What a hockey game!
 

2/9/11 Bruins host Montreal

Final score 8 - 6 Bruins.
7 goals scored in 6:19 minutes.
8 goals scored in the 2nd period alone.
157 combined penalty minutes.
13 players in the penalty boxes at one time.
A fight between Goalies Tim Thomas and Carey Price.
Tons of hits, blocked shots, great chances.

Welcome to the 1970's. I loved it (especially since the Bruins won).

Should have been 9-6. The disallowed goal was b/s.

I didn't watch that one, but I watched the Red Wings lose to the Predators. So we'll win the next one... Oh yeah, it's against the Bruins! There's a chance I might even attend on Sunday.

Um the Bruins only won 1 cup in the 70's where the Habs won at least 4 and the Flyers 2 so the B's were not winning a whole lot back then.

I can't believe I miss that :mad::mad::mad: The Habs usually play on Tuesday and my wife loser's (the Sen's) were playing late, so I was not even surfing.

But, we'll meet in the Play Off and it will be different... I hope :D:):D

That's nice. And your point is...?

The sad thing is that the Preds can't win a game lately except against the Wings.
I just hope the B's can get some rest. The Wings won't be as easy to push around. Suban did more for the B's than for his team.

I know and I can't believe that. Maybe the RW throw them a bone and they take advantage of it? RW gotta step it up or they'll be out in the first round. We gotta get our players off the 'injured' list..

Well, I think the Wings were ready to stop losing and the Bruins were still recovering from the slug-fest with the Habs. 6-1 Wings. Ouch.

I didn't see that one. We had to go to the MSU VS Northern Mi game on Friday. Which we lost. My sons hockey team was doing a shootout during the first intermission. MSU lost to them again on Saturday night but it was a way better game and a nail biter at the end. Doesn't look like I'll be going to the RW - Bruins game today but will be watching it.. LETS GO RED WINGS!!!

Good game today up til the 3rd period when the B's didn't show up...

Joe

I think they are still reeling from the slug fest that we lost.

With only 1 point difference (Boston has a game in hand) it should be an interesting race to the finish.

Cheers

JJ

I think Detroit is just a better team. Bertuzzi is great when he plays. Big, strong, fast, and great hands.

Bruins have lost Savard, how do you replace a guy like that? You can't....unless you grab someone at the trade deadline.

Good on Marchand for getting a nice goal after that horrendous behind the back give-away drop pass.

I hope they don't show-up on Wednesday :)

If one was to live in the past. Chara and al will play golf in April :D:D:D

Stanley Cup:

Habs: 1924, 1930, 1931, 1944, 1946, 1953, 1956, 1957, 1958, 1959, 1960, 1965, 1966, 1968, 1969, 1971, 1973, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1986, 1993

Bruins: 1929, 1939, 1941, 1970, 1972

Playoff meeting:

Have met in the playoffs 32 times, Montreal have won 24, Boston have won 8

The Canadians had many fine years but that was then and this is now.
The B's will easily take the Habs if they stick to Bruin style hockey. The Habs don't have the weight to throw around like the B's do. Also, with all due respect, I'll take Thomas over Price thank you.

OK Joe... Time for a friendly bet.:)

Something hockey related under $25 US ($23.85 Cdn) and it wont be the same as I give to trader220 when I loss to his Flyer's;

http://forums.pelicanparts.com/uploa...1302511731.jpg

IMHO opinion Mr Price deserves more respect than you have given him. Why? Because he is technically sound, whereas My. Thomas plays like a road hockey goalie flipping and flopping everywhere. When Thomas is good he is very good, when he is off he can be terrible. Price can can be great, but he is rarely terrible.

A six team league and Montreal gets all the good players from Quebec. Great 'dynasty'. The real question is why they ever lost, not how were they so good?

JJ is a man of his word. I enjoyed my copy of the Habs book last year during a week at the beach.

I would speak up about my Flyers at this time but I am a bit concerned right now with their play and that Pronger may not be back for this series.

Technical vs. Hasek Style ? Hard to say. Its easier as a defenseman to play in front of a technical guy. You can also follow the statistics with a technical guy and pretty much figure out what he's going to give you. The flopper has something the technical guy wont ever have, the ability to make some rediculous save. The technical goalie has the ability to make the hard save look easy.

JJ - I wish I could take you up on that one. I am an ex gambler (amongst other things). I am willing to make a public statement to the world as to how unworthy my team is if they are beaten by yours. Loser has to have the winning team's logo as their avatar for the remainer of the playoffs. Deal?

1990 - I didn't say that Price wasn't good. The boy plays under a lot of pressure in that town. I just think that Thomas is the best in the league this year. "Flipping and flopping"? Yeah, I know, it never worked for Hasek either. :rolleyes: If nothing else, he's more fun to watch than someone like Brodeur (who has a better lifetime record but is at the end of his usable career). "When Thomas is off" - I think the hip surgery took care of that. How about we put aside opinion and style preference and look at this year's stats? I hope he has room for the new Vezina he'll be getting this year.

