I just watched the end of the game 7 deciding match for the Stanley Cup between the Pittsburgh Penguins and the Detroit Red Wings. The Penguins led 2-0 late in the game, but Detroit started pounding the goal and scored with less than six minutes remaining to make it 2-1. Detroit then increased their offensive blitz and at 2:07 remaining in the game a shot went past the Pittsburgh goalie and bounced downward and back out off the top iron bar of the goal. This means if it had been less than an inch lower it would have most likely clicked off the bottom of that crossbar and into the goal.
The Red Wings continued to control the puck and fire shots at the goal right up until the game ended, with the Penguins holding on to win, 2-1. A truly exciting finish to a great seven game series. I noticed that the general manager of the Penguins is the son of Fred Shero, who coached the Philadelphia Flyers to two Stanley Cups in the 1970's. I still remember running up Broad Street during the victory parade, wearing a Flyers jersey and holding my hockey stick high. How many Pittsburgh fans will relive this excitement this week?
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You think that was a nail biter - you ought to catch a PeeWee game up here this winter . . . oooo You'll be on the edge of your seat.
ReplyDeleteMaybe not because its exciting, but more because you'll feel like kickin' some PeeWee parent butt! They're as bad as any NHL fan.
We had parents cheering for illegal hits last year during state. Jason ended up in the locker room with his back out after scoring a hat trick that morning. He's a trooper though, we popped it back in and he was on the ice for the next period.
I LOVE youth hockey!
Ouch! Popped it back in?! So, with lipstick on, you're a hockey mom/ pit bull/ Sarah Palin?
ReplyDelete"I went to a fight and a hockey game broke out."
Funny - yeah, I prefer hockey mom to soccer mom. Jase is out 1 MORE WEEK now from soccer due to some crazy behavior over the weekend and now his balance is off and his reflexes. Doc cleared him for hockey tho - he's back on the ice tomorrow. Thank God and scientists for pads and helmets.
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