Originally Posted By SingleParkPassholder Lakers/Suns Game Six is on about the same time as Flyers/Blackhawks Game One. Decisions, decisions.............
Originally Posted By vbdad55 well once again the Hawks have to play an apparently PERFECT team-- no penalties at all -- slashes to the face, spin around hooking penalties and not one call...blatant ! Just like game one against San Jose. Is this the only way the league can think of to keep games close-- call 5-6 penalties on the Hawks and none of the other team. getting sick of it. Philly played hard and I give them credit - but a few well deserved penalty calls and this is NOT a one goal game.
Originally Posted By SingleParkPassholder Ended up at the neighborhood bar where they have doznesof flat screens. Hockey and basketball side by side. I agree with vbdad. NO PENALTIES on Philly? Please. Still, the Chicago defense didn't do Niemi any favors. I thought it was rather brutal of the Flyers to pull their goalie in the middle of the second period. Nonetheless, one down, three to go, and the Blackhawks will have shown the Cubs how it's done.
Originally Posted By TINK-MOBILE Hawks should have received a few power plays that is for sure...but they did get the biggest break of the game , which set up the winning goal.. Wasn't a very good game of hockey , lots of sloppy goals , Leighton knew he was off his game , he'll be back in game two.. Chicago had no choice , they had to keep theirs right where he was... Both teams let their keepers down ..Flyers should have skated harder in the third earlier, they didn't and they lost break or no break, in away the non call made up for the non calls on a few penalties... this could go in 4 , in 5, jn 6 , or in 7 games by ethier team, we just don;t know ...we only can guess...
Originally Posted By TINK-MOBILE well in 4 only for chicago,,,now you can see how the Canucks felt, the difference being, we could not score on our breaks like the hawks...did tonite...
Originally Posted By Labuda As a person who no longer had a dog in this race, I really liked the game tonight - definitely exciting the whole way through, though I DO wish that the Flyers had won.
Originally Posted By SingleParkPassholder The Canucks just weren't the better tea. For two years in a row. The Sedin twins do NOT know how to play within themselves whenever they get behind or frustrated in pressure situations. Period.
Originally Posted By Labuda Wow, last night's game was a good one. I was out loud rooting for the Flyers last night since I was at a party with fans, all of whom had on jerseys, BUT... as a fan of the game and a team who's not IN it anymore, wow - this was a great game to watch. I think this is going to be a great series.
Originally Posted By TINK-MOBILE Vancouver had them , just gave up too many goals on out of the blue opportunities by the Hawks . Philly gave up one of the same kind of goals last nite , nearly gave up a few more. The twins were very soft at times , they just whiffed on way too many non pressured opportunities , some thing that wasn;t there in earlier games. That combined with just too many key injuries , lack of production by burrows, kessler , were the ingredients defeat for our team. We would have needed Halak goal tending to over come those adversities... If the Canuck brass sits on their butts for another year and doesn't take a ACTIONIONED, positive step in shoring up this team FOR next year. You will be saying the same thing , with one WORD CHANGE, Three years instead of two..
Originally Posted By TINK-MOBILE Fans from all over were entertained to an exciting game , bet the players were on pins and needles wondering , am I going to be the one to cost the winning goal . The officials took credit for setting it up, but the hawks had to finish the chance and they did ,hope the whole series of games has lots more goals...just like this one...
Originally Posted By vbdad55 Hawks 2 games-- Flyers/Refs 0 Carcillo- what a moron ! first two hits he takes out the boards and his own guy -- while he does his Charlie Manson look alike.. I really love watching a flyer in the crease piling on Niemi and kneeing him in the back of the head twice while the ref watches intently from behind and does nothing...
Originally Posted By SingleParkPassholder "Carcillo- what a moron ! first two hits he takes out the boards and his own guy -- while he does his Charlie Manson look alike.." Couldn't agree more. A pathetic attempt by the Flyers to gain an advantage. What they got instead was a rather poor imitation of the Broad Street Bulies, more like the Keystone Kops. "I really love watching a flyer in the crease piling on Niemi and kneeing him in the back of the head twice while the ref watches intently from behind and does nothing..." No kidding. I think Eddie O was laughing about the fact no one caught it, but he said something like "that's what they've come to", or something like that. Two down, two to go. Roll over, Lloyd Pettit.
Originally Posted By Labuda Well, once again last night I feel like I was watching some great hockey. And wow, the Hawks REALLY brought it. They were AMAZING to see in action.
Originally Posted By vbdad55 And the talk here is basically- the Hawks have not played anywhere near their capabilities in these 2 games - ragged defense in game 1- indecisive offense game 2- we're hoping the real Black Hawks that the Sharks and Canucks saw appear in Philly.. we're 2-0 but have not brought the A game yet. hopefully it doesn't take a loss to shake them out of it.. Niemi stellar though in period 3 - the funny thing SPP on the knee job going on- was the announcers were raving what great position the ref had for the goal call-- too bad he chose to ignore that. Bring in Huet and this is a different series - trust me
Originally Posted By TINK-MOBILE Neither team deserved to win game one that is for sure...it was game marred by mistakes , by the Zebra's too. Last night Chicago was out played , the goal keeping thing was nothing at all , Neimi didn't even flinch, he made some very VERY good saves , but was beaten at least 6 clear times if the Flyers raised the puck... It is easy to call a game from the couch, absolutely the Ref saw everything , he saw the puck was loose , he saw the puck enter the net, he also saw what was coming so he blew it down..other wise it would have been a tie game...the announcers on tsn are rubbage, the announcers from Chicago calls it like it is... Hawks had no business winning last night, they were really dominated, they brought very little to the table in this one..Believe you me , they are still been told that right now... they scored the first from a leighton poor decision. They scored the second on a very poorly played shot by leighton... Philly scored because of a flukey happening in front of the net.. The Hawks will only have their A game working , if Philly lets them.. The Flyers will only be successful on their A game if they get the puck up, they kept it low, had great shots , but Niemi is great down low, so, what more is there to say....
Originally Posted By TINK-MOBILE Don't get me wrong , I would like to see the Hawks and our BC boys win it all.
Originally Posted By vbdad55 Believe you me , they are still been told that right now... trust me they are- coach Q when asked about the increased defensive effort did nothold back- he said they marginally improved game to game on defense -- not a lock down as some announcers were claiming.. The good news for Hawks fans is they bring their A game more ften than not on the road- at home lately, not so much...so I am expecting a much better effort-- and possibly a sweep. HOWEVER, if they do not bring their A game to Philly they will get beaten.. as you are correct,they were outplayed yesterday - especially for the last 20 minutes... they need to stop reading their press clippings and play the way they can] And yes Eddie Olczek - may be a former Hawk ( and I am sure he is rooting for them) but he has called these two games for what they were...
