The gospel according to Boudreau Saturday night called for his flock to put a laying of the non-healing hands (and sticks) on Hamilton Bulldogs at every turn. Two thunderous Bears’ checks along the Hamilton endboards led directly to two Hershey tallies.

The daunting reality ahead for Boudreau and his team is that with their best effort Saturday, they remained in a tight affair in a must-win game. “We had to play our butts off,” he admitted in the post-game press conference. “We were a lot more determined. I hope we can go better, but I don’t know if we can.”

The seemingly lone commonality from Friday to Saturday was a heavy workload for Carey Price. He’s faced 86 shots through two games. Lever largely dismissed the stat as carrying little meaning in light of so many Bears’ shots coming from the perimeter, but as the series heads into high-stakes showdowns, does he really want his 19-year-old rookie netminder seeing that much rubber? Going forward, you have to think Price is also going to see a lot more Hershey Bears camping out in front of and charging at his crease.

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  1. Caps Nut wrote:

    I think the better question is how many sticks did Bordreau break in the locker room after the game.

    Monday, June 4, 2007 at 9:22 am | Permalink

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