Coady calls the show "my playoff season.
"I looked at all my regular-season stats, all my playoff stats, and I was one of the best midrange shooters in the game.
"I had some bad playoffs and I had some good playoffs; I can't control what other people say about my playoff performance," Hossa said.
By the time we — and yes, if you're still watching in triple overtime, it's not pathetic to say we — had reached the midpoint of period No. 6, I'd found my playoff legs, and was ready for another epic.
"The one thing I've learned in my playoff experience is, as a pitcher, if you get on a roll, you can sustain that roll," said Cook, who has not allowed a run in 15 innings over 15 career postseason games.
By the time we and yes, if you're still watching in triple overtime, it's not pathetic to say we had reached the midpoint of period No. 6, I'd found my playoff legs, and was ready for another epic.
"For me, it's my first playoffs, so I haven't really figured out everything yet," he said.
This has been my nightly ritual during the playoffs, my stab of privacy, my dance in the dark away from the howling Kampala bars, ex-pat conversations.
It was my first playoff game.
It would also be my only playoff experience.
"This is my first playoff game," he said, in a pregame speech to his teammates.
