[Devils-list] Devils...Leafs....Game 3 !!

[DevAngel Publishing]

the CRASHER line
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      Well we take this series back to Canada...where talk about living in
the PAST....50 years since your last Cup ??? to the DAY ??? Shit let's
play a VIDEO if the film doesn't ROT before we put it to video :p...anyway
once we're done living in the past....you think we can continue THIS YEAR'S
playoffs ??? :p

Pre-Game Notes:
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-- Despite the OT game winner Randy McKay was NOT pleased with his
    efforts in game 2 and the first thing he did when he got off the ice was to
    go right to Larry Robinson for in his words "the worst game of his career"
    ....it will be interesting to see how this line in particular reacts to 
the ass
    whooping the Sundin line has been handing them :p
-- speaking of ass whoopings....amazing how Julie ALWAYS runs and hides
    EVERY time the Pens lose in the playoffs....she's truly begun to fit the
    Penguin fan mold....in-DEED !!!!
-- well the whining has BEGUN from the fat one folks :)....Pat Quinn is once
    again CRYING AND MOANING (Imagine him coaching the Penguins :p)
    about how Scott Gomez was all over the place and that "more goalie
     interference penalties need to be called".....well clear your slot 
area and
     it's not a problem fat boy :p
-- I think the EA Sports line is about 2 or 3 shifts away from being put on 
a milk
    carton as missing in action...the offense is not ALOT less then last year
    but Jason Arnott is playing and once again has that "deer in head lights"
    look to his game that drove Doug Gilmour to thinking he could win in 
Chicago
    now THAT is deluded folks :p
-- and speaking of Chicago...you know the Hawks are bad when the WWF has
    a PAY PER VIEW in Chicago...and Kurt Angle doesn't even MENTION the
    Hawks even when he set up a TEXTBOOK Mironov comment with the fat
    out of shape stars (tho I was SCREAMING MIRONOV and waving my Hawks
    jersey at the TV in Poor Billy's *l*)
-- for a team that is getting it's ASS KICKED in faceoffs you think they could
    FIND a way to get Bob Corkum in the line-up ??? (hint...try throwing 
Pandolfo
    off a cliff :p)
-- one note we are learning in life tho is that no matter how good one serving
    of Wings Ala Potvin can be....they still can't top a good dose of Wings Ala
    ROY no matter how easily they beat Detroit :)....and man with now Aaron
    Ward having a near death car accident in Detroit...I am NEVER driving out
    there :p (it's funny cause he's ok...leave me alone :p)
-- and it has to be ok if I am doing sex surveys for someone's psych class :p

Tonight's Goalies:
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NJ: Brodeur (5-2, 1.86 gaa, 90.1%)
Tor: CuJo (4-1, 1.43 gaa, 95.2%)

Special Teams Stats:
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NJ: 1 / 13 (7.8%)
Tor: 1 / 6 (16.7%) 1 shg scored

Injuries/Scratches:
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NJ: McKenzie, Corkum, Sutton
Tor: Belak (Shoulder), Manson, Svoboda, Hoglund, MacLean, Farkas,
        Ponikarovsky, Dempsey

