Greatest Moment of the 2010-11 season: Horton vs. Thomas
by Dave Carignan on Sep 1, 2011 11:30 AM EDT
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There are so many key moments of the Stanley Cup Finals last season, however these two may strand out over all of the rest of them. Nathan Horton won the heart's of Bruins fans all over, but this emotional moment where he poured the Boston water on the Vancouver ice sent chills down the backs of many of their fans. Tim Thomas is usually on this list for making a heroic save, but this time Tomas decided to make the save before the puck came to him by knocking Henrik Sedin out of his crease and onto the ice.
As strange as it seems, the hit on from Arron Rome that knocked Nathan Horton out of the series may have been the emotional lift the Bruins needed to bring home Lord Stanley. Both teams were undefeated on their home ice so Horton decided to bring his own home ice to the road. Hours before game seven Horton could be seen pouring water that was melted down from the TD Garden onto the ice in Vancouver.
Nathan Horton pouring Boston water on Vancouver ice at Game 7! (via vhschola)
Tim Thomas is usually on the highlight reels for his inhuman like saves. He is no stranger to mixing it up with a forward either. Henrik Sedin picked Dennis Seidenburg's pocket thinking he had a point blank attempt until Thomas decided it would be best send Sedin on his ass. Once Sedin looked down hoping to bang an easy goal in before he even knew it he was staring at the rafters. It was a solid hit, but of course Henrik embellished it a bit.
Tim Thomas runs over Henrik Sedin 6/6/11 (via NHLVideo)
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Angry goalies are the best goalies, voting Thomas with no hesitation.
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by Cornelius Hardenbergh on Sep 1, 2011 11:34 AM EDT reply actions 2 recs
Angry goalies like Hextall?
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by Dave Carignan on Sep 1, 2011 10:04 PM EDT up reply actions
Yes when he’s not messing with the Bruins.
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by Cornelius Hardenbergh on Sep 2, 2011 12:43 AM EDT up reply actions
I have to go with Thomas.
It was nice that Horton traveled for the game, but that’s more a gimmick than anything else.
Had to go with the intangible and the effort it took to smuggle that water into the arena!
Nice job making these tough to pick, what a great Timmy moment!
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by SkateHitShoot on Sep 1, 2011 12:10 PM EDT reply actions 1 recs
“Hey, here are our 100 water bottles”
“oh ho ho not so fast, let me inspect those…what’s this one? Garden water?”
“oh that’s paille he only drinks water out of his garden”
“carry on”
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by Cornelius Hardenbergh on Sep 1, 2011 12:15 PM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
Ha!
“Oh That? That’s Ference’s. He uses that to water his granola garden on the road!”
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by SkateHitShoot on Sep 1, 2011 12:27 PM EDT up reply actions 2 recs
Shoot these are two of my favorites, but I think Thomas gets the win. I could watch that hit all day long because it is absolutely totally awesome.
As much as I love the fact that Horton violated TSA and Customs and Immigration rules by getting the Garden water on the plane and to Vancouver, and more importantly, that his brain was well enough to fly, Thomas is an easy choice here.
I think the fact that he violated customs is way cooler than the scene itself.
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by Dave Carignan on Sep 1, 2011 10:05 PM EDT up reply actions
I actually had to think about this one for a bit. Horton spilling the Boston water on the Vancouver ice before the game is definitely the stuff legends are made from. However, when he did it, we had no idea how that/if that would affect the game. It’s an awesome moment, retrospectively.
But no matter how the series unfolded, Thomas’ hit on Sedin will always be remembered as awesome. So the hit edges out the water pouring, but only by a hair.
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