I was watching the Chicago Blackhawks-Vancouver Canucks Stanley Cup Playoff game last night. It was a well played game and Vancouver held a 4-3 lead late in the third period and the Chicago Blackhawks pulled their goalie so they could put an extra attacker on the ice.
That scenario creates the most exciting minute in sports. An empty goal at one end, 6-on-5 at the other end. The six desperately try to score the tieing goal by a slap shot, wrist shot, rebound, deflection, any means possible to score a goal.
The defense has one simple objective- keep the puck out of the net and try to get it out of the zone. An empty net at the other end of the ice is a big target but empty net goals are not as frequent as you would think.
The Chicago Blackhawks were peppering the Canucks defense and Goalie Roberto Luongo with shot after shot and the Canucks never really did get it out of their zone. One shot was deflected really high and came down to the right of Luongo. About 4 players had to wait for the puck to come down and they looked like they were waiting for a punt to come down. They didn't even have a face off during the last couple of minutes and it was just non-stop action.
Other sports have their exciting moments. Football has the two-minute drill and the Hail Mary, basketball has the last second shot, baseball has the bottom of the ninth inning, but last night was about two minutes of pure excitement, the fans were on their feet, I couldn't take my eyes off the TV, and you just can't beat it in sports.
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