BOOYAH!
Friday, June 17, 2011
Sports Capitol of the World
Is there any doubt that Boston is the best sports town in the entire world. The New England Patriots are in a drought for championships when compared to Boston's other teams.
BOOYAH!
BOOYAH!
Thursday, June 9, 2011
Bears Do Bite Back
Perhaps in a slight coincidence to the freak accident where a bear flew through a car window and killed two Canadians, the Boston Bruins took back the Stanley Cup Finals series against Vancouver with a 12-1 trouncing of the Vancouver Canucks. Wait. That wasn't the final score? Oh, it was 8-1 on Monday and 4-0 on Wednesday. My bad Canucks fans.
As if the Garden crowd needed extra reason to cheer, Bobby Orr's flag waving for the befallen Nathan Horton before the game pumped up a crowd already thirsty for blood.
Coming into this season it was clear that should the Bruins advance far into the playoffs, it would be from a total team effort. In other words, this is a team devoid of "big stars". Although David Krejci's playoff leading 22 points and Tim Thomas' godly play has the feel of stellar individual play, the performances from the last guys on the bench have been just as important.
Daniel Paille and Gregory Campbell's penalty killing efforts have stifled one of Vancouver's strong points. Paille in particular has been the pest the Bruins have needed on the penalty kill, providing an endless fore checking effort.
On the wimpier side of things, things couldn't have gone any worse than they did in the two games at Boston. Sure, Nathan Horton is now out of the series, but they also severely woke up a team that plays it's best hockey after they get a kick in the butt.
Roberto Luongo has reverted back to the Luongo Canucks fans have come to know; great regular season followed by steep fall in playoffs. Ryan Kessler has been taken out of the series and is probably hurt. So has that finger biting SOB Alexandre Burrows. Same with Thelma and Louise [cough], I mean the Sedin brothers (thank you Mike Milbury).
Ryder and Marchand scored a goal apiece, while Peverley chipped in with two.
Two of the more underrated moments of the night: Brad Marchand taking out two Canucks and dropping the gloves in the span of five seconds, and Tim Thomas' slashing of Burrows to close out the game.
Can't wait for Game 5.
As if the Garden crowd needed extra reason to cheer, Bobby Orr's flag waving for the befallen Nathan Horton before the game pumped up a crowd already thirsty for blood.
Coming into this season it was clear that should the Bruins advance far into the playoffs, it would be from a total team effort. In other words, this is a team devoid of "big stars". Although David Krejci's playoff leading 22 points and Tim Thomas' godly play has the feel of stellar individual play, the performances from the last guys on the bench have been just as important.
Daniel Paille and Gregory Campbell's penalty killing efforts have stifled one of Vancouver's strong points. Paille in particular has been the pest the Bruins have needed on the penalty kill, providing an endless fore checking effort.
On the wimpier side of things, things couldn't have gone any worse than they did in the two games at Boston. Sure, Nathan Horton is now out of the series, but they also severely woke up a team that plays it's best hockey after they get a kick in the butt.
Roberto Luongo has reverted back to the Luongo Canucks fans have come to know; great regular season followed by steep fall in playoffs. Ryan Kessler has been taken out of the series and is probably hurt. So has that finger biting SOB Alexandre Burrows. Same with Thelma and Louise [cough], I mean the Sedin brothers (thank you Mike Milbury).
Ryder and Marchand scored a goal apiece, while Peverley chipped in with two.
Two of the more underrated moments of the night: Brad Marchand taking out two Canucks and dropping the gloves in the span of five seconds, and Tim Thomas' slashing of Burrows to close out the game.
Can't wait for Game 5.
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