Big Sports Weekend!

Had a big sports weekend. First off, Friday the Oilers finally broke there 7 game losing streak by beating the Dallas stars 5-3. Radek Dvorak was actually useful scoring the tie breaking goal as Jussi Markkanen made 19 saves. The Oilers then went on to beat the Nashville Predators 5-1 on Saturday night. Jussi Markkanen made 23 saves as the Oilers scored on 3 of their 6 powerplays (no that's not a miss print – I checked the stat twice). Todd Harvey was back in the line up and it looks as it Ryan Smyth is getting going having now scored in back to back games. Tonight the Oilers play Columbus as they try to stretch their 2 game winning streak into a 3 gamer. I hope this doesn't mean that they will then tank the next 7 games tho. With Harvey back in the line up the Oilers are healthy for the first time this season and are 4-0 with Harvey in the lineup, it's a nice stat but it means nothing. It's funny how just 2 wins in a row and suddenly no one is talking Oiler trades any more.
On Saturday afternoon I was at the Renegades game to watch their playoff hopes be crushed by the Montreal Alouetts. The first half was entertaining enough and I was hopeful and Ottawa didn't give up a big play in the last 3 minutes of the first half. Then came the second half as Montreal started to pull away and from there I started paying less and less attention to the game. At least there are no more “If they could just do this........ and then this happen....... they could make the playoffs” talk anymore. I really hope that the Renegades shake things up in the off season and get rid of Paopao. I have nothing against him, it's just become obvious in the last 3 year that they always give up a big play in the last 3 minutes of the half and then come out flat in the second half and in my mind that's due to bad coaching habits.
After the game Tracy and I met up with my parents and we headed back to our house for dinner and then watched the Sens dismantle the Leafs 8-0. Nothing beats watching the Leafs get blown out on the CBC with Bob Cole doing everything not to start crying on live TV.
Sunday afternoon I sat down and watched the Bears beat the Lions in OT 19-13. It's kinda sad that the Bears are 4-3 and sit in first place, says a lot about their division doesn't it? In the NFC South there are 3 teams tied with a 5-2 record and if the playoffs were to start now Dallas who is 5-3 would miss the playoffs and the Bears would have home field advantage against either Atlanta or Carolina, both of whom have better records than the Bears – Ahh the NFL! The rest of the season the Bears play a much tougher schedule and the real test will come when they play Carolina, Tampa Bay, Pittsburgh, and Atlanta, all of whom have winning records. The 2 time the bears have played teams with winning records so far this season they've lost both games and were out scored 33-14.
Sunday evening Tracy and I went to the Sens/Philly game. The Sens lost 5-3, but our seats were great, we were about 10 row back from the Flyers bench right on the blue line. The game was never really in much doubt as the Flyers came out hitting hard and the Sens seemed a bit tired from giving the Leafs a beating the night before.