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Amid the continuing discussion of a strength-of-schedule factor in selecting the four teams for the new College Football Playoff, the move toward a nine-game SEC schedule appears to have widened into a call for the conference's teams to upgrade their nonconference opponents as well.
Already, SEC Commissioner Mike Slive has made a move in basketball, getting the schools to agree to send their nonconference schedules to the league office for evaluation and possible tweaking in an effort to get more conference teams into the NCAA tournament.
According to the Sporting News, Slive has similar concerns about the proliferation of "cupcake" games on SEC teams' nonconference football schedules.
"I made it very clear," Slive said. "I don't want us playing four games that mean less."
So whether the SEC goes to eight or nine conference games, the commissioner wants members playing more teams from major, BCS-level conferences and fewer opponents that do nothing more than guarantee a home game and a victory.
The main impetus behind the capitulation of college presidents in agreeing to a playoff was a widespread horror over the all-SEC national championship game a couple of years ago. The feeling among many college football observers is that the playoff selection committee still to be named is going to take every opportunity it can to limit the conference to just one team. And the relative lack of strength in nonconference schedules is the biggest chink in the SEC's armor.
Actually, if the SEC does move to pressure members to play more major nonconference opponents, Georgia, Florida, South Carolina and Kentucky will have a leg up on the competition in that they already play BCS-level in-state rivals each year. So they'd only have to replace one cupcake, instead of two, to be playing 10 strong opponents each year, as advocated by Alabama's Nick Saban, who appears to be acting as Slive's stalking horse on the matter.
Whether the SEC goes to nine conference games or stays at eight, Saban's athletic director, Bill Battle, told ESPN, "What I think is that we really need to play at least 10 good games … because our fans are going to get tired" of lesser opponents.
It's a valid point, and UGA President Michael Adams raised the same issue recently about fans rebelling over paying for home games against teams they don't really want to see. "The fans don't like the games against some of the competition that we play, and I don't blame them," he told the Macon Telegraph.
The concern is that more fans will stay away and watch better games in the comfort of their own home on a large-screen HD television rather than shell out for the cupcake games, or instead of buying a season ticket will cherry-pick the best home games via the secondary ticket market outlets like StubHub.
CBSSports.com noted recently that while the SEC led attendance nationally last season for the 15th consecutive year, the average attendance figure for the conference actually has dropped each of the past four seasons.
"It's a real issue," Florida athletics director Jeremy Foley told CBS. "A confluence of things is coming together and the world has changed. We have to change with it."
So between worries about a perceived weakness in nonconference scheduling keeping SEC teams out of the playoff, the new ESPN-run SEC Network wanting more quality games for programming, and dwindling attendance at cupcake games, the likelihood of a conference scheduling revamp seems inevitable, whether it's eight or nine conference games.
From a Bulldog fan's point of view, I'm with Mark Richt in feeling that UGA's No. 1 scheduling priority should be making sure the Georgia-Auburn rivalry, the South's oldest, is maintained. If Les Miles' whining about the disparity in permanent cross-divisional rivals begins to get any traction, that might push Georgia into supporting a nine-game conference schedule, which would make it easier to maintain the permanent rivalries.
"The one thing I will say I would vote on is to continue to have a rivalry game with Auburn," Richt told the Macon Telegraph recently. "Does that involve an eight-game, a nine-game? I don't know. If [the Auburn game] goes away, then does an eight-game change in my mind compared to nine? I think one of the keys to this whole thing is whether the rivalry games stand. That can change how people think about the big picture."
Beyond that, though, while I love watching the Dogs Between the Hedges no matter who they're playing, I have to admit I'd like fewer Florida Atlantics on the schedule.
However, Georgia's Greg McGarity already is on record as saying that if the SEC goes to nine conference games, that might mean that Georgia, which also has Georgia Tech on the schedule every year, might be less inclined to play another major nonconference opponent like Clemson. I'm hoping Slive's push for upgrading the nonconference schedules as the College Football Playoff approaches will make McGarity think twice about that.
I think Alabama's Battle is right. SEC teams need to be playing 10 "good" games each season.
As Saban said this week in pushing his case for nine conference games, "The biggest thing I think we need to do in some of these decisions … is [ask], 'What about the fans?' Because one of these days they're going to quit coming to the games. They're going to stay home and watch on TV, and everybody's going to say, 'Why aren't you coming to the games?' 'Well, if you played somebody good, we'd come to the game. That should be the first consideration. Nobody's considering them."
If they want the fans to continue to shell out for season tickets, that needs to change.
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May 31st, 2013
9:31 am
10 good games would be nice – furthering the argument that the Dawgs should drop tech as the wreck is no longer competitive in college football.
May 31st, 2013
10:00 am
Why not 12 tough competitive games? Coaches have since the beginning of the game always scheduled a few cupcakes for a tune up or competitive edge. I've always disagreed with it but, I'm not a coach. I won't spend my money on those nor do I even bother to watch them on TV. JMHO
May 31st, 2013
10:11 am
What would happen if we expanded westward again, adding two more teams to the Western Division, then move Alabama and Auburn into the Eastern Conference? That would give us the ability to add more SEC games to the schedule and maintain the UA/UT and UGA/AU rivalries (which seem to be the only ones that everyone is all that concerned about).
May 31st, 2013
10:14 am
I will be giving up my season tickets to my best friend!! I have other things to focus on than a team that doesn't care about winning! Year after year to many suspensions!! JHC has really hurt this team to start this year…Richt may suspend him for the SC gae to…you never know with Richt. Plus we just lost two players to Clemson….that's just sad now that we are being out recruited by auburn…..Bama and Clemson.
May 31st, 2013
10:29 am
I agree we should move to a 10 "good" game schedule that would be 8 more "good" games than OSU plays a year…..yet they are the media darlings…talk about SEC envy !
May 31st, 2013
10:38 am
why should the sec play 10 good games a year? no other conference does.
May 31st, 2013
11:57 am
why should the sec play 10 good games a year? no other conference does.
Every conference should. Actually, every conference should play 12 good games a year.
May 31st, 2013
11:59 am
10 good games would be nice – furthering the argument that the Dawgs should drop tech
I would suggest writing McGarity about this. I have written Bobinski a couple of times and also wrote DRad about it. Over time I think we will eventually be able to end this pointless series. Eventually everyone will see that it isn't beneficial to anyone involved anymore.
May 31st, 2013
12:01 pm
At USC we are already playing 10 tough games. This year we are playing at Central Florida, North Carolina and Clemson. We have traditionaly scheduled a smaller in-state school to share the revenue. Why isn't there more conversation about going to home and home with UF instead of playing eavery year in Jacksonville?
May 31st, 2013
12:04 pm
Until we go to at least an 8 team playoff things are not going to get better. With a 4 team playoff the Committee is going to do everything in their power to limit a Conference to just 1 team whether a Conference deserves 2 of the spots or not.
