As Coach Tortorella and his TB Lightning waited to see
if they play PHI or TOR (it is PHI), 2 other former
Black Bears took to the ice against each other in
Denver.  Niko Dimitrakos and Paul Kariya each notched
assists in tonites game.  Niko's Sharks' win sets them
up with Calgary for the West Conf Final and Paul's Avs
go home.

Here's boxscore on the SJ/COL game:
  http://sports.yahoo.com/nhl/boxscore?gid=2004050417

Here's a piece on John Tortorella:

http://sports.yahoo.com/nhl/news?slug=ap-lightningadvance&prov=ap&type=lgns


A SJ/TB Cup Final would be certainly be interesting:
aside from neither franchise having been in it before
as it would provide us another Black Bear vs Black
Bear series.

Go Blue!
  ken
  Maine '89




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