2021-2022 PLAYER & GOALIE OF THE WEEK #11

EASTERN SKATER	TEAM	GP	GOALS	ASSISTS	POINTS	PM	+/-	SOG	S%
Connor Brown	POR	4	3	3	6	0	-1	11	27%

EASTERN GOALIE	TEAM	GP	GOALS AGAINST		G.A. AVERAGE		SAVES	SAVE %
Jacob Markstrom	JAG	2	2		0.97		48	.960

WESTERN SKATER	TEAM	GP	GOALS	ASSISTS	POINTS	PM	+/-	SOG	S%
Jonathan Huberdeau	CAL	4	0	6	6	2	4	6	0%

WESTERN GOALIE	TEAM	GP	GOALS AGAINST		G.A. AVERAGE		SAVES	SAVE %
Calvin Petersen	TOL	2	4		2		55	.932

Chicago Cosa Nostra
WEEKLY PREVIEW:	Chicago taking on two top dawgs this week at home in the Capone Center.

CINCINNATI INFERNO @ CHICAGO COSA NOSTRA	Chicago plays well, hold their own, but really is no match for the Inferno as they Final Score: Cincinnati 4 – Chicago 3 (Overtime) Labatts 3-Star Selection: Star 1: CIN – Logan Couture 1G Star 2: CIN – William Karlsson 1G Star 3: CIN – John Klingberg 3A Game Winner: – Tyler Toffoli Notables: CIN – John Klingberg 3 Assists, Connor Hellebuyck 31 Saves CHI – None

CHARLOTTE BUZZARDS @ CHICAGO COSA NOSTRA	WOW – A win for the home team. Who would have thunk it? Chicago wins one in overtime. Final Score: Chicago 3 – Charlotte 2 (Overtime) Labatts 3-Star Selection: Star 1: CHI – Alex DeBrincat 2G Star 2: CHA – Carter Verhaeghe 1G, 2Pts Star 3: CHI – Craig Smith 1G Game Winner: – Tyler Toffoli Notables: Alex DeBrincat CHA – None CHI – Juuse Saros 30 Saves

WEEKLY SUMMARY:	Chicago gets two points at home. The road needs to be better for Chicago to stay in the playoff hunt.

Yellowknife Braves
WEEKLY PREVIEW:	4 home games vs. Gilbert, Bathgate, Charlotte and Brentwood

GILBERT SHARKS @ YELLOWKNIFE BRAVES	Gilbert wins 4-1 Stars #1 GIL Keller 2G #2 GIL MacKinnon 1G 2pts #3 GIL Merzlikins 28 saves

BATHGATE RANGERS @ YELLOWKNIFE BRAVES	The Braves hold on 6-4 Stars #1 YEL Rantanen 2G #2 YEL Eberle 1G 3pts #3 YEL Sharangovich 1G 2pts

CHARLOTTE BUZZARDS @ YELLOWKNIFE BRAVES	Yellowknife wins a close one 2-1 Stars #1 YEL Rantanen 2G #2 YEL Geiss 28 saves #3 CHA Verhaege 1G

BRENTWOOD BANDITS @ YELLOWKNIFE BRAVES	Yellowknife eeks it out 3-2 Stars #1 YEL Kuznetsov 1G 2pts #2 YEL Eberle 1G #3 YEL Rantanen 1G

WEEKLY SUMMARY:	Yellowknife takes 3 of 4 at Vipond Memorial Arena

Alamo Defenders
WEEKLY PREVIEW:	Alamo hosts Bucks County and Thunder Bay

BUCKS COUNTY RACCOONS @ ALAMO DEFENDERS	No scoring in the 1st and 2nd periods! 3rd period – Sidney Crosby was tripped, then gets a penalty shot and converts. With 45 seconds to go the Raccoons tie it on a goal by Kane. In OT, Draisaitl scores his 30th to win it. Alamo 2 Bucks County 1 (OT) 1-Smith 27 saves 2-Crosby 1 goal 3-Draisaitl 1 goal

THUNDER BAY NORWESTERS @ ALAMO DEFENDERS	In the 1st, Draisaitl scores on a power play. It’s his 31st. Faulk ties it for Thunder Bay. Ellis scores his 5th for the Defenders and its 2-1 after 1 period. In the 2nd, Tolvanen scores his 7th and Alamo takes the lead. Late in the 3rd, O’Reilly scores, but Thunder Bay falls short, 3-2. Alamo 3 Thunder Bay 2 1-Draisaitl 2-Ellis 3-Tolvanen

WEEKLY SUMMARY:	Alamo defeats Bucks County in OT, 2-1 Alamo defeats Thunder Bay, 3-2.

