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Spotlight on the Stanley Cup: Defense
Detroit Not a whole lot of weakness here either. The Wings' exceptional defense, led by Norris Trophy finalist Lidstrom, has given up a paltry 2.00 goals per game over the past two series…Stanley Cup Playoffs—2003
NOTE: Home teams are in capitals.EASTERN CONFERENCEQuarterfinals Ottawa Senators defeated New York Islanders,4 games to 1New Jersey Devils defeated Boston Bruins, 4 games to 1Tampa Bay…Stanley Cup Playoffs—2004
NOTE: Home teams are in capitals.EASTERN CONFERENCEQuarterfinals Tampa Bay Lightning defeated New York Islanders,4 games to 1Montreal Canadiens defeated Boston Bruins, 4 games to…Stanley Cup Playoffs—2006
NOTE: Home teams are in capitals. Related Links NHL Final Standings of the Clubs: 2005–2006 Stanley Cup Winners NHL Champions…black humor
(Encyclopedia) black humor, in literature, drama, and film, grotesque or morbid humor used to express the absurdity, insensitivity, paradox, and cruelty of the modern world. Ordinary characters or…Mikita, Stan
(Encyclopedia) Mikita, Stan, 1940–2018, Canadian hockey player, b. Sokolče, Czechoslovakia (a former village whose site is now in Slovakia), as Stanislav GvothMikita, Stan [key]. Adopted by relatives…Tanganyika, Lake
(Encyclopedia) Tanganyika, Lake, second largest lake of Africa, c.12,700 sq mi (32,890 sq km), E central Africa on the borders of Tanzania, Congo (Kinshasa), Zambia, and Burundi. It is c.420 mi (680…Ujiji
(Encyclopedia) UjijiUjiji&oomacr;jēˈjē [key], town, Kigoma prov., W Tanzania, suburb of Kigoma, on Lake Tanganyika. Ujiji was an important settlement of Arab and Swahili ivory and slave traders…Pratt, Parley Parker
(Encyclopedia) Pratt, Parley Parker, 1807–57, Mormon apostle, b. Otsego co., N.Y.; brother of Orson Pratt. He joined (1830) the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and was made an apostle in…Prusiner, Stanley Ben
(Encyclopedia) Prusiner, Stanley Ben, 1942–, American neurologist, b. Des Moines, Iowa, M.D. Univ. of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, 1968. Prusiner has been a professor at the Univ. of California,…