“Good afternoon hockey fans, Im Doc Emrick beside Eddie Olczyk, we are here in Detroit Michigan at Joe Louis Arena! We have a good game coming, San Jose Sharks vs. Detroit Red Wings game 7 of the 2016 Stanley Cup Finals”.
“Yeah Doc, this has been a tough series, very physical game play by these two teams, we've seen stats we have never seen before in the cup finals, each team is averaging 60 shots on goal a game, that is insane!”
“Thanks Eddie, now we go to center ice for the puck drop.”
I was really nervous, in my rookie season, 19 years old, my team and I got to the cup finals, now we are in game 7, an elimination game, It seems like it was just yesterday I heard the guy at the 2014 NHL entry draft say “The Detroit Red Wings select …show more content…
Larkin wins the faceoff, Nyquist picks it up and passes it back to Green, Green’s slap shot is saved by Jones, REBOUND, what an unbelievable save by Jones.”
“Final minute of play in the 1st period” I heard. I win the faceoff, then I pass it to Datsyuk who was patiently waiting, I follow the boards through center ice, I look up and see Brett Burns charging at me, Oh shi…
“Oh my, a huge hit at center ice, Larkin had his head down and Burns saw the opportunity, that's a rookie mistake made by Larkin, he seems to not be moving, here comes the stretcher.”
“Oh, my head, I said, what happened?”
“Burns hit you, you have a concussion, said the doctor.”
“Can I walk?”
“Yes.”
“Did we win the cup?”
“Go see for yourself, he said.”
I get up and walk through the tunnel, as I get closer I hear cheering, it get louder and louder, I walk out of the tunnel and the game is tied 3-3 in the 4th overtime. The arena erupts, I turn and see Datsyuk, no one is near him, it's just him against the goalie, he dekes and SCORES! The arena goes berserk, fans are as loud as they have ever been, they are throwing things on the ice, the players are all piled up, and it's all for one reason, The Detroit Red Wings are the 2016 Stanley Cup
“Yeah Doc, this has been a tough series, very physical game play by these two teams, we've seen stats we have never seen before in the cup finals, each team is averaging 60 shots on goal a game, that is insane!”
“Thanks Eddie, now we go to center ice for the puck drop.”
I was really nervous, in my rookie season, 19 years old, my team and I got to the cup finals, now we are in game 7, an elimination game, It seems like it was just yesterday I heard the guy at the 2014 NHL entry draft say “The Detroit Red Wings select …show more content…
Larkin wins the faceoff, Nyquist picks it up and passes it back to Green, Green’s slap shot is saved by Jones, REBOUND, what an unbelievable save by Jones.”
“Final minute of play in the 1st period” I heard. I win the faceoff, then I pass it to Datsyuk who was patiently waiting, I follow the boards through center ice, I look up and see Brett Burns charging at me, Oh shi…
“Oh my, a huge hit at center ice, Larkin had his head down and Burns saw the opportunity, that's a rookie mistake made by Larkin, he seems to not be moving, here comes the stretcher.”
“Oh, my head, I said, what happened?”
“Burns hit you, you have a concussion, said the doctor.”
“Can I walk?”
“Yes.”
“Did we win the cup?”
“Go see for yourself, he said.”
I get up and walk through the tunnel, as I get closer I hear cheering, it get louder and louder, I walk out of the tunnel and the game is tied 3-3 in the 4th overtime. The arena erupts, I turn and see Datsyuk, no one is near him, it's just him against the goalie, he dekes and SCORES! The arena goes berserk, fans are as loud as they have ever been, they are throwing things on the ice, the players are all piled up, and it's all for one reason, The Detroit Red Wings are the 2016 Stanley Cup