There's playoff hockey — the tight-checking, goal-pinching, palm-dampening, heart-pounding stuff that tests your cardiac health and makes you wonder why your team bothers playing 82 NHL games in regular-season slush.
And then, there's the guilty-pleasure, exhibition free-for-all stuff of sloppy and loose play, training-camp timing, sometimes dubious goaltending and piles of goals, a puck in the net with seemingly every third shot.
With the Canadiens' entire season riding on Tuesday's game against the New York Rangers, a berserk Bell Centre crowd paid buckets of money to watch the latter, a blend of ball hockey, broomball, probably croquet and heaven knows what else.
It was many things, but playoff hockey was not among them. And those fans who watched might all be happily scarred for life.
line kept moving towards favoring Chicago. I got 135 at hilton, 5 minutes later it was 140.
I mean Kings are good enough to spot mothefokers a couple goals, but common. They still show great patience and make so many right decisions. And also superbly balanced on their skates. but yeah obviously can go either way now in ot
yep. holly molly what a period. It's like war out there. Worthy of champions. I'm still amazed Chicago is able to hang in as well as they are. They are tougher than I realized.