Bruins goalie fires shot at the Leafs with image on new goalie mask
Most Leaf fans can tell you exactly where they were and what they were doing on May 13th, 2013. With the Leafs up 4-1 in Game 7 in Boston with just over 10 minutes to play in the third period, everyone thought the Leafs would be advancing past the first round of the playoffs for the first time since before the 2004-2005 lockout. What happened next was almost unfathomable.
At the time, Leafs Nation was feeling such an incredible high and a strong feeling of pure relief. Unfortunately, it didn't last long as the Leafs experienced one of the greatest collapses in hockey history, blowing the 3-goal lead and losing in overtime, with the game-winning goal coming off the blade of the stick of noted Leaf killer Patrice Bergeron. The Bruins ultimately would go on to the Stanley Cup Final, having their own collapse of sorts in Game 6 against Chicago, with the Blackhawks winning their second of three Cups in a 5-year span.
Why are we re-living this misery? Well, because Bruins goalie Linus Ullmark unveiled a new goalie mask this week that will act as a reminder of that fateful and heartbreaking Game 7. On the side of his mask, airbrushed into the side of a bear, Ullmark had Patrice Bergeron's celebration from his overtime goal against the Leafs on May 13th, 2013 captured and displayed for all to see.
While the portrait could be a bit of a tribute to one of the greatest moments of Bergeron's career to honour his retirement this off-season, how can it not also be viewed as a subtle shot at the Leafs? If it was about honouring Bergeron, why not simply use an image of him lifting his first and only Stanley Cup? I firmly believe that this was Ullmark's way of capturing the Original Six rivalry between the Bruins and the Leafs.
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SEPTEMBRE 30 | 529 ANSWERS Bruins goalie fires shot at the Leafs with image on new goalie mask Is Ullmark's new goalie mask in Boston a shot at the Maple Leafs' epic Game 7 collapse in 2013? | ||
| Absolutely - there's no question | 222 | 42 % |
| No, I think it's just to honour Bergeron | 222 | 42 % |
| It is, but it might be accidental | 85 | 16.1 % |
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