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2 Carolina vs 4 Buffalo - Buffalo in 6 6 Anaheim vs 8 Edmonton - Edmonton in 7

The open practices were a blast. Did you end up getting one of the Western Savings Bank sweaters? That and the shootouts were the best part.

I don't know whether STH's got to buy additional seats back in the 70's, but I do know that every game from 10/15/72 - 11/12/80 was sold out. It was extremely difficult to get regular season tickets back then if you weren't a STH and IIRC there was a waiting list for season tickets. My dad could typically finagle a pair or 2 per season from friends of his that were season ticket holders, but it was definitely a treat to go to a RSG. I couldn't imagine getting tickets to the playoffs back then. STH's didn't get dibs on the "open practice" tickets. That was one of the very few events that you had a reasonable chance of getting tickets to if you wanted.

Yes. The 1st color man that I recall Darling working with was Pat Hannigan.

It didn't work for the Isles in '75. Bring on whichever one. There are pros and cons to playing either one.

I would guess that the ECF's will begin on either the 18th or the 20th. If both remaining series are done within 6 games, then I'd expect the Sabres to be Carolina's opponent on the 18th rather than the Devils. If one or the other series go 7, then the winner of whichever series finishes 1st would probably play on the 20th with the other series starting on Sunday the 21st. (I'm assuming that the Carolina series will probably end before the Sharks series and that there are no rink availability issues (big if).) EDIT: NBC is advertising that the Sabres will be playing on Saturday. I didn't notice if they said it WOULD be the 1st game of the series or if they just said they'd be playing a game on Saturday.

It also appears that is the only time a playoff series was decided by a shorthanded goal in OT.

Considering that Carolina is missing Cole and the only way that NJ plays Buffalo is by doing something that hasn't happened since '75; I want Carolina.

They definitely will have the "underdog" moniker back if Game 6 is necessary and the team has thrived (nearly) all season in that mode. IF Ottawa wins game 5, I have every expectation that the Sabres will play their best game of the post season on Monday.

Forgot about that one. The Sportspage should be a real good place to catch the game.

Baird Road Pub in Fairport would probably be pretty good on a Thursday / weekend but is very quiet during the middle of the week. Over on TSR some guys have posted that they go to Tully's and a couple of other places. If you checked on TSR, you could probably PM Briere48. He's from Rochester and tries to get people together on occasion. Also, a PM to Inkman might be helpful as he is also from Rochester.

Heck, Just because I know what the song was doesn't mean I had to like it. Unfortunately, had to listen to something women liked once in a while. Floyd, Zep, Skynyrd, ELP, Triumph, and BTO didn't work quite as well.

The song was Mediate and followed Need You Tonight. EDIT: Yes, I do hate the fact that I knew that.

Prior to the NHL expanding the 1st round of the playoffs to a best of 7 in '87, the 2 3-0 comebacks were the only 2 times a team had ever come back from 3-1 or worse in the NHL playoffs. In '87, the Isles beat Washington in the the 4th OT on La-la's goal, after having trailed the series 3-1. Detroit paid back the Loafs in the next round repeating the Isles trick (minus the OT heroics). Coming back from down 3-1 has become fairly common in the NHL since '87, but it was truly rare prior to that.

AND it's NEVER happened in the NFL either!

If there was too much gyration during the report's creation, trying to read it might cause some frustration.

'42 Loafs did it to the Wings as well.

Even when one is on a vacation?

don't you hate it when posters include the original long post in their reply, thereby making the reply's even longer than the original post? 689035[/snapback] Yes.

I've always been partial to the hurdy-gurdy myself.

Yep. But although I won't say that Buffalo will definitely win tomorrow, I do definitely expect Lindy to have them focused and in a position to win tomorrow.

Did anyone else have a Bondra "just give it to him" goal flashback as Alfie took the shot that rang off the post with 1.8 seconds to go? That shot scared the snot out of me and not just because it would have made the series 2-1. That would have finally been Alfie's "just follow me, boys" moment. The Sens fans have been waiting 9 years for one of those. I know the series isn't won yet and the Otters are still a scary team but I definitely am a happy camper at this moment.

The neighbor's cat swears by it, err, SWORE by it.

True, but the Flyers game is more suited to Rory's game - physical, grind it out, out work (hit) the other guy. Rory is much more of a liability against Ottawa - especially Havlat. Not that I want to see Rory out against the Spezza line often, but I would rather that than have him out against Havlat. (The weird thing is, Rory does have good speed for a defenseman. He should be able to match up against the Sens decently. It's just that somehow when the game gets moving a little faster, he seems to get lost.) I think Lindy will do a good job of putting Rory out with opportunities to be successful. It will be much harder to do if he still is playing and the series is in Ottawa.

I thought the hit was definitely clean. Schaeffer tried to put his shoulder into Tim's chest and Tim kept fading lower as the hit approached. I can't blame Schaeffer for getting an elbow into the puck carrier's jaw when the guy is that low and he had begun lining him up when the puck carrier was up higher. I haven't heard how Tim is, but hopefully he didn't get a concussion and will be back tomorrow night. That's what Ruff was intimating during his postgame press conference.