I talked about how great the playoffs were last year A) for their multiple game 7's and B) because of their abundance of overtime hockey.
Well the playoffs this year are heating up as teams are fully familiar with each other after 2 physical games. The ending of tonights Sharks-Blues game was just about a brutal a finish as I can remember.
And then there was that flat out brawl in the Rangers-Senators game.
So we are seeing a ton of physical hockey in the past few days and we have plenty more to come.
Just one thing I would like to touch on.
The last game this evening featured a rough one between the Coyotes and the Blackhawks. The Blackhawks were able to tie things up on a last minute goal (again) and sent the game into overtime. This was the 7th game that went into sudden death in the first round and there have only been 15 games.
Last year there were 14 overtimes over 49 games in the first round. The most there have ever been in the first round was 15 back in 2001. At the pace we are going, if there are 49 games in the first round again, we will see about 22 overtime games! This would truly be remarkable and would literally make this first round one of the best of all times.
Well the playoffs this year are heating up as teams are fully familiar with each other after 2 physical games. The ending of tonights Sharks-Blues game was just about a brutal a finish as I can remember.
and here was the stat sheet for penalties in the last 3 minutes of that San Jose'-St. Louis game:
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| Pretty extensive, eh? |
So we are seeing a ton of physical hockey in the past few days and we have plenty more to come.
Just one thing I would like to touch on.
The last game this evening featured a rough one between the Coyotes and the Blackhawks. The Blackhawks were able to tie things up on a last minute goal (again) and sent the game into overtime. This was the 7th game that went into sudden death in the first round and there have only been 15 games.
Last year there were 14 overtimes over 49 games in the first round. The most there have ever been in the first round was 15 back in 2001. At the pace we are going, if there are 49 games in the first round again, we will see about 22 overtime games! This would truly be remarkable and would literally make this first round one of the best of all times.
So that is all. But just to remind you about the awesomeness involved in sudden death in the NHL playoffs, here are all of the overtime goals so far (you're welcome)
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