BIG TIME
Holy Guacamole, we got us a Stanley Cup series for the ages! From the national anthems to the last buzzer this game was a knock-down, drag-out, fight to the bitter end. I was a tense mass of nerves and muscles the entire game - it just never let up. Big Hits. Big Drives. Big Shots. Big Goalies. Vancouver took penalties like they were on clearance but Boston just couldn't capitalize. It wasn't for a lack of trying or gaining the offensive zone because I was on my feet for most of the powerplays screaming at the t.v. and asking the Hockey Gods how in Hell did that puck NOT go in??!!! Vicki and I are yelling to each other via texts. I'm texting Dave to get in front of his tv NOW so we can chat in real time for this game. The Bruins outshot the Canucks and the Canucks outhit the Bruins. In fact the Canucks looked like a pinball game on steroids the way they were bouncing off of and into Bruins players. And sure enough it started to go sour on the Canucks when Burrows was trying to egg on Lucic in the faceoff circle by stepping over Lucic's stick and then did a Peter Forsberg-worthy backwards flip to the ice trying to draw the penalty. It worked in that Lucic got 2 minutes for tripping but Burrows got nailed for embellishment - neener, neener, neener. Russo's tweet: "NBC should run a montage of all the Canucks 2010-11 dives. You'd need to do it over a couple intermissions, but it would be entertaining."
Louongo pulled his head out of his ass for this game and despite all of the Boston powerplays he stands tall while each team is hell bent on killing each other with BIG hits. Tim Thomas at the other ends defends like a goalie possessed and catches a big break when Vancouver's Glass fans BIG TIME on a wide open net. Still waiting for Dave to chime in when he's caught up on the DVR with this game... tick, tock Coach... Boston is sloppy and slow in the first five minutes of the third period and then it happens...sonofabitch!! Crafty sidewinder-bad angle shot by the very hated Lapierre. MsConduct tweet: "Poop. The Canucks are so distasteful." Boston kinda reeling afterward and they need to get back in the game. Dave's text: "Another dive by suck-hole Burrows." I ♥ Coach Dave :) Boston gains the zone but Louongo is...well, Louongo - bastard. You can hear the Canucks chattering on their bench - they're in the zone and their confidence is high. Boston is turning the puck over - not good. Boston tripping penalty - not good. Bruins are tired, BIG TIME and finally win a couple of faceoffs in the Canuck's zone. They get the puck on the net but either Louongo covers it or sends it around the back of the net. Empty net and extra man for Bruins but they can't get it done. The Canucks will take the series lead 3-2 into Boston Monday night...big old poopy Canucks.
Tonight's Theme Song:
My favorite e-trade commercial played during the third period. It never fails to make me laugh out loud:
Alrighty then, I'm off to the hinter land for a weekend of cold-ass weather and no t.v. as a means of celebrating...yep, you guessed it: my birthday! There will be some of the best home cooked meals along with the traditional Midnight Madness Monopoly Marathon games played and I will cherish every minute of it once I'm there.
For Heather - I will be chanting "there's a top for those pants!" all the way to Brainerd as I search the glove box for my "matching hat" to keep my head warm. Sale On, girlfriend! Oh, and I ♥ your mom :)
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