Game 2 Summary:
Ovechkin had a hat trick
Crosby whined about hats. For the face of the NHL he sure hates tradition.
Kunitz tried to take Varlamov’s head off with a crosscheck to the throat, but was only fined. As far as I’m concerned that means open season on winter chickens.
Crosby also had a hat trick, with the third goal coming after the aforementioned crosscheck to the throat that wasn’t called.
Ovechkin had this to say.
Game 2 Aftermath Summary:
Penguins throwing everything at the media. Alleging Ovechkin uses an illegal stick. Alleging the Caps are setting illegal picks on faceoffs. Pens fans hating Leonsis for restricting ticket purchases.
My take? Keep whining, Pens and Pens fans… That worked out so well for the Rangers.
Game 3 is tonight at Mellon Arena. They’ve declared today “Black & Gold Day”, but are calling for a white out. Not too bright up there. Of course, they are giving out white t-shirts to accomplish the latter. Something I’m proud to say Verizon Center never has to do to have the Red Rockin’ all night.
I’ll be at Bugsy’s, where I’ve watched every playoff road victory so far. Can’t break the cycle.
GO CAPS!
The media here isn’t blaming the Caps for cheating, or anything.
They’re on Sidney for not shooting much of anything since game 4… of the last series. You might be getting a bit biased view of the media up here, which is fine, but it boils down to three news items:
1. Ovie is a beast.
2. Our team isn’t performing.
3. Ovie is a beast.
And as far as Black and Gold day vs Whiteout; Luke Ravenstaal, our mayor, is, uh, essentially the world’s youngest fratboy politician. He loves the attention, and does some stupid stuff; he legally changed his name to Steelerstahl for the Superbowl last year. Everyone who’s not union labor is cheering for him to lose the upcoming election. There’s just no good candidates at the moment, though, so he’s probably going for another term.
Dude. Seriously. Black and gold for the whole city, all white inside Mellon Arena. Is that so difficult a concept to understand?