First Period
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-- well the off-ice guys are from Ottawa....maybe that can help *l*
-- Holik smashed by Domi as Leafs SWARMING EARLY....Sundin....Domi
    ...Roberts the follow in front...BUT MARTY STOPS EM EARLY and gets in
    the game with a BIG GLOVE STOP ON THE FOLLOW !!!
-- Perreault...shot...wide....Berezin...the follow....fires...SAVE Marty...
    Perreault....the follow in...front...PASSES OFF ??? and back the Devils
    come....Defenseman falls....TWO ON NONE...but it's PANDOLFO AND
    STEVENSON...talk about bad breaks...and Stevenson even FALLS IN
    DISBELIEF as CuJo stops the 5 hole shot on Jay-ness who trips over
    the rebound :p.....well looks like Yushkevich got a piece of Stevenson
    JUST enough to slow him down !! :p
-- Nieds...Gomez....fires a shot....CuJo stops and McCabe is all over him
    and the two go off for some early roughing minors as both are trying to
    establish in front of CuJo !!
-- 4 on 4:
    Holik...swirls....back to Rafalski....wrister....save CuJo....Sundin 
leads it
back....Marty makes the save but Holik SMASHES Roberts knocking him
flat...thing is Roberts never had the puck  :p
-- Tor 4 on 3 pp:
    Madden wins the draw and clears...Yushkevich drops in Stevens stops
and back out again !!!
    Markov...Sundin....Markov...FIRES with Roberts in the way...Marty holds on
as the Leafs playing catch and the patience thing :P
     Sundin...too much sauce on the saucer pass.....catchy but lost control :)
Sundin...Roberts in front...SAVE MARTY with traffic...Marty no stick but the
Devils the rebound and clear !!!
    Sundin....again...SAVE MARTY !!!..and Jay gives up his stick to Daneyko
best thing he can do as it's 5 on 4 now :P
    Berezin....looks...centers...no sale !! Holik go free !!!
-- Niedermayer looks.....man up ahead....pass on his STICK AND IT'S
   GODDAMN PANDOLFO AGAIN.....THEY'RE NOT CHECKING HIM AGAIN
   CAUSE THEY KNOW BETTER :p...and McCabe BACK to the box for slashing
    at Jay for delusions of offense :P
-- NJ pp:
    Mogilny...Gomez...Nieds...shot..SAVE CuJo...Rafalski...kicked out again
CuJo and tossed out by Korolev !!
    Holik....Elias...blocked Markov.....back come the 
Leafs....McCauley...Tucker
SQUIRMS IN.....looks...shot...LEFT PAD SAVE MARTY !!!!!
    Gomez....back to Rafalski....shot...save CuJo pp ends but right as it does
some nails Gomez in the back with a cross check !!!!
-- hey fat boy wanted more stuff called in front of the goalies....he GOT IT :p
-- NJ pp:
    Gomez....Mogilny...in front..save CuJo..Devils swarming now !!!
    Gomez....shot..SAVE CUJO...FOLLOW OFF THE IRON AND IN THE
GLOVE BY CUJO !!!!  BTW, the penalty is on Cross...and the PLAY IS
UNDER REVIEW !!!!
     well it was VERY CLOSE...but no goal is the rule...and well....on a close
one like that just do it AGAIN :p
     Kaberle tries to clear....off Niedermayer's ass....but that's a HAND PASS
where does that linesman keep HIS hands ??? :p
     Sykora...Arnott...FIRES...rebound...Elias...SAVE CUJO !!!!
    and like I said...DO IT AGAIN !!!!!

(1 - 0, NJ) Holik[5-pp] (Arnott, Elias) {9:21}
Holik around the boards....back to Arnott at the point...looks...gives
back to Holik in the faceoff dot....and he lets go a BOMB with
Elias raising hell in front....Elias never touches it but because of
him NEITHER CAN CUJO !!!!

