JAN
04
Penguins Crush Leafs 6-2 : Malkin Gets the Hatty
Posted January 4th ago via ArmchairGM
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Before we even get started here I'd like to offer a big thank you to Pensburgh's newest members PensFan024 and KellyFisher. Thanks for joining the Pensburgh team and contributing in the first ever open thread. Many more to come! And, if you haven't done so already, stop by http://www.Pensburgh.com and sign up now and manage your own blog within the blog, discuss everything Pens related and contribute to a game's open thread.' With that in mind - on with the game. Wow, so many things went well I hardly know where to start. Erik Christensen fired out of the gate and played like a man possessed. Conklin was stopping everything in his path (with the obvious exception being two) and Malkin netted his first ever career hat trick. Break it down... The first period almost started off worse than anticipated on a near Darcy Tucker goal. Despite raising his arms in praise of the Hockey Gods, further video review from the eye in the sky proved the goal was in fact kept out by the savior Erik "Jesus" Christensen. At about the halfway mark of the first period Jason Blake managed to score a goal past Conklin's left pad. 1-0 Leafs. That would do it for scoring in the first as both teams headed into overtime with the Leafs leading 1-0. The second period for the Pens brought with it a goal, a fight for the ages and another goal. First - the tying goal. Erik Christensen wrapped around the net on a Sykora shot to slip it past the former Devils' backup Clemmensen to tie the score at one. Shortly after Darcy Tucker decided he wanted to dance with Jarkko Ruutu. In the absence of Roberts it is now apparant that Therrien has turned to the roughneck for his gritty attitude and scrapping tendencies. He sure didn't disappoint. What may in fact go down as one of the greatest fights in hockey history, Tucker and Ruutu exchanged right after right. Both left for the box banged up and bloody, but I'm sure any Pens fan and the honest Leafs fan would agree Ruutu came out on top. Besi...

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