It's amazing what a trip to the Stanley Cup Final can stir up in you. No, I personally didn't get to any Final games this year (yet...), but damn if it didn't get the sports writer in me fired up - which is why, you could say, I'm writing this today. I find it comical and equally unsettling that it's been almost eight years since I updated this blog. Mostly I forgot about it, but also life happened as it often does. That being said, I've been feeling the need to sit down and write (whether about the Bruins or otherwise), and the biggest buzzkill is updating this blog to reflect everything that has changed in my life since 2011. So, this is what you get. Yes, my name changed to Biz Durling (married to my husband Ryan for 4 years now!), I no longer give a damn about the New York Yankees, and deep down, sports writing will always remain my passion. Good? Now that we've cleared that up, let's move on. STANLEY CUP FINAL First Cup Final since 2013
Ok, so by now everyone has heard that Hockey East and the Boston Red Sox Organization are teaming up to showcase two more college hockey games this January at Fenway Park--UMass vs. UVM and the heated rivalry between UNH and UMaine-Orono.
After 2010's Winter Classic between the Philadelphia Flyers and Boston Bruins followed up by a classic clash of the Comm. Ave schools Boston University and Boston College, you could feel the envy emanating from UNH head coach Dick Umile as he sat in front of the media just days before the game. Looking at no one, he simply said, "They deserve it."
But anyone who knows Umile knows that when there's a dance with Jerry York and Jack Parker and he's not there--especially when it's down in Boston--he's not happy. When asked if he thought the rivalry between UNH and UMaine could fill out Fenway Park, he responded with "This rivalry is as good as any of them out there. It would certainly give them a run for their mone