Happy Monday!
This week on 15 Minutes of Fame, we look at the drama leading up to the first overall pick 2012 NHL Entry Draft and a couple of big trades that happened on draft day. As well: a look ahead to game one of the CFL season, the latest on the NFL’s bounty program, some Euro 2012 controversy and a look at some boxing news.
In the GABBYs: The Miami Heat, Evgeni Malkin, R.A. Dickey, David Nalbandian, Nicklas Bendtner & Joel Peralta. The Punchline this week is LeBron James!
Mario Gomez (Wikimedia Commons)
The Germans are a perfect 2-0 in Group B action at Euro 2012.
Wednesday in Kharkiv, Ukraine, Mario Gomez of Bayern Munich scored twice in a 2-1 win over the Netherlands.
Gomez’s goals came in the 24th and 38th minutes. The Germans won despite being outshot 13-12 to a Dutch team that is 0-2 and is on the brink of not qualifying for the quarterfinals after advancing all the way to the finals of the 2010 World Cup in South Africa.
Another interesting note is that Netherlands soccer has announced that Bert van Marwijk will be back as the Dutch head coach regardless of what happens at Euro 2012. I’ve heard that comment many times before and the coach doesn’t return.
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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