Comments on: AO Nets 20th, The Iron Curtain Gets 2nd Win, Semin's Back Hurts: Caps 4 / Blues 2

By: PaintDrinkingPete

PaintDrinkingPete — Sat, 20 Dec 2008 02:12:11 +0000

Thank you so much for identifying the song they use to intro the 3rd period…I’ve been trying to find that all season–great song.

By: Flying Cloud

Flying Cloud — Fri, 19 Dec 2008 17:41:40 +0000

I forgot to add — could someone please come up with a better moniker than Iron Curtain? For me that raises horrific images of suffering and oppression in Hungary (yes, I’m old enough to remember that), Czechoslovakia (ask Bondra and Pivonka how they like hearing it), East Germany (Stasi informers and their victims), and all the human degradation that occured daily in the other soviet bloc nations. Why weigh this talented, cheerful kid down with such an ugly, sad name? Sorry, showing my age, but can’t help it.

By: Flying Cloud

Flying Cloud — Fri, 19 Dec 2008 17:31:53 +0000

The check looked dirty on TV but Semin’s reaction appeared out of proportion to me, until the camera showed the poor kid staggering to the locker room and apparently tossing his lunch at the door. An eye-witness thought there was blood on a towel carried by an on-ice official. It just shows the same event can be viewed by different people from different vantage points, and even the unvarnished camera, and everyone sees something different. No wonder the refs have a time of it, not that I’m defending the gentlemen we had last night. I can’t help feeling that if Dan Marouelli had been in charge there would have been a call. Our team’s lack of physicality could be as problematic as uneven goaltending down the stretch.

By: Grooven

Grooven — Fri, 19 Dec 2008 15:01:09 +0000

Pureagression:
I don’t know how much has changed in the years I’ve been gone, but if they’re still around, here are a couple suggestions.
CMU and Pitt at least used to have e-boards, similar to Craigslist I guess. I found many tickets on misc.market for playoffs.
So the technology has changed, but there’s probably still something similar around to look into.

By: PureAgression

PureAgression — Fri, 19 Dec 2008 13:11:05 +0000

Unfortunately, I think this is it for me, Gus. The Caps are in Pittsburgh my first week back in school. I don’t know if school’s giving away tickets to sit in its benefactor’s box at Mellon Arena (they didn’t during the game in October).

By: Nougat

Nougat — Fri, 19 Dec 2008 12:40:31 +0000

Why do I think that if the stick had been in Dale Hunter’s hands, we would be looking at another multi-mega-game suspension. We were there last night and saw the play — Backes should be disciplined by the league.
Also remember the dirty hit that almost cost Calle Johansson the feeling in his leg. . .
Varlamov was awesome. Too quick and agile to be called an Iron Curtain. To opponents, maybe he’ll be Voldemort!

By: Stratocaps

Stratocaps — Fri, 19 Dec 2008 05:48:20 +0000

I was at the game, but I also watched the broadcast on replay when I got home. If you only got to see the game on TV, you’d never know how fiercely OV came to the aid of his fallen linemate. That shows me an enormous amount of leadership. There is no longer any question who is the true captain of this team.

By: kittypawz

kittypawz — Fri, 19 Dec 2008 04:38:20 +0000

You know, this isn’t the first time Semin’s taken a brutal cross-check and it hasn’t been called — since his comments about Crosby. Apparently the ref accused him of diving and that’s why they didn’t call it – maybe it’s not deliberate, but it makes you wonder….

By: OrderedChaos (Mike Rucki)

OrderedChaos (Mike Rucki) — Fri, 19 Dec 2008 04:30:14 +0000

The first non-call (tripping) in the Semin incident was correct — he was not tripped, he just lost an edge and fell.
But as Semin was getting up, Backes committed a blatant crosscheck (yes, both hands on the stick) to Semin’s lower back, after which Semin crumpled to the ice. It was brutal, and though the league should review it I’m sure they will not.

By: Jay_K

Jay_K — Fri, 19 Dec 2008 04:22:24 +0000

I thought Devorski was on that side on the far side and didn’t get to see the cross-check,.. definitely call worthy though.
As far as the check, to be honest it didn’t look as bad,…was it re-injuring a nagging injury??!!
We need Sasha for Phi and NYR.