Watch With Goonblog!

MOL is at the germ factory, I am free to watch the game. So, in a gimmick stolen from the Sports Guy, let’s do a running diary of the Western Conference finals between the Ducks and Wings.

7:36 Live from Goonblog HQ. It’s running diary time. I just cracked a brew and am digesting a large meatball sub from New London in Concord. Tasty.

7:38 Brian Engblom’s hair is weird.

7:40 Quick prediction time. I like Detroit in this one. Teams keep trying to push them around and it doesn’t work. In the East, I really like Ottawa.

7:41 This seems like a good time to ask. Why do you hate Ottawa so much Killer? Is it because they kept Redden and let suck bag Chara walk and Boston signed him to an albatross contract making it impossible to deal him and his sucky contract? That’s why I hate them.

GAME ON!!!

7:42 2 Minutes on Marchant for tripping. Bad way to start.

7:42 Ding dong. I’ll get it. Datsuyk just got laid out by Nieds! He fucking nailed him coach.

7:43 Nice idea there by Lidstrom to bank it off the end boards to try and get some traffic out front. Almost worked. Nice hands Bert.

7:44 What a save by Hasek! I saw Getzlaf in the A last year, and was wildly unimpressed. Took 5 minors in the game and looked way out of place. Really stepped up his game since.

7:45 Ducks are testing Hasek early. They need to get a lot of pucks on if they want to win. Duh.

7:46 Replay of the Getzlaf breakaway. It sure looked like Hasek threw his stick to me. Nice call Eddie. I like these guys in the booth.

7:47 Shawn Thornton is nuts. He is a scary big guy, and took legitimate pleasure in the Wing player coming into his bench. I love it.

7:50 That was a horrible play at the blueline resulting in a Ducks penalty. 2 Minutes on Pronger. You gotta haul that guy down.

7:51 That KFC Chicken and Biscuit bowl looks very good. I can actually hear myself getting fatter.

7:53 Nice Backcheck by Datsuyk. That would have been a big goal for the Ducks.

7:54 Dan Cleary looks bad ass with the cut on his eye, and the playoff beard.

7:55 Nice shot/pass by Chelios. If he didn’t give it to Cleary at 300 MPH, Dan might have been able to bury it.

7:57 Nice strip on Samuleson. Just got his lunch money taken.

7:59 FIGHT! FIGHT!! Stupid Zebras. Thornton wanted a piece of Cleary there. I don’t suggest dropping them with Thornton. Kid is very tough.

8:01 Can I get a Power Chair just cause I’m lazy? OOOOOOO! A grabber too? Sorry MOL, no honeymoon, I gotta buy this chair.

8:02 Probably shouldn’t buy that chair.

8:03 Getzlaf almost made it 1-0. CLANG. I love that sound by the by.

8:04 This is a feeling out Period. Neither team wants to take any chances, as such; the only opportunities are coming from mistakes. One of these mistakes is going to be costly and force the game to open up. Does that make any sense?

8:07 See! Perry almost scored on the turn around. Bad penalty to take for Chris Draper right there. 2 for Mugging.

8:08 I bet Anaheim scores on this PP.

8:08 I hate that behind the goal camera angle. Pronger tried to kill Hasek with that slapper.

8:09 Good kill by Cleary. Leads to an Anaheim icing.

8:10 1-0 Ducks! 1 second left on the PP! I knew it. Nice pass by Getzlaf. He’s been all over the place tonight.

8:11 I guess time had expired on the PP. I owe myself a buck.

8:13 Is Corey Perry hurt, slow, or just a terrible skater? Looks like he’s in slow motion in quicksand with a load in his pants.

8:14 Getzlaf just jumped into the scrum along the glass. He can fight a bit. I hope this gets way out of hand.

8:15 Entertaining period. I have to get a beer, cover the scooter, and since its dark enough, throw the two chairs I’m not supposed to throw in the dumpster, in the dumpster. Then get another beer.

SECOND PERIOD

8:25 I probably shouldn’t watch porn with the shades up in here anymore. You can totally see in here. I also probably shouldn’t have told you that.

8:29 Just scored major points with MOL. I remembered to DVR Desperate Housewives, and Brothers and Sisters. I am going to make her a fabulous first husband.

8:30 Microwave popcorn? Don’t mind if I do.

8:33 Popcorn is good. I got sap on my hand. Did Mike Emerick just say Acton, Massachusetts? Was he talking about the Makaha? Think they’d deliver me a Mai Tai?

