Well when I looked at the paper this morning and saw that the Canucks won, I tried to think about the atmosphere of the game. And as expected the place was jumping. Here are the entrances to the game for both teams and most importantly, the spine-tingling, goosebump-inducing anthems:
(fast forward to the 5:05 mark to see the good stuff)
Now the next video, I have to explain something to the not-Canadian readers. CBC makes intros to the playoff games and they are fantastic. They have some clips of the previous game and put it to a killer soundtrack and it really does it's job in making you want to watch the game.
Now here's the best video there is. A team that has never won the cup and the fans who can pretty much taste it. The topic of discussion for the last couple of weeks has been Thomas' bizarre playing style and his aggressive approach to stopping the puck. It was criticized after he gave up the Overtime goal in game 2 but was then praised during his 110 minute shut out streak that soon followed.
Thomas made a fantastic save on the first attempt by Lapierre but then Kevin Bieksa (who at this point is the MVP for the Canucks) made a genius pass, purposely shot it wide and off the boards to carom right to a wide open Maxim Lapierre who was just able to put it in. Then when the video goes to the crowd in the stadium, to the parking lot, and then to the streets; is that not awesome? That's what the Stanley Cup Finals is all about. The city of Vancouver is united right now and they can taste the Cup.
Now when Roberto Luongo was pulled in game 4 in Boston, the Canucks fan from Rogers Arena cheered when he was pulled. So how does a goalie react to this public humiliation? What was Luongo's answer to his critics? Similar to how Tim Thomas answered critics in game 3. He played amazing. He was so focused in. He knew his coach had faith in him (hence the fact that he started this game) and went out and performed his best. So here look at his work from Friday nights game:
And last but not least, the press conference with the 2 heroes. Roberto Luongo and Maxim Lapierre:
(fast forward to the 5:05 mark to see the good stuff)
Now the next video, I have to explain something to the not-Canadian readers. CBC makes intros to the playoff games and they are fantastic. They have some clips of the previous game and put it to a killer soundtrack and it really does it's job in making you want to watch the game.
Now here's the best video there is. A team that has never won the cup and the fans who can pretty much taste it. The topic of discussion for the last couple of weeks has been Thomas' bizarre playing style and his aggressive approach to stopping the puck. It was criticized after he gave up the Overtime goal in game 2 but was then praised during his 110 minute shut out streak that soon followed.
Thomas made a fantastic save on the first attempt by Lapierre but then Kevin Bieksa (who at this point is the MVP for the Canucks) made a genius pass, purposely shot it wide and off the boards to carom right to a wide open Maxim Lapierre who was just able to put it in. Then when the video goes to the crowd in the stadium, to the parking lot, and then to the streets; is that not awesome? That's what the Stanley Cup Finals is all about. The city of Vancouver is united right now and they can taste the Cup.
Now when Roberto Luongo was pulled in game 4 in Boston, the Canucks fan from Rogers Arena cheered when he was pulled. So how does a goalie react to this public humiliation? What was Luongo's answer to his critics? Similar to how Tim Thomas answered critics in game 3. He played amazing. He was so focused in. He knew his coach had faith in him (hence the fact that he started this game) and went out and performed his best. So here look at his work from Friday nights game:
And last but not least, the press conference with the 2 heroes. Roberto Luongo and Maxim Lapierre:
One last thing. People in Vancouver have been putting up videos of just the city of Vancouver when they score and have put them up on youtube. So here's the video when Lapierre scored:
and here's the video of when the game ends:
and last but not least (for real this time) a picture of a crowd watching the game together:
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