Will Statistics Or Location Play A Role In Game 7? We Find Out Tonight

Added on Jun 15, 2011 by J Merrill in

NHL

It all goes down tonight in Vancouver, and the 2010-11 NHL season will end in the grandest way possible-a game 7. The Canucks and the Bruins have been dreaming of being in this situation since they were little kids skating on a pond. So far the series has been odd because of the Bruins inability to win in Vancouver, and the Canucks inability to prevent the Bruins from scoring goals in Boston.

As far as Vancouver is concerned this is 0-0 game, and what happened in games 1-6 doesn’t matter and its already behind them. Ryan Kessler said that its ll in front of them, and its going to come down to at the minimum 60 minutes of hockey to reach a life long dream. “Wednesday night is all that matters,” Kesler said. “Everything in the past is in the past.” He went on to say the fatigue question is out the window as no one needs any inspiration for a game 7 Stanley Cup Final. He concluded “I don’t think any guy is going to complain about fatigue (Wednesday) night. We’re going to be jacked.”

Are we going to see the Roberto Luongo who shows up in Boston and drop 3 goals in 4 minutes, or are we going to see the Luongo who ices the Bruins with a shut out? Can it really be as simple as where the game is played? These questions will be answered on Wednesday night, and it will end with one team being rewarded sports most prestigious trophy. What we do know on the stat sheet now is at the Bruins are outscoring the Canucks 19-8, and the Canucks have only lead on the score board for hair over 32 minutes. We also know that guys like Ryan Kesler and Henrik Sedin have been under performing, and each only have one goal. These players have always been the focus of other teams, but in the past they have been able to score goals much more frequently.

Defenseman Raffi Torres said that this is the fruit of their labor thus far this season. They played good enough throughout the year to earn home ice advantage, and they plan on taking advantage of that point. “This is what we train for all summer long. It’s the sacrifices you make over the course of the year in order to have yourself ready to go. It’s not hard to get up for these games. Especially being at home, it will be an emotional night. With our fans, how good they are, how good they’ve been all year, it’s not hard to get up for these games.”

“We feel confident, we’re happy to be home,” Torres said. “It’s one game, do or die.”