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Bruins Game 3 open thread

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First the bad news: Nathan Horton was the victim of a brutal open-ice high hit in the first period and was taken off the ice in a neck brace on a back board. Afterward, the announcers said he was moving his extremities, which is a positive sign.

The good news for Bruins fans: A serious offensive explosion in the second period, including a power play goal and a short-handed goal (a beauty by Brad Marchand).

The third period has just started and, unless there is a total breakdown (I’m not trying to jinx them), this final goes at least five games.

(Off-topic note: The Preview button didn’t work as I was writing this.)

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    • But from the Bruins’ perspective, they want to get into Luongo’s head, and effectively scoring at will makes the point. Whether it rattles Luongo remains to be seen.

      This was an ugly game, and from a non-biased view (remember, I’m not a fan or either team), the blame lies with the Canucks. It started with the Burrows biting incident and continued with the taunting and especially the hit by Rowe on Horton. I’ve never seen so many major penalties and misconducts in a Stanley Cup final game. I think if the league had taken care of Burrows, I believe we never would have seen this (and Shawn Thornton probably wouldn’t have gotten into the Boston lineup tonight).

      This takes nothing away from the Bruins’ play tonight. They really righted their ship and (Michigan native) Tim Thomas had a really, really strong game.

  2. Talked to John Walsh tonight. He liked my suggestion. I’ll be in ouch with you off-line about this. I normally wouldn’t have commented but I’m trying to get more interaction and community.

        • The NHL has suspended Vancouver’s Aaron Rome for four games, which means he is done for the rest of the Stanley Cup Final.

          “I thought it was a late hit,” NHL Senior Vice President of Hockey Operations Mike Murphy said, addressing the media in Boston. “I thought that the body was contacted. But I also thought that the head was hit. It caused a serious injury to Nathan Horton. So the key components are the late hit, which I had it close to a second late. We have our own formula at NHL Hockey Operations for determining late hits, and it was late. We saw the seriousness of the injury with Nathan on the ice last night.

  4. I really expected the B’s to get distracted and tired out trying to chase the bad guys around. One of the painful things about last year’s Philly series was the way the evil Matt Cooke scored goals for the Flyers.

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