THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
TUESDAY, APRIL 17, 2012
QUOTE OF THE DAY
"I loved it. That's playoff hockey isn't it?
Two of the world's best players dropping the gloves."
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Philadelphia Flyers coach Peter Laviolette on the Claude Giroux-Sidney Crosby fight in Game 3 of the Flyers-Penguins series. ProHockeyTalk
FACT OF THE DAY
Seventh-seeded teams have eliminated two-seeded teams 44.1 percent of the time in the first round of the Stanley Cup Playoffs since the NHL employed a conference-seeding playoff format in 1994.
The Hockey Writers
Q: Which team is the only eighth-seed team to play in the Stanley Cup Finals?
TRIVIA OF THE DAY
A: The Edmonton Oilers in 2006.
THE MORNING BREW Hockey playoffs bring parity to light
The Hockey Writers
If you said these two hollow terms to a sports fan, then they would imaginatively fly over the country in glee with their arms spread out like The Dude soaring above Los Angeles in cult-classic comedy film "The Big Lebowski": Overtime and game seven.
In 2011, one out of the NBAs 15 playoffs series matchups were determined in seven games. Out of last year's 80 playoff games played, six of them went into overtime.
MLB fared much better than the NBA in playoff competitiveness last year. Four out of the seven playoff series matchups — three of them were in the Division Series, which implements a best-of-five playoff series format — were resolved in the final possible game. Four of the 38 playoff games went into extra innings.
Neither of those professional sports league could top the NHL's Stanley Cup Playoffs. Seven of last season's 15 playoff series were decided in seven games. If you
think that's astoundingly high, here's a big reason why: 22 of the 89 playoff games went into overtime.
Last year wasn't an aberration. The Stanley Cup Playoffs have been more entertaining and exciting than the NBA and MLB Playoffs recently, and last year's postseason statistics can justify part of the argument.
What makes hockey a special sport,
especially during the postseason, is that
goals are at a premium. It's not to say that basketball points and baseball runs aren't worth much, but scoring in both sports comes more frequently than in hockey.
The Stanley Cup Playoffs are more unpredictable than the NBA Playoffs because of the parity. Since 1994, when the NHL changed the format of the playoffs, nine eight-seeded teams ousted the one-seed in the first round. The NBA has only had an eight-seed eliminate a one-seed in the first round four times since 1984 when the league changed its playoff format. It's more common for underdogs to advance in the Stanley Cup Playoffs than the NBA Playoffs. I can't say the Stanley Cup Playoffs are more predictable than the MLB Playoffs because wild card teams have eliminated one-seeded teams in the Division Series 19 times. However, only four teams qualify for the MLB playoffs from each league opposed to eight from each in the conference for the Stanley
Cup Playoffs, so the discrepancy between the highest and lowest seeds in the MLB Playoffs is lower than in the Stanley Cup Playoffs.
On top of all that, hockey players fight to earn the right to raise Lord Stanley's Cup above their shoulders. No trophy in sports has as much mystique and prestige as the Stanley Cup.
In the movie "Gladiator", after Maximus slaughters his opponents, he asks the audience "Are you not entertained?" I challenge you to watch the Stanley Cup Playoffs, and ask yourself: "Are you not entertained?"
Edited by Max Lush
This week in athletics
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Thursday
Baeball
vs. Saint Mary
6 p.m.
Lawrence
Track and Field
Kansas Relays
All Day
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Track and Field
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Friday
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vs. Iowa State
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Saturday
Tennis
vs. Kansas State
1 p.m.
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1 p.m.
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