The Pens did what no one expected in game one...(no, not the win) they went 4 for 4 on the PP. Mike Yeo had to be dancing after the game. The Pens scored more PP goals in the first 13 minutes of the game than the Caps did in 7 games.
The Pens played a dominating game, getting goals from 6 different players, none of whom were Crosby or Malkin (although they both did contribute)
Fleury once again looked solid, the goals he gave up weren't too bad, the first one was probably the worst.
So basically the Pens came out & broke Halak in one game, just like they did to Cam Ward last year. So what's the problem???
Jordan Staal is hurt. That's right, the Pens ironman, who has missed one game in his career, is out. Sources initially had it being a season ending injury. Pens fans everywhere panicked. Some may job Staal at times, but anyone who doesn't see his importance is a joke.
However, Coach Disco had some good news for us. The media was wrong. Staal had a procedure done to repair a lacerated tendon in his foot. Disco won't give a timetable for return, but many are saying 7-10 days, and I would imagine Staal would try to come back quicker. That's just how he is.
Still. Without him in the lineup, Pens are gonna have to be more defensive minded. He's not nominated for the Selke for nothing.
Pens play in like, 13 hours.
Time for some sleep.
Sunday, May 2, 2010
Wednesday, April 28, 2010
Upset City
Well, what basically no one thought would happen, did. The #8 seed Canadiens defeated the #1 seed Capitals. Took them all 7 games, but they did it.
Game 7 was a nail biter for the whole time.
It looked like it was going to be scoreless through the first, but Mike Green pulled off his normal antics and took a dumb penalty, resulting in a Habs powerplay. Habs scored.
2nd period was scoreless and Halak continued to impress everyone with his saves.
Then the 3rd...would the Caps be able to pull it off or would the Habs shock the hockey world?
Goal: Habs.
Too much time left.
Habs make it a 2-0 lead. Everyone starts celebrating.
Not so fast. Caps score.
The last few minutes of this game were a complete frenzy, especially at the end when the Habs took a penalty & Caps had their goalie pulled. 6 on 4. Props to Backstrom for keeping the puck out of the empty net. Too bad it wasn't enough.
Case closed.
So what does this mean for the Pens????
Well, we will play the Canadiens, with us obviously having home ice advantage.
Schedule is as follows:
Yes, it's the time when VS starts to take over. But hey, I'd rather have to deal with them then be on the golf course.
Playing the Canadiens may not be as easy as everyone thought. With Halak playing like he has been, getting the puck past him could prove to be difficult. At the same time, Washington isn't much of a threat for scoring from all 3 lines. With the Pens, pretty much anyone could score.
We all cheered for the Habs tonight. That ended the moment that clock hit zero. Now we have to develop a hatred for them. We will have to hear a million times how Sid cheered for them growing up, as well as our French Canadiens. We've done rather well in the past against them. But this is the playoffs. Regular season stats mean nothing.
Buckle in everyone, it's gonna be good.
Game 7 was a nail biter for the whole time.
It looked like it was going to be scoreless through the first, but Mike Green pulled off his normal antics and took a dumb penalty, resulting in a Habs powerplay. Habs scored.
2nd period was scoreless and Halak continued to impress everyone with his saves.
Then the 3rd...would the Caps be able to pull it off or would the Habs shock the hockey world?
Goal: Habs.
Too much time left.
Habs make it a 2-0 lead. Everyone starts celebrating.
Not so fast. Caps score.
The last few minutes of this game were a complete frenzy, especially at the end when the Habs took a penalty & Caps had their goalie pulled. 6 on 4. Props to Backstrom for keeping the puck out of the empty net. Too bad it wasn't enough.
Habs win.
The laughter around the league could be heard for miles. Ovechkin fails to win yet another game 7. Every series he has ever been in has gone 7 games. He's won 1. Against the Rangers.
Anyone who continues to say Ovie is better than Sid is a joke.
So what does this mean for the Pens????
Well, we will play the Canadiens, with us obviously having home ice advantage.
Schedule is as follows:
| 2010 EASTERN CONFERENCE SEMIFINALS | ||||||||
| Network | |||||||
| Friday, April 30 | at Pittsburgh, 7:00 p.m. | Versus | ||||||
| Sunday, May 2 | at Pittsburgh, 2:00 p.m. | NBC | ||||||
| Tuesday, May 4 | at Montreal, 7:00 p.m. | FSN Pittsburgh | ||||||
| Thursday, May 6 | at Montreal, 7:00 p.m. | Versus | ||||||
| *Saturday, May 8 | at Pittsburgh, 7:00 p.m. | Versus | ||||||
| *Monday, May 10 | at Montreal, 7:00 p.m. | FSN Pittsburgh | ||||||
| *Wednesday, May 12 | at Pittsburgh, TBD | FSN Pittsburgh | ||||||
Yes, it's the time when VS starts to take over. But hey, I'd rather have to deal with them then be on the golf course.
