Blackhawk Down!

Vancouver takes game 1 of the series by a score of 5-3! The Canucks got out to a great start and led 3-0 going into the third. That’s when me saying “I don’t think we’ll ever lose again” during the second intermission came back to bite me. The next thing I knew it was a 3-3 tie and I had chewed my free Canucks towel to threads out of anger. In the back of my mind I knew we had them right where we wanted them: tied late in the third with all the momentum. With some poor judgment by the inexperienced Blackhawks, Vancouver somehow managed to put together a four-on-one with just over a minute left. From where we were sitting in GM Place we could see the entire play develop. Raymond made a great pass to Bernier, who in typical Bernier fashion, missed the glorious opportunity. I should add that Bernier played a great game though. Salo was there to hammer in the rebound and give the Canucks the winning goal. Salo scored and GM Place exploded. Everybody became everybody’s best friend. I hugged more strangers after Salo scored than I did at our last family reunion. Ryan Johnson added an empty netter for insurance. With the Canucks finally playing hockey games again it’s time to make the goat-o-meter rise. Another win tonight means another goat for me. 5 goats down, 11 to go!  Game 2 is Saturday night at 6:00pm PST. Get your goat!