The Pens start out strong with Sid going right into the Flyers zone and Gonch taking a wicked shot from the point. Then the hugest tool in the league, Scott Hartnell cross-checks Sarge. Cookie goes after Hartnell, but Hartnell’s the only penalty. Then on the next play Kimmo Timonen punches Geno in the face and gets 2 for roughing. Pens on a 1:49 of 5-on-3. Mike Richards dove to get Staalsy called for tripping. What a dirty team. Biron robs Sykie of his second scoring chance of the power play. Richards takes a late hit on Sid: no call. Flower makes a great save on Hartnell. Flower makes some absolutely fantastic saves and tries to draw a penalty on Hartnell, but none called. Penalty to Staalsy killed. TK and Staalsy have a great opportunity, but Biron saves it. And that’s just the first five minutes. We are informed that Letang and Thomas are scratched again. Ugh. The Penguins’ forecheck is incredible and they force a turnover: Jordan Staal takes a shot from TK’s pass but Biron makes the save. [note: Flyers fans really need to grow up and stop booing Sid just because he’s more talented than their entire team] The Penguins defense is solid and Flower is great. Just then, Joffery Lupul shoots one past Flower. And then, just what we’ve been waiting for happens: another rematch, Gods vs Riley Cote. Down and dirty.
Biron makes another huge save on Sykie. Hartnell takes a cheapshot on Maxie. Idiot. Geno with some intense puck handling and then TK with some incredible speed. Flower poke checks the puck from Mike Richards and Pens fans everywhere were cheering. Brooksie gives some Free Candy to Scottie Upshall: priceless, worthy of another cheer. Flower makes another incredible save and then Sid, Whitters and Cookie have the best scoring chance of the game. But Biron has parked himself in from of the net and refuses to move. The Penguins come at Biron hard for the last 40 seconds of the period.
Sid starts off the period by smacking it past Biron. Huge goal! This is some of the best hockey of the year. The defense is aggressive just like the offense. The offense is helping out the defense. This is incredible. Then Jeff Carter is called for cross checking Cookie. Here it’s worth noting that the Flyers have 15 shorthanded goals on the season. Then Geno tips in Gonch’s slapper from the center point. Absolutely incredible. Mark Eaton makes a beastly hit on Claude Giroux. Braydon Coburn’s shot hit Scott Hartnell in the face and he’s down. Solid play from the Pens results in a crazy 3-on-2: Super Duper to Fedo with Sid as the screen and Fedo gets his first goal since his return from a broken hand. At the whistle, Malkin crushes Hartnell by the benches. That’s the reason Pens fans get up in the morning. They come back from commercial to tell us that there has been the worst call in hockey: Geno gets 2 for hooking and 2 for unsportsmanlike conduct…dear God, please tell me when has Geno EVER been unsportsmanlike?! Puke call. Staalsy is epic on the PK. Flower makes some phenomenal saves. Sid with a poke check, Duper with a blocked shot, Gonch with a couple clears. Incredible. Huge penalty kill. Flower denies Randy Jones at the buzzer. Fantastic period.
Solid skating to start the period. Penguins are getting the shots on the net. Scottie Upshall is called for tripping Sid. A PPG would be great right now. Instead, Richards grabs the puck and gets one shorthanded right through Flower’s five-hole. Penguins don’t even get a shot on that PP. Just when you start thinking that Flower needs to close this down, Braydon Coburn slaps one past Fleury. @%&^!%*&#. Deep breaths: the boys can still get this done. Just then, Fedo grabs a pass from Sid and shovels one past Biron for his second of the game. Hartnell dives again by grabbing Dups stick and falling on it: Dupers is called for the hook. Puke call. Flower makes a crazy save on Giroux and Staalsy takes the rebound into the Flyers zone. Penalty killed. Whew. Flower makes another huge save this time on Simon Gagne. Then right off the draw, Gonch breaks his stick, and grabs one from Maxie, but then Mike Knuble gets one past Flower. I feel sick: this cannot be happening. Giroux limps down the runway. Gonch is called for roughing and Scottie Upshall is called for slashing. Then the Penguins catch Biron way out of the net and Sid smacks one in: INCREDIBLE!!! Then they put the pressure on and Staalsy nearly scores. Flower comes up big making some huge saves in the clutch. Less than a minute left. Hyperventilation is occurring. Cookie shoots it wide of the empty net but no matter: PENS WIN!
THOUGHTS:
--Sid and Fedo both with 2 goals (Sid had 4 points)
--This new, aggressive system = EPIC
--Staalsy, Duper and Gonch were incredible
--Geno is in his own effing league: absolutely phenominal
Caps tomorrow.
Do it.
LET'S GO PENS!
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