-- Leafs come back with Sundin and Thomas both getting some BIG shots
     on Marty but he STOPS THEM ALL !!! you GO MAR-TEEENN !!!
-- Domi....drops...McCauley trails...fires..SAVE Marty who keeps it in his
    skates as the shoves continue !!!!
-- I never thought I'd say this...THANK YOU MIKE MODANO !!! :)
-- god Randy...you NEED to lose the moustache...can we say "Dirty
    Sanchez" ?? :p...I know we can !!
-- don't think too much of the first goals tho...they lost the last 3 games
    to buck that trend that was big in the first round :P
-- Mogilny...it's a FUMBLE !!! but Marty swats away..thank you !! Start Beezer
    tonight ???....you people are NUTS :P
-- Elias...Sykora..one step over the line...fires...kicked out CuJo...are we
    seeing an EA Sports revival ??...I'm reaching :p
-- but that WAS one FAST 15 minutes of hockey !!!
-- Pandolfo...with room..PASSES OFF...yay !! Stevenson...shot..SAVE CuJo !!
-- Mogilny...one on THREE....stops...loses but dumps in ....Leafs clear...but
    back comes Alex AGAIN...to Gomez....back to Nieds....shoots...wide and
    Gomez can't follow !!!
-- once AGAIN Scott Niedermayer is stepping up BIG and making plays
    that are not finishing but you can see he is wrecking HAVOC on any
    Leafs defensive intents !!!...anyone got a  Pandolfo card to burn ??? :)
-- what is with the shrieking sound that can only be described as a gay
    fire alarm dammit ????.....them and that damn Canadian :P
-- White...shot..Madden...the follow...Stevenson the SECOND chance.....
    has open net but CUJO DIVES ACROSS AND SAVES THE DAY !!!!
-- Rafalski...off the draw...kicked out CuJo giving ALOT of big rebounds !!!
-- Roberts...turnover...Holik the follow...SAVE CuJo as Holik is one unabrow
    on a MISSION tonight !!!
-- Marty swats to the corner....but McCauley gets to it...behind the net....
    works to the front....but look at THIS poetic Justice...DOMI TO THE BOX
    now if ONLY they'd call the Penguins on shit like this and we'd end whiny
    bitches EVERYWHERE :p
-- NJ pp:
    all 5 seconds of it on the Domi trip the period ends !!!

Second Period
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-- now to get to work on that power play :)
    Devils march in and move the puck with authority...amazing what a few
pp GOALS can do ???  :p
    Rafalski...whiffs...HURRIED over....down low to Sykora...McKAY MARCHES
IN...pass...one-times...SAVE CUJO !!!!
    Gomez...behind the net...stuff..save...rebound..McKAY FANS AND TIPS
AWAY FROM MOGILNY...dammit !!! oh did CUJO EVER MAKE A SKATE
SAVE ON THAT MCKAY FOLLOW....damn I know he's the enemy and so
on...but he is DAMN GOOD !!!
    Gomez....Alex...RIPPED wide and out of the zone...pp over....
-- O'Donnell GIVES TO PERREAULT LIKE HE WAS TRYING OUT FOR THE
    LEAFS...behind the net....looks...stuffs...but Marty is no Hedberg !!! :p
-- Roberts...Sundin....cuts in...looks...backhand...SWEEPING STICK CHECK
    MARTY !!!!
-- Fidget....dumps in....CuJo BACK TO BRYLIN (must outdo the O'Donnell
    turnover :p)....but CuJo MAKES THE SAVE !!!
-- Brylin....cuts....Fidgets...gets free...CUJO HANGS ON !!!!!
-- a VERY poor White Turnover leading the rush turns into some Leafs offense
    with Roberts....Thomas....cycle...in front...picked off O'Donnell !!!!
-- do I have to thank Brett Hull too ?? naahh...he's still a dick, but 2-0 
Stars
    and I am happy is just wrong enough :p
-- Arnott HUSTLES AND BREAKS UP AN ICING !!!! Write that down Scott !!!
-- Corson...gives....McCabe returns....Corson stuff....tuck...PAD SAVE MARTY
    HOLDING HIS GROUND AGAIN !!!!!
-- no one bends his right knee better than Brodeur ??? How do you JUDGE
    that ??? Guess Melanie might *l*
-- Brylin...over the line...bobbles...but McKay cruises in and DROPS A BOMB
    that CuJo smothers and hangs on !!!!
-- Nemchinov....leads....MOGILNY ON A BREAKAWAY...looks but TAGS IT
    WIDE...and that will COST :p

(1 - 1)  Valk[1] (Markov, Perreault) {8:52}
*ok back to MSN now :p* Leafs play up the left side.....come in 3 on 2
Perreault over the line....Markov takes the shot cutting to the 
slot....Valk the
rebound...wide open net and he buries it....and this could make this a
LONG game :p