8:34 Speaking of Mai Tai, remind me to ask MOL if she’ll make a picture of her Mai Tai’s for me next weekend. You could run the Space Shuttle on those things. I tried (Very unsuccessfully I might add) to play badminton last summer after two of them. It was ugly.

8:36 Oh yeah, there’s a game on.

8:39 Lebda almost snuck that one in. Again, no one wants to be the one to make a mistake, and the Ducks almost paid for it.

8:40 Now, going the other way, the Ducks almost made it 2-0.This game needs to open up a bit.

8:41 FIGHT LET THEM GO!! Dang it. That is a HORSE SHIT Call by the way. 2 Minutes for enforcing the stupid new NHL Standard of officiating. The NHL needs to go to one referee. I will not rest until this happens.

8:42 Beer.

8:43 Terrible PP by the Wings so far. You can’t have forwards stopping at the blueline for you. Flip it in deep, make the D work.

8:45 Sean O’Donnell almost put one in his own net. Having done that before, I can tell you, he’d have felt sad.

8:46 Peter Worrell, er, Andreas Lilja just tried to kill Corey Perry.

8:47 Fucking Versus! What is the fucking deal with the poor signal strength? Is it just me, or is it happening to everyone? Good thing the finals are on NBC. Imagine if something like Brett Hull’s game winner in Buffalo happened while VS. was having a poor signal strength moment? Would you smash your TV? Well, at least the remote? OK, maybe say a swear real loud?

8:49 MOL Texted. She’s bored, and says hello.

8:49 Kind of a pussy roughing on Peter Worrell.

8:50 1-1 Nice PK work by Maltby and Cleary there. A bad turnover by Getzlaf turns into a Maltby goal. Cleary almost scored on a nice shot, and Maltby followed his own rebound to get the goal. Fans at the Joe are back in it.

8:52 2-1? Ducks think so. No signal and no light. Let’s go to Toronto.

8:54 GOAL. I think. Looks in to me. Let’s see what T.O. says. Ref should have seen that by the way.

8:55 It’s good. 2-1 Ducks.

8:56 Is it me, or does Todd Bertuzzi suck now? Nice hit there by Peter Worrell.

8:57 Ducks on the PP after Dan Cleary gets called for the crosscheck. Wings need a good kill here. I need a catheter.

9:00 Good kill so far. Ducks can’t get set up.

9:01 Good kill. The Wings didn’t allow Anaheim to get set, and created some chances of their own. Now it looks like Rob Niedermayer is going to sit for 2. Detroit needs to bury one here.

9:05 The Ducks are putting together a nice kill of their own. Halfway through, and Detroit hasn’t taken a shot. Until now. Laser by Lidstrom. 2’s are wild.

9:06 How old is the PA Announcer in Detroit? My God. Sounds like they just nudged him awake from his nap.

9:07 2 Minutes for Holding on Lebda. Ducks PP.

9:08 Detroit’s PK is really working well in the Second Period. Cleary and Maltby are buzzing.

9:09 I thought it was my feet that smelled, turns out MOL’s sandals are under the table here. That’s a relief. I thought I was going to have to see someone about this.

9:10 Lebda out of the box almost made it 3-2. Pronger off for 2. Wings almost score right off the bat, and the Ducks almost score the other way.

9:11 FIGHT!! Please! It’s Getzlaf again. I’m telling you, for a kid that can play, he can fight. 5 on 3 for half a minute. O’Donnell goes for roughing. Ducks almost scored there two men down! End of two. Good tilt so far. I gotta pee again.

THIRD PERIOD

9:28 The Honda Pilot commercial with the troll. He says they can pass when they ANSWER his three questions. They only answer 2. The family never answers the do I smell cookies question. They owe that troll an apology.

9:29 Now seems like a good time to tell you, I don’t get out much.

9:30 I love sounds of the game.

9:31 Period starting 5 on 3 for Detroit, and the game tied at 2. Wings need a goal here. Lang almost got it!! Couldn’t control the pass.

9:32 Doesn’t matter, as Pavel Datsuyk hammers home a Robert Lang cross ice pass to make it 3-2 Wings. Still 30 seconds on the PP here.

9:33 Wings don’t score in the last 30, but it wasn’t for a lack of trying. Lidstrom was all over the place there.

9:34 Ducks are looking very sloppy in their own end here. Not a real good time for your game to go to shit.

9:35 The Wings are really controlling play right now. The Ducks just can’t get out of their own end here. I might think about taking my timeout.

9:36 Scott Niedermayer just tried to set up Corey Perry. I guess Perry can skate pretty well. I think he just has an awkward stride.

