Game 80 Preview: Bruins vs. Hurrican'ts I KNOW WHAT I WANT FOR FAN APPRECIATION DAY (HINT IT'S EYEBLEAF'S FAVORITE)

It's kind of fun that the last home game of the Bruins regular season is also the first home game of the Revolution season. Revs play TorontoFC at like 7pm tonight so unless you're watching Habs/Leafs on NHLNetwork (which you totally should be and rooting for Toronto) maybe flip that o-hahahahahaha oh my who watches MLS on TV anyways?

Regardless, the Bruins have a chance to clinch at home with a win today. 3 points today and tomorrow clinches 6th which isn't so bad. But check this out: Montreal might still miss. Here's how:

• Bruins get at least a point today (though they need a win to clinch).
• Toronto beats Montreal in regulation.
• Rangers beat Philly in overtime tomorrow.

Bonus: The Maple Leafs are locked in to 29th place for the season so you don't have to feel bad about them winning and maybe us not getting as good a draft pick. The draft lottery is on Tuesday, but you can check in with the Oilers website for all your lottery simulation fun. Hit reload to re-run the simulation.

Here's the probabilities for Boston's pick from Toronto:

• 1st overall chance: 18.8%
• 2nd overall chance: 42.0%
• 3rd overall chance: 39.2%
• 4th or higher chance: 0.000% ()
  

So things are looking up in Bruins-land. The crazies are giving up and moving on to the Red Sox. Bruins have a 60.8% chance of picking Hall or Seguin, both of whom will likely help a starved Bruins offense next year. And the playoffs are looking like a reality. Brilliant!

As for the season so far, it's been a disappointing one so far. A bunch of players aren't having career years again and we aren't even dominating the habs. However, hope springs eternal for the Bruins as they aren't eliminated from the playoffs. Minnesota is but who didn't expect that. The important part about the Minnesota season this year is Guillaime Latendresse who got traded from the Montreal media asking him why he didn't score a hat trick every night to the hokiest team in hockey and the hard-hitting reporting of the Minnesota media (actually I like Mike Russo a lot but they seem to be friendlier in Minnesota. Minnesota Nice. Nice. The folks over at Hockey Wilderness have taken to calling him BTE (Best Trade Ever). Of course when you're a ten-year-old team that's less difficult.

I know I don't shut up about how awesome Steve Stamkos is but I'm signing up for Stammer's Sweethearts, especially after how hilarious this chart of where he's scored his goals from:

If you want to see the same kind of chart for Crosby (king of the tip-in) and Ovechkin (shoots from everywhere, scores from everywhere, Russian machine never break) Check it out on NHL.com. The MLS website could take some queues from them. Stamkos owns and I hope he scores 8 goals this weekend and takes the Rocket Richard.

Wisconsin is playing BC tonight in the NCAA Frozen Four Final.

GO WISCONSIN
GO REVOLUTION
GO LEAFS, GO RANGERS IN OT TOMORROW
GO BRUINS!

Game 69 Review: BRUINS 5 CAN('T)ES 2 BRUINS WIN OH GOD IS PATRICE OKAY?

The only thing this game was missing was Tim Thomas getting a shutout. Between Wideman and doing a good job (check out that crease-clear at the beginning of the game), hunwick creating a goal from the defensive zone, and a slick Ryder snipe, it was fan un-favorite night in Carolina.

Of course by that time, Seidenberg had already showed up 5 minutes earlier and thrown a shot near the net, redirected in by Bergeron. hellooooo, 1-0 lead in the first :30.

Then other fan un-favorite Matt Hunwick stick-checks the puck off LaRose's stick on a two-on-one. Boychuk picks it up, gets it up to Ryder, who puts it back on Hunwick's stick. Hunwick pours the puck onto Boychuk's streaking stick, who leads the rush and 5-holes Legace.

Everything seemed to go downhill from there for the Hurricanes. Or maybe from week 6:

Either way, Boston put up another 5-goal game on the road. Here's the full highlights, courtesy of NHL.com:

Here's hoping that translates tomorrow.

