Of all the games to fall asleep during, I had to miss the third period of this one.I will just post some general notes, and hopefully come out with some more detailed retrospection tomorrow. Unless someone else managed to watch the whole game (Ben? Simon?).
From the get-go, Chris Pronger missed the game with a broken jaw. Apparently his wife saw him hitting on Hannah Montana, so she punched him. Good for her. The only bad thing is that Daniel Alfredsson didn't have the opportunity to take a slapshot at Pronger's shins, which I would have loved to see.
Speaking of Alfie, we can add one more building to the growing list that boos the captain whenever he touches the puck. It just means that we're going to cheer louder when he gets back, Ducks fans. Apparently Alfie went out with some injury mid-way through the game, which is scary for all Sens fans. It was some upper-body injury thanks to a slash from Francois 'asshole' Beauchemin. Hopefully it's nothing serious.
Two scary moments in the first when on consecutive shifts Sens defencemen left the game off dirty hits. Anton Volchenkov took a dangerous hit from behind from Rob Niedermayer, and Garry Galley lambasted the referees for letting it go. The next shift Andrej Meszaros was tripped up after he got past his check, and went hard into the corner boards. Both players returned for the second period, though, so that was a plus.
Then I fell asleep in the third. The most exciting period, where the Bryan Murray got a ten minute misconduct and was ejected for abuse of the officials?!?! GOOD! They deserved it! And this, according to the Ottawa Sun, is why he got kicked out:
“I just kept telling (Wes McCauley) it was a bullshit call. ‘That’s a bullshit call you made. He said, ‘Say it again and you’re gone,’ so I said it again,” said Murray.Anaheim is the dirtiest team in the league, and their average of 18 minutes per game is probably lower than they should be getting. How does Ottawa only get three powerplays against the most penalized team in the NHL? I'm looking forward to seeing that video show up on YouTube. And Martin Gerber fought back against some of the Ducks? Awesome.
Speaking of The Gerber, he played a solid game. Three goals on 31 shots might not be the greatest, but he put up with a lot of shit and still made key saves in the second and third period. The guys on the Team 1200's post-game show said they'd be 'shocked' if he didn't start next game against San Jose, so good for him.Statistics: I'm just looking at the ice time right now, and it's pretty amazing that Ottawa's lowest player in terms of ice time still had 10:02 (it was Shean Donovan). And Shean-Don was effective, that fourth line of him alongside Dean McAmmond and Christoph Schubert had some of Ottawa's best chances in the first two periods.
I can't wait until other teams realize that Anaheim doesn't play hockey; they play some hockey/UFC fusion sport where all that's illegal is fish-hooking. So give Corey Perry a few extra shots. Slash J-S Giguere when he makes a save. Use the oldest, moldiest gloves you have and give Mathieu Schneider a nice facewash. Smoke Randy Carlyle, aka the Penguin, aka Lobster Boy Grady Stiles Jr., with a snap shot into the bench. If the Sens meet Anaheim again in the playoffs, they'd better learn to step it up even more than was done tonight.
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