Burrows
VANCOUVER — The Bruins’ overtime winning streak this playoff season came to an end at four games at Rogers Arena tonight.
Alexandre Burrows, who dodged as suspension earlier this week after he bit Bruins center Patrice Bergeron in Game 1, potted a wraparound 11 seconds into the extra session to lift Vancouver to a 3-2 win and a 2-0 series lead in the Stanley Cup Final.
Game 3 is Monday in Boston.
Burrows beat Zdeno Chara circling the net after an Andrew Ference giveaway in the neutral zone. Tim Thomas came out to challenge and wound up on his stomach. No one was able to get back to protect the front of the goal.
Here’s a glance at the rest of the box score:
•Mark Recchi scored one of Boston’s goals, which ended an eight-game point-less streak.
•His goal came on the power play, which scored for the first time since Game 6 of the Tampa Bay series. The Bruins were 1-for-3, so they’re now 1-for-9 in the Cup Final.
•Burrows scored two goals and assisted on the third with a great feed to Daniel Sedin. The goal tied the game with 10:23 left in regulation.
•The goaltenders were again spectacular with Thomas making 30 saves and Roberto Luongo 28.
•Recchi was credited with five hits.
Gotta love how these dopes can’t handle the truth or facts. Vancouver will be going back to their losing ways in a few years. The new NHL is all about being force fed the European style of hockey. Watching a constant parade of players to the penalty box is a joke. The league is inconsistent as hell. They let cheap shots go but a little stick on a guy and oh….penalty! and all of the 5 on 3′s? Please. This Bettman led crap is totally inferior to the former product. I wouldnt pay to see an NHL game in person.
Do you really want to have a conversation about teams choking on 3-0 series leads, Sarge?
Sarge,
So when was the last time the Bruins won the cup… Some 40 years or so… Kinda sounds like the Canucks past? As for your stats… well they are just stats. Do you think they award the Stanley Cup on Stats from years past or winning the game that is played today?
Chicago lost in Game 7.. Almost came back but didn’t.
As for Neely well yes you have us there. You are welcome but I don’t think that he won the cup? MMM nope. Ibetcha he would trade the HOF for one cup?Maybe/maybe not.
Answer me this. Do you really think that the Bruins can clutch, grab and stick check the canucks for all three periods?
VanMike is obviously a teenager without a clue. He fancies himself as some sort of expert which is even more pathetic. Naturally he has amnesia because he won’t mention how Chicago almost came back from down 3 games to none to win in 7. And this year’s Chicago team was stripped of many important players from last year’s Stanley Cup champion squad. They went from 112 to 97 points this season. Chicago lost Byfuglien,Versteeg, Ladd, Eager, Madden, Sopel and Burish. That was a huge turnover in their roster. If you look at that list you see that these are battle tested veterans and several are very physical players that any team really needs come playoff time. Unfortunately this is the key problem with a salary cap. You cannot keep a good team together for very long and sustain excellence.
Go right ahead and thump your little chest but the reality is that the Vancouver franchise has a very unimpressive history. Since coming into the league in 1970, the Canucks have zero Stanley Cups, have missed the playoffs 16 times. That equals 40 % of the time, punk. They have also had losing seasons 23 times in 40 seasons or 57.5 % of the time. Thanks for Hall of Famer Cam Neely, btw
Wow! That was some fine analysis. But I’m curious at what point did it look like boston was going to win either of those games? Vancouver was overwhelmingly the dominant team in the third period of each of those games. And if you would pull your head out of your azz during the regular season and watch a few games that didn’t feature the bruins, you would know that the Nucks have dominated the third throughout the year. A 2-1 lead against the Canucks going into the third is as good as a loss. Better teams than the bruins have learned that lesson the hard way. If you are going to win a game you are going to have to do it with more than just goaltending. Just ask Corey Crawford, Pekka Rinne and Anti Niemi. I shouldn’t have to explain the basics of hockey to someone like you, but I’m feeling charitable. Here’s how it works! You win games by putting the puck into the other teams net more times than you allow it into your own net. It doesn’t mean zhit if it almost goes in our you give the team all that it can handle. You need to score, dipwad! And 8% on the powerplay is just bush. Wrap that up any way you like. You can tell yourself that your the best 5-5 team if you want, but you still have to prove it to win the Cup. Sure, that was good enough to get by the soft Eastern Conference teams. But just barely. But now your playing the toughest team in the league. If you don’t believe me check the stats. The Nucks lead the league in hits this post season. So far all We’ve seen out of the bruins is crying. With the biggest goon of all Mike Milbury leading the way. Enjoy watching your team lose again tonight, sucker!
all of you need to get a life!! Go B’s!!!
