Chicago, IL (Sports Network) - Patrick Kane's goal with 8:20 remaining in double overtime, his third of the contest, sent the Chicago Blackhawks into the Stanley Cup Finals thanks to a 4-3 victory over the Los Angeles Kings in Game 5 of the Western Conference finals from United Center.

Jonathan Toews carried the puck from the neutral zone all the way up ice on the left wing, until sliding a perfect cross-ice dish to Kane, who one-timed the series winner home from the right circle.

"It's nice to win, first and foremost. To contribute the last couple games, I think any player would be lying to you if they said it isn't nice," said Kane. "Two big wins the last couple games, especially tonight, after they came back and tied it up with nine seconds. For us to hang in there in the first overtime and pull it out in the second overtime was huge."

Duncan Keith recorded the other score for the Blackhawks, who flirted with disaster -- having wasted a 2-0 lead in the first period and a 3-2 advantage with less than 10 seconds in regulation -- but rebounded to advance to the title round for the first time since winning it all in 2010.

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Los Angeles, CA (Sports Network) - Justin Williams isn't intimidated by the immense pressure that comes with playing in a Game 7. Rather, he has continuously excelled in do-or-die situations.

Williams scored both Los Angeles goals and Jonathan Quick made 25 saves as the Kings advanced to the Western Conference finals with a 2-1 win over the San Jose Sharks.

The home team won all seven games in this tightly contested all-California series.

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L.A. Kings goalie JonathanQuick tells The Petros and Money Show on the possibility of having a Frozen Freeway Series against the Anaheim Ducks: "You don't really assume anything especially this time of year, but after we won, a lot of the interviews that we went through were kinda focused around us playing the Ducks.

We knew they were pretty good chance that we would've ended up playing them." He added, "We also knew that San Jose is sitting there waiting and there's a chance we're going to play them."

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I spent the last half of April fully ensconced in my rock and roll persona. I attended concerts of Foreigner, Joe Bonamassa and Bon Jovi. Three concerts in three cities in one week!  Fully exhausted from that ordeal, I then embarked on vacation. I'll be off until my return on May 6.

Now however, having put the concerts behind me, its time to put on my other hat, my boxing hat. I'll be headed to Las Vegas for two events, one in the ring and one out of the ring. In the ring, its Floyd Mayweather Jr against Robert Guerrero on May 4th at the MGM Grand Garden Arena where I've witnessed so many remarkable fights. I think we're going to see a good, competitive for two reasons: Mayweather is starting to lose a little off his fastball. He was hit plenty by Miguel Cotto last May in his last fight.

Since then he has been incarcerated for two months, spent a lot of time gambling and at the strip clubs, the kinds of things that can eat away a little at a fighters reflexes. Thats not to say Mayweather hasn't trained hard, he has. However, he is a guy who has depended so much on his quickness and reflexes, and just a little attrition in those areas can make it tougher on him. Second, Guerrero is a good fighter, with ability to adjust, and right at his peak.  Two nights before the fight, I am holding my first ever fan event with the non-profit organization I founded last year, the Nevada Boxing Hall of Fame. It will be held at Diego's Restaurant in the MGM Grand, 7:309 on Thursday, May 2. We will have many boxing  celebrities on hand to mix with the fans, take pictures and sign autographs.

If you are headed to the Mayweather-Guerrero bout, or just going to Vegas, please plan to make the NVBHOF "Night With Boxing's Legends" event part of your activities. Tickets are only $20 in advance, $25 at the door. For full information, go to our website. 

Last October, then-unbeaten Mike Alvarado was stopped in the seventh round after a bloody, Fight-of-the-Year-caliber clash with an undefeated Brandon Rios. On Saturday, Alvarado avenged that loss by taking Rios' '0' by unanimous decision at the Mandalay Bay Hotel in Las Vegas.

Out of 22 experts who were polled by RingTV regarding what would happen in the second bout, Rios (31-1-1, 23 knockouts) was almost unanimously predicted to beat Alvarado (34-1, 23 KOs), yet again. Only Rich Marotta, of KFI Radio in Los Angeles, chose Alvarado to be the victor.

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BANDS I WANT TO RE-UNITE

1. Dire Straits
2. Oasis
3. Rascals

MY FAVORITE ALL-TIME NON-SPRINGSTEEN CONCERTS

1. Led Zeppelin, Santana, John Mayall (1970, Pasadena)
2. The Eagles (Lake Tahoe, 2007)
3. Beach Boys, Santana, Fleetwood Mac, (1975, Denver)

MY FAVORITE DRUMMERS (living)

1. Neal Peart (Rush)

2. Stewart Copeland (The Police)

3. Chad Smith (Red Hot Chili Peppers)      

MY FAVORITE DRUMMERS (dead)

1. Keith Moon (The WHO)

2. John Bonham (Led Zeppelin)

3. Jeff Porcaro (Toto)

MY FAVORITE GUITARISTS (living)

1.Joe Bonamassa
2. Mark Knopfler
3. Tom Morello

MY FAVORITE GUITARISTS (dead)

1. Jimi Hendrix
2. Stevie Ray Vaughn
3. Duane Allman

MOST OVERRATED GUITARISTS

1. Keith Richards
2. John Mayer
3. Lindsey Buckingham

MOST UNDERRATED GUITARISTS

1. Nils Lofgren
2. Rory Gallagher
3. David Gilmour