You hit all the key notes. When we needed the Hawks to play one of their best games of the year, they played one of their best games of the year. Vancouver and Luongo played the game they needed to play, the Nucks keeping the Hawks chances to a minimum (and settling only for any counters on mistakes), and Luongo made a few fantastic saves when the Vancouver D broke down.

Not that it took an accute hockey acumen to predict, but I figured this game, above all others would require Toews or Havlat to be a game-changer. and thank the Lord in Twenty-Four for delivering. I’m not Catholic, but with about 5 minutes to go, I took the Rosary Beads in my hands (okay – they were free beads with blinking Corona bottles at the end of them) and prayer for JHC to deliver.

The Lord answers in mysterious ways.

It’s a series again. Time for Canucks fans to get on their heals, because the Nucks played a nearly perfect playoff road game against an inspired Hawks team and lost. Steal another win in Vancouver, and we might just be battling for the Stanley Cup, after a brief series in Hell ( be it the Disneyland or Detroit incarnation).

Great effort, great team. This year has been fun.

Over a year old but, it seems very prudent.

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and then had to attend my night accounting class. Kept checking the score and then was all smiles when I saw they tied it late in the third and won it overtime!

After the Nucks scored I thought, this goal will not stand up. We have pretty much solved Luongo and knew after watching the first 40 minutes that we would at least tie it up.

 I have to give them credit for a great first period, they were hitting and getting good scoring chances while stifling the Canucks for the most part.

The redirection by Ladd was a thing of beauty and JCH got us to the OT so we could finish it. Lets win in BC and win this series back home!

I’m a little hoarse from being at the game. Looks like you had a good time in the thread last night except for the little troll stopping by. Man what a roller coaster of emotions! Most of the game was played to not make a mistake by both teams. Unfortunately they capitlaized on the one major mistake the Hawks made and scored. That seemed to quiet the crowd for quite a period of time even thought the Hawks seemed to control most of the game. Then Jesus comes thru and the place erupts again and isn’t silent the rest of the evening. 15 blocks away driving away from the UC you could still here the buzz/roar of the people leaving. it was awesome!!

They still need to work on getting pucks deep in the zone, saw quite a few that were flubbed on the dump. here comes the cliche but “SHOOOOT IT” when the lane is open. Campbell too many times looks gun shy when he’s on point and an open lane. PP and ES, and not just Phantom51 but the whole team. They look for that extra pass too often. Be Selfish guys and take the Shot.

Man i can’t wait for Game 5!!

At the beginning of the 3rd, I said to my seatmates that this felt like it was going to be an overtime game. The way the chances were going I thought it was going to be 2 or 3 OTs also. What a strong finish. The Hawks really had a pretty great game all game long and my biggest fear was that this was going to be the game that Lu-dong-go steals.
Take more shots must have been the message because I noticed a lot more pucks directed on net than Game 3. Too bad it still wasn’t enough shooting to satisfy the douche nozzles in my section…

For the first time in quite a while this team played the whole game. Everyone looked great, even after the fluke by Whoredicksuck. We essentially owned that game; our passing was tight overall ( a few sloppers but pobody’s nerfect), good physicality without being bloodthirsty-dumb, and solid chances.

I love that Lozengo puts forth his best game against us and we still beat him. He must be just shaking his head in frustration as I am shaking my fists in triumph.

Today will be a good day. I won’t even have to use my AK.

Great 1st period last night. Entire game, really. Keith: “We had good chances all game and I thought we deserved to win tonight.” Amen.

Still, sometimes you lose these plodding, agonoizing, trap-laden games, even when you dominate play (time of posession must’ve been sick in our favor, as were quality chances.) Often because your team has the 2nd best goaltender on the ice.

Van can score, but it seems to me (and to them) that the patient/ride Lou strategy is still their best bet. I don’t like our chances of winning 2 outta 3 more of these type games.

I hope, like Q said, that we’re due to score first. A 2-0 lead would definitely loosen things up.

They seemed to abandon this the entire game. There wasn’t a warm or even a cold body in front of Luongo most of regulation. Did they forget how besides himself that Luongo gets when he has a body in front of him? Any Coincidence that besides havlat being wide open in fron of him for the tying goal that they one that cracked Luongo is when there was a body in front? Q must preach this to them!

Campbell looks like he’s about to try to take a bite out of Keith’s head.