Brahmas in Finals

It took them seven games, but the Texas Brahmas defeated the Odessa Jackalopes in an 8-1 rout last night to earn a spot in the President's Cup Finals.

Thus the Brahmas, regular season Southeast Division and Southern Conference champs, are now officially the conference champions for the postseason.

They will face the winner of the Northern Conference series between the Colorado Eagles and Mississippi RiverKings, which will play its sixth game tonight. The Eagles currently lead the series 3-2 and will try to close it out tonight for the third straight game.

Robert Keith at the Texas Brahmas Insider Blog has pretty much everything you could care to know about the Southern Conference winners and will continue to cover them throughout the finals.

In the NHL, the Boston Bruins swept the Montreal Canadiens in their Eastern Conference Quarterfinal series, and the Pittsburgh Penguins have also advanced via a 4-2 series win over the Philadelphia Flyers. My face hurts from smiling so much about yesterday's game.

The New York Rangers have unsuccessfully tried to close out their series against the Washington Capitals twice, so they will play a Game 7 on Tuesday. The New Jersey Devils will try to knock out the Carolina Hurricanes tonight in a game that is currently in the first period. The Devils have a 3-0 series lead.

In the West, Detroit Red Wings and Vancouver Canucks both swept their first-round series, over the Columbus Blue Jackets and St. Louis Blues, respectively.

The Chicago Blackhawks have a chance at the second round tonight as they head into their game against the Calgary Flames with a 3-2 series lead, while the Anaheim Ducks are leading the top-seeded San Jose Sharks 3-2 in their series.