For realz.
Game 2: April 16: Ottawa @ Pittsburgh 7:00 (Versus - John Forslund and Darren Eliot, SR: Charissa Thompson) (CBC - Bob Cole and Garry Galley, ItG: Glenn Healy, SR: Elliotte Friedman)
Game 2: Philadelphia @ New Jersey 7:30 (TSN - Chris Cuthbert, ItG: Ray Ferraro)
Game 1: Nashville @ Chicago 8:30 (Versus) (TSN2)
Game 2: Detroit @ Phoenix 10:00 (Versus - Rick Peckham and Daryl Reaugh, SR: Bob Harwood) (TSN)
Game 2: Colorado @ San Jose 10:30 (Versus) (CBC - Mark Lee and Kevin Weekes)
Holy crap! 18 seconds in and the Sens are already up 1-0!
ReplyDeleteDidn't take Ottawa long to score.......
ReplyDeleteThat was one of the luckiest bounces I've seen on that Crosby goal. Even luckier than that bounce off of Rob Blake's skate in game 1 of the Avs-Sharks game.
ReplyDeleteCrosby ties it at 1. Bleh.
ReplyDeleteHoly crap Bill Clement. What the heck is that outfit?
ReplyDeleteHow you know it's the playoffs: Steve Coates is drunk before the faceoff.
ReplyDeleteBOOOOSH!
ReplyDeleteAndy Sutton just nailed Jordan Leopold in front of the penalty boxes.
ReplyDeleteLeopold was knocked out for a couple of moments.
Pens' trainers helped him off the ice, no penalty on the hit.
1-0 Devils
ReplyDeleteTerrible pass by Carle.
ReplyDeleteMike Rupp nailed a Senator into the zamboni door.
ReplyDeleteNow Zach Smith and Max Talbot are throwing punches.
That sucks for Jordan Leopold.
ReplyDeleteReally Coatesy? Zach Parise is one of the league's "best kept secrets?"
I thought he was found during the Olympics. /Sarcasm
ReplyDeleteI'm not listening to the Hockey Central guys break down last night's Caps game. I've heard enough.
ReplyDeleteASHAM!!!! WHAT A PLAY BY GIROUX TO CREATE THE GOAL!!!!
ReplyDelete1-1 and it's about time the Flyers start playing with life.
@ Al: And it's not like Parise was exactly a nobody heading into the Olympics. Maybe my view is distorted because the Flyers play him 6 times a year, but surely he was a fairly well-known player in the hockey community in general before the olympics, no?
ReplyDeleteBOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOSH!!!!!!!!!!
ReplyDeleteBOOOOSH!
ReplyDeleteI mean not everybody (does anybody?)watches New Jersey Devils hockey so the Olympics were a world showcase for Parise.
ReplyDeleteDear Ottawa, play some offense. Signed, Me.
ReplyDeleteGIROUX!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
ReplyDeleteThere is a reason is evily smiling face is the centerpoint of my Blogger avatar, and that's why.
Lots of chippiness in PIT.
ReplyDelete"If he's feeling anything like he looks, he's feeling really good." - Bill Clement
ReplyDeleteFlyers started poorly, but then really picked it up in the 2nd half of that period. 2-1 Flyers after 1.
ReplyDeleteIce cream time.
"This is just a discussion so you can dissect this." Forslund to Eliot after a minor Pens/Sens scrum.
ReplyDeleteForslund can't even read a post-whistle promo without pausing for "a wrestling match to take place".
ReplyDeleteSutton wrestles Malkin down, PIT 4 v. 3 power play. Crowd cheered Sutton and then booed him, weird.
ReplyDeleteElliott stops Ponikarovski right after the PP ends.
ReplyDeleteGuerin accidentally high-sticked Crosby, the crowd thought it was a Senator and booed the refs for not calling a penalty. Funny stuff.
ReplyDelete@ Al: Haha! That's great!!!
ReplyDelete1-1 after 2 at the Igloo.
ReplyDeleteCrap. Tied at 2.
ReplyDeletePlayoff series that are also divisional rivalries are flat out awesome.
