NHL Hockey

[Kobi]

Originally Posted by EnderD_503

Simple answer? Nope, you cannot With the entire nation behind them and naming them Canada's team, the Canucks cannot lose now. This country will probably explode if the Canucks win. And they definitely have the skill to do it. They just need to be sure not to choke like they did in the first series against the Black Hawks. But it is comforting to know that even then they beat last years champs, despite two disaster games.

GO CANUCKS GO!

We have a tradition here in the states where the governors of states where teams are fighting for a champoinship bet their team will win and offer something representative of their state as the prize for the winner.

Feel up for the challenge?

Of course I did my homework before extending the challenge LOL.

BOSTON BRUINS VS. VANCOUVER CANUCKS LIFETIME STATS AND FACTS

108 total meetings between Boston and Vancouver with the Bruins boasting a 68-24-15-1 winning record

The Bruins have outscored the Canucks 437-299

Boston posts an all-time 29-17-8-0 record on the road in Vancouver with a 215-172 scoring edge

The B’s are 3-0-1 in their last four meetings with the ‘Nucks

The Canucks have shutout the Bruins just once in their lifetime series — 6-0 on Jan. 15, 1996 in Boston

Two of the last three Bruins wins against Vancouver were shutouts, via Tim Thomas: 1-0 in Vancouver on Oct. 28, 2008, and a 2-0 win on Dec. 21, 2006 in Boston

Thomas is 3-0-0 lifetime against the Canucks, has stopped 97-of-98 shots-against (27-of-28 this past regular season; 31 saves in ’08; and 39 stops in ’06 for his second NHL career shutout) for a grand total of .990 save-percentage (SV%) and 0.33 goals-against average (GAA)

Their last meeting, a 3-1 win in Vancouver, Milan Lucic posted 1-2-3 totals, a team-high plus-3, and 3 shots on goal…
Nathan Horton and Patrice Bergeron also had goals…Tomas Kaberle, David Krejci, and Dennis Seidenberg all posted one assist each
Mark Recchi: 15-11-26 in 32 career games against the Canucks
Milan Lucic: 1-2-3 and 12 shots on net in three games
Nathan Horton: 2-1-3, plus-4 in four games
Michael Ryder: 4-3-7 totals, 22 shots on goal in seven career games
Shawn Thornton: 0-2-2 and 23 PIM in 8 contests versus Vancouver

[Linus]

Of course, none of those stats mean anything when they still kick your ass!

[Kobi]

Originally Posted by Linus

Of course, none of those stats mean anything when they still kick your ass!

LMAO. So true.

I am a die hard, used to disappointment Boston sports fan. We talk big,
sometimes, with our fingers crossed behind our backs cuz we remember things like the ball going thru Buckners legs to cost us a World Series.

So maybe it would be wiser to just hope for a well played series between 2 evenly matched teams who both fought hard to get to the finals?

[Linus]

That I will agree with. I'm really hoping for a seven game series as that's more enjoyable and suspenseful.

[EnderD_503]

Originally Posted by Kobi

We have a tradition here in the states where the governors of states where teams are fighting for a champoinship bet their team will win and offer something representative of their state as the prize for the winner.

Feel up for the challenge?

Well, I suppose I could offer up one of those fancy Canadian hockey team quarters

Originally Posted by Linus

Of course, none of those stats mean anything when they still kick your ass!

Originally Posted by Linus

That I will agree with. I'm really hoping for a seven game series as that's more enjoyable and suspenseful.

Are you trying to induce heart attacks nation-wide?

[Kobi]

Originally Posted by EnderD_503

Well, I suppose I could offer up one of those fancy Canadian hockey team quarters

I had to look those up....just to make sure you weren't pulling my leg.
Those are kind of cool. Never saw one before.

I can offer you nothing that cool that I can think of. How does salt water taffy grab you? Or a tee shirt? Or a hat?

[Linus]

Originally Posted by Kobi

I had to look those up....just to make sure you weren't pulling my leg.
Those are kind of cool. Never saw one before.

I can offer you nothing that cool that I can think of. How does salt water taffy grab you? Or a tee shirt? Or a hat?

We can get Salt Water Taffy from New Brunswick. Has to be something unique to Boston. Do they have any of the old time Boston Bruin hockey hats?