Canucks v. Stars Game 4- Live Blogging Part Deux
Alrighty, so now for my second try at (drunken) live blogging. Hopefully it doesn't turn into a marathon like the last one. 'Cause I don't think my heart/liver can handle it.
Pre-Game Notes:
Off-topic, but on todays like this I love living in Vancouver. Nice temp, blue sky and nothing to do.
The Crazy Canucks crew is gonna be on CTV, awesome to them getting a little more exposure (well outside of Rebecca who's been getting a lot of press lately).
Anyways, time to go and get my food/beer ready for the game.
Was Don Cherry wearing a dark purple velvet suit? Or is it the pre-game beers playing tricks with my eyes?
Josh Green is back tonight! Lets hope he lasts more than a game.
Dallas has a crappy opening song for when the players come out onto the ice. You need a song that starts pulling at your gut and heart from the very first note. That and in the stands there seems to be more people in Texas A&M gear that Stars gear. What's up with that?
1st Period:
18:58 - Seriously, don't people know not to call me during a game?
17:27 - 4-0 for the Rangers?
16:something - Bad penalty there for Naslund. Puts the Stars on their first PP.
14:07 - Good kill and Sedin nearly scores the ensuing rush, good stop by Turco.
13:20 - Sopel makes me nervous, why the hell does he skate right at Luongo?
12:45 - Ok, think everybody except the refs thought that penalty was gonna be on Sedin for tripping.
11:17 - Now that passing play by our PK should be shown to kids learning how to kill penalties.
9:41 - Nice little rush by Bulis (yeah I know weird to say that) and in the resulting Stars panic, they take a penalty giving us our 1st PP. Now lets try and do something with it.
8:22 - Ok, we look like a bag of shite on the PP right now.
8:00 - Uhh ok. Don't really know what happened there with Hagman. But we've got a 4 on 3.
7:35 - Or maybe not, screw it I blame the beer.
6:59 - 2 Stars forwards down so far.
6:45 - Seriously this is bullshit penalty. I hate this stupid delay of game thing. You listening Bettman? Get rid of it!
5:47 - Nice block by Burrows!
4:56 - I love our PK unit. My blood pressure doesn't skyrocket anymore when a penalty gets called.
2:48 - Damn it Sopel! Stay in position.
1:36 - Nice little play there by the Linden line, buts lets try and get a shot form inside the faceoff dots.
1:31 - Ok, now we get another chance. Lets actually get setup this time.
0:05 - Now this is what I'm talking about. Great flurry of shots there. Love watching Salo load up that slap shot.
End of the 1st: Well, not a great 1st period but I'll take it. Need to go and get rid of some rented beer. Don't forget to check out Mike @ Yankee Canuck who is also live-blogging this game.
1st Intermission: Update on other games going on tonight. The Rangers are smacking the Thrashers around 5-0 with 18 minutes left in the 3rd. Ottawa and Pittsburgh are tied up at 1-1 in the 3rd. Anaheim and Minny are getting started momentarily and Detroit will return to the demolition of Calgary in about an hour.
2nd Period:
18:23 - Hansen, Bulis and Morrison(?) getting some good pressure to start the period off.
17:33 - 2-1 for Ottawa, just over 10 minutes to go.
17:04 - Ahh, just some broken glass, thought it was an injury there.
15:44 - Damn, Luongo with some nice stops there. Especially that last one with him 15 ft out of his net.
14:06 - Get Sopel off the ice and get the puck out of your damn zone!
12:something - Boucher and Smoke mixing it up a little. But of course CBC doesn't give any highlights just cuts to commerical. Never mind its Turco trying to stir shit up.
12:27 - Stupid penalty by Modano there to put us on the 4 on 3.
11:03 - Sopel get the fuck off the ice! Your on the damn powerplay, don't fuck up simple stuff.
10:27 - And we're on the PP again. Now just keep Sopes off the ice and we might have a chance.
9:26 - Never mind, we'll just take ourselves off the PP.
8:48 - Ice looks like crap. Pucks bouncing all over the place. Guess thats what happens when you have the NHL, NBA and Arena Football in the same place.
7:something - Nice play again by Bulis and his pass to Green just out of reach on the 2 on 1.
7:something - And we're on the PP again. Side note: WTF, CBC why does it take you so damn long to get your time ticker back up?
4:28 - And Hanssen with a nice shot. Kid looks good out there in only his 2nd NHL game.
2:24 - Henrik takes a penalty putting Dallas back on the PP. Not that it really make much of difference. Both teams PP have been pretty anemic so far.