Then things are not going to be any better with an 8 team playoff if the teams in the playoff doesn't follow some format . What I mean by that is : If the SEC was to get 2 teams in the 4 team playoff or 3 or even 4 teams in an 8 team playoff every effort should be made to make sure the SEC teams DO NOT PLAY EACH OTHER. Most of the SEC teams would have already played each other one time so a rematch should be avoided unless it is for the Championship game. If that means an all SEC Championship game like we had in 2011 , then so be it.
Slive is going to have his hands full making sure the SEC isn't screwed by the SEC envy people or by themseves. If the SEC go's to an 9 game in Conference schedule Slive must realize that a team could end up with 3 or even 4 loses and be given a 24TH ranking in the polls or not even be ranked but the 3 teams they lost to are all in the top 8 teams. Meaning the SEC could have teams with more than 2 losses because of STRENGTH OF SCHEDULE but should not be penalize because of it.
May 31st, 2013
12:31 pm
7576DAWG, I think you are off on that one. I think the SEC will have 2 teams in the 4 team playoff almost every year. Why? Because that is what ESPN wants. The anti SEC sentiment that supposedly exists hasn't kept the SEC from having like 6 teams in the top 10, two teams in a championship game, and a team in the championship game every year. In other words, the anti SEC people you are afraid of, don't exist. Don't worry. The SEC will continue to get 24/7 media coverage and biased poll positioning. The new playoff isn't going to change that.
May 31st, 2013
1:10 pm
The SEC should play a "round robin" schedule of 11 games, problem solved!
May 31st, 2013
1:38 pm
Why don't the sec commissioner take away a cupcake opponent and replace it with a bcs opponent. Example:
UGA vs Texas
Bama vs Oklahoma
LSU vs Oklahoma St
TXA vs West Virginia
SC vs TCU
Fla vs Texas Tech
Tenn vs Baylor
Ole M vs Iowa St
Van vs SMU
Mizzo vs Kansas St
Miss S vs Kansas
Kentu vs Houston
Auburn vs Minnesota
Ark vs Illinois
UGA vs Stanford
Bama vs Oregon
LSU vs UCLA
TXA vs USC
SC vs Oregon State
Fla vs Washington State
Tenn vs Washington
Ole M vs Arizona State
Van vs California
Mizzo vs Arizona
Kentu vs Colorado
Miss S vs Utah
Aub vs Purdue
Ark vs Iowa
Keep rotating each bcs conference each year…..the SEC will play 2 cupcakes 2 bcs and 8 sec each year.
May 31st, 2013
2:19 pm
Anybody else see the major conflict of interest that's happening right before our eyes?
It's no wonder why Alabama is the least penalized team in the SEC.
It's no wonder why Quinton Dial was not suspended for his dirty and illegal hit on Murray.
Why should SEC Commissioner Mike Slive, who's the most powerful man in all of College football, need to ask a football coach to carry his water on scheduling?
Should we just sit back and act as if this is right and just?
Slive and Saban's close relationship is not good for anybody except for Alabama. When they don't even hide it any more, that just shows a total lack of respect for anybody else. This is not a good thing for the SEC.
What does the SEC have in common with Obama's IRS?
May 31st, 2013
2:26 pm
I was on an airplane sitting next to a Bama fan the other day and he insisted that Bama has NOT been called for an offensive holding penalty on the Oline in two years… Please someone tell me this isn't true.
May 31st, 2013
2:41 pm
I don't think it's true, but they get away with a lot of holding . I rewatched the SECCG on DVR and froze some line play….and boy, it's obvious.
May 31st, 2013
2:43 pm
Playing a ninth or 10th conference game would be tougher on the SEC teams that it would be for other conferences simply because the SEC is a better conference. It is easier to go 11-1 in the Big 10 or PAC 12. Jeremy Foley, for one, understands this. He believes in cupcake scheduling if you're going to win a national championship.
May 31st, 2013
2:45 pm
At some point the sacred cows will have to be slain. The 9 game SEC schedule was guaranteed after the last expansion. Texas and Texas A&M don't play any more and they aren't keeling over and wallowing around in self pity. I'll pull for the Dawgs no matter what the schedule is. I think 10 SOLID games (good is too subject to interpretation) is a decent goal. I want to continue playing Tech just because no matter what anyone says they are still THE Rival. I'm sure they will get tired of getting killed and hire a real coach someday and we can have a decent game every few years.
I don't see why you can't just go to a 6-2-1 format. That would preserve the cross division rivalries and also allow everybody to play everybody every 4 years or so.
May 31st, 2013
2:56 pm
Still crying over the SEC Championship game huh? Grow the hell up. The game was in your back yard, and you still got whipped. So the ref's looked the other way when calling holding penalties on Bama?.Hell you guys year in year out lead the league in penalties. You generally have a undisciplined team. That's a BrotherRicht trademark. Boohoo…..
Also, Dial didn't hit Murray hard enough.
May 31st, 2013
2:56 pm
I will not go to any more of these blowout games against creampuffs and spend all that money. I'll stay home and watch it on a 70 inch LED tv with a bunch of beer, bourbon, burgers and wings and watch a bunch of other good games. UGA needs to wise up and quit scheduling these low rent teams.
May 31st, 2013
3:08 pm
Playing Penn St. on probation doesnt count as a "good game" there Saban…. I wouldn't consider VT coming off their worst year in a decade a "good game" either… especially when you put GSU and Chattanooga with them….
so Saban puts those 3 easy wins plus kentucky, Ark, Tenn, Miss St and Auburn and let me guess… Bama fan will say it's a top 25 schedule?? lmao, talk about calling the kettle black.
This will be the second season in a row where bama will only have 2 teams in the top 25 at the end of the season.
How about step up and call him out on it? No wonder your in the hunt at the end of the season.
May 31st, 2013
3:09 pm
2 teams on the regular season schedule
May 31st, 2013
3:25 pm
bull dog 35,
The dog truth hurts, eh?
May 31st, 2013
3:26 pm
dog max,
Don't eat too much. The Buckeyes are not on until Prime Time.
May 31st, 2013
3:27 pm
grantham is the man,
Man, quit your cryin' and a humpin'.
Game over.
You lost.
May 31st, 2013
3:31 pm
The Commish speaks:
Slive has similar concerns about the proliferation of "cupcake" games on SEC teams' nonconference football schedules.
You own Commish is embarrassed at – get this dogs, the PROLIFERATION of "cupcake" games.
There is Alabama, LSU and Florida that have won the big one.
The rest of you are frauds.
May 31st, 2013
3:32 pm
Miss the Logo on this "old school" blog.
May 31st, 2013
3:33 pm
dog 258,
He managed to run 350 down your throat. Go ahead and "call him out".
He won.
