2013 NHL Official Hockey Thread
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Ouch, somebody is taking defeat pretty badly tonight.... All i did was post the truth and i guess sometimes the truth hurts, eh?
Now onto the Winners:
Pitt vs. Boston has all the hype to be a classic 7 game series full of ups and downs with great skill, great hitting, great defense, great goaltending and great coaching.
Chicago vs. LA, see above. :thumb:
Now onto the Winners:
Pitt vs. Boston has all the hype to be a classic 7 game series full of ups and downs with great skill, great hitting, great defense, great goaltending and great coaching.
Chicago vs. LA, see above. :thumb:
Surprising to see a Coach who not even manage to get in the playoff but get in round 2 loose his job, but at the same time, its Tortorella, and you can see easily why it happened altough i don't get why they hired him in the first place if they fired him for who he was. The guy always been like that. Of course he will get job elsewhere, if not as a coach, as a color commentator...
Now its good to see the Hawks back in the game, and damn the choice is hard between them and LA, i love both teams. Pens vs either of the 2 would be a great final.
Now its good to see the Hawks back in the game, and damn the choice is hard between them and LA, i love both teams. Pens vs either of the 2 would be a great final.
Incorrect, as always.
Refer to my posts above. No problem with the loss to Chicago.
Only problem is with your confrontational and insulting posts in this thread. If you wish to do your usual instigating you should do it in the free for all thread. Meanwhile, there were 8 WINNERS and 8 LOSERS in round one, and 4 of each in round in round two.
A short but very interesting documentary about former goalie Clint Malarchuk who had his carotid artery cut by a skate.
http://espn.go.com/video/clip?id=espn:9255400
The video of the injury is still hard to watch after all these years.
http://espn.go.com/video/clip?id=espn:9255400
The video of the injury is still hard to watch after all these years.
Hey BOYZ,
I'm SHOCKED...up to a point. The Bruins have tried to make Pittsburgh play their game before during this year and it never worked well enough to result in a win. This time, at the perfect time, the Penguins got trapped in the kind of game the Bruins want and paid the price. The vaunted Pens couldn't even score, and some of it was due to Crosby being dumb enough to try to get physical with a number of Bruins including Chara. The Penguins threw away their strength by failing to stay focused on their discipline and purpose. They dare not allow themselves to be so foolish again or it will be Pittsburgh getting the early exit against nearly every expectation.
Still, it was a very impressive win by Boston because the Bruins made the Pens fall for their strategy.
It was nice to see that little dirty shit Cooke ejected for an obvious cheap shot driving McQuaid square in the back hard into the glass.
Also, if he hadn't already in the minds of some, Tuuka proved he's a first line goalie by taking on the best there is and winning BIG!
Bruins Beat Penguins In Game 1 Of Eastern Conference Finals, 3-0
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/...ins-shutout-game-1-3-0-krejci_n_3373342.html?
PITTSBURGH — Round 1, make that Game 1, to the Boston Bruins.
David Krejci scored two more goals during his torrid postseason and the Bruins shut down the Pittsburgh Penguins 3-0 in the opening game of the Eastern Conference finals on Saturday night.
Nathan Horton added an insurance goal in the third period and Tuukka Rask stopped 29 shots for the Bruins, who silenced Sidney Crosby and the rest of the NHL's top-scoring team.
Pittsburgh came in averaging a league-high 4.27 goals in the playoffs but couldn't solve Rask. The Penguins hit the post six times and seemed a little bit off following an eight-day break between rounds.
The Bruins were coming off a similar layoff but had no such issues. Krejci scored early, and the Bruins handed Pittsburgh its worst loss of the playoffs.
Game 2 is Monday night.
Tomas Vokoun stopped 27 shots but surrendered a soft goal to Krejci, and Pittsburgh's sizzling power play cooled off. The Penguins came in leading all playoff teams with the man advantage, scoring on 28 percent of their chances, but they went 0 for 4 in the opener.
