pitts in mon is about to start
a HNIC bonus game

Caps/Isles tied at 1 in the 2nd per
Pettinger
Sillinger

over 3 mins into the pitt/mon game and the play has all been in the pens end.

Betty will like this game
Pitts get a Betty for over a min and they score
Staal from Crosby and Malkin(I think)

pitts have had 3 pp's and I doubt if any were real penalties.
Betty smiles

pens about to go on their 4th pp of the per

habs kill the pp
last min of the per


pitts helped kill the pp by not SHOOTING !

me thinks the pens will rue the fact they only scored once
I expect make up calls for the habs in the 2nd
1st ends
1-0

I left near the end of the 1st, when they were putting the same pane of glass in for the second time in the period. Pretty good game, the defense looks settled with Jurcina in there, so I'm giving McPhee credit for a decent pickup. Didn't see the Sillinger goal, but have seen the replay of the Cap goal which really should go to Zednik- puck was well over the line, the ref just couldn't see it with the angle he had.

1-1 end 2nd.

just showed the cap hilites and the cbc guys agree that zednik scored that goal


2nd is on in montreal

samsonov is a healthy scratch again for the habs

fans boo crosby every time he touches the rubber
I like it
adds a little bit of spirit to a less than stellar game

Another broken pane of glass, :30 into the 3rd. Long delay this time, as it's cracked, and they have to actually replace it with a new one. Different pane, though- this one is behind Ricky D.

pens get another pp(this one was an actual penalty)
5 straight pp's
(0 pps for the habs)

pens get the whopping total of 0 sogs on that pp
pp killed and the habs go down the ice and TIE it
1-1
Plekanic

6 straight pp's for pitt
ryder to the box

crosby makes a dandy pass (you and I coulda scored on it)and whitney scores
2-1 pitts

4 I can understand to a degree- 6 is a lot in a row.

A good job by the Caps (no goal, though), and then Semin gets physical with Hill and puts Hill on his butt and skates away. Nice work by Alex II.

I had nothing to do during the glass replacement, so got out a pack of Tony Siragusa's "Tailgater" pork ribs and popped them in the micro.......

More good work, and this time Ovechkin earns the PP, getting hooked right in front of the cage.

mmmmmmmmmm ribs



hab fans seem to be getting ticked off by the refs
(I cannot blame them ).

seems we may be having another low scoring afternoon

Caps are getting frustrated, they can't keep it in the zone. Isles clear it at least 4 times..... and a 5th clear, at :14 left in the PP, and the crowd boos. Back to ES.

Satan the 3rd man trailer on a 2 on 2 fires one Kolzig gets with his shoulder.

satan playing on a sunday
is that allowed ?

Ugh- just saw the Sillenger goal, an easy SHG on a Caps' PP.

9 mins to go in the 2nd and the sogs are 22-11 pitts
of course all the pk's have not helped out the habs but still.........11 sogs on home ice !

Wow- Ovechkin wiped out, went flying into Ricky D taking the goalie's legs out, and Ricky's hurt.

Stretching around the cage, now, and it looks like he's going to stay in. Back to the game.

looks like th ewheaties have kicked in for the pens
dominated for the last few mins
still 2-1

Ovechkin to the box for setting a pick and taking the Dman out- Isles go on the PP. 11:30 left in regulation.

pens suffered a bad case of "miss the net" fever and the per ends 2-1
habs are lucky they are not down by 3

Caps killed, and now get a PP with 5:13 left in regulation.

A goal should lock this one up (I'm not saying it will be the Caps getting the goal).

looks like the caps might be giving you bonus hockey today.
I smell OT

You may be right- only 1 SOG on that PP. Back to ES, and under 2:30 left in reg.

inbetween per and I am watching the country music channel
some of those gals are TASTY
(too bad they all seem to sing the same song ).

Under 1:00.... icing Isles at :30.6 left in regulation.

Nolan uses his timeout.

Terrible news !
on HNIC lastnight it was mentioned that Bettman ain't going anywhere anytime soon.
his conny doesn't end till the new cba ends

so forget about the rumors suggesting that Betty will be replaced(unless the NHL is willing to give him a whopping buyout).Also mentioned that uncle ted may become the chairmen of the governors(I think that was the position..cannot remember the correct job title) because he is(this irks me)a staunch ally of Bettman's !

Trivia: a Kolzig win today moves him past Kelly Hrudy and Bernie Parent on the all time list.

Free hockey! OT.

lets hope it doesn't go the silliness thingy
someone better score in ot



speaking of Hrudey
his "poofy" hair is gone
hair was cut(some might say shaved)a few weeks ago
I am guessing for charity

3rd is on and the fans give the refs a standing O
pens get their first pen
habs on the pp and they scored !
2-2
Plekanec



ps
the pen wasn't a pen
much like 5 of the 6 pens against the habs

Icing Caps at 1:21 left, so Hanlon calls his timeout to give them a breather. Kolzig has had 3-4 saves in this OT, DiPietro at least 2......

under 1:00..... :30.....

Bettman smiles.

See you next game.

enjoy the superbowl

see ya next game

Caps win in a shootout (finally).

Probably the least exciting game I've seen them play; blame it on the glass.

Seemed like the Brashear-Sutherby-Bradley line stayed glued to the bench during the third.

Fehr's showing some promise with some good puck control. Can't wait 'til he fills out that frame. Same with Schulz.

________________________

'NO' to drugs; 'YES' to mirrored visors.

Ooh, missed that one! Glad that the Caps have apparently fixed their defensive problems in the last two games.

Superbowl on my TV.

Prince singing "Purple rain" in the rain, that was great. I'm a fan since 1984. Saw him in concert in Paris in 1990.

Kolzig was named second star of the night. Only two games that night, though.