I've been a pathetic excuse for a blogger lately, haven't I?  Didn't even blog the amazing Buffalo series.  Game 7 was *AWESOME* by the way.

Carolina came out with not much forecheck last night and committed too many penalties in the first period, but thanks to the Caminator (Cam Ward, of course), they survived the period with only a 1-0 deficit.

Things didn't improve in the second, as Carolina fell behind 3-0.  Uh oh.  Only 5 teams have overcome a 3 goal deficit in the Stanley Cup Finals.

At about 8:42 PM, I realized that I hadn't listened to Beep Beep yet, and so I listened, and 30 seconds later, the Canes scored their first goal, making it 3-1.

After that, Carolina took control of the game with a second goal early in the third, and the game tying goal not much later, and then a go-ahead goal not much after that.  Edmonton came back to tie the game but then Bergeron shoved Andrew Ladd into Roloson, and essentially caused injury to his own player.  Roloson is out for the series.  He's done.

And then came Rod.  Thank God for Rod.  He started the scoring and finished it by stealing the puck and scoring on a wraparound that saw Ty Conklin (is that his name) on the wrong side of the net.  5-4 Canes with 30 seconds to go and that's how it ended.

It was an amazing comeback, and probably a devastating loss for the Oilers.  I predicted Canes in 5 and I'll stand by that prediction because I think Edmonton will have enough to win a game at home but that's about it.

I really want to see the Canes hoist the cup - and I'd love it if they did it in front of the home crowd.  Plus, not having a game 7 would save me $150, so it has to be game 5.

GO CANES!