Good Look Matt Cooke

Throw up the deuce and let me slide on by cuz everybody wants to be a tough guy.  -Outkast 

Public Service Announcement:  Ok, here we go!  The Stanley Cup may only weigh thirty pounds, but it takes twenty men to lift it.  Like my main man Chompers always says, “When you make hits, good things happen.”  Last night, Matt Cooke made hits.  Last night, good things happened for the Penguins.  Last night, Penguins tough guy, Matt Cooke, sent a message early.  Early into the game, Cooke laid a crushing hit on Red Wings rookie Justin Abdelkader.  Abdelkader scored a goal in each of the previous games of this series.  Abdelkader became the first rookie to score goals in consecutive Stanley Cup Final games since the North Stars’ Dino Ciccarelli scored in each of the first three games of the 1981 Final against the Islanders.  Matt Cooke was making sure there wouldn’t be a third goal in a third game.      

Cooke is not your prototypical hockey goon.  He’s no Bob Probert, but he’s no cake eater either.  Think pest.  Think Kenny Linesman.  Sean Avery.  Think those guys there.  Agitators.  Instigators.  Guys who make other guys to do things they probably shouldn’t.

With ten minutes in the game and the score tied, Matt Cooke made Jonathan Ericsson do something he probably shouldn’t.  Ericsson was whistled for an interference penalty after impeding Cooke as he tried to chase the puck down the boards.  Next thing you know, Sergei Gonchar blasted a powerplay goal past Chris Osgood for a 3-2 lead with 9:31 remaining.  Next thing you know, old Jed’s a millionaire.  Penguins win!  Penguins win!  Penguins win!  Penguins win thanks to Good Look Matt Cooke.

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Peace out homies.  Six two and Even!

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