Happy Monday Stumpers! Get ready to fully submerge into Round 2 of the NBA and NHL Playoffs, we are in for some EPIC matchups. The Cavs and Stars won some big game sevens yesterday, but both have tall tasks ahead of them. A throwback story in the NHL, some Katt Williams preaching, and more!
LETS. GET. INTO. IT.
THE DAILY STUMPED🔮
Formally named Empire Stadium, what stadium located in London is known as the “cathedral of football (soccer for us Americans)”?
A. Old Trafford
B. London Bridge
C. Wembley Stadium
D. Stamford Bridge
E. Anfield
Answer at the bottom of The Stump!
ON THIS DAY 🗓
On this day in 1997…
The Hartford Whalers officially become the Carolina Hurricanes by leaving Connecticut for North Carolina.
Connecticut has not had a professional sports team since…
STUMP STORY OF THE DAY✍
May 6th, 1988 NHL Playoffs: DONUT-GATE!!!
A double dip ON THIS DAY. This story is going to be a ROLLERCOASTER, so please bear with me. Let me set the scene: it was the Game 3 of the 1988 NHL Eastern Conference Finals, the New Jersey Devils were facing the Boston Bruins, and it was ugly. The Devils were hammered by the Bruins, 6-1!
Devils Head Coach Jim Schoenfeld was all hot and bothered and nothing was going to stop him from confronting head referee Don Koharski. He felt like his Devils team was getting screwed. The conversation escalated, things got loud, and there’s a trip/push combo that resulted in Koharski tumbling to the ground in the tunnel.
The stumble came, the argument got even MORE heated, and Head Coach Jim Schoenfeld uttered the infamous three words to Koharski when arguing about whether he fell or was pushed, “You fell you fat pig. Have another doughnut.”
There was only one clip of the incident, which you can watch here, and the rest spirals out of control. If you thought this was over, oh did you think wrong. The league ended up suspending Schoenfeld at 12:30 the morning of the next game, and when Devils General Manager John Ziegler attempted to get in touch with NHL President John Ziegler, he had vanished. No one in the league’s front office could find him, NOBODY!
The biggest gripe for the Devils was the fact that there was no suspension hearing and this news came out of nowhere on the day of the game! The NHL bylaws required due process for all suspensions. The Devils threatened to sue, and when they could not get in touch with the NHL Chairman, they got a temporary restraining order injunction.
The night of game four came, the teams went through their warmups and were ready to go, with Schoenfeld on the bench for the Devils sporting a brand new legally binding restraining order. Two minutes before the puck dropped, the refs refused to come out because of Schoenfeld. The teams were left waiting… and waiting… and waiting. FOR OVER AN HOUR.
When they finally found a new official, they found a guy named Paul McInnis, who was a manager at a Skating Rink in Yonkers, NY. They found two linesman two, who frankly, were bad. The Devils managed to win that game, 3-1.
Following game four, NHL Commissioner Ziegler reappeared and held an official hearing, and Schoenfeld was suspended for Game 5. Interestingly enough, despite his suspension, video evidence showed Schoenfeld DID NOT push the ref and instead was suspended for “verbal abuse of an official”.
Boston won Game 5 and eventually the series in 7 games. What a WILD story from one of the weirdest quotes in hockey history. I hope none of go out in the world today and are called donuts, and if you are, don’t get suspended for it.
🎙SONG OF THE DAY
Second Chance - Shinedown
A little 2000s ALT ROCK to start your week off right! Don’t scroll past, give this banger a chance. One of those songs you go “ohhhhhh I know this song!!!”.
Link to enjoy: LINK
WHAT’D YOU MISS⁉📰
🏀 The D Mitch show helps catapult the Cavs past the Magic in Game 7, says that he was “Tires of losing in 1st round”
🚗 Jarson edges Buescher in closest finish in NASCAR Cup Series history
🏒 Panthers Matthew Tkachuk says “We all knew” Bruins would beat Leafs in Round 1, Leafs catching stays even after losing
🏈 J.J. Watt talks with Texans Head Coach saying ‘I’ll be there’ if the team needs him late in the season
🥊 Pantoja outlasts Erceg to retain UFC flyweight title
🥊 Canelo defends belts with a unanimous decision win over Munguia
⚾ Minnesota Twins 12 game win streak comes to an end with a loss against the Boston Red Sox
🏒 NHL playoff format again under scrutiny after teams such as Jets and Hurricanes seem to get no love after dominant regular seasons
STUMP SEVEN 7⃣
Here are 7 moments from yesterday in the world of sports you might’ve missed!