LA Great Danes
WEEKLY PREVIEW:	After 4 road games last week, 3 more this week on the road with a single home game versus Thunder Bay. The road trip continues all month, with only 3 home games in the month of January. While the Great Danes have lost an early-season 8-point lead over California in the Pacific Division standings, now trail them by a single point, and face a continuing stretch on the road, LA is resting Roope Hintz this week to avoid losing games from him down the road.

THUNDER BAY NORWESTERS @ LA GREAT DANES	First home game in forever, and both teams play tight defensively in period one with SOG only 8-6. Mark Scheifele opens the scoring late in the period, scoring 8 seconds after LA fails to convert on the power play. In the second, immediately after an LA penalty kill, Aleksander Barkov gets a breakaway and beats Samsonov for an unassisted goal, and it’s 2-0 LA after two. Darnell Nurse puts the game away with 5:45 left in the 3rd, and the Danes come away with a 3-0 victory. Semyon Varlamov with 30 saves for the shutout, but LA outchances Thunder Bay 29-10 despite getting outshot 28-30. So, a good effort at home for LA. Nico Hischier makes his season debut and is rusty in the face-off circle, winning only 3 of 11 faceoffs. But he contributes on the PK, as the Danes kill off 4 Thunder Bay PP’s (but go 0-5 on their own PP’s).

WEEKLY SUMMARY:	Now we’ll see how Hischier holds up on the road and if others can pick up the slack with Hintz out of the lineup. And we’ll see if California keeps on winning as the Danes now hope they can just stay close to them in the standings until February.

Jagr Mullets
WEEKLY PREVIEW:	A pair of home games against two tough squads. Despite the matchups, we decide to give Ovie, Weber, and Rask some rest on this homestand. Will it backfire?

CHARLOTTE BUZZARDS @ JAGR MULLETS	First up is Charlotte, who like us in South Carolina is covered in snow today. There’s no scoring until halfway through the second – then the floodgates open as the Mullets win it 5-1. Only a late goal with 12 seconds left by Gallagher prevents the shutout. Scoring Summary Per Time Str Team 2 4:40 EV JAG Matthews (24), assisted by Svechnikov (21) 2 7:48 PP JAG Miller (7), assisted by Tkachuk (9) 3 3:16 PP JAG Marino (1), assisted by Miller (19) and Lindholm (8) 3 3:52 EV JAG Kaprizov (21), assisted by Ekholm (14) 3 16:23 EV JAG Carter (3), assisted by Geekie (1) and Mathieu Joseph (1) 3 19:48 EV CHA Gallagher (4), assisted by Johansen (10) and Hamilton (23) Star 1: JAG Kuemper 31 saves Star 2: JAG Miller 1 G, 2 Pts Star 3: JAG Kaprizov 1 G GWG: J.T. Miller Notables: CHA None JAG Kuemper 31 saves

LA GREAT DANES @ JAGR MULLETS	Next up is LA, and after 1 period it’s 2-1 Great Danes. But the Mullets score 31 seconds into the 3rd (26th from Matthews) and then Lindholm (12) beats Varlamov at 16:46 to pot the game winner. Scoring Summary Per Time Str Team 1 6:32 PP JAG Matthews (25), assisted by Giordano (5) 1 11:10 EV LGD Gourde (5), unassisted 1 18:43 EV LGD Brodin (4), assisted by Giroux (12) and Barkov (26) 3 :31 EV JAG Matthews (26), assisted by Toews (15) and Svechnikov (22) 3 16:46 EV JAG Lindholm (12), assisted by Letang (26) and Miller (20) Star 1: JAG Matthews 2 G Star 2: JAG Lindholm 1 G Star 3: LGD Brodin 1 G GWG: Elias Lindholm Notables: LGD Varlamov 35 saves JAG Matthews 17 faceoffs won, Toews 5 blocks

WEEKLY SUMMARY:	A pair of wins against two of the league’s best is a nice way to enjoy this snow day at home.

Thunder Bay Nor’Westers
WEEKLY PREVIEW:	As the halfway point of the season approaches, it appears that the only chance Thunder Bay will have to make it into postseason play is to win their division. Thus, every remaining home game looms large, as the Miners and Regulators pay a visit.

