SCF Game 2: Wherein Your Blogger Attempts to Stay Awake
0 Comments Published by Miss. Scarlett on Sunday, May 31, 2009 at 8:30 PM.
8 p.m. game time on a work night? You're killing me, league. In any case, tune into this space at 7:45 pm EDT for the annual SI Stanley Cup Finals Live-Blog. Or at least the first period or so because I'm a dork and have to be in bed by 10 p.m. in order to get up in the morning for work. Stay tuned!
8:00 pm - Our opening CBC montage is by CCR. I may be showing my age but I had no idea who it was until Ron McLean told me. I'm getting schooled on music by Ron McLean! Ron also promises us a special opening by Don Cherry. I'm holding onto the hope that it involves the cast of HNiC singing the theme to "Joseph and the Technicolour Dreamcoat".
8:04 pm - Babcock says Crosby was "head-hunting" and Crosby got all uppity about it and Babcock back-tracked and clarified. Man, lighten up Sid.
8:08 pm - Ron gives us a teaser of the special opening. It involves the U.S. Coast Guards bringing Don in on boat.
8:11 pm - The Cup Raise commercial is one of the few that the League has done that they got right. It's pretty fantastic.
8:12 pm - Special intro time! Don being taken in on the boat to Joe Louis arena flanked by two ladies. Don's wearing a fetching flamingo pink number. Where's the singing and the choreographed numbers and the jazz hands?! Oh, I see. They're doing a rip off of the Dos Sequis commercials.
8:14 pm - INFLATABLE OCTOPUS!
8:15 pm - Don picks Detroit. Let the flaming begin.
8:17 pm - CBC feed goes to commercial so I switch for a quick sec to the NBC feed. Pierre is talking so close to Zetterberg that it makes me comfortable. I promptly switch back.
Period 1
20:00 - Penguins back to 12 forwards and 6 d-men.
19:19 - Osgood handles the puck and Tyler Kennedy looks extra shovey with him.
Click Here for the Rest of the Live-Blog
18:21 - Giveaway by CROSBY and Franzen gets a good chance but Fleury stops that. Big rebound but it's cleared. Play is called on the off-side, not much of that last night. Expectedly this game isn't up to as feverish of a pace as it was last night. Not that I'm complaining...or...anything.
17:48 - Penguins get a good chance but is stopped by Osgood.
17:01 - I must be a terrible person because I giggle everytime I hear "Abdelkader". I don't know why.
16:33 - Ah...seeing somebody beating Hal Gill on a rush. I missed seeing that.
15:49 - Kronwall shoots and it...HITS THE CROWD. So close! Well that was semi-exciting!
14:39 - Lidstrom schooled Bill Guerin. I sort of love that.
14:07 - Icing call on the Penguins and Guerin has been on the ice for a hundred hours now. Still can't leave either. I do like the tie Bylsma's sporting today though. Joe Louis also gets its first music faux pas...All-American Rejects? Really? We really are back in 2008.
13:05 - Big shot from Letang and bigger save from Osgood. Icing call on the Wings now.
12:07 - Puck deflected off the boards. Man, 12 minutes and already the first commercial! That was unheard of last night! Speaking of which, that Keith's commercial with the popped collar speech is kind of awesome.
Abdelkader is the Subway Hockey Night Bio of the night. Abdelkader!
11:45 - Pens are out-shot 6-1 so far. Come on, do you really want to be steam rolled again? Not that I would so much object to that.
11:17 - Icing again called on the Penguins but it's a short one as somebody (perhaps wisely) dumps it into the benches.
10:53 - Hossa with a shot that didn't have enough mustard on it and it flutters wide. Is it me or is Hossa actually kind of useful lately? Why couldn't this have happened when...oh...I don't know, he was playing for us?
10:28 - Staal's got some tissue stuffed up his nose to stop the bleeding after an altercation behind the net with Osgood. Which...ouch and...eew.
