Sharks And Stars Play Forever
It just wouldn’t be the Stanley Cup playoffs without crazy 20-minute 5-on-5 overtime action. While this year’s postseason hasn’t been quite as prolific in that area as the ‘06-’07 campaign, at least we’ve got examples such as last night’s Game 6 contest between the struggling San Jose Sharks and the resurgent Dallas Stars, which provided us with a 69-minute quadruple overtime performance. That’s a doubleheader to you and me, Russ.
Such marathon sessions shouldn’t be too unfamiliar to the Stars, however. Why, just last year I was up well past 1AM - that’s Pacific, by the way; can’t imagine what it was like for fans on the east coast - watching my very own Vancouver Canucks (woefully absent in this year’s hunt for the cup, but nevermind that) gradually wear down the Dallas Stars for 78 extra minutes. My Canucks won that one; whether due to experience or fear of the wrath of Jennifer Floyd-Engels, the Stars took this one, allowing the Sharks to hit the green while Dallas meets Detroit in the Western Final.
Honestly, despite last night’s game being much more watchable than the Canucks/Stars showdown last year, it lacked a certain panache. There were no fans slowly constructing beeramids to pass the time, no intermission commentary teams doing the exact same thing, not as many bizarre on-ice accidents due to fatigue and oxygen deprivation… maybe next year.
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Bah, hockey is a game most excitingly lost and won in overtime!
Is it strange I have a dislike of the Dallas team because I don’t think they should be very good, being next to Mexico and all and thus quite hot and thus not inductive to finding good hockey players due to lack of ice, but they seem to contradict that. It’s just weird. But if Jamacia can head a bobsled team, I guess…
Can I write articles about the MLS?
Anyone?
Hello?
If you wanna. Go Whitecaps! Go… uh, Arsenal… different league? Okay then.
Well, geez, like, give me a way to write one then, jerkass.
All you gots to do is hit the Register link, assuming that c6 didn’t deactivate it. Then I’ll just set you up with some privileges. Alternatively I could always add you myself but I’m not sure if it sends a notification email when I do that.