# Game Seven: Devils vs. Ducks. It all comes down to this. . .
**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-seven-devils-vs-ducks-it-all-comes-down-to-this/180737
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share
**Created:** [June 9, 2003, 11:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-seven-devils-vs-ducks-it-all-comes-down-to-this/180737 "2003-06-09T23:25:01Z")
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### Author:  [@Tripler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tripler)
#### Post date: [June 9, 2003, 11:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-seven-devils-vs-ducks-it-all-comes-down-to-this/180737/1 "2003-06-09T23:25:01Z")
Just a continuation of [this thread.](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?s=&threadid=189279) . .
Oooh, I’m all tingly. It’s 1830 (local) and I’ve got ESPNs SportsCenter on. My TV Guide says the game will be on in half an hour.
Predictions? ESPN is saying the past 11 years, the home team has been 9 - 2 in Game Sevens. I can only pray. GO DEVILS!
Tripler
Is it wrong to ask God to work for ‘the Devils’? 😃
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### Author:  [@ace22](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ace22)
#### Post date: [June 9, 2003, 11:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-seven-devils-vs-ducks-it-all-comes-down-to-this/180737/2 "2003-06-09T23:28:27Z")
Go Devils!
I have no _particular_ affinity for the Devils, but I have a hell of a lot of respect for Marty Brodeur.
And while it’s great what the Ducks have done this year, I was most unhappy when they swept the Wings.
Of course, being a Coyotes fan…
And I watched the Braves game during Game 6 too…but I flipped back and forth betwixt the two. I can tear myself away from the Braves for the finals, I reckon!
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### Author:  [@I\_can\_t\_believe\_that\_s\_butter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/I_can_t_believe_that_s_butter)
#### Post date: [June 10, 2003, 12:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-seven-devils-vs-ducks-it-all-comes-down-to-this/180737/3 "2003-06-10T00:52:33Z")
Go Devils, if for nothing else than to stop the damned Mighty Ducks (and the ensuing media frenzy) from winning the Cup. That’d be a darker point that the glow puck/phosphorescent puck/whatever the hell they called that thing, for crying out loud.
I haven’t watched hockey lately like I did a year ago, but I shall watch this one. 🙂
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### Author:  [@Tripler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tripler)
#### Post date: [June 10, 2003, 12:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-seven-devils-vs-ducks-it-all-comes-down-to-this/180737/4 "2003-06-10T00:55:43Z")
Whoooo doggie. . . Scoreless after the first.
My BP: 120/60 (I think). 😃
Tripler
I’m not a doctor but I play one on TV.
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### Author:  [@iampunha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iampunha)
#### Post date: [June 10, 2003, 1:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-seven-devils-vs-ducks-it-all-comes-down-to-this/180737/5 "2003-06-10T01:01:31Z")
**ace22** , unless ESPN is lying there is but one baseball game tonight and it does not feature the Braves.
You are, as such, forgiven:D
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### Author:  [@I\_can\_t\_believe\_that\_s\_butter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/I_can_t_believe_that_s_butter)
#### Post date: [June 10, 2003, 1:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-seven-devils-vs-ducks-it-all-comes-down-to-this/180737/6 "2003-06-10T01:04:29Z")
Devils in the 5-hole!! Woo-hoooooo!
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### Author:  [@brachyrhynchos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/brachyrhynchos)
#### Post date: [June 10, 2003, 1:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-seven-devils-vs-ducks-it-all-comes-down-to-this/180737/7 "2003-06-10T01:05:06Z")
**Score!**
🙂
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### Author:  [@Tripler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tripler)
#### Post date: [June 10, 2003, 1:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-seven-devils-vs-ducks-it-all-comes-down-to-this/180737/8 "2003-06-10T01:24:12Z")
Yep! 7:42 into the second, Friesen pops in Jersey’s #2.
Devils 2, Ducks 0.
I’m going to be a happy puppy tonight. 😃
Tripler
GO DEVILS!
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### Author:  [@Tripler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tripler)
#### Post date: [June 10, 2003, 1:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-seven-devils-vs-ducks-it-all-comes-down-to-this/180737/9 "2003-06-10T01:43:37Z")
End of the second, 2 - 0 Devils.
I may be a _really_ happy puppy tonight, but it ain’t over 'till it’s over. . .
Tripler
Blood Pressure: 220/50.
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### Author:  [@Master\_Brewer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Master_Brewer)
#### Post date: [June 10, 2003, 1:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-seven-devils-vs-ducks-it-all-comes-down-to-this/180737/10 "2003-06-10T01:53:14Z")
I know you dont want to hear this **Tripler** , but as a hockey fan i would love to see the Ducks pick up at least one goal early in the third period.