The lengthy buildup to the matchup of two of hockey's premier franchises certainly gave both teams fresh legs, and the Penguins came out flying.
Crosby hit the post in the opening minutes, and Pittsburgh put the kind of pressure on Rask that Penguins coach Dan Bylsma said would be necessary if they wanted to advance.
Rask, playing this deep in the postseason for the first time, proved equal to the challenge. He stuffed Crosby from point-blank range on the power play, then added an acrobatic save on Evgeni Malkin in the final moments of the period when Malkin attempted to bang home a pass off the end boards.
The stop preserved a 1-0 Boston lead after Krejci beat Vokoun 8:23 into the game. Krejci's sixth goal of the postseason was also the first sloppy mistake by Vokoun during his excellent playoff run.
The Bruins raced in on a 3-on-2 break, and the NHL's leading postseason scorer found himself alone 30 feet in front of the net. The shot slid by defenseman Paul Martin and rolled slowly through Vokoun's legs and into the net.
The game's free-flowing tenor, however, changed abruptly in the second period when Pittsburgh's Matt Cooke slammed Boston's Adam McQuaid from behind into the end boards behind the Bruins net.
McQuaid had his back turned when Cooke came in at full speed and raised his left arm just before impact. The collision sent McQuaid crumpling to the ice. Cooke – whose career was pockmarked with suspensions and fines for hits before he made it a point to clean up his play two years ago – was given a major penalty for boarding and was ejected.
The sequence escalated things from contentious to chippy, and it accelerated from there.
By the end of the second period – after Brad Marchand thumped James Neal into the boards in front of the Pittsburgh bench – the Penguins turned their frustration on the Bruins.
Pittsburgh's Chris Kunitz and Boston's Rich Peverley were called for unsportsmanlike conduct 5 seconds before intermission, a preview to the main event moments later.
Just as the horn sounded, Malkin and Bergeron – not exactly brawlers – started up, with Malkin dropping Bergeron to the ice with a couple shots to the face. It ended with both assistant captains given fighting majors, and a jolt sent to both dressing rooms.
It did little to help the Penguins.
Malkin was still in the penalty box when Krejci punched in a rebound for his 19th point of the playoffs 4:04 into the period to give Boston a two-goal lead.
Horton put it away less than 4 minutes later with a blast from the left circle. The puck darted over Vokoun's glove and seemed to deflate the Penguins. Pittsburgh trailed longer in Game 1 – 52 minutes – than it did during its entire five-game series win over Ottawa in the second round.
BTW - What's up with ESPN this morning? There were two NHL games last night and one NBA game. Yet the hockey teams got about 5 minutes of coverage and "Lebron, Lebron, Lebron" and basketball get around 20 minutes of coverage. WTF!!!
Cheers,
Merlot
I'm SHOCKED...up to a point. The Bruins have tried to make Pittsburgh play their game before during this year and it never worked well enough to result in a win. This time, at the perfect time, the Penguins got trapped in the kind of game the Bruins want and paid the price. The vaunted Pens couldn't even score, and some of it was due to Crosby being dumb enough to try to get physical with a number of Bruins including Chara. The Penguins threw away their strength by failing to stay focused on their discipline and purpose. They dare not allow themselves to be so foolish again or it will be Pittsburgh getting the early exit against nearly every expectation.
Still, it was a very impressive win by Boston because the Bruins made the Pens fall for their strategy.
It was nice to see that little dirty shit Cooke ejected for an obvious cheap shot driving McQuaid square in the back hard into the glass.
Also, if he hadn't already in the minds of some, Tuuka proved he's a first line goalie by taking on the best there is and winning BIG!
Bruins Beat Penguins In Game 1 Of Eastern Conference Finals, 3-0
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/...ins-shutout-game-1-3-0-krejci_n_3373342.html?
PITTSBURGH — Round 1, make that Game 1, to the Boston Bruins.
