Torres
VANCOUVER — The first Bruins Stanley Cup Final game in 21 years ended as dramatically and as disappointingly as one could imagine.
Vancouver capitalized on Johnny Boychuk’s giveaway at the blueline and Raffi Torres cashed in off of Jannik Hansen’s feed with just 18.5 seconds left in regulation for a 1-o victory in Game 1 of the 2011 Stanley Cup Final at Rogers Arena tonight.
Game 2 will be Saturday at the same venue.
Here’s a quick glance at the box score:
•Boychuk was stripped of the puck by Selke Trophy favorite Ryan Kesler, who was a monster all night. He logged 24:23 of ice time and won 13 of 22 draws, while keeping David Krejci’s line off the score sheet.
•With the goal for Vancouver tonight, Boychuk has now been on the ice for the Bruins’ last seven goals against since Game 5 against Tampa Bay in the Eastern Conference Final.
•The Bruins couldn’t complain about Tim Thomas’ play in net, as he stopped 33 of 34 shots. Roberto Luongo, however, won the duel with 36 saves.
•The Bruins’ power play an abysmal 0-for-6, dropping it to 5-for-67 in the playoffs — 7.46 percent.
Lucic is a fraud 30 goal 5 empty net.. put marchand on first line.. why does horton belong there.god forbid we move varsity players….
Oops. I got the quote wrong. it should read:
Raffi: The name’s Raffi Torres, but everybody calls me Psycho. Any of you guys call me Francis, and I’ll kill you.
Lucic: Ooooooh.
Raffi: You just made the list, buddy. And I don’t like nobody touching my stuff. So just keep your meat-hooks off. If I catch any of you guys in my stuff, I’ll kill you. Also, I don’t like nobody touching me. Now, any of you h@m@s touch me, and I’ll kill you.
Chara: Lighten up, Francis.
“The names Raffi…people call me psycho…any of you Bruins touch my stuff…I’ll f#@%ing kill you”…
McT. Francis is perfect.
Chris, I saw this. It made Thomas look absolutely insane.
They knock the net off, and he stands in the middle of his crease, taps one imaginary post, then another. Then tosses his arms in the air as if to say “SCREW IT”
Chara just doesn’t know what to do in front of the net. He thinks he’s Mike Bossy up there trying to tip it. Lurch…you’re 6’9 and make Frankenstein look fast.Stop moving to the side to tip it and just park your giant carcass in front Luongo and block his VISION.
nifty, that is funny. To me he looks like Francis in “Stripes,” if any of you remember that movie.
As a Vancouver fan I’d like to say how very happy I am to see Chara standing in front of Luongo on the Boston PP. Four reasons why I’d like him to stay there:
1) He seems unable to tip pucks,
2) Luongo can see the play by looking through his legs
3) No 105 MPH slap shot to injure our D-men
4) Vancouver D-men get at least 5 free cross checks on him per PP. Plus every time Luongo froze the puck, Chara ended up getting sent to the ice with a sore back.
My favorite moment was at the end of the first. The net was dislodged and players were scrumming (and biting), and Thomas moves to the middle of the goal line and does his “tap the stick against the posts” routine in the air! Loved it.
I like the mug shot of that mouth-breather Torres. Should have photoshopped in a banjo for good measure.
Seconded
I was begging Clode to call a time out in that last 5-minutes. The Bs were absolutely gassed, and that’s why they lost. They simply had nothing left.
Count me in for Tyler and/or Pev taking Rex’ minutes.
Looked like two prize fighters feeling each other out over the course of the first couple early rounds to me.
Oh.. and the Refs were AWFUL…. and the announcers on NBC were their chumps. How many times did they talk about how terrible that phantom Krecji cross-check to the head of Hamhuis was?! For the love of god – it never happened – the guy hurt himself!
Seguin is not the answer. He was behind plays all night and I don’t know if he even got a shot off. The Bruins played about as well as could be expected and I was hoping they could steal a win in OT but ARGHHH!!
Step off the ledge. It is a long series. The Bruins were not going to sweep. Go out and take game 2. They dont have to change a whole lot.
@Bernard Gilbert…welcome back…let the crazy begin! As for the game last night….those of you as old as I will remember the Peter Klima goal from game one of the 1990 finals. Klima’s goal was in OT but I had the same feeling last night when Torres scored…uh-oh. Soul crushing loss. I hope they can turn this thing around.
Chara got involved in a few clashes with Van’s forwards. They don’t seem to care his size one bit. If this continues, Z will be out of gas sooner than later. Especially if Julien keeps on playing him on PPs. Skating back and forth the length of the ice will prove tiresome for Z imo.
I would love to have a 30 goal scorer on my 3rd line.
I can’t believe that douchebag Torres scored the winner
Lucic continues tog ive the puck away.When will this town realize he’s a 2nd 3rd liner at best.Is This club ok with just getting here.Need bettercoaching. play seguin more and recchi less no brainer
I cannot understand why Recchi gets so much ice time. He is making bad plays and is terrible on the PP. With all thw centers on this team there is no reason for Recchi to take an offensive zone face off. Thomas was awesome, but the Canucks have too much depth.
Boston got beat by the better team tonight – that’s the reality. Vancouver definitely had better chances, and also hit iron… Timmy was outstanding. The team was undisciplined, and the best 5 on 5 team in the league can’t afford to spend as much time in the box as the Bruins did – especially when they’re playing the President’s Trophy winner. I was also disappointed in the way the team went about entering Vancouver’s zone; there were too many turnovers in the neutral zone/entering the offensive zone. The Canucks were down to 5 D; pucks need to be placed intelligently, and deep, and the forecheck needs to HAMMER those Van D-men; gotta take advantage of the numbers and wear them down. I expect much more discipline on Saturday night, and I can’t wait to attend my first ever game in Boston on Monday.
Boychuck is to blame yes, but no more than the linesman. It was offside. No doubt about it. Went back and watched it repeatedly on slow mo on the dvr. Ultimately, Boychuck messed up, and cost his team the game, but in a game as inconsistently officiated as that, it was bound to come down to the officiating, no matter which team won.
I think Chara was awesome. I would like to see more of Seguin, less than 7 minutes of TOI tonight. The Power Play has got to get better. I think Seguin would improve it with more time.
I know Boychuk is ultimately to blame, but I was very disappointed in Chara’s play tonight, including on the goal. I think he has to commit to taking away the pass and let Timmy take on the shooter one on one.