I know that not everyone is a hockey fan – we can’t all be Canadian. More people would be, though, if they watched games like the Montreal – Washington game tonight. I only caught the third period and the overtime, but it was amazing. Washington was going for their 15th consecutive win. They fell behind 5-2 after two periods and apparently didn’t look very good. In a crazy third period, though, the ridiculously explosive Caps scored twice in the first nine minutes, and then tied it up with just 19 seconds left after an intense, sustained flurry. Washington is ridiculously good – so good that I think that the Cup is theirs to lose. The overtime period was back and forth and just as intense. Washington controlled more of the action in the overtime period, but Montreal drove their fans into a frenzy by winning it with a goal with just eight seconds remaining. It was as exciting as a game between non-rivals in early February can possibly be.

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