Hi everyone!  It’s been a crazy couple of weeks here in the Nation’s Capital.  The Ottawa Senators shocked the New York Rangers with a couple of comeback wins, and now they are going to face Pittsburgh in the Eastern Conference final.  As a typical Canadian, I have to root for whatever Canadian team is still in the playoffs.  Canada hasn’t seen a Stanley Cup champion in 24 years, so every spring, we take what we can get, and we put our team loyalties aside for a few weeks.  So, I guess that means Go Sens Go!

We’ve added a few new articles to the site this week for your nostalgic reading pleasure.  The first one comes from the December 11, 1972 edition of the Lowell, Massachusetts Sun, and it describes the Seals-Bruins game in which Marshall Johnston scored his first and only career NHL hat-trick.  In the second new article, Reggie Leach also scores a hat-trick.  I’m sure you’re starting to sense a theme to the choice of articles this week.  Well, in typical Seals fashion, even though in both cases, one of their players scored three goals, the Seals still lost, and lost badly.  You can read find both pieces in the Seals/Barons Articles section.

You’re probably wondering what’s the deal with the title to this week’s blog entry.  Well, you’ll soon find out.  We’ve added a wonderful new card from the brutally awful 1991 Ultimate Draft set that is sure to clear up any confusion.  I would say poor Rene Corbet never saw any of this coming, but if you head on over to the Overexposed wing of the Hockey Hall of Shame, you will see it just ain’t true.

Anyway, since the Sens aren’t playing tonight, I’ve got to get back to watching Starcrash on Mystery Science Theater 3000, so I shall bid you good night, and good playoffs!  Stay gold!