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[2011] Lightning Strikes!

AAIIEE!!! Take it back, take it back! :hysterical: We Boston fans are tortured souls, we've learned that being up 3-0 in a series means NOTHING! At this point it's important to try to keep verrrrry quiet so as not to upset the gods. (For the next few days you'll find most of us underneath our desks or barricaded behind locked doors with all our fingers and toes crossed.)
 
good morning...

Sue

Go B's..take care of business and then lets bring it on!!! We can laugh about it Memorial Day weekend 2012 at Surf Watch!!!! Good Luck Bruins!!!

I hope the Eastern Finals bring a close contest played at the highest level....
 
good morning...

Sharks rock too... I believe that Dan Boyle is the best defenseman in hockey!!! Remember where he came from!!!! Of course...The Bolts!!!
 
puckmanfl said:
good morning...

RandR... I am a transplanted NYCer and old Ranger fan (before Lightning) as well...

Just remember what Sam Rosen said as the clock wound down in 1994....

"this one will last a lifetime...no more curses, no more 1940!!!!" Enjoy it.. I do...

There is a great box set (DVD) of the last 14 games of the 1994 playoffs Rangers v Devils and Rangers v. Canucks... you can snag it on nhl.com

The Best line of Miracle was when Coach Brooks was sipping hot coco in Lake Placid lamenting the "matchups" with the Soviet Players. he said "Patty, we just don't match up". Patty said "you might want to skip that part when you talk to the team!!!!"

Greg.. I suggest you snag the DVD on the 2004 Lightning... 9.95 on nhl.com or www.tampabaylightning.com go to shop!!!
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Enjoy it is an understatement. It was one of the best days of my life. (A little sad, I agree.) I was there for game 7 against the Canucks and also game 7 against the Devils. Between that and the Knicks, I lost a few years off my life.

I actually have a video tape of all the playoff games, although I think I am missing game 6 against the Devils. Nice guarantee by Messier.
 
puckmanfl said:
good morning....

Rand...

please remember that you have a great coach. Remember where Coach Torts came from before you got him. Tort's son and mine played youth hockey together and I have gotten to know the man well. Don't let the verbal play with Larry Brooks fool you, he is an incredibly warm hearted soul, that will do anything for the community and his players.

I was the manager of the peewee team which had Torts son on it. He never interfered, but made all of his resources available to us and helped us in so many ways. He resisted every one of my attempts to get him on the ice during practices. The one time he did was a day to remember for all of us!! I remember playing the role of one of our absent D -men during a drill. Torts was giving me the "business" too!! He didn't care if I was slow and over 45, he demanded full effort ,even from the coaches during practice!!!

Torts is a perfect Ranger. If you can snag Brad Richards, then you will have something!!! I hope he comes home to Tampa, but I don't think we have cap room to sign him.
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Very cool of Torts not to interfere. I am okay with him as a coach. Don't like his "doghouse" too much but lots of coaches do that. Not sure if we will have enough cap room for Richards but you never know how they can manipulate things to get players. It's nice to be able to eat large contracts by sending players to the minors.
 
TUG Hockey Fans,

The matchup is set for the Eastern Conference Finals: Puck's Lightning versus SueDonJ's Bruins.

Both teams come in off impressive 4-0 sweeps, and the Lightning are winners of 7 straight. Bruins looked strong in their series against Philly, and it promises to be a tight series.

I'm very happy that I didn't spoil the Bruins chances with my inadvertent jinx -- good luck to all, but with apologies to SueDonJ.......

Go Bolts!!!!

Greg
 
good evening...

Sue...

Go Bolts...

I expect a great, hard fought series... we can recap it when we meet on HHI Memorial day weekend 2012...!!!
 
I was out of town this weekend, so I'm late to post........but what a game!!!!

Lightning struck again -- big victory over Boston, in Boston -- more to come on Tuesday (I think....)

Good news is that Puck has found a sports bar in Kauai to watch the games, so he gets the best of both....

Exciting days to be a hockey TUGger!

Best,

Greg
 
good morning....

This thing is far from over!!!! B's had a little rust going in! I expected this to go the distance!!!! Sports Bar on Kauai only works after 3 more wins!!!!

Tuesday will be a battle... San Jose Vancouver looks like a great series as well!!!!
 
GregT said:
I was out of town this weekend, so I'm late to post........but what a game!!!!

