NHL Stanley Cup Finals

I can't believe this game, it was one of the best Stanley Cup Finals that I have ever seen. The passe of this game was unbelievable. There was more hits then there were shots on goal in the 2nd period. Both teams played their hearts out, but this game was decided by  what I said it was going to, goal-tending. Tim Thomas played out of his mind, save after save after save. Whereas Ruperto Luongo played good but just couldn't get it done between the pipes. To give you a taste of what it was like, there was big hits that were clean, a lot of shots on goals and almost no penalties through 2 periods. The first one came in the 2nd period with 3:00 left to go in the period. In the second period Boston got a cheep goal on a delayed penalty that shouldn't have counted. To make matters worse it was a short handed goal and the only penalty of the night, to that point.

I'm really shocked that this game had as much scoring in it as it did. Both teams goaltenders play well in Vancouver for some reason. In all the games played in Vancouver were low scoring, game one was decided by one goal 1-0 in favor of Vancouver. The highest scoring game that was played in Vancouver was 3-2 in OT in favor of of the Cancucks. The next game that was played in Canada was 1-0 with just seconds left to go in the game the winner was the Cancucks. Boston was the three games played in Boston, and the Bruins played out of their minds while at home. In game 3 the Bruins won 8-1 the just made Luongo look like Swiss cheese, and I'm sure you know the rest. I was sure that history would repeat itself and Vancouver would come away with a win in this game and take home their first ever Stanley Cup.

Going into the 3rd period the score was 3-0 in favor of Boston, and the passe was not changed at all. Vancouver came out and was showing their heart and playing like they would never play again. Within the first 5:00 of the 3rd period there was the 2nd penalty of the game. It was a cheep shot penalty charged to the Cancucks. It was the frustration coming out of the players after taking a high stick  Thornton came back and just blindsided a player from Boston. There was no need for this to happen, it was a dumb penalty that didn't need to happen, though they killed it off it still didn't need to happen. With 3:37 Vancouver pulled their goalie to get the extra attacker out there and it backfired. Boston got their fourth goal of the game and sealed the deal. The Boston Bruins are your 2011 Stanley Cup Champions. It's not to say that the Vancouver Cancucks didn't come out and give it all they had, it just wasn't enough. The goal-tending of the Bruins was just too much Tim Thomas was unstoppable in this game. He faced 36 shots and stopped everyone of them. This is the first time since 1972, and that was the last time a road team has won a game 7 of the Stanley Cup Final. I was to say congratulations to Boston Bruins and history was made tonight and it was a great series. I can't wait till next hockey season.