PENS!

Pens won.

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Stanley Cup Finals: What is wrong with NBC?

What is up with NBC's lighting during the Stanley Cup Finals? Ever single game on NBC this series has been on the verge of being unwatchable, and I'm talking Fox Sports Network unwatchable. If I wasn't a hockey fan I would not watch these games. Each game (and each period) starts out perfectly fine. But as the period goes on, the lighting in certain parts of the ice become so glaringly bright that you cannot even see the lines (red line, blue line, circle, and faceoff dots) painted on the ice.


I noticed that in Detroit the glare is at center ice, but in Pittsburgh the glare is at each end, with the "home shoots twice" end having the most glare. I haven't read any complaints on the blogosphere and I'm trying to figure out why no one else has mentioned it. After the first two games in Detroit I thought it could have been my TV but the next two games in Pittsburgh that were televised on Versus were lit well. The following two games on NBC, one in Detroit and the other in Pittsburgh, had the same glare issue. You may think that the whiter the ice the better it is to see the puck, but the ice isn't just whiter, there's a glare to it so that the puck gets momentarily lost as it moves through the "glare" zones. Has anyone else noticed this problem??

(x-posted to Purple Crushed Velvet)

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SCF 2009 Game 4: 11 Girls, 1 Live-Blog

Have you ever wondered what happens when you get 11 ladies in one room talking about the Stanley Cup Finals? Well, now's your chance to find out! Join us tomorrow at around 7:45 p.m. as some of the ladies of HLOG get together for a beer or 20 and chat about the Crosbys vs. the Red Wings. Will the Pens pull even in the series? Or will the Red Wings' deal with the devil come through as they steamroll the flightless birds to yet another Stanley Cup?

Come and join us for the fun and bring your comments, criticisms and hilarity. Keep the perving to a minimum if you can.

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