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I remember that. My first playoff game was the infamous 1-0 loss to the Isles in 75. But I was like only 8 so I really couldn't appreciate it much.Rewatched the game this morning - thanks insomnia.
The more I learn about this Jeff Carter fella, the more I'm starting to like him....
BIG props to Geno who played the smartest hockey game of his life. Short shifts and on the right side of the puck all night long. A+ game by G.
This Kris Letang is the Kris Letang his detractors have always wanted. He IS the Penguins blueline.
Sure would love to see Jarred McCann show up for playoff hockey. Maybe someday....
Losing to a team trying to shithouse their way past you would be so incredibly frustrating. How anyone elevates the "face washing after the whistles" facet of hockey to being better than watching people skate fast and do cool things - well it's completely beyond me.
Isles win the garbage after the whistle stuff, Penguins win the game. That's my prediction.
As one get older, things you used to love start to lose their shine a bit. NHL Playoff Hockey is one of the very few things that still gives me the same feeling as when I was 16.
Felt the same way during that game the other night as I did in 1982 when the the Kehoe/Carlyle/Dion Pens came within an inch of cutting that 4yr Islanders Cup run in half.
My first live playoff game was a 2-1 Penguin overtime victory against the Juggernauts from the island to stave off elimination after 8-1 & 7-2 thrashings in NY. Ownership had been so embarrassed they'd actually offered fans a refund. A friend at the Mill gave my Grandpa the tickets in disgust last second.
I've come full circle. Can hear the "Dion" chant from the old Arena as I write.
Highly recommend watching the beginning piece on the Refund.
1981-82 Patrick Division Semi-Finals Game 3, New York Islanders vs. Pittsburgh Penguins Box Score: April 10, 1982 | Hockey-Reference.com
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My first playoff game. Pens, I believ Golden Seals. Their goalie Smith took out Michel Briere. The whole arena yelling kill smith, kill smith
Still a lot of hockey to play in this game. Two goal leads can disappear quickly.
But the Pens have now officially lost their minds. Tripping call nullifying their power play, and then Letang interfering. Just like that 3-0.
Amen. Awful. Just awful. It is Crosby Island out there......he's alone.
The Islanders are making a point of beating up on Guentzel. Haven't noticed Rust, which says a lot. Sid had one good chance right in front. Goalie made a great play coming out and Sid couldn't elevate the puck.
I was at that game too. Umpteen chances where if Larouche was a half of step faster...
Me, too. Was right above the Jagr and Lemieux goals. And, as the Master said, You had to be there to believe it!!
The team would be better if Rust and Guentzel extracted their heads from their asses and started playing hockey. The Isles have crushed Guentzel every chance they get and he has been invisible. I don't have an excuse for Rust. They have looked slow and maybe they are even playing scared or at least tentative. They just haven't brought their battle level even close to where it needs to be to be effective in this series. Should it continue, I doubt like hell it would matter if our goalie was Patrick Roy or Ken Dryden.