May 31st, 2013
3:34 pm
Daw258, you're not really that dumb are you? You are just playing us, aren't you?
Penn St., Michigan and VT are 3 of the most successful teams in NCAA history.
They have the wins to prove it. Add to that Alabama's Western division schedule,
and you have year in year out a brutal schedule. The western division was the toughest
division in football, now you add Texas A&M and it get's worst.
I think you deserve a verbal slapping.
May 31st, 2013
3:43 pm
I guess Buckeye hasn't checked out the OOC schedule for the Buckeyes this year.
May 31st, 2013
3:53 pm
One non con year does not a non con schedule make.
Check past and future.
More top teams than the dogs have seen in their lurid history.
May 31st, 2013
3:55 pm
Who was the last Top 5 or even Top 3 non con teams played in their non-con schedule?
Hell, you can't even beat the Top 3 in your own conference.
May 31st, 2013
4:35 pm
Are you joking? I don't think after UGAs easy schedule the last two years that you should complain about ANYBODY'S schedule. Also, games are scheduled several years in advance…before PennSt was on probation and before VT went through a down year…
Alabama has proven that they will play anybody anytime…I would say that Penn St, VT and Michigan is a much better non-conference slate than Boise St and Clemson. Wow
May 31st, 2013
4:50 pm
Mark this down: Georgia wins the SEC east but gets another alabama beatdown–bama goes to the bcs
Ohio state with their easy schedule wins the big 10 and gets to the bcs title game
alabama beats ohio state by 13+—-meyer gets another beatdown from saban and fakes health problems again
May 31st, 2013
5:06 pm
reality world,
The spread will be 3. Bama favored.
We won't give up 350 on the ground, promise you that.
Bama's getting fat and happy. Entitled if you will.
Not a good thing.
On the other hand, dogs are just fat.
Munchies after smoking dope pack on the pounds.
May 31st, 2013
5:24 pm
@ GT Bob – c'mon man….you can't believe ESPN is reason why SEC finds itself the #1 conference? Couldn't be success on the field, success in National Championship games, success in recruiting rankings or success in NFL Draft selections and in fan engagement and attendance. Bristol, CT has some sway but don't delude yourself that they are all powerful.
@ TheBuckeye – c'mon man! Are you really talking up the buckeyes on an UGA / SEC thread? Man with a memory and conscience like that, you should be a high ranking politician in Wash DC!
If any Big 10 should have gotten the message that they are not up to SEC level of football, it should be buckeye nation. Now with coach of Michigan re-building that team (when he's not away in 2nd role as NJ governor)… you had just hope your team can stay atop that team.
Sure, other con
May 31st, 2013
5:30 pm
May 31st, 2013
3:31 pm
dogs . . .
There is Alabama, LSU and Florida that have won the big one.
The rest of you are frauds.
Who won the big one in 2011? Hint: It was an SEC team.
May 31st, 2013
5:31 pm
@ TheBuckeye – needed a 2nd helping of reply to your forgetful comments.
Speaking of forgetful why don't you do something useful like replace your joke of a Univ president with someone a little more saavy and realistic…may Mr. Magoo is available and he has a much better wardrobe.
May 31st, 2013
5:36 pm
@ Dawg258 – I'm hard the AL schedule apologist, but you are way off mark if you don't think AL has more quality wins that GA.
Maybe you should be worried more about getting out state of SC this season without the beating you had last year. Yes, you beat FL in the "turnover palooza game" last year in JAX.
Can you name any other quality win that should make a GA fan proud?? Didn't think so (no…GT, Ole Miss and a Cornhusker team that sux even more since joining TheBuckeye's conference do NOT count as top tier quality wins and you know it.
Admit the moral victory in a tough loss vs AL in SEC championship game was impressive…still don't kid yourself that GA resume last year should have had them anywhere near a shot at National Championship game, not if quality of schedule and wins is taken seriously.
May 31st, 2013
5:36 pm
This harder look at strength of schedule is LONG overdue. Literally buying victories over vastly inferior opponents should have no place in FBS football. It's shameful that those responsible for this ongoing sham are only now beginning to acknowledge that it's immoral, hypocritical, and unfair to the fans. There'll be some resistance from cowards like McGarity. Hopefully that resistance can be crushed.
May 31st, 2013
5:46 pm
Hey TheBuckeye,
you see your schedule lately? Wow, it's filled with Buffalos, Aztecs and Bears (left coast variety not the monsters of midway….)
Plus you avoid the better programs that the Big 10 has…
With the overly-hyped rep OSU still has for some reason, no other team gets more mis-placed love from ESPN that the suckeyes.
May 31st, 2013
6:01 pm
Ohio St and the Big 10
What a joke
Bucky-eye please don't come on this blog talking about scheduling
Please tell us who in the Big Joke 10 does Ohio St play every year?????
Ohio St should be playing for the national championship at least 6 times out of every decade with the easy schedule they play
We all know what happens when they play real competition
Hey what happened the last time Ohio St played UGA
That means you play one decent team every year
Ohio St is a
And the proof has been shown time and time again
May 31st, 2013
7:40 pm
The Ole Ball Coach not too happy today…. USCe's cross conference permanent rival… none other than.. Texas A&M Univ. Poor little visor… Arky got Mizzou!
"BELIEVE" in the "G"
May 31st, 2013
8:11 pm
[...] word out of the SEC meetings was teams should aspire to 10 good games. That's exactly what we should ask of all college teams in the mix for the new [...]
June 1st, 2013
5:11 am
dog in a hole,
You must be talking about Auburn and Cam, was enrolled for one semester, Newton.
your dogs haven't won the big one since 1981.
Last century.
June 1st, 2013
5:12 am
This old school blog is stuck on Standard Time.
June 1st, 2013
5:53 am
Shorten the regular season to ten "real" games with a 16 team playoff. Make the bowls bid for the playoff games. The money and fan interest would make March Madness look like peanuts.
June 1st, 2013
6:43 am
play 10 sec games and stop playing these creampuffs that no one wants to see.
June 1st, 2013
7:06 am
I agree with those who detest the cupcakes. The Florida Atlantics and Buffaloes have no place in Athens. And McGarity talks about the business that Athens gets with the likes of those puppies? Less and less, I would bet. Seems off the wall to me. If I lived in Atlanta, and I don't, I wouldn't put the keys to my car in my pocket on Saturdays to drive to Athens and see those kinds of teams play us. Bill, you overstate your love of the Dawgs when you say you will go and see any game between the hedges. Why would you pay good coin to see crap? And, as an aside, how come brother Richt doesn't play the subs very much in those patty cake games? The Richt enigma lives on.
Drop Tech from the schedule. They aren't THE Rival, Florida is and has been for a long time. I'd rather see that game than any on the current schedules. I'd love to see Ohio State. ESPN will run the show and that means headline games for ESPN Prime Time and the SEC network to be, and a Georgia vs. Buffalo "game" is not one of them. And shouldn't be. Don't forget the $$$$ lads!


