Now that i have your attention…
After a long week of ups and downs, good news/bad news, city adventures and exploration, zoning out while looking at the mountains and missing my bus transfers, I FINALLY managed to get settled into my new home in Vancity and secure a ticket to the Pens-Canucks game this Saturday.. Jan 16th will round off the final game in our road trip.
We started this 5 game stand with a bang against the Leafs. Billy G took first goal honors after Crosby threw the puck into the slot where it deflected off of Guerin and through the 5 hole of Gustavsson, who was otherwise very solid in the early portion of the game. Leafs scored late in the first on a one timer by a wide open Stajan, which sent us into the first intermission at a 1-1 tie. About half way into the second period a series of events unfolded that essentially broke Gustavsson and provided the turn of the tide we’d been waiting for.
Fleury was back on top of his game and stopped 42 of the 43 shots he faced, one of which Phil Kessel will certainly never forget.
But, there is something equally powerful to be seen here:
Thursday night marked the date of my GM Place devirginization.
I had the opportunity to scope out our future battle ground, while witnessing a Burrows hat trick, a Luongo shutout and drinking copious amounts of beer in the process…
Keep your friends close and your enemies closer. It’s called gaining the inside edge…
I have exactly one week to organize and master a successful plan of attack worthy of ‘Malkin’s Malitia’…
Wish me luck..
Until then,
Scream loud, scream proud.
Tags: Alex Burrows, Alex L, Bill Guerin, Emile L, Jonas Gustavsson, Marc Andre Fleury, Matt Stajan, MouthFullOfTang, Phil Kessel, Rick A, Roberto Luongo, Sergei Gonchar, ShutYour5Hole, Sidney Crosby, usbzoso