now that was exciting
I’ve been following the hockey playoffs and I’ve been pretty happy with how the Pens were doing, but I haven’t be particularly engaged by the proceedings. Well, until tonight. Tonight I got a lot of cardiovascular exercise just sitting around and it was an exciting one.
The Pens were ahead two goals only to fall behind one well into the third period. They pulled their goalie and tied it up with 34 seconds left!
Then it’s sudden death overtime. They played pretty poorly but the 23 year old goalie for the Pens was playing immaculately. It was amazing what this guy was stopping. He’s a Jedi.
Second overtime and the pens played better but it still ended tied. Everyone’s exhausted at this point. Players were being knocked over and then having a hard time just standing up again.
The game went into the third overtime and both teams are just playing all out with anything they have left. The game started almost five hours before. Finally there’s a power play for the Pens and the guy who’s injured and hasn’t played since the third period comes back out. A guy who called it–who pointed at himself and said he’d get a goal earlier in overtime–scores the goal to end the game.
Oh benny what an exciting game. Unbelievable.
June 3rd, 2008 at 6:58 am
Yeah, I watched the game starting in the second period. The Redwings were dominant but Fleury was amazing. The Penguins might as well have had the front of their net bricked over. I couldn’t believe that they tied the game with ~30 seconds left in regulation. As the game wore on, the Penguins looked better and better and finally put it away. I’m really tired today (the game ended at 1am EST) but I’m glad I watched the game.