Snow Jobbed. PENS LOSE

The Pens come storming back.
Jordan Staal make Ryan O'Bryne look like a fool and leaves him sitting on the ice as Staal rushes to the net.
Halak makes a save on Staal, but Dupuis is there to pick up the trash. 1-1.

Jordan Staal wrecked O'Byrne's life on that play.

Darche is all over the front of the Penguins net.  He gets a couple good chances, but no one's hitting Fleury from behind at the time, so the puck stays out.

Any resemblance this game once had to the sport of hockey completely disappears.
Players start falling all over and giving the puck away like it's got herpes.

This is a prime example of why you shouldn't play NHL games in the early afternoon.

No one's quite sure what's going on for the next minute or so.
Ben Maxwell wakes up and he hooks Dupuis.
The Pens go on the power play.

The Pens set up well and are about to get a chance when the whistle blows.  Some Hab's stick is caught in between the glass.
Crosby isn't happy about the whistle, but that doesn't matter because he's a whiner and a diver and he doesn't deserve the C.

The penalty is killed and then it's turnover city for a while.

Staal and Malkin come out and try to take over the world.  Malkin goes coast-to-coast with the puck, but he can't beat Halak.

The Pens have trouble getting the puck out of their own end and the Habs get some chances.  Fleury is solid.

Everyone starts falling down for a while.  Adams gets called for tripping and the Habs go on the power play.
Montreal is ranked second in the league with the man advantage.
That doesn't matter.  The Pens kill it off.

With four seconds left Adams draws a penalty but the period ends before the Pens can do much.

The Pens start the second on the power play.

That doesn't stop the Habs from getting a 3-on-2 against Fleury.  Fleury stops it.

CBC mentions that the referee said he "missed that one" in regards to Fleury being hit behind the net.

Travis Moen hooks Letestu near the Montreal net.  Penguins power play.  The Pens have no shots in the period at this point.
The Habs complain about the call.  Who cares?

Crosby with some nice passing, but the Habs kill the penalty anyway.

A nice save by Halak leads to a Brian Gionta breakaway.  He roofs it on Fleury.  2-1.

Nice goal.

It looks like Gionta hurts himself on the goal as he stays down on the ice for a while.

The Habs come out firing.  Fleury makes a save, but the Pens get penalized again despite Gary Bettman's pro-Crosby conspiracy.

The Habs go on the power play.  There's a scramble in front of the net and Scott Gomez jams it in.  3-1.

The riots escalate as the Habs have a two goal lead in the second period.

The Pens look a bit lost and the Habs are energized.  They draw another penalty and go back on the power play.

The shots are 21-9 for Montreal at this point.  The Pens kill the penalty.

Cooke crosschecks Markov in the corner and Markov sells it stays down because he's hurt.  No call.

Sometimes the only way to express your feelings about a hockey game is to burn cars.

Crosby and Guerin come storming into Montreal's zone.

Billy G with a nice shot over Halak's glove. 3-2.

The assist is Crosby's 300th in the NHL.
We assume that 300 ASS = 100 Goal.

The Pens put on the pressure as the period ends.  Crosby, Malkin & Staal are on the ice at once.

Halak stands tall.

The Pens are flying to Newark and then taking a bus to Washington.

This is what the Verizon Center looks like right now:

[Empty Netters]

Rumor has it that there was twice as much snow earlier in the day, but Ovechkin's passion and energy melted half of it.

The Pens start the third with the same energy they had at the end of the second.

The Cooke/Staal/Kennedy line is reunited and they make some noise.

The Habs come back, but Fleury is solid.

Both teams are trading chances now.

Feds continues to play physical, hitting Plekanec hard.

Malkin and Crosby are playing together now, pressing for a goal.

The Habs sneak a shot through Fleury and for a second it looks like it's in, but it goes off the post.

The Habs fourth line is playing against Crosby and Malkin.

The Habs keep pressing.  And Mathieu Darche scores.  4-2.

He joins a long list of jobbers that manage to look like superstars against the Pens.

Fleury is pulled in favor of Brent Johnson.