ReplyDelete“I think Colin White thinks that Giroux means ‘pinata’.” – Bill Clement
ReplyDeleteI think Clement might be onto something. Good grief.
Ruutu had the worst dive in history after Crosby pushed him. The announcers called him out immediately. He leaped into the boards.
ReplyDelete“Until the time he did go down, he was up on his feet.” - Steve Coates
ReplyDelete"Pinata strikes back." - Bill Clement after Giroux got called for a high stick.
ReplyDeletePenguins PP, 13:35 left in the 3rd, tied at 1.
ReplyDeletePenalty killed. Ottawa back to full strength.
ReplyDeleteCROSBY CLEARS IT OFF THE GOAL LINE!!!!! DAMN IT!!!!!!
ReplyDeleteFlyers are definitely playing on their heals in this one and it shows.
ReplyDelete3-2 Devils.
Off-topic, but holy shit it is pouring rain here.
ReplyDeleteCrosby gets out of one hell of a jam behind the net and finds Letang for the go ahead goal.
ReplyDeleteThat was great stuff.
Kris Letang from the point, 2-1 Pens. Crosby also made Spezza look silly controlling the puck behind the net.
ReplyDeleteElliott stops Crosby!
ReplyDeletePronger pulled a Sean Avery on Brodeur and deflected a shot on to even the game at 3 now at 2nd intermission.
ReplyDeleteMeanwhile the Pens took the lead with 4:12 left. I wanna say LeTang scored, but bleh, the Penguins are likely going to win that one.
Empty net Ottawa
ReplyDeleteSPEZZA WITH ONE LAST CHANCE! SAVED BY FLEURY! CLEARED AWAY AND THE PENS WIN! ANOTHER ONE GOAL GAME!
ReplyDeletePittsburgh wins, series tied.
ReplyDeleteI wonder why Versus doesn't go to NJ first since they're doing "bonus coverage" from other broadcasts.
ReplyDeleteUnless they're producing DET/PHX themselves, it makes no sense.
Roy Halladay is pitching tonight. The Phillies are winning 8-2. What else is new?
ReplyDelete@ Al: They are producing Detroit-Phoenix themselves. But the fact they do not go to Philly-NJ at all is mystifying, especially seeing as this has been a really intense hockey game.
ReplyDeleteMartin Brodeur: professional juggler.
ReplyDeleteI had no idea they brought back the Arena Football League.
ReplyDeleteCommentators for this game are Fran Charles and.......Charles Davis.
Versteeg slashes Frandson's stick and Frandson is penalized. /NHL Refs'd
ReplyDelete@JFein I like the live look-ins at other games but wished they would go to ALL the games.
ReplyDelete1-0 HAWKS!
ReplyDeleteThis has been an interesting game thus far in Newark.
ReplyDeleteRinne is playing out of his mind for Nashville. Too bad the offense in front of him sucks.
ReplyDelete@ SSR: Yep. Arena Football is dead after all.
ReplyDeleteWhy isn't this series on national TV?
ReplyDelete@JFein It's in the Eastern Time Zone and on the same nights as Sens/Pens. I know it was a rhetorical question.
ReplyDeleteAt least you can watch it, I tried to find a stream and downloaded another virus. Ugh.
That was inevitable. 4-3 Devils.
ReplyDeleteNATS WIN 5-3!!!! 2 IN A ROW!!!!!
ReplyDelete.500 record, 5-5.
Who knew I would be more excited about them compared to the Caps?!
Crap. We lose. Bleh.
ReplyDeleteI hate Scott Hartnell with a burning passion.
ReplyDeleteI guess Versus doesn't have cut in to the Flyers game now. /Cheap shot'd
ReplyDeleteI will take 1-1 going back to Philly, though. It should be every road team's goal in a 7-game series like this to take 1 of the 1st 2 games on the road and the Flyers did accomplish that.
ReplyDeleteThat being said, this game was winnable and it would have been really awesome if we would have won it, especially seeing as now there is a Game 5 and that is on the same day as the 1st round of the NFL draft.
@ Al: You can almost always find something good on atdhe.net.