Player Team GP GS Sv Sv% Leaders W L OT GA GAA Leaders SA SO G A PIM TOI
1 Tim Thomas BOS 57 55 1699 .938 35 11 9 112 2.00 1811 9 0 3 13 3,363:58
2 Pekka Rinne NSH 64 64 1771 .930 33 22 9 134 2.12 1905 6 0 0 12 3,789:15
3 Cory Schneider VAN 25 22 663 .929 16 4 2 51 2.23 714 1 0 3 0 1,371:47
4 Roberto Luongo VAN 60 60 1627 .928 38 15 7 126 2.11 1753 4 0 3 2 3,589:39
5 Jonas Hiller ANA 49 46 1379 .924 26 16 3 114 2.56 1493 5 0 1 0 2,671:32
6 Semyon Varlamov WSH 27 25 701 .924 11 9 5 58 2.23 759 2 0 0 2 1,560:03
7 Carey Price MTL 72 70 1982 .923 38 28 6 165 2.35 2147 8 0 2 13 4,206:08
8 Henrik Lundqvist NYR 68 67 1813 .923 36 27 5 152 2.28 1965 11 0 4 6 4,006:40

Joe

Glad to see you stand by your conviction. You got a deal ;)

Cheers & Bonne Chance

JJ

When I was 10, I knew the name of all the players (6 teams). I used to wear my pads and sweater to watch the game on our new colour TV.

Back then more then 50% of the players that where French Canadian and the rest from English Canada.

Today, there is 3 guys from Quebec and another 10 from the rest of Canada out 27 player...

Nothing wrong with Anglo, I married a red hair one :D:eek::D, but there is the story.

That was in 1967 which was an important date for Canada. We celebrated our 100 anniversary (Expo 67) and... Let me think... Oh yeah, it was the last time the Leaf won the Stanley Cup :p:D:p

Would you like me to e-mail you the Bruins avatar now or would you rather wait until the first round is over? ;)

Good one... but wait you may save some bandwidth cost/time :D

I expect the Bruins will win. But I doubt that when all is said and done anyone will say 'goaltending was the big difference'. If the Bruins were playing the Leafs with Jiggy in net, I would agree that there would be a big advantage. Not so versus Carey Price.

Montreal has the edge in special teams, and speed. But the Bruins are bigger, tougher, have more scoring power and better are defensively. Those are the real advantages that need to be examined in judging who will win.

Either way, I can't wait to see the new avatar in two weeks (or less).

I expect Montreal Boston to be quite entertaining. I'd love to see Gio knock Big Bird on his arse!

Which is why earlier I said this:
I do think that when it comes to playoff time, quality goalkeeping is magnified to the point of being a game changer. Price is good. Thomas is better. It should be quite a match up. Hopefully both teams will bring their best to the ice. The B's need to prove they can go the distance. Last year, Savard's injury threw them off and the Flyers hung in there long enough to make the incredible comeback. If everyone stays healthy and no one tries to arrest Chara... :rolleyes: then the B's have a honest shot at the big silver cup.
I wonder if Lord Stanley could have ever dreamed what he started...
Pop quiz: Do you know who these folks are?
http://forums.pelicanparts.com/uploa...1302649415.jpg
http://forums.pelicanparts.com/uploa...1302649463.jpg

I guess the folks from NJ have to have something to hope for this playoff year... (sorry, I couldn't resist).

The bottom guy is Willie O'ree or some spelling close to that.

The top guy looks like Cam Neely but the jersey number is wrong

Mike Millbury

Pop Quiz #2 - What did he 'start'? And part b) who really owns the Cup? (This question isn't a joke, google, or I can post the answers later)

I knew both of them, and probably any other player from that era, but the 'tags' on your photo's also showed their names....

The tags did show the names but I thought it fun to post the pics since most folks don't know that the first black professional hockey player played in the NHL in 1957. I figured someone would guess Phil E instead of Mike. That pic is a far cry from the portly fellow who argues with everyone on Versus and NBC (but he knows his stuff). Obviously, both played for the Bruins. As did these two folks:
http://forums.pelicanparts.com/uploa...1302697313.jpg
http://forums.pelicanparts.com/uploa...1302697326.jpg

cheever and Orr?

Cheevers and Orr. I have Bobby's autograph.. Somewhere. Got it in 1967.

Mike Millbury talks like he knows his stuff. His on the job performance was a bit lacking. In fact he was a huge failure.

fair enough, we sucked epically this year.

Who really owns the cup? Trick question: which one? The ownership of the original is actually a debated issue. IMO, Lord Stanley purchased the cup and then granted 2 trustees the right to award it to a club for a year. I my simple mind, that means it is still owned by Stanley or his heirs.
What did he start? Actually, nothing in the sense that he did not organize the sport. That said, he purchased the bowl to be awarded and it became the holy grail. Lord Stanley created an object for all of hockey to desire so I guess you could say that he started the passion and drive to win so that the winning club would have visible proof of their bragging rights.
Question: if you knew who was in the first two pictures then why did you check the tags?

correct
Here's pic of Orr battling with Mr. Hockey
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"Those that can, do. Those that can't, become commentators"
Mike knows his stuff, he just couldn't coach worth a darn. Frankly, I have more respect for Eddie Olczyk, Keith Jones, and Brian Engblom. One of my favorite color announcers was John Davidson.

Not too many player can make the transition and get the Stanley Cup...

The only come to mind is;

Jacques Lemaire; 8 as a player & 1 as a coach

Lets add to the list...