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The Bartercard Gold Coast Blue Tongues have done what many believed to be the impossible. After starting out 5-0 on the road, they have come back to win back-to-back games against the AIHL league leading Sydney Bears. The game, a hard checking, end-to-end battle came right down to the wire, with the final puck going in the net just 40 seconds before the end of the third period while the Blue Tongues were on the Power Play.
The Blue Tongues now have a week to recover before playing the Newcastle Inski North Stars next weekend.
It was like something out of a hockey spoof movie. The Toronto Maple Leafs are on the Power Play and Rob Davison clears the puck out of his zone. It bounces like a tennis ball down the ice to a ready and waiting Vesa Toskala…
and bounces right past him into the net.
The announcer screams, the crowd don’t know if they should laugh or cry and Vesa, who just realized what happened, collapses in shock.
If this sound too good to be true, here’s the clip…
There were a number of games going on around the NHL today, but none caused so much gasps as the Los Angeles Kings Vs the Detroit Redwings.
Going into todays game these 2 teams were at the extreme ends of the ladder. The Redwings in #1 spot in the Western Conference (and league) on 86pts and the Kings right at the other end of the ladder in last place on 47pts.
Today proved that any team can beat the best team on the right day.
The Kings looked down and out going into the third period trailing 1-3. Patrick O’Sullivan kicked started the comeback just 39 seconds in and the Redwings never seemed to recover. Frolov, Stuart and Kopitar all put the puck in the net giving the Kings a 5-3 victory over the League leading Redwings.
The Kings gained the best praise from the Detroit Redwings themselves;
“Their team won more battles and got more pucks to the net,” Babcock said. “Their power play was better than our penalty kill and their penalty kill was better than our power play.
“Every once in a while in life you need to be reminded. We know you can’t just come to the rink and put your jersey on. You’ve got to outwork the opposition.” - Yahoo Sports
Although the Kings hold no chance of making the post-season this year, they can still go into each game playing for pride. If todays game is anything to go by, they are doing just that.
The Kings looked down and out going into the third period trailing 1-3. Patrick O’Sullivan kicked started the comeback just 39 seconds in and the Redwings never seemed to recover. Frolov, Stuart and Kopitar all put the puck in the net giving the Kings a 5-3 victory over the League leading Redwings.
