(Polar's Word) it, Punzil...
Congrats to Svech for being the only player in franchise history to notch a hat trick in the playoffs.... and now he's done it twice.
Not surprising. The Canes only made the playoffs four times when he was a player. They haven't missed the playoffs with him as a coach, despite going literally winless in Conference Finals games.
They're so frustratingly streaky. 3-6-1 in their last 10, and while the last two games rested their best... this is probably the least confident I've felt going into the postseason since they stopped just being happy to be there, and that's including the year we relied on Mrazek and McElhinny...
So they get to carry that Albatross with them all the way to the Conference Finals and lose there? No version of the Jets has made it to a Cup final since the WHA.
At least Gretzky can say his team won the game in which he broke the record...
Breaking the record and losing the game actually seems more selfish, considering that they stopped the game for a ceremony, when he could have broken the record with the EN hat trick at the end of the Blackhwaks...
When Gretzky passed Howe, was there a game stoppage to the extent that there was for #8's 895th? My wife was watching and commented "The game's not over, and the Capitals are losing 2-1, shouldn't they save the pomp and circumstance until after the game is over?" I explained to her that this...