After last years Stanley cup final game 5 loss. I was so mad that San Jose ruined what could have been a magical moment; the chance to win the cup on home ice. All of Pittsburgh was excited and waiting. People were spilling out of the arena, all the way to up to Wexford ( I don’t exactly know what wexford is, but I know its a thing). But San Jose ignored our plea to be the next Vancouver.
FREEDOM
At the end of the game, my mood was pretty blue until one of yinz mentioned that the 2009 cup was won on June 12th. (Mind blown) June 12th 2016 was coming up and I thought, that would be amaz-balls if they won the cup on the same date. And, well, you know …
It got me thinking about then significance of those numbers. It was like Crosby wrote this story; the kid who wears 87 because he was born on August 7, 1987. So, I thought, let me do a little research to see if there are any repeating clues. May I add that I am terrible with numbers, so this may be a dumpster fire. I hope you have your tetanus shot and silverdine cream.
Let’s begin
The first cup was won on May 25, 1991 (5/25/91).
Record: 41-33-6 (88 points) Finished 1st in NHL Patrick Division
The second cup was on June 1, 1992 (6/1/92)
Finished 3rd in NHL Patrick Division
Record: 45-28-9 (99 points) Finished 2nd in NHL Atlantic Division Coach: Michel Therrien (27-25-5), Dan Bylsma (18-3-4)
Record: 48-26-8 (104 points) Finished 2nd in NHL Metropolitan Division Coach: Mike Johnston (15-10-3), Mike Sullivan (33-16-5)
Nothing jumps out right away. So then I started thinking about if anything important happened on those dates to link them together. This led me to a website called takemeback.to which had some historical facts. Nothing too special occurred but the movie section was pretty interesting; do you seen any familiar inspirations?
Movies
May 1991
Hudson Hawk
Backdraft
Thelma & Louise {Directed by: Ridley Scott(really! the guy who made Alien(s)! }
What About Bob?
June 1992
Sister Act
Alien³ Directed by: David Fincher (sadly no link)
Far and Away
June 2009
Which were the most popular movies released in the last 30 days ?
Public Enemies
The Hangover
The Proposal
June 2016
Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice
The Hateful Eight
The Revenant
Yeah, nothing too telling …
Hey girl, I’m killing you
Hey girl, I’m killing youuu
So then I started to think about the players, maybe there’s some weird link between them. I combed through the birthdays of all the cup winners. Not much to report here but there were 2 interesting things:
June 1st (1961) is the birthday of Paul Coffee
Can we just take a moment to admire this hair. He had a hair game before we knew it even existed. Yes, yes, Jagr still wins but this is hair to rival most players in the league.
Blackhawks won in 1961, beating the Flying Tampons … and we know what happened in 2009
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Other notable B days are Sheary and Zatkoff both have birthdays in June.
– May 25 (1994) is the Birthday of McJesus:
1994 was the last time the Rangers won the cup, and we had to beat them in round 1 of 2016
This was my first go at rummaging through the stats closet for some goodies. Feel free to find your own connections and post them below. I look forward to what this season brings and whether June 12 2017 will be another “Great day for Hockey”
Ooooops…I just found a lost Christmas present…saaarry, with all the Holiday shiz going on I completely forgot.
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