10:10 - Icing again on the Penguins. Period 1 is going to take forever!
9:28 - Staal is right in Maltby's wheelhouse along the boards but...he can't do anything about it because Maltby's got the puck Velcroed to his stick before he centres it and gives it away.
Okay, I just have to ask about this Coke Zero commercial. Why are his eyes French, his tongue British and his brain American? Or am I just too dense to get it?
8:18 - Holmstrom tries to pass to Zetterberg but it's picked off by...Crosby. That could end tragically but Osgood makes the save.
7:34 - These passes are so crisp and seamless by the Wings. I sort of forgot what clean plays looked like.
6:48 - The Penguins can't seem to find the net at all tonight but at least their D seem to be controlling the Wings just as well.
5:50 - Osgood way out of the blue paint and makes the save.
Bud Light Lime? Why don't I just drink Sprite then? Oh...right there would be no drunkenness involved.
5:25 - Call me crazy but I kind of like the way Hughson says "Zetterberg" he enunciates it so you can really hear the "T"s
4:04 - Malkin with some speed but, as Hughson puts it, is greeted by "A Wall of Wings". I just have this really funny image in my head of an actual wall of fluttery wings. *cough*
3:58 - First penalty of the game goes to Kronwall for cross-checking.
3:10 - If the Pens want to get something going they really need to connect on this PP--and just as I'm typing this they squeak it past Osgood after a mad scramble in front. 1-0 Pens thanks to...Brad Stuart. Well, he meant well. I think it's actually going to Malkin.
1:43 - That goal must have helped because the Pens are playing with a lot more confidence and organization. The Wings looked trapped a little in their zone. Holmstrom clears it but turns it over at centre ice.
1:03 - Franzen backhands...wide of the net.
0:00 - Period ends with a 1-0 lead for the Penguins. Shots were 7-1 Wings but now 11-7 for the Penguins.
First Intermission
Coach's Corner is coming up. For those interested, my intermission programming is "Law & Order: CI" for today.
Thanks for sticking around for the live-blog, SI faithful but unfortunately this is all I can manage for tonight. The game will still be on in the background but work obligations beckon. Stay tuned for Tuesday for a possible OBC reunion on the live-blog!
8:00 pm - Our opening CBC montage is by CCR. I may be showing my age but I had no idea who it was until Ron McLean told me. I'm getting schooled on music by Ron McLean! Ron also promises us a special opening by Don Cherry. I'm holding onto the hope that it involves the cast of HNiC singing the theme to "Joseph and the Technicolour Dreamcoat".
8:04 pm - Babcock says Crosby was "head-hunting" and Crosby got all uppity about it and Babcock back-tracked and clarified. Man, lighten up Sid.
8:08 pm - Ron gives us a teaser of the special opening. It involves the U.S. Coast Guards bringing Don in on boat.
8:11 pm - The Cup Raise commercial is one of the few that the League has done that they got right. It's pretty fantastic.
8:12 pm - Special intro time! Don being taken in on the boat to Joe Louis arena flanked by two ladies. Don's wearing a fetching flamingo pink number. Where's the singing and the choreographed numbers and the jazz hands?! Oh, I see. They're doing a rip off of the Dos Sequis commercials.
8:14 pm - INFLATABLE OCTOPUS!
8:15 pm - Don picks Detroit. Let the flaming begin.
8:17 pm - CBC feed goes to commercial so I switch for a quick sec to the NBC feed. Pierre is talking so close to Zetterberg that it makes me comfortable. I promptly switch back.
Period 1
20:00 - Penguins back to 12 forwards and 6 d-men.
19:19 - Osgood handles the puck and Tyler Kennedy looks extra shovey with him.
Click Here for the Rest of the Live-Blog
18:21 - Giveaway by CROSBY and Franzen gets a good chance but Fleury stops that. Big rebound but it's cleared. Play is called on the off-side, not much of that last night. Expectedly this game isn't up to as feverish of a pace as it was last night. Not that I'm complaining...or...anything.
