Rite of Spring 2013 (NHL Playoffs): "You have no fear of the underdog, that's why you will not survive."

[CS85]

My stream went from the Ducks/Wings game to some racing show, so either this intermission is huge or I'm just screwed.

[drdougfresh]

This is gonna be a wild OT.

[Kramerica Industries]

Bonino sends Zach and the rest of the Ducks fans at the Pond tonight home happy.

Anaheim wins 3-2 and takes a 3-2 lead back to the Joe.

[Shumway]

I was just about to mention how flat the Wings looked in OT, and, well, that happened.

[ninersdd]

Quack!

Anaheim and LA are a couple games away from putting all 3 California teams in the final 8.

Ducks/Kings would be an awesome series which would happen(I'm obviously presuming the Hawks finish off Minny)

[CS85]

Referencing an old game, but you gotta admire Ovi's hustle:

[JQK]

This is gonna be a wild OT.

Minnesota plays tomorrow...

[Kramerica Industries]

Referencing an old game, but you gotta admire Ovi's hustle:

[Still MIGHTY]

Me gusta. Pero, ay dios mio.

Uno más, Patos. Uno más.

[DaRadniz29]

Referencing an old game, but you gotta admire Ovi's hustle:

What game/series season was that from?

Also bracket updated. Blackhawks can close out Minnesota Wild and Senators can close out Montreal tomorrow. .

[Kramerica Industries]

That was the Rangers final goal tonight.

The goal that ultimately proved to be the winning goal.

[The_Admiral]

By the way, John Forslund and Darryl Reaugh have been my favorite broadcast team of the playoffs. Please, NBC, more of these two whenever possible.

I was a big fan of Rick Peckham's work the other night. He or Forslund should be the lead voice of the league, not the cackling twit we have now.

[Kramerica Industries]

In general, Rick Peckham is weighed down by the fact that Bobby Taylor is a doddering, drunk homer. I'm not a big fan of Peckham's goal calls (Forslund has him and Strader beat by a mile), but he has a good tempo to his call and is generally pretty good at remaining partial*. And, thanks to the awful team he is associated with, the rest of the NHL gets to hear him more often than not come playoff time.

Gord Miller's probably my favourite in the sport right now, but he's stuck up in Canada-land this time of year.

EDIT: *impartial, duh.

[Still MIGHTY]

For a team that used to wear eggplant and jade, for 'cripes sakes, the Pond looks like such a depressing place, with its lighting.

Um... what? Not in the slightest?

Jimmy Howard's incessant ringing of the pipe is the most annoying thing of the postseason.

Fixed. Not only is he playing well, nautical nonsense must be something he wish, because he's flopped on the deck and flopped like a fish. (Nice leg lock on Perry. It's no wonder you fell over...)

And on a serious note on that post, I haven't noticed it, even in the two games I've been at. But now that you've mentioned it, I'm sure it's all I'll notice in Game 6.

[Kramerica Industries]

I can't speak for what the Pond looks like in person. It's also possible that watching the game on the SDTV instead of HDTV (I have both; I tend to use the SD one because it flips channels faster, a necessity this time of year) exaggerates the appearance.

All of that said, the Pond looks like it has some of the darkest lighting of any building in the league. Pair that with the black sweaters and, thus, a generally black-clad crowd (visible to the audience, anyway) and it just looks like a droll place. That is, by no means, a knock on the atmosphere itself or anything, just my observation as a TV viewer is all.

[ninersdd]

In general, Rick Peckham is weighed down by the fact that Bobby Taylor is a doddering, drunk homer. I'm not a big fan of Peckham's goal calls (Forslund has him and Strader beat by a mile), but he has a good tempo to his call and is

generally pretty good at remaining partial. And, thanks to the awful team he is associated with, the rest of the NHL gets to hear him more often than not come playoff time.

Gord Miller's probably my favourite in the sport right now, but he's stuck up in Canada-land this time of year.

I've always liked Chris Cuthbert. Him and Miller are very good up north for TSN.

[Kramerica Industries]

1) Damn that squeaky voice of his. I know, I know, it's not exactly his fault or anything, but it's something I can't quite get past whenever he's on the call.

2) We somehow managed to mention Elisha and Chris Cuthbert on the same night. I'm proud of this community.

[Sport]

Thank you, Anaheim.

I just realized what the thread title is in reference to

[wildwing64]

Your three stars of the game:

[charger77]

Crosby, Ovechkin and St.Louis are up for the Ted Lindsay Award.