Playoffs here we come!

So we lost 5-4 in OT and the Bruins looked like the won the Cup. Whatever. I don't care about the Bruins. Important thing is the Habs will not be on the golf courses. They made errors tonight, yes. Lots. But they fought for their playoff spot. They got in because they worked for it not because the Panthers lost tonight. So congratulations to the Habbies! You are officially the only Canadian team in the East that won't be on the golf courses in a week's time.

(here's where I again apologize for the lack of anything serious on this blog. I need happy/random stuff!)

The first period

The good news is:

• the boys are trying
• Price is looking good
• Schneider is in the lineup

The bad news is...

• Bruins up 1-0
• PP for Bs coming up in the second

Dissing the Bs... And I don't mean just the Bruins...

• Biron, I hate you. You know that, but right now you suck. And you're NOT supposed to suck tonight.
• Bergeron, meh....Never ever liked you....
  
• Brodeur, you suck. 1-0 to the Sens?!
  
• Tampa Bay (Bay starts with a B), please don't score on the Caps anymore, k? Thanks.

The second period

Holy crap...this has to be some time of record for length....

• The game kept starting and stopping and starting and stopping and stopping... and stopping... and stopping and stopping and starting and stopping and... yeah, okay... you get it..

How the period went as far as I can remember:

• Damn the Bruins
• Fight
  
• Damn the Bruins
• Oh KOVAGOAL! PRETTY! It was like Thomas wasn't there.
  
• Damn the Bruins
• Fight
• Damn the Bruins
  
• Damn Lucic
• Damn the Bruins 2-1
  
• Damn all these stupid stops
• Damn all these fights
• Damn Lucic
• OH HELL YEAH LUCIC YOU JUST GOT TOSSED FOR THE REST OF THE PERIOD FOR KILLING KOMISAURUS!
  
• Damn the Bruins 3-1....
  
• Damn the Bruins
• Did the refs whistles break or something?
• Damn the Bruins
  
• I'm getting tired of this period....
• Damn this long list of damns
  
• OH YES A HABS GOAL FINALLY! YES! D'AGOSTINI! With a beautiful goal that could have been Pleky's if he had moved his arm over a bit! 3-2
  
• Damn the Bruins
• Fight
  
• Damn the Bruins
• Fight
• Damn Chara
  
• Damn the Bruins
  
• OHOHOH HABS GOAL! 3-3 SCHNEIDER PLAY!
• Damn the Bruins
  
• Oh Habs looking more alive
• How can anyone be alive after this?
  
• Damn the Bruins
• more fighting....
  
• Is Shawn Thornton related to that twerp in San Jose?
  
• Damn the Bruins
• How the heck much longer do I have to suffer?!
  
• Damn the Bruins
• TEN MORE MINUTES?
  
• Damn the clock
• Damn the clock
• Damn the Bruins
• Da....OH MY GOD!!!!!!!!!! D'Agostini skate! SKATE! FASTER! SHOOT! OH MY GOD! SCOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOREEEEEEEEEEEEES!!!!!!!!!!! Beautiful!!!!!!!!! 4-3 for the Habs
• Damn the Bruins
• OH COME ON KOIVU! didn't hit the puck AT Thomas....
  
• Damn Thomas
• Danm the... oh end of the period! Thank god... x_X

Enemy watch aka the rest of the league was actually playing while all this crap in Boston was happening

• Itty Bitty came to the Flyers rescue. 2-1 for the Rags still though. Honestly, though, this is like, the worst game ever....
  
• Team Kovalchuk Bogosian was 1-1 then 2-1 now it's 2-2 .... C'MON DAMNIT!
• Pens are on their way to beating the Isles
• Buffalo is blanking the Whalercanes 5-0. Oopsies Ward?
• Devils now up 2-1 on the Sens. Pfft
• Caps up 3-1 on Tampa Bay. Laich with 2 and Stammy with the lone Bolts goal

THIRD PERIOD

• Repeat first period while I sit here trying to stay awake...
  
• 4-4
  
• Whatever. We need to get to OT.
  
• OT please
• PLEASE
• Oh PRICEBERG!
• PRIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIICEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE
• C'mon people! Score already!
  
• COME ON
• NOW
• We need to get to OT
• OT PLEASE
  
• YEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEES! WE GO TO OT! Habs make it to OT though which means = PLAYOFFS BABY!
  

OT

• well, forget this bit. We lost on stupid screw up on the blueline but whatever. We're in the playoffs!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
  

Enemy watch: Major Failures of the night

• Thrashers failed me *sniffles*
  
• Flyers failed me - ahem, let me rephrase that. The refs failed Biron who Biron failed the Flyers who failed me. FAIL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
  
• Sens failed the shootouts. Hmmm.....
  
• Cam Ward failed epically. Oops.
  
• Isles failed. Poor things.
• Ovie failed to score but his team won anyway
  

My top 10 events for this year

...or half the year. I only came to this whole thing in April. Talk about late to the party...Anyway. The list. It's late because I was waiting to see what Team Canada could do.

1. Wimbledon final between Roger and Rafa. What can I say?It was one heck of a fantastic match that had me permanently hooked on tennis.
   
2. Spain winning the Euro Cup. That was really cool for Spain, who hadn't won in over 40 years. I was screaming for a while *G*
   
3. Canada vs. Russia in the World Junior Hockey Championship semi-finals. That was a game for the ages. Canada came very close to losing the tournament and seeing their four gold medal streak come to an end. But Jordan Eberle had a different idea and with just 5.4 seconds left in the game, he tied the goal. Canada ultimately won it in shoutouts but man... that game will be one for the ages!
4. Game 5 of the Stanley Cup finals. Pittsburgh showed a lot of determination in extending their stay in the finals. Sykora getting that goal in the third period of OT was really awesome. Okay, so I was actually asleep when he scored and missed the party but yeah.... sue me...
   
5. Federer winning the Olympic gold medal with Wawrinka. I've never seen the guy so incredibly happy after winning a match before.
   
6. Rafa winning the Olympics gold medal. That was a great way to pretty much finish off his amazing summer. Two grand slams, an Olympic gold medal AND the no. 1 spot? Come on...!
   
7. The Canada/US game in the round robbin stage of the Junior World event thing. Great hockey. Better than a lot of NHL games I've had to sit through...
8. That match in the round-robbin stages of the Tennis Masters Cup between Roger and Murray. Too bad Roger was again on the losing side of that one but it was a really good match nonetheless and it completely tired out Murray *g*
   
9. The Davis Cup final. Okay, so I didn't want Spain to win but you have to admit that it was quite the feat for the Rafa-less team to beat the odds and win it. Yes, it's very tragic for Argentina but hopefully that can get things together and win it another time.
10. Team Canada winning the Junior World Championship for the 5th time in a row and 15th time overall right here at home in Canada. Fantastic stuff!
    
11. Game 2 of the Montreal-Boston series in the Stanley playoffs. No, the game itself wasn't particularly amazing but I wouldn't be hear writing any of this stuff if it wasn't for that game. So it's SPECIAL *g*2