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#SweepTheJets: Social Media Recap (Game Four)

The Anaheim Ducks are through to the second round of the Stanley Cup Playoffs after completing the sweep of the Winnipeg Jets. Here are some of the best tweets and social media findings from the night.

By Kyle Nicolas
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Break out the brooms!

Pre-Game:

Hilary Knight knows what side to be on.

The Anaheim Ducks held a watch party on the giant screens outside Honda Center and it looked pretty freaking sick. Oh, and the fans came prepared as well.

Some pre-game observations.

First Period:

After a strong start, the Jets capitalize on an early power play mere moments after John Ahlers brings up the ineptitude of the Winnipeg power play.

Not like we haven't seen that story before.

Emerson Etem ties the game with a contender for goal of the playoffs so far. (Sidenote, this is currently only contested by Vladimir Tarasenko's insane goal scored not even a half hour later in up in Minnesota).

After getting extremely sexist last game, the Jets fans tried taking their trolling in another direction.

Second Period:

An appropriate reaction this season.

Not the best start to the period once again, but leave it to Frederik Andersen to bail the boys out..

Andrew Cogliano caps off a beautiful move from Corey Perry to give the Ducks a 2-1 lead.

And now the haters and naysayers started realizing the error of their "expert" predictions.

The Ducks held the lead through to the end of the period. For the first time in the entire series, Anaheim was not losing... and likewise for the first time they were in front. People weren't really sure how to handle it.

The Ducks came out far more controlled in the third and took control of the game. The most hated player in the series, Ryan Kesler, came up huge and put a dagger in the hearts of the Jets and their fans.

But not so fast... Winnipeg got one back off a won faceoff and a lucky bounce to make it close again. And the building went off.

Less than five minutes later the crowd went dead silent yet again at the hands of its favorite Anaheim player... Ryan Kesler.

... and the Twitter celebration began.

Sami Vatanen would seal it with an empty-netter.

After finishing with the top record in the Western Conference for the second straight year, the Anaheim Ducks are the first team in the NHL to punch their ticket to round two, where they will face either the Calgary Flames or the Vancouver Canucks. Yet much of the post-game reaction was more so in shock to the Jets defeat than it was in admiration of Anaheim's series-long dominance.

See you all in round two!

Edit: one more thing I found that I actually thought was pretty cool:

Bear Brass showing our support for our Anaheim Ducks !!!!!!!!! NHL.com NHL Matt Beleskey Ryan Getzlaf Corey Perry Ryan Kesler

Posted by Bear Brass on Wednesday, April 22, 2015

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