Sharks Win in 7 Games, Should Have Been 4

"Yes! We proved that our 2 seed is justified, kind of."

I’m no watcher of hockey, I think I have made this very clear with a total of only like 5 hockey posts. I think the last time I saw a hockey game was when I saw like 10 minutes of Mystery, Alaska which was showing on TNT. Even when I do post something about hockey, it’s usually pretty mediocre, unless of course I’m using San Jose’s favorite mascot to encourage kids to read.

Nonetheless, it is the NHL playoffs, I am from San Jose, and the Sharks did play a rather crucial game yesterday in the Silicon Valley. Thus, enter KCCal the bandwagon. Hey, I liked hockey okay, when I was a kid. I mean I saw the whole Mighty Ducks trilogy, even the last movie which was extremely shitty. You try sitting through all three movies! Only a real hockey fan would do that.

Coming into tonight’s game, I was actually concerned. My limited NHL knowledge told me that the Flame’s Joey I was ready to tear it up on the Sharks. Plus, the last game, I noticed the Sharks did look rather terrible. And by “noticed” I mean I saw the score update on ESPN and noticed that had lost. In either case, the Flames actually had the Sharks on their heals, and I was scared.

Then the Sharks took a huge dump all over the Flames.

Not that I’m surprised. The Sharks should have been doing that the first four games instead of taking it to seven. Four goals in one period is pretty sweet though. That pretty much sums up the game. Jeremy Roenick took a whiz and doused the Flames with his two goals. By the time it was the 3rd period, the game was already over.

Calgary did score a goal in the 3rd period, but that fact was pretty much irrelevant by the half of the 2nd period.

What was surprising was that it went all the way to game 7. As I recall from several “credible” media outlets, this was supposed to be a warm up game. Maybe the Sharks just wanted to give their fans something to go crazy about. If they had finished the series in four, Sharks fans would have only had the luxury of attending 2 home games. Instead, they squeaked it out to 4 home games, giving ticket holders their money’s worth. Talk about giving back to their fans!

Some of you note that there was another California hockey team in the playoff mix.

Why wasn’t there a post about them? When will there a be a post about them? When we get someone who actually watches hockey, that’s when. Until then, I’ll be looking forward to things that will cover that time span like Desean Jackson getting drafted, the Cubs winning the World Series, the invention of the hoverboard, and my funeral. Besides, we don’t post anything about losers. I stand corrected.

Big ups to Calgary for hanging tough. Actually, on second thought, forget that. They are from Canada after all.

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