Hockey

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It is with a heavy heart that I make this Report for the Dec 30th games. The Leafs sucked a lemon against a team they should have beaten...the Edmonton Oilers. ArgghhhhhhHH!!!!!!!

1. Boston beat Atlanta 4-0. Why did we give up Rask for Andrew Raycrap again? Please, can someone tell me, WHY?!?!?!?!?!

2. New Jersey beat Pittsburgh 2-0. I'll bet Brodeur wishes that he could play Pittsburgh all the time. The Pens better hope they don't meet up with the Devils in the playoffs this year...

3. Philadelphia beat the Rangers 6-0. Third shutout in a row. Looks like Philly is coming around.

4. Montreal beat Tampa Bay 2-1 in overtime. Looks like dauls, Jennifer, and Ila will be doing happy dances....but not me....

5. Colorado beat Ottawa 4-3. Ottawa almost came back, but they didn't complete the rally.

6. Calgary beat LA 2-1. *snore*

7. Edmonton beat Toronto 3-1. I am really getting pissed off with the fact that they can beat teams like the Pittsburgh Penguins, but they suck eggs against teams like Edmonton and the Islanders, teams that they SHOULD be beating. This team is SO frustrating!

8. San Jose beat Washington 5-2. Pretty easy to win when you are awarded 2 penalty shots. That's right! TWO! You don't see that very often.

I got hammered in the pool tonight. I got 2 measly points. Ouch.

[transjen]

Phillie beats NY and Tampa lost so what could be better so it's a double happy dance tonight
Jerseygirl Jen

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Originally Posted by transjen

Phillie beats NY and Tampa lost so what could be better so it's a double happy dance tonight
Jerseygirl Jen

Toronto could have won as well. That would have been better. *pout*

[transjen]

Well will an electronic and make you feel better?
Jerseygirl Jen

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Originally Posted by transjen

Well will an electronic and make you feel better?
Jerseygirl Jen

Yep. Thank you!

[dauls]

Originally Posted by transjen

Well will an electronic and make you feel better?
Jerseygirl Jen

That was thoughtful Jen.
But I'd have thought a long suffering Leafs fan would be very, very, very familiar with the agony of defeat by now!

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Originally Posted by dauls

That was thoughtful Jen.
But I'd have thought a long suffering Leafs fan would be very, very, very familiar with the agony of defeat by now!

Ouch! That was a hit below the belt!

(By the way, I sent you a PM.)

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Just back from the Winter Classic. I thought all the hockey fans out there might like to read my impressions.

But first, a note for Transjen -- sorry it had to be your Flyers that lost. But I'm not sorry it was the Bruins that beat 'em!

So, the opening ceremonies were kinda cool. Dropkick Murphys played. Even with James Taylor singing the Star Spangled Banner quite beautifully, I think Canada has a better national anthem (it ought to be a song people without extensive vocal training can sing, don't you think?). Bobby Clarke and Bobby Orr taking the first puck drop ... I was sure Clarke (who seems to have front teeth now, as my binoculars revealed) was going to deck the army guy who dropped it. Then I thought he might try to knock down the flyover Stealth Bomber with his stick. But I guess he really is old. An old Broad Street Bully.

Once the game started, the first five minutes were as intense as any NHL game I've seen. I don't think I've seen a puck hop this much since the last time I played pond hockey, and that was too many years ago to say. The Flyers scored first (a cheap goal; Tim Thomas was distracted), but threatening again, in the 2nd period, the Bruins demonstrated why they are the #1 penalty killing team in the NHL.

Then came the end. An awesome goal by the Bruins to tie, and then an ending that was just phenomenal: sudden death.

Fenway Park looked awesome for hockey, although the sight lines weren't very good. Retired Bruins numbers were hanging there with the Red Sox. It was Boston sports heaven!!!