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The Cinnamon Bear: An Old-Time Radio Christmas Tradition
Published on - December 25th, 2012 (by J.D. Roth)
Because I love The Cinnamon Bear so much, I post this same article every year. This year is no different, except that I'm posting it a couple of days early to give you time to download the files. If you have young children — and even if you don't — I encourage you to listen to these old radio broadcasts with your family.
Holiday traditions don't have to be expensive. Some of the best traditions don't cost anything at all.
When I was a boy, Christmas meant The Cinnamon Bear. During the weeks before Christmas, a Portland radio station (KEX) would broadcast a fifteen minute episode of this story every night.
The Cinnamon Bear chronicles the adventures of Judy and Jimmy, and their fantastic trip through Maybeland as they search for the missing Silver Star that belongs atop their Christmas tree.
I loved the cast of characters and the exotic locales: the Root Beer Ocean and the Inkaboos, the Wintergreen Witch, the Looking Glass Valley, the Crazy Quilt Dragon. And, of course, I loved Santa Claus and the North Pole.
Because of the vagaries of copyright law, most old-time radio broadcasts are now in the Public Domain. The Cinnamon Bear is freely distributable. Some radio stations still broadcast the show every year. But don't worry about hunting for it: I've gathered all of the episodes here for you to download.
Collected below is every episode, in order. The program is meant to be heard once per day between November 29th (that's Monday) and Christmas Eve. It was one of my favorites when I was a kid, and modern parents tell me their children love it, too. Enjoy!
The Cinnamon Bear, episode #1: "Paddy O' Cinnamon"
[Originally broadcast 29 November 1937 — 2.59mb, 11:18]
Judy and Jimmy write letters to Santa. The Silver Star Christmas ornament is missing and the kids go up to the attic to find it. They meet Paddy O'Cinnamon (The Cinnamon Bear) who tells them the Silver Star was taken to Maybeland by the Crazy Quilt Dragon.
The Cinnamon Bear, episode #2: "Weary Willie"
[Originally broadcast 30 November 1937 — 2.59mb, 11:44]
Paddy O'Cinnamon shows Judy and Jimmy how to de-grow so they can follow the Crazy Quilt Dragon to the Lollipop Mountains. They climb into Paddy's Soda Pop Airplane and fly through the tunnel.
The Cinnamon Bear, episode #3: "Crazy Quilt Dragon"
[Originally broadcast 01 December 1937 — 2.71mb, 11:51]
Feeling remorseful for drinking their Soda Pop and stranding them in Looking Glass Valley without fuel, Weary Willie has the Stork fly them out on his back. They catch Crazy Quilt but he drops the Silver Star in the Root Beer Ocean.
The Cinnamon Bear, episode #4: "The Inkaboos"
[Originally broadcast 02 December 1937 — 2.70mb, 11:46]
While they try to find the Silver Star, Judy and Jimmy are captured by the Inkaboos. King Blotto is insulted and sentences them to die in the Immense Inkwell.
The Cinnamon Bear, episode #5: "Weasley the Wailing Whale"
[Originally broadcast 03 December 1937 — 2.84mb, 12:25]
Crazy Quilt comes to the rescue. The children escape to the Root Beer Ocean, where they see the Silver Star floating on the waves.
The Cinnamon Bear, episode #6: "Samuel Seal"
[Originally broadcast 04 December 1937 — 2.91mb, 12:43]
Wesley the Wailing Whale swallows the Silver Star. Samuel Seal recovers the Silver Star from Wesley, only to have Penelope the Pelican carry it off.
The Cinnamon Bear, episode #7: "Presto the Magician"
[Originally broadcast 05 December 1937 — 2.85mb, 12:26]
Judy and Jimmy meet Presto the Magician. He pulls Penelope the Pelican from his hat, but she has dropped the Silver Star on the Island of Obi.
The Cinnamon Bear, episode #8: "Candy Pirates"
[Originally broadcast 06 December 1937 — 2.73mb, 11:55]
Judy and Jimmy are captured by Captain Taffy and his Pirates. They take the kids to the Magic Island and loan them a rowboat.
The Cinnamon Bear, episode #9: "Roly-Poly Policeman"
[Originally broadcast 07 December 1937 — 2.83mb, 12:21]
Judy and Jimmy are on the Magic Island, where the Roly-Poly Policeman has taken their Silver Star for his uniform. But before the kids can get to him, Crazy Quilt Dragon runs off with the Silver Star again!
The Cinnamon Bear, episode #10: "Professor Whiz"
[Originally broadcast 08 December 1937 — 2.79mb, 12:10]
Paddy O'Cinnamon, the Cinnamon Bear has disappeared. Judy and Jimmy are chasing Crazy Quilt Dragon to get their Silver Star. Professor Whiz tells them about the Wintergreen Witch. They follow Crazy Quilt into the Picture Forest, where they meet Fraidy Cat.
The Cinnamon Bear, episode #11: "Fee Foe the Gentle Giant"
[Originally broadcast 09 December 1937 — 2.91mb, 12:41]
Fee Foe the Gentle Giant shows Judy and Jimmy the Goody-Goody Grove and invites them for lunch. They start to follow Crazy Quilt when it suddenly gets very, very dark!
The Cinnamon Bear, episode #12: "Rhyming Rabbit"
[Originally broadcast 10 December 1937 — 2.88mb, 12:34]
Judy and Jimmy meet up again with Crazy Quilt, who says the Wintergreen Witch forced him to steal the Silver Star. While trying to find their way back to the Wintergreen Witch's house, they encounter the Rhyming Rabbit.
The Cinnamon Bear, episode #13: "The Wintergreen Witch"
[Originally broadcast 11 December 1937 — 2.85mb, 12:25]
The Wintergreen Witch tries to take Judy and Jimmy's Silver Star and change the kids into mice, but they get away. After their hurried flight, Crazy Quilt sits on the Silver Star and breaks it.
The Cinnamon Bear, episode #14: "Queen Melissa"
[Originally broadcast 12 December 1937 — 2.81mb, 12:16]
Crazy Quilt suggests that they all visit Melissa, the Queen of Maybeland, who can tell them how to fix the Silver Star.
The Cinnamon Bear, episode #15: "Snapper Snick"
[Originally broadcast 13 December 1937 — 2.78mb, 12:08]
Judy and Jimmy learn that they can only read Queen Melissa's magic instructions in total darkness, which only occurs in the Wishing Woods. On the way there, the kids meet Snapper Snick the Crooning Crocodile, who swallows the magic instructions.
