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Playoff's Recap: Day 15 and 16

Although I have a strange attraction to the Wings I will admit I did not watch the game. I caught some highlights the following day but that's all. The Sharks took an early lead in the game and it looked like the Wings were going to get shut out but they made an amazing comeback. The Sharks kept the lead though and won 4-3.

The Penguins/Canadiens game was a blast of energy and it is safe to say that Halak has met his match. The Penguins got 4 pucks past Halak before the Canadiens put Price in. Although they had  a great win with a final score of 6-3, the Pens still suffered a great loss when Jordan Staal took the blade of P.K. Subban to his foot. Staalsy had surgery to repair a lacerated tendon and although he is not ruled out of the rest of the playoff's he is currently on day to day.

The Hockey Bees hope for a speedy recovery and may Staalsy be back soon!

In just half an hour the Chicago Blackhawks begin their series against the Vancouver Canucks so be sure to watch!!

let's hope Jordan's beard grows this long this season :)

No Go For The Pens

Although they put up a good fight tonight the Penguins could not defeat the Capitals. The first goal of the night was scored by Mike Knuble of the Capitals with an assist from Alex Ovechkin and Nicholas Backstrom. Max Talbot tied up the game with assists from Brooks Orpik and Craig Adams followed by another Pens goal by Bill Guerin assisted by Sidney Crosby and Alexei Ponikarovsky. There was a possiblity that it would be smooth sailing after that for the Pens but the Caps would never let that happen.
Semin and Fehr each scored goals in the third, the Caps pulling ahead, but Jordan Staal smacked one in to tie the game. There was no score in overtime and thus the shootout began. Kris Letang and Sidney Crosby put their pucks into the net but Bill Guerin missed his. Although Backstrom missed his goal Ovechkin and Semin didn't, forcing the shootout to go on to another turn. Kunitz failed to make anything of his goal and then came along Mike Knuble (who by the way has NEVER scored a shootout goal) to win the game for the Caps.
Shame shame. We thought maybe the Penguins were going to show up the Caps but no such luck.
The Capitals will be in Carolina tomorrow for a game against the Canes and the Pens are on break until Saturday when they take on Chris Pronger and the Flyers at Mellon Arena.

Well that's all for tonight folks. See you tomorrow for more hockey blah blah BLAH.

anticipating Wednesday...

Super Weekend!!!

The Panthers beat the Western conference leading Sharks on Saturday with an OT goal by Bryan Allen. Keith Ballard, Shawn Mathias, & Allen were the 3 heroes for the Cats scoring the 3 goals that helped the boys come back from a 2-goal deficit. When the 'boys from the South' are on, by god they are really on, amazing play. The Cats finish off their road trip with a 2-1 record & head into Tuesday nights game against a beyond amazing Washington Capitals team.

Speaking of the Capitals...

Sundays game of the week on NBC between the Capitals & BlackHawks was one of the best games I have seen all season. The young Hawks squad came out strong scoring 3 goals in the 1st two periods, & everything definitely seemed like it was lost for the Reds. Antti Niemi seemed almost God-like with some of the most amazing saves I have ever seen. I have a feeling the BlackHawks are going to be playing well into June. But a little luck & a hell of a lot of talent helped the Capitals score the 3 goals they needed to catch up. Laich, Backstrom & Fehr all scored in the 1st ten minutes of the period, & Backstrom sealed the deal with a goal in OT. The Capitals showed that all is not lost without Alexander Ovechkin, Ovi was ejected from the game in the 1st period for a nasty push into the boards on Brian Campbell. The great one knew the punishment was going to be bad as soon as he laid the hit on Campbell...does this mean he's learned his lesson? Doubt, his arrogance will eventually be his demise.

Tidbit: Jordan Staal's cutest face ever! (Broken nose & all)