David Krejci scored two more goals during his torrid postseason and the Bruins shut down the Pittsburgh Penguins 3-0 in the opening game of the Eastern Conference finals on Saturday night.
Nathan Horton added an insurance goal in the third period and Tuukka Rask stopped 29 shots for the Bruins, who silenced Sidney Crosby and the rest of the NHL's top-scoring team.
Pittsburgh came in averaging a league-high 4.27 goals in the playoffs but couldn't solve Rask. The Penguins hit the post six times and seemed a little bit off following an eight-day break between rounds.
The Bruins were coming off a similar layoff but had no such issues. Krejci scored early, and the Bruins handed Pittsburgh its worst loss of the playoffs.
Game 2 is Monday night.
Tomas Vokoun stopped 27 shots but surrendered a soft goal to Krejci, and Pittsburgh's sizzling power play cooled off. The Penguins came in leading all playoff teams with the man advantage, scoring on 28 percent of their chances, but they went 0 for 4 in the opener.
The lengthy buildup to the matchup of two of hockey's premier franchises certainly gave both teams fresh legs, and the Penguins came out flying.
Crosby hit the post in the opening minutes, and Pittsburgh put the kind of pressure on Rask that Penguins coach Dan Bylsma said would be necessary if they wanted to advance.
Rask, playing this deep in the postseason for the first time, proved equal to the challenge. He stuffed Crosby from point-blank range on the power play, then added an acrobatic save on Evgeni Malkin in the final moments of the period when Malkin attempted to bang home a pass off the end boards.
The stop preserved a 1-0 Boston lead after Krejci beat Vokoun 8:23 into the game. Krejci's sixth goal of the postseason was also the first sloppy mistake by Vokoun during his excellent playoff run.
The Bruins raced in on a 3-on-2 break, and the NHL's leading postseason scorer found himself alone 30 feet in front of the net. The shot slid by defenseman Paul Martin and rolled slowly through Vokoun's legs and into the net.
The game's free-flowing tenor, however, changed abruptly in the second period when Pittsburgh's Matt Cooke slammed Boston's Adam McQuaid from behind into the end boards behind the Bruins net.
McQuaid had his back turned when Cooke came in at full speed and raised his left arm just before impact. The collision sent McQuaid crumpling to the ice. Cooke – whose career was pockmarked with suspensions and fines for hits before he made it a point to clean up his play two years ago – was given a major penalty for boarding and was ejected.
The sequence escalated things from contentious to chippy, and it accelerated from there.
By the end of the second period – after Brad Marchand thumped James Neal into the boards in front of the Pittsburgh bench – the Penguins turned their frustration on the Bruins.
Pittsburgh's Chris Kunitz and Boston's Rich Peverley were called for unsportsmanlike conduct 5 seconds before intermission, a preview to the main event moments later.
Just as the horn sounded, Malkin and Bergeron – not exactly brawlers – started up, with Malkin dropping Bergeron to the ice with a couple shots to the face. It ended with both assistant captains given fighting majors, and a jolt sent to both dressing rooms.
It did little to help the Penguins.
Malkin was still in the penalty box when Krejci punched in a rebound for his 19th point of the playoffs 4:04 into the period to give Boston a two-goal lead.
Horton put it away less than 4 minutes later with a blast from the left circle. The puck darted over Vokoun's glove and seemed to deflate the Penguins. Pittsburgh trailed longer in Game 1 – 52 minutes – than it did during its entire five-game series win over Ottawa in the second round.
BTW - What's up with ESPN this morning? There were two NHL games last night and one NBA game. Yet the hockey teams got about 5 minutes of coverage and "Lebron, Lebron, Lebron" and basketball get around 20 minutes of coverage. WTF!!!
Cheers,
Merlot
Bruins got lucky on this one !
Plain and simple !
Rask was very good but he was lucky also !
Unless you just started not to look both sides of the story ! :eyebrows:
I think the big question coming out of last night's Bruins game is this...
