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Ice Hockey: Pittsburgh won the Stanley Cup after a 3-1 victory

olympus digital cameraPittsburgh won for the fourth time in their history The Stanley Cup after winning the final series against San Jose 3-1 and closed the final series of the National Hockey League of the USA and Canada (NHL) in the sixth game. Just like in the previous three times Penguins will bring the Cup in their own town after failing to win it in a home game.

The captain of the team Sidney Crosby was the key to Pittsburgh’s success. He was awarded with the trophy for the most valuable player in the playoffs and finished the meeting in San Jose with two assists. Brian Dumoulin scored for the Penguins after 8:16 minutes in the first third, but Logan Couture equalized for the Sharks early in the second part of the game. Then, Crosby assisted for the winning goal in the match, scored by Kris Letang just 79 seconds after San Jose’s goal. Sidney Crosby secured the victory for his team, assisting to Patric Hornqvist, who scored for the final 3-1.

“We didn’t think of our great success in 2009, when Pittsburgh won their last trophy, but we realized how difficult actually is to get to the final matches. We enjoyed every second we spent on the ice. It’s not easy to win the trophy, but many people thought that after I did it so young, seven years ago, I will do it again and again. This is not true,” said Crosby in an interview after the match.

Matt Murray, who is a rookie in the league, saved 18 shots and tipped only two in the final third. Murray hasn’t even dreamed about such first season of his career. His 15 wins since the end of the regular season tied and eternal record for victories, achieved by a rookie in the playoffs. He was at the centre of the celebrations after the final siren.

The stands also had a great joy. The owner Mario Lemieux, who won two of the 6 Stanley Cups for the Penguins in the early 90s, was inducted into the NHL’s Hall of Fame. He also expressed his immense joy from the fact that once again he is a champion.

“The boys played perfectly during the regular season and during the playoffs. I am very glad that they performed remarkably today after they lost a tough game at home. The season was long, but now we can look back with a big smile,” said Lemieux after the ceremony.

McKinney deserve a larger stadium!

texas stadiumEverything is bigger in Texas, especially when it goes to football. Over the weekend, a school board in McKinney, Texas, near Dallas, approved a proposal for issuing bonds for about 220 million dollars as a part of the sum will be used for the construction of a stadium with a capacity of 12,000, which will cost about 62.8 million dollars, according to the Dallas Morning News.

The organization of Grassroots McKinney is against the bond issue. “We are disappointed,” Mike Giles, the leader of Grassroots McKinney said. “But people said their word.”

According to some cost to build the stadium is too big, but this is not the first area asking your local school board to build a multimillion dollar stadium. In Texas, however, even the opponents of McKinney believe that the school stadium is too small.

“I think McKinney need a new stadium,” Tim Carroll said. Carroll is responsible for public information on the nearby school district Allen, which became famous in 2012 when there was build a stadium with 18,000 seats for about $ 60 million dollars.
According to Carol construction costs in a city like Dallas are high, which is ultimately increasing the prices of these stadiums.

The new stadium of McKinney will not be opened until at least 2018. Tim Carroll also noted that the McKinney’s current stadium is no longer enough for the audience to attend the matches of the school team. There had been similar problems in Allen before the project for the new stadium was approved in 2009. Actually Allen’s new stadium received only an approval to be built in 2009. And the stadium went to exploitation 3 years later. But eventually when the new stadium was opened in 2012, nearly 22 000 people attended Allen’s first home game of the season. There are between 16,000 and 18,000 people, who regularly visit the home matches of the team, according to Carroll. And even more impressive is the fact that when the team is visiting, the fans can reach the number of 12 000, which is not very unusual for a schools’ team. So, the McKinney’s new larger stadium would be beneficial to the fans of Allen. There are about 6400 students in Allen, while there are three high schools in McKinney with about 7700 students in total. When the number of the students is so big, it is not surprising why the new larger stadium is needed. “McKinney has 3 great high schools and they play against big schools, that’s why they need a stadium with much more seats,” Carroll said.