The Cinnamon Bear, episode #16: "Oliver Ostrich"
[Originally broadcast 14 December 1937 — 2.85mb, 12:26]
Snapper Snick explains that he reads by eating and that's how he is able to read in the dark. Judy and Jimmy learn that the magic instructions direct them to the the Wishing Well. On the way, they meet Oliver Ostrich who eats alarm clocks. Oliver directs them to the Wishing Well — Paddy O'Cinnamon, the Cinnamon Bear, falls in.
The Cinnamon Bear, episode #17: "Muddlers"
[Originally broadcast 15 December 1937 — 2.83mb, 12:22]
Judy and Jimmy use their one wish, given by the Wishing Well, to get rescue Cinnamon Bear, and now they can't fix their Silver Star with the Wishing Well's magic. While trying to get out of the Wishing Woods, they encounter the Muddlers and the River of Mud.
The Cinnamon Bear, episode #18: "Cocklebur Cowboys"
[Originally broadcast 16 December 1937 — 2.82mb, 12:18]
Slim Pickens and the Cocklebur Cowboys of the Purple Plain come to the rescue of Judy and Jimmy, Cinnamon Bear and Crazy Quilt, pulling them from the mud.
The Cinnamon Bear, episode #19: "Wooden Indian"
[Originally broadcast 17 December 1937 — 2.82mb, 12:19]
Judy and Jimmy are being chased by Chief Cook and Bottle Washer, a wooden Indian who wants Crazy Quilt's pelt for his girlfriend Many Happy Returns. Judy trades her looking glass to him instead. After he leaves, they encounter the Wintergreen Witch again in the Golden Grove.
The Cinnamon Bear, episode #20: "Flying Hat"
[Originally broadcast 18 December 1937 — 2.79mb, 12:10]
The Grand Wonky arrives in the nick of time to banish the Wintergreen Witch to Looking Glass Valley. While searching for the Singing Tree, they find the Flying Hat and it has a mysterious note attached.
The Cinnamon Bear, episode #21: "Snowman"
[Originally broadcast 19 December 1937 — 2.74mb, 11:59]
The mysterious note invites the crew inside where they find chairs just the right size for all of them. The Flying Hat carries them to the Land of Ice and Snow to get the Silver Star fixed. They ask the Snowman how to find Nicki Froodle, as Queen Melissa told them. Nicki turns out to be an Elf, and he takes them to see Santa Claus.
The Cinnamon Bear, episode #22: "Santa Claus"
[Originally broadcast 20 December 1937 — 2.78mb, 12:08]
Santa Claus welcomes Judy and Jimmy and introduces them to Jack Frost who repairs the Silver Star only to have it vanish again.
The Cinnamon Bear, episode #23: "The Bad Dolls"
[Originally broadcast 21 December 1937 — 2.90mb, 12:39]
The Bad Dolls have stolen the Silver Star. Santa orders out the Tin Soldiers to capture the Bad Dolls and return the Silver Star.
The Cinnamon Bear, episode #24: "The Parade"
[Originally broadcast 22 December 1937 — 2.86mb, 12:30]
The Wintergreen Witch appears again aiding the Bad Dolls in defeating the Tin Soldiers. Santa orders out reinforcements while Judy and Jimmy watch the Christmas Parade. After the Parade, Captain Tintop brings back the Silver Star.
The Cinnamon Bear, episode #25: "Captain Tintop"
[Originally broadcast 23 December 1937 — 2.87mb, 12:30]
Captain Tintop tells how they defeated the Wintergreen Witch and then the group goes to a grand banquet hosted by Santa Claus. After the banquet, Crazy Quilt runs off with the Silver Star once again.
The Cinnamon Bear, episode #26: "North Pole"
[Originally broadcast 24 December 1937 — 2.78mb, 12:09]
Crazy Quilt heads for the North Pole with Santa Claus, Judy, Jimmy, and Nicki Froodle in pursuit. They catch Crazy Quilt and tackle him to recover the Silver Star. Then they wake up in the attic just in time to decorate the Christmas Tree.
When I was a boy, my brothers and I huddled around the wood stove and listened to the show on AM radio. Now, through the magic of technology, you can download these mp3s, curl up under your electric blanket, and listen on your iPod. Better yet, tuck your children into bed and listen to the story with them. This is a wonderful no-cost holiday tradition.
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Thanks. My mother-in-law was excited about these but got my son a book version. It was significantly abridged (which she didn't know…bought it online), and the illustrations were reminiscent of computer animation. As a whole, it was disappointing, but in a way that suggested that the radio program itself could have been really good. I'll have to listen to these and see if the original is as good as the hype.
Love the idea and we'll give it a try starting tonight! Hopefully someday my daughters can tell their children how in the old days at Christmas we'd all gather around the smart phone to stream this story.
You suggest downloading these but how does one do that? I'd love to send them to my niece and nephew!
I'm a teacher and have played these for my students the last three years in a row.
This year I moved up a grade from teaching 4th grade to 5th grade. I asked my students if they wanted to hear it again and took an annonymous "yes/no" poll (about half my class is the same students, half is new). Out of the 16 students surveyed, all 16 said yes.
The kids love it, and now it's a yearly tradition in my classroom. Thanks for sharing it.
These are timeless classics and real treasures. Thank you for posting them earlier this year!
My son and I loved this after you mentioned it last year (I starred your post so I can just pull it up whenever we want the links), so thank you! We have listened to it many times, and it will certainly be on the stories list this holiday season again.
Nice! Thanks for all the gathering and organizing. I'll be listening along this year.
Woo! The kids and I were just discussing this tonight. We'll get started tomorrow.
I grew up visiting the Cinnamon Bear at Meier & Frank in downtown Portland every holiday season…one of my favorite holiday memories! I never knew the origins of the Cinnamon Bear until now. Thank you….I look forward to sharing this with my kids!
I have never even heard of these….sad! I definitely plan to download them and give them a listen this Christmas! Thanks for sharing.
Cinnamon Bear is going to appear at the dinner cruises on the river this year.
Thank you so much for posting this. What a blast from the past! My dad and I would listen to these every year on the AM radio station he listened to. (I'm only 35 so I'm probably in the younger segment that remembers them.) I can't wait to share them with my daughter, who is 8.
I grew up in Corvallis. I remember one of the local department stores had a Cinnamon Bear who handed out Cinnamon Bear Cookies at Christmas in the 60s, but I didn't realize until today that there was a story behind it. Thank you!
I had never heard of these but thought it sounded nice so downloaded them. We listened to the first one last night and it was very cute and the kids seemed to like it. So this could become a tradition in our house.
Thanks for the reminder. I was thinking it started on Dec. 1. We listened last year and it was a great before-bed family time every night.
I love the old radio broadcasts. I'm going to listen to these. Thanks for gathering them all!
Wow. Time flies. I remember this post from last year, and while I know that I've been reading for over a year, it's hard to figure out where all of the time went. Thanks for all of the great advice, J.D. I owe you a lot.
