Man Those Bruins Can PLAY

Wow.  So last night against the Penguins all hell broke loose.  Louis Erikson took a shot to the head and is out with a concussion.  Marchand took a knee to the head.  And then the worst of the crimes as judged by the media is that Shawn Thornton put a Penguin in the hospital after hitting him while he was down.  Suspensions have yet to be handed out but what a nighmarish first period that was.  The Bruins were down by a goal for the Second Period and then in the last two minutes of the third period, Krejchi scores.  Then with 13 seconds left in the game, Chara scores the winning point.  What a game to have born witness to.  I was riding high on that win all night.  (And by bearing witness to I mean through the power of Comcast)

Tonight against Toronto, I wore one of Jason's Jerseys and he wore one as well.  Though he slept through a quarter of the game being so exhausted from having worked today.  When the Bruins score, I don't just smile, I scream and shout.  I pump my fists into the air and slap my husband's hand.  Well  I was a little quieter for the first two Bruins goals, but then when Kevan Miller scored his first NHL goal, I whooped so loud Jason, who was asleep, jumped about a mile.  He stayed awake after that.  What a third period.  It looked like the Bruins were going to lose coherence and consistatency when Toronto scored in under a minute in the 3rd.  But then Iginla and Bergeron sealed the deal with their goals, the fourth and fifth Bruins goals of the games.  I tell you I was nervous.  6 on 4 with a backup goalie in the net is pretty frightening, but to Chad Johnson and the 4 Bruins out there's credit, they were awesome!

So the Thornton hit.  I'm not sure he meant to send the guy to the hospital on a stretcher.  But the Penguins had been playing pretty dirty and he snapped.  Has this tainted my crush on him?  Maybe slightly.  But truthfully we've all made mistakes in the heat of the moment.  He had just witnessed Marchand take a hit to the head by a Penguin knee which was intentional.  Anyway, my humble opinion doesn't count for much but I'm rooting for you Thorty!