Blues At Buffalo Third Period
by Brad Lee on Nov 12, 2008 7:56 PM CST
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Surprise! It's a special third period live blog, brought to you by homemade pizza and leftover Haloween candy!
In case you're just joining us, Emmanuel Legace allowed three quick goals. He got pulled. Buffalo hasn't scored since. David Perron then scored his first of the season and Patrik Berglund added another. In other words, it's 3-2.
19:30 Buffalo comes out dangerously. Hopefully this effort isn't a jinx.
18:21 Chris Mason is playing well tonight. He's had some close moments, but he's hung in there.
17:43 Shot by Pietrangelo. He and partner Barret Jackman each pinched in on the same possession.
17:35 Backes hits the crossbar. Dang.
Where is our local Buffalo fan? Eh, he's probably passed out from wing sauce and beer by now.
15:26 Telander with the goal. "I don't think Mason saw this one," Federko said. Really? Because he didn't even flinch when the puck whistled by his head?
It's now 4-2 Sabres. Sweet. The live blog lives up to my jinxy expectations.
14:52 Fuck the referees. Tkachuk buried one...right after the whistle. Andy McDonald is going to the box for interference. He made some contact, but I don't think it was worth a penalty.
13:50 Man, Buffalo has a slow power play. Boring. Puck movement is really predictable. Nothing like St. Louis. Crazy, huh?
So I had to step away for a second and the Blues scored. Stempniak, hometown kid. Alright, I'll step away again.
Wait, is the game over? They lost?
Crap.
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If Stempniak scores, what’s the reaction? Cheer? Boo? Indifference? Beer shower?
by Donut King on Nov 12, 2008 8:01 PM CST reply actions
cheering only limited to people that know him. nobody else knows he’s from there
by Dooks on Nov 12, 2008 8:04 PM CST reply actions
Fuck Buffalo. errrrrrr . . . Detroit! Fuck Detroit.
Good point Dooks.
by Donut King on Nov 12, 2008 8:05 PM CST reply actions
couldn’t they just disallow the goal as punishment, not call a penalty as well??
by Dooks on Nov 12, 2008 8:09 PM CST reply actions
Yeah Dooks. Bernie explained as much.
And that should’ve been the call.
Are we sure this isn’t Fraser refereeing?
by Donut King on Nov 12, 2008 8:10 PM CST reply actions
Buffalo doing a “Mason” chant. funny, they only score once off him
by Dooks on Nov 12, 2008 8:11 PM CST reply actions
A short cheer when his name was announced. From, like, 20 people in the building.
Better than a beer shower.
by Donut King on Nov 12, 2008 8:12 PM CST reply actions
Perron might just be playing well because he’s somewhat close to home too
by Dooks on Nov 12, 2008 8:13 PM CST reply actions
Good Christ. When did Mason turn into a halfway decent goaltender again?
by Donut King on Nov 12, 2008 8:13 PM CST reply actions
OR he might be playing well because he knows somewhere in cyberdom, a Chris Mason Look-a-like is talking about him.
by Dan on Nov 12, 2008 8:14 PM CST reply actions
meh, Mason shaved his face. I saw him on the bench before he put his mask on. no hair at all
by Dooks on Nov 12, 2008 8:17 PM CST reply actions
Sure Dan. As long as his cyberdom look-a-like hasn’t run off with his significant other, I guess.
by Donut King on Nov 12, 2008 8:17 PM CST reply actions
it’s settled, Coach. Perron now gets big boy minutes and big boy shifts. And big boy match-ups. Big boy everything! And can we please go to overtime without the ulcer-inducing empty net scenario.
