Maggie the Mouse Makes her final picks

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Pretty much a regular
<TABLE><THEAD><TR><TD class=h3 colSpan=6>First Round Picks


</TD></TR><TR><TH class="alignLeft statText" style="WIDTH: 25%">SERIES</TH><TH class=noBr style="WIDTH: 15%">McKenzie</TH><TH class=noBr style="WIDTH: 15%">Duthie</TH><TH class=noBr style="WIDTH: 15%">Pang</TH><TH class=noBr style="WIDTH: 15%">Laviolette</TH><TH class=noBr style="WIDTH: 15%">Maggie</TH></TR></THEAD><TBODY><TR class=bg1><TH class="alignLeft statText">MTL vs BOS</TH><TD class=noBr>BOS</TD><TH class=noBr>BOS</TH><TD class=noBr>BOS</TD><TH class=noBr>BOS</TH><TD class=noBr>BOS</TD></TR><TR class=bg2><TH class="alignLeft statText">WAS vs NYR</TH><TD class=noBr>WAS</TD><TH class=noBr>WAS</TH><TD class=noBr>WAS</TD><TH class=noBr>WAS</TH><TD class=noBr>NYR</TD></TR><TR class=bg1><TH class="alignLeft statText">NJ vs CAR</TH><TD class=noBr>CAR</TD><TH class=noBr>CAR</TH><TD class=noBr>NJ</TD><TH class=noBr>NJ</TH><TD class=noBr>NJ</TD></TR><TR class=bg2><TH class="alignLeft statText">PIT vs PHI</TH><TD class=noBr>PIT</TD><TH class=noBr>PIT</TH><TD class=noBr>PIT</TD><TH class=noBr>PIT</TH><TD class=noBr>PHI</TD></TR><TR class=bg1><TH class="alignLeft statText">SJ vs ANA</TH><TD class=noBr>SJ</TD><TH class=noBr>SJ</TH><TD class=noBr>SJ</TD><TH class=noBr>SJ</TH><TD class=noBr>SJ</TD></TR><TR class=bg2><TH class="alignLeft statText">DET vs CLB</TH><TD class=noBr>DET</TD><TH class=noBr>DET</TH><TD class=noBr>DET</TD><TH class=noBr>DET</TH><TD class=noBr>CLB</TD></TR><TR class=bg1><TH class="alignLeft statText">VAN vs STL</TH><TD class=noBr>VAN</TD><TH class=noBr>VAN</TH><TD class=noBr>STL</TD><TH class=noBr>STL</TH><TD class=noBr>VAN</TD></TR><TR class=bg2><TH class="alignLeft statText">CHI vs CGY</TH><TD class=noBr>CHI</TD><TH class=noBr>CHI</TH><TD class=noBr>CHI</TD><TH class=noBr>CHI</TH><TD class=noBr>CGY</TD></TR><TR><TH class="alignLeft statText" style="WIDTH: 25%">TOTAL</TH><TH class=noBr style="WIDTH: 15%">-</TH><TH class=noBr style="WIDTH: 15%">-</TH><TH class=noBr style="WIDTH: 15%">-</TH><TH class=noBr style="WIDTH: 15%">-</TH><TH class=noBr style="WIDTH: 15%">-</TH></TR></TBODY></TABLE>
 
Front and centre is Maggie the Macaque from the Bowmanville Zoo, who has become a postseason fixture at TSN. This, however, will be Maggie's last season making picks as she is retiring after the playoffs.
In 2003, Maggie quickly became a hero in the hockey world, picking the Mighty Ducks of Anaheim to reach the Stanley Cup Final with the spin of a wheel. Having picked other big winners through three rounds of the playoffs, Maggie enjoyed new-found fame as the sport's wisest prognosticating primate.
Maggie finished 8-7 in last year's playoffs.
 
Maggie the Mouse, also Maggie the Macaque (born 1991 in Bowmanville, Canada) is a Crab-eating Macaque from the Bowmanville Zoo renowned for her predictions in the Stanley Cup Playoffs.
Maggie was born and hand-raised at the Bowmanville Zoo in Bowmanville.<SUP class=reference id=cite_ref-zoo_old_0-0>[1]</SUP> At the zoo, she was trained to spin a wheel. In 2003, several executives and expert panelists from the Canadian sports broadcaster TSN decided that they would "do something random" with their show, and they ended up bringing Maggie onto their broadcasts to make predictions.<SUP class=reference id=cite_ref-ctv_2003_1-0>[2]</SUP> While the expert panelists all overwhelmingly favoured the reigning Detroit Red Wings to defeat the Mighty Ducks of Anaheim in the first round of the 2003 Stanley Cup Playoffs, Maggie spun a wheel and selected the Ducks.<SUP class=reference id=cite_ref-ctv_2003_1-1>[2]</SUP> Astoundingly, the Mighty Ducks upset the Red Wings in a four game sweep. As the playoffs progressed, Maggie kept pace with the panelists and continued to select the Ducks each round. The Ducks eventually lost the Stanley Cup to the New Jersey Devils in seven games, but Maggie's overall record was 8-7; Maggie finished one guess behind three panelists, tied two, and defeated one. During her playoff run, Maggie became extremely popular, especially in Anaheim — she was even featured on the front page of the Los Angeles Times.<SUP class=reference id=cite_ref-ctv_2003_1-2>[2]</SUP>
For the 2004 Stanley Cup Playoffs, Maggie was given her own segment on TSN called The Ape-rentice, an obvious parody of the popular reality television show The Apprentice. While her picks were not as successful as in the previous year, she finished with an overall record of 7-8, again losing to three panelists, tying two, and defeating one.
When a poll was done in the 2005-06 season, 74% of TSN viewers said that they wanted to see Maggie during the playoffs again.<SUP class=reference id=cite_ref-ctv_media_2-0>[3]</SUP> Maggie's best year was 2006. While she incorrectly selected the Edmonton Oilers to defeat the Carolina Hurricanes for the championship, she still finished first out of a panel made up of Bob McKenzie, Pierre McGuire, and Bill Berg. In 2008, she made 8 correct predictions out of 15.
Interestingly, despite her record over the years, Maggie has never correctly predicted the winner of the Stanley Cup Finals.
It has been announced on TSN that the 2009 playoffs will be the last year Maggie will make predictions for the network. She will be retiring at the end of the 2008-2009 hockey season.
 
This, however, will be Maggie's last season making picks as she is retiring after the playoffs.

I'm not sure what makes me more upset, that she's retiring or that she picked the Flyers.
 
B.A.R. said:
:angry:
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I machine gunned maggie she deeead. :36_11_6:

Wants to screw with us Wing fans.

Funny thing is Wings not getting much respect for a repeat. Let them fly under the radar then we crush them like Ants. :angry:
 
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