Friday, April 22, 2011

You Win the first two and I'll Win the Next two

SporrrRTS-Their Grrreat!


NHL - See saw battling in a couple of series with Canadian teams are now even in their series both Vancouver and Montreal give up 2 two game advantage. Now the series are essentially a best two out of three series. Chicago and Boston are on a win streak.

Chicago has come back in their series with colossal momentum, whooping Vancouver 5-0 - The Black Hawks outscored the Canucks 12-2 in two games. Duncan Keith is playing inspired hockey. He scored two goals last night. His shot from the point has eyes, top shelf from the blueline. Keith has stepped it up in the absence of Seabrook, scoring 4 goals and 2 assists in the last 3 games. Their goalie Corey Crawford got his first career playoff shutout.

Boston hasn't battled back with such momentum that Chicago has but at the end of the day they are on the same position. The game was a battleMontreal was up 3-1 in the 2nd and then Boston scored two to tie it. The teams traded goals in the 3rd. So things were tied at 4. In Overtime Michael Ryder scored the winner for Boston. Tucking a shot into the net after a scramble around the crease. Carey Price had made the initial 2 saves but was out of any chance to make the 3rd save. Boston and Montreal have a long history. Since 1927 The Bruins have won the cup 4 times and Montreal has won the cup 22 times.



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