2016-2017 PLAYER & GOALIE OF THE WEEK #12

Notables: LBD Ellis 5 blocks, Talbot 38 saves
JAG Pavelski 18 faceoffs won

Long Beach GA SV Save% TOI W L OL Rate
G Talbot -W 2 38 .950 60:00 17 8 3 8.0 (+0.8)

Jagr GA SV Save% TOI W L OL Rate
G Bishop -L 3 23 .885 59:01 19 11 2 8.0 (-0.1)

Notables: BGR None
JAG Pavelski 18 faceoffs won

Bathgate GA SV Save% TOI W L OL Rate
G Rinne -L 4 27 .871 58:37 13 20 2 6.3 (0.0)

Jagr GA SV Save% TOI W L OL Rate
G Vasilevskiy -W 2 21 .913 59:19 1 0 0 7.0 (+0.6)

Indiana, facing playing-time issues, gambles against the struggling Cosa Nostra and plays backups in goal and on defense. The defense isn’t the problem; Chicago is held to 1 goal and only 25 shots. Unfortunately, CHI goalie Petr Mrazek stood on his head, with 42 saves for the Nostra – which included fighting off a 5-minute powerplay, 4 minites of which extended into OT.

In the shootout, Mrazek stymied all three Sycmore shooters to earn the extra point on the road.

3 stars:
Mrazek(CHI)
Koivu(IND) 1G
Krug(CHI) 1G

1 point is better than none, but that game frustrated Indiana management.

Minneapolis gets off to a poor start, with Tatar beating Lundqvist for his 10th of the year on Thunder Bay’s first shot of the game only 32 seconds into the opening period. The teams would trade powerplays, including a brief 5-on-3 for Minneapolis, but neither team would score again and the period would end with Thunder Bay still leading 1-0. Thunder Bay will start the 2nd period with 1:20 left on a carryover powerplay.

After a mostly uneventful second period, Tatar got his 2nd of the game with 3:05 remaining in the period. The second period ends with no further excitement and Thunder Bay leads 2-0.

Minneapolis would come out strong in the 3rd period with 9 shots on goal (and many others wide or blocked) in the first 15 minutes, but still could not break through Mason. A late holding penalty by Bartkowski ruined any chance they had of getting back into the game. With the net empty trying to avoid being shutout, Minneapolis would get 1 more final chance before Nyquist added a 3rd goal for the Nor’Westers to make it 3-0.

A dissapointing performance coming back from the holiday break ends the streak for Minneapolis.

Star 1: TBN Mason 28 saves
Star 2: TBN Tatar 2 G
Star 3: TBN Nyquist 1 G

GWG: Tomas Tatar

Notables: TBN None
MIN None

TBN MIN
SOG 32 28
FOW 21 31
FO% 40.4 59.6
Hits 18 16
Blocks 19 9
Missed Net 14 15
Shot Attempts 55 62
Scoring Chances 15 10
PIM 8 8
PP 0-3 0-3
TOA 2:21 4:21

The Deep Freeze are not happy following the shutout loss and want everyone to know it. Minneapolis comes out firing every puck they can find at the New Jersey netminder. Minneapolis’ Shane Doan took a holding penalty which saw New Jersey almost take an early 1-0 lead, but strong goaltending from Lundqvist kept the score tied at 0. Minutes later with Filppula in the box and Minneapolis now on the powerplay, Doan (10) redeemed himself by blasting a one-timer from Huberdeau past Schneider
to give Minneapolis the 1-0 lead (and their first goal since the holiday break) with 9:12 remaining in the first. Filppula would take another penalty not even 2 minutes after getting out of the box and Minneapolis would try to extend the lead but could not break through Schneider again. Minneapolis leads 1-0 at the end of the first.

Byfuglien starts of the second period by taking a slashing penalty for New Jersey only 33 seconds in. With Minneapolis on the powerplay, RUNTIME ERROR. Game resumed. The powerplay would end without consequence for either team. Later in the second with New Jersey breaking out of their zone, Eriksson poked a pass away to create a 3-on-2 and was able to set up Hoffman (12) to give Minneapolis a 2-0 lead. With under 2 minutes to play in the second period, Turris (7) banged home the rebound
off a shot from Wingels to get New Jersey on the board. Minneapolis leads 2-1 at the end of the second period.

