SKATER & GOALIE OF THE WEEK #11

The game was scoreless after that as Wayne Thomas stood tall in the Charlestown goal stopping 27 of 28 shots. Billy Smith struggled for New Castle as he allowed 4 goals on just 16 shots.

THREE STARS:
1- CHA Parker McDonald 1G 1 A
2- CHA Wayne Thomas 27 saves
3- CHA Anders Kallur 1 G (short handed)

Final Score: Chicago 3 – Charlotte 2

Labatts Three Star Selection:
Star #1 – Charle Simmer – 2 Goals
Star #2 – Mike Bossy – 1 Goal
Star #3 – Bob Lorimer – 1 Goal

Game Winning Goal – Bob Daily

Final Score: Vermont 3 – Chicago 2

Labatts Three Star Selection:
Star #1 – Kent Nilsson – 2 Goals, 3 Points
Star #2 – Denis Savard – 2 Goals
Star #3 – Morris Lukowich – 1 Goal

Game Winning Goal – Morris Lukowich

1st – Maruk redirects a blast from Hartsburg to put Philly up by one. Tonellli gets his 11th from Holmgren and Bridgeman to finish the period 2-0 Philly
2nd – Wilson gets STONED on a penalty shot
Marcel 2 seconds later puts in his 24th..after the face off Sutter races down the ice and slides one by Sevigny for HIS 24th. Dionne gets pissed and gets his 25th putting up Philly ups 4-2

3rd – Newly acquired Rick Martin gets his 3rd from Dionne Gustaffson and Lee finish the scoring

PHILLY 6 BROOKLYN 2

Philly outhits NY 28-18

Silk City 6 SCS 2

1st – Turnbull 2 goals and 1 assist
2nd – Lindgren 1 goal
3rd – Messier 1 goal

CapJack 1 SCS 1

1st – Liut 30 saves – Saints
2nd – Robinson 1 goal – Rangers
3rd – Kelly 1 goal – Saints

In the 3rd period, Doug Wilson scores a short handed goal. Things get interesting with 5:18 to go as Tremblay scores his 9th for the Chiefs. The Saints are able to hold off Chiefs for the remainder of the game.

SCS 2 Charlestown 1

1st – Liut 23 saves
2nd – Wilson 1 goal
3rd – Ftorek 1 goal

The game was actually fairly lop-sided in terms of game play in Saskatoon’s favor but since when does that matter?

Ryan Walter got the first goal of the game for the Ducks in a 1-1 1st period while Malinowski countered for Saskatoon.

Bob Gainey scored 5 minutes into the 3rd period but that’s as close as the Cyclone could come.

A really weird, boring game that featured very little action (shots were 16-11 Saskatoon after 2 periods) until the Underground woke up in the 3rd period and scored 5 times on 15 shots. Fortunately, it was barf bag day in Saskatoon so no one went home empty handed.

Mike Eaves had 3 assists for the Underground and Per Olov Brasar got the 1st 1st star of his life with a goal and an assist.

So … two games Saskatoon should have won on paper … should have played on paper as ice was not too friendly.

Glen Hanlon makes 32 saves and Jacques Richard scores twice as Hampton’s sputtering homestand does an about-face with a 4-0 win over Philadelphia. Gretzky had two assists and Don Beaupre was less than spectacular in net for Philly allowing 4 goals on 23 shots.

Mackinac Island saw its 4-2 lead disappear with three 3rd period goals by Saskatoon and then Walt McKechnie tied it up 5-5 with just over three minutes to play, but Marc Tardif regained the lead for Saskatoon a minute later.

Mattsson played his ass off in the dying minutes of the game and managed to keep the puck out to preserve the wild 6-5 win for the Cyclone.

Gretzky earned his Great One monicker in this one scoring three times and adding an assist.

EDITORIAL NOTE: The AI around “Crunch Time” is completely f@$$!#. Mr. Koch repeatedly inserted defencemen Rick Green as my centre and Dave Maloney as my right winger and moved Gretzky to left wing in the final two minutes of the game. Just plain stupid is the only way to describe this great new feature to the app.

But we get to host Chicago this week – toughen them up for future matches against Philly…. ah the love

1st Star – Bob Bourne (SCW), 2G
2nd Star – Mark Messier (SCW, 2G
3rd Star – Mike Crombeen (SCW), 2G

Rick Kehoe’s 25th goal of the season just 19 seconds into the third period brok a 2-2 tie and gave the Silk City Whales a 3-2 win over the Ohio Legends. Despite being outshot 39-21 by the hometown Legends, Silk City was able to put up single tallies in each of the three frames.

Kevin Lavallee (fourth) and Perry Turnbull (14th) notched the other goals for Silk City. Ohio strangely scored both goals on the power play–as Tim Kerr (ninth) and Glen Sharpley (sixth) each lit the lamp.

Bob Sauve turned aside 37 shot sin the win, while Denis Herron stopped 18 in the defeat. The Legends were two-for-nine on the power play, while Silk City went one-for-two.

A three-goal second period was enough for CapJack to put away Ohio in this one. Again, the Legends wasted superb special teams efforts, as the man-advantage group lit the lamp twice.

