The team won the quarter finals over their nemesis the Chicago Black Hawks .Witnessed in one watering hole were small groups of fans pretending to be Chicago fans as not to jinx their team. No word on any lucky fans….

Vancouver and Chicago have enjoyed tremendous back and forth hockey for decades and it is interesting to see the last years Stanley cup winners out of contention and Vancouver in so early in the playoffs.Two more rounds then the final .

Update one of the random inputs skillfully employed is that they were selling  tickets to the opening game in Nashville before Vancouver won the last game and with it home team advantage (first and last game). The tickets were TBA on date and the  game is now tonight in Vancouver’s Rogers Place starting at 6 PM PST.

Vancouver plays the Preditors from Nashville next.    First game Bridgestone Arena, Nashville, Date: TBA

editors note: Hockey is a game of skill  with a lot of random actions and inputs , causing wins and losses that some people conciliate as luck. There is often a degradation to the mean that is the quality , training and record of the individual players and team.

Today in History, April 27 1296

The Battle of Dunbar, the Scots are defeated by Edward the first of England