Minneapolis started the third period aggressively trying to extend the lead, mustering 8 shots on goal in the first 8 minutes. With New Jersey on their heels and trying to break out of their own end, Wideman mishandled the puck and turned it over to Getzlaf just inside their own blue line. Minneapolis capitalized on the 3-on-2 with Schenn beating Schneider to extend the lead to 3-1. New Jersey responds and finally gets some pressure on the Deep Freeze about halfway through the 3rd period, but isn’t able to beat Lundqvist this time. Another turnover in their own zone costs New Jersey again when Doan swiped the puck from Salomaki creating a 2-on-1 with Huberdeau. After a couple of passes back and forth, Doan (11) beat Schneider for his 2nd of the game to give Minneapolis the 4-1 lead. New Jersey got a couple more chances before all was said and done, but Lundqvist stood tall and Minneapolis held on to win 4-1.

Star 1: MIN Doan 2 G
Star 2: MIN Lundqvist 32 saves
Star 3: MIN Hoffman 1 G

GWG: Mike Hoffman

Notables: NJG None
MIN Lundqvist 32 saves

NJG MIN
SOG 33 33
FOW 22 32
FO% 40.7 59.3
Hits 18 19
Blocks 21 15
Missed Net 12 15
Shot Attempts 60 69
Scoring Chances 6 16
PIM 8 8
PP 0-4 1-4
TOA 4:21 5:33

Minneapolis and Chicago were set to play this game live online, but Comcast intervened and knocked out the internet in Minneapolis so it became just a regular home game for the Deep Freeze. The Deep Freeze players went to sleep early since they couldn’t stay up late watching TV, so they come into the game well rested and ready to play.

Minneapolis opened the scoring just 3 minutes into the first period when Hoffman (13) deflected a shot from Orpik past the Cosa Nostra keeper. Keeping the pressure on, it would be 8 minutes into the game before Chicago generated their first shot on goal. After waking Lundqvist up from his nap for a minute, Minneapolis brought it back up the ice and Chicago’s crumbled, allowing Schenn (8) to beat Mrazek to extend the lead to 2. Minneapolis would not let up but Mrazek kept his team in the game and the deficit at 2 despite facing 18 shots from the Deep Freeze in the period (31 attempted, 10 blocked).

Minneapolis came out strong to start the 2nd period, but Hoffman took a boneheaded 5-minute penalty for cross-checking barely 2 minutes in that forced the Deep Freeze to play some defense for a while. Not even 2 minutes into the prolonged penalty kill, Pesce made matters worse for his team by turning it into a 5-on-3 for the Cosa Nostra. Minneapolis’ defenders were up the challenge and wanted to help out their goaltender, they blocked 5 shots during the penalty kill and only allowed 3 shots to reach Lundqvist during the extended penalty kill. After another powerplay for Minneapolis that failed to generate any offense, Chicago got on the board when Larkin (12) beat Lundqvist with a hard shot to bring the score to 2-1. Chicago won the ensuing faceoff and tied the game on their very next shot when Duclair (13) deflected a shot from
Kronwall past Lundqvist. Chicago outshot Minneapolis 9-5 in the second and evened the score at 2 heading into the final (regulation) period.

Minneapolis hopes to get momentum back on their side at the beginning of the third period, and they would do just that with a little help from their leading scorer, as Eriksson (21) deflected a shot from Boyle to take a 3-2 lead. Minneapolis takes 2 interference penalties to Sharp and Doan less than 1:30 apart, leading to an extended powerplay for Chicago, and Chicago would make them pay. Bailey gets his 3rd of the season and ties the score at 3 with 14:27 left to play. Chicago outshot Minneapolis
22-6 in the third period, but the score would remain tied and we head to overtime at tied at 3.

Halfway through the overtime period, Datsyuk gets loose for Minneapolis and goes 1-on-1 with Kronwall in front of Mrazek. He gets around the defender but fires the shot just wide of the net. Play on! Another minute later, Getzlaf fed Eriksson (22) for his second of the game to give the Deep Freeze the 4-3 win.