Ray Neufeld opened the scoring at 14:40 of the first with his second of the year to give Ohio the early lead.

The second frame was a storm unleashed by the Rangers, as the goals were scored by Larry Robinson (ninth), Steve Shutt (22nd) and Risto Siltanen (eighth) in a 2:54 window. CapJack won the sshots battle in the frame 23-7. Ohio got a Bob Nystrom (fourth) goal on the power play late in the stanza.

In the third, Bob MacMillan collected his eleventh goal at 6:59, finishing a three-on-one rush to make it 4-2. Bernie Federko’s eleventh goal just past the halfway makr made it a one-goal game at 4-3. The Legends went on one last power play with 2:01 to go and pulled the goaltender to have a two-man advantage–but could not notch the equalizing goal.

The legendary Rigue Vachon picked up the win with 28 saves, while Denis Herron came up short with 33 saves. Ohio was two-fo-rfour on the power play while CapJack was one-for-six.

Down 2-1, Reid Bailey (2) scores at 19:39 of the 2nd period to tie it up, and then Tony McKegney (16) plays the hero at 14:54 of the 3rd to win the game 3-2.

Scoring Summary
Per Time Str Team
1 7:10 EV CHA Savard (19), assisted by McDonald (21) and Bailey (3)
2 3:07 PN SYR Pierre Larouche(14) – Penalty Shot
2 7:59 PP SYR Derlago (10), assisted by Larson (8) and Young (25)
2 19:39 EV CHA Bailey (2), assisted by Paiement (41) and Gardner (33)
3 14:54 EV CHA McKegney (16), assisted by Bailey (4)

Star 1: CHA Bailey 1 G, 3 Pts
Star 2: CHA Savard 1 G
Star 3: CHA McKegney 1 G

GWG: Tony McKegney

Notables: SYR Parro 32 saves
CHA Bourque 16 PIM

Both teams seem edgy and there’s a lot of skating and hitting, but not a lot of work for the two netminders. Finally at the 6 minute mark, one of the top penalty collectors for Pittsburg, Hart, gets nailed for tripping, and then racks up a bonus 10 minutes of rest time for misconduct, to get things cranked up just a little bit. The Spirit kill that off and then Propp returns the favor with a tripping penalty which the home team is able to kill off. All this seems to get the Moose offense in gear and Resch finally sees some action. By the end of the period, he fends off 13 shots, to only 4 saves for Palmateer. Both goalies are perfect and a nervous crowd goes for refills with the scoreboard unblemished.

The Spirit find some sticks with a little more pep, and come out with more energy in the 2nd. Propp hooks up with Maloney for a little scuffle and some time off. As the Spirit energy revs up, it culminates in a goal by Pettersson, assisted by a well rested Maloney, to break the ice and get a marker on the board. The period continues to wear on with that uneasy feeling like when you eat the last piece of bologna that ‘almost’ smelled normal, until the Moose get the equalizer by McKechnie. A minute later, Patey and Boudreau get their fists and faces tangled up in a little scuffle. After some 4 on 4 action, things settle down, and with a 12-8 SOG advantage in the 2nd, the Spirit head to intermission feeling pretty good about this battle on the Island.

The 3rd period starts with a playoff type of energy as both teams are showing the ability to score as well as fend off the opposition. The teams take turns fending off power play threats, 2 for the home team and 1 for the Spirit and the game crawls into the final 10 minutes at 1-1. As the clock slips past the 8 minute mark, the Moose execute a nifty face off play in the Pittsburgh zone and a frustrated Greg Smith sends home a bomb from the point to make it 2-1. After a few threats from both teams, the Spirit start to press and the strategy backfires with a turnover during zone entry followed by a stampede of Moose to the other end with Barber taking advantage of an opening to make it 3-1 Moose with less than 3 minutes remaining. The Spirit pull their goalie a minute later and proceed to pummell poor Mike Palmateer who is able to save a number of shots, but many result in rebound shots and Lafleur is able to convert, making it 3-2, but with only 13 seconds left on the clock, which the Moose are able to bleed away and give Mike his best win of the season.

1st star – Barber 1g
2nd – McKechnie 1g
3rd – Smith 1g

3rd period sees the Foresters with a new energy, and they cut the lead to 2 on goals by Nilsson and Vail only 32 seconds apart while Meloche apparently takes a nap behind that mask. The Moose defense stiffens to stop the bleeding and then Park turns the tide with a slapshot to push the lead to 3. Propp adds a meaningless goal just before the final horn to make the score 6-2. Final SOG tally is 40-21 in favor of the Moose.

1st star – Lysiak 1g1a
2nd – Nilsson 1g1a
3rd – Kurri 1g

Great team effort, Nobody with more than 2 pts, 2 good efforts by both goalies.

The four opening Dynamo goals came from defenseman Al Sims, second liners Derek Smith and Wayne Cashman, and top center Mike Rogers’ whose tally with 29 seconds left in the second period proved to be the game winner. First star honors went to Smith, as the center added two assists along with his goal.