9:38 That is a GOAL. Niedermayer’s second effort, Rob that is, should tie this game. These Referees’s have missed 2 now.

9:39 Meantime, I am 2-2 on these. It’s those kinds of BFI Goals that will win a series. It’s not pretty, but I am sure Anaheim will take it. Nice play by Rob Niedermayer.

9:43 Nice turn around wrister by Zetterberg. That was a creative play on the fly, and it almost handcuffed Giggy.

9:45 Was anyone else really confused there when they showed Moen on the bench and were talking about his 4th goal? I thought we missed one during the commercial break or something. Turns out the credited the 3rd Duck goal to him. I thought it was R. Nieds. My bad yo.

9:47 What is the attraction to fans trying to get on TV all the time? At the offside whistle, fans were turning around to try and get on TV. Do the people around them want to kill them?

9:49 Doc Emerick just said Fractured Sacrum. I have no idea what that means, but it sounds like it really fucking hurts. Terrible penalty there on Anaheim. Wings need to make them pay here.

9:50 Good PP so far from the Wings. Lots of shots and the Ducks are running around. Exactly what you want from the PP if they aren’t set looking for shooting lanes. By the way, I love going to games and the fans that don’t understand what all the passing is for on the PP start screaming, SHOOT! SHOOT! As soon as anyone gets the puck. Makes me laugh every time.

9:52 It started OK, but once the Wings actually got set up, there wasn’t much to write about. Yet I still am. Weird. Gotta pee.

9:54 I just realized I am wearing a Goonblog T shirt while writing this. Is that like wearing a T shirt of the band you are seeing? No?

9:55 That was a neat stick exchange there for Pronger. I like Doc Emerick because he is always giving behind the scenes guys props. He is the voice of the New Jersey Devils, and in almost every telecast he mentions the Lowell Devils. He always has good hockey stories too. He is hands down, my favorite announcer.

10:00 I really hope this doesn’t go to OT. I am kind of sleepy.

10:05 No one wants to make the mistake that costs them this game right now. This is going to OT.

10:07 Corey Perry almost won it for the Ducks right there with: 48 seconds left. That angle, according to Eddie was horrific. I agree.

10:09 Chelios just had a senior moment and iced the puck there with 2 seconds. Bad play. He’s now wrestling S. Nieds for his pudding. Pushing and shoving there at the end of regulation. Crap. Overtime. Well, I guess I should pee and get another beer.

OT

10:28 Datsuyk almost won it there! Damn. That JUST missed.

10:29 Doc and Eddie are debating changing playoff OT to 4 a side. I have heard this debate a few times. I say, keep it the way it is. There is nothing better than playoff OT. Even if I am tired.

10:30 Zetterberg almost had a shot there too. Wings are controlling so far.

10:33 Chris Chelios just creamed Travis Moen. Then, the Wings had a chance on the Ducks. I think it is going to be a fluky goal that wins it.

10:35 Val Filppula almost won it for the Ducks. That would be a real suck to tip in the game winner in OT on your own goal. Wow.

10:38 S. Nieds’ playoff beard looks like he has a skunk on his face. Cool. By the way, I am not cutting my hair until I get married in September, so if you see me and I look like Mike Commodore, don’t be alarmed.

10:40 Ducks get a PP on the second stupidest rule in the NHL. The puck over the glass penalty that Buffalo fans spent all Summer and Winter pissing and moaning about comes to bite the Wings. Ducks need to get some shots here.

10:41 Ducks want to win the draw in Detroit’s zone, settle it down, and get some quality shots.

10:42 Hey, wouldn’t you know it? The dumbest rule in all of hockey just got called. I think it is stupid you can hand pass in the defensive zone, but not the offensive zone. Stupid rule.

10:43 Ducks call time out. I guess it’s as good a time as any.

10:44 Penner just had the best chance of the OT from former Winnipeg Jet, Teemu Selanne. I was wearing my Winnipeg Jets sweatshirt riding my scooter today.

10:45 WORST ICE GIRLS EVER.

10:46 No serious. I have had no less than six beers, and those girls were horrible.

10:47 Anyone else staying up for the Dale Jr. PBR event? No? Me neither. As an aside, if you are ever free and the PBR is in town, you should go. It’s really quite fun. Or, I am easily amused. Either way.

10:48 These fuckers are going to make me stay up all damn night aren’t they?

10:51 NOPE! S. Nieds with the goal! Cleary goes down, and Niedermayer makes them pay for it. Series tied 1-1 going back to Anaheim. That was a great game. Enjoy your week everyone.