Stars-Sharks Game 6 and a $5 Poker Tourny Running Commentary

9:09- They need to do an experiment where they switch the best announcers for every sport for a few games each season.  Dick Vitale probably doesn't know jack about hockey but it would be fun for him to go ballistic and try to say Jere Lehtinen in the same sentence.

9:12- GOAL! Miettenin scores on a rebound with help thanks to a rebound from Nabokov. From here on out hes going to be Nabby.  Nabby does not look happy with that goal, he knows if they lose this game its back to mother Russia for him for a couple of months.

9:16- Everytime I see a natty light commercial it makes me cringe that people actually drink that.

9:24- You know a goalie is playing well when he causes an announcer to use the words fantastic netminder and stymie in the same sentence.  As in "Marty Turco has been one of the fantastic net minders in the playoffs and that is shown here as he stymies Joe Thornton on that play".

9:30- Icing was probably the last rule in sports that made sense to me.  I don't think I understood icing until i was around 18 years old.  And if you try to explain icing to someone who doesn't normally watch hockey but is just watching the game it would be much easier trying to explain advanced trigonometry.

9:40- 2nd intermission.  I love the playoff beard tradition in hockey and would love for NBA players to try to do this.  I could just picture Lebron with a beard twice as long as what he already has while Wally Sczerbiak can't grow one and Ilgauskas looking like a European hit-man.

9:43- The best friend Mccack makes his first phone call wanting a score update and after I tell him the Stars are up 1-0 he nearly falls off the Stars bandwagon in delight, but quickly recovers and goes back to telling people they need to sign 5 types of damage waivers just to rent a freaking car.

9:56- 20 minutes away from going to the Western Conference finals.  15 second close up of the shark's head coach who looks like a cross between Anthony Hopkins and Barry Melrose.

9:59- Goal! 1-1. Sharks even it up which prompts me to go get the 2nd Killians.

10:05- 3rd straight shot on Turco, this is not looking good.  Stars are getting no pressure on Nabby and look like they are just dying to give up another goal.

10:09-  I really like the NBA playoff commercials that have 2 players and each half of the screen is one half of each players face.  The only thing that I would change is they always have the best players from each of the teams.  I just want to see one with half of Luke Walton's face and half of Brent Barry's face talking about their love for the playoffs.

10:15-  You can just feel the crowd waiting on the Shark's next goal.....Stars just iced the puck for a temporary relief in pressure as the worldwide network power known as Vs. takes us to commercial break.

For the record most of the time I play an online multi table tournament while watching a sporting event I make it past the first half hour.

10:22-  I can't say it enough Turco has been phenomenal tonight.  If he's not in goal it's at least 5-1 San Jose right now.  He just made another HUGE save that delayed the inevitable Dallas collapse.  I've always wondered what it takes to get thrown out of a face off.  If anyone reading this knows I would love for you to tell me.

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