Big schools mean a lot of money. The tickets for the games cost $ 8 in McKinney and Allen. That means the school Allen earns more than 144,000 dollars in revenue per match only from tickets.

Jared Goff – №1 in the draft

ohio draftOhio State rewrote history of the NFL draft with three players, who were selected in the Top 10. The last year’s champions of the NCAA placed Joey Bosa (№3, San Diego), Ezekiel Elliott (№4, Dallas) and Eli Apple (№10, NY Giants) in the first hour and a half in Chicago’s selection.

It was expected that Los Angeles Rams fell on California’s quarterback Jared Goff, who became the second representative of the family, placed in the professional league (his father, Jerry played as a catcher in the MLB in the period between 1990 and 1996).

After Goff also expected, Philadelphia paid Cleveland a huge amount to take the second position. It’s all about another quarterback – Carson Wentz. He was the playmaker of North Dakota State, becoming only the fifth quarterback of second-division college, who is selected in the first round of the draft. Three of them have taken part in the Super Bowl match, two (Phil Simms and Joe Flack) have led their team to the title.

The downfall of the evening belonged to Leremi Tansil. Many people expected him to be elected under №3, but just several minutes before the start of the draft a video with him using drugs appeared on his Twitter account. According to Tansil – that was work of hackers. His number came down to №13, and eventually Miami took pity on him.

Players, selected in the first round of the NFL draft:

1. LA Rams (trade with Tennessee) – Jared Goff (quarterback, California)

2. Philadelphia (trade with Cleveland) – Carson Wentz (quarterback, North Dakota State)

3. San Diego – Joey Bosa (defensive end, Ohio State)

4. Dallas – Ezekiel Elliott (running back, Ohio State)

5. Jacksonville – Jalen Ramsey (cornerback, Florida State)

6. Baltimore – Ronnie Stanley (offensive tackle, Notre Dame)

7. San Francisco – DeForest Buckner (defensive end, Oregon)

8. Tennessee (trade with Miami, Philadelphia and Cleveland) – Jack Conklin (offensive tackle, Michigan State)

9. Chicago (trade with Tampa Bay) – Leonard Floyd (outside linebacker, Chicago)

10. NY Giants – Eli Apple (cornerback, Ohio State)

11. Tampa Bay (trade with Chicago) – Vernon Hargreaves III (cornerback, Florida)

12. New Orleans – Sheldon Rankins (defensive end, Louisville)

13. Miami (trade with Philadelphia) – Leremi Tansil (offensive tackle, Mississippi)

14. Oakland – Karl Joseph (safety, West Virginia)

15. Cleveland (trade with the LA Rams and Tennessee) – Corey Coleman (wide receiver, Baylor)

16. Detroit – Taylor Decker (offensive tackle, Ohio State)

17. Atlanta – Keanu Neal (safety, Florida)

18. Indianapolis – Ryan Kelly (centre, Alabama)

19. Buffalo – Shaq Lawson (defensive end, Clemson)

20. NY Jets – Darren Lee (outside linebacker, Ohio State)

21. Houston (trade with Washington) – Will Fuller (wide receiver, Notre Dame)

22. Washington (trade with Houston) – Josh Doctson (wide receiver, Texas Christian)

23. Minnesota – Laquon Treadwell (wide receiver, Mississippi)

24. Cincinnati – William Jackson III (cornerback, Houston)

25. Pittsburgh – Artie Burns (cornerback, Miami)

26. Denver (trade with Seattle) – Paxton Lynch (quarterback, Memphis)

27. Green Bay – Kenny Clark (defensive tackle, UCLA)

28. San Francisco (trade with Kansas City) – Joshua Garnett (guard, Stanford)

29. New England – the choice was cancelled because of the scandal with the soft balls

30. Arizona – Robert Nkemdiche (defensive end, Mississippi)

31. Carolina – Vernon Butler (defensive end, Louisiana Tech)

32. Seattle (trade with Denver) – Jermaine Ifedi (offensive tackle, Texas A & M)