East:
Montreal Canadiens vs Philadelphia Flyers(Duh)
New York Rangers vs Pittsburgh Penguins(I would prefer to face the Pens but I prefer NY as a team)

West:
Colorado Avalanche vs Detroit Red Wings(I will never root for Detroit)
Dallas Stars vs San Jose Sharks(Always have to go with my boys in the West)

Unreal.

My ears are still ringing, I have no voice and my right arm now has muscles in it thanks to some intense towel waving. I always assumed that my first playoff game would be my best experience ever. It was pretty amazing..but it just can't compare to what I experienced last night. Rioting aside, this city is amazing and I'm so proud to be a part of all this. I honestly don't know what people who don't watch hockey do..how can they miss out on all of this? This city has come together, everyone is talking to everyone on the streets..there's no differences. The only thing on our minds is hockey and that unites us all as a city. Walking into the Bell Center yesterday I can honestly say I didn't feel confident at all. I was thinking the worst and I know I shouldn't have been but I couldn't help it. Before the game Lisa, Stew, Laura & I were so quiet, trying to understand that our hockey season could be over in just a few hours. The anthem was amazing as usual, except we all got a little irritated that he didn't let just the crowd sing seeing as how it was deafening in there.

The first period was pretty uneventful & very tense. The Bruins outplayed us but thanks to Price we came out of the 1st up 1-0. The rest of the game just went our way. Halfway through the second we scored the goal that made it 2-0 and the place went absolutely insane. I have not been more relieved to see that goal light all season. That goal had an amazing impact on the crowd. During the next commercial break, while the players were at the bench, the crowd got on their feet and started with the OLE chant and the towel waving right until the commercial break ended. I've never been so entertained during a break before, it was unreal(as I will continue to say). Third period we scored 3 more goals to win it 5-0. The crowd was deafening. At a certain point it just becomes one noise and you cannot hear anything. It's the best feeling in the world haha. I remember when we bought the Game 7 tickets. None of us really cared, none of us thought the Bruins would take us to 7 games but I thank god we got those tickets. The crowd was a hundred times louder then Game 1, which I did NOT think was physically possible and the atmosphere was out of this world. I love this city. I love this team. Right at the end of the game, as they had done on April 5th, they saluted the crowd and everyone went insane again.

After the game we could barely walk outside the Bell Center. No one was moving. It was just a giant mosh pit of people cheering and chanting and high-fiving. I hugged about 15 completely random people and high-fived at least 40. We went to go stand higher up to look down at the streets where car horns were not stopping and people were getting out of cars to hug people running in the streets. There was even a homeless guy running around with a Habs towel. Then we went back to the party and chatted with tons of different fans and just took in the win. We left before any of the rioting started, and I'm thankful for that. The image I left with will always be in my mind.

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I HATE YOU BOSTON BRUINS. Why won't you go away!!!!!!! Every time I think that we're done with this team they come back and I give them all the credit in the world for how hard they're fighting but....I had so much faith in my team. Right before the playoffs started I named 2 teams that actually scare me....New York Rangers & Boston Bruins. Everyone laughed when I said the Bruins worried me....but I'm aware of how common upsets are...and it was obvious that Boston wasn't going to roll over and play dead in the playoffs and I was terrified we'd underestimate them. I don't think we've done that. I think Boston has just played like they want it more. Aside from the first game, we haven't played as hard as them. I think we had a better effort tonight though. If our D hadn't self-destructed we would've had this. Our offense finally solved Tim Thomas and having Saku back was such a boost and that showed when he assisted on both of Higgins goals. Everyone is shocked that the 8th seed is outplaying the 1st but when you look at it..if we hadn't owned Boston in all 8 games this year they could've easily finished ahead of us. They have no one particularly special on their team but they've been a force to be reckoned with over the season.

Game 7 with the ladies and Stew on Monday. I don't even know how I feel about that. I don't know if I can handle being there for a loss. It would be amazing if we won there but I have this awful feeling. I'm used to this feeling though. I'm preparing for the worst. I don't want my hockey season to end on Monday. It's too early. UGHHH. C'mon Habs. Don't let me down on Monday.

Make the playoffs: PASS
Finish first in the division: PASS
Finish first in the conference: PASS
Sweep the Bruins: FAIL
Beat the Bruins in 5: FAIL
Beat the Bruins in 6: Well that will be found out on Saturday...

Why must you put me through this Habs. Why can't we just wrap up this series already? I'll let Price get away with an absolute stinker tonight just because he's been outstanding since Huet left the team, especially in the playoffs. Everyone has a bad game but I'm still not over that mistake he made on that 2nd goal..total rookie mistake and that's the only thing that worries me about our team. I firmly believe, and they've shown it, that we have a very strong core that is only going to continue to grow better but there's so many small mistakes popping up from our young guys that could hurt us if we make it further in the playoffs. I really don't want my hockey season to end in April.

UGHHH. I hate being sick. I swear to God I have not stopped coughing since Sunday afternoon plus this fever is not making me feel any better. The most annoying part of all of this is that I have class tomorrow from 8:30-5:30 and seeing as how I skipped 3 of my classes this week, I don't want to skip anymore. ANNOYINNNGG. Thankfully the Habs won tonight to lift my mood a little bit. They're leading 3-1 now so I'm hoping for a win AT HOME on Thursday. Then onto the Philly Flyers hopefully.