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Excitement Surges in Intense NHL Power Plays: Fans React
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2/15/2025
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00:00
That was awesome.
00:02
A great moment, bringing Lemieux out there.
00:04
I had goosebumps.
00:05
I mean, as a Penguin guy, I was like,
00:08
oh, baby, here we go.
00:10
4-3 final, but a goal on the first shift
00:13
after a penalty that, I mean, it was kind of ticky-tacky.
00:16
But listen, that behind-the-back pass
00:18
to McKinnon finishing, I jumped off the couch, Mike.
00:21
I was ready to go.
00:23
It's super lethal, what they throw out there,
00:27
Canada, on that power play.
00:28
When you talk Crosby, McKinnon, McDavid, McCarr,
00:33
all the guys, you know, I guess, you know,
00:36
Reinhardt was kind of good.
00:38
They have so many guys that they could put out there
00:41
and will cause you a lot of problems.
00:42
I think the biggest thing people were wondering about,
00:45
Dave, going into this thing was, will the players care?
00:49
Will it be more of an exhibition?
00:51
Will it be?
00:52
And you're seeing it.
00:53
When you put best on best out there
00:56
and you put the flag on the front of the jersey,
01:00
I know this doesn't have the importance of the Olympics.
01:04
I get that.
01:05
But I still think that for a lot of these guys
01:07
who haven't gotten to do this before
01:08
because there hasn't been the Olympics,
01:11
they haven't sent the NHL guys to the Olympics
01:13
the last few times, you can tell they're into it.
01:15
I thought both games, the Canada-Sweden game
01:18
and even the U.S.-Finland game,
01:19
although it got out of control in the third period,
01:22
I thought both games had high intensity.
01:24
I thought both games saw exactly what you wanted to see.
01:27
It was excellent hockey.
01:28
And it blows away, Dave, any kind of nonsense
01:32
that they usually do with All-Star Weekend
01:34
and that stuff.
01:36
That stuff used to be cool.
01:37
When I was a kid, I liked All-Star Saturday night.
01:40
But they've just, they've watered it down
01:41
and wrecked it so much that this is awesome.
01:45
Doing this instead of the All-Star game is great.
01:47
I'm not even the first one afraid to admit it.
01:51
I don't need to see another NHL All-Star game.
01:53
If you're gonna give me this,
01:54
sign me up for this.
01:56
That was intense.
01:58
There were face washes.
01:59
There were cross-checks.
02:01
There was physical play.
02:04
There was a lot of yapping going on.
02:06
The intensity was there.
02:08
I don't know if this is the answer
02:09
for other leagues or what,
02:11
but I know for hockey, if you tell the players,
02:15
it's gonna be best on best.
02:18
And we just throw out a puck on a pond somewhere.
02:21
We're playing to win.
02:22
And we're gonna hit you
02:24
and we're gonna do what we can to win.
02:26
You give them this stage
02:28
and you put them all together
02:29
and you say, you'll have time off after.
02:33
It's fine.
02:34
Play hard.
02:36
Play to win.
02:37
I'm in.
02:39
I'm sold, no matter what happens the rest of the way.
02:42
And we got two great games on Saturday.
02:45
I mean, Finland, yes, it got away from them.
02:47
And the Kachuk brothers took over hockey last night
02:50
for the U.S.
02:51
That was great.
02:52
And now Sweden-Finland will set up great
02:58
for an elimination game.
02:59
I mean, Finland can't lose,
03:01
and if they lose, they're done because of the point system.
03:05
So Sweden getting that overtime loss,
03:09
got that extra point.
03:10
Now their game with, you know,
03:13
the U.S. in Boston will be great,
03:16
but the USA-Canada game, Mike,
03:19
it's appointment viewing.
03:21
Clear the calendar.
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