Can Sindey Crosby cry and whine any more in game 2 than he did in game 1? He takes a cheap shot bump at Rask at the end of the period and then starts mouthing off at Chara. He may be a great player but he's probably the poorest loser in the NHL today. He should just STFU and play hockey.
I'm hoping for an original six final between the Bruins and Blackhawks and things are off to a great start!
Can Sindey Crosby cry and whine any more in game 2 than he did in game 1? He takes a cheap shot bump at Rask at the end of the period and then starts mouthing off at Chara. He may be a great player but he's probably the poorest loser in the NHL today. He should just STFU and play hockey.
I'm hoping for an original six final between the Bruins and Blackhawks and things are off to a great start!
Where have you been? espn has dissed hockey for years, thus why i never watch them anymore.
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Probably cause he's an incredibly talented kid who's one of the biggest bitch whiners in the sport! In other words, he's classless.
For a moment there, I though he was in the wrong thread about some race driver who's a bitch whiners.
Anyway Chicago is starting strong tonight !
But with LA, it's never over until it's over.
Just like Boston against TO.
Bruins 6 Penguins 1. Put that in your pipe and SMOKE IT pal. Talk about not looking at both sides of the story honestly. They showed you...and everybody.
I agree. Take nothing for granted. Your opposition is an incredibly talented team so go out there like it's your last chance every time. But no one thought Pittsburgh would be shut down 9-1 at home in a million years. I know deep down you still feel a bit insecure...but now you must have the impulse to throw out your prediction at this moment.
....and to think we're here because the Leafs couldn't hold a 3-goal lead with about 8:00 to play. :eyebrows:
http://msn.foxsports.com/nhl/story/...in-game-2-of-eastern-conference-finals-060313
PITTSBURGH (AP)
The Boston Bruins keep talking about fortunate bounces and a dash of luck, insisting the margin between themselves and the Pittsburgh Penguins is thin.
At the moment, it looks like a chasm.
Brad Marchand scored twice during a four-goal first period and the Bruins routed the Pittsburgh 6-1 in Game 2 of the Eastern Conference finals on Monday night to take a 2-0 lead in the best-of-seven series.
''It doesn't matter what the series is at right now,'' Marchand said. ''If they get the next one, they're right back in it. The next one is the one that's most important.''
It's a phrase the top-seed Penguins repeated after losing Game 1 on Saturday night to fall behind in a series for the first time in the playoffs. The inspired play they needed never materialized.
Sidney Crosby and Evgeni Malkin were held scoreless for the second straight contest to send the NHL's highest-scoring team slouching to Boston for Game 3 on Wednesday with its season on the line.
''Tonight was terrible, there's no other way to describe it,'' Crosby said. ''A loss is a loss. It's frustrating. You don't like giving one like that. We really didn't do a lot of things to give ourselves a chance to win. This one we have to forget pretty quickly.''
It won't be easy.
Ron Cook: Penguins' stars at their worst
http://www.post-gazette.com/stories/sports/ron-cook/ron-cook-penguins-stars-at-their-worst-690297/
Two wins, of course, do not advance any team to the Cup final. The Penguins still have time to make it a series, still are skilled enough to win four of the next five games even if three will be in Boston, if necessary. But that doesn't change the harsh truth: Crosby, Malkin and Letang have been thoroughly outplayed by the Bruins stars.
Penguins coach Dan Bylsma didn't want to go there. "I'm not going to look at just three players. As a group, we need to be a lot better." But Crosby did. "We don't sit here and accept it. We know we're looked upon to score and produce. We're not going to sit here and make excuses. I'm not going to sit here and say it's [Boston goaltender Tuukka] Rask. We have to be better."
Crosby has been lousy. It's hard to say he ever has played this poorly in consecutive games. It's not just that he failed to get a point in either game. He lost his cool at the end of the second period in Game 1, going out of his way to harass Rask and then comically jawing with Boston giant Zdeno Chara, who could have squeezed his head off if he had so desired. If Crosby's plan was to inspire his teammates, who trailed, 1-0, at the time, he failed miserably. The Bruins dominated the third period.
