2017-2018 STANLEY CUP FINALS
Hampton Blizzard @ Alamo Defenders |
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| Series Preview: | Its’ time for the Stanley Cup Finals between Hampton and Alamo.
Nik and Mike played the first game via team finder. Nik deferred the rest of the games to Mike, which Mike played with the computer managing Hampton. |
| Game #1: | For playing face to face, this was an absolute wild games with many anomalies. Five goals were scored in the first period. Lee and Sissons score on power play goals for the Blizzards, and they are up, 2-0. Alamo gets an even handed goal by Jenner to narrow Hampton’s lead. Point scores for Hampton. And, Eaves closes out the period with a goal for Alamo. It’s Hampton up 3-2 after one period.
In the 2nd, the Blizzard start hitting the penalty box. Alamo nets two goals even handed, but then get two PP goals. Midway through the 3rd period, Hampton scores a goal from Rantanen to make the score, 5-4 for Alamo. The score stays that way as action was end to end. Alamo wins game 1. Alamo 5 Hampton 4 SOG: Alamo 44 Hampton 41 – WHAT WAS THE DEFENCE DOING? 1ST STAR – Eaves 2 goals and 1 assist |
| Game #2: | Hampton won’t tolerate any more sloppy defence. The Blizzard respond to a pep talk by their coach and come out strong.
In the 1st, McCabe scores his first goal of the playoffs. 2nd period, Trocheck and Lee score for the Blizzard. Trocheck’s goal was short handed. In the 3rd, Stasny scores a short handed goal. It’s the 2nd short handed goal for the Blizzard. Alamo gets shutout on a great effort by Price. Hampton 4 Alamo 0 SOG:Alamo 31 Hampton 24 1st star – Price shutout. |
| Weekly Summary: | The series is tied 1-1 after two games in Alamo. We now go to Hampton for three games.
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After 2 Games Summary: |
Alamo travels to Hampton for 3 games. |
| Game #3: | Game 3 commences:
No scoring in this game until the second period. Dan Hamhuis scores his first playoff goal. Stunner. Early in the 3rd, Mathieu Perrault scores a goal and Alamo takes a 2-0 lead. 9:50 in and its Hampton narrowing the lead with a Stastny goal. With 5:57 to go, Hampton scores on a Forsberg goal. It’s his 4th. Alamo blows the lead, and Hampton ties the game 2-2. We go to a traditional 5 minute OT, and no one scores. Then, we go to a shootout, and Malkin and Forsberg score goals. Hampton wins in a shootout. Hampton 3 Alamo 2 SOG: Alamo 38 Hampton 29 1st star – Stastny Hampton takes a 2-1 lead in the series. |
| Game #4: | Alamo gets a pep talk and needs to re-group after blowing a 2-0 lead in the 3rd period of game 3.
Alamo gets fired up and puts 1 on the board in the first period by Eaves. Then, Eaves scores his 2nd goal of the game in the 2nd period. A few minutes later, and it’s Marchand with a goal and Alamo is up 3-0. Later in the 2nd, Hampton responds with 2 goals of their own. Rantanen and Lee score for the Blizzard. The 3rd period starts, and Blake Wheeler scores an insurance goal. On a PP, Marchand scores another insurance goal. The score stands up. Alamo 5 Hampton 2 SOG:Alamo 42 Hampton 34 1st star – Marchand 2 goals and 2 assists Alamo wins and ties the series at 2. |
| Game #5: | It’s 2 games to 2. Big game.
Late in the 1st, Malkin scores a goal for the Blizzard and they are up 1-0. In the 2nd, Pacioretty scores for Alamo. Its 1-1. Then, Hampton responds with 2 goals of their own. Burakovsky and Malkin score. Its 3-1 going into the 3rd. No goals for a while. Alamo pulls their goalie down by 2. With 1:46 to go – Pacioretty scores his 6th and Alamo trails by one. No more scoring as Hampton stones Alamo – a lot. Hampton 3 Alamo 2 SOG: an amazing Alamo 39 Hampton 15 – Yikes – Lehner gives up 3 goals on 15 shots. 1st star -Malkin Hampton is up 3 games to 2, and we go back to Alamo for game 6. |
| After 5 Games Summary: | Hampton takes game 3 in a shootout. Dramatic as they were down 2-0 to take the win. Alamo wins game 4 easily. Hampton wins game 5 every though they were severely outshot. Hampton is up 3 games to 2. |
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Previous to Game #6 Preview: |
Hampton is up, 3 games to 2, and looks to put away Alamo. |
| Game #6: | Its time for game 6 on Alamo ice.
Alamo sends a message to Lehner by starting Miller in goal. In the 1st, Alamo scores on Pacioretty’s 7th goal. Backlund shortly thereafter scores for Hampton to tie the game at 1. Then, Beagle and Rantanen alternate goals and it’s 2-2 after the first period. Late in the 2nd, Marchand scores his 9th goal of the playoffs and Alamo goes ahead. The Defenders manage to get goals by Wheeler and Gardiner to take game 6 and tie the series. Alamo 5 Hampton 2 SOG: Alamo 46 Hampton 28 1st star – Marchand 1 goal and 1 assist – tie breaking goal.. Alamo wins 5-2 and yes, there will be a game 7. |
| Game #7: | Its time for game 7. It’s been a dramatic playoff series and it comes down to one game.
Hampton connects first on a Point goal. It’s his 5th. With 4:41 to go in the 1st, Alamo ties it on a Marchand goal – his 10th. Its 1-1 and we go to the 2nd period. Plekanec gets his 3rd goal of the series and Alamo is up 2-1. Later in the 2nd, Seguin scores just his 2nd goal of the playoffs. Its 3-1 after 2 periods. In the 3rd, Stastny scores a huge goal for the Blizzard with 1:32 to go in the game. Can the Blizzard tie it? No. They can’t. The Defenders hold off the Blizzard to win game 7 and the series. Alamo 3 Hampton 2 Alamo wins 4 games out of 7. SOG: Hampton actually wins the SOG battle. They have 36 to Alamo’s 28. 1st star — Seguin 1 goal and 1 assist |
| Series Summary: | Alamo wins the Cup. They come back from a 2-1 defecit and a 3-2 defecit to prevail.
Alamo narrowly missed the playoffs last year. The come back to tie for the division and win their playoff games. Key was the Vlasic trade, which stabilized the defence. Stanley Cup Most Valuable Player, goes to the face licking forward of the Alamo Defenders Brad Marchand. In 7 games played Marchand had 5 Goals, 5 Assists, for 10 Points, 4 Minutes in the sin bin, was a +7 on the ice and ad a shooting percentage of 22.7. Congrats to Nik on a great run. The Blizzard had a fabulous team that falls one game short of the series win.
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