Game 6
Boston 2 Montreal 5 !!!!!!!!!
there WILL BE a GAME 7.
i'm stunned. they were down 3 games to one. i think everyone in the NHL is stunned.
tonight wasn't a blowout like the score might lead you to believe, though. Montreal played a good game (one in which Langdon scored!! haha. you shoulda seen the permanent grin on that guy's face :) and, as expected, Boston came back into the game in the third causing me to hold my breath everytime the Bruins got into our zone. Boston managed to come back to one goal of tying the Canadiens in the third period. but then with about a minute left Sullivan pulled Raycroft out of the goal and the Canadiens managed two beautiful empty-netters -- one by Kovalev (this guy is so not done with his hot streak :) and Bulis (with 3 seconds left).
and Begin, what a player. of course we already knew this. when he's playing, the team just plays better. he just loves to play and it shows. but last night (his first game back; he was an agonizing game-time decision) he ate the boards while trying to hit somebody and immediately went to the locker room to see a dentist. well. he came back in the game!! i'm not shitting you! he had the full visor on and his mouth looked like hell, but the damn kid came back in the game. and his play wasn't even affected!! for fuck's sake. this is a player. show that to kids everywhere.
a big fuck you to everyone who were jumping off the Canadiens boat when they went behind two games to none at the start of the series. thank you for not believing. i'm not saying they're gonna win the series. no fucking way. it's definitely not over yet. there's still a game to win monday night. but it's great to see them fight their way into a game 7 after trailing 2-0.
this is only the first round but it's been feeling like the final game of the playoffs for the past two games here in Montreal :) see you all monday night.
i would just die if the Canadiens won game 7 and wiped Boston out. but. i'm seriously just happy to have seen them come back from so far behind when almost no one believed in them anymore. tonight was just the icing on the cake. forcing a game 7 was my dream wish and it came through tonight. everything else will just be adding cherries to an already delicious run :)
ps. the fans cheering the american anthem was one classy touch. a few games back a few fans in Montreal booed the anthem. the next game the Canadiens had to bring out Jean Beliveau to tell the crowd to be respectful of both anthems. but tonight's show was touching. what class. of course then the cheers just went up to 12 when the canadian anthem was sung :) but a point was made. i was proud.
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