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Carolina Hurricane: Keys to Forcing Game Six Against Boston

By Omar Abdelgawad

TORONTO, ONTARIO - AUGUST 15: Patrice Bergeron #37 of the Boston Bruins and Sebastian Aho #20 of the Carolina Hurricanes battle for the opening face-off of the first period in Game Three of the Eastern Conference First Round during the 2020 NHL Stanley Cup Playoffs at Scotiabank Arena on August 15, 2020 in Toronto, Ontario. (Photo by Elsa/Getty Images)
TORONTO, ONTARIO - AUGUST 15: Patrice Bergeron #37 of the Boston Bruins and Sebastian Aho #20 of the Carolina Hurricanes battle for the opening face-off of the first period in Game Three of the Eastern Conference First Round during the 2020 NHL Stanley Cup Playoffs at Scotiabank Arena on August 15, 2020 in Toronto, Ontario. (Photo by Elsa/Getty Images) /
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Andrei Svechnikov #37 of the Carolina Hurricanes(Photo by Elsa/Getty Images)
Andrei Svechnikov #37 of the Carolina Hurricanes(Photo by Elsa/Getty Images) /

3. Do it for Svech

The Carolina Hurricanes will have to fight for their fallen teammate.

This isn’t the first time that a veteran and captain from the opposing team took to injuring our young superstar. Hopefully, it will be the last. Hopefully, the same energy that bound this team together to rally against the Washington Capitals last year will show up again to rally against the Boston Bruins.

The Carolina Hurricanes have more to fight for than just a second-round ticket. They have to fight for their teammate, Andrei Svechnikov, who was seriously injured by Zdeno Chara, who used his massive frame to fold down on young Svech and sprain his ankle seriously.

Luckily the injury is not as bad as it could have been, but it will still be weeks before we see the young Russian again. That means that if the Carolina Hurricanes cannot win this series, he has played his last hockey game in 2020.

But let’s not freak out about that just yet. Andrei Svechnikov isn’t:

“I’ll be back”. That is some serious confidence he has in his teammates to not only get back into this series but also win it and the next one. And why shouldn’t he have that confidence? He saw it happen last year after his injury following a fight with Alex Ovechkin.

This team needs to pay back that confidence tonight and in the following two to three games. They need to go out on the ice tonight and play for Andrei Svechnikov. They need to go out and win for him. Win the chance for him to come back in these playoffs. Win the chance for him to go back out on the ice and enjoy some more playoff experience and show off some more of his skill.

This team is still good with or without him, so it is time for the other stars on this team like Sebastian Aho and Dougie Hamilton to step up. After all, how else will we get the first Lacrosse goal in playoff history?

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