3OT Update
Fuck! I take it all back, the Penguins suck. :)
2OT Update
I love the playoffs, and I especially love these long overtime games. It doesn't feel like a real Cup run without at least one of these long miserable bastards. I predict a rash of red flu at workplaces across the Metro area (and throughout the world in the hundreds of "Little Hockeytowns" wherever Michiganders settle.
I haven't said anything yet about Fleury, and he certainly deserves it, and maybe saying it out loud will break the curse. It has been an incredible game for both goaltenders, but Fleury continues to impress. Some great penalty killing on both sides.
But now we move on to 3OT and face the prospect of playing 2 whole games of ice time in the same night. The Red Wings have experience and depth, but quite a few young guys as well. I think Detroit is deeper and better conditioned, but in OT, especially 3OT one small mistake can lead to goal for either side, and small mistakes are much easier to make when you've worked that hard.
Andy wouldn't be happy if I didn't mention really bad officiating. There has been really bad officiating, and it deems to have skewed against the Wings, especially those terrible Goaltender Interference calls, and Obstruction non-calls. But we can only play the game we have and not the one we wish we had. GO Wings!
-Ish (quite happy he took a nap after class this afternoon, and doesn't start tomorrow morning until 0830)
OT
So I'm at Union School for Hazmat Technician class in Easton, MD, which means some part of me wants this thing to go 7 so I can be home for the Cup win. But that makes me a little too nervous, so even though I won't be around for the parties, I'll take a win tonight.
The result is still unknown, but a great game so far. I really like Pittsburgh as a team. I have a connection to them through a close family friend who has worked for them for years now, and I actually got to see Mario play in Pitt 15 years ago, so I have a natural affinity for the team, but this particular group is really incredible, and I'm glad they've started playing like the team they are. I still think we'll beat them whatever the result tonight, but I love to see a good series.
Darren Helm is looking great tonight, and Datsyuk is going beyond even his own usually stellar play. Anyway, here's hoping 2OT is the charm. Go WINGS!