Playing the Canadiens may not be as easy as everyone thought. With Halak playing like he has been, getting the puck past him could prove to be difficult. At the same time, Washington isn't much of a threat for scoring from all 3 lines. With the Pens, pretty much anyone could score.
We all cheered for the Habs tonight. That ended the moment that clock hit zero. Now we have to develop a hatred for them. We will have to hear a million times how Sid cheered for them growing up, as well as our French Canadiens. We've done rather well in the past against them. But this is the playoffs. Regular season stats mean nothing.
Buckle in everyone, it's gonna be good.
Disappointment and Hope
Yesterday morning I was so excited for the next two NHL playoff games to come. Unfortunately, last night the Wings absolutely killed the Yotes 6-1. This game looked as if it was going to be close after the first period which remained scoreless. It even looked tight when the score was still 2-1. Then the Wings added a goal around the 14th minuet and another with five seconds left in the second period. At this point I'm sure everyone thought the Yotes were out of it and everyone was correct. The Wings added two more goals in the third and they move on to play the Sharks in the next round. From past experiences in the playoffs I believe that the Wings are going to beat the Sharks on the pure fact that the Sharks never preform well in the playoffs, even though they did seem to make it past the first round of these playoffs with relatively no trouble.
The last game of the first round is being played tonight and it's a series I'm sure no one thought would go to a 7th game. It started off good for Les Canadiens with a game 1 win, but in game two they dropped the ball and gave up a huge lead. The Caps then won the next 2 games, but the Canadiens are resilient and ended up upsetting the Caps in games 5 and 6. So, that leave us with game 7 tonight. After watching the Wings kill the Preds last night I'm not feeling so great about this game 7 tonight. I did, however, talk to a kid I know who is a Caps fan and asked him how he felt and he said he doesn't feel good, so that's some semi positive news. Barry Melrose even said this morning on Sports Center that he doesn't think that Ovie and keep up with Sid and that
Mike Green is playing awful defence.
So, we'll see tonight who'll win and we hope it's not the Caps! If not just for the pure fact that we really really hate Ovechkin and most of the Capitals "star powered" team, then because of that stupid Caps Rap video posted earlier this season.
The last game of the first round is being played tonight and it's a series I'm sure no one thought would go to a 7th game. It started off good for Les Canadiens with a game 1 win, but in game two they dropped the ball and gave up a huge lead. The Caps then won the next 2 games, but the Canadiens are resilient and ended up upsetting the Caps in games 5 and 6. So, that leave us with game 7 tonight. After watching the Wings kill the Preds last night I'm not feeling so great about this game 7 tonight. I did, however, talk to a kid I know who is a Caps fan and asked him how he felt and he said he doesn't feel good, so that's some semi positive news. Barry Melrose even said this morning on Sports Center that he doesn't think that Ovie and keep up with Sid and that
Mike Green is playing awful defence.
So, we'll see tonight who'll win and we hope it's not the Caps! If not just for the pure fact that we really really hate Ovechkin and most of the Capitals "star powered" team, then because of that stupid Caps Rap video posted earlier this season.
Let's Go Pens
Tuesday, April 27, 2010
Catching Up
Alright, we swore to ourselves that we would keep this up to date, then the reality that is college set in & about 10 projects all appeared at once. Really should be working on that now, but taking a time out to update on current happenings in NHL & NASCAR.
Thursday, March 11, 2010
Cookie Monster?
Ok, so as I sit here reading up on NHL news & watching NHL On the Fly, I'm noticing something. People are up in arms over Cooke not getting suspended. Seriously people, why wasn't there this much of an uproar when Richards wasn't suspended?? In fact, Colin Campbell basically said the reason Cooke wasn't suspended is because they had to remain consistent with their suspensions. No suspension for Richards=No suspension for Cooke. Why do people keep going off about how Cooke had intent to injure?? Can you read his mind? Do you know what he was thinking? Do many of them even know Cooke off the ice? I'm not pretending to know any of these things, and the media has no right to either. Just because of his reputation, people automatically label him as bloodthirsty and vicious.
How exactly did Cooke get this reputation? For doing his job. He's not Sid or Ovie. His job is to go out there, be an agitator, and throw out big hits. Occaisionally he scores a goal, but he's there simply for a physical presence. There are a select few in the league who get the 'pest' title. Avery and Jarkko Ruutu are the two other big ones that come to mind. All of these guys do their job every night, and they do it well, hence the 'pest' term.