GO BRUINS!

Game 68 Revi-screw it. Game 69 (heh) Preview: Bruins vs. Carolina

Game 68 review:
Marty had more points than goals allowed in the 0th, Bruins battled back in the 1st and 2nd, but after two they couldn't win. Wait, that first period counted? Damn. 2-3 Bad Guys in regulation, not helping the playoff hopes much.

On to our next game. Carolina again. I do believe they're in the usual Carolina-goes-on-a-tear-and-might-squeek-into-the-playoffs mode right now, but that's mostly a hunch. It's also maybe too late, but the East is just downright terrible this year so who knows.

No morning skate for the Bruins before their 7th road game in a row. After this, they can go home. Here's hoping they don't return without a shield.

Hoo boy, 5 o'clock already?

Stats!

Memento Mori.
GO BRUINS!

Game 51 Review: BRUINS 1 LAST PLACE HURRICANES 5 READY SET PANIC

Luckily instead of watching this mess of a game I got to watch some football...like watching the colts make it to another superbowl (dammit) and the Saints win but fail to cover the spread (worst case scenario). Woof.

Most of the people who watched the game mentioned things like "heart" "energy" "character" on Twitter, so I'll just say sure, that's probably it.

The Bruins now have the longest losing streak of the year. To find the last 5-game losing streak, you've gotta go back to December of 2007. Incidentally, the Bruins also dropped the 5th game of that streak to Carolina. They then lost the sixth game in a row to Atlanta. Luckily, there is not another game for a couple days. They have the opportunity to try to right the ship now before Friday. Oh wait, that's Buffalo? (Could be Savard's first game back) And then LA? ruh-roh.

At least the Olympics are soon.
GO BRUINS!

GAME 2 RECAP: BRUINS 7 CANES 2 WHERE WAS THIS IN MAY

This was a pretty huge game. Bruins came out attacking, and you're not getting a very complete recap as a result of too many goals.

First of all, the Fred Cusick tribute video:

Package marked: "c/o dafoomie"

Here's your first:

Savard.

Ryder.

Wheeler.

Savard's was a third chance on a powerplay that Cam Ward had no chance at.

Ryder one-timed a rebound from the slot. On the nhl.tv clip, the carolina announcer was just talking about him when he scoops it in.

Wheeler got his on a 2-on-1 rush.

3 goals in 21 shots. So that was the first period. What a game!

Then your second period:

Begin dumps Aaron Ward on his ass. Conflicting moment, there. Aaron Ward is awesome but so is seeing a hurricane get knocked over. More on that later.

DON'T MIND ME, I'M JUST STURMFACING OVER HERE. Savard picks off a pass around the boards and throws it to Sturm right in front of the net. Sturm puts it in. Delightfully done. Welcome back, Marco!

Caaaaaaaaaam Waaaaaaaaaaaard sits down for the night.

Michael Leighton lets in a powerplay goal from Wideman at the point. Chara has been sneaking in down low recently.

Scott Walker. 5-1.

Begin forechecks the shit out of Andrew Alberts, puts it in front of Leighton and Thornton taps it in.

Not only did they annihilate the Hurricanes on the scoreboard, they also did it on the ice.

At 4:30 of that clip, you watch Thornton casually skate over to Alberts, not even watching the play. A man with purpose, with poise. Then Jack Edwards (bless that man's homer voice) goes off on the fight. Shades of Dallas. And a killer win to boot.

Oh yeah Matt Hunwick scored one too.

Game.

WIN!

7-2

There are 5 Bruins who haven't scored a point (must have played). They are: Krejci, Bitz, Kobasew, Ference, Thomas.

Shawn Thornton still has twice as many fights than goals.

That's more like it.

GO BRUINS!

GAME 2: Bruins vs. Hurricanes: Revenge?