0:15 - Jesus or Roberto Luongo, as he's otherwise known, makes a series of ridiculous saves to keep the score even.
End of the 2nd: I've got a bad feeling we're going to OT in this game. And with my luck these guys are gonna try and beat their own OT record. Hope I bought enough beer.
2nd Intermission: Another update on scores. Ottawa beats Pittsburgh 2-1 to go up 3-1 in their series. 7-0 Rangers over Atlanta to go up 3-0 in their series. And a 0-0 tie in Minny against Anaheim.
3rd Period:
20:00 - Over 19 minutes of penalties so far between the 2 teams. Too bad both teams powerplays have been completely useless.
17:34 - From Hughson, not a shot on net so far for Modano in this game.
15:33 - Dallas is starting to look a little desperate in this period. They've get the puck in our zone for most of the period but haven't really had a decent shot yet.
12:30 - Dallas is throwing everything but the kitchen sink into our zone trying to get something. Too bad (for them) that we've got Luongo in net (Thanks Mike Keenan, and yes this is probably the one and only time you'll hear me say that).
10:30 - Finally some decent pressure by the Canucks.
10:02 - OHLY!!!!! And the nucks go up 1-0.
8:22 - Pressure is on Turco now. The time to choke is all his now.
6:something - Damn it. Sydor scores off a screen from Morrow. 1-all
5:31 - And Linden scores to put us back up again. Turco gave a juicy rebound that went off a Stars D-man and right to him.
4:00 - Alright guys lets just hold on. Another goal would be nice though.
3:05 - How long until we see Turco out of his net?
2:something - Mitchell saves one for Luongo. And keeps the score 2-1. Christ that one was damn close.
2:00 - Turco's coming out any second now.
1:25 - Or maybe not, Dallas can't get any decent pressure in our zone.
1:07 - Turco's out.
0:28 - Bulis lays it out to block a nice shot.
0:21 - Luongo makes a great glove save.
0:13 - Daniel just misses the empty net for an icing call.
0:00 - Canucks win 2-1 and open up their lead in the series 3-1.
End of the Game: Alright so now we come back into Vancouver leading 3-1 in the series. Awesome. And the game didn't last 5 1/2 hours, almost as good as them winning.
Anyways, be sure to check out Alanah, JJ, the Crazy Canucks and everybody listed in my sidebar for some more commentary on this game.
Pre-Game Notes:
Off-topic, but on todays like this I love living in Vancouver. Nice temp, blue sky and nothing to do.
The Crazy Canucks crew is gonna be on CTV, awesome to them getting a little more exposure (well outside of Rebecca who's been getting a lot of press lately).
Anyways, time to go and get my food/beer ready for the game.
Was Don Cherry wearing a dark purple velvet suit? Or is it the pre-game beers playing tricks with my eyes?
Josh Green is back tonight! Lets hope he lasts more than a game.
Dallas has a crappy opening song for when the players come out onto the ice. You need a song that starts pulling at your gut and heart from the very first note. That and in the stands there seems to be more people in Texas A&M gear that Stars gear. What's up with that?
1st Period:
18:58 - Seriously, don't people know not to call me during a game?
17:27 - 4-0 for the Rangers?
16:something - Bad penalty there for Naslund. Puts the Stars on their first PP.
14:07 - Good kill and Sedin nearly scores the ensuing rush, good stop by Turco.
13:20 - Sopel makes me nervous, why the hell does he skate right at Luongo?
12:45 - Ok, think everybody except the refs thought that penalty was gonna be on Sedin for tripping.
11:17 - Now that passing play by our PK should be shown to kids learning how to kill penalties.
9:41 - Nice little rush by Bulis (yeah I know weird to say that) and in the resulting Stars panic, they take a penalty giving us our 1st PP. Now lets try and do something with it.
8:22 - Ok, we look like a bag of shite on the PP right now.
8:00 - Uhh ok. Don't really know what happened there with Hagman. But we've got a 4 on 3.
7:35 - Or maybe not, screw it I blame the beer.
6:59 - 2 Stars forwards down so far.
6:45 - Seriously this is bullshit penalty. I hate this stupid delay of game thing. You listening Bettman? Get rid of it!
5:47 - Nice block by Burrows!
4:56 - I love our PK unit. My blood pressure doesn't skyrocket anymore when a penalty gets called.
2:48 - Damn it Sopel! Stay in position.
1:36 - Nice little play there by the Linden line, buts lets try and get a shot form inside the faceoff dots.
1:31 - Ok, now we get another chance. Lets actually get setup this time.
0:05 - Now this is what I'm talking about. Great flurry of shots there. Love watching Salo load up that slap shot.