PITTSBURGH MINERS @ THUNDER BAY NOR’WESTERS	4th liner Luke Kunin pots a pair, seldom-used Filip Hronek garners 3 assists, and Ilya Samsonov stops 29 shots, as the Nor’Westers get a 4-1 win they did not deserve. Thunder Bay scored 4 times on just 15 shots against Pittsburgh’s Sergei Bobrovsky. Ouch!

CALIFORNIA REGULATORS @ THUNDER BAY NOR’WESTERS	Ryan O’Reilly got his 15th of the season at 16:47 of the third period to even the score at 3, and then Joel Eriksson-Ek beat Grubauer with just:11 seconds showing on the clock, to give Thunder Bay a dramatic 4-3 victory. Same Reinhart scored a pair for California.

WEEKLY SUMMARY:	With 40 games played, Thunder Bay, for at least the time being, climbs within a point of the division lead.

Bathgate Rangers
WEEKLY PREVIEW:	Rangers host Portland for their only home ice game this week and they are hoping for success….

PORTLAND STORM @ BATHGATE RANGERS	The Storm start former Rangers prospect Jake Oettinger between the pipes – tough loss due to time – but the Rangers hope to give him a workout. Game starts rough for Jake as Sanheim scores for Bathgate inside the opening 2 minutes. Donskoi makes it 2-0 Rangers 7 1/2 minutes in, the Hagel gets a PP goal midway through the 1st and Vrana makes it 4-0 Bathgate a minute later and Oettinger exits. Guess his time on the ice in Bathgate was not meant to be (then and now). But that did give the Storm some incentive and when Zaitsev goes off for a minor, Dumba scores a SH goal to make it 4-1 with 5 1/2 to go. Brown scores another Storm goal a minute later and the wild 1st ends 4-2 Bathgate.Then 4 minutes into the 2nd, Brown scores again (PP) and it’s a one goal game. But as the 2nd is drawing to a close, Josh Anderson puts one past Binnington to give Bathgate a 5-3 lead after 2.But, the Rangers can’t keep that lead as Olofsson scores 9 minutes into the 3rd, 5-4. But 20 seconds later Oleksiak scores for the Rangers and it’s a 2 goal game again. Inside 2 minutes, Portland with the extra skate and it works as Comtois scores to make it 6-5. They keep pressing, but Pionk nets an EN goal for a 7-5 lead with 29 seconds left, but Portland keeps coming and with 4 seconds left the Storm score again – they don’t win or tie, but Brown gets a hat trick. Final 7-6 Bathgate. STARS (losing teams gets the top 2 stars today) 1. POR – Brown 3 goals 2. POR – Dumba 1 goal, 2 assists 3. BRG – Hagel 1 goal, 2 assists

WEEKLY SUMMARY:	One wild game nets 2 points (and still not much defense).

Brentwood Bandits
WEEKLY PREVIEW:	The Bandits look to continue doing what they are doing as they welcome a tough but surprisingly under-achieving Chicago team. Sometimes this game makes no sense!

CHICAGO COSA NOSTRA @ BRENTWOOD BANDITS	Chicago comes to town to try to right their ship, and sink the Bandits barge at the same time. Here’s how it played out… The first period was ALL Chicago as they out-shoot the Bandits 16-7, but it’s Guentzel (14) who scores with 18 seconds left in the period! Vasilevskiy stops all 16 shots he faced in the 1st period. To the second period… Bandits come out firing until Kessel (10) continues to enjoy his return “home” to Brentwood by scoring at 3:17 of the period, giving the Bandits a 2-0 lead! That would be all the scoring in the period. To the third period we go… A very even period, despite Chicago pushing. As we wind down to just over a minute to play, Saros is pulled… Karlsson fires at the empty net and misses! Vasilevskiy stands tall and makes save after save, until Pavelski rushes the puck out from the Bandits zone, through the neutral zone, over the blue line, flips it toward the empty cage… and it’s in! An empty netter for Pavelski (26) as he continues to flip off Father Time. The Bandits win 3-0 as Vasilevskiy plays a gem of a game, saving all 35 shots thrown at him, including some great saves! His 4th shutout of the campaign and 20th win of the season. Saros didn’t play bad, but two mistakes cost the Cosa Nostra netminder.

