So last night tested my patience. Going into overtime, AGAIN, I was nervous and just could not wait for the Sharks to score a goal on Anderson so I could stop watching the damn game. I was tired. They were tired. 3 overtime games in one series is taxing on both players and fans. I was getting impatient. It was 3.5 periods and no one had won yet and I was starting to get concerned that game 4 might end up like game 3 and not go the way I wanted it to. I'm a champion of positivity for these types of things but last night, last night was tough.
At some point in the third, while hanging out with ABD in his game chat-o-rama, I think I called Joe Pa to win it, despite him not being on the ice at the time. He was going to win it with his MIND. I could FEEL it. It just took a bit more drama to happen than I was hoping to have to watch.
What better way for Dan Boyle to answer all his new found critics than by scoring the first goal of the game and giving the Sharks the first lead all series? If you didn't jump out of your chair and do a fist pump, I question you possession of a pulse. If you thought Boyle was going to wilt under the pressure of his mistake, you haven't been paying attention to him at all. In fact I doubt you've been watching the Sharks at all this season. That's not Boyle's style. Dude is more solid than the ground you walk on. Don't ever doubt him or his desire to win.
At this point it's becoming difficult to be surprised by the officiating. It's not a problem confined to the Sharks v Avs series, either. That's really all I feel like saying about that.
It feels like we just can't get a break in this series, in some way. Bad bounces, can't hit the net as often as we should (I feel weird saying that after game 2, but that was clearly an aberration in terms of scoring)Anderson just being ON, the Avs doing an amazingly good job of getting in the way of shots and blocking everything this side of the Mississippi. It's ridiculous. That's not to say that the Sharks haven't been guilty of sitting back a few times, especially after that Avs gal to tie it up last night, but even when they pressure like nobody's business, it's hard to get something to Anderson, let along past him.
We may have deserved to win game 3, but we took game 4. It's 2-2. We needed that. Now we can bring it back home and take game 5, and then game 6 on Avs ice. These next few games are going to be nailbiters. You can be sure of that. Stock up on brown bags to breath into now. You're going to need them.
First off, as a suggestion to cure what could be a very epic sports curse, I suggest we all gather around the Tank with smudge sticks. If we can get into the locker room and down to ice level as well, even better. Sage the heck out of the place. Cleanse the evil spirits.
Or at the very least get rid of that lingering weed smell from the guy who used every intermission on Friday to go get baked and then came in reeking worse than the crowd at an outdoor concert.
12 hours to bitch, to moan, to whine, about how unfair that ending to the game was. About how it sucks that the Sharks played well for 50 minutes and had to lose on a fluky play. 12 hour to rail against all the stupid comments and coverage this game will get. Vent about how everyone suddenly things Boyle is a terrible player. Shout about how they only ever comment on the Sharks when something goes wrong. 12 hours to yell at the sudden legions of fair weather fans who just want to come and rain shit on our parade.
12 hours.
After that, it's all about game 4.
Boyle's been a stand up guy for us every night for two seasons now. You can be mad, you can be pissed, angry, annoyed, put out, peeved, PO'd, depressed, sullen, saddened, flabbergasted, incensed, chafed, bitter, irascible, but don't leave Boyler out to dry. If you saw his face post game, you'd know he's already sick about it. He's going to come out in game 4 like a bat of of hell and you better be there cheering for him when he does. No Bronx cheers. Those are for suckers named Pronger and Perry.
Do what you need to do to get that monkey off your back.
Holy poop on a stick, there are a ton of games today! Let's get to listing them, shall we?
6:30 Pacific/9:30 Eastern
Game 3
Series tied 1-1
CBC, Versus (JIP), RDS
Local viewers tune to CSN-CA
Also find the game on the radio at 98.5
12pm Pacific/3pm Eastern
Game 3
Series tied 1-1
TSN, NBC, RDS
3pm Pacific/6pm Eastern
Game 3
Series tied 1-1
RIS, TSN, MSG PLUS
3:30 Pacific/6:30 Eastern
Game 3
Series tied 1-1
Versus, CBC, RDS
5:30 Pacific/8:30 Eastern
Game 2
Preds lead 1-0
Versus, RIS, TSN
And when I get a moment, I'd like to write something about the Sharks game on Friday. Until then, here's a video from reader Emily. It was supposed to go up before game 2 but I forgot. Sorry.
And tonight's Sharks opponent for opening day of round 1:
Game starts tonight at 7:30pm. Locals tune to CSN CA and/or KFOX
KFOX streams radio broadcasts online.
Non locals, the game will be joining in progress on Versus.Which means if you live out of area you will likely miss a large hunk of the game, as it conflicts with Yotes v Wings, also on Versus starting at 7pm.
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