A Disappointing Day in the World of Sports

The proverbial "other shoe" finally dropped for Calgary last night as the Flames went down to the Red Wings in the 2nd overtime. I generally hate to agree with Kelly Hrudey but he hit it on the nose last night between periods when he said that the Flames were being outplayed and the amazing play of Kiprusoff could only keep them in it for so long. This proved to be exactly the case as the Flames goalie again faced over 50 shots on net. I believe that the better team won in the end and the Flames may be in store for a few changes. If this series proves anything it must show the management that they MUST sign Kiprusoff before the end of his contract next year. They should just let him fill in his own amount on the bottom line.

In other news Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal faced off for the final of the Monte Carlo masters series event. In front of the rich and famous of Europe the #1 and #2 took to the court in what most people think is a precursor to the final of Roland Garros in a few weeks time. Unfortunately this match did not live up to the hype and was little more than lacklustre. What was unusual was the fact that the poor play in the match came almost exclusively from Federer's end (double the unforced errors to winners). Those that admire the play of the Swiss tennis Yoda will have to hope that this is merely a warm-up for Roger and that he is saving his best for the slam in France. It seems evident that regardless of the reasons behind his poor play in Monte Carlo, Roger will have to play significantly better than he did in the final even to repeat his final appearance of last year and play perhaps the match of his life to beat Nadal on Clay.