WEEKLY SUMMARY:	One home game, one convincing victory as Vasilevskiy steals one for the defense who gave up 35 SOG, which is a little more than they normally give up. Coach Tom Atkins was all smiles in the post game press conference… “We’re firing on all cylinders right now… just need to make sure we don’t let up and keep it going.”

Gilbert Sharks
WEEKLY PREVIEW:	Gilbert has 2 home games versus Brentwood and Bucks County

BRENTWOOD BANDITS @ GILBERT SHARKS	All Brentwood from the beginning to the end. Vitek Vanecek has a rough day allowing 6 goals on just 21 SOG, 2 of the goals shorthaded. Pavelski leads the way for Brentwood with 2 goals while Guentzel adds a goal and 2 assists.

BUCKS COUNTY RACCOONS @ GILBERT SHARKS	Gilbert starts the scoring in this one with a goal from Backstrom midway through the 1st period but BCR gets it right back 27 seconds later from Meier. The 2nd period is all Gilbert with goals from Burakovsky, Mackinnon, and Niederriter and the game would end 4-1 after no scoring in the 3rd.

WEEKLY SUMMARY:	Win one, Lose one. Going to need to string some together to get back into the race in this division.

Charlotte Buzzards
WEEKLY PREVIEW:	Consider this the Jim Mora edition of the Charlotte Buzzards’ weekly report. To paraphrase the immortal words of the former Colts and Saints NFL head coach: “Playoffs? We’re just trying to win a game.” Things have gone from bad to worse after three straight reported losses this week on the road — two of those by one goal in regulation as those types of close defeats start to pile up. This team was dropping fast in the Atlantic division and desperate for a win as it hosted Alamo in its lone home game this week.

ALAMO DEFENDERS @ CHARLOTTE BUZZARDS	The Buzzards, who have had a miserable stretch trying to win any game out of their building, got a nail-biting 5-2 win over the Defenders in a home victory hardly as decisive as the final score might suggest. In the hard-fought contest not settled until the bitter end, Brad Marchand, the league’s leading scorer entering this week of play, delivered the game-winning goal for Charlotte to break a 2-2 tie with just 2:26 remaining on the clock; from there defenseman Dougie Hamilton found a pair of open net goals for Charlotte in that last minute played. Charlotte held just a 1-0 lead entering the third. Third period goals by Alamo’s Eeli Tolavannen and Boone Jenner, as well as outstanding defensive efforts by Ryan Ellis (nine blocked shots) and goalie Joonas Korpisalo (32 saves) helped bring the Defenders to a 2-2 standstill before Charlotte struck three times in the waning moments of play. The Buzzards, who outshot the Defenders 37-30, also got a goal apiece from Mitch Marner and Bryan Rust. Three stars (all Charlotte) 1. Hamilton: the two empty net goals in the last minute and 3 points total 2. Marchand 1 GWG, 3 Points 3. Jonathan Marchessault 4 assists

WEEKLY SUMMARY:	Charlotte is clearly mired in quicksand, having lost nine out of 13 to drop to 22-19-2 but gets a needed home-win. It pathetically scored just four goals in its three latest road losses — and Charlotte only had a goal in the first two periods of play in this contest at home before eking out a win at the end. As far as offense goes, there is Brad Marchand and not much else. The way things have gone so downhill, a winning record may prove hard enough to attain, let alone this team’s first every playoff appearance.

Portland Storm
WEEKLY PREVIEW:	Portland has three games hosting Toledo, LA, and Jagr

