Stanley Cup Finals: Game 5 - Detroit Red Wings vs Pittsburgh Penguins - 6/02/08

OT Thriller!

A win is a win, and an overtime win in a game you didn't deserve, is even better.

Game 5 was HUGE game by Marc Andre Fleury! His saves kept me awake for all 3 overtime periods (as if the gravity of the situation wasn't excitement enough)

I say they bench Malkin for game 6. I know, I know, he helped set up the overtime winner - but he is a freaking liability out there! He needs to play better or not play. He has made some of the worst passes of any player in the series. Did you see that great one he made to Zetterberg during the 3rd?

Let's go Pens to force a game 7 on Wednesday night!

Stanley Cup Finals: Game 3 - Detroit Red Wings vs Pittsburgh Penguins - 5/28/08

Finally!!

Sidney is very close to living up to the unbelievable expectations placed on him since a very young age. One of the most inspired playoff performances I've seen in a while.

Ex-Leaf Hal Gill nearly blew it for them with his dumb penalties. He had been playing so well for the majority of the playoffs, but since the finals started he has been reverting back to Maple Leafs ways!

This game was a good example of the type of game I expected in the series. Fast paced, great chances at both ends. I'd like to see this kind of style keep up for the rest of the series.

Stanley Cup Finals: Game 2 - Detroit Red Wings vs Pittsburgh Penguins - 5/26/08

Are the Pens ever going to score a goal??

This is crazy! They have Crosby, Malkin, Hossa, Staal, Sykora . . . they should be able to put a few in the net.

Is it youth? Are they "just happy to be here"?

This is quite a big hill to climb. They better be better come game 3 or this series is over.

Stanley Cup Finals: Game 1 - Detroit Red Wings vs Pittsburgh Penguins - 5/24/08

I've decided to do a 4-7 part series covering the Stanley Cup Finals here on Blog O'Blackmore. I feel this fits in well with the blog theme - anything I want. No fair and balanced reporting here; I'm cheering for the Pens. Despite living in Michigan for 2 years, and despite the fact that my family still lives there. If it was Detroit versus any other team (except for the Leafs) it might be a different story, but I think this Penguins team has the talent to possibly become one of the greatest dynasties of our generation and it would be cool to see them win lots of Stanley Cups. I could tell my kids about watching the old Pens play the way my folks told me about the Oilers from the mid eighties.

So I'm disappointed by the results of the first game. I expected a lot better effort from Sydney Crosby and company. I think they only had 19 shots the whole game! Malkin is a hart trophy candidate this season but he sure didn't play like one last night. I give him the most disappointing player of Game 1 award.

I guess you have to give it to Detroit's defense for keeping the Pens at bay, and the few good chances they did get were well handled by Chris Osgoode.

I might edit this post between now and Game 2, so keep checking back. The highlights, courtesy TSN/YouTube are above. Watch for Fluery to fall down coming on the ice! He must have been a little too excited.

Russia beats Canada, wins 2008 World Hockey Championship . . .

I missed this game because I was at my girlfriend's grandma's house for a Sunday picnic. Typical of a Grandma, she only has up to channel 28! I was disappointed at first but now I am glad I missed it because it would have sucked to see Canada lose on account of such a dumb penalty.

Later on HNIC, (which is on channel 6, so I got to watch it) Don Cherry called the guy at the NHL who invented this rule an "idiot" and I couldn't agree more. He's right; it should just be a faceoff in your own end and not be able to change lines, like an icing.

The one good thing that came out of this is that I found a cool blog called The Faceoff Circle, which looks like a pretty good spot for hockey news and comments. I added it to my blogroll.

Here`s a video of Kovalchuck scoring the winning goal for all you sadists and Russians out there.

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