Hockey Goals: Burrows, Marchand, Hansen

Hockey Goals:
Burrows, Marchand, Hansen

What a topsy-turvey series so far – I love it! The Vancouver Canucks looked like the better team by far in games one and two, but the Boston Bruins have since roared back, outscoring their Stanley Cup opponents 12-1 in the last two games. While no one knows f’sure which teams will show up for game 5, one thing’s for certain, it’ll be entertaining.

Here are three of the best highlight goals from the first four games so far:

Alex Burrows:
I really don’t know what Boston Bruins goaltender Tim Thomas was thinking coming so far out of the net on this play, but Alex Burrows took advantage of Thomas’s misjudgment . . .  and then some, easily scoring the game winner for his Vancouver Canucks :11 into overtime:



Brad Marchand:
How ridiculous was this shortie-goal by Brad Marchand? Guy pulled a deck hockey move by banging the puck off the boards and skating around the defenseman, and then flipped the biscuit over a lackadaisically sprawling Roberto Luongo:



Jannik Hansen:
This goal had absolutely no impact on the game, since it was already 5-0 in favor of Boston, but the perimeter passing by the Vancouver Canucks’ players is worth watching. Tick, tack, tooooooe – Jannik Hansen buries one past a couldn’t-care-less Tim Thomas, ruining the Bruins’ goaltender’s bid for a shutout:

Hockey News: Aaron Rome Hit on Nathan Horton

Hockey News:
Aaron Rome Hit on Nathan Horton

Ridiculous hit by Vancouver Canucks' Aaron Rome on Boston Bruins forward Nathan Horton.

Game misconduct was issued to Rome immediately - wouldn't be surprised if he gets suspended too. Horton was carted off with what I'm sure is whiplash and a concussion.

The last replay is the closest view:

Hockey Photos: Lapierre Taunts, Lucic Gets Rocked and More

Hockey Photos:
Lapierre Taunts, Lucic Gets Rocked and More

Great Stanley Cup series so far! No doubt the Vancouver Canucks look like the better team so far, but don’t count out the Boston Bruins yet. They’re a scrappy bunch – I wouldn’t be surprised if they win the game at home tonight.

The series is only two games deep right now, but I’ve already collected a whole bunch of great photos from the 120 minutes and 11 seconds of hockey played. From Milan Lucic getting absolutely rocked to Maxim Lapierre making fun of the whole Alex-Burrows-going-all-Hannibal-Lecter-on-Patrice-Bergeron’s-mitt, here’s the best of the best:

Rogers Arena employees getting the rink ready for Game 2 of the Stanley Cup Finals. Apparently, it was dress like a fool day at work:



Boston Bruins forward Milan Lucic gets his world turned upside down by Vancouver Canucks defenseman Dan Hamhuis:




Boston Bruins forward Mark Recchi using the old noggin’ before Game One of the Finals:



Roberto Luongo heads out for warm-ups amidst a wave of back-pats:



Former chief disciplinarian Colin Campbell explains to new chief disciplinarian Brendan Shanahan and reporters on hand just how much of his job he truly enjoyed:



Apparently this youngin’ found a lapse in security at Rogers Arena (I make fun because I’m actually jealous of this kid);



Manny Malhotra farts in the general direction of Boston Bruin Michael Ryder (btw, all kidding aside, great to see Manny back in the game after his injury):



Maxim Lapierre taunts Patrice Bergeron over “Finger-Gate”:

Hockey Photo: Alex Burrows Bite

Hockey Photo:
Alex Burrows Bite

Yeah, so, last night during Game 1 of the Stanley Cup finals, Alex Burrows of the Vancouver Canucks got into a bit of a tussle with Boston Bruins forward Patrice Bergeron. The fight culminated with Burrows chomping down on Bergeron's finger, specifically, his pointer finger, as evidenced in this photo here:



The result? No disciplinary action for Burrows because, as the league explained, they could "find no conclusive evidence that Alex Burrows intentionally bit the finger of Patrice Bergeron."

Seriously? Seriously. with a ton of photos already circulating the Web, at all different angles no less, plus clear video evidence, I think it's pretty obvious what happened here.

Burrows should be suspended, but it looks like he'll get away with it by the skin of his teeth.

Hockey Music: Canucks Stanley Cup Finals Song

Hockey Music:
Canucks Stanley Cup Finals Song

So it's down to the Vancouver Canucks and the Boston Bruins for the Stanley Cup. Let the YouTube Stanley Cup song wars begin!

Up first is an only-slightly-annoying parody of "Lazy Song" by Bruno Mars. It's called the "Canucks Stanley Cup Finals Song". The lyrics are, well, okay. The best part of the video is the Green Men impersonations.

Enjoy - I hope:



Sing. Dance. Play hockey!