Reviews, assessments, Titans and Rangers crash out

Bits of work are a slog at the moment. I am working my way through a bunch of appraisals this week which is mostly fine apart from having to fight the tools we have meaning they take way longer than I would like. Nearly done though which is a bit relief.

Toni had her next pre-op assessment today which went well but when she gets the actual date there will be a complex period of self-isolation that we will have to work through logistically. Not looking forward to that but we'll see how it goes.

We've been enjoying a show called Titan Games recently which is a fun distraction.  HOsted by Dwayne 'The Rock' Johnson, the show features people from across America competing in endurance-based mental and physical challenges of "epic proportions" for the title of Titan. At the end of the season, Titans will compete to "become the last male and female standing." We are now into the second season which has switched up the format a bit to keep it fresh and interesting.

My evening was spent consuming large amounts of caffeine in an attempt to stay awake so that I could watch the next New York Rangers v Carolina Hurricanes game. This was game three so with the Rangers losing 0 - 2 in a best of five series it was do or die time.

The game got off to a flying start with the Rangers look like a completely different team. Igor Shesterkin was the starting goalie and added a fresh dynamic. The first period ended scoreless but the Rangers were doing everything right.

The second period start strong with Chris Kreider scoring for the Rangers 12 seconds in. Carolina were not phased though tied things up three and a half minutes later. Things started to get a bit frantic after that with the Rangers having some good chances. The Rangers power play still leaves a lot to be desired though. With so much at stake this game was really tense. A flurry in front of the Hurricanes net should have resulted in a goal but sadly it was not to be. The second period ended tied 1 - 1.

So it all came down to the third period. One period for the Rangers to keep their Play Off hopes alive! AAARRRRGGHHHH!!!!!!

Five minutes in and the Hurricanes took a 1 - 2 lead and things became critical for the Rangers. Ten minutes in it was still 1 - 2 in favour of the Hurricanes and the Rangers seemed to have lost a bit of their spark. With just over 9 minutes left the Hurricanes banged another one in to extend their lead to 1 - 3. The Hurricanes started to look like the dominant team they had been in games one and two with the Rangers struggling to get any real offense going. The last two and a half minutes were spent with the Rangers sporting an empty net and the extra man advantage. With 30 seconds left the Hurricanes made it 1 - 4 on the empty net. The third period ended with a 1 - 4 win for the Hurricanes. 

So that is it, the Hurricanes swept the Rangers and now our Play Off time is done. Roll on the next season. In the meantime I’ll look at some other teams to get behind on the Play Offs.