# We're Playing For The Stanley Cup!!! **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [May 20, 2004, 3:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/were-playing-for-the-stanley-cup/246118 "2004-05-20T03:42:06Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Cat\_Whisperer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cat_whisperer/32/4839_2.png) [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2004, 3:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/were-playing-for-the-stanley-cup/246118/1 "2004-05-20T03:42:06Z")
THE FLAMES ARE IN!!! For the first time in nine years, and for the first time ever while I’ve been living here. I’m so excited! This city is going to go absolutely nuts now. For those of you who don’t know, for Canadians the Stanley Cup is the all-time, biggest, greatest, holy grail of sports. AND WE’RE PLAYING FOR IT!!! ---
**Author:** ![detop](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/bcef8e/32.png) [@detop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/detop)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2004, 4:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/were-playing-for-the-stanley-cup/246118/2 "2004-05-20T04:18:58Z")
Congratulation, it’s time to bring the Grail part-way home (home being, of course, Montréal :D) ---
**Author:** ![alice\_in\_wonderland](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alice_in_wonderland/32/176_2.png) [@alice\_in\_wonderland](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/alice_in_wonderland)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2004, 4:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/were-playing-for-the-stanley-cup/246118/3 "2004-05-20T04:27:31Z")
**WOOT! WOOT!** I couldn’t even watch the game I was so worked up! :):D:):D:)😃 As an aside - **Featherlou** - 9 stinkin’ years?!?! Yer a _NEWBY!!_ ---
**Author:** ![Daizy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/46a35a/32.png) [@Daizy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Daizy)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2004, 4:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/were-playing-for-the-stanley-cup/246118/4 "2004-05-20T04:27:55Z")
We’ve been cheering you on like crazy! Absolutely fabulous! 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Gorsnak](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gorsnak/32/7587_2.png) [@Gorsnak](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gorsnak)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2004, 4:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/were-playing-for-the-stanley-cup/246118/5 "2004-05-20T04:31:24Z")
I’d just like to say that that Iginla fellow is one hell of a hockey player. ---
**Author:** ![Critical\_Mass](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f1d935/32.png) [@Critical\_Mass](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Critical_Mass)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2004, 4:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/were-playing-for-the-stanley-cup/246118/6 "2004-05-20T04:35:53Z")
I’m ready to jump on the bandwgon. Go Flames!! ---
**Author:** ![Northern\_Piper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/northern_piper/32/5304_2.png) [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2004, 5:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/were-playing-for-the-stanley-cup/246118/7 "2004-05-20T05:41:29Z")
> [@Daizy](#): > > We’ve been cheering you on like crazy! Absolutely fabulous! 🙂 Given **Daizy’s** location, this post alone should get this thread on the “Thread-Spotting” list. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Ms\_Macphisto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b487fb/32.png) [@Ms\_Macphisto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ms_Macphisto)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2004, 6:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/were-playing-for-the-stanley-cup/246118/8 "2004-05-20T06:23:33Z")
Congrats to Calgary, even if they did knock my Canucks out in the first round. Oh well, apparently the last time Calgary beat Vancouver in the first round, Calgary won the Cup, so let’s hope history can repeat itself. Here’s to bringing the Cup back home to Canada! ---
**Author:** ![Weirddave](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/919ad9/32.png) [@Weirddave](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Weirddave)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2004, 6:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/were-playing-for-the-stanley-cup/246118/9 "2004-05-20T06:37:14Z")
**2004 NHL WESTERN CONFERENCE CHAMPION CALGARY FLAMES!!!** Here we come, and you’re going down!!! ---
**Author:** ![Genghis\_Bob](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/45deac/32.png) [@Genghis\_Bob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Genghis_Bob)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2004, 12:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/were-playing-for-the-stanley-cup/246118/10 "2004-05-20T12:12:00Z")
Congratulations Calgary from a Red Wings fan. I’ll console myself with the fact that we were knocked out by the eventual **Stanley Cup Champions**. ---
**Author:** ![IGJoe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/igjoe/32/5420_2.png) [@IGJoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/IGJoe)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2004, 12:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/were-playing-for-the-stanley-cup/246118/11 "2004-05-20T12:30:30Z")
As an Edmontonian and a die-hard Oilers fan, I’m proud to sayGO FLAMES GO!!! ---
**Author:** ![Bear\_Nenno](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bear_nenno/32/3358_2.png) [@Bear\_Nenno](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bear_Nenno)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2004, 1:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/were-playing-for-the-stanley-cup/246118/12 "2004-05-20T13:58:20Z")
GO LIGHTNING!! ---