-- Elias...down the left...backhand.....save...rebound...Sykora...can't get
    a stick on the roller !!
-- Antropov....Corson....centers...no sale !!
-- Antropov...from the corner...centers...no one home...and Markov DRILLED
    by Sykora ??? Petr ??? the DEVILS Petr ??? Oh wait...the Sun said we
    have MICHAEL...that explains it :p
-- Antropov and White trade jabs but White gets an EXTRA 2 :p
-- Tor pp:
    Thomas....Kaberle...blocked and smothered !!!
    but they get another shot

(2 - 1, Tor) Thomas[4-pp] (Roberts, Kaberle) {11:26}
Roberts...from the right boards...looks...waits....waits....almost too
long...but takes his shot up close off the pads of Marty...Thomas
shakes free in front and fires the rebound before Marty can react
and nothing can be done but to ban ICQ :P

-- McCauley...in front...kicked out Marty and taken away Mogilny !!
-- Rafalski....Stevens....Holik in front...CuJo holds on and is that late
    save in the first ever TOO big :p
-- Arnott...Sykora...in front...JUST missed wide...White...in front...off 
McCabe
    and JUST wide !!
-- Valk to the box for attempted Pandolfo-cide :p
-- NJ pp:
    Stevens...to McKay...high slot....fires...Alex swats at the rebound...CuJo
holds on !!!
    Roberts...Sundin...offside as Julie puts the jersey on that never 
should have
been on the floor tonight :P
    Arnott...Elias...can't handle...pp ends.....
-- nice flop JailBitch...Hecht over the spread legs.....Stars up 2-1 :P
-- Madden...back to the point..Rafalski....flings...kicked out CuJo...Leafs
    come back....and Stevens gives Thomas THE shoulder !!!!
-- Gomez...down the left....looks...in front..OFF BERG AND BOUNCES
    JUST HIGH !!! Daneyko can't keep...Valk...Perreault....in front...SAVE AND
    COVER MARTY !!!!
-- and fat boy is gonna whine like hell now :p...but I'm sorry....you CAN NOT
    CROSS CHECK THE GOALIE MORON :p....go away Corson :p
-- NJ pp:
     nice comment Chico...if Quinn could ACTUALLY see what was going
on...but that would necessitate on putting down the nachos :p
     Gomez...Mogilny...Rafalski...cross point but Rafalski hurries and misfires
Devils hurry....but no time left in the period !!!

Third Period
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-- you know...how godDAMN stupid is ESPN...bad enough they put as
    anti-Devil a guy you could find in Neil (and Bob) Smith....but they let
    TONY TWIST do the Blues/Stars ??? Nice to give down the middle
    coverage on your games slapasses :p
-- Devils have less than a buck thirty on this pp to settle it down and get 
GOING
    Devils can't keep and Niedermayer had to hustle to deny a 2 on 1 the other
way.....as the Devils wasted the first minute :p
    Mogilny....in front...scurry....bodies flying...puck in the net with 
Gomez in
front but the net was well off the mark by the time the puck crossed the
line :p
     Stevens...Gomez...in front for Nemchinov....to far...pp killed at the 
empty
Stevens point :p
-- BUT RIGHT AFTER !!!!

(2 - 2) Gomez[4] (Rafalski, Stevens) {1:354
LATINNNOOO HEAT BABY !!! As the Devils come RIGHT BACK
...Rafalski ala Niedermayer coast to coast....beats his man to the
corner....FLINGS IN FRONT...Gomez in front ONE TIMES FROM
MID AIR AND CUJO NO CHANCE ON THE MID AIR REDIRECT!!!