Let's get 2 point out of this one, boys. If you don't know what this game means, you just started following the Bruins. Welcome! The Carolina Hurricanes knocked the Bruins out of the playoffs last year in overtime of game 7 of the Conference Semifinals. Here's the picture everybody's going to lead with, may as well get it out of the way:Here's what to really remember about May 14th, 2009:Byron Bitz started the scoring from Krejci and Ryder, having taken Blake Wheeler's spot in the playoffs. Local promising new rookie gets the "we want bitz" treatment and now he's just put the bruins ahead in game 7 at home. This was a good day, truly.

Then Rod the Bod put one in, followed by former Bruins Sergei Samsonov. There's a feeling of dread that comes into play here. That "oh shit, please let the bruins score. Pretty please.

Milan Lucic tied it up in the third, as the refs put away their whistles. There's hope. Third period ends, and I just get this awful feeling. You know this could easily not end well. You've seen the Bruins lose in OT before. Usually off some fluke shit goal. Your fears are answered:

Overtime. Game 7. Scott Walker.Fin.

Game is at 7pm on NESN. Tonight, they will be honoring the Memory of Fred Cusick, who passed away recently at the age of 90. He's going to get a silver microphone hung next to Johnny Most's, and the NESN Broadcasting booth will be re-named the Fred Cusick broadcasting booth. If you don't know why, look up some highlights on youtube. Or check out his book.

SCORE! BOBBY ORR!

Hurricanes also dropped their first game, to the Flyers, 2-0. They had like 800 powerplays. If Ray Emery can shut them out, hmm.

Here's to some real live Saturday night hockey.
GO BRUINS!

Being Bitter in the Offseason: Scott Walker

Well, I just bought the sponsorship for Scott Walker's hockey-reference page.

It's 255 characters. It can't have profanity, but there is a lot of leeway otherwise.

I need something good for this, but need help from you, our dear reader(s).

Go hog wild, leave it in the comments. Because "Fuck Scott Walker" won't pass the censors.

Yes, every post has to end with

GO BRUINS!

The one where Cornelius swears about the playoffs

I've been on a pretty even keel about this, but I figure I should just dump all of this right here, right now. Mom, you might not want to read this one. It's not very good and there's a lot of swearing.
Fuck You, Carolina Hurricanes.

Fuck Scott Walker, Fuck Eric Staal, Fuck Chad fucking LaRose, fuck Ryan Whitney too. Oh and Cam Ward, I hope you get passed over for olympic consideration. Really, I do. Brodeur/Luongo/Fleury instead or something.

Did I mention fuck Scott Walker?

You know when that game 7 went to OT, you got a bad feeling. When Scott fucking walker batted the fucking puck out of the fucking air to score a fucking fuck fuck goal to end the bruins season, you were either going to kill the guy next to you or internalize it.

That's why you, my wonderful reader(s) is/are getting this rant now.

Like that time you were on summer vacation and the dog you'd had since you were 6 couldn't make it up the stairs anymore so you had to take it to the vet on the way to the beach, and you didn't cry until months later.

But enough about me.

Where was I again? Oh yeah. Fuck the Hurricanes.

Fuck you, you little bitches got swept the fuck out of the Eastern Conference Finals by a team that finally played like they should have against your little shit team.

Yeah, I said it. Jersey probably should've beaten you, but Brodeur was too busy thinking about donuts to stop 2 goals at the end of the last game.

I don't like your team. Yes, it's because you beat us in the playoffs. You'd feel the same way. Go ahead and hate or gloat or whatever. The Bruins wouldn't have rolled over and been swept by the Penguins.

And you did. You couldn't handle the power of the Malkin-Crosby supergroup. Whatever.

Mrs. Walker, I hope you have a full recovery. I also hope Scott gets hit by a bus. Is that wrong? No, that's being a sports fan. Fuck 'em.

One last thing: the commenting folks over at Canes Country? Nice talking to you hicks, but you should learn things like what a reply button thread is on the SBNation platform, and what "humor" is. Also whoever that one guy was during game...6, maybe? Anyhow, commanding folks to do your bidding over the internet is, well, it's not really all that amusing or interesting.

