Jason Elliot Benda's Athletic Files

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So far this page is really dull. I'm working on it. I've put the Nebraska Football Results up here, and the Streaks Page. I need to add other things, like some New Jersey Devils stuff, and link up all the old high school stuff, particularly the old Naperville North softball stuff. Meanwhile, I do have one other thing here, so go look at it.


What's going on here?

Eastern Conference
Champions
The Stanley Cup Finals. Well, not here. But they're about to be going on, starting in Denver.
Congratulations to the combatants, the President's Trophy winners from Colorado and the defending Stanley Cup champions from New Jersey.
It should be an epic battle between the two goaltenders, Patrick Roy of the Avalanche and Martin Brodeur of the Devils. In addition, some goals may be scored (well, there have to be at least four).
I'm looking forward to it; it's the first time since the NHL started seeding eight teams in each conference in 1994 that the regular-season champs of each conference will meet in the Stanley Cup Finals. New Jersey is also the first team to face two natural disasters in the same playoffs, having already dispatched the Carolina Hurricanes in the first round in six games.

North America awaits the eventual champion with nervous tension. I just root unceasingly for the defending champs: Go New Jersey!
Western Conference
Champions
Eastern Conference Champion New Jersey Devils Western Conference Champion Colorado Avalanche
New Jersey Devils
Colorado Avalanche

Game One
Game Two
Game Three
Game Four
Game Five
Game Six
Game Seven
NJD 0 COL 5
NJD 2 COL 1
COL 3 NJD 1
COL 2 NJD 3
NJD 4 COL 1
COL 4 NJD 0
NJD 1 COL 3

Congratulations to the Colorado Avalanche on capturing the Stanley Cup with their 3-1 victory on home ice in Game Seven. The 2001 Stanley Cup Finals was one of the great series in Finals history, and only the 11th to be stretched to seven games. Commissioner Bettman was correct to point out that winning the Cup is not easy, and even more so when a team must go through the defending champions. Accolades are also due to Patrick Roy for a much-deserved record third Conn Smythe trophy, and of course to Raymond Bourque, who after 22 seasons, 1759 career points, and five James Norris trophies, was finally able to achieve the ultimate goal of every hockey player in North America: raising the Stanley Cup.

Follow me (and a bunch of other people) as we parade through ESPN's Tournament Challenge! View the group pages for the Men's and Women's games here!
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This page last modified 15:47 16Nov01.