Maybe Johnson should have started today?

Whatev.  What do we know?

Fleury will be back in net tomorrow against the Caps... if the Pens can make it to Washington.

The "ole ole ole" song fills the Bell Centre.

Malkin races in.  He passes it to Fedotenko in front.  He's tied up and can't get it past Halak.

Back in the Pens zone another giveaway leads to a Habs goal.

Eaton bumps Johnson who hits the ice.  This leads to another Brian Gionta goal.  5-2.

Burn baby burn.

The Pens respond by getting a penalty.  Adams is given two minutes for crosschecking.

Half the crowd is singing "Ole Ole Ole" while it sounds like the rest are singing "Hey Hey Hey Goodbye."

Ryan White hits Malkin.  Guerin doesn't like that.

Bad Ass Billy G drops the gloves.

He gets the extra penalty and the Habs are on the powerplay.

Orpik dishes out some Free Candy and gets called.  It's a Montreal 5-on-3 for a minute and a half.

Lots of passing.  And more passing.  And more.

Malkin comes out of the box and moves in on Halak.  Jaroslav has no chance. 5-3.

The Pens are buzzing now.  Fedotenko with a huge shot.  Halak with a great save.  He saved the game there for Montreal.

Geno takes a penalty and there's another Habs power play with just over two minutes to play.

The Habs know Jordan Staal is on the ice and they play it incredibly cautiously.

"Ole Ole Ole...."

Comments  

 

#1 black vegas gold and white 2010-02-07 00:48

Is the NHL really considering this game tomorrow? REALLY? I hope nothing happens to the team. Newark is the closest open airport??? That should send up a red flag right there.

 

 

#2 dancoulter 2010-02-07 00:58

No snow in NYC. They should just bring the Caps to Madison Square Garden and play here.

 

 

#3 PensFan2166 2010-02-07 01:00

Meh, the game was poop.

I'm really pissed the NHL can't postpone the Pens v Caps until Monday or Tuesday. The schedules of the Pens, the Caps, and the Verizon Center would allow for it.

 

 

#4 jayness 2010-02-07 01:04

Am I the only one who spent half the game saying:



Every time Darche touched the puck?

Whatev.

 

 

#5 cardiackids_87 2010-02-07 01:05

Quote:

The Pens play again in about 5 minutes

With only two minutes sleep. This should be a fun game tomorrow.

 

 

#6 piff 2010-02-07 01:11

I live just south of Harrisburg and have tickets to the game. I hope I can get there tomorrow...It really ought to be postponed

 

 

#7 pensfan 2010-02-07 01:26

 

 

#8 wilsmith 2010-02-07 01:58

Anything involving Newark is the worst idea ever.

 

 

#9 fleuryous 2010-02-07 02:14

Fleury will be huge.


Go Pens.

 

 

#10 rushinspi71 2010-02-07 02:25

huge win for the pens snowman built at kiester apartments in slippery rock!! saw that earlier after we dug the car out of snow ... apparently they weren't kidding about that storm...

 

 

#11 TheFandangler 2010-02-07 02:30

Quoting jayness:

Am I the only one who spent half the game saying:

Every time Darche touched the puck?

Whatev.

Yeah, but it was old when douche played for the lighting.

 

 

#12 Chewy 2010-02-07 02:36

Quoting piff:

I live just south of Harrisburg and have tickets to the game. I hope I can get there tomorrow...It really ought to be postponed

GAME ON...according to the Caps website.

If you do come down to the game, I would recommend hopping on the metro somewhere along the Red Line. I assume you would come down 15 to 270, where the Red Line exists. However, only the below ground metro stop are running tomorrow so you the first stop you can hop on is Medical Center. Bethesda might not be a bad spot as you could probably find some street parking. Based on what I have seen walking around my neighborhood, most streets are still covered with a good 6 inches of snow. If you have 4 wheel drive you might be OK but the roads here are garbage. Be safe if you come!!!

www.wmata.com/rail/maps/map.cfm

 

 

#13 satownsend 2010-02-07 03:46

With Fleury suppose to play tomorrow I wonder what the chances of him playing Wednesday against the Islanders are? My girlfriend and I have tickets in the first row and she will be depressed if he doesn't play.