I remember The Cinnamon Bear. If you made a drawing of the cinnamon bear, and sent it in to the radio station here, they might pick your name as a winner. We would drive home from Spokane on Sunday nights, and listen to it. I still remember them saying my name on the radio and going to pick up the prizes.
I miss those simple things.
Lipman's was the name of the department store — according to Wikipedia they sponsored the Cinnamon Bear radio show. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lipman's
I think there were several sponsors of the show. My mother tells me that when she was a little girl she won a Cinnamon Bear coloring contest sponsored by Wiebolt's department store in Chicago.
I have never heard of this story, but I love starting Christmas traditions and this sounds like a great one! Christmas stories are so heartwarming…I'm looking forward to it!
My wife and I listened to these with our 3 kids in Portland in the 70s. I just finished downloading them so we can listen to them on our way to visit our granddaughter who is listening to them with her dad (our son). We need to be caught up with her when we get there.
If anyone knows how to download these, I would be happy. I"ve been posting the links on my blog on a daily basis, but I'd like to download to my ipod if I could. I-tunes doesn't seem to have the complete story.
For those asking about downloading: You can download these by right clicking on the link and Save Link As – it will save it as an .mp3 file to the directory of your choice
I can't wait to play this for my five year old, starting tonight. What a great tradition to start that celebrates the time when families gathered around the radio without the distractions of t.v., Ipads, computers, etc. Thank you for compiling and sharing this with your readers!
I missed not seeing the Cinnamon Bear reminder this year. My wife and I enjoyed listening to the story last year and have voted to continue this FREE holiday tradition.
It was really nice watching this.. Loved it.

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Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton, in Prague for meetings with Czech officials, said she wouldn't outline any specifics.
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U.S. intelligence also intercepted communications within the last six months between Iran's infamous Quds Force, urging Syrian regime members to use its supplies of toxic Sarin gas against rebels and the civilians supporting them in the besieged city of Homs, the former U.S. official said.
The Assad regime insists it would not use such weapons against Syrians, though it carefully does not admit to having them. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs said the government "would not use chemical weapons — if there are any — against its own people under any circumstances." The regime is party to the 1925 Geneva Protocol banning chemical weapons in war.
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An administration official said the trigger for U.S. action of some kind is the use of chemical weapons, or movement with the intent to use them, or the intent to provide them to a terrorist group like Hezbollah. The U.S. is trying to determine whether the recent movement detected in Syria falls into any of those categories, the official said. The administration official was speaking on condition of anonymity because this person was not authorized to speak publicly about the issue.
Israeli officials have repeatedly expressed concerns that Syrian chemical weapons could slip into the hands of Hezbollah or other anti-Israel groups, or even be fired toward Israel in an act of desperation by Syria.
Syria has some 75 sites where weapons are stored, but U.S. officials aren't sure they have tracked down all the locations, and fear some stockpiles may have already been moved. Syria is believed to have several hundred ballistic surface-to-surface missiles capable of carrying chemical warheads, plus several tons of material stored in either large drums, or in artillery shells, which become deadly once fired.
"In Syria, they have everything from mustard agent, Sarin nerve gas, and some variant of the nerve agent VX," according to James Quinlivan, a Rand Corp. analyst who specializes in the elimination of weapons of mass destruction.
A primary argument against sending in U.S. ground troops is that whoever takes possession of the chemical weapons will be responsible for destroying them, as part of the 1997 Chemical Weapons Convention. Destroying Syria's stockpiles could cost hundreds of millions of dollars, and take more than a decade, Quinlivan said.
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These imaginative updates of Victorian kissing balls make perfect Christmas ornaments for your home. The handmade kissing balls are easy to make and a fun, quick project that you can do with your children or grandchildren.
Prototypes of kissing balls were made in the Middle Ages, in England, of evergreen branches entwined into a rough globe shape. A small clay figure of the baby Jesus was nestled in the center of the sprigs of greenery; and the "holy boughs", as they were called, would be hung from the ceiling to render blessings and good luck to all who passed under them.
During the reign of Queen Victoria, variations of our modern traditions became popular, such as the Christmas tree and the concept of the kissing ball. Potatoes or apples were used as forms for the decorations, with sprigs of evergreen, holly, herbs, and flowers were wrapped around and tied up with a pretty ribbon. The herbs, flowers, and plants used spoke a symbolic language to Victorians, and one could personalize the kissing ball according to the message of love, affection, loyalty, peace, and more.
We've modernized our kissing balls with nuts and candies of the season, to bring color and cheer to your holiday home. Here is how to make them:
Materials needed:
6-inch floral foam balls
"U"-shaped floral pins
Hot glue gun and glue sticks
Decorative ribbons
Candies or nuts in shells (use your imagination)
Spray paint in colors that coordinate with candies and nuts
Spray paint the foam ball the color of your desired candy or nut decoration, and let it dry.
Put a bead of hot glue on both ends of the "U"-shaped pin, and insert the pin into the foam ball, allowing the top to extend about 1/4-inch above the surface of the foam ball.
Apply hot glue to the candies or nuts and arrange all over the foam ball. Let it stand until the glue is completely dry, about 2 hours.
Thread a ribbon through the top of the "U"-shaped pin for hanging the kissing ball. Tie a smaller length of ribbon onto the hanger ribbon into a bow, if desired.
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Hi Paula, just love watching you on the cooking channel and reading all your wonderful recipes. Also want to say it is such a pleasure when you have your family on to cook with you,I truly enjoy watching and hearing all your stories. You are a beautiful person and have a wonderful family,how blessed you are. Wanted to let you know my grandchildren had a great time making your whimsical kissing balls. Thank you from Maine
By Joan Pushard on January 14, 2011
What a simple, whimsical, fun and pretty idea! I think I will make some tonight - thanks Paula! Oh, and I love the centerpiece idea from Melinda too, gonna give that a try as well.
With much love and admiration,
By Tracey Lopez on December 08, 2010
Hay Paula,
I just saw your kissing bells and i am going to make them they look like fun and i love to do fun things like this. Hay why don't you make them on your show one day and show us how it's realy done.
By carol ann gore on December 08, 2010
My son loves cooking with me and helping me decorate for any holiday. He is 8 yrs old and loves to bake cookies or just about anything that will allow him to wear his blue apron. I know when I mention the kissing balls he is going to be right there to help me out on making these wonderful items. I hope you and all of your family have a Merry Christmas and a Safe New Year!
By Kathy Alexander on December 08, 2010
Dear Paula,
When my daughter was in pre-school 22 years ago the children made a pretty centerpiece quickly and easily. It's a very festive vase.
You'll need 3 things:
A frozen concentrate can like OJ comes in
Peppermint canes 10-20 per can and unwrapped
School glue or a glue gun—(use with supervision)
Pretty Christmas ribbon.
