B.L.T. is the Pool Champion
The joint entry of Barb Ferrier and Tim Crockford, B.L.T., has won this year's Lord Stanley's Pool in a tight race to the finish! Congratulations to all the money winners and thank you to everyone for participating. Check out the final round analysis and come back next year for another exciting playoff pool!

As expected last October, the Red Wings have won the Cup.

The Cup is won June 13
The Red Wings have won the Cup! Led by Yzerman, Lidstrom, and Hasek, the favourites came through in front of the home crowd. Shanahan's two goals pulled Vince Galante to within one point of pool winner B.L.T. but he ultimately fell short in a photo-finish for this year's Lord Stanley's Pool title. Tony Ruffolo came third.

One win away June 10
Detroit is one win away from the Cup after a 3-0 shutout in Game 4. Hasek's record sixth shutout has essentially eliminated George Smith from money contention while B.L.T., Vince Galante, and Tony Ruffolo have nearly solidified the top three spots, in that order. B.L.T. and Tony have two-point leads for their positions.

Wings lead series after marathon OT June 8
Detroit has taken a 2-1 lead in the finals, but it could be far from over, as every game has been a close battle. Fedorov had an assist to give B.L.T. a two-point lead, while 3rd to 6th continues to be extremely close.

Late assist gives B.L.T. the lead June 6
B.L.T. has taken the lead on Sergei Fedorov's assist with five minutes left in Game 2. Fedorov has two points to Shanahan's none in the finals. Nicklas Lidstrom had two points to lift Ron Wener within range of the cash, into a tie for fifth with the sinking George Smith.

Top Five: B.L.T., 168 $234 Vince Galante, 167 $117 Tony Ruffolo, 159 $39 Wally Mikulski, 157 Ron Wener, 154 Top Players (Picks): G: Dominik Hasek, Det, 47 (14) Patrick Roy, Col, 28 (14) F: Peter Forsberg, Col, 27 (4) Steve Yzerman, Det, 23 (3) Gary Roberts, Tor, 19 (0) Sergei Fedorov, Det, 19 (14) Brendan Shanahan, Det, 19 (29) Joe Sakic, Col, 19 (30) D: Nicklas Lidstrom, Det, 16 (26) Chris Chelios, Det, 15 (0) Greg DeVries, Col, 13 (0)

Daily Pool Stars: Thurday Shanahan, Yzerman, Det: 2 pts. Monday Hasek, Det: 6 pts. Saturday Hull, Det: 2 pts. Thursday Lidstrom, Det: 2 pts. Tuesday Fedorov, Yzerman, Det: 1 pt. Friday Hasek, Det: 6 pts.; Robitaille, Det: 3 pts. Series scores: Cup Final: Detroit 4,Carolina 1

Lidstrom, the points leader for defensemen, scored the game-winner in game 2.

Pool tied as Canes stun Wings June 4
Sergei Fedorov's goal has tied the pool as B.L.T. has grabbed a share of the lead. It wasn't enough for Detroit to win... but then again, at this point it won't matter in the pool whether Detroit wins the Cup or not...

Roy had his worst possible game on the worst possible night.

Historic night in Hockeytown May 31
Patrick Roy had his worst playoff game ever while Dominik Hasek set a record with his fifth shutout of the playoffs. This game had major repurcussions in the pool even aside from the 78 Colorado picks eliminated. Vince Galante and B.L.T. have opened a possibly insurmountable 10-point lead atop the pool.

Hasek shutout adjusts top five May 29
Dominik Hasek's shutout did more than force a seventh game in the Western Conference final. It also shook up the top of the pool. Wally Mikulski has entered the top five and Tony Ruffolo has moved up to fourth, while Tim Crockford has dropped off the leaderboard. Friday's game seven will be the most important game in the pool.

East cleaned out of pool May 28
Toronto's hearbtbreaking OT loss has left the pool without any remaining picks from the East. Nine poolies, including four of the top 10, lost three Leafs. This is a big blow to George Smith, who loses his edge over fellow front-runners (though to be honest, no one picked up many points from Toronto in this round). Tonight's game eliminated 6 Cup picks, and 58 player picks.

Forsberg puts Detroit on the brink May 27
One of the teams had to be down 3-2, but most poolies weren't expecting it to be Detroit. Conn Smythe-candidate Peter Forsberg out-dueled Conn Smythe-candidate Steve Yzerman to put Detroit, with their 21 Cup picks, on the brink of elimination.

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