SIVACRACY.NET: Beware of Buffalo

'CANES 1 - SABRES 2 (OT)

Will these posts ever end? Yes, if we're very lucky, they'll end sometime between June 12th and June 19th. Until then, it's game-by-game. Like Game 5, the Sabres were the better team, the 'Canes got some great goaltending from the goalie duo I'm now referring jointly to as "Werberd," and it was another nailbiter that ended with one of the teams scoring during a powerplay in overtime. This time, Buffalo came out on top.

A game twice as exciting as your average game deserves twice as many stars, so here are my six: Miller because no team advances without consistently great goaltending; 37 year old Numminen for showing up with a groin injury to support his team and logging-in four-plus minutes during the first; Pominville for being such a pest throughout the game that he drew some timely penalties; Grrrrrier for making eight, yes eight, bone-crunching hits on Carolina bodies; Briere for scoring the game winner; and, most importantly, Carolina's Weight for taking an idiotic boarding penalty in Game 6 of the Eastern Conference Finals, which ultimately resulted in Sparky's goal. Thanks, jackass, and please, for the sake of God, stop whining about the officiating.

Don't shave your playoff beard just yet. Game 7 is Thursday in Carolina. Puck drop is at 7:30pm (ET). When the game's over, tune in to WGR550's quite entertaining Brad Riter Show, which you can listen to online after the game.

Go Sabres.

Comments

Go canes! I am from Charlotte, NC and want to see the canes moved here versus Charlotte. I think that although the hurricanes are doing pretty well for themeselves, obviously, I think they would get alot more money dumped into them over the long run if they moved to Charlotte, they could even keep the same name!

Thanks,
Brad

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