Star 1: MIN Eriksson 2 G
Star 2: MIN Hoffman 1 G, 2 Pts
Star 3: MIN Schenn 1 G

GWG: Loui Eriksson

Notables: CHI None
MIN Lundqvist 33 saves

CHI MIN
SOG 36 31
FOW 27 30
FO% 47.4 52.6
Hits 12 27
Blocks 18 17
Missed Net 8 18
Shot Attempts 61 67
Scoring Chances 17 20
PIM 4 13
PP 1-5 0-2
TOA 4:59 4:01

1 2 3 F
2016-17 Long Beach 25-14-0-3 5 1 0 6
2016-17 Ripon 19-18-0-4 0 1 2 3

Scoring Summary
Per Time Str Team
1 5:26 PP LBD Gallagher (17), assisted by Hamilton (5) and Stamkos (17)
1 7:06 PP LBD Perron (6), assisted by Leddy (12) and Bozak (17)
1 7:49 EV LBD Stamkos (19), assisted by Gallagher (12)
1 16:14 PP LBD Gallagher (18), assisted by Yandle (17)
1 16:44 PP LBD Skinner (15), assisted by Stamkos (18) and Yandle (18)
2 3:28 SH LBD Leddy (6), assisted by Granlund (8)
2 7:47 EV RIP Ehlers (3), assisted by Scheifele (7) and Pietrangelo (15)
3 4:48 PP RIP Scheifele (16), assisted by Spooner (27)
3 19:49 EV RIP Versteeg (3), assisted by Scheifele (8) and Brodin (6)

Penalty Summary
Per Time Team
1 5:15 RIP Scheifele (28), 2:00 – holding
1 5:58 RIP Jenner (31), 2:00 – roughing
1 13:16 RIP Duchene (18), 4:00 – slashing
1 16:31 RIP Hall (23), 2:00 – hooking
2 :49 LBD Bjugstad (19), 2:00 – roughing
2 :49 RIP Suter (14), 2:00 – roughing
2 1:52 LBD Purcell (8), 2:00 – cross checking
2 9:13 LBD Bozak (13), 2:00 – slashing
2 17:01 RIP Suter (16), 2:00 – holding
3 2:48 LBD Leddy (12), 2:00 – roughing

SOG 1 SOG 2 SOG 3
Long Beach 18 9 4
Ripon 9 17 17

LBD RIP
SOG 31 43
FOW 37 42
FO% 46.8 53.2
Hits 24 15
Blocks 22 13
Missed Net 8 9
Shot Attempts 52 74
Scoring Chances 14 24
PIM 8 14
PP 4-6 1-3
TOA 3:12 5:22

Star 1: LBD Gallagher 2 G, 3 Pts
Star 2: LBD Stamkos 1 G, 3 Pts
Star 3: RIP Scheifele 1 G, 3 Pts

GWG: Brendan Gallagher

Notables: LBD Lindholm 5 blocks, Talbot 40 saves
RIP None

Long Beach GA SV Save% TOI W L OL Rate
G Talbot -W 3 40 .930 60:00 17 8 3 6.6 (-0.6)

Ripon GA SV Save% TOI W L OL Rate
G Gibson -L 6 25 .806 60:00 11 7 1 6.9 (-0.6)

1 2 3 F
2016-17 Bathgate 15-24-0-3 1 1 1 3
2016-17 Ripon 20-18-0-4 1 4 0 5

Scoring Summary
Per Time Str Team
1 15:26 PP RIP Duchene (14), assisted by Versteeg (8) and Ehlers (9)
1 18:41 EV BGR Donskoi (8), unassisted
2 3:07 PP RIP Hall (8), assisted by Kuznetsov (25) and Emelin (9)
2 6:12 EV BGR Tyutin (2), assisted by Kane (30)
2 7:15 EV RIP Versteeg (4), assisted by Pietrangelo (16) and Scheifele
(9)
2 9:53 EV RIP Toffoli (14), assisted by Hall (29) and Duchene (13)
2 10:33 EV RIP Galchenyuk (8), assisted by Suter (17)
3 2:54 SH BGR Tierney (8), unassisted

