LA kings stanley cup champs

so this year the la kings are the stanley cup champs. it is their franchise's first win. i'm a little sad for i wanted the devils to win and i wanted them to win because their goalie martin brodeur is in his 40's and who knows if he'll make it there again. but he has won before so it's not a huge loss. and brodeur is considered one of the best goalies to ever play the game, so again not a huge loss. but congrats to the kings for winning.

there are 3 things that are great about hockey playoffs. first is that almost every player grows a beard during the playoffs. it's a tradition that has been going on for awhile. it's great. during the playoffs it's actually odd to see someone without some kind of facial hair. even the kids who can barely grow facial hair, they will grow something - even if it's some straggly beard. hehe. during last years playoffs, the website business2community ranked the 10 best playoff beards of all time. there are some good ones listed.

another great thing about the playoffs is that after the final game the losing team and the winning team will ALWAYS shake each others hand telling each other good game/series and congrats on winning the cup. in other professional sports, you don't see that. it's great to see such sportsmanship and especially in hockey.

and the last thing that is great in hockey playoffs is that after a team wins the cup every player gets one day with the cup. they get to do whatever they want for that one day. i heard and i don't know who the player was - but that one player threw a party on the beach (with the cup of course) and everyone left for the night and forgot the cup on the beach. hehe. ahhhh hockey. just some amazing things about it. and those are just playoff stuff. hehe. got to love the sport!

here's andrew ladd from when the blackhawks won the stanley cup in 2010. he is on crown mountain in british colombia.