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Every time we bitch and complain about the way the crowd acts at Corporate Entitlement Center we always talk about how our dream is for the fans to be rowdy and into the game more and not just during the playoffs. Last night our dream came true. Kind of. Thanks to our friends Mikey and Big Bob from the Kiss Morning Freak Show 100 of the craziest Pens fans got to go to last nights game for free. Me and Andrew included. Haylie was probably doing some Ginger Cult things as per usual. Anyways. The 100 of us that were there were going nuts all game long. Standing and screaming for every power play. Heckling the Islanders and so on and so on. It was great. Shero Jesus was there.
There were also giant Rob Ford and Bob Ross heads.
No clue why these picture look like ass but if you want to see more click HERE to go to the Freak Show page for more pictures and a video of the crowd after the Sid goal.
Other than the ushers telling us to sit down even though there was no one behind us. That is everything that is wrong with Corporate Entitlement Center. But oh well. It was a great time regardless. And to everyone that bitched about the section and said the Pens were alienating the fans not in section 120. You wouldn't be saying that if you were in the section now would you? Now for the game recap.
Jeff Zatkoff was in goal last night and every time he plays you get that feeling the game may end up 9-8 or some insane score like that. The Islanders were in his mouth early. But Zatkoff said no. The guys over at Pensblog said it best. "Those couple of saves were tougher than any shots he faced against the Jackets in his last start." That's about right. Any of the 3 of us could have gotten that shutout against the Jackets in Zatkoff's last start. The Pens finally got some stuff going. They got a few chances on Poulin and were able to get a power play. And the Pens cashed in. Another pretty passing play finished by Chris Kunitz. 1-nil Pens. Not much later the Pens got another power play. Once again they cashed in. James Neal sent a cross ice pass that was one timed into the net by Kunitz. 2-nil Pens. It looked like the Pens were gonna be up 3-nil. Kunitz again had the puck and he blew it by Poulin. Everyone threw their hats but the referees were waiving it off. Evgeni Malkin apparently high sticked Matt Carkner. After seeing multiple replays it was apparent that Malkin's stick never touched Carkner. The guys over at Pensblog have a gif in their recap. You can see it by clicking HERE. There was an even up call right after that so you know it was a bad call.
2nd period didn't start out the way the Pens wanted it to. Tomas Vanek was left all alone and one timed one past Zatkoff to make it 2-1. But not long after that Geno brought the house down. James Neal was in all alone but didn't have a great angle to shoot so he slid the puck back to Geno. Geno got the shot off and not really sure how it happened but the puck made its way across the goal line. 3-1 Pens. Consol went nuts with a "Geno" chant. Then some corporate guy bitched and the place got quiet again. Minus us in section 120. Brandon Sutter had a chance to make it 4-1 but couldn't beat Poulin on a breakaway. Then the Pens pretty much imploded. They had a 4 on 2 break. Letang tried to hit a wide open Brian Gibbons but the puck hit his skate and the Isles went the other way. Colin McDonald sniped one to make it 3-2. Then Paul Martin had an awful turnover. The Isles grabbed the puck and went to work. For some bizarre reason Zatkoff ended up 5 feet outside his crease. The puck got behind him and Brooks Orpik couldn't tie up Tomas Vanek. 3-3. This game was not one of Brooks Orpik or Paul Martins finest. Bylsma called a timeout after the Isles 3rd goal. That's the most coaching he's done since 2009. The Pens took unlimited penalties in the 2nd but killed every one of them. The final 2 minutes were unreal. The Pens had unlimited chances but couldn't cash in. The play was fast paced and back and fourth. Really fun to watch. The game would go to the 3rd tied at 3.
The 3rde period was in fact exactly like the Pensblog put it "A chess match". Neither team was taking a lot of chances. Both teams were being cautions and trying not to make mistakes. It looked like the game was gonna go to overtime but the Pens had other ideas. Kunitz fore checked wonderfully and freed up the puck. Dupuis gathered it and slid a pass to who else:
Best. In. The. World.
Under rated fact. Sid broke his stick on the goal. That's how good he is. Breaks his stick. Still scores. Loudest I've heard that arena for a regular season game in a long long time. By the time everyone was done going crazy Tanner Glass took one of the dumbest penalties of all time and slashed someone. It would be 6 on 4 for almost a minute. But the Pens PK was in the Isles mouth. Isles couldn't get anything. Gammmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmee.
1. Chris Kunitz
2. Best In The World
3. Tomas Vanek
Stuff:
- Great game from Chris Kunitz
- Still not sold on Zatkoff as this teams back up going forward.
- Brook Orpik and Paul Martin had a rough night.
- Geno looked like the weight of the world was lifted off his shoulders after he scored. Wouldn't be surprised if he goes nuts now.
- If you were in the #FSPensSection last night. Stick tap to you. You guys were awesome all night.
- Brandon Sutter looks like he has turned things around. He was pretty bad until recently. He's playing a lot better as of late.
Pens next game is in Montreal in like 7 minutes.
Go Pens
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