The two teams had featured in seven of the past nine finals and were owners of four Heineken Cups between them heading into the game.
The idea that four cups of coffee a day might be enough to turn law-abiding people into killers might make your next trip to Starbucks more exciting, at least.
Sarah Schenker, a dietician for the British Nutrition Foundation, said there was nothing wrong with people drinking three or four cups of coffee a day - provided that they also drank water or other decaffeinated drinks to compensate.
At the time, the NHL had just 17 franchises, and the Islanders were on the cusp of winning four consecutive Stanley Cups and emerging as a dominant team in the league's biggest U.S. market.
Gretzky won four Stanley Cups with the mindset of making the team function as a higher performing entity.
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Even in the Second World War, when senior officers had it easier than their predecessors, General Dwight Eisenhower was so consumed by the job that he smoked four packs of cigarettes and drank fifteen cups of coffee a day.
About 736, 000 cups of tea were drank over the four days, with temperatures reaching the mid-90s F at times.
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Abramovich bought a debt-ridden Chelsea club in 2003, poured in hundreds of millions and helped deliver a number of trophies, including three league titles, four FA Cups and the Champions League crown last season.
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Meanwhile, that mismanaged outfit known as the Detroit Red Wings, who have won four Cups in that span, including a 1997 sweep of the Flyers, have only 10 final fours.
Welsh venues were used in the 1995 and 2000 World Cups and Rowley is confident of securing more games in four years.
And, since turning to coaching, the former dual code international has also transformed the fortunes of the Wales national team to win successive European Cups and qualify for the Four Nations.
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