VanMike-What kind of medication are you on? If the Bruins are so out-matched as you say, how come they could have won both games in Vancouver? You’re talking out of your ass. Try to make some sense. As if they wasn’t stupid enough, you then go on to say that 6 or 7 of the Western Conference teams would beat Boston. Really? How do you know that? The #1 team from the West has its hands full as it is. Then you remove all doubt about how much of a fool you are by telling us how great the Western Conference is and that Boston wouldn’t even make the playoffs out there. Don’t make me laugh! Superior toughness? Cowards who bite other players aren’t tough. Get a clue. Rypien, Torres, Burrows and Lapierre have reputations as dirty and or cheap players.
You are so biased that you incapable of giving Boston any credit for what they have done. Without their top offensive player (Savard) they came back from 2-0 to beat Montreal. Do you know how hard it is for ANY team to come back from 2-0? Look it up statistically. The Flyers are a good team. Do you know how hard it is for ANY team to sweep another 4-0? Obviously not. I would not critisize the Flyers coaching at all. Laviolette is a highly respected NHL coach. You don’t win a Stanley Cup, take another team to the Finals or guide a team to a season of over 100 points by being dumb. Then you rip Tampa Bay. Guess what? They had 103 points. You proved that you really don’t know very much about hockey.
Sarge, I notice that you don’t really talk about your team much!? You seem content to try and prove how tough you are!? Is that because you know that the bruins are so totally out-matched in this series? It must be sobering to know that they would lose easily to 6 of the 8 Western Conference playoff teams. It would 7 if LA didn’t have so many injuries. In all seiousness, my question to you is, do you think that the bruins would have made the playoffs if they had to play in the Western Conference? If you factor in the superior speed, skill and toughness of the Western Conference as well as better overall goaltending there is no chance the bruins make the playoffs. If you look at the bruins, I mean really look at them, you would have to admit that this is a team that made the final more by default than by skill. Look at the path they took to get to the final. First you almost lost Montreal. Other than goaltending, what did that team have? They were riddled with injuries, but they still took you to game seven. The bruins were totally out-hit, out-skated and out-coached. You were lucky to win. Second up, the Flyers. That was like a bye. No goaltending, bad coaching and injuries. If you hadn’t won that series in four, you would have been a laughing stock. Which brings us to TB. What happened there? Once again you were totally out-coached. You were choking on three goal leads for crying out loud. It was TB! The only team in the league with a goalie old enough to know what it was like to be scored on by Wayne Gretzky. Oops! Sorry! I mean one of two teams. And you almost blew that one too! The truth is any of the eight Eastern Conference playoff teams could have backed their way in to the Cup finals. The bruins just happened to be the lucky ones. Wouldn’t you agree?
Sarge … Yes Canucks have their own blogs., but they don’t get to see a guy like you there …
By the way, do you think there should be a new lexicon, for a Burrows Hat Trick … Some goals, an assist and a bite!
Snerd
Sarge, I asked you which ex- players told you the new NHL was a joke?
More importantly, aside from your imaginary friends’ opinions, why do YOU think the new NHL is a joke?
Sarge, you do realize that the blog is on the “internet”. It’s neither here, there or anywhere really. Anyone from anywhere is free to post their opinions on this blog as long as the comply with some sort of code of conduct which Matt handles.
Sure, VanMike is gloating a bit but he’s up 2-0 right now and is messing with karma. You should get some thicker skin and expect smack talk to come your way. Also, the more angry you get, the more people like Van Mike and that Snerd Gronk are going to post here. You’re totally playing into their hands man.
All I know, is that if the Bruins win game 3, this board will be flooded with smack going Vancouver’s way. Win the games, get the bragging rights.
