The Official National Hockey League Appreciation Thread

[KarateKen]

What a banger of a game to start the series.  Carolina scores 25 seconds into the game, first shot of the series is a goal, and then they add another one to go up 2-0.  However, Vegas did what they have done all post season, they got better as the game went on.  They got the next three goals, then Carolina scored to tie it at 3-3.  Back and forth all night. IT was 4-3 Vegas, then Carolina tied it after an icing call that Vegas was furious about.  The game winner was by Hertle and Vegas wins the first game, doing it in comeback fashion on the road.  If this game is a sample of what this entire series will be, it will be a wild SCF. 

Game two is on Thursday and even though puck drops in under 48 hours, that feels like a long time from now! 

[KarateKen]

In a sad note, former NHL player Claude Lemieux committed suicide last week. He was 60 years old.  His brain has been donated to the Boston CTE Center and is expected t be used to do further research on CTE and head injuries. 

Lemieux was a tough, accomplished NHL player, and one of the most hated.  Especially his rivalry with the Red Wings in the mid 90s where he developed a reputation of being a dirty player.  He won the Cup four times.  Once with Montreal (the team that drafted him) once with Colorado, and twice with New Jersey.   

[KarateKen]

17 hours ago, sensei8 said:

Game 1 of the Stanley Cup goes to my Knights with a final score of 5-4 on Hurricane ice!!

WHAT A GAME!! 

GO KNIGHTS!!

Just saw a stat that you are going to like...the Knights became the first road team in NHL history to be behind by two goals and win game one of the SCF.  Road teams were 0-55 in NHL history when behind by two goals in the first game of the Stanley Cup Finals. 

I think we are going to see a lot of one goal games in this series, these teams are well matched.