Just like this rant. But I had to get it out sometime, and now was as good as any.

And even after all that, I loved beating the Habs.

I'm looking forward to next year already.

GO BRUINS!

Round 2 Game 7 BRUINS 2 CANES 3 WELP

Yup. Pretty much.

Congratulations to Byron Bitz for his first career playoff goal. It was a good one. Thanks also to Lucic for getting one.

I'll admit, I got a bad feeling as soon as this game got to overtime.

And I was right.

I'm a little disappointed that the bruins didn't do a stick-raising "celebrate the fans" type of thing, but I guess they followed tim thomas's lead in sprinting to the dressing room. What sealed it was hearing Byron Bitz getting called as third star and the security guard closed the door to the ice from the bench.

It was a very good year, the best since 1999 in terms of playoff depth, but obviously still a disappointment.

I don't know about y'all, but I'm hopping on the Penguins bandwagon. Both because fuck the Hurricanes and because I really like what the guys over at thepensblog do day in and day out.

...sigh...
There's always next year, right?

More focusing on the positives later, and maybe a little site redesign.

GO BRUINS!

Round 2 Game 7: Bruins vs. Carolina BY ALL THAT YOU HOLD DEAR ON THIS GOOD EARTH I BID YOU STAND

Do or die.
Can't say much more than that.

Let's win the first period, eh?

GO BRUINS!

Round 2 Game 6 Recap: BRUINS 4 CANES 2 SHIPPING UP TO BOSTON WHOOOOOA-OOO-OOO

Bringing it back to Boston on Thursday, the Bruins managed to...mmm....dominate the hurricanes early and then hold on for the win.

TICKETS FOR GAME SEVEN GO ON SALE AT 11 AM TODAY.

Huge first period. Huge game. Let's look back at some fond memories...

First Period.
This game had barely gotten started when the Hurricanes are in the Bruins zone. The bruins take it away along the board and Aaron ward passes it to Bergeron. Bergeron sets his sights on the net on the other end and takes off. He skates past about 200 hurricanes and ends up on a 2-on-2 rush with Recchi. He lets Babchuk slide between them and into his own goalie before dishing it precisely to Recchi, who taps it into the gaping open net with enough time before the Canes players dislodge it.

Pending review...
GOAL!

1-0. Hey, didn't Recchi score the first one last game, too? He's pretty good.
Recchi at that point had 50 playoff goals in 150 playoff games with 5 different teams, including (of course) the two on the ice in this game.

There's barely any time after that and the Bruins are moving it in the offensive zone. Ryder gets it down low, passes to Krejci who one-touch redirects the pass perfectly over to Montador. Montador slaps the shit out of it and Cam Ward has no answer for this one.

GOAL!

2-0. Montador? OLE! He's also definitely stepped up his game defensively. Now there's nobody on the bruins who I would consider "bad." It's a wonderful problem to have.

Carolina ends up equalizing the shots on goal, but doesn't manage to put one past Thomas in the first period.

As my dad likes to say, "Win the first."

Second Period.
Pretty early on, Matt Cullen rushes up and scores when Thomas misses a pokecheck.
2-1. You can see Thomas get mad at that.

Then about 5 minutes later, the Bruins are working it along the boards. It's the wonderful Kessel-Savard-Lucic line out there and the end up with possession. Savard works it free and passes it off the board past some cane onto Lucic's stick at the point. Now, the key to a player like Lucic is that everybody on the other team probably remembers him from that time they got hit really hard. Three different guys try to take him down as he skates from the point to the far side of the net. "Wait - what's that in the bushes? I thought I heard a sound....nah, must be nothing. Why's Lucic passing to empty spa-"

GOAL!

3-1. Marc Savard is usually the guy dishing, but in this case he seemed pretty happy to score that goal. Seriously, listen for the screech in the video as he tries to find a bruins fan in the stands before celebrating with the team. Shouldn't have a whole lot of a tough time on Thursday.

