Game 6: Holy Crap! Game 7…AGAIN!
Nothing better than being caught in Hockey Traffic
Score one for the small guys. They did it again.
On the verge of elimination, all Montreal had to do is steal one from the home of 24 Stanley Cups. As of late, recent versions of the Canadiens have played like they were playing for 24 beers instead. But not this version.
Could it be the team of destiny?
Game 6: Returned to the Bifteck for a little luck and cheap Caesars. The bar was quiet but in a mere few minutes it got packed, people wrestled for chairs and it became standing room only on the Plateau.
I watched the warm up and saw that the kid skating around the rink with the flame was wearing a Jean Beliveau jersey. I figured that would be a good omen tonight. The legends still watch over this team, in spirit and in the stands as the camera shifts over to footage of Mr. Beliveau looking stoic singing the national anthem.
Within the early minutes of the game, shots were being fired, Pittsbugh all over Halak. Sickens me that he has the better save percentage but Marc Andre Fleury has been scraping the wins. Dammit!
As soon as I knew someone walking into the bar, Cammalleri scores. Yes!
Then, unfortunately, Sidney Crosby popped his Montreal Canadiens cherry. Took him six games to finally score one. The bar grew quiet and looked intensely at the screen as time wound down in the 1st. Even the cops outside, just in case something happens, were watching through the window of the Bifteck.
Halak let in another from Letang, it rolled in. This was not very Halak of him, looked a little more like the other guy from across the rink with a Stanley Cup ring and a big horse like smile. Hmm…
But then Cammalleri scores. Back in! A friend texts from the previous series wanted to bear Halak’s children, now opting to get knocked up by Cammalleri.
I figure better luck as he’s more accurate.
It was nothing but defense all over the Penguins, with Markov and Gill gone, we get a chance to see the magic of PK Subban. The way he makes the right plays, skates fast and knows how to block well. We had the return of Jaroslav Spacek as he looked like he hasn’t missed a beat and scored a goal.
Looks like all we need to to is hang on in the 3rd. That’s it, that’s all.
The referees were on our side, Matt Cooke gets another call, whining and crying. So what, shut up for f**ks sake. Pittsburgh was nothing but temper tantrums and name calling. For a bunch of guys who are the Stanley Cup champions, I’ve seen better attitudes from a daycare.
I still can’t get over the look on coach Dan Bylsma’s face when they got called again. Classic. Sidney Crosby as of late has been quite the whiny one. But seriously, calling him Cindy Crosby is kind of killing my rep here. I mean, great during the Olympics, just not here. Or maybe I should change my name till the end of the series.
All we needed to do is hang on, Max Lapierre insured the win with another goal. Hang on, that’s all you need to do, looking good, come on. With a minute 30 left it was going to be ours, the Pens pulled Fleury and Halak…
let’s one in. Shit!
The city was holding their breaths as they hoped that the Habs can hang on. Come on, one more minute….YES! GAME SEVEN HERE WE COME!
My friend and I had the car and cruised around the downtown core to see celebrations, the cops were smart enough to close off Ste Catherine St to avoid car chaos and let the people celebrate without harm. Cars were honking, flags were everywhere. There was a drunk girl dancing in the middle of traffic.
God, I love this city.
So now it’s game seven back in Pittsburgh. Do we have enough to take it? There are rumours rumbling about the return of Markov and Gill, not fully 100% but we’ll take what we can. We did win this one without them. This could be the greatest game, the greatest run. This could be the team of destiny.
You know what I’m doing this Wednesday.
On a fun note, I got invited to a group on the facebook trying to get Kirk Muller, former captain, current assistant coach and all around awesome guy, to a BBQ. I had a childhood crush on the guy but he was an awesome player also. He did win Montreal a Stanley Cup, remember. If you want to join the group find on Facebook the group: BBQ with Kirk Muller.
Think about it, Kirk Muller, burgers and beer. Yes!
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