanley Cup Finals...

As a Boston Bruins fan, I have to say that this is one of the most memorable seasons in a very long time, it had been a couple of decades of mediocrity for the Boston Bruins as they had not been in the Stanley Cup Finals since the 1990 season when they lost to the Edmonton Oilers in 5 games… Former Edmonton Oilers’ forward Craig Simpson (father of current Fighting Sioux defenseman Dillon Simpson) scored the game winning goal for the Edmonton Oilers to clinch the Stanley Cup against the Boston Bruins.

• Game 1: Wednesday, June 1 at 7 p.m. Boston Bruins at Vancouver Canucks. NBC, CBC, RDS
• Game 2: Saturday, June 4 at 7 p.m. Boston Bruins at Vancouver Canucks. NBC, CBC, RDS
• Game 3: Monday, June 6 at 7 p.m. Vancouver Canucks at Boston Bruins. Versus, CBC RDS
• Game 4: Wednesday, June at 7 p.m. Vancouver Canucks at Boston Bruins. Versus, CBC RDS
• Game 5: Friday, June 10 at 7 p.m. Boston Bruins at Vancouver Canucks* NBC, CBC, RDS
• Game 6: Monday, June 13 at 7 p.m. Vancouver Canucks at Boston Bruins* NBC, CBC, RDS
• Game 7: Wednesday, June 15 at 7 p.m Boston Bruins at Vancouver Canucks* NBC, CBC, RDS
* – if necessary

In looking at the schedule for the 2011 Stanley Cup Finals there is another long layoff between games one and two.

Reason not to fight... Taylor Hall injuried

While I am old school and believe in the hockey code, I am all for a player solving their differences on the ice instead of hoping the refs make the right call. That being said, a player has to be smart and pick his time and place for fighting, while I applaud Taylor Hall for fighting his own battles, on the other hand Hall picked a fight with a player Derek Dorsett who has been 14 fights this season and ended up getting hurt in the process. If I was the general manager or head coach of this hockey team I wouldn't be all that pleased with Hall, but such is life.

EDMONTON — Edmonton Oilers’ rookie Taylor Hall said Thursday morning that he had only been in two junior fights in his hockey life and didn’t like his chances with the bigger boys in the NHL, but after one goal and a dazzling rush later, Hall shockingly dropped the mitts with one of the toughest pound-for-pound customers, Derek Dorsett, eight hours later.

Give Hall an A for bravery, but an F for foolishness after he exchanged punches with the Columbus Blue Jackets’ forward, who’s had 14 fights this season. Hall hung in after instigating the scrap in the wake of a hard Dorsett hit along the boards, but fell to the ice, landed awkwardly and injured his left ankle. There was no immediate word on how badly he was hurt but it didn’t look good as he limped to the dressing room. His night was over 33 minutes into the hugely entertaining affair with the Oilers driving Jackets’ starting goalie Steve Mason to the bench with three goals in their first 14 shots.