Van Mike spewing more of his childish garbage. Are you still in high school punk? The deal is you wouldn’t have the guts to say this crap to me face to face and everyone on here knows it. Doesnt Vancouver have their own blog that you can stay on instead of coming over here with your tired act? GFY
You raise some really interesting points sarge. What do old-time hockey players think of today’s faster, harder hitting more skilled game? Well, we know that the imaginary ones that visit you in your mamas basement all feel that the old-time hockey was the best. Of course, many of the ex-NHLer’s that I have talk to have all speculated that you most likely do wear womens clothing. The real question is, do you shop at Target, or do you prefer the Brand Name Outlet Stores? I mean, you want to look nice when Zdeno (or Zzz as you probably call him) comes over. Come Wednesday he’ll have some extra free time on his hands. It’s your misfortune that this is Vancouver’s year to win the Cup. But don’t worry, with such a hockey savvy market, I’m sure boston will win something.
This was all so pathetic to read.
Hey, ‘Guessed-it-wrong’ … What’s ringette hockey and how do you know about it? Is that where ‘Swimmin’ Timmy’ learned to to learned to do the backstroke so well
‘Classy’, is about to beat ‘grinding and slow and old’ … possibly in 4 games, but probably in 5. However, your clutch ‘n grab, beat-you-over-the- head, goonhockery would guarantee it would be in 4.
Snerd
Go home Trolls, you wouldn’t now real hockey if it came and bit your finger.
“… Keep running your mouth behind a computer screen twerp.” Hey … great line Sarge. Any mirrors in your house!?
Boston … win ugly and loose even uglier.
But Van Mic is right. The 70′s are over, even if the Dave Schultz interview with Geraldo Rivera is my favourite non-hockey, hockey moment.
Snerd
Sarge, you’re dumb-ing things down in here by going on and on about personal toughness. It’s the internet, for all we know, you’re a 5’6 accountant who dresses up in women’s clothing at night. You might not be, but it’s the internet. This real life threat stuff just doesn’t stick.
You are right, Vancouver hasn’t won the cup since they came in the NHL in 1970. The Bruins on the other hand haven’t won since….oh 1971??? To boot, you are not an expansion team so I don’t think you made very many points with that argument.
Sarge, which players think the new NHL is a joke? What part of the new NHL don’t they like? Is it the skating or the shooting? Are you suggesting we go back to neutral zone trapping and running interference left and right? Cause I tend to like the whole run and gun approach personally. If you’re not a good skater, you probably shouldn’t play hockey…right?
Sarge, VanMike is Canadian. OF COURSE HE PLAYED hockey.
btw, seriously Guest? Are you serious when you suggest the Bruins play quiet room hockey? Do you not know who’s in your lineup? You Know..Bergy…Savard who’s probably in a quiet room right now? So you’re advocating headshots because you are losing a series? Get help…
I’m constantly amused by the Bruins fans who want their ‘big bad bruins’ to start playing smashmouth. You’re just not getting it, are you? The Bruins have been outhit over the course of the playoffs by one team: The Canucks!. They have also been outhit (41-31 last night) by those same Canucks. The Bruins just does not have the vaunted toughness that they claim to have. They might be tough in the Eastern Conference, but in the West it’s nothing special.
It’s also worth pointing out that smashmouth means inevitable penalties, and I assure you that with an 8% vs 28% PP conversion, the Canucks will trade penalties with you all night long.
I repeat, you’re not getting it, the Canucks can match bodies with you without even blinking.
There are a lot of things the Bruins can do to help their cause, senseless hitting will end it quickly.
Sarge: if the new NHL is a joke, I guess it does’t bother you that the Bruins are losing? So why do you bother coming on here or anywhere if you don’t care?
VanMike-your teenage ramblinngs are both boring and ignorant, Vancouver hasn’t won a damn thing since they came into the NHL in 1970. You are a punk and I wil keep saying it. The new NHL is a joke and I’ve talked to ex players. Overwhelmingly, most of whom agree. Keep running your mouth behind a computer screen twerp.
