That Was Rich

This series isn't over, after all.

For all intents and purposes the Bruins season was on the line tonight in Montreal. Here in Boston we know what it's like to be involved in coming back from/blowing a 3-0 series lead, but that's not something to get into a habit of. After all, it's only been done four times in the history of professional sports, three in hockey.

And for whatever reason, the Bruins just seem to feel more comfortable away from TD Garden. After posting the fifth-best road record in the NHL in the regular season, they couldn't have been happier to take their show to that very road after looking rather anemic through two games in Boston.

Throughout the first 40 minutes of hockey, the Bruins dominated the Canadiens in nearly every facet of the game. Puck possession was in Boston's favor, seeming almost of a prolonged power play (which is ironic, because in reality the Bruins power play is about as effective as a burst condom). They manhandled the Habs physically, most notably with Andrew Ference ripping apart Benoit Puliot. Checks were being finished all around the ice, and despite the most valiant efforts of Montreal attempting to dive, the Bruins weren't called for any dumb penalties. 

The third period was about as intense a twenty minute span of hockey as you're going to see. Tomas Plekanec's goal pirouetting away from Timmy Vezina sent every Bruins fan on edge for the remainder of the game. But it wasn't in the cards for Montreal to runaway with this series, as Thomas made several glamorous saves down the stretch to preserve the 4-2 win and the season in the process.

Jack Edwards was in vintage form tonight, just shitting all over the aforementioned Benoit Puliot's life, making 

him out to be a JaMarcus Russell-sized bust. And of course the blog's namesake tonight come's from Edwards's call of Rich Peverly's goal, "that was rich!" Say what you will about Captain Jack, but he genuinely cares about the Bruins and wants nothing more than to see the team win. He can still be objective; this isn't a Tommy Heinsohn situation on our hands. The passion he brings to the broadcasting booth is something I definitely tried to emulate back in the day for the Harbormen puck, and is definitely something I look to do in the future. 

Lastly tonight, you can see the effect Zdeno Chara has on this team just by being out there. Listen I don't know the whole story behind his dehydration thing, and we may not know the details for sometime. Maybe it's a sketchy deal; maybe it isn't. I'm leaning with the latter. Chara just straight up brings it every time he's out on the ice, making up for an otherwise so-so blue line corps for the black and gold. The reaction he got from Canadiens fans tonight made LeBron's return to Cleveland look like child's play. He isn't phased by any situation. I'm supporting Big Z through and through.

Now let's get it on Thursday night and make it 2-2 heading back to Boston.