Alex Burrows: NHL Troll FTW

It was the waiting between Game One and Game Two that was the worst. Really, how many different ways was the American sports media going to completely blow out of proportion a minor face washing incident that resulted in the Canucks' Alexandre Burrows' mouth closing on the fully-gloved finger of the Bruins' Patrice Bergeron? "Bite-Gate," says ESPN. Seriously.

Let's leave aside the fact that one Bruin cross-checked the Canucks' Dan Hamhuis in the head while he was on the ice on bended knee in extreme pain. In fact, let's not even talk about that. I'm used to the extreme East Coast bias in NHL coverage, but, damn, this is just too much.

So, Burrows, who NBC analyst Mike Milbury stated "should not be playing" (meaning, he should have been suspended), goes on to the ice and scores the first goal of Game Two. The Bruins came back, and took a 2-1 lead deep into the third, until Daniel Sedin woke up and tied it brilliantly.

Then came sudden-death overtime. All 11 seconds of it before Alexandre "U Mad Bro?" Burrows beat the Bruins' captain, Lurch from the Addams Family, like all 7 feet of him doesn't exist, while making their goalie look like a fool.



The other big news: the return of Manny Malhotra after a scary eye injury.



Canucks in six.