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[Marvie_3]

I liked it back in the day when EA would base the cover athlete on what new feature they were going to focus on for the upcoming game. Which is why I'm sad to see no goalies on the cover since Beezer back in 97. They really need to focus on goalies moving forward.

If they did that there wouldn't be any glitch goals for the kids to score with.

 

[yankeehater]

Go Devils Go! Go Sens Go!

Afraid of the Panthers?

 

[rellix]

Didn't they have a guy with the job of focusing exclusively on goalies for an entire development cycle?

And it didn't make a lick of difference..

 

[Smiley90]

Some weird things are planned. Some weird things are coincidence. Some weird things, well they’re just plain weird.

On Wednesday night the Capitals’ Joel Ward sent Washington into a frenzy when he slammed home a Mike Knuble-created rebound to beat the defending Stanley Cup Champion Bruins, and advance to the second round of the playoffs. The goal came 2 minutes and 57 seconds into overtime.

A few hundred miles south of TD Garden, the Hershey Bears [the Caps AHL-affiliate] , down 2-0 in their first-round AHL Playoff series with the Wilkes-Scranton Penguins, were up to similar antics. On the powerplay, a face familiar to Caps’s faithful— Tomas Kundratek— blasted a shot on goal from the point. The puck found it’s way to Ryan Potulny’s stick, who laced a sharp-angle shot past Penguins’ goaltender Brad Thiessen for the overtime victory…

…At precisely 2 minutes and 57 minutes into overtime.

If you weren’t a believer in playoff magic before, now might be a good time to fire up the blessed candles, light an incense stick, and start believing.

Talk about coincidence.

 

[wsoxfan1214]

If they did that there wouldn't be any glitch goals for the kids to score with.

Right. Then the community would be full of hockey-knowledgeable people instead of CoD kiddies. Who wants that?

 

[fallout]

Talk about coincidence.

Well, ignoring the odds that it happened on the same night and the odds that it happened in OT, there's about a 1 / 1200 chance of scoring two goals (independent events) at the same time index of any given period. If I were to Fermi the rest of it (assuming 1 / 10 games go to OT, 1 / 300ish for the game being played on the same night), I'd say probably about a 1 / 1,500,000 or so?

How's that for dull, Socreges?

 

[Smiley90]

Well, ignoring the odds that it happened on the same night and the odds that it happened in OT, there's about a 1 / 1200 chance of scoring two goals (independent events) at the same time index of any given period. If I were to Fermi the rest of it (assuming 1 / 10 games go to OT, 1 / 300ish for the game being played on the same night), I'd say probably about a 1 / 1,500,000 or so?

How's that for dull, Socreges?

You're forgetting that OT is theoretically unlimited, so game-end time isn't just the same across the whole period(s), but I'd say it's more of a curve, favouring earlier goals more than later goals. (more games end in 1st OT than 2nd OT etc). But yeah.

 

[Socreges]

How's that for dull, Socreges?

Are you channeling your inner baseball fan?

 

[Dubbedinenglish]

2 hrs away!

Replaying this to get pumped. Sweet Jesus can't wait.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tdmyoMe4iHM&feature=youtube_gdata_player

 

[Marvie_3]

Well, ignoring the odds that it happened on the same night and the odds that it happened in OT, there's about a 1 / 1200 chance of scoring two goals (independent events) at the same time index of any given period. If I were to Fermi the rest of it (assuming 1 / 10 games go to OT, 1 / 300ish for the game being played on the same night), I'd say probably about a 1 / 1,500,000 or so?

How's that for dull, Socreges?

 

[MetatronM]

Well, here I am in Madison Square Garden again. Crowd has a MUCH better vibe tonight than it did at Game 5.

Game 5 also had a surprisingly large Senators contingent in attendance. I have seen precisely zero Sens jerseys tonight so far.

Game 7. Gonna be fun.

 

[Adr1an]

Almost Game time

Lets go SENS!!!

 

[Coldnoodle]

Afraid of the Panthers?

