The Stranglehold

I've mentioned before the importance of that one pivotal game in a series. The one where your favourite team is ahead 2 games to 1. The one where they walk that fine line between being tied 2-2 and taking a 3-1 stranglehold.

That's the game my Sens were in tonight.

Yeah, every game is huge. Every game is pivotal. Every game is super-duper-important.

But that one game...You know what I'm talking about. It's just the most nerve-wracking, gut-wrenching, heart-stopping game everrrrr.

And tonight, yet again, the Sens WON IT!!!!

Now, we have that coveted stranglehold, up 3-1 in the Eastern Conference semis over the New Jersey Devils. It was another nail-biter, and my heart still hasn't returned to regular palpitations. It's awesome!!!

Tonight, the glorious, fantastic, miraculous Martin Brodeur (and if you don't believe me, just ask Bob Cole) - well, he kinda looked human. Alfie's goal to kick things off in the first was pretty sweet, but then Heatley's shot in the second came from an impossible angle, and it never should have went in. Somehow, though, it eluded The Golden Marty. And then Fisher's goal to make it 3-1 early in the third was shot from the blueline, and somehow just zinged in over Brodeur's glove - another save that he normally would've made.

Now, I have all the respect in the world for Martin Brodeur. He's a great goaltender, no doubt about it. And he won Canada a gold medal in the Olympics in '02, for which I will forever be grateful. But I'm sooooo sick of hearing the CBC commentators blow sunshine up his butt that I can barely stand it. You'd almost swear at times that Brodeur and the Devils are dominating the series, and that the Sens are getting by on luck alone. At least tonight, they didn't have so much to rave about.

Marty had an off-night.

Guaranteed, he'll be back "on" Saturday night. Winning this series won't be easy, but I think the Sens will come out gunnin' and get this thing done in 5, back in the Swamp, Saturday night.

But until then, I'll just enjoy The Stranglehold.

GO SENS GO!!

I Love Seth

OK, folks, my statements are printing out, so I have time for a very, very brief Blog!!

Last night I went to see "In the Land of Women", starring Seth Cohen...er, I mean, Adam Brody, and Meg Ryan. It was a movie unlike any I had ever seen before - very funny moments (Seth is in it, how could they avoid his dry, sarcastic, but oh-so-cute humour?), very sad moments, moments that made me feel sick and scared, moments of euphoric happiness, moments of complete understanding. It told the story of a young man at a crossroads in his life who decides to go live with and care for his aging grandmother, and ends up entangled in the lives of the women across the street - a mother battling breast cancer, and her teenage daughter battling life in general.

It was a movie that left me thinking about many different things - embracing opportunities, making the best of any situation, how important laughter is, and how important it is to make sure you never get stuck in a rut that you can't get out of. I highly recommend it (for the girls, at least...the boys would probably cringe. We know you're all jealous of Seth and how charming and cute he is.)

Yeah, it had me falling in love with Seth all over again, just like the first time I watched The O.C. Why don't they make boys like him around here? And you just know he's gotta be like that in real life, because he's like that in every show or movie he's ever been in...You just can't escape his dry wit and adorable smile. So yes, he is my "boy of the moment"...I love him!!!

Alrighty...Moving along...Game #4 goes tonight, and my stomach is already in knots. Really, really hoping for a win tonight.

GO SENS GO!!