That game was
absolutely unbelievable...
I'm so glad I had the chance to watch that - it really renewed my hockey spirit! I got home when the first OT started, and just kept watching, and watching, and watching... Even neglected the (pathetic) Laker game in favor of my favorite quackers. Nothing like sudden death playoff hockey. None of this girly tie crap like in the regular season. That was a double header + 1! Riveting, edge of your seat action, for what... 81 minutes? Regardless of who wound up winning, that was just amazing... Giguere is THE MAN.
I was close to bashing in my TV screen when they called the Ducks seemingly game winning shot off. That was a totally weak call. The puck was clearly over the line before the net (BARELY) came dislodged. Glad that didn't cost us the game, or you would've never heard the end of my referee potty mouth talk...
These Ducks are just like the Angels, who play just a couple hundred yards away. Scrappy guys, fun to watch, who just never say die. It would be the most amazing thing in the world to have both of the Anaheim teams win it all in the same year, let alone in the same millenium. But I'm probably getting a little ahead of myself here... I'll settle for an amazing game 1 victory on Dallas' home ice for now...
BTW, my die-hard sports fan wife's expert analysis on the sport of hockey goes like this:
It's a lame sport and not even very hard. All they do is skate around in circles and "whack the puck". Uh, OK...