Blackhawks

"Look, Corey has played admirably, but if it wasn't for the goalpost, we would be down two games to none," said Quenneville. "So I think it deserves a chance, don't you?"

"I was still drunk four hours after I got to work on Thursday," said Hawks fan Tom Benson, referring to the day after the three-overtime Game 1 that lasted well into the wee hours of the morning. "Plus now I can check out the first period before work on Monday, then see the game-winning goal when I get home."

Duncan Keith, who leads both teams in ice time with a record-setting eleven hours, forty three minutes, and fifteen seconds, told reporters shortly before leaving the locker room, "Please, no more. Make it stop. Make it all stop. Someone. Please."

“And since those yahoos at Yahoo Sports are all picking Boston to win the Cup, the Sox have to be at the UC to bring good karma and show our support in full force.”

Bruins coach Claude Julien has a long-standing policy of finding ways to keep his teams relaxed during the NHL playoffs. In 2011 when Boston won the Stanley Cup, Julien brought his team to a Vancouver...

“I’m glad to finally reach a point where my teammates and even a few fans will remember my name,” said Bickell. “Up until two weeks ago, Coach Q called me ‘Hey, big guy!’ And when my jerseys came misspelled? Oh man ... Frolik still calls me ‘Bickett.’”

A statement from both mayors said, “These two great cities are billions in debt, so it would be irresponsible for us to make the usual bet, like 200 pounds of Vienna beef hot dogs and a couple of frozen deep-dish pizzas for a few dozen lobsters and a gallon of chowder.”