It's Friday. Here's what's happening....
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Today is March 27th, the 86th day of 2015. There are 279 days left in the year.
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Super 16: Three must buck metrics trend to win Cup.
Blues' Shattenkirk may return Saturday: report.
Visit the official league website, http://www.nhl.com.
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Today's Birthdays: Quentin Tarantino is 52. Pauley Perrette (Abby on NCIS) is 46. Mariah Carey is 45. Nathan Fillion (Castle, Firefly) is 44.
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Tampa, FL. -- The Tampa Bay Lightning had a chance to clinch a playoff berth with a victory Thursday night against Central Division power Nashville.
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Scientists say that due to the earth's tilt this year's spring will be shorter than last year's, and for the next 6,000 they will continue to get shorter while summer keeps getting longer. [Until it's just "Sprummer."]
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| U.S. National Sled Hockey Team Blanks Canada, 2-0, To Open 2015 Sled Series | ||||||||||||
| Team USA and Canada will play again Friday at 4 p.m. ET | ||||||||||||
INDIAN TRAIL, N.C. – Brody Roybal (Northlake, Ill.) and Josh Pauls (Green Brook, N.J.) scored and Steve Cash (Overland, Mo.) made eight saves as the U.S. National Sled Hockey Team shut out Canada, 2-0, in the opening contest of a three-game series between the two squads at Extreme Ice Center in Indian Trail, North Carolina.
“We got better as the game went on,” said Guy Gosselin, acting head coach of the U.S. National Sled Hockey Team. “The key now is to improve for the next game of the series.”
After a scoreless first period, Team USA grabbed a 1-0 lead 6:24 into the second stanza when Roybal’s shot from the right hash mark beat Canada goaltender, Dominic Larocque, on the glove side. Nikko Landeros (Johnstown, Colo.) and Josh Sweeney (Phoenix, Ariz.) earned assists on the play. Pauls extended the lead with 3:31 remaining in the second when he collected a pass from Landeros and slid the puck beneath Larocque.
Cash made eight saves to earn his third shutout of the season and second consecutive shutout against Canada. The U.S. defeated Canada, 2-0, in preliminary-round action of the 2015 World Sled Hockey Challenge.
USA and Canada return to action tomorrow (March 27) at Extreme Ice Center. Puck drop is set for 4 p.m. ET and the game will be streamed live at FASTHockey.com. Additionally, live stats and complete coverage of the series can be found here.
2015 USA vs. Canada Sled Series
Mar. 26-28 - Indian Trail, N.C. - Extreme Ice Center
Notes: The U.S. outshot Canada, 12-8 … For full game stats, click here … U.S. National Sled Hockey Team assistant coach Guy Gosselin (Grafton, Wis.) is serving as head coach for Team USA throughout the Sled Series. Jeff Sauer (Madison, Wis.), currently in his fourth season as head coach of the U.S. National Sled Hockey Team, is missing the series to coach the U.S. Deaflympic Ice Hockey Team in the 18th Winter Deaflympics in Khanty-Mansiysk, Russia … Dan Brennan, director of sled and inline national teams for USA Hockey, is serving as the general manager. Additional staff members include team physician Mike Uihlein (Grafton, Wis.), athletic trainer Mike Cortese(Boynton Beach, Fla.) and equipment manager Joel Isaacson (Houghton, Mich.) … For live updates, follow @USAHockeyScores on Twitter and join the conversation on social media by using#SledSeries … The 2015 IPC Ice Sledge Hockey World Championships will take place April 26-May 3 at HARBORCENTER in Buffalo, New York. For tournament information, click here. For Team USA information, click here.
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A father and his eight-year-old daughter have created a stop-motion adaptation of Jurassic Park using $100,000 worth of LEGOs to make the sets and cars. The video took three months to make. In the past, the duo has parodied blockbusters films such as Batman, Lord of the Rings, Star Wars, Toy Story and Pulp Fiction. • Video
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CFL Rules Committee proposes significant changes for 2015.
Watch: Johnson comments on Rules Committee.
Please visit the league's official website, http://www.cfl.ca.
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Tampa, FL. -- On Tuesday, Brandon Magee was a Tampa Bay Buccaneers linebacker. On Wednesday, he became a Boston Red Sox outfielder.
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Corvallis, OR. -- Baseball ends March with series vs. Cal Poly.
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************************************************ For a while now it’s been clear that HBO’s Game of Thrones series could outpace George R.R. Martin‘s A Song of Ice and Fire books. Now producers have finally admitted that it will. In other words, instead of the books spoiling the show, the show will soon start spoiling the books. ************************************************  ************************************************ You're reading the Johnny Blog. Almost as much fun as pnuemonia, isn't it? ************************************************
Today in Elvis History:
1961 - Filming began on the Elvis Presley movie "Blue Hawaii." Location shooting finished on April 17th. The filming was totally finished on May 23rd. 1962 - Elvis Presley recorded his single "Return To Sender."
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It was announced that the absolutely last performance by Black Sabbath will be November 22. [As a band you don’t want your career to go on too long. Ozzy Osborne might get old and start acting all weird.] ************************************************ Today in Beatles History: 1979 - "All You Need Is Cash" premiered on BBC-TV. The work was a parody of the Beatles' career (featuring the Rutles). 1979 - Eric Clapton and Patti Boyd, the ex-wife of George Harrison, were married.
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A 21-year-old Canadian (Winnipeg) had a first date interrupted one night last week. Tristan Gareau was driving along when he saw that a car had crashed into some condominiums. Tristan could tell the situation was escalating and the driver was in urgent need of help, so he sprung to action. Seconds after pulling the driver — a 65-year-old man — from the smoldering car, it burst into flames. ************************************************ Today in Sports History: 1917 - The Seattle Metropolitans, of the Pacific Coast League of Canada, defeated the Montreal Canadiens and became the first U.S. hockey team to win the Stanley Cup. 1981 - U.S. President Reagan hosted a luncheon honoring the members of the Baseball Hall of Fame. 1989 - Sport Illustrated exposed Pete Rose's gambling activities. The magazine article alleged Rose bet on baseball from the Riverfront dugout using hand gestures with an associate. 1994 - Magic Johnson became head coach of the Los Angeles Lakers. He coached the final 16 games of the 1993-4 season. 2007 - NFL owners voted 30-2 to make the video replay system a permanent officiating tool.
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Oklahoma City police arrested a man accused of firing a gun into the air after they found him in the street wearing nothing but a miniskirt. ************************************************ Coming Up:
Tonight --
NAHL Hockey -- Wenatchee Wild vs Topeka RoadRunners 10:05pm EDT
NHL Hockey -- Tampa Bay Lightning at Detroit Red Wings 2:00pm EDT
NAHL Hockey -- Wenatchee Wild vs Topeka RoadRunners 10:05pm EDT
Nascar Sprint Cup Series -- STP 500 at Martinsville Speedway 1:00pm EDT
Verizon Indy Car Series -- Firestone Grand Prix of St. Petersburg at St. Petersburg, Florida 3:00pm EDT
NAHL Hockey -- Wenatchee Wild vs Topeka RoadRunners 6:05pm EDT
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That's all for today. Thanks for stopping by, see you tomorrow. |
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