-Alaina Scarano-Isbouts
In what was without a doubt the most incredible minute of the entire playoff season so far, the Carolina Hurricanes pulled off a huge upset to beat the New Jersey Devils in a span of less than a minute.
With less than a minute left in the game, Carolina was frantically trying to score a 3rd goal to tie it up and send it in to OT to save their season. But thanks to all the heart in the world of Tim Gleason, who dived to pass the puck over to Joni Pitkanen, who passed to Jussi Jokinen, who was able to get a snap shot past Martin Brodeur, Carolina was ready for an OT. Everyone was ready for OT. Reporters were making their way to the locker rooms to do pre-OT interviews, and then it happened.
Eric Staal, still not ready to accept overtime, got his wrister right in the back of the net. You could immediately see the tears in Staal’s eyes as it hit the entire team that they had just ended New Jersey’s season in a span of 80 seconds.
You know what this means? This means a Washington – Pittsburgh match-up for round 2…