Live large sarge. I got a PhD in kicking bruin azz. I think it’s really cute how you keep calling me a punk. Makes you sound tough. Are you guy that zhitkicked another knucklehead bruin fan because he wouldn’t hi-five you. Yeah! That’s what I’m talking about! That’s bruin tough. Let’s hear more from guest. He’s the smartest one of the whole lot of you. He knows exactly what you need. A touch of Terry O’reilly will really get you on the right track. We would love to see a parade to the penalty box. Just ask no show Joe how that worked out for the Sharks. Any other bright ideas guest? Maybe milbury can cry us a river? Oh! Wait! I think he tried that already. You clowns will never win a Cup because you’re all stuck in the 70′s. This ain’t the 70′s anymore, marys, and you ain’t playing in the gahden either. If you want to win the Cup, you need to have talent and depth. Period. Not the knuckle dragging assortment of journeymen. Get out of the past. Hacks.
Snerd,
The Bruins should never play classy hockey this series. What I’m hoping is they start play ‘quiet room hockey’.
If you want your hockey classy then re-join your ringette league you douche.
Guest … Lapierre was not taunting Bergie. He was asking in french if Bergie could still point, and saying the whole Canuck team was worried he won’t be able to participate …. in the Boston blame game!
And advocating goon hockey! Way to stay classy. Win ugly, loose ulgier … Pull up your ‘Sox’ man! Some people still remember Chara’s ‘no suspension’ attempt to end Pacioretty’s career. And y’all are whining about a finger … !
Bieksa played it like a man when hacked down by Peverley. He didn’t go whining to the ref. Manny came back with one eye and his head in a bucket and won 6 outta 7 faceoffs. Burrows answered his B-grade critics by being in on every single goal for the Canucks ….
Name your style, the Canucks can play it … and then beat you at it, with class. For the Stanley Cup, they are the new Bruins, not a bunch of waaaaaaanta “B”z ….
Snerd
Bojangler,
Troll eh? Just getting in your face cause like the team we are more skilled better skaters, play a more exciting brand of hockey. Chara is a pylon, your coach doesn’t know what to do next. Should I be looking for you and and 150 of your friends when you are crying in the unrinals. Yeah love this site. Like your team: slow, dumb and bunch of whiners
Van Mike is an uneducated jackass. Likely never played hockey or any sport in his life. Shove it punk
The Bruins need to get Terry O’Reilly into a team meeting so he read the riot act: a Canuck needs to be knocked the f*ck out at the blue line in the first 5 minutes of the game: precedent, game on.
This series should cost the Canucks two skilled forwards if the Bruins are going to win.
Any Boston forward that doesn’t grow a pair next game should be flown to Vancouver, stripped naked, given a roll of CAD monopoly money, and dropped off in blood alley.
LOL: when Luongo’s mask came off…he looks like Eddie Munster….
I say let the biting and hacking and boarding flow and put the whistles away and then we’ll see which team is left standing. Hockey is ugly–let the games get ugly.
The refs are way too much a part of the story line each game.
Bruins style: if Vancouver is going to take another game, it should cost them a pound of flesh every shift.
Don’t get it bojangles. What was Burrows supposed to do? Not score so that the whiny little bruins fans wouldn’t have to cry? Or are you just pissed because he exposed that big lumbering oaf for the pylon he is? Maybe when Ference handed the puck away in the neutral zone the ref should have blown the play dead and given the b’s a do over. Think of it as Karma right back in your face for the stupid things bruins fans have been saying. Only a moron blogger from boston would stoop to ripping an anthem singer. The only thing better than watching the Nucks skate around Rogers Arena with the Cup will be watching them win it in boston and all you Azzholes will sit there crying and whining. Although, I’m sure there will be plenty of classless hacks booing. I’ve come to expect nothing more from you losers.
http://www.cbc.ca/video/#/Sports/1221284063/ID=1969111296
Steamer – Go get fck’d!
That quick goal was an absolute dud. The end of the first game was awesome – even Bs fans can see that. The only goons are you fools taunting people on the sites they’ve been participating in hockey talk all year. Get a life, troll.
Bojangles,
Yeah that was sure bad for hockey? Yeah the winning goal was scored by someone who was supposed to be a biter…. Now everyone is talking about hockey and how quick that goal was. Bettman is hiring I hear you sure look qualified you goon
Bojangles,
Burrow’s a Sally? Is that for real. He has more heart than half your team. >
Yeah Bieksa flop when Peverly hacks. Come on Boston, you are supposed to be a educated hockey town.
