I do. I really, really do.
May 06 2007 09:45 AM filed in: puckworld
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things
I've had no
time to blog because I've been busy cleaning my
house, working 238476234568971234 hours a day...and
watching my President's Trophy–winning Buffalo Sabres
play some playoff hockey. I wasn't impressed with
their first series, or with the first four games of
their second. But this? This is impressive. Whether
it was a turning point or just a flukey flash of the
sort of determination I fell in love with in this
team last season remains to be seen, but damn if it
wasn't the most amazing moment in a hockey game I've
ever witnessed in person. I daresay the 18,690 in the
building & the 4,000–5,000 or so watching on a
big screen in the plaza felt pretty well the same
way.
A little background to this clip: The Sabres controlled the play for most of the game, but couldn't solve Lundqvist. The game was scoreless until about three and a half minutes left in the third period, when the Rangers got on the board. With 17 seconds left, the Rangers iced the puck & the faceoff came back to our offensive zone. Lindy called a timeout, and the entire building got to their feet & started cheering. Empty Sabres net, six skaters, and with 7.7 seconds on the clock...well, I'll let the clip tell the rest of the story. Suffice it to say, I sobbed like a little girl.
A little background to this clip: The Sabres controlled the play for most of the game, but couldn't solve Lundqvist. The game was scoreless until about three and a half minutes left in the third period, when the Rangers got on the board. With 17 seconds left, the Rangers iced the puck & the faceoff came back to our offensive zone. Lindy called a timeout, and the entire building got to their feet & started cheering. Empty Sabres net, six skaters, and with 7.7 seconds on the clock...well, I'll let the clip tell the rest of the story. Suffice it to say, I sobbed like a little girl.
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