17:48 - Penguins get a good chance but is stopped by Osgood.
17:01 - I must be a terrible person because I giggle everytime I hear "Abdelkader". I don't know why.
16:33 - Ah...seeing somebody beating Hal Gill on a rush. I missed seeing that.
15:49 - Kronwall shoots and it...HITS THE CROWD. So close! Well that was semi-exciting!
14:39 - Lidstrom schooled Bill Guerin. I sort of love that.
14:07 - Icing call on the Penguins and Guerin has been on the ice for a hundred hours now. Still can't leave either. I do like the tie Bylsma's sporting today though. Joe Louis also gets its first music faux pas...All-American Rejects? Really? We really are back in 2008.
13:05 - Big shot from Letang and bigger save from Osgood. Icing call on the Wings now.
12:07 - Puck deflected off the boards. Man, 12 minutes and already the first commercial! That was unheard of last night! Speaking of which, that Keith's commercial with the popped collar speech is kind of awesome.
Abdelkader is the Subway Hockey Night Bio of the night. Abdelkader!
11:45 - Pens are out-shot 6-1 so far. Come on, do you really want to be steam rolled again? Not that I would so much object to that.
11:17 - Icing again called on the Penguins but it's a short one as somebody (perhaps wisely) dumps it into the benches.
10:53 - Hossa with a shot that didn't have enough mustard on it and it flutters wide. Is it me or is Hossa actually kind of useful lately? Why couldn't this have happened when...oh...I don't know, he was playing for us?
10:28 - Staal's got some tissue stuffed up his nose to stop the bleeding after an altercation behind the net with Osgood. Which...ouch and...eew.
10:10 - Icing again on the Penguins. Period 1 is going to take forever!
9:28 - Staal is right in Maltby's wheelhouse along the boards but...he can't do anything about it because Maltby's got the puck Velcroed to his stick before he centres it and gives it away.
Okay, I just have to ask about this Coke Zero commercial. Why are his eyes French, his tongue British and his brain American? Or am I just too dense to get it?
8:18 - Holmstrom tries to pass to Zetterberg but it's picked off by...Crosby. That could end tragically but Osgood makes the save.
7:34 - These passes are so crisp and seamless by the Wings. I sort of forgot what clean plays looked like.
6:48 - The Penguins can't seem to find the net at all tonight but at least their D seem to be controlling the Wings just as well.
5:50 - Osgood way out of the blue paint and makes the save.
Bud Light Lime? Why don't I just drink Sprite then? Oh...right there would be no drunkenness involved.
5:25 - Call me crazy but I kind of like the way Hughson says "Zetterberg" he enunciates it so you can really hear the "T"s
4:04 - Malkin with some speed but, as Hughson puts it, is greeted by "A Wall of Wings". I just have this really funny image in my head of an actual wall of fluttery wings. *cough*
3:58 - First penalty of the game goes to Kronwall for cross-checking.
3:10 - If the Pens want to get something going they really need to connect on this PP--and just as I'm typing this they squeak it past Osgood after a mad scramble in front. 1-0 Pens thanks to...Brad Stuart. Well, he meant well. I think it's actually going to Malkin.
1:43 - That goal must have helped because the Pens are playing with a lot more confidence and organization. The Wings looked trapped a little in their zone. Holmstrom clears it but turns it over at centre ice.
1:03 - Franzen backhands...wide of the net.
0:00 - Period ends with a 1-0 lead for the Penguins. Shots were 7-1 Wings but now 11-7 for the Penguins.
First Intermission
Coach's Corner is coming up. For those interested, my intermission programming is "Law & Order: CI" for today.
Thanks for sticking around for the live-blog, SI faithful but unfortunately this is all I can manage for tonight. The game will still be on in the background but work obligations beckon. Stay tuned for Tuesday for a possible OBC reunion on the live-blog!
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