And away we go NHL thread!!!!

[6string40]

I realize that goaltending is neither team's strength, but this is insane...what the hell happened to the defense?????

[goodwood]

Who would have thought that there would be 1 goals scored?

[6string40]

I've always been a big fan of great goalies

so, I assume you weren't a big fan of tonight's game

[goodwood]

They were a little shakey weren't they? Holy smokes...and I was sure that I typed '11' in my previous post about how many goals were scored.

See? I was even subconsciously shutting down the offense! Goals are good but it's never good to see too many weak ones or freak goals scored.

[Shawn Lutz]

what a goaltending duel last night...dang. We would have had a lower scoring game with no goaltenders in the net with a plywood covering all but the 5 holes to shoot at....

[clifffclaven]

6-5???? Jesus, im glad chicago won but wow. Both teams better step up the defense.

[atomic charvel guy]

my parlay came through. flyers -1.5 and over 5.5

[clifffclaven]

Tonight, game 2!! Whats the line tommy?

[atomic charvel guy]

latest line-
Spivadelphia -175 (same as game 1), -1.5 (same)
Cliffago -+155 (down from +200 in game 1) +1.5(same)
over under is up a half goal from 5.5. to 6 now

[6string40]

After 11 goals in game 1, I was beginning to get the feeling we may have had to wait until 2OT for the first goal tonight.

[clifffclaven]

hawks win! Not counting anything yet.. could easily come back from philly 2-2.

[goodwood]

Even though Chicago is up two games I have to say that:

I think Buff will find his shit don't fly when Pronger is covering the net so that battle should make the series interesting.

In my first response to this statement I was quite confident but it appears that I was confidently wrong!! I am surprised that I was wrong about it but it looks like Pronger is pretty much neutralizing that pretty much completely.

Cheers Hellbat.

[Spivonious]

Niemi stole one for Chicago last night. Flyers played very well 1st and 3rd periods last night. Why Laviolette played Bartulis I have no idea. I still stand by my Flyers in 7 perdiction. Win 2 in Philly and it's a new series.

Oh, and did anyone else think the refs were very inconsitent last night?

And Jeremy, take down that Hawks logo!

[clifffclaven]

I thought the refs were pretty decent, actually, aside from that ridiculous "unsportsmanlike" on carcillo. I was like WTF was that? They let a couple obvious ones go, but most if not all the others were penalties- the richards hook, sharps trip on briere, etc.

[Spivonious]

Yeah I think they were trying to calm down the game by taking Carcillo out of it. The Betts crosscheck was a very soft call, I thought. And there was a quick whistle when the puck was still loose in the third (and ended up in the net which would have tied the game). Lots of missed interferences on Chicago too. Still, it was bad both ways, so I can't complain too much.