 

 

#14 mrs_shabbadoo 2010-02-07 03:49

Apparently they made it safely to Newark. How much the bus ride will actually suck is anyone's guess.

Quoting wilsmith:

Anything involving Newark is the worst idea ever.

Agreed.

 

 

#15 IrishHammer 2010-02-07 04:04

While Newark is basically the worst parts of Pittsburgh lumped together and multiplied by 5, the airport isn't completely bogus. I had to fly out of there to get to Norway, and honestly, I didn't get shot at once. Not even on the way there. I was pleasantly surprised. But anyway, does anyone remember which post had the CSI: Miami Horatio photoshops in it? Or maybe even have a link handy? I skimmed the 'best of' section, but no dice. If I try looking at all of the old posts, I'll just end up reading a bunch of shit that has nothing to do with what I'm actually looking for. Thanks in advance.

In other news, Steve Mason looks like he cares again, and Edmonton is still a puddle of urine. All of a sudden western hockey is more interesting to me.

 

 

#16 TheTaxidermist 2010-02-07 04:26

Quoting jayness:

Am I the only one who spent half the game saying:



Every time Darche touched the puck?

Whatev.

After Darche scored the deciding goal I posted this in c-blog:

www.southparkstudios.com/clips/153305

 

 

#17 TheFandangler 2010-02-07 04:31

pittsburghlive.com/.../...

 

 

#18 jagr686610 2010-02-07 05:24

Quoting jayness:

Am I the only one who spent half the game saying:



Every time Darche touched the puck?

Whatev.

And here I was, thinking I was the only one saying "Stan Darsh" throughout the entire game.

 

 

#19 MRJpenguin 2010-02-07 05:40

PENS are in D.C. remembering what happened the last time they were there.

penguins.nhl.com/.../...

Hope this game is good and the Pens beat the Shits.

Tough loss to the Habs, but whatev. This game means more now as the Pens hope to end that f-ing streak the Shits have.

All I can think of is... MAF stoning OV in Game 7. Woo! Thanks Caps for not showing up when it mattered most!

 

 

#20 Malkaholic 2010-02-07 06:47

Quoting Chewy:

Quoting piff:

I live just south of Harrisburg and have tickets to the game. I hope I can get there tomorrow...It really ought to be postponed

GAME ON...according to the Caps website.

If you do come down to the game, I would recommend hopping on the metro somewhere along the Red Line. I assume you would come down 15 to 270, where the Red Line exists. However, only the below ground metro stop are running tomorrow so you the first stop you can hop on is Medical Center. Bethesda might not be a bad spot as you could probably find some street parking. Based on what I have seen walking around my neighborhood, most streets are still covered with a good 6 inches of snow. If you have 4 wheel drive you might be OK but the roads here are garbage. Be safe if you come!!!

www.wmata.com/rail/maps/map.cfm

Did Wayne and Garth buy Marty Mcfly's house?

 

 

#21 Pen_City 2010-02-07 07:57

This is perfect...if we lose, we have an excuse....

I mean are we really planning on catching the Caps anyway? This game means nothing.

 

 

#22 Leeeny 2010-02-07 10:23

Quoting IrishHammer:

But anyway, does anyone remember which post had the CSI: Miami Horatio photoshops in it? Or maybe even have a link handy? I skimmed the 'best of' section, but no dice. If I try looking at all of the old posts, I'll just end up reading a bunch of shit that has nothing to do with what I'm actually looking for. Thanks in advance.

CSI post:
thepensblog.blogspot.com/.../...

 

 

#23 rosey6629 2010-02-07 11:06

Quoting jayness:

Am I the only one who spent half the game saying:



Every time Darche touched the puck?

Whatev.

i was with you on that one.

 

 

#24 jnine 2010-02-08 00:48

I know its kind of late...but I think I saw that same Snowman in Slippery Rock in the apartment next to my friends last night. I thought it was blasphemy to put that jersey out there for some college student to steal...

 

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