Playoff Beard or Study Beard?

I have an exam tomorrow at 9:00 am. The Calgary Flames are currently playing the San Jose Sharks at 12:15 am.

I've studied... a little.

I've watched the playoffs... a lot.

This is going to be a problem. Not to mention that this game won't be over until 3ish at the earliest. Also, not to mention my 2 other exams this week (both of which are early morning exams) and my girlfriend's birthday which I'm apparently not allowed to celebrate the day after.

Anyway, I just think it is an interesting, yet cruel, way of scheduling MUN exams, particularly for Computer Science students.

Southern Shore Cup

My first time on skates in about two months was this weekend. A buddy of mine, I used to play junior hockey with, asked me to play on his team for the Southern Shore Cup. Apparently it's a pretty big thing up that way, with community rivalries coming out in full force. I was playing for the Witless Bay Warriors, which was kind of nice since I have relatives from that part of the shore. Anyway, the team ended up going 3-0. We didn't lose one game... even though at times it seemed as though the odds were against us. We had a hard working bunch, who, for what they lacked in skill, made up for in grit and determination.

However, even with our perfect record, and competitive team, we didn't make the playoffs this afternoon. It turns out that everyone in our division went 3-0 as well. Just as everyone in the other division went 0-3. The tournament was laid out so that each team played every team in the other division. And, a tie in the standings was broken by the teams' plus-minus. So, even with a perfect record, we were last in our division and didn't make the playoffs, yet two teams in the other division who we beat, and were 0-3, did make it. Doesn't make sense to me. I think we could have actually won the whole thing, but that's how it goes and I guess next year will have to be the year the Warriors take it all.

And the 2008 Stanley Cup goes to...

Definitely not the Toronto Maple Leafs. I love the Leafs mind you. They've been my favourite team as long as I can remember, and I know it's only two games in, but they just can't seem to pull it together. They lost to arch rival Sens in the first two games of the season and it's not even because they played poorly. I actually thought they played quite well. The top line of Sundin, Blake and Antropov really seemed to be clicking. I was very impressed with Blake, he really seemed to be skating well, and it was nice since I was a little skeptical of the contract he was offered. The only problem with the Leafs is that they wouldn't be able to hold on to a lead in a peewee game. It's hard to watch when you can see it coming every time. Which is why I haven't yet watched an entire game. It seems as though things are going alright when all of a sudden with under ten minutes left in the third, the other team just scores a goal. Same thing every time, and boy is it annoying. Tonight they are playing the Habs, with whom they are even bigger rivals. Maybe this will be the point that they start to turn things around, but knowing the Leafs, that's pretty unlikely.