Monday, May 3, 2004
In Real Life An Avalanche Would Kill A Shark
"There is doubt in San Jose!"
ESPN hockey broadcaster Steve Levy, after Joe Sakic's second-straight OT goal to bring Colorado to within 3-games-to-2 of San Jose
Despite scoring only three goals (to make it six total in the series) the Avalanche took Game 4 and Game 5 from the Sharks to turn a drastic 3-0 deficit into an oddly favorable 3-2 deficit in the West semifinal series. Suddenly it has to be a shaky situation for my Bay Area brethren. All I know is, I feel the Avalanche has the advantage now; the Sharks weren't all that confident during Game 5 and now they have to be extremely ill at ease, what with Game 6 in Denver coming up Tuesday and a comfortable 3-0 series lead dwindling.
I know I feel good about it! After the Sharks scored with nine minutes left in Game 3, I was feeling it fade away. But here I am, having made plans to spend Thursday evening at my favorite watering hole watching the bottom fall out of the Sharks' playoff hopes and witnessing the third-ever successful comeback from a 3-0 deficit in a seven-game series not only in NHL history but in all American big league sports. Such a comeback has only been achieved twice, both in the National Hockey League. There will be a third, this Thursday. And it will be my favorite team doing it. That gives me a warm fuzzy feeling inside.
