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05 May 2008

Holy crap, the Sharks-Stars playoff game has just gone into quadruple overtime!!! [More:]I'm not exactly unbiased in this matchup but I tip my hat to both teams, and especially their goalies - Evgenie Nabokov for the Sharks and Marty Turco for the Stars. They've both earned their salary tonight, and then some.

For those of you who don't follow hockey, these teams have now played the equivalent of two full games tonight. They started play at 6 PM PST; as I post this it's now 11 PM, and they're still playing (albeit between periods).
Also, may I just point out how shitty the coverage is on the Versus network? I've had the sound turned off since sometime early in the first period of regulation play. Maybe I've been spoiled by watching hockey on CBC, but jeebus these guys are awful.
posted by bmarkey 05 May | 01:08
And the Stars just scored on a fucking power play. AAARRRRGGGGGGH.

I have no words.
posted by bmarkey 05 May | 01:27
Welcome to Hockey Town, Stars...
posted by arse_hat 05 May | 01:59
So it's gotta end up Penguins v. Red Wings, I guess. (Sorry - I'll pull for anybody against Detroit, but I don't think the Stars can beat them. And Flyers = goons, so Pittsburg must take them out.)
posted by bmarkey 05 May | 02:25
Yay, Go Pens! A cross-state playoff series should be fun.

and it's Pittsburgh with an 'h'
posted by octothorpe 05 May | 06:12
Lord, what a hell of a game. I stayed up 'til the end, which was somewhere around 1:25 AM Dallas time. I'm a freaking zombie today.

Nabokov and Turco were just silly-amazing. Evgenie's save on that Brad Richards shot in the first overtime may have been the single greatest save I've seen, ever. Kudos to both goalies on a hell of a game.

Also, may I just point out how shitty the coverage is on the Versus network?

I'm very, very glad we had the local coverage here on Fox Sports Southwest. There's nothing worse than a huge game in which you have to deal with the National coverage team.

I don't think the Stars can beat them

Eh, Detroit's always a tough out, but so were the Sharks and Ducks this year. I'm hoping Dallas has enough momentum - with Turco playing amazingly well, Morrow looking like a freak on fire, and the late season addition of Brad Richards and emergence of Mike Ribeiro, not to mention the return of Zubov (and *maybe* Boucher) - to at least make a great series of it and keep it competitive.

In all honesty, I just don't want the Stars season to end so that all I have locally is the Bad News Rangers to hang my hat on until the fall (and I'm ***decidedly not*** a Cowboys fan anyhow). It's just nice to have a playoff feeling that isn't akin to being kicked in the nuts repeated with a steel-toed boot for a change.
posted by ufez 05 May | 09:27
Whadda Game./

As a goalie, I was glued till 2:30AM.
Spectacular.


Loved Turcos mask with the shiny gold details. From afar, I thought his pads were retro brown. Turns out they're actually gold. Hmm, needs a splash or 2 of colour. Did you know he designed the latest raving goalie pads which are RBK's, Turco break¿
They'll be selling hotter than ever now. Sure worked well./ That hot glove save notwithstanding.
posted by alicesshoe 06 May | 00:21
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