Boston Bruins

Hopefully Bruins fans and Blackhawk fans have nerves of steel because from the looks of it they will need it. 2 games down, 2 thrilling over time conclusions, and  cup final that is squared at 1 apiece heading to a game 3 in Boston on Monday night...

Dad loves sports.  Lucky for Dad this Father's Day weekend, there are plenty of sporting events.  Stanley Cup Finals, U.S. Open golf, NBA Finals and a plethora of terrific Major League Baseball games.  What are you most looking forward to watching this weekend...

The Bruins and Blackhawks got things started in the Stanley Cup Finals with a triple-overtime Game 1.  The Heat and Spurs have done plenty to entertain in the NBA Finals as well.  What have you enjoyed more, the NBA Finals or the Stanley Cup Finals...

Let's hope the NHL Stanley Cup final starts out better then the NBA finals. The potential is certainly there. Game 1 starts in mere moments. I will take the Blackhawks to take home the cup for the 2nd time in 4 years, in 6 games. The big key is simple when you look at the makeup of each team, and factor in the main weakness's...

104.5 The Team ESPN Radio's Mike Lindsley recently talked with Union head men's hockey coach Rick Bennett about the Stanley Cup Finals, Bennett's new contract, last year's Union hockey run and next year's schedule.  Listen here:

The Bruins and Blackhawks, two Original 6 teams, meet for the right to raise Lord Stanley.  Boston is 9-1 in the postseason since toppling Toronto in overtime of Game 7 in the opening round.  Chicago is 7-1 since being down 3-1 to rival Detroit and beat last year's Cup champion Kings in the Western Conference Finals...

It's an Original 6 Stanley Cup Finals, the first since 1979 and the first finals since 1972 between American Original 6 teams.  Bruins and Blackhawks.  Here is a preview of the series that will eventually end in one of these teams hoisting Lord Stanley's Cup, the most coveted trophy in team sports.

The Chicago Blackhawks, 2010 Stanley Cup winners, beat the 2012 Stanley Cup champion Los Angeles Kings in double-overtime, 4-3, in Game 5, thanks to a goal by Patrick Kane.

Those pesky, battling, deep and teamwork-oriented Boston Bruins finished off the sweep of the Pittsburgh Penguins, taking Game 4 1-0.  And now it is on to the Stanley Cup Finals.

The 2011 Boston Bruins won the Stanley Cup because of three reasons.  One, Tim Thomas in goal.  Two, depth.  Three, effort.  It is that last one that has been increased in 2013, somehow, some way, by these current Bruins.

Bruins-Penguins had the most intrigue of any Stanley Cup playoff series for the simple reason that the two teams play completely different styles.  Boston plays tough and with depth and scores big goals at big times.  Pittsburgh scores all the time and flies up and down the ice, the total finesse team that relies on superstar players.

Let's be honest for a minute - it is no big secret to fans of 104.5 "The Team" that Bruce Jacobs is one of the biggest die-hard fans of the New York Rangers in the entire Capital Region. With the pompous attitude he brings with every victory and borderline depression he carries with every loss, the host of "Game On" every weekday afternoon from 4-7 p.m. is very open about his l