Am I the only one that wishes every post-game press conference from the coach be followed by a press conference from a die hard fan from CP just going off on the canucks for the xxxx they pull? Just ripping into bieksa, burrows, and hamhuis. Say all the things that Hartley wants to say but can't.
For example... Hartley gets fined for putting certain guys on the ice at the end of the last game. So this game he has to watch as Johnny gets brutally slashed in the hands and hit from behind and also watch Bennett get hit right in the head at the end of the game. But because the of the league's problem with having tough guys out at the end of the game... Hartley can't send out his goons to return the favour. He has to just have faith that the league/refs will handle it... I have zero faith in them handling it however. I bet Hartley was sooo tempted to just send out engelland, bollig, ferland, Stajan, and colborne for the last powerplay at the end of the game but let his restraint get the better of him.
Can I just say that every time you post it's like identical to my own views. I feel like we're related.
That headshot on Bennett was brutal and Hartley's hands are tied. He was pissed after the game. You can bet the NHL will be looking at it.
What a great game. Give one of the three stars to the fans!! You do not want to be the Vancouver Canucks coming to the Dome right now.
It looked like we've finally found our game. Doubled Vancouver in hits, much better composure and accurate passing, way more offensive chances. We needed to step up and play physical as it looked like they were pushing Calgary around the first couple of games.
Win the next one, end the series in Vancouver. Go Flames!
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Nice, however, I do like Willie D. He did wonders for Medicine Hat when he was there. He's a great guy and a great coach. A very respectable man in all situations, whether meeting him personally or in game form. Unfortunately it just happens that he landed with the Canucks.
The best part was Bob at the end... Bennett is only 18 now, and he won't be 19 until he's 20. At least that's how I heard it
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What a great game. Give one of the three stars to the fans!! You do not want to be the Vancouver Canucks coming to the Dome right now.
Fans were amazing. I've always wanted the 'dome to be a really hostile place for opposing teams, and while we've seen great crowds in Calgary before, Sunday night was truly amazing, at least it looked that way on TV. I don't think I even noticed many Canuck fans, it was truly an overwhelming loud, vocally aggressive sea of red.
That's what I call home ice advantage.
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A few weeks after crashing head-first into the boards (denting his helmet and being unable to move for a little while) following a hit from behind by Bob Errey, the Calgary Flames player explains:
"I was like Christ, lying on my back, with my arms outstretched, crucified"
-- Frank Musil - Early January 1994
Because of that, I took another CPer's advice from way back (can't remember who) and watched the Punjabi broadcast. FAR more enjoyable...and there are enough English hockey terms to get a general sense of what's being discussed!
I turned it at the point when Hughson was saying we'd only had 1 shot so far in the first period...and then Bollig scored right after. Like, maybe only 1 recorded shot there Jim, but, uh, the ice was pretty tilted...
I did the same thing, they did a great job. Was definitely easy enough to follow along with all of the english hockey terms in the mix.
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Fantastic game for the Flames, not just for the win but for the confidence building and momentum. They looked lost in Vancouver almost the whole time through those two games. It's like they came back here and heard the fans and said "Oh right, we CAN do this". Played their game, dominated all of it, and obviously rattled the Canucks. Couldn't be in a better position heading into another home game tomorrow.
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Nice, however, I do like Willie D. He did wonders for Medicine Hat when he was there. He's a great guy and a great coach. A very respectable man in all situations, whether meeting him personally or in game form. Unfortunately it just happens that he landed with the Canucks.
Yeah, I'm not seeing that right now, his Canucks have been gooning it up pretty hard, and while he might have a team full of jerks, he's the puppet master pulling the strings.
So he's either a respectable man who has lost control of his players.
Or he's just another jerk that's gravitated towards a franchise full of them.
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If you remove the circumstances (beating Detroit and San Jose to advance to the next rounds in 2004), it was the best playoff game I've been to outside of the 0-3 Sarich/Marleau comeback win vs San Jose in 2008.
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I get a kick out of the fact a game 7 years ago is instantly identifiable by a single hit!
LOL, holy crap... you know when they make movies about hockey, and try and make the violence seem way over the top.... well, that GIF pretty much reminds me of that. But it's even more over the top.