This is what Cam Ward looked like after the goal: Serious stinkeye.

9 minutes later or so, we're getting it all together. The Recchi-Bergeron-Kobasew line is out there and they're pretty good on the whole. Recchi shoots but it's tipped over the goal. Bergeron picks it up and skates over to the side of the net. Kobasew has seen this and skated over to the other side of the net. Bergeron-Kobasew-Net.

GOAL!

4-1. KOBASEWNED! This is looking pretty good so far, and the NESN broadcasters are nice enough to let us know the Bruins are 6-0 (7-0 now) this postseason when scoring 4+ goals. That's all of the games.

Third Period.
This is where the jitters come back. You were watching when Carolina scored two to try to convince brodeur to retire early. You saw those 2 goals. You know this one isn't over until it's over. Buckle up.

First of all, Savard gets leg-checked and plays one test shift and then heads to the locker room. This is not good news at all. So far the Canes have taken down Chara and Savard and sucker-punched Ward. Tip for Carolina: Don't fuck with Phil Kessel. He beat cancer, he can beat swine flu.

Samsonov.
4-2. Stuart drops him right after the goal. He didn't know it had gone in, just playing the body.

Bruins hold on for the rest of the game. With 2 minutes left, Cam Ward leaves the net and the Canes spend a lot of time trying to get something going in the offensive zone. The Bruins keep getting it out.

Game.

Despite Jack Edwards saying "Miracle" twice, the Bruins

WIN!

3-3

One Game.

This ain't a series anymore. If you want to read how the bruins have already won game 7, go read Canes Country. If you're a hockey fan, you know that this is far from over. Nobody's already won anything yet. So get yourself a ticket and I'll see you at the game.

Julien already said Savard would be ready for Game 7.

GO BRUINS!

Round 2 Game 6 Preview: Bruins @ Carolina WINNING GAMES IS MORE IMPORTANT THAN ANYTHING ELSE

Game's on NESN tonight, 7pm.
Bruins win? They bring it back to Boston for game 7.
Bruins lose? They're done for the season.
They played really well on Sunday. They'll have to repeat that performance tonight.
Walker, Jokinen could be marked men. Maybe next year.

The back of the net should be where we exact revenge.

"At this time of year, winning games is more important than anything else. But things are not forgotten."
- Shawn Thornton

Do or die.

Burn the sod farm.
GO BRUINS!

Round 2 Game 5: BRUINS 4 CANES 0 THANKS MOM

WOOOOOOOOOOO

That's more like it! The bruins decided to wake up and play some hockey all of a sudden. Their backs are still against the wall but they're looking feisty and ready to battle.

Aaron Ward's orbital bone might be broken. That walker joke should get broken too.

Jussi Jokinen is now officially a dirty word in Boston.

Now lets see how those goals got scored.

First Period.
Check out this hit by Lucic on Seidenberg. Seriously: Lucic Hit on Seidenberg. The whole garden watched him move in like a predator of some type...da-dum...da-dum...da-dum-da-dum-da-dum...BOOM! AND THE CROWD GOES WILD!

Bruins get on the powerplay late in the period (and early, etc...carolina is really taking penalties like crazy here). Faceoff, puck gets back to Chara. he wrists one in from the point, Recchi bats it down, it goes 5-hole on Cam Ward.

GOAL!

1-0. Hey, that Recchi guy is pretty good. I bet Carolina wishes they had a guy like that...suckers.

Then there's this line we have. It's pretty good, we like to call it the top line. Marc Savard, Phil Kessel...you may have heard of these guys. One is a brilliant passer, the other a sniper. They make a dynamic duo not unlike Spock and Kirk (p.s. see the new star trek). Anyhow, Savard has it on one side of the offensive zone. Kessel is on the other side. Their eyes meet across the ice and it's like a match made in heaven. The angels sing, and it distracts carolina (the traffic in front helps too) long enough for Kessel's shot to bounce right in.

GOAL!

2-0. Hey, that Kessel guy is pretty good too. I'm glad he's around.

