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Just What We Needed, Something To Please: Flames 1, Hawks 5



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So I wanted to put a picture of Jasper or Red Foreman here, but apparently we can't do that any more.  Or something's not working.  Whatever, you get the point I'm trying to make. 

Funny, if you look at the Corsi Ratings, or even just shots on goal, one might assume that this was a pretty even game.  Anyone with a pulse and even one functioning retina would tell you this was a Red Foreman foot-in-the-ass for two periods, and then a third where the Hawks could afford to step off the gas.  We had said on here that if the Hawks can get the power play going, they will this series.  You saw why last night.

The first PP, merely a minute in when Criminal was called for holding, set the tone for the whole game.  It didn't score, but it created chances and even more momentum.  The second, after just a moronic penalty by Cory Sarich -- who had been highly effective in games 3 and 4--, even causing Iginla to shake his head at him, resulted in the opener.  When Campbell and Versteeg did the dirty work for Havlat to provide us with the "sick assist" we refrence in the Our Havlat prayer.  Seabrook still had some work to do, but didn't miss. 

There were some murmurs of discontent after that, seeing as how the team to score first in every game had lost.  But this was the first time the home team scored first, and it makes a huge difference.  The Hawks were all over the Flames after that, and put the game away midway through the first.  Sharp banged one in after some nifty work from Captain Marvel, though what had to be one of the stranger goals of the year.  No one knew it went in, as it buried itself in bottom of the net, I think.  Versteeg! then crashed home a rebound 19 seconds later, which is how long it would take him to make my friend ashely....you know, I'm not gonna finish that.  Let's just say that she likes Versteeg! very, very much. 

It was pretty academic from there.  Though the Flames carried the play for the first 5 minutes of the 2nd, and scored once, the Hawks came right back and turned them over, causing Keenan to go to patented goalie-roulette, and causing Kiprusoff to go all Patrick Roy on him at the bench.  Hey, Mike, it was you who turned your goalie into mush with overuse, not the other way around. 

This was the style we've waited for since, well, the start of the playoffs.  The Hawks skating around and through the slower, drooling slobs of Calgary.  They got pucks deep, outworked the Flames, and didn't get caught up in any of the silly shit the Flames so desperately want them to.  Series is a long way from over, these young Hawks have never faced the challenge of putting a team away in the playoffs yet.  But more like this, and they'll do so.

Player of The Game

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Yeah, um, can't find the pic of VERSTEEG!, just as I couldn't use Jasper or Red.  But anyway, Kris was the most noticeable player on the ice, and seemingly created something on every shift.

P.S.:  Thanks to Matt for adding the pics, and apparently taking away my ability to add them myself, which really will help everyone in the long run.

 

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Pardon me...

For taking too long to notice, but is this the famous George’s Clam from The Score?

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by SamFels on Apr 26, 2009 11:52 AM CDT up reply actions  

Man Alive!

I saw him block the shot but must have missed them showing the broken finger.

by Roos-34 on Apr 26, 2009 2:25 PM CDT up reply actions  

that's amazing

wow. his finger was just …….wow

by heyrocky on Apr 26, 2009 3:17 PM CDT up reply actions  

Hey Ashley

19 seconds is nothing to be ashamed about. It happens to me all the time.

"Oh, that's easy. White Sox. I'm not one of these fair-weather fans. You go to Wrigley Field, you have a beer; beautiful people up there. People aren't watching the game. It's not serious. White Sox, that's baseball. South Side." -O'Bama

by Hawk is God on Apr 26, 2009 11:59 AM CDT reply actions  

So I wanted to put a picture of Jasper…

I swear I quoted Jasper before in my review before reading your review. Ahhh Simpsons, the tie that binds us all.

by Kent Wilson on Apr 26, 2009 12:13 PM CDT reply actions  

Playoff Beard Dilemma

I shaved the morning of Game 1 (cleansing myself of the regular season) and the Hawks won in OT. I shaved again yesterday afternoon (I’m a senior in college and it was my last available weekend to hook up with unsuspecting freshmen before I graduate) and the Hawks won big. That means the Hawks are 2-0 on playoff game days where I have shaved. Do I keep shaving on game days as long as the trend continues? Or should I try to grow the beard again?

Thoughts?

by hawksfan21 on Apr 26, 2009 12:25 PM CDT reply actions  

To me, your plan is short sighted and you’re tempting fate, but if you believe it works, then by all means.

by McClure on Apr 26, 2009 1:45 PM CDT up reply actions  

Anybody notice

Eager turn Camalleri into a pile of Canadian Paste? Gotta love a hit like that.

by AirTrafficAJ on Apr 26, 2009 2:29 PM CDT reply actions  

Oh ya!

And the smackdown on Phaneuf that sent him DIRECTLY to the dressing room… was that Burish? Didi didn’t even know what province he was in.

by Hungryhawk on Apr 26, 2009 8:04 PM CDT up reply actions  

Troy Brouwer

And it appears the Flames poster-boy for toughness has a tender coconut. To the extend he may not play game 6. Nice hit-of-the-game Troy!

by Hungryhawk on Apr 27, 2009 11:02 AM CDT up reply actions  

I think the word "win" belongs in this sentence...
We had said on here that if the Hawks can get the power play going, they will this series.

"He shows up every day to play, he plays hard every day, and he shows up to beat your butt." ~Ozzie Guillen on AJ Pierzynski, 3-17-09

R.I.P. Harry Kalas 4-13-09

by HappyHuman on Apr 26, 2009 5:13 PM CDT reply actions  

We prefer to think of this blog as a mix between Madlibs and a Choose Your Own Adventure novel… for that sentence, please feel free to pick your own verb.

If you pick “win”, go to page 46

by Killion on Apr 26, 2009 5:21 PM CDT up reply actions  

Wow, page 46 takes us too....

The flaming retard of death!

Other wise known as the Cammi

by burpchelischili on Apr 26, 2009 5:24 PM CDT up reply actions  

Huh...

I guess the word “win” was just understood, I didn’t even notice that it wasn’t written.

by burpchelischili on Apr 26, 2009 5:22 PM CDT up reply actions  

Whiraway?

Monday?

We were somewhere around Barstow on the edge of the desert when the drugs began to take hold.

by E Runs on Apr 26, 2009 5:44 PM CDT reply actions  

Well, that was a fun game.

Got more soul than a sock with a hole.

by chrome on Apr 27, 2009 9:23 AM CDT reply actions  

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