Sporcle...

Anyone ever heard of Sporcle? It's a site that gives you blank slates and tells you to name stuff. For instance, it gives you a blank table with years listed and you have to name Pixar movies. You type them in, they go next to the year, and when you give up, you click "Give Up" and it tells you the answers.

Since I'm a stats nerd, the best part for me is seeing what percentage were picked.

There are also some cool NHL-related games. Check out...

http://www.sporcle.com/games/caldertrophy.php

Try to name every single Calder Trophy winner in NHL history. Well, since that is VERY tough, try doing the right column, which starts with 1984-85/Pittsburgh Penguins and ends with 2008-09/Columbus Blue Jackets. See if you can beat my score - 7 wrong from '84-'09. Kind of embarrassing when you realize which ones you got wrong.

Also a good one: http://www.sporcle.com/games/nhlteamptleaders.php - career points leaders for each team. Very cool, but good luck guessing who leads Columbus in lifetime points.

Also try: http://www.sporcle.com/games/nhlarenas.php - the name of every team's arena. As long as I stared at the page, I would NOT have guessed where the Flames play.

And my personal favorite: http://www.sporcle.com/games/sportscities.php - Name the 13 cities in America that have teams in all 4 pro sports. Sorry Bryan, MLS doesn't count. (I got 11 of 13. One of them was my fault; the other I blame the game.)
Let me know how you do and which you get wrong.

Tonight...

RANGERS POST by ZACH

Well, they did it. They extended the series, and my partner-in-game tonight, Tom, would probably say it was due in large part to his new Ryan Callahan jersey, which he said was never at a losing game (albeit, I think it's 3-0... not a great streak but it's a start).

And people were most likely sick of my scenario that I have been saying since Tuesday after Game 3...

Win Game 4 at home, which they did. The hard part is Sunday, Game 5. If they can beat Pittsburgh in Pittsburgh in front of a raucous crowd, they have climbed the toughest hill and they could very easily win Game 6 at MSG, then Game 7 would be a crapshoot, maybe 60/40 in favor of the Penguins.

I still stand by my notion that if the Chris Drury didn't score with 7.7 seconds left in Game 5 last year and the Rangers won that game, that they would have easily won Game 6 at the Garden that Sunday afternoon.

It all starts with one game. The Captain was fired up. Brendan Shanahan, obviously playing hurt, played good tonight. Scott Gomez didn't do much but he should on Sunday I hope. Drury put forth an effort. Petr Prucha proved he should be in the lineup. They were disciplined - 3 real penalties only (the others were counteracted with simultaneous Penguin penalties). They clogged the middle. Didn't let Pittsburgh have any chances except for Malkin's breakaway (and ensuing penalty shot... who does he think he is? Michael Nylander?).

Good game by the good guys. 

Big hill to climb Sunday afternoon. I think Doc Emerick is their bad luck charm. Eddie Olczyk doesn't help. You'd think he would like the Rangers since he won the Cup with them more than the Penguins who fired him. Odd. Regardless, Emerick's voice is like a cheese grater on my brain.

It all starts with one win.

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Bryan, Game 7 will be on Wednesday, not Thursday.

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Trivia Question: In 1994, Eddie Olczyk played in just 1 postseason game for the Rangers. Which game was it?