Taro T Posted May 3 Report Posted May 3 50 minutes ago, Big Guava said: 9-3 Final... Vancouver ain't ready for this buzzsaw that are the Bandits in the playoffs. Only goals they scored were on the power play, they did not have a single even strength goal. That's absurd. Vinc with 35 saves. Vancouver got dominated tonight. Playoffs are a different animal and facing the 2 time defending champs and a team that's been to 4 straight NLL finals shows the disparity between a team that knows how to win big games and a team that doesn't. And the Bandits DID bring their A game. AND the Warriors cracked under the pressure of trailing in a game for the 1st time for more than 4 minutes in 2 months. Having Belter back in the lineup has been a huge add this playoffs too. He and Weiss were both out of the lineup the 1st time the Bandits hosted them in the 1 goal loss. Quote
Big Guava Posted May 3 Author Report Posted May 3 58 minutes ago, Taro T said: And the Bandits DID bring their A game. AND the Warriors cracked under the pressure of trailing in a game for the 1st time for more than 4 minutes in 2 months. Having Belter back in the lineup has been a huge add this playoffs too. He and Weiss were both out of the lineup the 1st time the Bandits hosted them in the 1 goal loss. Cloutier also back tonight as well. 1 Quote
PromoTheRobot Posted May 3 Report Posted May 3 Next game Sunday 9pm ET in Vancouver. TV: ESPN+ for sure. Anyone know about CW23 in Buffalo? Quote
Indabuff Posted May 4 Report Posted May 4 Need to get to one of these next games. May not be the most prominent or commercialized sports out there but goddam it's electric when you're in that arena for the Bandits. Awesome to attend a game at that arena and see my 10 y.o. amped for a change. 1 Quote
JohnC Posted May 4 Report Posted May 4 49 minutes ago, Indabuff said: Need to get to one of these next games. May not be the most prominent or commercialized sports out there but goddam it's electric when you're in that arena for the Bandits. Awesome to attend a game at that arena and see my 10 y.o. amped for a change. I don't get to watch many Bandit games. But last year, I watched a playoff game with a full house of raucous fans. As you aptly described the scene, just watching it on TV I felt the electricity in the arena. If the owner can get his hockey house in order, I'm confident that the Sabres would also be able to replicate the same enthusiasm, if not more. Although our fanbase has become cynical about the franchise and has substantially shrunk due to a generation of failure, I'm confident that it can quickly come back and get behind this team. This is going to be a critical offseason for the Sabres as to whether the organization demonstrates a seriousness about restoring the lost faith in this faded franchise. I really hope so. Being negative is depleting. 1 Quote
Taro T Posted May 4 Report Posted May 4 PSA Reminder: Bandits go for the 2 game sweep in Vancouver tonight at 9PM Eastern. ESPN+ will carry it in the States. TSN/TSN+ will carry it in Canada. Saskatchawan killed Halifax in Halifax yesterday 15-7 (maybe 16-7, lost track of the score with all the idiotic penalties the Mad Dog 2020's kept taking at the end of the game. The Rush had at least 3 penalty shots at the end as Halifax insisted on taking more penalties after they already were 2 men down. A win on Friday night or Sunday night and they'll face the winner of the Bandits series. A win tonight gives the Bandits a week off to get even healthier waiting for the winner of the other series. 1 Quote
PromoTheRobot Posted May 5 Report Posted May 5 Vancouver jerseys look like the Vegas Golden Knights. 1 Quote
Big Guava Posted May 5 Author Report Posted May 5 Tied at 2 after the first quarter. Bandits jumped out to a 2-0 lead early, Vancouver tied it up with two goals later in the period... McKay on a tear with another goal, now has 7 in 3 playoff games Quote
Indabuff Posted May 5 Report Posted May 5 (edited) Was looking like a blow out at first, still could be. Edited May 5 by Indabuff Probably should keep my trap shut 1 Quote
Big Guava Posted May 5 Author Report Posted May 5 It's over! 11-9 final! 5th straight finals appearance for the Bandits .. 1 Quote
Big Guava Posted May 5 Author Report Posted May 5 (edited) McKay is just on fire in the playoffs with another hat trick and added an assist trick as well to finish with 6 points in the game to lead the Bandits... Now has 9 goals in 3 games... Edited May 5 by Big Guava 1 Quote
PromoTheRobot Posted May 5 Report Posted May 5 I can't post the video but did anyone see goal #11 from between the legs and off two posts? 1 Quote
Indabuff Posted May 5 Report Posted May 5 17 minutes ago, PromoTheRobot said: I can't post the video but did anyone see goal #11 from between the legs and off two posts? Ya, it was cool as hell. Quote
Big Guava Posted May 5 Author Report Posted May 5 22 minutes ago, PromoTheRobot said: I can't post the video but did anyone see goal #11 from between the legs and off two posts? They called Chase Fraser a sicko for that one on TSN and were like "are you kidding me?? We waited til this point in the game of the semi-finals to see the goal of the year??" Quote
Taro T Posted May 5 Report Posted May 5 32 minutes ago, PromoTheRobot said: I can't post the video but did anyone see goal #11 from between the legs and off two posts? And then shortly thereafter Vinc had probably the save of the season. Vancouver worked a great back door play and Vinc found a way to get his stick onto the shot towards the nearly empty net. 2 Quote
PromoTheRobot Posted May 5 Report Posted May 5 11 hours ago, Taro T said: And then shortly thereafter Vinc had probably the save of the season. Vancouver worked a great back door play and Vinc found a way to get his stick onto the shot towards the nearly empty net. Finally someone posted that goal on X. 1 2 Quote
Taro T Posted 18 hours ago Report Posted 18 hours ago Bandits host the Rush on Friday night in Game 1 of the Finals. Halifax had a 2 goal lead with less than a minute left looking to tie the series at 1-1. But Saskatchewan scored with about 40 seconds left and got the ball on the faceoff. Halifax's goalie made the stop with about 16 seconds left. So, game over, right? Wrong. They turned the ball over on a serious stick check trying to get the ball over the midfield stripe just before the 8 second clock expired. About 5 seconds later the game was tied. Halifax then took a boarding major 1-1/2 minutes into OT and the Rush only needed 10 seconds to make them pay for that mistake. Had been hoping the MD 20-20's would win tonight to force the Rush to play an extra game before meeting the Bandits. Saskatchewan won the last time the 2 teams met in the Finals. So, pay 'em back for that and get the 3-peat. Let's GO BAN-DITS!!!! Quote
Big Guava Posted 4 hours ago Author Report Posted 4 hours ago 13 hours ago, Taro T said: Bandits host the Rush on Friday night in Game 1 of the Finals. Halifax had a 2 goal lead with less than a minute left looking to tie the series at 1-1. But Saskatchewan scored with about 40 seconds left and got the ball on the faceoff. Halifax's goalie made the stop with about 16 seconds left. So, game over, right? Wrong. They turned the ball over on a serious stick check trying to get the ball over the midfield stripe just before the 8 second clock expired. About 5 seconds later the game was tied. Halifax then took a boarding major 1-1/2 minutes into OT and the Rush only needed 10 seconds to make them pay for that mistake. Had been hoping the MD 20-20's would win tonight to force the Rush to play an extra game before meeting the Bandits. Saskatchewan won the last time the 2 teams met in the Finals. So, pay 'em back for that and get the 3-peat. Let's GO BAN-DITS!!!! Believe that was the first of the 5 straight finals they have been in where they lost to the Rush... Then it was the Mammoth back to back losing the first and winning the second 1 Quote
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