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And with copious amounts of confetti, football season comes to an end. (Photo by Ben Liebenberg / NFL.com)

This is a significantly somber moment here at Greatest Pro Bowls of all time, and other stuff, which has had the priviledge of typing words in this space about the sport of American football.

The end of football season is met with great consequence. It ushers in a period of time known as the offseason, during which much attention will be given to something called the “collective bargaining agreement,” college football stars entering the NFL Draft — many of whom will not amount to much in the professional ranks — and players who are unsuccessful in staying out of trouble.

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Another memorable decade of American sport has come to a conclusion, so it’s high time to take a sharper-than-a-tack look at the greatest moments in sport in the first decade of 20th century …

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“The 2008 Stackley Cup Playoffs, a set of odd-number-of-games series that will determine the champion of the National Huckie League, are well underway, NHL Commissioner Gary Bettman confirmed Monday.” — the Onion.

America may have been a bit too captivated by the three-month spectacle that is the NBA playoffs to notice that the NHL’s Stanley Cup finals open play Saturday when the Detroit Red Wings host the Pittsburgh Penguins for Game 1.

Tipoff/kickoff/first puck slap is set for 5 p.m. PT.

What follows is more for personal use (since it’s so gosh darn hard to keep track of when these games will be played in the busy sports calendar), but if the loyal readers of “Greatest Pro Bowls of all time, and other stuff” find this useful, then “Greatest Pro Bowls of all time, and other stuff” will feel a minor sense of accomplishment.

Game 1: Penguins at Red Wings, Saturday, May 24, 5 p.m. PT on Versus in HD (yes, the Comcast-owned channel is, or soon will be, available in HD on cable television. So, when hockey season ends, you can get your fill of bull fighting, hunting, fishing, cycling, and people fighting in HD, on Versus. However, the NFL Network — which features programming for a sport people actually care about — is nowhere to be found on your TV in HD or good old fashioned regular D, but can be found on the Internet here, or here!)

Game 2: Penguins at Red Wings, Monday, May 26, 5 p.m. PT on Versus in HD (in lue of the aforementioned rant, hockey in HD is pretty sweet)

Game 3: Red Wings at Penguins, Wednesday, May 28, 5 p.m. PT on NBC (yes, THAT NBC)

Game 4: Red Wings at Penguins, Saturday, May 31, 5 p.m. PT on NBC (it should also be noted that NHL Stanley Cup final games on NBC are also in HD)

Game 5: Penguins at Red Wings, Monday, June 2, 5 p.m. PT on NBC (if necessary, and let’s hope that is the case!)

Game 6: Red Wings at Penguins, Wednesday, June 4, 5 p.m. PT on NBC (if necessary, and let’s hope that is the case!)

Game 7: Penguins at Red Wings, Saturday, June 7, 5 p.m. PT on NBC (if necessary, and let’s hope that is the case, because there’s nothing better in sports than a winner-take-all, loser-goes-home-in-shame, Game 7)