Los Angeles will face New York Rangers in the Stanley Cup final after claiming an overtime win against Chicago to be crowned western conference champions.
They're as different as chalk and cheese. Except for some kinds of cheddar cheese which are actually quite chalky. Source: NewsComAu
LOS Angeles or New York? The Big Apple or LaLa Land? Midtown or Tinseltown?
America's two largest and most famous cities go head to head this week. The official contest takes place on ice, where the LA Kings face the NY Rangers in the seven match finals series of the National Hockey League's Stanley Cup.
Win and you get a really, really, really big trophy. You also get bragging rights. The latter is far more important.
Three seconds later this man was crushed by the trophy. Not really. Source: AFP
This is the first time since the 1970s that New York has faced off against Los Angeles in the final(s) of one of America's big four sporting codes (baseball, basketball, American football and ice hockey). The last such clash was between baseball's Dodgers and Yankees, who met in the 1981 World Series.
But the talk in the US this week isn't about sporting side of things. That's because no one really cares about ice hockey in America except for weirdos and transplanted Canadians. Apologies if that's a tautology.
Most of the pre-series banter has deteriorated into an excellent excuse to break out cliches about New York's crime, LA's smog and all the other cross-country sledges which the Americans delight in.
You might think Sydney/Melbourne rivalry is quite intense, but in many ways, our two largest cities are quite similar. By contrast, New York and LA are polar opposites. New York is crowded subways, LA crowded freeways. New York is blizzards, LA is bushfires. New York is the subtle humour of Seinfeld, LA is the not-so-subtle drama of Baywatch.
In New York they have these unusual things called "clothes". Source: News Corp Australia
In LA, not so much. Source: No Source
The argument over which city is best rages eternally, and is playing out big time this week in America everywhere from social media to the sports pages. An early winner in the battle has been LA, due to the exorbitant price of tickets to see the NY Rangers at Madison Square Garden.
To read an exceptionally cruel but witty list of narky LA put-downs, click here. The list includes such gems as:
"The greater metropolitan Los Angeles area is home to 3.8 million people, at least 53 of whom have never been on Ellen", and "Its principal industries are sequels, vanity and valet parking."
Ouch. Well, this thing is set to range for the next week or so as the series plays out. Sit back, enjoy the sledges and tune into Fox Sports here in Australia if you feel like actually watching some ice hockey.
Oh, and feel free to weigh into the comments below and tell us which city you prefer: LA or New York? The first person to say Sydney is better than Melbourne, or vice versa, wins something soggy and horrible.
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