-- Madden...Stevenson...SAVE...follow...in front...JUST MISSED MADDEN !!!
-- ok...we need to get some scrub ex-Devils cards to Wisconsin cause each
     time the perv burns one...we SCORE :)
-- Sundin....behind the net as Marty can't play...Roberts...in front...but
    NO ONE HOME !!!......Roberts in front jabbing with Stevens....but Marty
    HOLDS ON !!!!
-- that's BRILLIANT...Charles Oakley here to see a QUARTER of the hockey
    game...stick to the pot and NBA dufus :P

-- O'Donnell...back to Mogilny....high hard shot...CuJo stays back and fights
    that shot into the glove !!!
-- Gomez...bad angle....shot...save..REBOUND MOGILNY....SAVE CUJO who
    JUST KICKS AWAY FROM NEMCHINOV !!!
-- Madden...long RIP...OFF THE GLOVE OF CUJO !!!
-- Niedermayer....high slot..WICKED shot that freezes CuJo but it JUST
    MISSED THE OUTSIDE !!!
-- PANDOLFO to the box ??? Is Sucking illegal ???? no but yanking a fellow
    man's stick IS :p
-- Tor pp:
    Kaberle...Sundin...ROCKET...missed short !!
    and the Leafs do NOTHING as Jay goes free from his 2 minutes of alone
time !!
-- Gomez...Mogilny....nope....Gomez....O'Donnell.....that lil Specismo is
    EVERYWHERE :P
-- Tucker...in front...save...Tucker....again DENIED MARTY !!! Devils trapped
    by the pesky unit !!
-- Stevens...keeps...fires....long shot...longer rebound...McKay...off the side
    of the net !!!
-- Sykora....follows...fans....Elias.....picks it up...over CuJo...shot DROPS
    but OFF THE CROSSBAR (Julie plug *l*)
-- Rafalski...snaps from Cross....up to Nemchinov.....back to Rafalski....
    loses...pokes....CuJo holds on !!!
-- Roberts...off the draw...shot..save...MARTY PILE ON as it rolls wide as
    this is MOST improper of sportsmanship....but we ain't playing for British
    Chocolates tonight :P
-- McKay to WAR in front with Holik and Fidget cycling...Holik to the front...
   can't get McKay...off Cross.....McKay fans...back to Rafalski but his shot
   goes wide !!!
-- 5:43 to go and I get a feeling I will not have alot to say till we hit 
about the
    last minute as this is almost in overtime mode now :p
-- and you know I am tense with the harassment poor Lynsey is getting on
    MSN *l*
-- Gomez misplays up the boards....Yushkevich....holds.....shot......missed
    LEAFS MISS AT THE POINT...IN COMES GOMEZ...SHOT...SAVE
    REBOUND....BUT CUJO GETS THE PADS ON IT....CHAOS IN FRONT
    BUT THE FOLLOW BY DANEYKO THEN ALEX NEVER GETS THROUGH !!
    HOLY SHIT !!! :p....and only 4:00 to go in the 3rd *l*
-- oh nooooo.....Brylin is DOWN and hurting...GET UP FIDGET !!!!!
-- looks like he just twisted his ankle....he's no Modano he should be back :)
-- ugh...this White/O'Donnell pair is just NOT good to have on the ice late 
on :P
-- Kaberle...Corson....from the bad angle...kicked out Marty....back comes
    McKay...left to right...in front...far side....flipped wide !! 2:30 left
-- Valk...Perreault....shot...save..Valk the follow..kicked out Marty !!!
-- Nieds....soft shot/dump in.....Gomez....Nemchinov ALMOST beat CuJo to
    the post but lost the puck !!! 1:20 left....
-- 30 seconds from MORE overtime hell :p
-- Sundin DOWN on the ice after trading some major wood...errr..slashes
    from Stevens :p...and they BOTH go off with 17 seconds into the period
    and to the overtime ??? this could be important....
-- 4 on 4:
     Elias...down the wing...MUGGED by Markov....well I GUESS you can't call
that on the last chance of the game...prolly not...redo the ice and get your
asses to the bathroom...NO PEEING IN OT :p

