maplesyrup
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LOL @ the Bruins.
Stanley Cup Final Chicago (1) vs Boston (5)
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Heroic Shrimp
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What a delightful way to end the playoffs. Oh, I'd love to have been in the company of a few Leafs to see their reactions to the Boston collapse. As much as Toronto's loss stung badly, this would be way worse to endure, even though it was only Game 6. I'm so okay with how the playoffs played out now.
Marchand will have to wait to get another Starley Cup tattoo.
Marchand will have to wait to get another Starley Cup tattoo.
maplesyrup
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Yeah, I feel a lot better now too. Guess we're bad people, eh?
(so what)
(so what)
hockeyfan1
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C- H-I-C-A-G-OOOOO!!!!
LeafsNation, rejoice!
Thank you, 'Hawks!!! (And thank you, hockey gods!!!)!!!
That felt oh so good, to watch the Bruins "epic collapse", yet another record in the annals of Stanley Cup Final history, that will be talked about for a long time to come.
Oh happy night it was!!
LeafsNation, rejoice!
Thank you, 'Hawks!!! (And thank you, hockey gods!!!)!!!
That felt oh so good, to watch the Bruins "epic collapse", yet another record in the annals of Stanley Cup Final history, that will be talked about for a long time to come.
Oh happy night it was!!
hockeyfan1
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Chicago 3 Boston 2 Chicago wins Stanley Cup 4 games to 2.
Talk about an Original Six Stanley Cup Final that had it all in terms of excitement, the dramatics (overtime in particular), and everything else in-between. Talk about the evenly-matched teams, the Bruins & the Blackhawks, in many areas and who would get the upper edge over the other, etc., etc.,etc. Well, after all was played and done, the Chicago Blackhawks emerged as the 2013 Stanley Cup Champion, winning it all in grand fashion in one of the league's more hostile environments that is "the Gawden" in Boston.
To think that it would have taken a just a few seconds apart to decide the winner in the last vestiges of the game, and the way it happened (ask Boston about that one), certainly added to the idea that "it ain't over 'till it's over" type of situation. And how!!
Jonathan Toews, who sat out the entire third period of Game 5 after feeling slightly doozy by a hard-hitting Johnny Boychuk check (which the NHL's Dept. of Player Safety ruled it a legal hit), provided poise and composure, the way a captain should do, instumemtal scoring & setting up two key Chicago goals. The entire 'Hawks team pounced on whatever opportunities presented them and made the most of it.
Tell that to Mike Bolland, he of Game 6 heroics. Just seventeen seconds after Bryan Bickell scored with Corey Crawdord pulled in favour of an extra attacker, and with the 'Hawks having tied the whole game up, Bolland found the rebound from a Johnny Oduya slapshot that hit the post, and tipped it in beside a too-late Tukka Rask.
The above scenario in the dying minutes of the game will go down in Bruins infamy and in the Stanley Cup record books. Call it what you will, "epic collapse" or whatever, but the 'Hawks accomplished what the Bruins had made their previous playoff opponents look like -- vulnerable. To what? The unthinkable chain of events leading to Boston's demise all in the span of mere minutes/seconds.
Who in the world would have imagined that type of ending happening to the Bruins, especially in a pivotal Stanley Cup Final game? For a team so strategically sound in these playoffs, it's doubtful anyone would have, frankly. But, egads, it happened. No wonder this Stanley Cup Final has to rank right up there with some of the best Stanley Cup Finals played throughout NHL history. What better than to have two Original Six finalists in two of the largest hockey markets in America, having such rich histories?!
To see Chicago's Patrick Kane hoist the Conn Smythe Trophy as MVP may not have sat well with some hockey observers who believed that goaltender Corey Crawford should have been chosen as the winner. Say what you will, but Kane was indeed instrumental and a key component of Chicago's top line paired alongside Toews & Bickell, in registering the second highest scoring/point totals in these entire playoffs, and providing important goals in every series.
Boston? The Bruins top player, Patrice Bergeron, admitted after the game that he was playing with a broken rib, torn muscle cartilage, and a separated shoulder (incurred after having taken a couple of hits along the boards). That revelation spoke volumes about the character of not just Patrice Bergeron, (who has had his fair share of past injuries), but of the Boston team as a whole. Their capacity to overcome adversities in these playoffs -- at one point, Boston had three of their d-men out -- but on account of the Bruins depth, they found capable replacements for that interim. It goes to show, much like Chicago, how well-coached and well-placed the organization is.