TOLEDO WALLEYE @ PORTLAND STORM	Central division leading Toledo visits Portland 2021-22 Toledo 24-10-0-5 1 1 2 4 2021-22 Portland 16-17-0-6 0 1 1 2 Scoring Summary Per Time Str Team 1 5:42 EV TOL Robertson (18), assisted by Trocheck (22) 2 9:30 PP POR Dunn (2), assisted by Batherson (12) and Brown (8) 2 12:52 EV TOL Lindell (2), assisted by Barrie (37) and Robertson (14) 3 4:04 SH TOL Mangiapane (11), assisted by Kempe (2) 3 4:46 PP POR Granlund (10), assisted by Schultz (17) 3 17:25 EV TOL Mangiapane (12), assisted by Saad (8) and Barrie (38) Penalty Summary Per Time Team 1 5:42 POR Farabee – hooking – goal scored on delayed penalty 1 14:14 POR Comtois (30), 2:00 – hooking 2 4:35 POR Schultz (8), 2:00 – tripping 2 7:24 TOL Keith (24), 2:00 – hooking 2 9:46 TOL Cernak (21), 2:00 – checking from behind 3 1:02 TOL Cernak (26), 5:00 – spearing SOG 1 SOG 2 SOG 3 Toledo 12 14 11 Portland 8 7 10 TOL POR SOG 37 25 FOW 34 28 FO% 54.8 45.2 Hits 19 8 Blocks 9 11 Missed Net 16 9 Shot Attempts 64 43 Scoring Chances 17 14 PIM 9 4 PP 0-2 2-4 TOA 4:38 3:14 Star 1: TOL Mangiapane 2 G Star 2: TOL Robertson 1 G, 2 Pts Star 3: TOL Lindell 1 G GWG: Andrew Mangiapane Notables: TOL None POR Binnington 33 saves Toledo GA SV Save% TOI W L OL Rate G Demko -W 2 23 .920 60:00 11 5 4 7.8 (+0.1) Portland GA SV Save% TOI W L OL Rate G Binnington -L 4 33 .892 60:00 9 9 2 7.0 (-0.2)

LA GREAT DANES @ PORTLAND STORM	2021-22 LA 26-9-0-5 2 1 1 1 5 2021-22 Portland 16-17-0-7 1 2 1 0 4Scoring Summary Per Time Str Team 1 2:46 EV POR Batherson (7), assisted by Dunn (2) and Comtois (6) 1 10:13 EV LGD Brodin (4), assisted by Barkov (26) and Boeser (14) 1 17:02 EV LGD Gourde (5), unassisted 2 5:36 EV LGD Barkov (12), assisted by Pulock (7) and Giroux (12) 2 15:52 PP POR Granlund (11), assisted by Olofsson (7) and Farabee (17) 2 16:37 EV POR Dvorak (8), assisted by Greenway (10) and Dunn (3) 3 4:00 EV LGD Scheifele (19), assisted by Krejci (18) and Girard (20) 3 18:10 EV POR Olofsson (10), assisted by Comtois (7) and Graves (14) 4 2:59 EV LGD Stephenson (10), assisted by Scheifele (23) and Heiskanen (16)Penalty Summary Per Time Team 1 6:48 LGD Nylander (18), 2:00 – holding 1 12:54 LGD Pelech (16), 4:00 – slashing 2 12:30 LGD Heiskanen (23), 4:00 – charging 2 18:22 POR Dunn (10), 2:00 – hooking 3 7:58 POR Lindgren (22), 2:00 – holding SOG 1 SOG 2 SOG 3 SOG 4 LA 10 10 9 4 Portland 10 18 7 2 LGD POR SOG 33 37 FOW 33 30 FO% 52.4 47.6 Hits 14 15 Blocks 18 12 Missed Net 9 16 Shot Attempts 54 71 Scoring Chances 22 20 PIM 10 4 PP 0-2 1-5 TOA 3:31 5:53 Star 1: LGD Barkov 1 G, 2 Pts Star 2: LGD Scheifele 1 G, 2 Pts Star 3: LGD Gourde 1 G GWG: Chandler Stephenson Notables: LGD Varlamov 33 saves POR None LA GA SV Save% TOI W L OL Rate G Varlamov -W 4 33 .892 62:59 16 5 2 7.8 (-1.3) Portland GA SV Save% TOI W L OL Rate G Oettinger -OL 5 28 .848 62:36 7 8 5 7.2 (-0.1