Penalty Summary
Per Time Team
1 14:30 BGR McCann (16), 2:00 – tripping
2 1:58 BGR Kane (19), 2:00 – interference
2 2:18 BGR Russell (12), 2:00 – holding
2 13:58 BGR McCann (18), 2:00 – hooking
2 16:37 BGR Nesterov (4), 2:00 – roughing
3 1:34 BGR Tyutin (17), 2:00 – hooking

SOG 1 SOG 2 SOG 3
Bathgate 7 7 10
Ripon 14 10 6

BGR RIP
SOG 24 30
FOW 25 27
FO% 48.1 51.9
Hits 17 27
Blocks 20 8
Missed Net 18 17
Shot Attempts 50 67
Scoring Chances 9 22
PIM 12 0
PP 0-0 2-6
TOA 3:03 4:07

Star 1: RIP Hall 1 G, 2 Pts
Star 2: RIP Versteeg 1 G, 2 Pts
Star 3: RIP Duchene 1 G, 2 Pts

GWG: Tyler Toffoli

Notables: BGR None
RIP None

Bathgate GA SV Save% TOI W L OL Rate
G Rinne -L 5 25 .833 58:14 13 20 2 5.8 (-0.5)

Ripon GA SV Save% TOI W L OL Rate
G Gibson -W 3 21 .875 60:00 12 7 1 7.2 (-0.3)

1 2 3 F
2016-17 Lakeland 18-20-0-4 1 3 1 5
2016-17 Ripon 20-19-0-4 3 0 0 3

Scoring Summary
Per Time Str Team
1 1:43 PP RIP Kuznetsov (16), assisted by Toffoli (14) and Hall (30)
1 11:25 EV LAK Ladd (14), assisted by Polak (7) and Grabner (10)
1 13:05 EV RIP Jenner (17), assisted by Spooner (28) and Kuznetsov (26)
1 17:39 EV RIP Larsson (3), assisted by Galchenyuk (3) and Brodin (7)
2 1:38 EV LAK Weise (4), unassisted
2 11:16 PP LAK Lowry (7), assisted by Weise (6) and Vatanen (16)
2 17:42 EV LAK Grabner (4), assisted by Ristolainen (25) and Seabrook
(22)
3 6:24 EV LAK Parise (9), assisted by Spezza (27) and Gudbranson (6)

Penalty Summary
Per Time Team
1 1:23 LAK Oshie (35), 4:00/GAME – high sticking + misconduct
1 7:24 LAK Spezza (16), 2:00 – roughing
1 7:24 RIP Kuznetsov (18), 2:00 – roughing
1 16:45 LAK Seabrook (28), 2:00 – roughing
1 16:45 RIP Suter (18), 2:00 – roughing
1 17:53 LAK Domi (41), 2:00 – cross checking
2 4:13 LAK Lovejoy (18), 2:00 – hooking
2 9:54 RIP Hall (25), 2:00 – tripping
2 15:09 RIP Scheifele (30), 2:00 – hooking
3 :27 LAK Ladd (27), 2:00 – roughing
3 :27 RIP Hall (27), 2:00 – roughing
3 2:57 LAK Henrique (24), 2:00 – slashing

SOG 1 SOG 2 SOG 3
Lakeland 5 18 2
Ripon 13 8 11

LAK RIP
SOG 25 32
FOW 25 37
FO% 40.3 59.7
Hits 32 23
Blocks 19 13
Missed Net 11 15
Shot Attempts 49 66
Scoring Chances 9 18
PIM 26 10
PP 1-2 1-4
TOA 2:28 5:52

Star 1: LAK Weise 1 G, 2 Pts
Star 2: LAK Grabner 1 G, 2 Pts
Star 3: LAK Ladd 1 G

GWG: Michael Grabner

Notables: LAK Oshie 14 PIM
RIP None

Lakeland GA SV Save% TOI W L OL Rate
G M.Jones -W 3 29 .906 60:00 12 11 3 7.5 (+0.2)

Ripon GA SV Save% TOI W L OL Rate
G Gibson -L 5 20 .800 58:10 12 8 1 7.0 (-0.5)