STANLEY CUP FINALS

Eastern Conference Champions
CAROLINA HURRICANES

vs.

Western Conference Champions
EDMONTON OILERS


Game 1 - Monday, June 5 in Raleigh (OLN, 8 PM)
Game 2 - Wednesday, June 7 in Raleigh (OLN, 8 PM)
Game 3 - Saturday, June 10 in Edmonton (NBC, 8 PM)
Game 4 - Monday, June 12 in Edmonton (NBC, 8 PM)
Game 5 - Wednesday, June 14 in Raleigh (NBC, 8 PM, If Necessary)
Game 6 - Saturday, June 17 in Edmonton (NBC, 8 PM, If Necessary)
Game 7 - Monday, June 19 in Raleigh (NBC, 8 PM, If Necessary)

Playoffs:
Carolina - 12-6, 7-3 at home, 6-3 on the road
Edmonton - 12-5, 6-2 at home, 6-3 on the road

Regular Season:

Carolina - 52-22-8, 112 points, 1st place, Southeast Division, 2nd place, Eastern Conference
Edmonton - 41-28-13, 95 points, 3rd place, Northwest Division, 8th place, Western Conference

Carolina - 31-8-2 at home, 21-14-6 on the road
Edmonton - 20-15-6 at home, 21-13-7 on the road

Season Series:
Teams did not meet

Playoff History:
Teams have never met

Edmonton is the first 8th seed in league history to advance to the Stanley Cup Finals


Edmonton players to watch for:


Dwayne Roloson, goaltender. Traded to Edmonton from Minnesota at the regular season trade deadline. Third among playoff goaltenders in GAA, second in SV%, and first in wins.


Chris Pronger, defenseman. Tied for team playoff lead in points, tied for second in league points, and tied for first in league assists with 4 goals and 13 assists and first in team +/- with +9.


Shawn Horcoff, center. Tied for team playoff lead in points and second in league points with 5 goals and 12 assists and first in team +/- with +9. Second in team regular season scoring with 22 goals and 51 assists.


Fernando Pisani, right wing. Leads team and tied for league lead with 9 playoff goals.


Ryan Smith, left wing. 5 goals and 9 assists in the playoffs. Led team in regular season goal scoring with 36 goals and 30 assists.


Sergei Samsonov, left wing. Traded to Edmonton from Boston at the regular season trade deadline. 3 goals and 11 assists in the playoffs.


Ales Hemsky, right wing. Led Edmonton in regular season assists and points with 19 goals and 58 assists.


BEEP BEEP



[Edited on June 1, 2006 at 10:51 PM. Reason : WOO WOOOOOOO]

6/1/2006 10:50:18 PM

CANES FTW!

6/1/2006 10:51:19 PM

VULCAN & CANES FTW!

WOOOOOOOOO!

6/1/2006 10:53:38 PM

LOCK
SUSPEND
MURDER, BAN, KILL

6/1/2006 10:53:57 PM

Vulcan brings the goods

6/1/2006 10:54:31 PM

the round 3 thread featured a pic of the series' trophy and some key contributors


hurry, edit before it's too late

don't jinx it

[Edited on June 1, 2006 at 10:57 PM. Reason : ,]

6/1/2006 10:57:13 PM

too bad we don't get to practice on our own ice at least tomorrow. damn sesame street live or whatever is coming on.. they are already putting the ice away now..

http://www.rbccenter.com/about/180.asp

6/1/2006 10:58:33 PM

NBC Executive: "WE HAVE TO SELL THE CAROLINA HURRICANES AND THE EDMONTON OILERS!"

6/1/2006 10:59:30 PM

Ryan Smyth

6/1/2006 11:00:38 PM

Quote :

"the round 3 thread featured a pic of the series' trophy"

Not going to post a picture of a certain trophy in this thread

God dammit it's too late to edit the Smyth thing. That will be good for at least one goal from him.

[Edited on June 1, 2006 at 11:23 PM. Reason : .]

6/1/2006 11:22:08 PM

Quote :

"Carolina - 12-6, 7-3 at home, 6-3 on the road"

Math.

6/1/2006 11:34:18 PM

Clearly I fucked up with this one

6/1/2006 11:36:32 PM

Will Ric Flair be in the house to do the "Thats a Carolina Hurricanes goal!" thing live?

6/1/2006 11:41:06 PM

Oilers are gonna ride Space Mountain

6/1/2006 11:42:49 PM

GO CANES WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

6/1/2006 11:42:52 PM

Not trying to be a prick, but how can you leave Mike Peca out of that list of players to watch for Edmonton???? But the canes are gonna dominate so it really doesn't matter!

6/1/2006 11:46:56 PM

OILERS ARE THE WORST TEAM IN THE PLAYOFFS

canes in 5

[Edited on June 2, 2006 at 12:01 AM. Reason : hehe]

6/2/2006 12:00:22 AM

Someone needs to make (remake) the picture of the hurricane over Detroit, but make it over Edmonton. Ready. Go. Go. Photochop.

