Have to say there just isn't anything I enjoy better than a tailgate party during a Stanley Cup run!! Like most in the Raleigh, NC area I'm a transplant. But won't sell out on sports team loyalty. OK-OK so I'm not a Red Wings fan anymore. After bearing witness to how the 2002 Stanley Cup run took hold of this area, I'm a Canes fan-period.....and NO I don't put on a Red Wings sweater when they come to Raleigh!!!
Example of my loyalty-How many folks have you spoken with that are proud to be a Lions fan. Look no further, after 0-16 dem' Lions only improve from here. Matt Millen is gone!! Free at last!! If the Arizona can make it to the big dance-Detroit could be next!!

Best hockey game I've ever seen, has to be Game 2 of the 2006 Cup run...trailing New Jersey 2-1 in the third, Stall scores the tying goal with 3 seconds to go and is only bested by Wallin scoring the game winner in overtime for the 3-2 win!! I thought the roof was gonna blow off the RBC center!! The best part of all that is I won the tickets to that game off the radio!!

Honorable mention goes to game 7 against the Sabres in 2006-three unanswered goals by the Canes to go on to win the Eastern Conference and the Cup!! Great stuff! Not to mention we got to send the Sabre nation packing!!