Playoffs - Part Two (and the end)

In the span of about 10 days both of my teams have been eliminated from the playoffs. Both teams were up against tough opponents and came up short.

First, the Buffalo Bandits were eliminated from the NLL playoffs by the Rochester Knighthawks on April 27. The Knighthawks will play the Arizona Sting at Jobing.com Arena in Glendale, AZ on Saturday May 12 to determine the 2007 NLL champion. I’ll be watching the game at 4PM ET on Versus.

On Monday the San Jose Sharks were eliminated from the Stanley Cup playoffs by a very tough Detroit Red Wings team. There were high expectations for this San Jose team especially after the way they played during the regular season. The first round of the playoffs, against Nashville, seem to confirm that the team was on the way to a long run in the playoffs. The second round against the Red Wings started off quite well, with a win for San Jose in the opening game in Detroit. It still looked okay when they won the first game in San Jose to take a 2-1 series lead. However, Detroit took control in game 4 and never looked back. The Sharks played tough, but it wasn’t enough. The Red Wings won the last three games to win the series 4-2. They now move on to play in the Western Conference finals vs the Anaheim Ducks starting on May 11. The Eastern Conference finals begin on May 10 with Ottawa playing at Buffalo.