Flying High!

                      

I am flying so high right now I could reach the moon and the stars.  The boys finished off the series tonight winning 7-1 in Philadelphia, and they will come home in one piece.  The high score was a double edged sword.  It was a good thing as the arena in Philly emptied rather quickly and it put my mind and heart at ease.  I wasn't so afraid of the fan reaction to the loss.  On the other side it took some of the excitement out of advancing.  The boys were calm and cool after the final buzzer went.  They did not jump around or roll on the ice in jubilation.  They hugged and high 5'ed as though it were another game.  Classy action in my mind.  No need to rub it in.  While I'm on the 'classy' subject the NHL has one of the classiest playoffs.  After each series is over the teams line up at center and shake hands.  I get chills each and every time. 

 

Now the celebrating won't last long.  Since Carolina won over Montreal we will be meeting up with the Ottawa Senators.  This will not be an easy task.  I heard earlier today the series will start on Friday as Ottawa has home ice advantage and they have Dora Dora at the arena both Saturday and Sunday.  Thank God we didn't go to game 7, it would have been Thursday and we'd be playing back to back.  I am thrilled we advanced and will be cheering my boys on, but we have a huge task at hand!

 

The entire first round will not be complete until tomorrow.  Calgary and Anaheim will be playing game 7, and when that is over the next round will be set.  I will post the games after that.  On a side note I need to congratulate Shelly at xxRoxyMamaxx, she has 6 out of a possible 7 correct.  I know she got some slack for not picking her Lightening, but this girl obviously knew something!!  Now watch, she will tell me she picked by color or something :)   I will post the entire points after tomorrow's game.