Yeah that overtime sucked.. i bet you barely got your fat ass back from the fridge in time to sit down.
Yeah Vancouver is a lame city.. That’s why we had nearly 80000 people downtown partying on the streets…
Lapierre a penalty for what…?calling you sissies out?
You better hope the home town advantage can get your boys back in this… your coach has no clue
Atta boy Sarge. I guess to prove my toughness, I need to gather about 150 of my closest redneck friends and hang around in public toilets. Maybe zhitkick a couple of senior citizens. Is that how you inbred morons roll? Hack!
Lots of whining and lots of showboating. WTF?
Got no problem with Burrows not sitting. He’s definitely a Sally and now has that reputation around the NHL. LaPierre probably should have gotten a penalty last night for his antics. League has to draw the line somewhere and that is BS. Peverley? Looked like a Bieksa flop to me.
Bs playing like they are scared of Couver’s offense. They need to be turning it up – not being so conservative.
OT – Wow! What a let down to a great game – not just for Bs fans but for Hockey fans. That was just silly. I’ll be glad to watch a couple games back in the Garden. That Couver venue is stale and so is the crowd.
ribizzy…sky falling much today?
You’re stuck with Julien. Even if you don’t win the cup, making it to the final will guarantee Julien will be around for a while.
Sarge, everyone is a tough guy on the internet….and some people pretend to be military officers even. Hell, you might actually be a “Sarge”, but then, Vanmike might actually be tough… We have no idea.
All I know is that you guys must be facing a city wide shortage on tissue this morning. I should know, I was there a few weeks ago.
Series isn’t over. Maybe Boston can square up at home and play better.
Kinda sad after all that praise that Tim Thomas probably cost his team that game, possibly the series. He’s hard on himself and he’ll probably feel this way this morning.
This coach sat on a 2 to 1 lead.He sucks his staff sucks and because neely does nothing he sucks.lets cut seguins playing time in the third because we dont need anymore goals. we are stuck with this moron for one more year..
Vanmike is real tough behind a keyboard. Sounds like a real punk.
Hey BG … What was Bergerion’s finger doing in Burrow’ mouth anyway? And look, Lapierre was just telling Bergerion that stickin’ a finger in someone’s mouth is not, like ‘Food Safe’ …
And as for all the Boston complaining about Burrows, and whinging that, ‘If the Canucks didn’t have their full team, we coulda won!’, isn’t what you might call a classy move. Next you’ll be whining that Luo doesn’t go swimmin’ in the corners, like Timmy …
I notice there’s no mention of Bieksa getting hacked down by Peverley.
Snerd
And by “on the bench” I mean, he should have his ass stapled to the bench by his coach since he won’t get a suspension. Chopping down someone from behind is like stabbing them in the back and someone should step up and give him a smack down. Pretty cowardly, though not as odd as what Burrows did, which was just plain day of the living dead.
BG:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YEqwt81wiN4
Also, if “the biter” should have been on the sidelines tonight, then Pevertley the plumber should be on the bench next game:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6FGVDr1Nd8o
The NHL: where all the players are goons, and all fans have short memories.
I thought bruin fans were supposed to be hardazzed ruffians?! All I’ve heard out of you sissy’s is a bunch of whining. You sure seemed tough when that huge group of you had that Habs fan trapped at a urinal. Better luck next time ya bunch of marys.
Game 1 would have been a “steal” but the bruins should have won tonight’s game.
The “Biter” should have been on the sidelines. And Lapierre taunting Bergeron??? Winning with “class” Vancouver.
I wonder, will the city riot win or lose post Finals, just like 1994?
Painful to see Burrows factor so much in this game when he really should’ve been in the press box. That said, the blame for tonights loss once again rests on the Bruins’ inability to make clean breakouts and put forth a 60 minute effort.
Wow, 3 point game for Burrows. I was just saying the other day that this guy is a heck of a player.
Wonder how all those guys asking for Recchi to step aside will feel about being asked to pucker up.
You guys were midway through the 3rd with the lead…maybe better luck in Boston?