Congratulations to the Chicago Blackhawks enroute to being the 2013 Stanley Cup champs! Kudos to the 'Hawks organization on down to coach Joel Quenneville on a job exemplary done!!
To Boston, an awesome team you still are, beaten by a very worthy opponent that met (and exceeded) your match. Well done overall, nevertheless.
Source: THN, Sportsnet, TSN, Yahoo! Sports
Talk about an Original Six Stanley Cup Final that had it all in terms of excitement, the dramatics (overtime in particular), and everything else in-between. Talk about the evenly-matched teams, the Bruins & the Blackhawks, in many areas and who would get the upper edge over the other, etc., etc.,etc. Well, after all was played and done, the Chicago Blackhawks emerged as the 2013 Stanley Cup Champion, winning it all in grand fashion in one of the league's more hostile environments that is "the Gawden" in Boston.
To think that it would have taken a just a few seconds apart to decide the winner in the last vestiges of the game, and the way it happened (ask Boston about that one), certainly added to the idea that "it ain't over 'till it's over" type of situation. And how!!
Jonathan Toews, who sat out the entire third period of Game 5 after feeling slightly doozy by a hard-hitting Johnny Boychuk check (which the NHL's Dept. of Player Safety ruled it a legal hit), provided poise and composure, the way a captain should do, instumemtal scoring & setting up two key Chicago goals. The entire 'Hawks team pounced on whatever opportunities presented them and made the most of it.
Tell that to Mike Bolland, he of Game 6 heroics. Just seventeen seconds after Bryan Bickell scored with Corey Crawdord pulled in favour of an extra attacker, and with the 'Hawks having tied the whole game up, Bolland found the rebound from a Johnny Oduya slapshot that hit the post, and tipped it in beside a too-late Tukka Rask.
The above scenario in the dying minutes of the game will go down in Bruins infamy and in the Stanley Cup record books. Call it what you will, "epic collapse" or whatever, but the 'Hawks accomplished what the Bruins had made their previous playoff opponents look like -- vulnerable. To what? The unthinkable chain of events leading to Boston's demise all in the span of mere minutes/seconds.
Who in the world would have imagined that type of ending happening to the Bruins, especially in a pivotal Stanley Cup Final game? For a team so strategically sound in these playoffs, it's doubtful anyone would have, frankly. But, egads, it happened. No wonder this Stanley Cup Final has to rank right up there with some of the best Stanley Cup Finals played throughout NHL history. What better than to have two Original Six finalists in two of the largest hockey markets in America, having such rich histories?!
To see Chicago's Patrick Kane hoist the Conn Smythe Trophy as MVP may not have sat well with some hockey observers who believed that goaltender Corey Crawford should have been chosen as the winner. Say what you will, but Kane was indeed instrumental and a key component of Chicago's top line paired alongside Toews & Bickell, in registering the second highest scoring/point totals in these entire playoffs, and providing important goals in every series.
Boston? The Bruins top player, Patrice Bergeron, admitted after the game that he was playing with a broken rib, torn muscle cartilage, and a separated shoulder (incurred after having taken a couple of hits along the boards). That revelation spoke volumes about the character of not just Patrice Bergeron, (who has had his fair share of past injuries), but of the Boston team as a whole. Their capacity to overcome adversities in these playoffs -- at one point, Boston had three of their d-men out -- but on account of the Bruins depth, they found capable replacements for that interim. It goes to show, much like Chicago, how well-coached and well-placed the organization is.
Congratulations to the Chicago Blackhawks enroute to being the 2013 Stanley Cup champs! Kudos to the 'Hawks organization on down to coach Joel Quenneville on a job exemplary done!!
To Boston, an awesome team you still are, beaten by a very worthy opponent that met (and exceeded) your match. Well done overall, nevertheless.
Source: THN, Sportsnet, TSN, Yahoo! Sports
Zee
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oakl0008 said:Congratulations Hawks! Another cup after finally ending their drought in 2010 is great.
That, and the way they beat the Bruins, in the dying minutes, is delightful.
I normally wouldn't take joy in seeing a team choke like that, but given the circumstances and how they did basically the same thing to the Leafs in round 1..I have no empathy for them.
Boston Leaf
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Loved seeing the way that series ended. In many ways.. ;D
LittleHockeyFan
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Someday, it'll be my other favourite player wearing #19 hoisting that mug.
LHF will be flying the Hawks flag on the van for a couple celebratory days before it gets retired 'til next playoffs.
Corn Flake
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Boston Leaf said:
Seeing that happen to Boston.. as Leafs fan, it was so good. So so good.
Corn Flake
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Now THAT was the "greatest collapse in playoff history."
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