Hershey Bears Claim 2010 Calder Cup, Defeat Stars 4-0
by scm83x on Jun 14, 2010 10:20 PM CDT
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Tonight, the Texas Stars fell to the Hershey Bears in the 6th game of the Calder Cup Finals to give the Bears their 11th Calder Cup and back-to-back Cups. The improbable run by the Stars was cut down by one of the most prolific and historic hockey teams in the history of the AHL. The Bears struck early and often in this one. Goals from John Carlson, Karl Alzner, and Patrick McNeill (2) put the Bears over the Stars by a mark of 4-0.
Coach Gulutzan's decision to start Brent Krahn over Matt Climie will surely be questioned by some. Climie rode the pine tonight after suffering three staight losses despite often stellar performances, especially in Game 5. Krahn, who had not played a game since suffering a concussion on May 9th against the Chicago Wolves, had 32 saves on 36 Bears shots. Overall, the Stars played their game well but the Bears just had another gear.
As per usual, full recap is available on Hundred Degree Hockey. I am going to take a few days to collect my thoughts and write up something to summarize the Texas Stars season. You'll see something in this space when that does get published. It has been a great year, and I look forward to writing over the summer and into next year.
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It was a great year
Not only for them, but for DBD and Hundred Degree Hockey.
I know we all appreciate everything you did to keep us updated on Texas and we definitely look forward to more in the future. I feel like I have two favorite hockey teams now.
Congratulations on a terrific inaugural season and thank you for a hard-fought Finals.
I didn’t know anything about the Stars before they took out the Bulldogs, and everything I’ve seen has been impressive. Great fans, great building, great hockey.
But congratulations are due also to the Starsbloggers. Y’all are doing great work for StarsNation.
Good work and best wishes for next season, for all the Stars in Dallas and Austin.
I kind of compare this series to that soccer game last summer between the US and Brazil. Like the US, the Stars pulled out to an early lead, but the Bears like Brazil, pulled it together and showed just how good they really are.
Get what I’m saying?
Here's to all us girls who love hockey...and the men who play it.
by Brad_Richards_Rocks on Jun 15, 2010 7:38 AM CDT reply actions
I think so...
Soccer is like hockey on grass, so we can watch that for the next few weeks to keep us busy during the offseason?
You can try.
Watching metric football is like watching grass grow. And I played growing up.
Weird.
I’ve never heard that term before.
by Brad Gardner on Jun 15, 2010 10:02 AM CDT up reply actions
Why?
I don’t think metric is wrong. It’s just different. As in metric football is not the same sport as American football, but they happen to share a name for a good 98% of the planet. Just like metric tons and English tons are not the same unit of measure, but they’re both called tons. I am in no way stating or implying that one is somehow better than the other.
They already have a different name for football.
It’s called “association football” — the term soccer is derived from the former word.
That said, though, soccer is not the same as hockey on grass. They have a few similar rules, but it’s a much slower game, there’s about twice as many people on each team, there’s no physical contact, and as a result of the former, everyone in soccer dives. Other NHL team’s fans’ll always talk about Mike Ribeiro’s diving, but in soccer, nobody has the right to complain about a diver because all of their guys do it too.
Canadians stick to lacrosse in the summer — and with our own Joe Nieuwendyk being a very distinguished player of that sport, and the Canadian government once voting to make lacrosse and hockey their official sports, I think that should about tell us what summer sport can be most similar to hockey.
Besides, there is actually another ice sport, “bandy”, which is almost exactly like soccer, except for the fact that it’s on ice.
In other words, bandy is to soccer as ice hockey is to lacrosse.
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