I guess we should have known it would be an ol' fashion shootout in Boston last night when Adam Hall scored 13 seconds into the game.A few people asked me if that is a record for the fastest goal from the start of a Stanley Cup playoff game. That record goes to the man pictured to the right, Don Kozak.
On April 17th, 1977 Kozak gave the Los Angeles Kings the earliest 1-0 lead in post-season history, scoring just 6 seconds into the game. Who were the Kings playing in that series? The Boston Bruins.
Here's some more thoughts on the Boston/Tampa game:
- How about Bruins' rookie Tyler Seguin? He sat all playoffs long, making his Stanley Cup debut in game 1. Now the 19 year old has 6 points in his first 2 games, including 4 points in just 7 shifts (5:35 TOI) of the 2nd period of game 2.
- According to @TSNresearch "last teenager with 4pts in a playoff game was Trevor Linden, 2 days shy of turning 19, April 9, 1989 vs cgy 1g, 3a"
- With 4 points in the period, he tied a NHL record for points in one period in a playoff game. Rocket Richard set that record in 1945, and has been equaled 10 other times. Amongst the co-record holders are Wayne Gretzky and Mario Lemieux, who did it twice.
- Tim Kerr also tied that record. He scored 4 goals, 3 on the power play, in a 1985 game against the New York Rangers. The 4 goals and 3 PP goals in one period are NHL records.
- Had the Lightning won the game, they would have tied a NHL record with 7 consecutive road playoff victories.
- The loss was also Tampa's first in 9 playoff games overall.
- Tampa did score 5 goals on Tim Thomas in the game. Philadelphia scored just 7 goals against Thomas in their entire playoff series!
- Television crews should keep an isolation camera on Bruins executive Cam Neely up in that box. His intensity and mannerisms would be fun to watch all game long.
Also, in former player news:
- The Vancouver Sun finds "The Missing Link" - Link Gaetz
- The Montreal Gazette reports Luc Robitaille is in financial trouble. .
- There's some pretty interesting content at HockeyHistory.org
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