🗣Quote of the Day
“Well done is better than well said.”
Yep, good ol BIG BENNY FRANK. Well done Ben, pun intended. Would we know this guys name if he just SAID he was going to tie a key to an umbrella in the middle of a rain storm? No! He would’ve just been a crazy guy. But HE DID the key umbrella combo and made HISTORY. Do, don’t just say.
STUMP SCOREBOARD 💯
NBA🏀
Cavs def. Magic, 106-94
Cavs win series 4-3
SOCCER⚽
Premier League
Chelsea def. West Ham, 5-0
Liverpool def. Tottenham, 4-2
La Liga
Sevilla def. Granada CF, 3-0
MLS
Colorado Rapids def. NYC FC, 2-0
LA Galaxy draws Seattle Sounders, 0-0
Serie A
AC Milan draws Genoa, 3-3
Roma draws Juventus, 1-1
Bundesliga
Bayer Leverkusen def. Eintracht Frankfurt, 5-1
MLB⚾
Dodgers def. Braves, 5-1
Yankees def. Tigers in 8, 5-2
Rays def. Mets in 10, 7-6
Red Sox def. Twins, 9-2
Full Schedule: LINK
NHL🏒
Rangers def. Hurricanes, 4-3
NYR lead 1-0
Stars def. Golden Knights, 2-1
DAL win series 4-3
GOLF⛳
Day 4 of The CJ CUP Byron Nelson is in the books
Taylor Pendrith is your winner! Birdie on 18 to win at -23
Ben Kohles dramatically bogeys 18 to fall one short at -22
Alexander Noren behind them at -21
STUMP STARS 🌟
Donovan Mitchell (Cavs) - 39 points, 9 rebounds, 5 assists
Mika Zibanejad (Rangers) - 2 goals, 1 assist
Shohei Ohtani (Dodgers) - A 2 HR game from Showtime
Paolo Banchero (Magic) - 38 points, 16 rebounds, 3 steals
Taylor Pendrith (Canada) - 1st PGA Tour Win
Jake Oettinger (Stars) - 22 saves, Game 7 W
Nicolas Jackson. (Chelsea) - 2 goals, 1 assist
Boston Red Sox - Snap Twins 12 game win streak on the road with defiant 9-2 win
Mo Salah (Liverpool) - 1 goal, 1 assist
Nick Gordon (Marlins) - 4 H, 2 R, 3 RBIs, 1 HR
STUMP SCHEDULE 📆
NBA🏀
Pacers @ Knicks (7:30 PM ET)
Series tied 0-0
Timberwolves @ Nuggets (10:00 PM ET)
MIN lead 1-0
SOCCER⚽
Premier League
Crystal Palace vs Manchester United (3:00 PM ET)
Serie A
Udinese vs Napoli (2:45 PM ET)
Ligue 1
Lille vs Lyon (3:00 PM ET)
MLB⚾
Giants @ Phillies (4:05 PM ET)
Mets @ Cardinals (7:45 PM ET)
Marlins @ Dodgers (10:10 PM ET)
Full Schedule: LINK
NHL🏒
Bruins @ Panthers (8:00 PM ET)
Series tied 0-0
Glue Guy of the Day
Joe Ingles - Orlando Magic
We know they lost to the Cavs yesterday and are eliminated from the playoffs, but man this guy is GLUE. I mean, just look at him. Big wide smile, balding hair, messy beard, he’s the GLUE GUY full package.
DAILY STUMPED ANSWER
C. Wembley Stadium, the largest stadium in the UK with a capacity of 90,000. Pele referred to it as the “cathedral of football”. The old stadium was built in 1923, and the new remodeled Wembley opened in 2007.
