CAPS--RANGERS GAME SEVEN!

Storming back from a 3-1 deficit in the series, the Caps beat the Rangers 2-1 and won the series 4-3! The Caps made it to round two for the second time in history, twenty-one years later! I cannot say enough about Simeon Varlamov and his out-of-this-world goaltending! To get the call in game two, to go from the AHL to the NHL Stanley cup playoffs and do as well as he did, calmly. WOW. So impressive. I was listening to the game on 820 WFED and I LOVE the play-by-play announcer, you can tell he loves this team :) They scored and my ears bled from his loud proclomation of "SCOOOOOOORE!! "

4-0 Skoula Game Star!

Impressed with: Shepp (3 minutes in, already playing better than entire 1st period)
Skoula- Non confrontational with Bertuzzi, does his job instead. Got the puck into the zone, then Shepp and Gaby did their jobs! (4-0).

Overall: Impressed with the wild 3-0 first period, second period taking more shots, same with third Gaby scores in the third to top off the sweet 4-0 VICTORY!!

Wild Vs. Flames 4/3/09

Wild vs. Flames (0-3-2 this season)

Five games to go (incl. this one) I wasn't very impressed with what I saw against the canucks, so I'm hoping (praying) we'll do better against the hard-hitting canucks.

Lineups:

Goalies-

Wild: Niklas Bäckström Flames: Miika Kiprusoff

Wild Starting Line:

LW------------------C------------------RW

Veilleux Belanger Clutterbuck

D------------------D

Johnsson Schultz

Scoring:

1. Brunette. Assists: Zidlicky, Bergeron ( First time we scored on a power play against flames this season 1-16)
2. Clutterbuck. Assists: Belanger, Schultz
3. Nolan. Assists: Miettinen, Veilleux

Impressed with: John Scott- Big, but he gets shots on goal, and is a hard-hitting defensemen. Miika Kiprusoff- 2nd powerplay he was solid in goal.

Laughing at: Shepp's constant yearn for a fight :) Mikko's faceoff head nod.

What??!! Gaby- MORE SHOOTING! Take chances! Less passing. Not impressed with Shepp's 1st period.

Fave quote: "Owen Nolan has a nose for the puck."

End of 1st period thoughts: The wild have been impressive, hard hitting, and taking shots for the most part. So far MUCH improved over the Tuesday Vancouver game.