GAME 1 - 2010 Stanley Cup GAME DAY: Ottawa Senators @ Pittsburgh Penguins, Wednesday Apr. 14, 2010 - 7:00PM EST.

sens4win wrote:poor regin 6min in penalties, might see his ice time go down if he does that again

Scoring a goal will probably give him a second chance before his ice time gets cut

Exciting game. Ottawa did a lot right, but I don't think either team was necessarily that sharp. The team can survive Michalek being injured, but no one else.

Did this feel like a regular season game to anyone else? Just didn't have that playoff feel...hopefully Game 2 will

Way to go SENS! Yahoo sports can suck on that!

Kelly, Neil, Ruutu were awesome tonights. The Spezza line started off well, but teetered off into nowhere. Fisher was excellent. Hopefully Elliott shakes this performance off, but he was still very good.

Now the firsts are out of the way, let's get going boys!

P.S. Bet both home games sell out now

and come on Michalek! You gotta come back !

First playoff game win since the stanley cup finals 3 years ago.....'bout Diddling time

I know...2-8 in their last 10 playoff games.

Big Ev wrote:

wprager wrote:OK, the firsts:


All that with the refs pulling heavily in the home team's favor.

C'mon now, the reffing was pretty good in this game. Kunitz got a BS penalty when he didn't even hit Spezza.

First two calls on Regin and Fisher should have been dives going the other way. That's a -4 differential right there. Other players were also accused of embellishing.

Staal was getting away with all kinds of hooks, high sticks, trips, interference. It's like the name "Staal" is magic or something.

Yes, that call on Kunitz was an "anticipation" call but, to be fair, Spezza was down on the ice and there is no way that elbow should have been going for his head -- yes, he missed, but the intent was certainly there to elbow him in the head against the boards. Also on that very play Alfie got away with a high stick just seconds earlier. But overall the Sens were getting called for stuff that The Pens were getting away with routinely.

wprager wrote:

Big Ev wrote:

wprager wrote:OK, the firsts:


All that with the refs pulling heavily in the home team's favor.

C'mon now, the reffing was pretty good in this game. Kunitz got a BS penalty when he didn't even hit Spezza.

First two calls on Regin and Fisher should have been dives going the other way. That's a -4 differential right there. Other players were also accused of embellishing.

Staal was getting away with all kinds of hooks, high sticks, trips, interference. It's like the name "Staal" is magic or something.

Yes, that call on Kunitz was an "anticipation" call but, to be fair, Spezza was down on the ice and there is no way that elbow should have been going for his head -- yes, he missed, but the intent was certainly there to elbow him in the head against the boards. Also on that very play Alfie got away with a high stick just seconds earlier. But overall the Sens were getting called for stuff that The Pens were getting away with routinely.

agree whole heartedly. the things other teams get away with and stuff we get called on continues to blow my mind. I just wish the ref's would be consistent on calling things 2-ways or not calling anything.

Fine, say the refs were poor, but at least don't imply that's it's a conspiracy against us and that the refs are trying to make the Penguins win.

I think the next game is gonn be low scoring with only a few penalties called.

Big Ev wrote:Fine, say the refs were poor, but at least don't imply that's it's a conspiracy against us and that the refs are trying to make the Penguins win.

I think the next game is gonn be low scoring with only a few penalties called.

Fine I won't imply it, I will say it! it is a conspiracy, how did the sens end the regular season with the least PP chances. The Refs do not give the sens anything, the always call games against them.

benIII24III wrote:

wprager wrote:

Big Ev wrote:

wprager wrote:OK, the firsts:


All that with the refs pulling heavily in the home team's favor.

C'mon now, the reffing was pretty good in this game. Kunitz got a BS penalty when he didn't even hit Spezza.

First two calls on Regin and Fisher should have been dives going the other way. That's a -4 differential right there. Other players were also accused of embellishing.

Staal was getting away with all kinds of hooks, high sticks, trips, interference. It's like the name "Staal" is magic or something.

Yes, that call on Kunitz was an "anticipation" call but, to be fair, Spezza was down on the ice and there is no way that elbow should have been going for his head -- yes, he missed, but the intent was certainly there to elbow him in the head against the boards. Also on that very play Alfie got away with a high stick just seconds earlier. But overall the Sens were getting called for stuff that The Pens were getting away with routinely.

agree whole heartedly. the things other teams get away with and stuff we get called on continues to blow my mind. I just wish the ref's would be consistent on calling things 2-ways or not calling anything.

guys, we won!

Michallica wrote:Way to go SENS! Yahoo sports can suck on that!

Kelly, Neil, Ruutu were awesome tonights. The Spezza line started off well, but teetered off into nowhere. Fisher was excellent. Hopefully Elliott shakes this performance off, but he was still very good.

Now the firsts are out of the way, let's get going boys!

P.S. Bet both home games sell out now

Can a line with the Conn Smyth?

Big Ev wrote:Did this feel like a regular season game to anyone else? Just didn't have that playoff feel...hopefully Game 2 will

Dude, I sharted numerous times during this game. At the end, I chat my 'loons everywhere. How can you say that?

Kelly, Neil and Ruutu were Diddling awesome.

I loved the contributions from the team. 11 different players registered a point. This is the exact type of performance that wins you games. Elliott was not perfect, needs to be better, but we won. Let's hope a bunch if players got their playoff jitters out of their system.

benIII24III wrote:

Big Ev wrote:Fine, say the refs were poor, but at least don't imply that's it's a conspiracy against us and that the refs are trying to make the Penguins win.

I think the next game is gonn be low scoring with only a few penalties called.

Fine I won't imply it, I will say it! it is a conspiracy, how did the sens end the regular season with the least PP chances. The Refs do not give the sens anything, the always call games against them.

Well, somebody has to finish with the least PP chances lol.

Dash wrote:I loved the contributions from the team. 11 different players registered a point. This is the exact type of performance that wins you games. Elliott was not perfect, needs to be better, but we won. Let's hope a bunch if players got their playoff jitters out of their system.

For sure. We need Elliott, Carkner and Sutton to step up a bit. They had par games.