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The Avalanche have swept the LA Kings and await the winner of Wild/Stars. Lightning beat the Canadians to tie the series 2-2. Ducks and Sabers both win and now lead 3-1. That wraps up a Sunday in the NHL. Two games on Monday, Flyers/Penguins and Golden Knights/Mammoth.

You might have seen this AI story in the news recently. A woman living in Tennessee was arrested for robbing a bank in North Dakota because her face matched the AI profile of the suspect. She spent months in jail claiming that she had never been to North Dakota and was at home watching her grandkids during the time the crime took place, and had Uber eat receipts to prove it. She was later released on Christmas Eve in Fargo, ND, after it was discovered, she could not have done it. While in jail she lost her job, her house, and her dog. She is now planning to sue for a lot of money. What also makes this so troubling is the trust the police put into AI. Nobody bothered to do a proper investigation until months later. They just assumed the AI was correct and ignored everything else. Now an innocent person has suffered great loss because of an AI failure and failed trust put into AI by authorities. Then, once she was released from jail, the Fargo, North Dakota Police Department never apologized or gave her money to get back to Tennessee. Unacceptable job by the police. It is very concerning that something like this has happened. Hopefully people will be smarter about how they use AI in the future and it will teach people to not trust it so blindly. I have my doubts though. Many of the social problems we have such as addiction (especially gambling), lack of social awareness, and the loneliness epidemic, to name some, are highly connected to technology. All of these problems are getting worse, and technology is definitely part of it. You can gamble on your phone now. That did not exist fifteen years ago.

Wild and Stars go into OT again, this time the Wild get to victory, 3-2, and tie the series at 2-2. Penguins stay alive beating the Flyers, and the Hurricanes have eliminated the Senators in a four-game sweep. Watch for flying pucks!!

The Canadians, Ducks, and Mammoth all won on Friday, and all go up 2-1 in their series. Flyers and Hurricanes both looking to sweep and advance on Saturday. Avs will have a chance to do the same on Sunday. Sabers beat the Bruins on Thursday, down 2-1 in the series and can tie it up on Sunday, or could fall behind 3-1. Hit the ice!!

Many fans outraged about the cost of World Cup tickets, with seats in the bleachers going for over 2,700 dollars each. Seats near the field were 11,000 dollars each, and one report of four lower lever seats behind the goal are on the resale market for.... are you ready for this.... four seats will cost you...it's worse than you think.......over 2,299,998.85. Or 2.3 million in short language. You're crazy if you pay that! Imagine if you spent that money for tickets and the only goal of the game was in the other net.

Patriots coach Mike Vrabel has been accused of tampering in an attempt to get AJ Brown. However, the NFL has decided not to investigate. Also, the integrity of the Coach of the Year award is being questioned now that Vrabel has been caught having a weekend getaway with a reporter who votes on the award. Vrable won coach of the year in 2025, taking the Patriots from last place all the way to the Super Bowl in his first years as head coach.

Was watching an old episode of Matlock where Don Knotts claims to have a Gray Belt in Karate, something about a belt specifically for senior citizens. I assume this a just for entertainment, but has anyone heard of a gray belt rank? Or what special rank exclusive to those who are seniors? I never have.

Wild lost in double overtime to the Stars. They now trail the series 2-1. Kings and Sabers both up against it tonight, they either win or will be facing the dreaded 3-0 deficit.

Four games on Tuesday and three of the teams that lost game one, won game two. They were the Bruins, 4-2 over the Sabers, the Mammoth, 3-2 over the Golden Knights, and the Lightning, 3-2 over the Canadians. All those series are tied 1-1. The Avalanche beat the Kings 2-1, and take a 2-0 lead as the series goes to the city of Angels. Three games on Wednesday. Keep your stick on the ice!

After an impressive 6-1 victory on Saturday by the Wild, the Stars bounce back tonight and win 4-2 tying up the series as it now shifts to St. Paul. In the other games on Monday the Hurricanes win in double overtime, and the Flyers take game two, so both go up 2-0 in their series. If the Flyers and Hurricanes hang on and both advance, they will face each other in the next round. Also, the Oilers beat the Ducks to take a 1-0 series lead. Winner of the Oilers/Ducks will face winner of the Mammoth/Golden Knights.

This didn't happen, but now Dana is discussing that Connor might fight in 2026. And the saga continues.........

As of now it is not but it appears there is a push to change that.

It sounds cool to attend the MA events, but I am guessing the cost and hassle of everything involved would be deal breakers for me. I know you have looked forward to this for a long time (and it is still a long time from now) so I hope you get to go and have a blast!

After the first two days of the playoffs teams with a 1-0 series lead are the Flyers, Canadians, Sabers, Hurricanes, Wild, and Golden Knights. It has been physical so far. The playoffs are here and the players are showing it.

Here is the schedule for the first two days of the NHL playoffs. Saturday the 18th there are three games: Senators at Hurricanes, Wild at Stars, and Flyers at Penguins Sunday the 19th the three games are: Canadians at Lighting, Bruins at Sabers, and Mammoth at Golden Knights. All of those are game one in the series. There is one more series that is between the Ducks and the Oilers, game one for them will be on Monday. The Stanley Cup playoffs are back. Enjoy it.