Late Game Heroics Lead Vancouver to Game One Victory

With just eighteen seconds left Vancouver Canucks forward Raffi Torres scored the only goal of the game to lead Vancouver to the 1-0 victory and series lead.  Torres scored his goal off of a beautiful feed by Jannik Hansen on a two on one rush for the Canucks.  It was the first time in the game that either of these Vezina Trophy finalist goalies were beat.  Both Tim Thomas and Roberto Luongo looked unreal in net and gave there team the opportunity to win.  Look for things to stay the same as we advance as I believe goaltending is going to be the story of the 2011 Stanley Cup Finals.

Crucial Game Two for Boston

Game two of these Stanley Cup finals comes Saturday night, once again in Vancouver, and Boston needs the win more than ever.  The last thing Boston wants to do is fall behind 2-0 to the Vancouver Canucks making it a difficult ride the rest of the way.  If Boston fails to win game 2, I believe, it’s going to be an extremely difficult challenge for them to capture the Stanley Cup over these powerful Canucks.  Boston looked extremely well Wednesday night however they had one problem and that was solving Roberto Luongo.  Luongo silenced his critics with the game one shut out and looks to continue his rock solid play into game two Saturday night.

Biting Controversy

Wednesday night, game one of these Stanley Cup finals, there was a little controversy when Canucks forward Alex Burrows appeared to bite Boston’s Patrice Bergeron.  This happened right in the middle of the game and it went undetected by the referees however with the technology these days the television cameras got it up close.  The NHL announced Thursday that it was not going to suspend Burrows and my guess is because there just isn’t enough evidence to prove that he bit Bergeron that could lead to a suspension in these Stanley Cup finals.  Lucky for the Canucks that Burrows wasn’t suspended as he is a key player to this Stanley Cup puzzle and they need him in the lineup if they want to win the Stanley Cup for the first time in franchise history.  Here is the video tell me if you think Burrows bit Bergeron in the scuffle.