Eastern and Western Conference Finals

So far through these Eastern and Western Conference Semi Finals both the Vancouver Canucks and Boston Bruins have taken control of their series.  Vancouver took a commanding 2-0 series lead over the struggling San Jose Sharks however this series is far from over with the next two games heading back to San Jose.  Boston, who lost game one, has won the last two games over Tampa Bay who previously looked unbeatable.  Boston has been relying on veteran goalie Tim Thomas to shut down the dangerous Tampa Bay snipers and has been pretty successful so far.  Both these series are shaping up to be entertaining and very far from over. 

Canucks Dominate Game Two and Take 2-0 Series Lead

Wednesday night the Vancouver Canucks showed why they were the President Trophy Winners for being the best regular season team in the NHL by crushing the San Jose Sharks 7-3.  The game looked to be close after two periods however the Canucks exploded for five unanswered goals in the third period to go up 7-2 and never looked back from there.  There has been some controversy over Kevin Bieksa’s fight with San Jose forward Patrick Marleau and even some choice words for him after the game but the Canucks are ignoring it and are only focuses on one thing only and that’s advancing to only there third Stanley Cup Finals in franchise history. 

Boston Blanks Tampa Bay in Game 3

Thursday night in Tampa Bay the Boston Bruins shut them out in front of the home crowd.  Boston goalie Tim Thomas played a spectacular game after taking some criticism about his performances in the first two games of the series.  Now all the criticism lies in the hands of the Tampa Bay Lightning who have lost two straight games and are now down in the series.  This series is turning out to be just as entertaining as expected and I believe will go the full seven games.  If Tampa Bay wants to even this series up at two they are going to need to step up there game and start playing Lightning hockey and not let the Boston Bruins get an early lead in the game not allowing the Lightning to roll.