Sean McIndoe (Down Goes Brown) compiles a list of 25 things that happen when your team is playing in a playoff series. It provides a much needed laugh today.
http://grantland.com/the-triangle/the-25-moments-from-every-nhl-playoff-series/
http://grantland.com/the-triangle/the-25-moments-from-every-nhl-playoff-series/
3. Game 1
This is the big one. Game 1 sets the tone. It’s the one that determines who gets the momentum. Over the course of NHL history, the team that wins Game 1 has gone on to win the series 112 percent of the time. I may not have that number exactly right, but it’s something close. Game 1 is everything.
(Note: By the end of the series, you will not remember anything that happened in Game 1.)
13. You develop an irrational hatred toward the other team’s anthem singer
This is a weird one, since this is the one job in the entire series that’s basically harmless. But at some point during a playoff series, you will come to hate the other team’s anthem singer.