Excitement Surges in Intense NHL Power Plays: Fans React

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00:00That was awesome.

00:02A great moment, bringing Lemieux out there.

00:04I had goosebumps.

00:05I mean, as a Penguin guy, I was like,

00:08oh, baby, here we go.

00:104-3 final, but a goal on the first shift

00:13after a penalty that, I mean, it was kind of ticky-tacky.

00:16But listen, that behind-the-back pass

00:18to McKinnon finishing, I jumped off the couch, Mike.

00:21I was ready to go.

00:23It's super lethal, what they throw out there,

00:27Canada, on that power play.

00:28When you talk Crosby, McKinnon, McDavid, McCarr,

00:33all the guys, you know, I guess, you know,

00:36Reinhardt was kind of good.

00:38They have so many guys that they could put out there

00:41and will cause you a lot of problems.

00:42I think the biggest thing people were wondering about,

00:45Dave, going into this thing was, will the players care?

00:49Will it be more of an exhibition?

00:51Will it be?

00:52And you're seeing it.

00:53When you put best on best out there

00:56and you put the flag on the front of the jersey,

01:00I know this doesn't have the importance of the Olympics.

01:04I get that.

01:05But I still think that for a lot of these guys

01:07who haven't gotten to do this before

01:08because there hasn't been the Olympics,

01:11they haven't sent the NHL guys to the Olympics

01:13the last few times, you can tell they're into it.

01:15I thought both games, the Canada-Sweden game

01:18and even the U.S.-Finland game,

01:19although it got out of control in the third period,

01:22I thought both games had high intensity.

01:24I thought both games saw exactly what you wanted to see.

01:27It was excellent hockey.

01:28And it blows away, Dave, any kind of nonsense

01:32that they usually do with All-Star Weekend

01:34and that stuff.

01:36That stuff used to be cool.

01:37When I was a kid, I liked All-Star Saturday night.

01:40But they've just, they've watered it down

01:41and wrecked it so much that this is awesome.

01:45Doing this instead of the All-Star game is great.

01:47I'm not even the first one afraid to admit it.

01:51I don't need to see another NHL All-Star game.

01:53If you're gonna give me this,

01:54sign me up for this.

01:56That was intense.

01:58There were face washes.

01:59There were cross-checks.

02:01There was physical play.

02:04There was a lot of yapping going on.

02:06The intensity was there.

02:08I don't know if this is the answer

02:09for other leagues or what,

02:11but I know for hockey, if you tell the players,

02:15it's gonna be best on best.

02:18And we just throw out a puck on a pond somewhere.

02:21We're playing to win.

02:22And we're gonna hit you

02:24and we're gonna do what we can to win.

02:26You give them this stage

02:28and you put them all together

02:29and you say, you'll have time off after.

02:33It's fine.

02:34Play hard.

02:36Play to win.

02:37I'm in.

02:39I'm sold, no matter what happens the rest of the way.

02:42And we got two great games on Saturday.

02:45I mean, Finland, yes, it got away from them.

02:47And the Kachuk brothers took over hockey last night

02:50for the U.S.

02:51That was great.

02:52And now Sweden-Finland will set up great

02:58for an elimination game.

02:59I mean, Finland can't lose,

03:01and if they lose, they're done because of the point system.

03:05So Sweden getting that overtime loss,

03:09got that extra point.

03:10Now their game with, you know,

03:13the U.S. in Boston will be great,

03:16but the USA-Canada game, Mike,

03:19it's appointment viewing.

03:21Clear the calendar.

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