Bulldogs Playoffs Gameday, Island Finals Game #5

Hello and thanks for stopping by the blog. Just finished my subway lunch pregame, now a blog post, then off for the pregame nap. After being up since 4:30 this morning for the pre-work gameday walk and the morning show and everything else I do on gameday I hope I'm tired enough to nap this afternoon in spite of how jacked up I am for tonights game.

Pretty simple now. With the series tied 2-2 it's now a best of three to crown the Island Champions, with the Bulldogs having home ice advantage. Whoever wins tonights game 5 will have a chance to win the Island title tomorrow at Bear Mountain. The Dogs, like the Salsa, are unbeaten at home in the playoffs so far. While that doesn't mean anything when the puck drops tonight or tomorrow, it's a stat none the less. The Salsa showed in round one with two victories at the Frank Crane that they are capable of winning in tough rinks. While the Dogs have only lost two games at home all year by no means does that mean that tonight is a given. I hope the team isn't thinking anything else but how hard they have to come out tonight to outwork outhit and outhustle the Salsa to earn a victory. A Salsa fan from the other side of the coin could state that since the Salsa are winless at the Pound this season, they are certainly due. Dog fans hope not, of course, but after the Salsa's 13-2 loss here for game two, no one knows how tough it's going to be tonight more than them. The only thing certain is that this should be a great one tonight.

Our Alberni Engineering pregame show is on the air at 6:45pm on 93.3 The Peak FM with Ace and myself. The puckdrop is at 7:00. Tonights second intermission feature guest is Surrey Eagles play by play voice Colin Tiggelaar. Since the Eagles elimination at the end of the regular season Colin has been hosting "Inside the Race for the Fred Page Cup" on the BCHL homepage, along with everything he's doing inside the BCHL Fanzone from the BCHL offices. We'll talk about what the fanzone offers and Colin's work in putting everything together, along with the "Inside the Race for the Fred Page Cup" Incase you've missed that, it's FREE on the frontpage of www.bchl.bc.ca so take a listen and see what a good show it is. You can listen back from the recaps of game 1 of the playoffs all the way though the first round to the second round preview and recaps. Just click on "click to read the full story" My thanks to Colin for the interview.

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Rip and Tear
and dare I say-
Loud and Proud.

Hammer