Hockey, hockey and more hockey
A couple of thoughts about the Pictou County Junior Scotians, who are in Glace Bay Sunday for a Game 7.
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about the Scotians’ playoff situation last week in this space when they held a 2-0 lead in their series against the Miners, but might have jinxed them because they subsequently lost three straight, before rebounding in Game 6 with a 6-2 win. So there’ll be nothing more said about Game 7.
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wears No. 93 for Pictou County, was saying a lot of things to the Glace Bay goaltender in Game 6 the other night (the Scotians
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MacDonald, because in the late 1990s, almost everyone was calling their newborn sons
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You don’t see a lot of 20-yearold guys named Bob or Frank these days).
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scored the tying goal Wednesday when a puck skittered toward him in front of the net, and he buried it. So, a shout out
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plays and scores goals like he’s been in junior hockey for three years.
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elbow in the face in the first period and got a bloodied lip for it but kept all his teeth (no penalty), had an opponent hook him up near his throat and haul him to the ice (penalty) and paid a steep price for his troubles.
Like all of his teammates have been doing.
A few Crusher fans I associate with wouldn’t be guys you’d want to go to war with: they’d be raising the white flag before the battle even got started.
“They’re done,” seemed to be the prevailing opinion, prior to the Crushers winning Game 4 in Amherst on Wednesday to avoid falling behind 3-1 in their series. Hockey fans can be so emotional. It’s kind of cute.
What wasn’t cute was watching the Leafs play the Columbus Blue Jackets the other night, killing off a five-minute major penalty in the third period while clinging to a 3-2 lead.
Learned something that night – a rule I’d never heard of: because Leafs coach Mike Babcock didn’t put someone in the penalty CPY BGUFS 3PNBO 1PMBL HPU LJDLFE out of the game, after killing off the five minutes, the Leafs had to wait for a whistle before they could return to even strength.
Meaning they went almost seven minutes a man down, meaning I was staring at the TV not believing what I was seeing, and meaning I was cursing our coach – whom I almost worship – for being so stupid.