Sunday night, the Winnipeg Jets pulled off a miracle comeback in Game 7 of the first round of the Stanley Cup Playoffs – and the fans went crazy.
The fans at a men’s league hockey game that is.
I mean sure, the fans at Canadian Life Centre went crazy as well. You can’t witness your team erasing a two-goal deficit in less than two minutes and not go berserk.
Vladislav Namestnikov beat St. Louis Blues goalie Jordan Binnington with 1:56 left to go, which gave the fans hope of a comeback. Cole Perfetti’s tally with three seconds left sent everyone in the rink into a frenzy. The Jets would end up winning in double overtime.
While this moment was unfolding in front of 15,000-plus packed in that hockey barn, members of a nearby men’s hockey league were watching the game on the rink’s jumbotron.
When it became evident that the Jets had a legitimate shot of a comeback, they paused to watch the final seconds.
That means that they saw Perfetti’s goal – and everyone, including the referee, went bonkers.
I can guarantee you that 95% of men’s daydreaming is dedicated to fantasizing about being in a moment like this. The rest is given to whether or not they and 99 buddies could take down a gorilla.
That’s a men’s league game these dudes will remember for the rest of their lives. I would suspect that who won the men’s league game didn’t matter nearly as much as the Jets-Blues game.
Winnipeg will take on the Dallas Stars in the second round starting at 9:30 p.m. on Wednesday. These dudes will probably be among the most excited for the series to start.
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