The Bruins suck. They are not good. No life at all until the 3rd, when it was too late. I throw up my hands.
I did however catch the third period of the Blackhawks 6-3 rout of San Jose. There were three very entertaining fights starting at the 10 minute mark. First up was Matthew Barnaby (CHI) vs. Mark Smith (SJ). Both guys landed a few good shots. It looked like Barnaby may have even been cut a little bit too. The fight was too close to call. The next face off Wayne Primeau (SJ) vs. Mark Bell (CHI). The fight started right off the face off after the Barnaby tilt. I shouted to MOL, "Sweet, here we go again!" She did not care about the first fight, so I am not sure why I am telling her about the second. Anyway, this tilt was a bit shorter than the first go. The boys traded a couple of good rights, with Bell switching hands and delivering a couple of quick uppercuts to Primeau before getting the jersey over Primeau’s head. At that point the linesmen were on the scene to break it up.
The third fight of the night was the best. After the first two go’s the game calmed down a little bit until Ryane Clowe (SJ) and Jim Vandermeer (CHI) got together along the half boards in the Chicago end. Before I get into the fight, let me ask you this: How many Vandermeers are there? 12? 67? Anyhow, the camera didn’t show what started the fight, but they showed how it finished. This was a classic "two guys stand there and chuck ’em" fight. They didn’t really jackhammer teach other or anything, but I would say they probably each threw and landed 8-10 punches. Good work by Clowe to work in a couple of nice uppercuts to the veteran Vandermeer as well. I have to call the tilt a draw, but it was the most spirited go to be sure.
Back to the Bruins for a second. Hopefully Sully lays into the boys and they come out with a little jump tomorrow in Pittsburgh. They way they have played the first two games, makes me think we are in for a very long winter here in Massachusetts.
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