End of the 1st: Well, not a great 1st period but I'll take it. Need to go and get rid of some rented beer. Don't forget to check out Mike @ Yankee Canuck who is also live-blogging this game.
1st Intermission: Update on other games going on tonight. The Rangers are smacking the Thrashers around 5-0 with 18 minutes left in the 3rd. Ottawa and Pittsburgh are tied up at 1-1 in the 3rd. Anaheim and Minny are getting started momentarily and Detroit will return to the demolition of Calgary in about an hour.
2nd Period:
18:23 - Hansen, Bulis and Morrison(?) getting some good pressure to start the period off.
17:33 - 2-1 for Ottawa, just over 10 minutes to go.
17:04 - Ahh, just some broken glass, thought it was an injury there.
15:44 - Damn, Luongo with some nice stops there. Especially that last one with him 15 ft out of his net.
14:06 - Get Sopel off the ice and get the puck out of your damn zone!
12:something - Boucher and Smoke mixing it up a little. But of course CBC doesn't give any highlights just cuts to commerical. Never mind its Turco trying to stir shit up.
12:27 - Stupid penalty by Modano there to put us on the 4 on 3.
11:03 - Sopel get the fuck off the ice! Your on the damn powerplay, don't fuck up simple stuff.
10:27 - And we're on the PP again. Now just keep Sopes off the ice and we might have a chance.
9:26 - Never mind, we'll just take ourselves off the PP.
8:48 - Ice looks like crap. Pucks bouncing all over the place. Guess thats what happens when you have the NHL, NBA and Arena Football in the same place.
7:something - Nice play again by Bulis and his pass to Green just out of reach on the 2 on 1.
7:something - And we're on the PP again. Side note: WTF, CBC why does it take you so damn long to get your time ticker back up?
4:28 - And Hanssen with a nice shot. Kid looks good out there in only his 2nd NHL game.
2:24 - Henrik takes a penalty putting Dallas back on the PP. Not that it really make much of difference. Both teams PP have been pretty anemic so far.
0:15 - Jesus or Roberto Luongo, as he's otherwise known, makes a series of ridiculous saves to keep the score even.
End of the 2nd: I've got a bad feeling we're going to OT in this game. And with my luck these guys are gonna try and beat their own OT record. Hope I bought enough beer.
2nd Intermission: Another update on scores. Ottawa beats Pittsburgh 2-1 to go up 3-1 in their series. 7-0 Rangers over Atlanta to go up 3-0 in their series. And a 0-0 tie in Minny against Anaheim.
3rd Period:
20:00 - Over 19 minutes of penalties so far between the 2 teams. Too bad both teams powerplays have been completely useless.
17:34 - From Hughson, not a shot on net so far for Modano in this game.
15:33 - Dallas is starting to look a little desperate in this period. They've get the puck in our zone for most of the period but haven't really had a decent shot yet.
12:30 - Dallas is throwing everything but the kitchen sink into our zone trying to get something. Too bad (for them) that we've got Luongo in net (Thanks Mike Keenan, and yes this is probably the one and only time you'll hear me say that).
10:30 - Finally some decent pressure by the Canucks.
10:02 - OHLY!!!!! And the nucks go up 1-0.
8:22 - Pressure is on Turco now. The time to choke is all his now.
6:something - Damn it. Sydor scores off a screen from Morrow. 1-all
5:31 - And Linden scores to put us back up again. Turco gave a juicy rebound that went off a Stars D-man and right to him.
4:00 - Alright guys lets just hold on. Another goal would be nice though.
3:05 - How long until we see Turco out of his net?
2:something - Mitchell saves one for Luongo. And keeps the score 2-1. Christ that one was damn close.
2:00 - Turco's coming out any second now.
1:25 - Or maybe not, Dallas can't get any decent pressure in our zone.
1:07 - Turco's out.
0:28 - Bulis lays it out to block a nice shot.
0:21 - Luongo makes a great glove save.
0:13 - Daniel just misses the empty net for an icing call.
0:00 - Canucks win 2-1 and open up their lead in the series 3-1.
End of the Game: Alright so now we come back into Vancouver leading 3-1 in the series. Awesome. And the game didn't last 5 1/2 hours, almost as good as them winning.
Anyways, be sure to check out Alanah, JJ, the Crazy Canucks and everybody listed in my sidebar for some more commentary on this game.
posted by Daz at 4:34 p.m.
2 Comments:
WOW good on ya for takin on the live blog!
I like how we both had different takes on that opening music! Haha...hey, at least this one didn't go into quadruple OT on ya. The liver will thank you tomorrow I'm positive.
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