ReplyDeleteSullivan hits a rocket off the crossbar and out. Dumont dumps one off the post and in. Go figure.
ReplyDelete@JFein That's where I went. I found "Security Tool" virus twice now, last year and this year.
ReplyDeleteApparently TSN is showing DET/PHX w/ Versus announcers.
ReplyDeleteVersus is in turn televising NSH/CHI (on TSN2) w/ CSN-Chicago announcers.
This makes perfect sense.
Coyotes are winning 1-0 in the 1st, so at least there is still some hope to this day.
ReplyDelete@ Al: Really? I've never had a problem with atdhe....
ReplyDeleteSullivan is making Hendry look silly.
ReplyDeleteDumont scores on Erat's rebound! 2-1 Preds!
Okay I'm convinced. The Hockey Gods hate the Sharks. The Avs scored another goal off of a weird bounce off of a Sharks player.
ReplyDelete@JFein I always have trouble with ATDHE or Justin.TV, UStream worked fine. Why didn't I use that?!
ReplyDeleteIt was all Nashville early in the period but now Chicago is putting on the pressure.
ReplyDeleteWilsoon should've shot the puck instead of passing to Erat. CHI empty net.
ReplyDeleteSmithson with the empty-netter!
ReplyDeleteFirst playoff road win Preds franchise history!
Erat scores another empty-netter, 4-1 Preds.
ReplyDeleteCongrats to the Preds for their first playoff road playoff win ever, 3-1 over the Blackhawks.
ReplyDeleteAvs 1 Sharks 0, 1st period. Sharks doing their usual April disappearing act.
ReplyDeleteZetterberg ties it on the power play.
ReplyDeleteWolski unties it for the Yotes!
ReplyDelete1-1 at the end of 1 between Sharks and Avs.
ReplyDeleteThe Sharks have been way more aggressive in this game so far. Taking more shots. Colorado scored their one goal on a fluke deflection.
Datsyuk jams it in! 2-2 tie! Great pass from Franzen.
ReplyDeleteMatthew Lombardi, 3-2 Yotes! This is insane. Great offense and bad defense in this game.
ReplyDelete3-2 Phoenix!!!!!
ReplyDeleteFilppula, 3-3. "They're gobbling this 200 feet of ice." -Razor
ReplyDelete"They're gobbling up this 200 feet of ice." -Razor (Fixed)
ReplyDeleteBryz robs the Wings.
Refs are calling nothing, 2 big scrums at either end of the ice.
ReplyDelete"It's been fascinating and intoxicating." -Razor on the game's pace.
ReplyDeleteThis Sharks-Avs game is thoroughly entertaining.
ReplyDeleteHow unlucky I am that my computer crashing has caused me to miss all the exciting action?
ReplyDeleteYou know, everyone blames Thornton or Marleau for playoff failures, but as I've always said Nabokov needs more blame.
ReplyDeleteHe's the one who routinely chokes in the playoffs.
Nabokov is only a .500 goalie in the playoffs, IIRC
ReplyDeleteI love Scott Nichol. The dude works hard every time he's on the ice. He deserved that goal.
ReplyDelete@KT: I believe your right. Somehow though Nabby skips on blame when the Sharks flame out. He's a free agent after this season, I hope they don't bring him back.
4-4 in Phonix after the Wings and Yotes exchange goals while I take a break.
ReplyDeleteCoyotes on the PP. Babcock is a whole lot more positive than I would be if I was the Wings coach.
ReplyDeleteI would go Brucce Boudreau.
Wings kill the penalty, that's why I'm not their head coach. If I was coaching, we would give up a goal in 10 seconds.
ReplyDeleteZetterberg! 5-4 Wings. And there appear to be more Red Wings fans in Phoenix tonight than in game 1.
ReplyDelete5-4 Wings. Nothing is going right for me tonight.
ReplyDeleteright now, i'm incredibly tempted to put my fan loyalty for 2010 up for bid on EBay...
ReplyDeleteThe Wings can put this game away right here
ReplyDeleteFlippula's Power Play Goal seals it for the Wings
ReplyDeleteFiddler fell down awkwardly, the back of his head hit the boards.
