It’s over out West. The Chicago Blackhawks just clinched the Western Conference with a double overtime win in game five against the L.A. Kings.
Looks like we are getting an original six match up in the Stanley Cup Finals. Bruins and Blackhawks. Word is that game one will be Wednesday in Chicago.
GO BRUINS!
Well now, you all have been looking forward to this moment, I’m sure.
I just finished mixing the seventh of the seven unfinished songs from my failed attempt at the RPM Challenge in 2007. Six years later, and it’s finally done! (well… if it were done there would be 10 songs, because that’s the rule for RPM, right? So it’s not done really, it’s just the seven unfinished songs that are done. Yeah, whatever) It’s Miller Time!
Our dinner plates were Union Jacks.
In both musical and medical terms, playing my 12-string guitar hurts like a mutha.
I gotta tell ya… I still can’t believe it. As hard as it was to imagine the Bruins beating the Penguins in the Eastern Conference Finals, the idea of seeing them win in a sweep was just too incredible to consider. I mean… the Penguins just plain rule this year, and the Bruins have been this schizophrenic mess for pretty much the whole season.
But…
They did it. Four games to none. The Bruins are the Eastern Conference Champs and they have advanced to the Stanley Cup Finals against the winner of the Blackhawks/Kings series. The ‘Hawks are up three games to one, but I still have hope for the Kings to come back and win it.
Last night was insane. A one to nothing win on a third period goal by Darth Quaider. What a game. What a game! What a series! I am one shocked Bruins fan, I gotta tell ya!
Here’s the highlight video from last night’s game.
It’s time to bring the Stanley Cup back to Boston, where it belongs!
How sweep it is!
The Bruins win!
Your Eastern Conference Champions!
The Bruins are in the Stanley Cup Finals for the second time in three years!
The Bruins win!
The Bruins win!
The Bruins win!
Even when I’m sitting up in bed listening to the Bruins on the radio, Ms Patches comes over and listens with me. She’s our furry little Bruins fan.
No score after two periods. It’s time for the Bruins to break through.
Go Bruins!
Pre gamin’, Japanese restaurant style.
Go Bruins!
I used to think that a three games to none lead in a seven game series was a lock. Then in 2004 the Red Sox came out of a 3-0 hole and beat the Yankees in the American League Championship series. On the flip side there was 2010 when the Bruins blew a 3-0 series lead to the Flyers in the Conference Semi Finals.
Especially for Boston fans, three games to none series leads will never again feel safe. We know better.
The Bruins have a three games to none lead over the Penguins and game four is tonight. They took a 3-0 lead against the Flyers in 2011 and finished the sweep. They took a 3-0 lead in the last round against the Rangers and finished the series in five games. I should feel pretty confident. I do not feel confident. Cautiously optimistic, yes. Confident? No.
I need the Bruins to win tonight. They have Pittsburgh down and they have to put them away without giving them any hope. They have to finish them off quickly. The Penguins showed us in game three that they are not going down without a fight. However, in game two they showed us that if you rattle them enough they will cave in. If the Bruins can jump out to a quick lead the way they have in the past two games… maybe that will do it. Maybe that will break what’s left of the Penguins spirit. Regardless, the Bruins have to play as if their life depends on it or else risk falling into that mean ol’ 2010 trap.
Win it tonight, Bruins. Put them away while you can.
Go Bruins!
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