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Weekend Sports Preview–June 9 & 10–Stanley Cup Finals, NBA Playoffs, French Open, Equestrian, Euro 2012, LPGA Championship & MLB

Friday, June 8th, 2012

Drew Doughty (Wikimedia Commons)

The Los Angeles Kings are one win away from capturing their very first Stanley Cup. On Saturday night the Kings will play the New Jersey Devils (CBC, 6pm) leading the Finals 3-1.

The Devils meanwhile are taking a game-by-game approach according to all-star goaltender Martin Brodeur. In game four, the Devils had a solid third period and stayed alive with a 3-1 win. For the Devils to make the Stanley Cup Finals interesting, they will need a solid performance from Ilya Kovalchuk, who only has one goal in four games so far, and that one went into an empty net.

The Kings are getting great production from Drew Doughty, who leads all blueliners with 14 playof points.

One player though nobody is talking about is New Jersey’s defenceman Bryce Salvador who has 13 points. Just how unexpected has Salvador’s point production been? Well his NHL regular season career high came in 2009 when he had 16 points in 76 games!

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Weekend Sports Preview–Wimbledon, LPGA Championship, Women’s World Cup, Gold Cup

Friday, June 24th, 2011

Christine Sinclair (Wikimedia Commons)

Women’s sports dominates my television viewing in golf, tennis and soccer.

The Women’s World Cup of Soccer starts Sunday from Germany, as Canada’s Christine Sinclair leads a very strong Canadian team that is currently ranked sixth in the world.

And they have luck on their side. German octopus Paula has actually picked the Canadian team to defeat host Germany on Sunday (CBC, 10:00am Mountain Time). The game is to be played at the Olympic Stadium in Berlin. Canada’s other round robin games in Pool A are against France on Thursday and Nigeria next Tuesday.

Sinclair is obviously the face of the team. In 159 games, she has 116 goals.

Here are the other events I’ll be watching this weekend:

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