Caps Close out Rangers, Hawks still in there!!

What a difference a couple of days makes!

My Washington Capitals defeated my New York Rangers (favorite goalie Henrik Lundqvist) in Game 5 of the Eastern Conference FQ Finals by a score of 3- 1. That made the series 4 - 1 Caps and my prediction completely inaccurate!

On the other side, the Western Conference Q - Final between the Vancouver Canucks and Chicago Blackhawks is going to a game 7. The Hawks clawed their way back down 3 games to even the series at 3 apiece. The story of game 4 was the 7 -2 thrashing of the Canucks in Chicago. Game 5 ended 5 - 0 Hawks and Game 6 ended up going to OT, with the Hawks winning 4 - 3 on a goal by Ben Smith with less than five minutes to go in the first OT period. So, game 7 goes Tuesday in Vancouver.
Game 6 highlights -- In what most analysts called a great move, Canucks backup Cory Schneider started the game. Never was one team up more than a goal over the other. The Canucks opened the scoring and teams traded goals up until the score was 3 - 3. Schneider, in his first ever playoff start, was hurt early in the 3rd period on a game tying penalty shot by Michael Frolik. A cold Roberto Luongo, who wasn't even sitting on the bench all game long, came in and only faced 2 shots for the remainder of the 3rd period.
The hometown crowd erupted and so did I when Smith netted that goal. I was so nervous the entire game, knowing the game could go either way. I was also watching the game with 4 Canucks fans, which is something I hate to do (watch hockey with other people, to clarify). I don't watch hockey the way a lot of people do. I can be completely objective, even if my favorite player or team is playing. I'm definitely not a homer.

Anyway, here's to a great game seven. May the team with the momentum win!

A Swedish Moment

I was watching the Vancouver Canucks at New York Rangers game the other night. My roommate/brother is a die-hard Canucks fan, and I love Henrik Lundqvist. No money was on the line, as I do not bet on my favorite players/teams. I always pay extra attention to Swedes, and picked up on this right away. I thought this was priceless.


The Rangers ended up winning this game 1 - 0 on Henke's 6th shutout of the season, which ties him for 3rd all time for the Rangers with 30.