Lightning struck again -- big victory over Boston, in Boston -- more to come on Tuesday (I think....)

Good news is that Puck has found a sports bar in Kauai to watch the games, so he gets the best of both....

Exciting days to be a hockey TUGger!

Best,

Greg
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Watching your team on vacation is a double-edged sword. I was so angered by the Knicks blowing game 1 while I was watching at NCV that I swore off watching anything else. Turned out for the best as my Knicks and Rangers both got routed.
 
RandR said:
Watching your team on vacation is a double-edged sword. I was so angered by the Knicks blowing game 1 while I was watching at NCV that I swore off watching anything else. Turned out for the best as my Knicks and Rangers both got routed.
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That is a very good point -- can be a great high, or blow a vacation day.

My best wishes to both SueDonJ and Puck as their local teams fight it out --- Boston is a tough venue to play in, should make for an exciting game -- lots of hockey still to be played...

Best to all,

Greg
 
good afternoon!!!!

The results of a sporting event will definitely not ruin a great day in Hawaii. Golf in the morning, then make sure I am the sports pub at 2 pm Hawaii time to watch the 8 pm EST joust!!! Then off to the beach or wherever!!!

I love sports and am truly passionate about my teams, but negative results are definitely not life wreckers!!! My Bolts were the most hideous team in the NHL in the 2008-2009 season but I managed to keep things in proper perspective!!!!

However,it was a pretty long flight home from Prague after the Bolts looked hapless in two losses to Rand's club (Rangers) to open the 2008 NHL season!!!
 
Did you go to Prague just for the games or was there already a trip planned?

While the outcome of the Knicks game did not ruin my day, I decided that I wanted no outside interference in my good time. I actually went for a media blackout. No TV news, interent news or newspapers. I was nice to completely get away.
 
good afternoon...

An arranged tour by the Lightning that coincided with the opening of the season!! The highlight of our trip was that our best friends on the trip turned out to be Ranger fans that were not satisfied with the tours offered by the Rangers and came on out tour instead!!!!

go Bolts...
The Derek Boogard story is really tragic!!!
 
Now that is a serious fan.

The Boogaard death is very sad. Way too young to be gone.
 
I have to chime in to say that I am hoping for a Vancouver/Boston final. If it can't be a Canadian team to win Lord Stanley's Cup the next best thing is one of the original six.

Go Canucks and Go Bruins.
 
good evening...

looks like this will be one long hard fought series.... On to Tampa it is

Game on!!!
 
TUGgers,

Big win for the Bruins (and their fans!) -- great hockey being played by the remaining contenders, on to Tampa to see what comes next!!

Best,

Greg
 
good morning...

Tough one for the Bolts last night!!! Clearly, the B's were better last nite, but Saturday is another day!!!

Go Bolts!!!
 
It's great when all the stars (astronomical and sports figures?) align and you get to watch a team do almost everything right. That's how it was last night with the B's but you're right, Puck, Saturday is another day. Go B's!

It's funny - I watch practically every game all season long because if the teevee is on at our house, Don and I will most likely be watching one of our teams. He lives and dies with the Bruins, it's the RedSox who have my heart and soul. So even though hockey isn't my favorite sport I do understand and follow it, and I'm surprised in a good way by how much the playoffs are catching my attention. Weird though, to be so invested in a team that plays in black and gold home jerseys instead of white and red. :ponder: So if I'm watching 95% of the games all year, does that mean I'm NOT one of the dreaded bandwagon fans that SportsTalkRadio whackjobs are screaming about these days?!
 
good morning...

Here is the definition of a bandwagon fan!!!! An example is the Tampa native who left Northern City (boston, n.y. pitt, philly etc.) 20 years ago and now lives in works in Tampa. This fan purchases season tix for Lightning. Shows up in 2004 to root us on to a Stanley Cup win... Then when the team goes down the toilet for a few years, show up to the games when visiting team (name your city) in a jersey from the visiting team. This usually happens when the team gets good (wash caps, pitt penguins etc).

For example from 2001-2004 when the Pens were teetering on bankruptcy, you couldn't find a pens fan in the house. Now they all have 87 jersey's. I have no beef with the locals who travel well to support their club, just our season ticket holders wo break out the home jersey when the visiting team is sitting pretty...

Sue, you are a New Englander that has every right to support your team!!!
 
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