ReplyDelete6-4 Red Wings now. Filppula with his second goal through Bertuzzi's screen.
Zetterberg the hat trick.
ReplyDeleteThis is not good folks...unbelievable. /Duane Kuiper'd
Hats on the ice in Glendale, for Zetterberg. If I saw someone doing that at a Caps game, I'd let them know about it.
ReplyDeleteWings win it 7-4
ReplyDeleteNo goal Sharks, goalie interference.
ReplyDeleteThat's a good call on the goalie interference, IMO
ReplyDeleteGood call in my opinion. Setoguchi went in on his own.
ReplyDeletecan the Sharks blow yet another one?
ReplyDeleteBlake interferes with Galiardi. Sharks TV crew doesn't even argue, it was that blatant.
ReplyDeleteThis has been a craptastic Avs power play
ReplyDeleteSharks kill off the 5 on 3!
ReplyDeletenow we wait for the inevitable Sharks power play...
ReplyDeleteFive minutes left in regulation.
ReplyDeleteSlashing by Yip. @kt1000 Do you want to pick the lotto?
ReplyDeleteand here it is w/ just over 4 to play
ReplyDelete@Al only if Lotto ever becomes as predictable as NHL playoff officiating
ReplyDeleteThey need to get the puck through and on-target.
ReplyDeleteMalhotra does and Anderson stones him.
@kt1000 So why didn't Montreal get a make-up call after Gionta (?) was tripped last night?
ReplyDeleteSorry for bringing it up. Wait, I'm apologizing to myself.
I did not think it was possible to find an NHL team hated more by the refs than the Flyers (and in the mind of Red Wing fans: the Red Wings), but then I saw this Sharks playoff game.
ReplyDeleteThey can't score in tight.
ReplyDeletepenalty killed
ReplyDeleteHow do you outshot your opponent 45-18 and trail by a goal? Your goalie sucks? Sorry, Keith.
ReplyDeleteIt's rare that I will quote a Devils fan for accurate analysis of a hockey game, but Steve Lepore on Twitter hit the nail right on the head in this game: "Anderson is goaltending, Nabakov is standing in front of a net."
ReplyDeleteHow else do you explain the Sharks outshooting the Avs 43-17 yet be losing 5-4?
Pavelski! 31.3 to go!
ReplyDeleteSCORE!!!!!!!!!! PAVELSKI!!!!!! THEY CAN'T TAKE THAT BACK!!!!!!
ReplyDeleteHOLY SHIT PAVELSKI!!!!!!!!!! WITH 31.3 SECONDS LEFT!!!!!!!!!
ReplyDeleteOvertime!
ReplyDeleteOVERTIME!!!!!
ReplyDeleteand i was hoping to get some sleep..i have a 8 am tee time
ReplyDeleteNow watch. Nabokov will give up a goal a minute into OT. It's been that kind of night and it wouldn't surprise me at all.
ReplyDelete@kt1000 I have a 9:30 (must) and 9:00 (preferred) crew arrival time for a TV taping at the local county cable TV station.
ReplyDeleteThank you NHL.
If this goes more than 5 minutes, it's a shock.
ReplyDeleteThis game is either going to be over in 10 minutes or we are going to 3 OTs. Am I the only one that gets that feeling?
ReplyDeleteGailardi knocked down by Blake! Great save Anderson!
ReplyDelete@JFein i think I'm with you on that
ReplyDeleteOH WOW...SHARKS TO THE POWER PLAY
ReplyDeleteAvalanche penalty, Adam Foote.
ReplyDeleteSharks Win It
ReplyDeleteTHEY SCORE! SETOGUCHI! SHARKS WIN! I CAN GO TO SLEEP!!!!!
ReplyDeleteSharks 6
ReplyDeleteAvs and Refs 5
Final/OT
I was right. 1st 10 minutes.
ReplyDeleteI'm not sticking around for Hockey Central at 10:42 PM let alone at 1:42 AM in Maryland.
ReplyDeleteTHANK YOU GOD!!!
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