And do the teams’ think they’re playing no-goalie three-bar this period?
by TheDuke32 on Nov 12, 2008 8:17 PM CST reply actions
the Budweiser cases in this commercial look like Red Stripe from a distance
by Dooks on Nov 12, 2008 8:20 PM CST reply actions
Dooks, I didn’t realize he shaved. Good news for you though. Now you don’t look like a streaky goaltender anymore.
by Dan on Nov 12, 2008 8:21 PM CST reply actions
What is with FSN pulling the scoreboard/clock in the third period? I kinda like to know that info.
by Dan on Nov 12, 2008 8:22 PM CST reply actions
Was that an 07-08 power play, or an 08-09 one?
by Donut King on Nov 12, 2008 8:25 PM CST reply actions
I’ll have to say, as good as Pietrangelo is billed to be, I’ve been most impressed with Polak this year as a young defenseman.
by Dan on Nov 12, 2008 8:34 PM CST reply actions
Lalime was just telling Miller, “Damn man, I’m so glad you got the start. They’d have lit me up like a fuckin Christmas tree. LOLOLOLOL”
by Dan on Nov 12, 2008 8:36 PM CST reply actions
if we had started Mason we might’ve won this
The irony of that is unbearable.
hari kari
by Dan on Nov 12, 2008 8:38 PM CST reply actions
1. Murray or whoever had better figure out something to keep this team from starting every game like a team full of Sucky McSucks. Have the Blues this year ever started a game as well as they’ve finished one?
2. The Berglund-Perron-Stempniak line was phenomenal tonight, accounting for all of the Blues goals. Who wants to bet that Friday night, they all be on different lines?
3. Pola’k has some experience on Pietrangelo, but yeah, I agree completely that my Czech homeboy has been the Blues’ best defenseman tonight, and probably the best young defenseman on the squad so far this year.
4. Fuck Detroit.
B.
by Brian Weidler on Nov 12, 2008 8:43 PM CST reply actions
In other news, Peoria leads Quad Ciy 2-1 after two periods. Cam Paddock and Dallas assignee Chris Conner have the Peoria goals, and Bishop has stopped 14 of 15 shots against so far.
QC has the refs in their pocket, it seems… Peoria has had to kill off eight power plays, to only four for Quad.
It was like that in the old UHL too, where the Quad City teams were the Red Wings of the beer league, getting every conceivable break and having an owner that could get away with interfering with the refs in that building.
B.
by Brian Weidler on Nov 12, 2008 8:48 PM CST reply actions
Anaheim GM Brian Burke stepped down
what’s that all about?
by Dooks on Nov 12, 2008 8:49 PM CST reply actions
here’s what the Blues need to do, since they’re so good at coming back from behind: pretend you’re losing 3-0 at te start of the game
by Dooks on Nov 12, 2008 8:54 PM CST reply actions
Here’s one to chew on…. The blues PK can’t clear from the D zone. The Blues PP can’t KEEP the puck in the O zone… Can we swap units, and maybe the reverse psychology will create dominant special teams????
by Tim on Nov 12, 2008 9:06 PM CST reply actions
Seems like I should have been tallying Jackman instead tonight — Brewer actually looked pretty solid. Biggest problem was I found it hard to stay consistent with my scoring system. For instance, at first I was generous and gave him a +1 for actually hitting the goal with a shot from the point (because it’s so rare), but later in the game do I give a -1 if he misses the goal?
Ended up being a 4 for the game. Most plays weren’t scored (because they were nothing special), but I had him as +3-1=2 in the 1st, 3-1=2 in the second, and +1-1=even in the 3rd.
I think next game I’ll try to do at least one D-man from each pairing.
by Mr. Particle on Nov 12, 2008 9:14 PM CST reply actions
SIX STRAIGHT! GOD!
‘In a stunning move, Blues coach Andy Murray was fired this morning, and was replaced by Emilo Esteves’
intangibles…
by Adam on Nov 12, 2008 10:37 PM CST reply actions
Saw the game (it was on TV here in the Land of the Elk), and I gotta say, Brewer wasn’t half-bad in this game. Pietrangello on the other hand… I know he’s young, blah blah blah, but to me, he just might have played himself into playing junior hockey the rest of the year.
by Marcus Pettersson on Nov 13, 2008 3:57 AM CST reply actions
yeah, I agree. he’s 8 games into his trial. I say let him finish the trial period and then send him to the juniors
by Dooks on Nov 13, 2008 2:30 PM CST reply actions
and play who? mike “jeff” weaver. or Jeff “mike” woywitka?, maybe turn koci into a d man since it doesnt matter what he is since he doesnt play and when he does, he doesnt play.
by Childhood Trauma on Nov 13, 2008 3:59 PM CST reply actions
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