Bye Bye Phoenix

The Detroit Red Wings were the only team to pull off the four game sweep in the first round. The Phoenix defense was unable to shut down the Red Wings Over powering offense. In each of the four games Detroit scored at least four goals. This was an important series for the Coyotes both for their season life, and for there future. With controversy over whether or not the Coyotes stay in Phoenix, this series might of put a final stamp down on it. Some reports said that the Coyotes only hope of staying in Phoenix was for them to go to game six. Does being swept out of the playoffs mean the Coyotes are going to be swept away to another city? only time will tell. With little success in Phoenix it looks like this young team will be moved again. only 15 years ago they were moved from Winnipeg. The Major question is where do you settle this team down if they decide to move. Will another team come to Canada, lets hope so.
 Bye Bye Phoenix!!!

Sharks vs. Kings

This game will always be remember, and will go down in history. The second largest comeback in playoff history to exact. The Kings had an early 4-0 lead in the second period and probably thought it was lights out there on in for the Sharks. The Sharks lived up to there name (Sharks) and didn't stop fighting.  San Jose scored three unanswered goals to rally themselves back into the game. Just as the Sharks were heating up L.A Kings forward Ryan Smyth answered back with a quick goal of his own to widen the lead back to two goals. This was only a minor set back for the Sharks. With less then two minutes left the Sharks scored two quick goals to tie the game. They went from being down 4-0 to scoring five goals and tying the game at 5-5 in the second period. Sports analyst called the second period of this game a game of shiny hockey due to all the goals. Nothing came about in the third period, and this game was sent to overtime. It didn't take long into overtime for a goal to be scored. It took 3:09 in overtime for Sharks Devin Setoguchi to complete the comeback.  The Sharks out shot there opponents 36 to 22 and deserved to win this game. This was a true battle of Los Angeles and I think this will give the Sharks momentum going into next game. In my opinion the Sharks take game 4 of the series to widen the series lead 3 to 1.

Game 2 finishes

After each series has completed 2 games the NHL playoffs are looking good. The only underdog team which has the lead in the division is the Montreal Canadiens. I would like to see the Montreal Canadiens take the series against the Boston Bruins. Even though I think the Pittsburgh Penguins take the Eastern Conference and face the Vancouver Canucks in the final I would like to see Montreal Instead. I am not a big Habs fans, but I think it would be amazing to have an all Canadian finals. I don't think there has ever been an all Canadiens final, so that could be history in the making. I still stick with the Vancouver Canucks to win the Stanley cup though. Right now both Number 1 seeds are showing why they were first in there conference. Both have a 2-0 lead in their series, and I think they both finish there series's in 5 games max. I think the biggest upset to come is Philadelphia Flyers getting knocked out by the Buffalo Sabers. Just going to have to sit back, relax, and toon in to the remainder of the first round to find out.

Day 2

Another great day of playoff hockey is over. 3 games played last night and each was a good one. 1 game went to overtime and the other 2 games the underdogs shut out their opponents. Montreal Canadiens captain Brian Gionta scored both goals to give his team a 2-0 win over their rivals the Boston bruins; this is going to be a series that you won't want to miss. Buffalo took the number 2 seed Philadelphia by surprise by scoring a goal in the 3rd period. that goal stood as the only goal giving the Sabers the Victory and Ryan Miller his first shutout of the 2011 playoffs. the 3rd game of the night was a nail biter. San Jose crawled away with the victory or the Los Angeles Kings due to Joe Pavelski's OT winner. This game would of ended a lot sooner if it was not for the Kings goaltender Jonathan Quick. Quick made some highlight reel saves to keep his team alive but his team was unable to help him out and this resulted in their lose.
Once again the teams i predicted to win have come out of the game with the Victory.

Day 1

The first night of playoff hockey is over and the results are as I expected. Every team I chose to win won ther matchup. The Pittsburgh Penguins are still going strong without their captain Sid the Kid Crosby. They won game one of the series against the strong Tampa Bay Lightning. Crosby played less then half the regular season and still lead his team in points, that is remarkable to do. I think even without Crosby in the lineup the Penguins will take the Eastern Conference. In the Finals they will lose to the Vancouvier Canucks, who are currently leading their series 1-0 over the Chicago Blackhawks. It will be a Canadian goaltending matchup Marc-Andre Fleury vs. Roberto Luongo. Gotta represent a canadian team since my team didnt make the playoffs. The NY Rangers- Washington game was a good game, both teams played hard. Washington had many scoring oppurtunities in the first period but kept ringing the puck off the crossbar. Alexander Semin was one of the players with chances in the first period but kept missing; he eventually hit his target. He was the hero of the game for scoring the overtime game winner in the first OT period. I think that the 5 teams that won their first games tonight all take the series.
Pittsburgh, Detroit, Vancouver, Nashville, Washington.

Who do you think will win the Stanley cup?