Compare this to another member of the Penguins who has a similar job, Brooks Orpik. Now, I realize Orps is a defenseman who scores one, MAYBE two goals a year. But think about it, Orps is hands down the most physical member of the Pens. I've personally witnessed his hits fire up a crowd as much, if not more, than someone scoring a goal. Does he have the reputation of being dirty? With the exception of one specific hit, no. And even then, if you ask anyone who isn't a Pens or Canes fan about the hit, you're gonna get a blank stare.
So basically, Pens fans are just gonna have to do what we've grown used to doing the past few years, ignore the Conspiracy Theorists. They always come up with new ways to 'prove' Bettman wants us to win the Cup, and this is just gonna be their fuel for awhile. It's going to be extremely interesting to see what happens when the Pens travel to Boston next week, especially since there was no punishment.
Whatever. Don't have to worry about that for awhile. Pens play in Carolina in about 16 and a half hours or something like that.
How exactly did Cooke get this reputation? For doing his job. He's not Sid or Ovie. His job is to go out there, be an agitator, and throw out big hits. Occaisionally he scores a goal, but he's there simply for a physical presence. There are a select few in the league who get the 'pest' title. Avery and Jarkko Ruutu are the two other big ones that come to mind. All of these guys do their job every night, and they do it well, hence the 'pest' term.
Compare this to another member of the Penguins who has a similar job, Brooks Orpik. Now, I realize Orps is a defenseman who scores one, MAYBE two goals a year. But think about it, Orps is hands down the most physical member of the Pens. I've personally witnessed his hits fire up a crowd as much, if not more, than someone scoring a goal. Does he have the reputation of being dirty? With the exception of one specific hit, no. And even then, if you ask anyone who isn't a Pens or Canes fan about the hit, you're gonna get a blank stare.
So basically, Pens fans are just gonna have to do what we've grown used to doing the past few years, ignore the Conspiracy Theorists. They always come up with new ways to 'prove' Bettman wants us to win the Cup, and this is just gonna be their fuel for awhile. It's going to be extremely interesting to see what happens when the Pens travel to Boston next week, especially since there was no punishment.
Whatever. Don't have to worry about that for awhile. Pens play in Carolina in about 16 and a half hours or something like that.
Wednesday, March 10, 2010
Welcome sigh of relief?
Well I have been waiting all day refreshing my twitter page and my google search for Matt Cooke! And finally TSN's Bob McKenzie come through and tells us that Matt Cooke has not been suspended.
I have to agree with this non-suspension because Mike Richard (what a leader) laid a hit on David Booth earlier in the season that I feel was much much worse than Cookie's hit on Savard!!! Unfortunately, it is likely that Savard will miss the rest of the season with his grade 2 concussion...and he's not showing very good signs right now. If you want to be mad at anyone be mad at the NHL for not enforcing this rule earlier. Also, may I remind you that neither Richards or Cooke got a penalty for their hits. So, since Richards didn't get suspended why would Cooke? It makes PERFECT sense!
I think I now have to chime in on Carl Edwards "intentional" crash. I actually think that a 3 race suspension is quite harsh...but I just started watching NASCAR, so what do I know? He is still my favorite drive (always will be) and him and what's his face have a lot of bad blood so whatever...
Can't we just put both (haha both) of these instances behind us? Too much coverage on both of these controversies for my liking.
I have to agree with this non-suspension because Mike Richard (what a leader) laid a hit on David Booth earlier in the season that I feel was much much worse than Cookie's hit on Savard!!! Unfortunately, it is likely that Savard will miss the rest of the season with his grade 2 concussion...and he's not showing very good signs right now. If you want to be mad at anyone be mad at the NHL for not enforcing this rule earlier. Also, may I remind you that neither Richards or Cooke got a penalty for their hits. So, since Richards didn't get suspended why would Cooke? It makes PERFECT sense!
I think I now have to chime in on Carl Edwards "intentional" crash. I actually think that a 3 race suspension is quite harsh...but I just started watching NASCAR, so what do I know? He is still my favorite drive (always will be) and him and what's his face have a lot of bad blood so whatever...
Can't we just put both (haha both) of these instances behind us? Too much coverage on both of these controversies for my liking.
Tuesday, March 9, 2010
Controversies All Around
It's definitely been the week of controversy, especially in NASCAR & the NHL.
Cars flipping at the end of the race and someone ending up with a concussion during the Penguins game.
Both situations have sparked large amounts of debate. I'm going to attempt to break them down and you decide for yourself.
Cars flipping at the end of the race and someone ending up with a concussion during the Penguins game.
Both situations have sparked large amounts of debate. I'm going to attempt to break them down and you decide for yourself.
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