The Ducks really need to come out and hit the Devils hard in their defensive zone… i dont know why they havent been doing that more… it seems like they aren’t being aggressive enough. The better they for-check, the less they have to try to break into the offensive zone cold.
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### Author:  [@iampunha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iampunha)
#### Post date: [June 10, 2003, 1:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-seven-devils-vs-ducks-it-all-comes-down-to-this/180737/11 "2003-06-10T01:58:21Z")
The Ducks’ offense, it seems to me, is as bad on the road vs. the Devils as it is good at home. Either that or there’s some weird road karma in effect here.
Either way, it don’t look good for the road team, though I can’t say I’m surprised. I had a sense this would go 7 games from the Devil’s game 7 win over … crap, I know this.
The Senators. That’s it.
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### Author:  [@Tripler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tripler)
#### Post date: [June 10, 2003, 2:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-seven-devils-vs-ducks-it-all-comes-down-to-this/180737/12 "2003-06-10T02:27:23Z")
Jeff Freisen, just under 4:00 in the third, gets #3.
Tripler
I’m now a happy puppy. 😃
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### Author:  [@brachyrhynchos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/brachyrhynchos)
#### Post date: [June 10, 2003, 2:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-seven-devils-vs-ducks-it-all-comes-down-to-this/180737/13 "2003-06-10T02:40:34Z")
Congratulations Devils!
And congratulations also to the Mighty Ducks! Having spent the first half of my life growing up in Orange County, it’s wonderful to see them do so well. Let’s do this again next year!
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### Author:  [@Tripler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tripler)
#### Post date: [June 10, 2003, 2:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-seven-devils-vs-ducks-it-all-comes-down-to-this/180737/14 "2003-06-10T02:45:46Z")
Great series, eh?
I love the nail-biters. 😃
Tripler
Can someone save me the inserts from the Star Ledger and Bergen Record?
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### Author:  [@Master\_Brewer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Master_Brewer)
#### Post date: [June 10, 2003, 3:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-seven-devils-vs-ducks-it-all-comes-down-to-this/180737/15 "2003-06-10T03:06:26Z")
A truely great and entertaining series. The only thing that would have made it better would be if the Devils fans had showed Giguere the credit and respect he deserved when we was given the Conn Smythe, instead of booing him like they did. Everyone knows that the only reason the Ducks were anywhere NEAR the Finals was him, and he clearly deserved that trophy. He deserved to be treated with respect and class… the fact that half of the Devils players were applauding him should tell the fans something.
\ But thats just my opinion, I could be wrong \
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### Author:  [@ace22](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ace22)
#### Post date: [June 10, 2003, 4:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-seven-devils-vs-ducks-it-all-comes-down-to-this/180737/16 "2003-06-10T04:56:53Z")
> [@](#):
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> \*Originally posted by iampunha \*
> **ace22, unless ESPN is lying there is but one baseball game tonight and it does not feature the Braves.**
It helped that there was only one baseball game… 🙂
And call me ace, baby 🆒
I only got to see the first two periods, unfortunately, but the Devils did seem to be resoundingly putting it away. You just can’t expect to get away with eight shots a period on Brodeur!
Huzzah!
And a well-deserved Conn Smythe for Giguere. Even though he beat the Wings. On the bright side, he **also** beat the Stars.
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### Author:  [@Troy\_McClure\_SF](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Troy_McClure_SF)
#### Post date: [June 10, 2003, 5:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-seven-devils-vs-ducks-it-all-comes-down-to-this/180737/17 "2003-06-10T05:35:52Z")
Ha, ha, Anaheim lost!
-Troy McClure SF, the disgruntled Giants fan.
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### Author:  [@Count\_Blucher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Count_Blucher)
#### Post date: [June 10, 2003, 1:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-seven-devils-vs-ducks-it-all-comes-down-to-this/180737/18 "2003-06-10T13:52:07Z")
> [@](#):
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> \*Originally posted by Master\_Brewer \*
> \*\*A truely great and entertaining series. The only thing that would have made it better would be if the Devils fans had showed Giguere the credit and respect he deserved when we was given the Conn Smythe, instead of booing him like they did. Everyone knows that the only reason the Ducks were anywhere NEAR the Finals was him, and he clearly deserved that trophy. He deserved to be treated with respect and class… the fact that half of the Devils players were applauding him should tell the fans something.
>
> \ But thats just my opinion, I could be wrong \ \*\*
Perhaps they just felt that The Only Goalie In The History Of The NHL to Goalie Seven Shut-Outs might have deserved it more.
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### Author:  [@Count\_Blucher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Count_Blucher)
#### Post date: [June 10, 2003, 1:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-seven-devils-vs-ducks-it-all-comes-down-to-this/180737/19 "2003-06-10T13:53:18Z")
\*Post-Season