So Roberto Luongo had a very interesting playoffs as he was 15-10 in the playoffs and in he was unbeatable in most of his 15 wins but if most of the losses he could not stop a beach ball as he gave up as he gave up 5 goals in the first 3 games of the Chicago series to help the Canucks take a 3-0 lead but then in the next 2 games he was completely shelled and pulled in both games as he gave up 10 goals on 40 shots which is a 75% save percentage and then was benched for game 6 until Cory Schneider got hurt and he lost the game in overtime and then came back in game 7 and won it 2-1. Then he cruised into the Stanley Cup final and going into game 7 he had 3 games at home all wins (1-0, 3-2, 1-0) and 3 road games all losses (8-1, 4-0 pulled in the third, and 5-2 and lasted 8:35 and up 3 goals on 8 shots) but in game 7 back at home and coaching mistake put the Canucks behind the eight ball as the face off man got kicked out of the face off circle and the Canucks lost the draw with a non face off guy taking the face off and before they knew it the Bruins were ahead 1-0 as Patrice Bergeron scored his first of two in the game. Then Brad Marchand in the second made it 2-0 and the final nail went into the Canucks coffin when they finally got a power play but instead of cutting the Bruins lead in half Patrice Bergeron scored his second of the game shorthanded to make it 3-0. In the third period Brad Marchand put insult to injury with his 11 goal of the playoffs and second of the game to make the final 4-0 and Tim Thomas who was a back-up last season to Tuka Rask after an unbelievable season where he was best goal in the NHL. This season he put it all back together this season as her was the best goal for most of the regular season and then Bruins all the way to the Stanley Cup as in the Canadiens series the Bruins were down 2-0 and won 3 straight making 112 saves on 119 shots including a 44 save performance on 45 shots in game 5 and then in the deciding game 7 he stopped 34 of 37 shots to help the Bruins win 4 of 5 games. In the Flyers series the Bruins had no problem but Tim Thomas did have a 52 on 54 save performance to help the Bruins in game 2 on there way to a 4 game sweep and then he faced the Lightening and had a 31 save shutout and 33 of 34 performance in 2 of the Bruins 3 wins heading into another deciding game 7 where he had a 24 save shutout in a 1-0 victory to go into the finals. In the finals Game 1 made 33 saves on 34 shots in a 1-0 loss where the only goal of the game was scored in the final minute of regulation and then in game 2 stopped 30 of 33 shots in a 3-2 overtime loss. In the 2 games in Boston he stopped 78 of 79 shots as the Bruins outscored the Canucks 12-1 to even the series and then in game 5 made 24 of 25 saves in a 1-0 loss and in game 6 made 36 of 38 saves in a 5-2 victory to force a deciding game 7 for all the marbles where he made all 37 saves in the 4-0 and was named the Stanley Cup MVP.
So the Bruins win their first since '72 and the Canucks are still waiting for their first in their 40 year history
Tom Mehegan
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