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Something electrifying this way comes. We had the power go out at least four or five times yesterday; once can only presume that was the force of the Tampa Bay Lightning, as they prepared to do virtual battle against the Florida Panthers in "NHL '96." Having won 4-3 in what was originally intended to be a 'farewell,' the spirit of this Sega Genesis classic remains alive and well, having only briefly taken a backseat to "NBA Live '95." A housemate having inquired with me about the Knicks' next game led me to discover that they were facing the Minnesota Timberwolves, with both their records tied at 2-0 apiece (albeit in preseason competition). Curiosity ensued, as did the desire to not get 'burned out' on hockey (even though it is my favorite sport, there is most definitely such a thing as having too much of a good thing). And so, Patrick Ewing and the Knicks did battle against Christian Laettner and the Timberwolves. Two members of the legendary "Dream Team," but only one is in the Hall of Fame as an individual player. Sure enough, Ewing and friends did a number on an outmatched Minnesota squad and took it 133-122, with the game tied at 99 apiece after three quarters. However, believe it or not that isn't the 'true' final score, as a glitch ensued with roughly a minute to go involving a pair of player substitutions. The game got stuck in a logic loop, infinitely substituting one player on each team for another. It is the first such instance of something like this occurring, and gave me a tiny bit more appreciation for "NBA Showdown '94"; though it was not nearly as popular as its follow-up, its code was absolutely bulletproof, as I saw for myself when I did a multitude of matchups without ever having a logic bug force me to end a game early. At the time of the game being called, New York led in field goals (64/83 to 57/96), field goal percentage (77% to 59%), three-point percentage (100% to 57%), free throws (4/6, 66% to 4/8, 50%), steals (13 to 8), blocks (28 to 14) and assists (51-45). For their part, Minnesota had a lead in three-pointers made (4 to 1) and rebounds (11 to 8), and also had fewer personal fouls (7 to 11) and team fouls (0 to 5). Since the game ended with me being unable to find out who the EA "Player of the Game" was, I decided to award that distinction to Charles Smith (who finished with 10 points, 1 steal, 6 blocks, 2 rebounds, and 14 assists). He had a double-double, and that was good enough for me. Getting back to hockey, the Panthers squared off against the Tampa Bay Lightning, in a battle of two teams that still had yet to know what it felt like to play hockey in the postseason. It would take the Lightning a bit more time to find their footing, as the Florida Panthers got to their first Stanley Cup Final much earlier; ironically, the Lightning would not just win a Cup before the Panthers did, but have won multiple Cups. (To be fair, they joined the league a season before the NHL did...and they had Manon Rheaume, so they kind of deserved to win one first.) The Panthers went for the throat, racing to a 3-0 lead that remained unblemished until Tampa got on the board with 5:11 remaining in the second period. Despite nearly blowing it, as the Lightning came all the way back to take a 4-3 lead, the Panthers scored the last two goals of the game and took the victory by a final score of 5-4. John Vanbiesbrouck, a former Vezina Trophy winner who had narrowly missed out on winning a Stanley Cup with the Rangers (as the Panthers took him in the 1993 expansion draft), looked every bit the man who had gave his all in the 1985-86 season to earn that Vezina, his 86 saves of a possible 90 giving him a 95% success rate against Tampa's high-flying offensive unit. Gord Murphy, a former Flyer who won the Barry Ashbee Trophy at the conclusion of the 1989-90 regular season, scored two goals (and earned two points) while taking six shots on the goal (for a 33% rate of shooting accuracy) and never being penalized. Teammate Stu Barnes, who led Florida in assists (19) during the 1994-95 regular season, finished with a goal (and indeed an assist), earning two points while taking eleven shots on the goal and never seeing the box. This was followed up by a defensive showdown against the Chicago Blackhawks, one of those three NHL teams (along with the Panthers and the Los Angeles Kings) to do better on the road than at home in 1994-95. Whereas the Panthers missed the playoffs, Chicago finished third in the Central division (and fourth in the Western conference) after winning the last five games of the regular season, and made it all the way to the Western conf. finals (where they lost in five to the top-seeded Detroit Red Wings). Though the Panthers drew first blood, Chicago responded with two unanswered goals, and took the game 2-1. Ed Belfour, who made it to the Hockey Hall of Fame in 2011, looked nearly flawless against the Panthers; his 57 saves of 58 were enough to give him a 98% success rate. Tony Amonte, a five-time selection for the NHL All-Star Game (though all these selections came after "NHL '96" was released), and ironically enough a scout for the Florida Panthers these days, finished with a goal and a point while taking seven shots on goal and never being penalized. These stats were mirrored perfectly by the Panthers' Brian Benning, who retired after the 1994-95 season, just a year after nearly making the playoffs with Florida a year prior (and whose son Michael is now playing for the Panthers' farm team, the Charlotte Checkers). This brings us to the game that served as the basis for my erroneous 2-2 prediction, as the 'tie' rule no longer applies to the modern NHL, where shootout rounds are used to determine the winner. Montreal welcomed the Penguins to the Forum, where the two teams battled to a deadlock after three completed periods, only for the winning goal not to come in overtime. (Five minutes is not nearly enough time in which to score a game-winner, so a frustrating number of actual NHL games go into 'shootout' rounds.) Ron Francis, a 2007 inductee into the Hockey Hall of Fame, and two-time champ with the Penguins, scored two goals (and two points) while taking 17 shots on the goal and being penalized a whopping four times (for eight minutes in the box). Pierre Turgeon, who just last year made it into the Hall (and was only the ninth inductee to have been selected first overall in the draft, going to the Buffalo Sabres in 1987), also recorded two goals (and earned two points as a result), while taking 13 shots on the goal and playing a comparatively clean (and box-free) game. Patrick Roy, who made it into the Hall in 2006 and is currently the head coach of the Islanders, showed off the goaltending skills that made him a Stanley Cup champion in three different decades when he finished with 83 saves of a possible 85 (for a 97% success rate against the PIT offense). As the Blackhawks prepare for a 'defense' against Anaheim, I contemplate what a possible rematch between Montreal and Pittsburgh might be like. And then I realize the real game is happening. The Canadiens are down 1-0. Still in the thick of things, but the armchair centers on Twitter seem to regard it as a 'horrible' start for the team as it took them 12 minutes to even take a single shot. But I see they are getting a bit more physical...time to see if the pendulum will begin to swing in their favor now!