Crosby sabotaged the Penguins much earlier in Game 2 with the first of his four giveaways. He didn't handle a bouncing puck at the Boston blue line, turning it over to Bruins winger Brad Marchand, who soared the other way on a breakaway, easily beating Penguins goalie Tomas Vokoun with a wrist shot just 28 seconds into the game. Crosby's blunder brought back nightmares of the boarding penalty he took just 10 seconds into Game 7 of the Penguins' 2010 playoff series with Montreal. The Canadiens' Brian Gionta turned it into a power-play goal 22 seconds later, and the Penguins never recovered, losing, 5-2, in their final game at Mellon Arena.
The Penguins didn't recover Monday night, either.
Letang did his part to make sure of that. He is incredibly good most of the time, but he has moments that are wickedly bad. One led to Boston's second goal when he tried to clear the puck from behind his net up the center of the ice. Bruins defender Torey Krug intercepted his pass and teammate Nathan Horton turned it into a rebound goal and a 2-0 lead, which quickly became 3-0 when Krejci was left alone for an easy tap-in goal that sent Vokoun to the bench for Marc-Andre Fleury. Letang was on the ice, doing nothing in particular, for that goal as well. He finished a minus-3.
Malkin didn't have any such egregious mistakes, unlike in Game 1 when he foolishly, thoughtlessly and selfishly got into a fight with the Bruins' Patrice Bergeron at the end of the second period when the Penguins were on the power play. But he failed to get a point for the second consecutive game and for the fourth time in the past five playoff games. He had a nice scoring chance when the game was 1-0 but shot the puck right into Rask after cruising down the high slot.
The lame performance of the Penguins stars in the first two games must have made Jarome Iginla think to himself, "Damn, I should have gone with the Bruins at the trade deadline!" Then again, he didn't do anything to help in the first two games, either.
Krejci has been wonderful. He came into Game 2 as the NHL's leading playoff scorer with 19 points before getting his eighth goal. Horton also has been very good against the Penguins with two goals and three assists in the two games. Then, there's Rask. He has been far better than Vokoun and Fleury, stopping 55 of 56 shots in the two wins. Vokoun gave up the three goals Monday night on 12 shots. Fleury, playing for the first time since Game 4 of the first-round series against the New York Islanders, was beaten by Marchand on the first shot he saw, just 25 seconds after the Penguins' Brandon Sutter had scored to cut the Boston lead to 3-1. Fleury gave up two more goals in the third period, including a weak final goal to Bruins defenseman Johnny Boychuk on a long slap shot.
So who starts in goal for the Penguins in Game 3?
Eric Hartzell?
Seriously, it won't matter if Crosby, Malkin and Letang don't show up.
WEEI reported today that the Pens might be considering using Hartzell at goalie despite never having played an NHL game. Even if the guy might have great potential, this smells of the deepest desperation...indeed. It shows Boston has given Pittsburgh's confidence an incredible BRUIsiN!!!!!!!!!!!
GOOOOOO BRUINS,
:thumb:Merlot
I think you should stop smoking Merlot, specially pipes.
Unless you want to apply for Toronto's mayor job.
Talk about suposedly looking always at both sides of the story... my comment if you would have taken the time to read properly was about the game before. On this occasion Pens lost many occasions to scores thus, Bruins were lucky on that one. PLAIN AND SIMPLE.
As for last game it was clear they are back in shape.
Also if you read this thread more, you could have seen that I (even if I'm Habs) would like to see Bruins in the finals as much as Pens. Since I like both teams.
There's only a couple players in your team which I despise, but for the team, I like Bruins for many reasons I already stated many times. Same as Pens. They have douche bags I would like to see get off the ice for good but I like their team too.
But anyway !
Lets hope to have at least 6 games for this is what makes it fun.
A 7th would be nice but I doubt Pens can 'remake' the exploits of the Leafs in the last period of it.
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