GAME SEVEN IT IS

PENS TAKE GAME SIX

If last nights game is any indication for the younger Pens the Wings are very beatable in game seven even at the all dreaded “Joe” in Detroit.

This series as I was afraid of at the start for the Pens would be a home and home and now it has happened with Friday’s game seven @ 8pm.

With saying that if you asked the Pens if they could play one game in June for the Stanley Cup even if it was in Detroit they obviously would take it.

These Pens are better and smarter than last year to that there is no question but to beat the Wings on home ice for the Cup they will have to score if they can manage to dominate AGAIN early in the game like they did in Detroit in game five.

Not scoring after out playing the Wings in that game along with the weak goaltending of Fluery especially on the first goal put an early nail in it for the Pens who need to stay calm and play a smart game that includes playing and staying very physical like they did last night.

Now last nights game was won by the grinders with not only getting goals from role players Staal and Kennedy but some great physical play from the normally gutless Matt Cooke made a huge difference as he ran over several Wings.

So the Pens will play a game seven for all the marbles no thanks to the brutal calls by ref Bill McCreary who called two calls with under 10 minutes left to try to allow the Wings to tie the game.

The Pens beat both the ref and the Wings killing off both penalties to hold on to the lead. Unless it’s a scoring chance or attempt to injure the refs should put the whistle away and let the teams decide the outcome of the games when the stakes are this high.

Nothing pisses players off more than marginal calls late in games or any time really by cocky refs who think they are somehow the reason fans watch the games. Trust me with all the players I’ve been around for years as a coach and player agent the game is about the players, they are the entertainment and don’t like the league mandating shitty petty calls deciding games.

For Hockey God I’m Dave Frost

This entry was posted on Wednesday, June 10th, 2009 at 8:39 am and is filed under Frost on Ice. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. Both comments and pings are currently closed.