Well, the Vancouver Canucks just ended their round 3 series against the San Jose Sharks with a 4-1 series win as they advances to the Stanley Cup Final. Oh well, time for some recap on this series.
In game 1, Vancouver looked somewhat nervous at first but still played fairly solid. They were great in the shot department and discipline. However, they took only 1 penalty and failed to kill it off. But their powerplay and their dominating effort took care of the Sharks as they won by a score of 3-2.
In game 2, this was more of an epic matchup for the first half. Vancouver still couldn't kill off any penalties but luckily they only took two that game! They dominated the second and the rest of the game, winning by a score of 7-3 which was impressive, or the Sharks just lost the desire to win?
In game 3, the Sharks started off strong with numerous of powerplays which Vancouver couldn't kill off! San Jose led 3-0 in the first period and in the second, Vancouver had chances to pull within a few goals but failed. Third period is when the comeback attempts occurred. Vancouver scores an early goal to be within two, but San Jose had a 5 on 3 in which Vancouver couldn't kill off and the Sharks' 3 goal lead was restored back. Late in the game, Rome got hit hard by Jamie Mcguin and Vancouver was rewarded with a 5 minute powerplay and actually scored two goal to pull within one but that was as close as they got.
In game 4, Vancouver's powerplay and penalty killing improved drastically. Killed off all 5 powerplays from San Jose. Vancouver effectively scored 3 consecutive 5 on 3 powerplays which helped them on a 4-2 win!
Game 5 was today, as I was watching with a few friends who came over while we ate sushi. Burrows got things started by scoring all that important first goal. Roberto Luongo was great today, stopping a lot of pucks even on the 5 on 3 penalty killing. But in the second period, the Sharks will score on a powerplay by Dan Boyle's point shot which tipped off Keith Ballard's hand and in. In the 3rd period, just as I turned back on to the game, the Sharks just scored with an open net on a 2-0 because Luongo came out to challenge and missed. The score will be 2-1 until last 14 seconds when Ryan Kesler tips off a Dan Hamhuis point shot in the net to tie the game at 2. I was roaring with my other friends.
So the game went into overtime! It was evenly matched in the first overtime, but no goals were scored. In the second overtime, about 9:42 left in the game, I saw nothing but the puck just suddenly in the net!! Soo I was cheering like crazy hugging friends. THE CANUCKS ARE IN THE STANLEY CUP FINAL FOR THE FIRST TIME SINCE 1994!!! WOOOO!!! BIEKSA GAME WINNER!!! So apparently, Edler's shot tipped high up, and everybody thought the puck was out of play, but Bieksa never lost focus on it and just shot the puck and scored on a surprising Antti Niemi and shocked the Sharks as the Vancouver Canucks won by a score of 3-2. Oh, and good for Henrik for not touching that cursed cup!! Kudos to you Henrik!!
Anyways, I get my good night sleep now :)
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