So now it’s one game for the Stanley Cup; one game to define a season, a franchise, and — some would say — the very honor of the sport.
The Bruins demolished the curiously inept Vancouver Canucks at TD Garden again last night, 5-2, to force a seventh game in this home-sweet-home Stanley Cup Final.
“It’s a great feeling,’’ said 43-year-old Bruins forward Mark Recchi. “It comes down to one game. This is what we dream of, going back to playing street hockey. We’re going to lay it on the line like they are. No pressure, just go out and play. We’re going to have a blast doing it.’’
The Bruins outscored the Canucks by a whopping 14 goals in the three games at the Garden, but have lost three one-goal games in British Columbia. The spoked-
B’s are set for the first Stanley Cup Final Game 7 in the franchise’s 87-year history and need to heed lessons learned by . . . of all people . . . the 1960 New York Yankees.
The ’60 Yanks beat the Pirates in three World Series games by scores of 16-3, 10-0, and 12-0, but lost four close ones and dropped the Series in a one-run seventh game. New York’s aggregate scoring margin (55-27) didn’t help, just as the Bruins are not aided by their 19-8 goal advantage in this 3-3 series draw.
“We’ve got to be hungrier than we have been the last three times in Vancouver,’’ said Bruins coach Claude Julien.
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