It was a relaxing Sunday filled with football and hockey. The Minnesota Vikings (football) are of course, long out of the run, but after Saturday and Sunday's games, we're down to four teams for the Conference Finals. Those will be held this weekend, then we'll have two weeks until SuperBowl. So, victorious and moving into the Final Four are the Ravens, the 49er's (in a VERY tight game against Green Bay), the Lions,and Kansas City (in a squeaker over the Buffalo Bills). It was an awesome day of football.
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So, the Conference Finals are next weekend. the AFC and the NFC champions will then play each other in the Super Bowl on Sunday, February 11th. Right now, The Detroit Lions will Play San Francisco for the NFC Championship, and Kansas City will play Baltimore for the AFC. Kansas won a squeaker last night, and I was SO hoping they would lose. But, now it's up to the Ravens to stop KC from getting another step closer to another Super Bowl win. |
In ice hockey, Minnesota totally crushed the Carolina Hurricanes and Karil Kaprisov had a hat trick (that's three goals in a single game for those of you who don't follow hockey). That was fantastic, so pleased for him. It seems he's finally getting his skates under him once again, and it's about time! In other games, the Senators beat Philadelphia, Detroit pulled out a squeaker over the Lightning, and the Islanders beat the Dallas Stars. Add in the Rangers trouncing the Ducks and the Maple Leafs crushing the Kraken and it was a totally satisfying weekend of ice hockey too. We have one more week of regular season games before settling down for a minor break while All-Star Weekend takes place February 1-3. The week following that will be Super Bowl weekend, and then I'll be relying on hockey only for a while until the great sports desert of the summer months.
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Karill Kaprisov scored his second career "hat trick" for the Minnesota Wild yesterday. For those of you not familiar with ice hockey terminology, a "hat trick" means scoring three goals in a single game. They're rare, and always worth celebrating. The Wild went on to win that game. |
Yes, there's something called the Olympics that will be going on in Paris from July 26 - August 11, and I'm quite sure I'll be watching it because I enjoy the Olympics, and because I'll be sports starved by that time. LOL But that's just a bridge until football and hockey seasons pick up again. I'm not a baseball fan (there's just not enough action to interest me), but I'm quite sure DH will be watching whatever baseball he can. He's a fan of the sport. We're both watching whether Joe Mauer will be elected into the Baseball Hall of Fame or not. It's looking good for the former Cretin High School alumni. DH also attended Cretin, although Joe was a few years ahead of him - I think he shared his class with DH's older brother, if I remember correctly. Still, it would be a great honor and well deserved - Mauer was an awesome player for many years with the Minnesota Twins organization.
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Joe Mauer was a three-sport athlete when he was in High School and was drafted by the Minnesota Twins at the same time that he was the #1 quarterback recruit in the country, and he was pretty darned good with basketball too. But, he signed with the Minnesota Twins in the 2001 draft and stayed with them throughout his career. Local Boy Makes Good could easily be the headline if he is elected into the Baseball Hall of Fame. |
So, today's post has turned into a sports recap. Sorry about that, for those of you who don't do sports. I don't populate my blog with sports news that often, but we're getting down to Super Bowl in football, and it's time for All-Star Weekend in ice hockey, and the Hall of Fame for Joe Mauer ... well, they are all things that deserve their place in the sun. So, today was a sports wrap, and I'm not sorry. LOL Have an excellent Monday and I'll be back tomorrow. Slava Ukraini and חיים למען ישראל.
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