JAGR MULLETS @ PORTLAND STORM	2021-22 Jagr 26-11-0-3 0 0 2 1 3 2021-22 Portland 16-17-0-8 0 1 1 0 2Scoring Summary Per Time Str Team 2 19:27 EV POR Granlund (12), assisted by Dumba (11) and Brown (9) 3 5:21 PP JAG Matthews (24), assisted by Letang (26) and Kaprizov (16) 3 16:43 EV POR Granlund (13), assisted by Brown (10) and Dunn (4) 3 19:08 EV JAG Kaprizov (21), assisted by Svechnikov (21) and Letang (27) 4 4:54 EV JAG Bergeron (13), assisted by Svechnikov (22)Penalty Summary Per Time Team 2 :53 JAG Toews (12), 2:00 – interference 2 7:36 POR Athanasiou (18), 2:00 – cross checking 2 12:49 POR Graves (34), 2:00 – slashing 3 2:02 JAG Bergeron (30), 2:00 – tripping 3 4:50 POR Lindgren (24), 2:00 – holding SOG 1 SOG 2 SOG 3 SOG 4 Jagr 10 10 15 7 Portland 9 11 5 2 JAG POR SOG 42 27 FOW 29 33 FO% 46.8 53.2 Hits 19 20 Blocks 14 15 Missed Net 6 17 Shot Attempts 63 58 Scoring Chances 14 17 PIM 4 6 PP 1-3 0-2 TOA 5:59 4:18 Star 1: POR Granlund 2 G Star 2: JAG Kaprizov 1 G, 2 Pts Star 3: JAG Bergeron 1 G GWG: Patrice Bergeron Notables: JAG None POR Binnington 39 saves, Zaitsev 5 blocks Jagr GA SV Save% TOI W L OL Rate G Markstrom -W 2 25 .926 64:13 11 2 1 7.1 (+0.5) Portland GA SV Save% TOI W L OL Rate G Binnington -OL 3 39 .929 64:54 9 9 3 7.2 (0.0)

WEEKLY SUMMARY:	Portland loses all 3 games but earn 2 points as two of them went to OT

Cincinnati Inferno
WEEKLY PREVIEW:	The Atlantic Division leading Cincinnati Inferno welcome a pair of foes from Alamo and Bathgate to The Incinerator. The Inferno have gone 5-2-1 in their last eight dating back to mid-December. The Defenders are 4-2-2 over the same stretch and Bathgate won the Cup a year ago.

ALAMO DEFENDERS @ CINCINNATI INFERNO	CIN 3, ALA 2 William Karlson’s tenth goal of the season, on the power play, at 9:11 of the third period broke a 2-2 tie and closed out the scoring in Cincinnati’s 3-2 win over Alamo. In a very evenly played game (shots favored Alamo, 24-23, blocks were even at 15 each and both teams had two power play chances), The Inferno were able to win a game that they never trailed. Max Pacioretty and Tyler Toffoli had the other goals for Cincinnati, while Ryan Ellis and Sidney Crosby lit the lamp for Alamo. Cam Talbot picked up the win (his fifth) with 22 saves, while Joonas Korpisalo turned away 20 for the Defenders.

BATHGATE RANGERS @ CINCINNATI INFERNO	CIN 7, BAT 2 Cincinnati raced to a 3-1 first period lead and held on against the defending Stanley Cup champs. Tyler Toffoli scored two goals to pace the Inferno attack. William Karlsson may have played his best game of the season for Cincinnati, notching an assist–but winning 20 of the 27 faceoffs he participated in. Nick Ritchie and Tomas Hertl had the goals for Bathgate. Connor Hellebuyck stopped 29 shots to collect his 17th win of the season. Alexandar Georgiev turned away 21 for the Rangers.

WEEKLY SUMMARY:	Cincinnati gets four very important points at home this week, as it tries to put distance on the much-improved Charlotte Buzzards in the Atlantic Division standings.

Pittsburgh Miners
WEEKLY PREVIEW:	The Miners after forgetting to submit their games the prior week have two home games.

CHICAGO COSA NOSTRA @ PITTSBURGH MINERS	The Cosa Nostra come in and play the Miners not like they should an easy game is how they played it. The final score was 2-1 Chicago but the Miners never quit scoring to tie it back up in the third with Stuzle the rookie scoring, but it wasn’t enough.

CINCINNATI INFERNO @ PITTSBURGH MINERS	The one bright spot of the year so far for the Miners is Alex Nedalkovic (Spelled wrong and do not want to look up the spelling to lazy), but anyways he was spectacular in net against the division leading Inferno. During the first period there was a tribute video played for former Miner Alex Tuch, who was brought to tears in the video. Owner of the Miners Zach Creinin commented that “Alex Tuch was a bright young player and was having a good season but in order to win you have to have good players around great players and thats what we needed good players.” Back to the game. It was 0-0 after the 2nd period. Not many SC for either side but in the third period the Miners scored on a weird bounce of the boards and funny enough it was Patrick Laine the main piece acquired in return for Alex Tuch got the goal and after Nedalkovic faced 15 shots and the Inferno going 0-2 on the Power play in the third, the Miners Squeaked out the 1-0 Shutout victory. SO LADIES AND GENTLEMAN ELVIS HASSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS JUST LEFT THE BUILDING.

