Penguins Remain Undefeated
by Joe Dunman on May 29, 2008 5:52 AM MDT
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PrintAt Mellon Arena. Since February.
After taking the first two games of the Stanley Cup Finals off, the Pittsburgh Penguins finally got their act together and showed the world that they can indeed play hockey with the Red Wings. And beat them 3-2.
Sidney Crosby led the charge with two goals and Marian Hossa had two assists. Evgeni Malkin was still a no-show on the scoreboard but he played harder and looked much more confident on the ice than in the previous two games.
Johan Franzen made the Penguins defense look ridiculous when he scored a goal on a second period power play, but the Wings couldn't catch up and didn't dominate the ice like before. Darn.
Marc-Andre Fleury significantly out-performed Chris Osgood, who stopped 21 of 24 shots compared to Fleury's 32 saves on 34 shots. Oh, and Osgood is still a diving liar.
In other important news, Pensburgh hit nearly 400 comments on their game thread last night, which included an impressive showing from MHH members and some ridiculousness from a Wangs fan or two. But of course. FrankD is far more patient than I, it must be said. I would have been wielding the ban stick like Thor's hammer. That's how the Net Nanny rolls.
Game 4 is Saturday in Pittsburgh. Seriously, two nights off and no travel in between? Who makes these playoff schedules?
Pens in 6.
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Great Game.
New To MHH – glad to be here.
I haven’t been able to watch the first two games of the series due to the fact that I am without Versus, but watching last nights game was a pleasure. Particularly enjoyable was the 5+ minute stretch in the third period when the refs swallowed the whistles. Great fun, and thats what hockey is meant to be like. Brooks Orpik played a great game too.
Sched.
Game 4 is Saturday in Pittsburgh. Seriously, two nights off and no travel in between? Who makes these playoff schedules?
Hockey Night in Canada!
"A witty saying proves nothing."
- Voltaire (1694-1778)
by Jibblescribbits on May 29, 2008 8:24 AM MDT reply actions
I didn’t want to impose with posting the video of Orpik killing everyone in the span of 20 seconds, but should anyone be interested (and feel it’s worthy of a MHH fanpost) the video is available on Pensburgh. I must admit, it’s friggin awesome.
FrankD from Pensburgh.com
I watched it four times in a row this morning on Pensblog. Good lord, BEST. SHIFT. EVER.
Go Avs! Let's get some goals!
I saw
Hlinka have a shift exactly like that one time. Except he didn’t actually hit anyone. Or try to. Actually, come to think of it, he was the one knocked on his ass several times. And he coughed up the puck. But other than all of that, I saw Hlinka have a shift exactly like that one time.
by Bob in Boulder on May 29, 2008 5:12 PM MDT up reply actions
I’m glad the Pens finally decided to show up. Their winning streak at the Igloo is impressive but …they still only beat the Wings by one goal. Osgood was alternately awful and then awesome. I think he took a page out of Hasek’s book when he went so far out of the goal. I’m sure you all enjoyed that while I was screaming in agony. Wings will be better in Game 4 on Saturday (darn schedule!). Orpik was amazing. Quote of the night from my daughter, “Mom, I’m sick of hearing about Sidney Crosby.” I told her it is only going to get worse.
Its the Crosby Show
Hockeychic,
Get used to it. Every time his skates touch the ice his name is mentioned. I am sure that the NHL is happy that their posterboy is in the finals – but I agree with you – I’m fed up with hearing his name. You hear about Crosby much more than you do people like Staz, or Ovechkin, or Kane, just to name a few.
But on the flip side: Crosby generates attention of a good kind for other people. That raises ratings, and possibly more games televised by NBC. If the game gets more popular, then the revenue will continue to increase, and then maybe the salary cap will continue to rise.
So in short, it does stink to hear his name constantly – but in the long run, Crosby winning the cup will be a great thing for the NHL.
I blame NBC. Like I mentioned last night i the Open Thread, NBC makes every broadcast out to be the first hockey game ever. I’ve seen introduction videos on Sidney Crosby ALL YEAR – it drives me crazy. You also get little anecdotes too, but to a lesser extent on guys like Hal Gill (6’7”, 250 lbs, size 14 shoe – mentioned every other game) or Gary Roberts (42 years old, from Lemieux’s draft class). Trust me, if you think you’re tired of hearing it I’m muting the TV.
FrankD from Pensburgh.com
Crosby show better than
The RW diving extravaganza or the Holmstrom is uglier than hell show. Man, I always thought that Tim Duncan had the market cornered on whiny face, but Holmstrom takes whiny face to a whole other level.
Holmstrom does...
He certainly does have a whiny face. But, If you spent your entire career getting the crap knocked out of your back side while standing in front of goalies, you be in pain too. He has more guts then Crosby for sure.
I’m so tired of hearing which hockey players have more guts than Sidney Crosby. Sidney Crosby doesn’t get paid to stand in front of goalies and be a second or third liner. He doesn’t get paid to fight anybody, or even hit anybody. That’s not what he does. “Scorers score and bangers bang.”
Crosby’s got just as much guts as any player on the ice that does what he does. He’s an intense hockey player with a crap ton of skill. He’s no Holmstrom, but who cares? Holmstrom doesn’t cash the same size checks that Sid The Kid gets to cash.
Go Avs! Let's get some goals!
Yes - I know that.
I know that they do different jobs, and I was probably out of place in saying that Sid has no guts. It does take quite a large amount of guts to take the NHL on your back and do whatever it takes to bring the NHL back to prominence.
Rumor has it Holmstrom may be out with a lower body injury Saturday night. Speculations are roaming from sports hernia to back spasms. Wait and see I suppose.
FrankD from Pensburgh.com
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