Before you start:
Measure the height of the can and buy enough candy canes that when glued on the can, they will cover up the can all the way around. You can either buy them just taller than the can so the crook of the cane will stand above the opening or the shorter ones that the crook of the cane will come up even with the rim of the can. Buy more than you need to plan for elf-munching and any broken canes in the package. I am guessing you may need 10-15 maybe 20 candy canes but you really have check the size of the candy canes—(are they thick ones or thinner ? Height, etc.) and see how many you will need to cover the can. Or buy a bunch and don't worry about it ! There's fun for all and lots of things to do with left over candy canes !! It's easy !! Remember 3 and 4 year old children did this !!
How to make:
1. Wash and dry an empty concentrate can and do not cut the bottom out.
2. Glue the canes on the can side by side with the crook facing away from the can's open top.
If you use school glue allow drying time after all the canes are applied. Or, use a glue gun. Put glue on the back of the cane and stick it on the can. Keep the bottom of the candy canes even with the bottom of the can so it will sit evenly. Make sure they are close enough together that the can will not show between the candy canes.
3. After the glue is dry, tie a pretty ribbon around the decorated can and tie a bow. If necessary, you may need to tack the ribbon down with a drop of clue to keep it from slipping.
Makes one vase and lots of fun !! Save you cans for a family project or make several for a decorative grouping for flowers or greenery. They could also hold candles. Save several different size cans for interest grouping. You might tie several different sizes of cans together (you might need to tack them with glue.) Buy different colors of candy canes for even more holiday fun.
Use candy canes with no crook. The possibilities are endless. If you are worried about the can showing through cover it in foil first, or wrapping paper.
Your imagination is the only limit. Have fun !!
For Hanukkah—use blue and white striped candy canes.
By Melinda McDaniel on December 07, 2010
Gonna make one of the gumdrop ones, if I can get to Michael's through the snow, for the ball, u-shaped hook and a new glue gun and glue. LOL If not will have one next year.
By Charli on December 07, 2010
Great idea for the kissing balls with the gum drops.also it would be a great idea to make this for Valentines Day.Thanks and Happy Hoildays.
Mary jorgenson
By Mary Jorgenson on December 07, 2010
By KAREN BADSTIBNER on December 07, 2010
This is a great idea. I will be doing some of these this year for Christmas. Thanks Paula
By Becky Perry on December 07, 2010
hey paula hope thatr you and your family have a happy and mery chirstmas this year. love your cooking set i have just about all of your dihes ,they are the greatest thing to cook in. i don't like useing any thing else but your cook set . i love all of your idea any dishes that you share with us. i have try alot of your dishes and they was great .alots of love your friend linda
By linda smith on December 06, 2010
I make "gumdrop" Kissing Balls! They always turn out to pretty!
By sherry on December 06, 2010
hi Paula,
i myself will be making this kissing balls. love all of your ideas and cookware(which i have). keep the ideas coming
By kris on December 06, 2010
I love watching you My mother is from Americus Ga. and you always make me fill warm and fuzzy.
By Sandy Bell on December 06, 2010
Thanks Paula…I liked very much the idea of the Whimsical Kissing Balls just like your program.
Annie Virella - from Puerto Rico
By Annie Virella on December 06, 2010
Paula, I am very excited to have found yet another great project of yours to do with our grandkids. They and myself will have a great time making the whimsical kissing balls.
Thank you so much for sharing with us,your the best!!!!!
PS just want to say what a beautiful family you have as well as myself,we are truly blessed .
Happy holidays ,Joan
By Joan Pushard on December 06, 2010
I love the article.. I love the balls, I gona try this today! I am so excited.. always like home made balls… but don't like all the work in the beads and pin ones.. there beautiful, but i don't have that kind of time.. I can hadle this one, Thanks, Charlotte
By charlotte skiba on December 06, 2010
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here's the third machinima video i did for my girl watchin' series ("filmed" at the Hair Fair event):
i'm not embedding the code for the vid within this post since one of the feeds it went out through had an "As Seen On:" link attached to it by Google's feed spider. now that link's stuck in the YouTube channel for that video. following that link sends you off to Google's "social/blog" channel for that feed which has a list of videos having absolutely nothing to do with Second Life. anyone "mentioning" a vid on their feed post gets picked up there. oy veh. there's no opt out.
i hope this method works better to remove that peculiarly annoying "feature". of course, clicking the above video link to watch the YouTube video on my channel could still set off Google's damnable machinery to put the "As Seen On" link on it anyway. argh. if you'd like you could always go directly to my YouTube channel and find the latest there. subscribe if ya'd like. all of my vids are taken inside Second Life.
this one is seven minutes long! i culled it down from an obsessively long, flirtatious, and sexy strut fest. the loveliest avatars weren't hard to find and capture at the Hair Fair event where i shot it. forgive me if you would have liked to have more elements within the shops shown. i was camming from a few SIMs away sometimes and i was lucky my video card showed anything. i really have to thank Sasy Scarborough's people for the great build. it was relatively (keyword) lag free and allowed for some nice walking shots along the boardwalks.
anywho, take a look if you'd like. it's got an unedited "trance" tune in it (Big Sky, John O'Callaghan, featuring vocalist Audrey Gallagher) that you might like. i'm not sure how Google does it but they seem to be able to discern the artist and tune when the video's uploading and associate the appropriate links so's you can download official versions. sure hope i'm not reducing his revenue offering up this vid. gulp. i'm sure i'll be whacked if it's illegal. yikes, i might just have to compose my own tunes!!!


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The gHTTP library is designed to be simple and easy to use while still allowing you to get your feet wet at the protocol layer if you have to. You should be able to use the library in your application and never block waiting to send or receive data to/from a remote server
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Final Score: Philadelphia 3, NY Islanders 2
Uniondale, NY (Betting Express) - Simon Gagne had a goal and an assist, as the Philadelphia Flyers inched closer to securing the fourth seed in the Eastern Conference with a 3-2 win over the lowly New York Islanders at Nassau Coliseum. Joffrey Lupul and Mike Knuble also lit the lamp for the Flyers, who will host the New York Rangers on Sunday. Martin Biron turned aside 30 shots to pick up the win. The Flyers, who are tied with Pittsburgh for the fourth spot in the East, will face the Penguins in the first round of the playoffs. Pittsburgh beat Montreal on Saturday. What remains to be seen, though, is which team will have home-ice advantage. Both squads have 99 points on the season, but Philadelphia has one game left, which will take place on Sunday. Should the Flyers get at least one point, they will have the fourth seed and home ice; however, if Philadelphia is beaten in regulation, the Penguins, who will at that point have more wins than the Flyers, will take the fourth spot. Sean Bergenheim and Tim Jackman scored for the Islanders, who have lost three straight games and will host Boston on Sunday. Yann Danis stopped 24 shots in the loss.