6/2/2006 12:18:31 AM

^^YOU ARE FUCKING RETARDED AND OBVIOUSLY INCREDIBLY IGNORANT



[Edited on June 2, 2006 at 12:23 AM. Reason : unless you are kidding]

6/2/2006 12:19:58 AM

dude its like george mason. detroit was incrdibly overated from a toy division san jose and anaheim arent very good either. edm was just lucky they took out the real 3 teams in the west out for them (cal nash dal).

this series will be a cakewalk

6/2/2006 12:27:56 AM

^stfu now please

6/2/2006 12:28:38 AM

peca is a beast.

6/2/2006 12:32:40 AM

anyone have a practice schedule and want to make a practice trip?

6/2/2006 12:33:59 AM

any of you want to make a wager that this will go more than 5 then?

6/2/2006 12:35:57 AM

Quote :

"too bad we don't get to practice on our own ice at least tomorrow. damn sesame street live or whatever is coming on.. they are already putting the ice away now.."

well, thing about that is i doubt they'll practice tommorrw... take the day off, back to business on sat.

6/2/2006 1:30:33 AM

hc you ignorant bastard.

6/2/2006 1:35:49 AM

I want to go to edmonton to try and catch game 3 but flights are like a grand

6/2/2006 1:46:41 AM

as a precautionary measure, everyone get ready for the lashing the team/area is about to take from the snobby national media with angles such as "The cup doesn't belong in redneck Mayberry" "The Canes have no fanbase" etc.

Although State fans should be used to it.

but fuck em' anyway



[Edited on June 2, 2006 at 2:20 AM. Reason : a]

6/2/2006 2:18:48 AM

mmmm, canes in 6, win the first 2 drop 1 win 1 drop 1 win 1 done 4-2

should be very interesting series though

6/2/2006 3:42:11 AM

i feel sorry for the Prince of Wales trophy...
in other sports when a team wins their conference they act excited and at least marcha round a bit with the conference trophy...
but the poor Prince of Wales trophy just sits there, untouched and unloved...

oh well, fuck it, nobody wants it anyway

6/2/2006 7:08:42 AM

Quote :

"detroit was incrdibly overated from a toy division"

The Southeast isn't a toy division?

Quote :

""The cup doesn't belong in redneck Mayberry""

We have a hockey tradition: it's called Redneck Hockey, you ever heard of it?

[Edited on June 2, 2006 at 7:29 AM. Reason : .]

6/2/2006 7:28:39 AM

It will be odd that the first year I am gone from RDU, we will win!

6/2/2006 7:44:25 AM

I WANT TO GET TIX, I DON'T KNOW WHAT TO DO

6/2/2006 7:51:47 AM

IF I BUY EM FOR GAME 5 AND THERE'S A SWEEP I GET MY $$ BACK RIGHT?

6/2/2006 7:52:25 AM

Quote :

"The Southeast isn't a toy division?"

y-Carolina    112
x-Tampa Bay   92
  Atlanta     90
  Florida     85
  Washington  70

z-Detroit     124
x-Nashville   106
  Columbus    74
  Chicago     65
  St. Louis   57

6/2/2006 7:55:20 AM

just bought tix...

6/2/2006 8:10:27 AM

i just bought 2 sets of 2. 2 are in section 129 and 2 are in 321

i'm gonna sell one set on ebay and make my $$ back

6/2/2006 8:14:15 AM

got my game 5 tickets

6/2/2006 8:14:29 AM

it would be lovely if they could close it out in game 5

6/2/2006 8:15:35 AM

how long does it take them to email me my tix?

6/2/2006 8:16:50 AM

Finally got through ticketmaster Anyone else have any luck?

About 5 min to get the e-mail.

[Edited on June 2, 2006 at 8:19 AM. Reason : ..]

6/2/2006 8:17:17 AM

ah, there we go, just got the real email, yay!

[Edited on June 2, 2006 at 8:20 AM. Reason : fdh]

6/2/2006 8:19:54 AM

Got Game 1 tickets.

Sec 127, Row Y bitches!

Taking 2 half days suckers.

6/2/2006 8:54:17 AM

I just got my tickets for Game 5 as well! I CAN NOT WAIT!!

6/2/2006 8:54:58 AM

just got my game 2 tickets! It took forever on ticketmaster, It was like 8:20 and I couldnt find a thing on the upper deck, I thought maybe it was sold out already


Attn: Bamapack, the Sam Adams Light better be making a comeback this series! and not the boston lager light, you saw what happened when you didnt get the real deal!

6/2/2006 9:14:45 AM

I wish we had CBC. I'm gonna miss hearing Jim Hughson say "FERNANDO PISANI" instead of Doc.

6/2/2006 9:48:36 AM

and the FedEx guy just arrived... sweet!

6/2/2006 11:42:36 AM

GO CANES!

6/2/2006 11:44:03 AM

lets see
round 1: BoobsR_GR8
round 2: maximus
round 3: mshaul
Who is going to be the Edmonton troll?

6/2/2006 1:06:38 PM

mshaul again

6/2/2006 1:08:07 PM