WEEKLY SUMMARY:	Pittsburgh is looking to make some trades and ahs their second round prospect pick available.

Toledo Walleye
WEEKLY PREVIEW:	A couple non-division foes wander into northern Ohio for hockey. Miners and Sharks …. on my!!

PITTSBURGH MINERS @ TOLEDO WALLEYE	In very atypical fashion, the Walleye get a quick goal, from an unlikely source, with Benn getting his 4th of the season just 2 minutes into the game. After that its a bunch of weak efforts by each offense as the defenses are on gameplan. Both teams kill off one minor, and we go to break 1-0 Walleye. 2nd period sees more defensive domination. In the middle of the period some frustration surfaces and both teams rack up 2 minors each. But all the PK units are on point and this scoreless period mercifully ends with no change to the score. 3rd period the crowd is a bit nervous as we have not seen a shutout in ages, which means something is about to break. Fortunately for the Toledo faithful, its a Mangiapane goal 5 minutes in that moves the scoreboard to 2 for the fishes. Hague and Keith in a little skirmish a minute later with no consequences. A Muzzin minor penalty opens the door for the Miners with 6 minutes to go, but they manage not to score,….. until just after the penalty expires and just as Muzzin comes back on ice, its Beauvillier with his 5th of the season to make things tight again. 2-1. Petersen and the defense are able to withstand the usual barrage of shots after the Miners pull the goalie, and the Walleye excape this one with the W Final – Toledo 2, Pittsburgh 1 1st star – Petersen 28 svs. 2nd – Benn 1G 3rd = Mangiapane 1G

GILBERT SHARKS @ TOLEDO WALLEYE	In a repeat of the earlier game, its Toledo with the first goal, and once again its Benn, 6 minutes in, to make it 1-0. Toledo dominates play in the first period allowing the visitors only 4 SOG, while racking up a pile of blocked shots. Gilbert kills off a minor after the Benn goal, and shortly after the kill, Kempe scores another for the Walleye to make it 2-0… and we go to intermission. Must have been a good locker room talk, as Gilbert gets on the board with a goal from Burakovsky just 50 seconds into the 2nd period. Balanced play in this period with the only other significant event another PK by Gilbert. We to to intermission 2-1 Walleye. The Gilbert attack ramps up in the 3rd, with 14 SOG. Its the Walleye scoring first, with a rare goal from Bailey, his 2nd of the season, to make it 3-1. near the middle of the period, Zuccarello cuts the lead to 1, and we are in pucker up time. Walleye are able to continue the frustration of the Sharks, including the mandatory pulled goalie onslaught of shots, and finally the capture the puck and pin it to the boards the final 15 seconds to preserve this squeaky win. Only 2 minor penalties the entire game. Final – Walleye 3, Sharks 2 1st star – Benn 1G 2pts 2nd – Bailey 1G 2pts 3rd – Kempe 1G

WEEKLY SUMMARY:	Thank goodness the defense was up to task and the offensive effort was less than solid. Also good to see Mr. Benn wake up and net some shots. Practice will focus on some new offensive sets this week. But in the end, always good to win 2 of 2 at home.

Bucks County Raccoons
WEEKLY PREVIEW:	The father asked the son how he did at the rink that afternoon. The son answered “I was doing great until 2:30”. The dad asked ‘what happened at 2:30?’. The son replied ‘the big kids got out of school’….Playing the role of the big kids this week visiting Bucks County are LA and Jagr.

LA GREAT DANES @ BUCKS COUNTY RACCOONS	The Danes scored twice within 47 seconds in the 2nd period (Kapenen and Nurse), but Oshie cut the lead in half with a PP goal at 8:52. Stephenson for LA scored a killer goal short handed at 23 seconds of the 3rd period for a 3-1 lead, but Oshie again cut the deficit to one with a goal with 1;54 left. BCR pulled the goalie to no avail and the Great Danes came away with the 3-2 win.

JAGR MULLETS @ BUCKS COUNTY RACCOONS	Andrei Svechnikov scored twice and Jagr killed off all 5 Raccoon power plays as Markstrom posted a 3-0 shutout.

WEEKLY SUMMARY:	Bucks County looked high and low for a coupon for a charity point, but alas, none was to be found and this week’s home stand goes without a point.