Overtime
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-- well as per last game....here goes OT...we're FUCKED :P
    *rewinds TiVo 30 seconds so Pervie can ruin the result*  *l*
--  looks like no Fidget for the rest of the game :(
-- 4 on 4:
    man this is the TIGHTEST checked 4 on 4 I ever saw :p
    Corson...blocked....McCabe....stopped Marty.....man Doc has to
stop thinking penalties are coming :p
    Nemchinov.....shot...wide....O'Donnell...eewww :p
    and out come the Captains :p
-- White decks Tucker !!!!
-- Roberts....steal....TRIES TO WILL THE PUCK OVER MARTY BUT HE
    HAS TOO MUCH WILL AND IT'S OVER THE NET !!!!
-- Cross..Roberts...blocked out Marty !!! oh God oh GOD :p
-- Gomez...over the line...cross to Sykora...and HE GETS ALL OF IT but
    does CUJO EVER MAKE THE GLOVE SAVE ON THAT !!!!!
-- Madden...in front for Gomez....blocked....kept Stevens...dances past his
    man...looks...shot...blocked !!
-- Holik....in front...McKay...nope...Rafalski...keeps...SAVE CuJo !!!
   Devils depth taking over ??? no way Leafs in 5 :p
-- Elias...blast....WIDE !!!!
-- Daneyko pulls down Thomas...SUCK IT TORONTO :p
-- Markov...off the draw...EEP...Marty da blocker !!
-- Mogilny...over the line...I can NOT take this :p....shot off a leg and wide
    funny the Leafs look as nervous as I AM :p
-- well the TIVO THING WORKS :)

(3 - 2, NJ !!!) Rafalski[3]  (Holik) {7:00}
well you burn a card...you win the game ???? Devils win the
draw and Rafalski TAKES OFF with the puck....cuts in...trying
to hit McKay for the "look what I did to you again" play :p....but
it HITS CORY CROSS AND BOUNCES RIGHT THROUGH THE
LEGS OF CUJO who had NO CHANCE on that !!! And Don't worry
Doc...the call of the goal after is just as sweet :)

Shots on Goal:   1 + 2 +   3  +  4  == total
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Devils:             14 + 10 + 17 +  3 ==  44
Leafs:               8 +  9  +   8 +  3 ==  28

Power Plays:
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NJ: 1 / 5
Tor:  1 / 3

My 3 Stars
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3. Curtis Joseph....the Valiant effort yet again !!!
2. Martin Brodeur.....Made a TON of saves early and again did
all he had to do till the offense came around !!
1. Brian Rafalski...so much for the "Devils suck in OT" thing :p
     you get the OT game winner you are the MAN !!!

    Game 4 on Thursday....Bring on the overtime :)

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up over the years and find them fitting...and most of you don't read THIS far
anyway :)...and for the most the quotes below have been here so long that I
prolly don't even REMEMBER what's here !!!!!

"It's not a wide-open game, which they would love. If
we're not allowed to hit and if we're not allowed to
check, I'm going to come back, too. I'm going to make
a comeback. I'm going to play in this league if nobody
touches me. If no one backchecks on me, and if they
let me make plays and shoot on the net and get 2-on-1's
and breakaways, I'm going to go back and play. I could
play for fun, but I know I'm going to get killed if
we play for real."

Wild coach and Hall of Fame former player Jacques
Lemaire responding to complaints by Pittsburgh players
that Minnesota's defensive-style turns off fans.
The Wild, by the way, have sold out every one of
their home games this season.


"For Kevin Dean (who couldn't cut it on 2 different teams this season) to be
on our first pairing of defensemen is pretty scary. While it's nice that he
got a goal, I can't help but be reminded that even a blind squirrel finds
an acorn"
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There is a line that many comedians use:
"If you didn't offend someone, you weren't funny"
(I LIVE by this phrase !!)

Too often, we lose sight of life's simple pleasures.  Remember, when
someone annoys you it takes 42 muscles in your face to frown BUT, it only
takes 4 muscles to extend your arm and bitch-slap the motherfucker upside
the head...pass it on.....

"Yea, though I walk through the Valley of the Shadow of Death I shall fear
no Evil for tho art wi...HOLY SHIT !!!"
--Shane Willis' last words 4/15/2001

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