I hopped aboard the Game 5 ship with 8 minutes left in the second overtime, and I'm not moving from my couch until this one is over.
I still haven't forgiven the NHL for locking us out in 2004-05, and it's too bad -- I was absolutely head-over-heels in love with my St. Louis Blues for the longest time, although I never got to see them much at home in New York. These days, I'm in the Midwest for several months a year with regular access to the team for the first time in my life, and even in 2006-07, I routinely chose to pay at restaurants with satellites to watch our 24-win basketball team rather than stay home and watch the Blues for free. I just can't bring myself to truly care about hockey anymore, and it's really unfortunate. Glad I somehow didn't experience the same residual effects from baseball in '94 and basketball in '99.
But I digress. Whether you pay close attention to the sport or not, there are few things that match excitement of playoff overtime hockey...and in a possibly Cup-deciding game...this is incredible. Love Doc Emrick, too.
-sw