Stanley Cup Final: Ottawa Senators vs Anaheim Ducks l Ducks Lead 3-1

[Drury77]

man o man MacCammond just took a wicked hit from Pronger. Pronger nailed him with an elbow to the head, and of course they'll be no penalty on it.

[ofhdhdy]

An elbow from Pronger!!! I am surprised..... what a joke of a player, one that does not deserve the cup. Nice non-call refs!

[Drury77]

unbelievable how this crap can go uncalled and Pronger gets away with another wicked hit - NHL will undoubtedly review this and hopefully they discipline him for it

[Drury77]

now things are really heating up, Sens are fed up with the cheap crap, and we got guys on top of each other on the ice.

Getzlaf drew a call for boarding at teh very least

[ofhdhdy]

Stupid Anaheim. They get the extra penalty out of that scrum!

[Drury77]

Now May is getting called for slewfooting the Sen

[Drury77]

score sens!!!!!!!!!!! that was sweet

[ofhdhdy]

WOAH! Finally some insurance, GREAT goal!

[Drury77]

penalty on the Sens coming.............dont start getting stupid again Sens. Man, they need to stay strong here, and not having MacCammond on the ice is/could really hurt the Sens

[ofhdhdy]

LMAO another penalty to the Ducks here. Ducks are being stupid..... they can't come back if they are in the penalty box.

[Drury77]

Getzlaf negates the PP and now they play 4 on 4, pretty cheap call. Get a penalty for being stronger is pretty pathetic

[Drury77]

Turned out to be a good game, and I love how it's getting fiesty and a little nasty.

Huge win for the Sens

[ofhdhdy]

NHL suspends Ducks' Pronger for one-game

OTTAWA (CP) - Chris Pronger will miss Game 4 of the Stanley Cup final.

The Anaheim Ducks defenceman received a one-game suspension Sunday after hitting Ottawa's Dean McAmmond in the head with his forearm during Game 3.

"This one took a lot of thought," Colin Campbell, the NHL's executive vice-president and director of hockey operations, said at a news conference. "It wasn't an easy one. It didn't jump out at us right away.

McAmmond left Saturday's game with a head injury and is doubtful for Game 4 on Monday.
"McAmmond doesn't look promising," Senators coach Bryan Murray said.

Anaheim leads the NHL championship series 2-1.

"We accept the league's decision," said Ducks coach Randy Carlyle. "We feel that the player did not attempt to hurt Dean McAmmond.

"We have to live by the league's decision."

It is the sixth career NHL suspension for the six-foot-six, 220-pound, hard-hitting all-star and the second in these playoffs. During the previous round against Detroit, Pronger was banned for Game 4 after his hit to the head of Red Wings forward Tomas Holmstrom against the boards.

Pronger wasn't penalized on the ice for either of the hits that led to his suspensions.

McAmmond was hit as he skated with the puck toward the Ducks net. He did a spin, fell backward, struck his head on the ice, and slid into the corner in the Anaheim zone at 2:01 of the third period.

He briefly lost consciousness, Murray said, but there was no official announcement that the veteran of 14 NHL seasons sustained a concussion.

After receiving medical attention for several minutes, a dazed and woozy McAmmond was helped to the dressing room and didn't return.

Excellent! If Ottawa wins this may cost his team the cup.

[Drury77]

And the Sens go down 3-1 in the series, they will have to win all remaining games, which seems highly unlikely with the way the Ducks are playing right now

[ofhdhdy]

Holy ****! Another **** game for the Sens, only one they played decent in is game 3. I hope they now know they can't win a hockey game by playing good one out of three periods......

WORST final since I have started watching hockey with real obsessiveness:
1. 2007
2. 2003
3. 2001
4. 2000
5. 2006
6. 2004
7. 2002

Obviously 2002 is the best for me because of the Wings winning but the rest are ranked on the actual quality of the series and this is so one-sided it sucks. Thanks Ottawa for playing at 50% effort again tonight!