Second Period.
Staal goes to hit Chara. I love it when they do that. Here's what happens right after Staal bounces off like one of the kids in that south park episode:

You'll have to pardon the embed, but this is important. Link here.

3-0. It's truly one of the best turns of events this whole series. Staal gets mangled, and we score. Beautiful.

Third Period.
So at this point Jussi's already slashed the crap out of Chara's ankle and he's come back. Bergeron and Ryder go into the zone and bergeron-ryder-cam ward's pad. HUGE rebound, bigger-than-chara-big, and while the camera is adjusting for it Lucic comes in and slaps it home.

GOAL!

4-0. Other teams hate Lucic. They hate to see him score, they hate to see him hit, they hate to see him get our crowd pumped up. For that alone he is useful. I dig his scoring, too.

Walker punches Ward in the face and gets one of the only one-sided fighting majors I've ever seen. Ward's orbital bone may be broken.

Game.

WIN!
Let me tell you a little bit about my hometown...

Bruins still trail the series,
2-3

We'll see 'em again on Tuesday. This ain't over yet.
GO BRUINS!

Round 2 Game 5 Preview: Bruins vs. Carolina THIS COULD BE OUR FINEST HOUR

The Bruins have been down 3-1 before.
They can win this game.
They will win this game.
Carolina blindsided them like a camouflaged truck driving out of a dark forest.
The time has come to play some real playoff hockey.

Do or die.

Let's win a hockey game, guys.
Luke DeCock says that Boston doesn't "deserve" another championship.

Deserve's got nothing to do with it.

Burn the sod farm.
GO BRUINS!

Round 2 Game 4 Recap: FUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU

Well, shit.

Eric Staal
Eric Staal
Eric Staal's mom.
Marc Savard.
1-4. game.

Loss.

down 1-3.

If you thought Carolina sucked, you were very very very wrong. How do they pull this shit out during the playoffs?

Whatever. Game sunday.

GO BRUINS!

Round 2 Game 4 Preview: Bruins @ Carolina THIS ONE'S A BIG ONE, FOLKS

May 8, 2009 7:30 PM ET TV: NESN Radio: WBZ 1030 AM @ Carolina Hurricanes Hurricanes lead series 1-2

Notes:

• There's a fan-organized event at the Joshua Tree in Davis Square, Somerville. Cameron Frye and I put it together, and there will be prizes and such. Come on down! (take the red line to Davis)
• Ference didn't skate this morning, likely out. Let the age of Hnidy begin.
  
• Wheeler had x-rays, but was skating with Ryder and Krejci.
• Big time game.

Stats:
1-2
I've got a bad feeling about this.
GO BRUINS!

Round 2 Game 3 Recap: BRUINS 2 CANES 3 DON'T PANIC

Well, shit. That's not at all how I expected that to go, though by the end of the second I had a bad feeling about it.

First Period.
The Bruins came out hot and by about 5 minutes in were really working the offensive zone. Stephane Yelle had a shot bounce off the bar and out. Just ridiculous. About a minute after that, with the Bruins still buzzing, Lucic sends it back up the half boards and savard gets it to wideman, who sends it on net from the point. Cam Ward gets a rebound. Lucic gets a rebound. Cam Ward doesn't get that one.

GOAL!

1-0. Since Carolina is the other team in the NHL that uses a Ric Flair WOOO, you're hoping they play it. They don't. Still, scoring first has been a good omen so far.

Thomas makes some ridiculous saves for the rest of the first, and Ward continues to play like a man possessed. They're both excellent goalies. The canes get a bunch of chances, the bruins get some too. The hurricanes end up nearly doubling the shots on goal of Boston.

Second Period.
During the end of the second period, the Hurricanes get a powerplay goal and about a minute later get another one. Eric Staal goal, too. They don't lose when he scores so far.
1-2. Crap.