**Author:** ![Cat\_Whisperer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cat_whisperer/32/4839_2.png) [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2004, 2:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/were-playing-for-the-stanley-cup/246118/13 "2004-05-20T14:16:44Z")
Hey **Bear\_Nenno** - PTHBBBTBTTBTTB! (That’s a big wet raspberry 😃 ) I had forgotten in all the excitement in Calgary that we’re basically playing for all of Canada at this point. You know, I don’t know if we can _get_ more excited by winning the Cup - we’re just so incredibly thrilled to make it this far with a team that wasn’t supposed to even make the finals. ---
**Author:** ![Nightwatch\_Trailer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/9dc877/32.png) [@Nightwatch\_Trailer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nightwatch_Trailer)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2004, 2:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/were-playing-for-the-stanley-cup/246118/14 "2004-05-20T14:17:10Z")
Well, since the Sharks knocked out my Avs, and Calgary in turn eliminated San Jose (not to mention Detroit!)… Go Flames! ---
**Author:** ![alice\_in\_wonderland](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alice_in_wonderland/32/176_2.png) [@alice\_in\_wonderland](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/alice_in_wonderland)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2004, 3:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/were-playing-for-the-stanley-cup/246118/15 "2004-05-20T15:13:59Z")
> [@featherlou](#): > > I had forgotten in all the excitement in Calgary that we’re basically playing for all of Canada at this point. Didja see Lloyd Robertson on the CTV news last night? Not only was the Flames win the lead story, Lloyd was wearing a red tie and pocket scarf and he was positively _GLEEFUL_ as he was reporting. In fact, the second story was the shooting in Iraq and it looked like he was having trouble containing his Flames happy grin while reporting it. Did I mention **WOOT!** ---
**Author:** ![lexi](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lexi/32/6806_2.png) [@lexi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lexi)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2004, 4:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/were-playing-for-the-stanley-cup/246118/16 "2004-05-20T16:30:23Z")
As a Calgary resident for 90% of my life - woot - as a resident of the 17th Ave area - shame on the fans (or should I say bandwagon jumpers for whom this is just an excuse to get drunk & act stupid)! Every win has been a bane for me - I can barely make it to work in the morning thanks to people who don’t realize that the minute you leave 17th that there are people who may want to sleep in the condos & apartments only a few blocks away… If you are one of those people partying on 17th - once you leave the block - please don’t honk, yell, cheer, or what ever you were doing between 2 AM and 5 AM right behind my apartment. The doorwell of my building is not a toilet, and the alley behind my place is not a parking lot, and my side street & alley are not a parade route, and pleas edon’t expel vomit or any other bodily fluids on the cars parked in the lot behind my building! ---
**Author:** ![Cat\_Whisperer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cat_whisperer/32/4839_2.png) [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2004, 6:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/were-playing-for-the-stanley-cup/246118/17 "2004-05-20T18:54:56Z")
> [@alice\_in\_wonderland](#): > > Didja see Lloyd Robertson on the CTV news last night? Not only was the Flames win the lead story, Lloyd was wearing a red tie and pocket scarf and he was positively _GLEEFUL_ as he was reporting. > > In fact, the second story was the shooting in Iraq and it looked like he was having trouble containing his Flames happy grin while reporting it. > > Did I mention **WOOT!** Old Lloyd (and I do mean OLD) was gleeful?! I wish I’d seen _that_! ---
**Author:** ![alice\_in\_wonderland](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alice_in_wonderland/32/176_2.png) [@alice\_in\_wonderland](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/alice_in_wonderland)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2004, 7:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/were-playing-for-the-stanley-cup/246118/18 "2004-05-20T19:21:27Z")
> [@featherlou](#): > > Old Lloyd (and I do mean OLD) was gleeful?! I wish I’d seen _that_! As giddy as a schoolgirl, he was. Giddy. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Sengkelat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e36b37/32.png) [@Sengkelat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sengkelat)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2004, 8:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/were-playing-for-the-stanley-cup/246118/19 "2004-05-20T20:46:15Z")
Congratulations to the Flames. Played a good game 6, and fairly cleanly, too. Darn Sharks…they have their best season ever, then don’t show up to play in games 2 and 5 of the conference finals. Damn them for disappointing me. If it’s not going to be the Sharks taking the cup, it ought to be a Canadian team. So, Go Flames! ---
**Author:** ![the\_Lady](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/bb73d2/32.png) [@the\_Lady](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/the_Lady)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2004, 11:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/were-playing-for-the-stanley-cup/246118/20 "2004-05-20T23:39:30Z")
I was doing laps of the island in my kitchen I was so stressed. Thank goodness the game didn’t go into overtime or I would have worn a hole in the lino 🙂 My sisters got to go to the game, curse them! Go Flames Go!