I'm afraid of all of the southeast ):

 

[Cake Boss]

Probably going to miss the 1 st half. Going to take a nap.

They are probably going to do better like always when I am not watching and not in their prescense.

 

[opticalmace]

Welp I'm hyped.

 

[richiek]

Barely got any sleep last night, but I'm amped.

Lets go Rangers!!!

 

[KernelPanic]

Managed to fly back from Toronto in time for the game.

Nervous as hell.

 

[ZeroGravity]

Gilroy playing? Nice knowing you, Ottawa.

 

[yankeehater]

Managed to fly back from Toronto in time for the game.

Nervous as hell.

Me to, this is so stressful. I hope Alfie has a monster game tonight.

 

[Coldnoodle]

Probably going to miss the 1 st half. Going to take a nap.

They are probably going to do better like always when I am not watching and not in their prescense.

 

[KernelPanic]

Me to, this is so stressful. I hope Alfie has a monster game tonight.

Might be his last game ever

I'm pissed I couldn't go to a game this year.

 

[JABEE]

Probably going to miss the 1 st half. Going to take a nap.

They are probably going to do better like always when I am not watching and not in their prescense.

The first half? What are you talking about?

 

[Marvie_3]

The first half? What are you talking about?

The part before the first halftime

 

[DopeyFish]

I have the feeling rangers are going to way outplay senators tonight

 

[ZeroGravity]

Anderson still hot.

 

[DopeyFish]

Oh man the crowd is hostile tonight lol

 

[Killing_Joke]

HOLY SHIT, How do you not execute on a fucking empty net??? damn!!!

 

[Silexx]

Refs aren't calling shit tonight it seems.

 

[ZeroGravity]

LOL, Bob Cole still can't tell the difference between Gonchar and Karlsson.

 

[Slurmer]

The part before the first halftime

Because its the cup

 

[Coldnoodle]

Woah Karlsson cut his hair ):

 

[ShaneB]

I'm so nervous Come on Sens!!! Anderson needs to be solid and dominate!

 

[Socreges]

LOL, Bob Cole still can't tell the difference between Gonchar and Karlsson.

He needs to continue moving toward a complete lack of specificity.

 

[Marvie_3]

He needs to continue moving toward a complete lack of specificity.

Looks like a Coyotes home crowd in that pic.

 

[Coldnoodle]

The Rangers offense is so shitty.

 

[Cake Boss]

Cant sleep. Hows the game?

 

[KernelPanic]

The Rangers offense is so shitty.

Doesn't matter much when you might only need 1 goal to win.

 

[MetatronM]

Missing the open net was fucking terrible.

Don't know if it came through on TV, but 11:11 had an ALFIE SUCKS! chant.

 

[Smiley90]

Cant sleep. Hows the game?

Not bad, the score would be 2-1 Rangers if people were able to hit empty nets. They're not though, so it's 0-0. Just watch!

 

[Cake Boss]

Missing the open net was fucking terrible.

Don't know if it came through on TV, but 11:11 had an ALFIE SUCKS! chant.

OMG SO HILARIOUS WHAT ROUDY CREATIVE FANS.

 

[Socreges]

Wow that post was loud

 

[Killing_Joke]

Rangers on fucking fire, they need to score first. Not that it matters at all but just feels like they need it the most.

 

[MetatronM]

OMG SO HILARIOUS WHAT ROUDY CREATIVE FANS.

Neil also got asshole chants every time he touched the puck.

 

[cube444]

Looks like one of those games where the Rangers are dominating and yet the Sens will probably score first for some great laughs.

 

[ZeroGravity]

Finally they call something.

 

[Coldnoodle]

YES! PEEPEE!

 

[KernelPanic]

Our PP makes the Bruins look good.

 

[Socreges]

Finally they call something.

Pretty weak call, though. Spezza kept backing into him... then fell.

 

[Cake Boss]

Neil also got asshole chants every time he touched the puck.

 

[RangersFan]

fuck if rangers don't score first i feel a big let down. too much pent up nerves at the garden right now i'm sure.