Priapism 101

                                               Bruins 6 - Stars 3

The View from Balcony Section 305 Row 11 Seat 4 could not have been any sweeter between 20:00 and 18:40. Within the first four seconds, the action between these newly acquainted rivals was, to put it lightly, FUCKING INSANE! Gregory Campbell took on "Brave" Steve Ott at 19:59 for the evenings first bout, however, Soupy's face got mangled. After 5 minutes of blood detail at the center dot, Shawn "That's why they pay me 2 million dollars" Thornton regained the momentum by winning the second gentlemanly duel of the young contest vs. Krys Barch. No less than 2 seconds later, Brian Sutherby unwisely chose to tango with rookie Adam McQuaid and got a strong right hook square in the beak. The Bruins set the tone right out of the gate and had momentum on their side. Those 3 fights proved pivotal when Milan Lucic got a sweet feed from David Krejci and slipped it past former Bruin Andrew Raycroft at :35 of the first. 45 seconds later, a White Hot Patrice Bergeron got another sweet feed from Brad Marchand for a 2-0 lead. But wait, there was still 58:40 left to play. Here it is for all to see.

Andrew Ference rearranged Adam Burish's face a little over 2 minutes later to spark Patrice Bergeron's second of the period and 19th of the season. Shawn Thornton capped off the first period shooting gallery with a perfectly placed howitzer from the right circle over Kari Lehtonen's shoulder. TD Garden saw 4 fights (30 PIM in the first 4 seconds), 4 goals and a "Top Ten" save for the Black and Gold in what may go down as one of the best periods the 16 year old building has ever seen.

Give the Dallas Stars credit, they did not quit. During the second period and thru the beginning of the third, momentum slowly started to shift their way. Finally, after a short handed goal and a Brad Richards blast, the Bruins woke up and knew they could not coast to a victory. 2 minutes after the lead was cut to a hair raising one, Young-blood Tyler Seguin found his scoring touch with a quick release from the high slot virtually sucking the life out of a surging Stars squad.

Tuukka Rask filled in well with some key saves throughout the contest. Although I would be remissed  if I did not diclose that I did not want to see Tuukka in net. Tim Thomas has been playing lights out and I, for sure, wanted to catch a glimpse of his magic up up close. But Tuukka proved why he is the goalie of the future as he held his ground the entire night.

Dan Paille has been suspended 4 games for his semi viscous blind side hit to the head during the second period. Reminds me of Matt Cooke's hit where he didn't get a penalty let alone a suspension. But Paille's hit is suspend-able and we can't bitch and moan about the Cooke incident because these are two complete and separate incidents.

It seemed last night that the referees were actively trying to let Dallas back into the game. They tagged Zdeno Chara for a ten minute misconduct for jawing with Steve Ott (also penalized). I mean c'mon guy, this is fucking hockey, not basketball, trash talk is part of the game. And what has seemed to be the biggest blown call of the season, a Adam McQuaid goal was disallowed because of goaltender interference. MY FUCKING ASS goalie interference. Not only was the Bruins forward outside of the crease, Lehtonen initiated the contact. It is what they teach forwards to do in youth hockey. To make matters worse, instead of a five goal lead, they took the goal away and gave us a penalty. This MASSIVE blown call threw Bruins fans into kill mode. 17,565 fans (Sieve and I included) screamed BULL SHIT. Fucking Zebras.

After the Paille hit, the Bruins were faced with an EPIC (understatement) 5 minute PK, with top defenseman and PK specialist Chara in the box, and they killed it with relative ease. The Bruins penalty killing unit is clicking on all cylinders and are giving some serious energy to this team. At the culmination of that penalty kill, the Garden gave the B's a well deserved standing ovation.

Patrice Bergeron had a GOLDEN opportunity to lock down a "cheap" hat-trick with an open net from the right face-off dot with time winding down and shot the puck a foot wide. However, he regained control and found Marchand out front for the ENG to put a seal on the victory. Unfortunately for Marchand, Sieve and I did not even cheer for the goal as we saw a hat-trick bid slip away (would have been the second "Pat-Trick" I witnessed this season).

With another solid victory, The Bruins get their 30th victory of the season and improve to 67 points. Currently on a 3 game winning streak, the B's welcome Jumbo Joe Thornton and his San Jose Sharks into town for a Saturday Matinee.

By far the best 50 dollars I have ever spent, probably, in my entire life.The Big Bad Bruins, Beers, and a surprising amount of eye candy in the balcony (not quite sure if they were all 18 years old, but that is neither here nor there). All in all I left the garden with my BOA Checking minus $100 and a voice box that was rendered silent. 2 major items I am willing to part with after a superb performance by the home team. Lets Saddle up for a long ride folks, and follow this team to the playoffs. GO BRUINS!