Odds and Ends as the Wait Begins....

As we wait with baited breath for tonight's Game 7, here are some other tidbits from around the rinks:

• The President's Trophy-winning San Jose Sharks won't be advancing to the next round after getting knocked out by the Anaheim Ducks, despite amassing a whopping 117 points and 53 wins on the season - yowzah!


• Brashear's frequent dance partner Georges Laraque of the Montreal Canadiens has his own opinion of the hit that drew Brash a 5-game suspension in the NHL's effort to make him the playoff poster boy for hits to the head.


• Kudos the old guy Nikolai Khabibulin for stopping 43 shots to help the Chicago Blackhawks win the team's first NHL playoff series in 13 years.

Only ten hours til the first face-off...HM lets out a huge sigh as her stomach continues to churn with nerves....Let's go CAPS!