Final Score: Chicago 4, Detroit 2
Detroit, MI (Betting Express) - Dustin Byfuglien scored on a penalty shot with 27.6 seconds left in the third period, as the Chicago Blackhawks edged the Central Division champion Detroit Red Wings, 4-2, at Joe Louis Arena. Andrew Ladd scored and also registered an assist, while Niklas Hjalmarsson tallied his first NHL goal for the Blackhawks, who secured the fourth seed in the Western Conference and will have home-ice advantage in a first-round playoff matchup against Calgary. The Blackhawks will be appearing in the postseason for the first time since 2002. Ben Eager also tallied for Chicago, while Cristobal Huet stopped 21-of-23 shots in claiming the win. Martin Havlat and Brian Campbell each registered a pair of assists for the Blackhawks, who have won five of their last six games. Valtteri Filppula and Henrik Zetterberg scored for Detroit, which was coming off a 4-3 shootout loss to Nashville on Thursday. The Red Wings, who have dropped five of seven overall, have the second seed in the West locked up. Conklin turned aside 22-of-25 shots.
Final Score: Vancouver 1, Colorado 0 (OT)
Denver, CO (Betting Express) - Henrik Sedin scored just 40 seconds into overtime to lift the Vancouver Canucks to a 1-0 victory over the Colorado Avalanche at the Pepsi Center. The Canucks needed just one point to claim the Northwest Division title and wrapped it up once they finished regulation tied, but Sedin gave the team its third straight win to complete the regular season. Vancouver (45-27-10) notched its sixth division crown and second in three seasons, ending the 2008-09 campaign with 100 points to enter the Western Conference playoffs as the third seed. Potential first-round opponents for the Canucks are Columbus, Anaheim and St. Louis. Roberto Luongo made 22 saves for his ninth shutout of the season and 47th of his career. He also blanked Los Angeles on Thursday. Peter Budaj turned aside 32 shots for Colorado, which will close its season on Sunday at home against St. Louis. The Avalanche have lost three in a row -- all after regulation -- and are 1-7-4 in their last 12 games.
Final Score: Buffalo 6, Boston 1
Buffalo, NY (Betting Express) - Mikael Tellqvist made 34 saves as the Buffalo Sabres ended their season with a 6-1 win over the Boston Bruins. Thomas Vanek had two goals and an assist and Matt Ellis and Tim Connolly each had a goal and an assist for the Sabres (41-32-9), who finished the season with three straight wins, but will miss the playoffs for the second straight season. Daniel Paille and Chris Butler also lit the lamp in the win. Mark Recchi scored the lone goal while Manny Fernandez was charged with all six goals on 34 shots in the loss for the Bruins, who have dropped two of three. Boston, which has already clinched the top seed in the Eastern Conference, missed out on a chance for the Presidents' Trophy as the loss gives San Jose the best record overall in the NHL. Boston will face Montreal, which lost to Pittsburgh on Saturday, in the first round of the playoffs.
Final Score: Los Angeles 4, San Jose 3
Los Angeles, CA (Betting Express) - Peter Harrold's third period goal proved to be the game-winner, as the Los Angeles Kings ended their season with a 4-3 victory over the Presidents' Trophy-winning San Jose Sharks. Despite the loss, the Sharks earned their first-ever Presidents' Trophy, awarded to the team that finishes the season with the best record in the NHL, due to Boston's regulation loss to Buffalo on Saturday. Wayne Simmonds, Alexander Frolov and Michal Handzus also scored for the Kings (34-37-11), who finished outside the West's playoff race after posting only 79 points this season. Jonathan Quick made 27 saves to earn the victory. Devin Setoguchi, Joe Pavelski and Patrick Marleau tallied for San Jose (53-18-11), which will play the eighth-seeded team in the West after all the playoff matchups are decided. Evgeni Nabakov allowed all four goals on 24 shots in the losing effort.
Final Score: Toronto 5, Ottawa 2
Toronto, ON (Betting Express) - Boyd Devereaux registered his second career hat trick, and Niklas Hagman scored twice, as the Toronto Maple Leafs defeated the Ottawa Senators, 5-2, in the season finale for both teams at Air Canada Centre. Lee Stempniak and Matt Stajan each finished with two assists for Toronto, which won two of its last three to close out its campaign. The Maple Leafs, who have not made a playoff appearance in the last four seasons, finished with a 34-35-13 mark. Martin Gerber turned aside 37-of-39 shots for Toronto. Jason Spezza and Chris Kelly tallied for the Senators, who dropped their last two. Ottawa, which missed out on the playoffs for the first time since 1995-96, end the season with a 36-35-11 record. Brian Elliott made 25 saves for the Senators.
Final Score: Pittsburgh 3, Montreal 1
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Final Score: Atlanta 6, Tampa Bay 2
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Final Score: Phoenix 5, Anaheim 4 (SO)
Glendale, AZ (Betting Express) - Viktor Tikhonov scored the game-winner in the fourth round of the shootout as Phoenix ended its regular season with a disputed 5-4 win over Anaheim. After Teemu Selanne lifted his chance over the net to start the round, Tikhonov made several stick fakes before slipping the puck off Jean-Sebastien Giguere's pad and the right post. The Ducks coaching staff asked for a review because it appeared that Tikhonov illegally double-touched the puck to push it over the goal line. After a lengthy review proved inconclusive, Phoenix was finally able to walk away victorious. Steve Reinprecht tallied twice with two helpers for the Coyotes (36-39-7), who finished the season with four wins in their last six games and landed in a tie with the Kings at the bottom of the Pacific Division. Todd Fedoruk and Enver Lisin also scored while Ilya Bryzgalov allowed four goals on 35 shots for the win. Selanne had a goal and assist for the Ducks (42-33-7), who could have leapt over Columbus, which lost earlier Saturday, for the sixth spot in the West with a victory. However, with 91 points, Anaheim moved alone into seventh, one point ahead of idle St. Louis. The Blues finish their regular season on Sunday. Jonas Hiller started the contest and surrendered four goals on 24 shots through two periods. Giguere finished the game by stopping all nine shots he faced.
Final Score: Calgary 4, Edmonton 1
Calgary, AB (Betting Express) - Mike Cammalleri posted two goals and one assist, as Calgary downed Edmonton, 4-1, in the back half of a home-and-home set at Pengrowth Saddledome. Craig Conroy and Jamie Lundmark also tallied for the Flames (46-30-6), who snapped a two-game slide to end the regular season. Calgary will begin the postseason as the fifth seed in the Western Conference and are set to face fourth-seeded Chicago. Curtis McElhinney, in his first start since March 6, stopped 35 shots for the win, his first of the season. Tom Gilbert provided the lone offense for the Oilers (38-35-9), who topped Calgary, 5-1 on Friday in Edmonton, but stumbled to the finish having lost four of six. Jeff Drouin-Deslauriers made 41 saves in defeat.
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