Oilers vs Hurricanes

[Knight9]

Lots of happy folks in Edmonton today! The short-handed goal by Pisani in overtime is bringing game 6 back to Edmonton!!! /forums/images/graemlins/smile.gif Should be a great game on Saturday. Both teams will be fired up, and Rexall Place will be rockin' again.

Go Oil!!!

Kevin

 

[goaliedad]

GO OILER'S! nice to see a series being made out of this. There's no peace at our house- wife wants the 'canes- I want the Oiler's. They've worked their tails off to make it this far, now GET THE CUP!

 

[riptides]

Wahhhhh........... this series has turned out to be quite interesting. I had hoped for a 'cane victory early on after the oilers looked to be shall we say embarassed. Wrong.

Wish I could be at games seven, especially if the canes win it.

-Mike Z.

 

[Knight9]

Oilers in 7!!!

That was quite the game last night. I'm thrilled we've pushed it to a 7th game. We don't mind winning the cup away from home as long as it comes home.

 

[hockeyhead]

boy was I out in left field on this one, still going with the Canes

 

[HGM]

boy was I out in left field on this one, still going with the Canes

Good call, AWSOME game......

 

[Knight9]

Congrats Canes.

Tough day for us in Oil Town today. We are sure proud of our Oilers though. Squeaked into the playoff in 8th place. Took out the number 1 team in the NHL. Made it all the way to game 7 of the Stanley Cup finals.

And hey, there's always next year

Kevin

 

[dholly]

Very entertaining game 7, even had a little drama on the official's call (although nothing like the STOLEN Cup Hull got away with as gamewinner in the Sabres Final Game 7 OT a few years back). The Oilers put up one heck of a fight considering their lack of veterans. Hey, if they really, really want, they can probably rub the Cup when Ward trots it into town!

 

[riptides]

Kevin,

The Oilers gave the NHL some real excitment this year. No one expected them to go that far, and heck they were in the game until what - a teo minute affair at the end.

I am impressed, and yes, there is always next year.

I always like the respect for the players and the game at the end of the playoff series. Hockey I think can teach the other leagues this sportsmanship.

- Mike Z.

 

[ejtaylor822]

Hey Kevin,
Sorry for the disappointment. Oilers sure made a run at them though. I remember when the canes made it into the finals, a lot of people around here thought it would be a fairly certain and easy win in 4, no more than 5, for the 'canes. Looks like your Oilers proved a lot of people wrong – congratulations - hopefully Edmonton can take pride in the fact they pushed it 7.

I am sure as you can tell from my previous posts I am not much of a hockey fan. I actually watched the overtime win last week here in Raleigh and the last period Sunday night. But, it took 41 years for me to watch my first match last night - from the first drop to the final horn. Prior to the last week or so, my hockey watching consisted of clips and the top 10 plays on Sports Center.

After seeing some hockey now, let me say one thing - those guys are crazy! My gosh, people talk about race car drivers having a pair of big ones, but those guys – sheesh! It is like watching two teams made up from the likes of Ronnie Lott, Art Tatum, Dick Butkus, etc. I have a theory that hockey players DO NOT have a high pain threshold, they just don’t know what pain is. The hits/checks are brutal – I would gladly drive Talladaga before I would even put a skate on the ice with those guys. It’s like Richard Pryor once said, “he don’t give a !@#$ about himself, so, what’s he going to do to me!?”

Was unbelievable when the announcers were talking about one of the guys that got a concussion in game 5. He wouldn’t go get it checked out because he knew what would be found, the concussion, and he would not be cleared to play the rest of the series. That’s a real man.

I have a new respect.

Eddie