We’re Talkin’ Avs!
Five years after being the worst team in the National Hockey League, the Colorado Avalanche are now the best hockey team in the league. On the planet. In existence.
With their third Stanley Cup championship in franchise history and the first in 21 years, the Avalanche were impressive this spring and summer.
As were the Tampa Bay Lightning, who ended up winning 11 playoff series in-a-row, and just came up short in their bid for a third straight Stanley Cup.
Also impressive is our NHL Fearless Playoff Predictions Pool Winner…Ladies and Gentlemen…Steve Kouleas!
He went a stunning 14-for-15 in series picks, and recorded 30 points overall, to edge Jonathan Davis, and Scott Laughlin. Honourable mention to Dave McCarthy, who went 13-for-15.
Here are the final standings for 2022. See you next Spring.
Keep in mind this was not a bracket challenge. We submitted our predictions round-by-round. And note that everybody picked above the .500 line.
FEARLESS STANLEY CUP PLAYOFF PREDICTION CHAMPIONS
2022 Champion – STEVE KOULEAS
2021 Champion – Bruce Bolton (2)
2020 Champion – Dennis Bernstein
2019 Champion – Jim Gordon
2018 Champion – Joe Thistel (3)
2017 Champion – Peter Berce (2)
2016 Champion – Mike Lippa
2015 Champions – Peter Berce & Nick Alberga
2014 Champion – Joe Thistel (2)
2013 Champion – Bruce Bolton
2012 Champion – Mick Kern (4)
2011 Champion – Joe Thistel
2010 Champions – Scott Laughlin (2) & Shawn Lavigne
2009 Champions – Scott Laughlin & Mick Kern (3)
2008 Champion – Mick Kern (2)
2007 Champions – Mike Ross & Mick Kern
46 points is the maximum number of points one can achieve. Mike Lippa holds the record with 36 points in 2016. Steve Kouleas holds the record for most series successful picked at 14-for-15 in 2022.
RELATED CHANNELS
Grateful Dead Channel (Ch. 23) celebrates the life and legacy of Jerry Garcia during “The Days Between,” August 1–9, marking the time between Jerry’s birth and his passing.
The Dog Days of August get going this Saturday, with the Cards and the Jays meeting up in Toronto.
Michelle Branch celebrated the 25th anniversary of her breakthrough album, “The Spirit Room,” with an exclusive performance in front of a live audience on PopRocks (Ch. 6).
Shania Twain returned to where it all began for an intimate, one-night-only SiriusXM concert at Racket NYC.
Elizabeth Hurley is opening up about why her relationship with Billy Ray Cyrus works and sharing what it was like meeting Miley Cyrus.
During the July 21 episode of Radio Andy’s “The Julia Cunningham Show,” Amy Adams revealed that Kirstie Alley gave her the confidence to move to Los Angeles…
