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"Bickell's been one of the best players in the league this season, all sixteen games. But he's not even a finalist for the Hart Trophy! Instead it's between Crosby, Ovechkin, and John Tavares. I've never even heard of that last guy."

Nobody took the near-simultaneous losses harder than Heat/Kings diehard fan Justin Bieber.

With more than 300,000 viewers watching game three, ratings plummeted more than 33 percent to fewer than 200,000 during the Hawks dramatic 3-2 win in the fourth game.

As everyone would come to find out, it actually was not Quick manning the net for the Kings in Game 2. A lowly-paid janitor discovered Quick tied up and gagged in the bowels of the United Center shortly after the final horn sounded.

"What do you mean there are more games?" asked long-time Hawks fan, Doug Jameson, who was watching the game from Cunneen's bar in Rogers Park. "They just beat Detroit in seven, man. What else do they [NHL] freakin' want?"

"It was Denis Savard," said one Cubs fan, wiping a tear from her eye. "He sang 'take me out to the ballgame' during the 7th Inning Stretch. He opened our eyes and made us see what was really important in this world. Not this simple game between two mediocre baseball teams, but the Stanley Cup! It's really all about the Cup!"

Vowing to acquit themselves after losing three of five playoff games to the Red Wings and fighting to stay alive in the series, the Blackhawks organized a team swim in the Detroit River prior to Game 6 in the Motor City, which many are crediting with their resurgence in Monday night's thrilling 4-3 win.