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Hello everyone and welcome to today’s “The Stack” with me, Nathan Stacken. What a hockey game last night. We’ll have plenty on that and more so let’s get right to “The Stack”:

1. Bruins cruise, for a game 7.

Even before the two teams set foot on the ice for game six, most people believed the series was headed back to Vancouver for a decisive winner-take-all game. Mid-way through the first period, it game seven was a forgone conclusion. The Boston Bruins scored four goals in a 4:14 span in the first period, forcing Roberto Luongo out of the game on their way to a 5-2 win over the Vancouver Canucks in Boston in game six. Vancouver is very glad to have game seven in Vancouver. Boston has been a house of horrors for them. Luongo has allowed 15 goals in Boston. He’s allowed two in Vancouver. For whatever reason, Luongo has struggled terribly in Boston. He can’t be an elite goaltender if you struggle so bad in a series and he is being shown up by Bruins goalie Tim Thomas who has been absolutely brilliant in this series. He’s given Boston a chance every game in Vancouver and he’s been great in Boston. There is a bit of concern for the Canukcs and that is that Mason Raymond was injured after getting tangled up with Boston’s Johnny Boychuck and went into the boards and had to go to the hospital. The Canucks wanted a penalty, but nothing was called. Missing Raymond would be a big blow to the Canucks chances in game seven, but we can talk more about that tomorrow. I’ll pull this nugget out again tomorrow, but it bears saying right now. Nineteen of the last twenty game seven’s in MLB, NBA and NHL have been won by the home team. Will that hold true tomorrow? Find out when I give my pick. Game seven is tomorrow at 8:00 ET on NBC.

2. Jeter suffers injury.

The quest for three thousand hits has hit a detour for New York Yankees shortstop Derek Jeter. He did pick up a hit in last night’s game versus the Cleveland Indians, but had to leave the game with a grade one calf strain. It is not immediately known how much time Jeter will miss if any. He is six hits away from the magical number and an injury like this might slow him down a little bit. Especially when he gets one or two hits away, I’m sure the pressure will mount and he will tighten up a bit and it may take a game or two to reach the milestone. We may just have a to wait a little longer to see the captain hit the mark depending on the length of his injury.

3. Mark Cuban paying for championship parade.

You know it’s a slow day when this makes it into “The Stack”. Dallas Mavericks owner Mark Cuban says he will pay for the entire championship parade for the Mavericks in Dallas on Thursday. You know that is going to be one hell of a parade. Cuban is one of, if not the best owner in sports. He’s passionate, will spend money and is just an all around great owner. It was nice of him to stay out of the spotlight and let everyone focus on his team. He’s just a great guy and I would want him to own my favorite sports team. MLB needs him to own a team, but they denied him the chance to own the Chicago Cubs and he was outbid in his quest to own the Texas Rangers. When will baseball learn? If Cuban owned the NHL’s Dallas Stars, they’d win a championship in five or six years. We need more Mark Cuban in sports.

4. Ohio State introduces new head coach.

In wake of the Terrelle Pryor and Jim Tressel fallout at Ohio State, the football team has a new head coach for at least one season. Luke Fickell was introdcues as interim head coach of the Buckeyes yesterday at a news conference. He says he did not know of any of the violations and that his team will be one of the top teams in the nation in terms of effort and turnovers. Whether or not this is a one-year stint remains to be seen. Fickell has been around the program for a while. Depending on the sanctions and penalties Ohio State receives, if Fickell has success, he deserves to be the head coach of the Buckeyes. But with names out there including Bob and Mike Stoops, Urban Meyer and others, I wouldn’t place money on Fickell being the head coach in five years. Good luck to him though. He’s going to need it.

5. Pryor signs with Drew Rosenhaus.

Speaking of Terrelle Pryor, he signed with agent, wait for it… Drew Rosenhaus yesterday to represent him in his quest to make it to then NFL. This is a bold move, but if anyone can get the job done, it’s Rosenhaus. He has dealt with Terrell Owens and Chad Ochocinco. The big question is whether or not Pryor will make it into the NFL at all. There will be a team or two that takes a chance on him, but he is a lenghty project and no one really knows how he will pan out. The chances he becomes a starting QB in the NFL ever is highly unlikely. But signing with Rosenhaus can’t hurt his chances. It can only help him.

That does it for me today. As we go into the summer days, with less going on in the world of sports, “The Stack” will be smaller, but we will still try to pump one out every weekday so please continue to read and thank-you for your support. Have a great rest of your day and we’ll see you tomorrow.

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