Third Period.
The bruins are looking pretty tired at this point. Not overly tired, just tired. The hurricanes are buzzing. Luckily, the Bruins are still good and Old Man Recchi still knows how to crash the net. Montador sends it in, it gets blocked. Kobasew picks it up and sends it in to the net. Special delivery for Mark Recchi's leg. It bounces off and behind Cam Ward. The players on the ice look as surprised as I was.

GOAL!

2-2. We can't be relying on fluke goals, but with 10 minutes to go in this game, boy howdy will we take them.

Overtime.
Angry that Finland was eliminated by the USA team earlier that day in the IIHF tournament, Jussi Jokinen puts one behind Thomas.
2-3.

game

Loss.

This is still a 7-game series. The Bruins, despite looking tired, played the hurricanes pretty closely in what anyone from Raleigh will tell you is the loudest building in the league. (They could be right, it's pretty loud.)

Carolina now leads the series, 2-1. If the Bruins manage to split this trip and win on friday, then it's a brand new three-game series and the Bruins are going home-away-home.

the 2 man advantage breaks it down pretty well:

"It's like falling in love with the girl of your dreams then finding out that she once spent a weekend with Lenny Kravitz. I don't even recognize this Bruins team right now. They kinda look like my favorite team that controlled the tempo and played disciplined hockey but they just smell like incense, sweat and sing ridiculous lyrics like "We've got to stand up if we're gonna be free YEAH"

The Herald is reporting that Ference is unlikely for game 4, but this is from the folks that ran the "Pats taped pre-superbowl practice" and then ran the "sorry" one as the next season began. Just a shit paper. Sorry, Sarah. If the Globe goes down it will be a tragedy.

If he IS out, Johnny Boychuk scored the game-winner for Providence. He's a defenceman. hmmm.....

Either way, y'all should come down to the Joshua Tree in Davis Square (on the red line) to watch the game Friday. We'll have prizes!

Where? Joshua Tree (Somerville, MA)
When? Friday, May 8, 2009
What time? 6:30 - 11pm

GO BRUINS!

Round 2 Game 3 Preview: Bruins @ Carolina BATTLE OF RIC FLAIRS

May 6, 2009 7:30 PM ET
TV: NESN
Radio: WBZ 1030 AM
@ Carolina Hurricanes
Series tied, 1-1

Notes:

• Busy day today. Not a lot of time for blogging.
• Series tied 1-1. Bruins need to take this game or Friday's.
• Let's take this one.

Stats:
1-1
Check out this terrible TERRIBLE video (h/t SCoC)

Big game tonight.
First game in their building.
Gotta come out a lot tougher than in Game 2.
The Bruins can do it.
They just have to work for it.
GO BRUINS!

Round 2 Game 2 Recap: BRUINS 0 CANES 3 WELL THAT'S NOT HOW I SAW THAT ONE GOING

Aw crap. It's never good to lose in your own building. It's never good to lose in the playoffs. But let's not get too low. The series is tied up now. 1-1. And we're going into their building next.

The game? Here it is:
Joe Corvo
0-1 crap
Matt Cullen
0-2 shit
Eric Staal
0-3 (empty netter) son of a bitch.

game

I looked it up. This is called a "loss." Apparently it's allowed.

Joking aside, they outplayed us and now Eric Staal has scored so that works some sort of voodoo magic.
Whatever.
Series tied 1-1.
Insert Animal House speech here.

GO BRUINS!

Round 2 Game 2 Preview: Bruins vs. Hurricanes

Sunday, May 3, 2009 7:30 PM ET
TV: Versus
Radio: WBZ 1030 AM
vs. Carolina Hurricanes
Bruins lead series 1-0

Notes:

• Here's an example of John Forslund calling play-by-play.
• Fear not, Andy Brickley is doing the Color Commentary.
• Weather Forecast available here.
• Kessel sat out of practice yesterday, but should be playing tonight.
• If Julien keeps the old-school lines, I'll be pretty pumped. If he doesn't, I'll be pretty pumped.
• The Hurricanes' success is hurting the Finnish National team. Lost to Belarus.
  

Stats:
1-0
GO BRUINS!