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Lets go B's.. bring the cup home!!

Game 1 goes to Vancouver... Great goalie play throughout, and you've gotta love getting the winning goal with 18 seconds left.

I don't have a favorite team in this matchup, but as a new hockey fan, I absolutely love watching great goalies. This series ought to have plenty of that.

Yea was a very good game.. B's arnt going to go to far if they keep on not scoring on the 5 ond 3

The B's played the absolute best game they could, and barely lost.  They just don't have the horses to keep up with the canucks, speed and skill trump power and defense in today's modern era.

game 2 tonight! must win for the B's

When they write the history of Boston sports, Tim Thomas last night had as big a choke job as Bill Buckner did in 1986

That was awful

It was f'ing awful... Chara too.. how you going to just let him skate right to the open net when you know thomas was not in his crease 

Vancouver through the first two games just looks so much faster.

Canucks are showing the nhl why they are the best team. Maybe the Capitals should take note on how it's done.

B's playing a good game tonight!! Some big hits too  >:D

The Canucks played like the Panthers last night.  Very sloppy.  Turnovers in the neutral zone, no power play presence.  Weak all around.  They will lose this series if they don't fix that.

It was sad to see Luongo not even trying towards the end.

Last night Boston actually looked like the faster team.  I also enjoyed the mass fighting and attempts to pick the Vancouver guy's noses (I know that's not what it was about but still it looked hysterical) I was mildly confused as to why Vancouver was allowed a double minor in a game as I know what constitutes a major or misconduct vs a minor but what the hell is a double minor?

Not getting my hopes up... remember last year  :-\

but the B's are playing good hockey right now!!

This series is ugly. Some great goalie play, but the physicality and cheap shots is pretty disturbing for a Stanley Cup Finals.

Agreed. All seemed to start with that hit and concussion. I didn't that particular hit was a cheap shot, he just didn't see it coming, but ever since then it's been some really dirty tactics.

They seem to have found Luongo's weakspot which the announcers have repeatedly said was high glove side.  But Luongo gave up some cheesey goals between his legs in game 4.   I can't see him having three bad games in a row.

Maine, true! B's need a win tonight!! If they win tonight I am heading into boston Monday night to watch the game... going to be crazy!

Short answer: he didn't draw blood (blood usually constitutes a 5:00 major most of the time)

Long Answer: Its sort of by intrepretation of how vicious a hit would be (honestly there will never be a 5 minute major for "delay of game" so it has to be hit related). Most of the time if it causes a player to go off the ice to the dressing room it gets to be called as a 5 minute major but this is not always consistent. This is usually up to the intrepretation of the refs and depending on who is calling the game may be rougher or ligher on penalty calls depending on the player. Stars and superstars are more protected and repeat offenders and just outright trouble makers get quick whistles against them (sometimes even if they are the ones that got hit). This is sort of a loose end the league needs to tie up but you honestly don't see people lining up to be a ref more than a player. They have a shortage of people who can call an honest, unbiased game and most of the current refs do not fit that qualification.

Was that more confusing than what you were asking for?

If you never saw him play in Florida, I would believe that statement but he has some sort of mental issue that if he gives up one goal (or one that he feels that he should have had) he mentally unravels and starts to lose his focus. Cory Schnider has filled in for him pretty well and I expect to see him fill in if Luongo drops the ball tonight.

Thomas for the most part can blow off a bad goal (look to the Tampa/Boston series) where he slammed his stick in frustration (in Tampa) then 5 minutes later is making stops and laughing and smiling at the players.

Ooh, don't forget the dives. Apparently Vancouver is complaing about the non-calls of diving yet they are the worst offender of it.

If it was not for the crummy cheap shots and the child like finger pointing/taunting/etc. crap that has been going on, this would be a great series for the average to non fan of the sport. Oh, well.

Vancouver flopping all over the ice trying to get calls tonight.. f'ing sad

Well I had the feeling all night that the game was going to end the way game one and two ended in Vancouver and I was right.. B's now have to win 2 in a row.

I think what is worse is that the coach is complaining about Boston making all of the dives instead. That tells me that the Vancouver coach is completely telling his players to dive and act to get penalties. It seemed to work in the regular season because they were ranked #1 in power play goals. Its just a sad way of playing. I expect to see that more in soccer/football than in hockey.

I thought it was a great game, but then again, I'm not a Bruins fan like pretty much everyone else who has posted above me on this page. ;)

I could care less who wins the series but its been a great Stanley Cup finals thus far. Loved every game.

Great job by Bruins to even up the series.  Should be an exciting final game.

I have my pool league tomorrow so my hope is for game 7 to go scoreless into OT when I can finally pay attention.

The games in Vancouver have been much more hard-hitting and defensive.  I can't figure out why Luongo can't seem to play on the road.  He looks unbeatable at home, but take him out of the arena and he's suddenly swiss cheese.

I don't get it.

Looking forward to rooting against the Bruins Wednesday night.

Key to tomorrow nights game is the B's is scoring the first goal on Luongo.. they do this they have a huge chance of winning!!

Games in Vancouver: 7 total goals (2.33 per game)
Games in Boston: 20 total goals (6.67 per game)

Which ones have been more defensive?

It's not just Luongo. The entire Vancouver team looks completely lost when they play in Boston. Can't do anything on power plays. Give up the puck constantly around the goal. Let guys hang out around the net to tip pucks past Luongo. Luongo has looked bad, but no on Vancouver has looked good in Boston in my humble opinion.

It's a conspiracy, NHL wanted the series to go to game 7 so they told vancouver to take a dive in all three games in boston.


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Congrats to the Boston Bruins!!!! Tim Thomas is a beast!!

Boston is Title Town. 

7 Championships in 10 years.  In fact, Patriots have the longest drought of a title of the four.  It has been a good decade. 

One complaint Vancouver had when playing in Boston was the temperature of the ice was not working with them. In the earlier games in Vancouver, the ice conditions and temperature were colder than that of Bostons. Now, we do have to realize that the Boston area went through storms followed by hotter days than they planned for but for the most part the hotter the ice surface, the more tendancy for the puck to bounce and flip around.

Oddly while watching game 7 (via the NBC feed), Piere Meguire mentioned the temperature of the building was getting hotter than normal. He didn't mention it for any of the other Vancouver home games for the series and the West Conference playoff rounds. This may seem like a pointless advantage for Boston but remember that Vancouver is used to playing on a colder ice surface than the one in Boston and Boston was not used to playing on the colder surface in Vancouver. Its minor but it does mess with some players and on a stage that big, all the little details are bound to catch up.

I remember Piere Meguire (who was covering VS that game) mention during the 8-1 Game 3 that the ice was starting to act like it was getting warmer and showed one or two video highlights where Vancouver had a powerplay on the blue line, one defenseman passed to the other, had their stick down but the puck hopped over it. Warm conditions (or warm pucks) tend to do that from what I have experienced. Don't remember if they mentioned it in game 4 but they were going through some nasty weather in that area when games 1 and 2 were being played in Vancouver. I can affect the ice conditions. I haven't experienced a condition where the ice was too cold (many people don't believe in that) but I don't notice it bounce around as much when it is cold. It is harder to handle and feels heavier (we tried "icing" a roller puck and saw these conditions) but didn't notice the bounce as much as warmer conditions.

I don't have the games stored on my DVR anymore (had to make room for Game 6 and 7) but I think I remember Piere specifically mention it in the 3rd period of game 3.

Sorry for the late response, was out of it this weekend and had a lot of home stuff to take care of.

Go Bruins    :-*