2017-2018 PLAYER & GOALIE OF THE WEEK #6
EASTERN SKATER | TEAM | GP | GOALS | ASISSTS | POINTS | PM | +/- | SOG | S% |
Smith, Reily | TBN | 4 | 0 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 9 | 7 | 0 |
EASTERN GOALIE | TEAM | GP | GOALS AGAINST | G.A. AVERAGE | SAVES | SAVE % | |||
Price, Carey | HAM | 3 | 3 | 1.01 | 94 | .969 | |||
WESTERN SKATER | TEAM | GP | GOALS | ASSISTS | POINTS | PM | +/- | SOG | S% |
Hossa, Marian | MIN | 4 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 5 | 12 | 25 |
WESTERN GOALIE | TEAM | GP | GOALS AGAINST | G.A. AVERAGE | SAVES | SAVE % | |||
Allen, Jake | BCR | 3 | 3 | 0.98 | 95 | .969 | |||
Corktown Suds | Corktown has two home games this week. |
Thunder Bay Nor’Westers @ Corktown Suds | Corktown comes into the week in unfamiliar 1st place territory. Thunder Bay with 20 points and stands in 5th place in the Atlantic, but the East seems pretty stacked with a long season ahead.
The first periord was full of action. The Suds scored about a minute into the game from rookie Auston Matthews (8). Corktown fired away 13 shots and was able to score 3 times in the first. It was another youngster Andrea Athanasiou notching his 1st goal of the season for the Nor’Westers 2 minutes into the game. End of 1st Corktown lead 3-1 Thunder Bay would get goals from Coyle and O’Rilley in the 2nd and 3rd to send this one to bonus hockey. Corktown would get the better of the Nor’Westers in the first shootout at home this season. Corktown 4-3 Shoot Out |
California Regulators | The two teams enter today opposite of the 2016-17 season where California was on top of the world, Corktown was a bottom feeder. The trend would continue as Corktown got on top early and never looked back. This one was all Suds on all aspects of the game. The regulators frustration was clear as they could not stay out of the box. Sean Monahan netted two goals (6) as the Suds cruise.
Corktown 5-1 |
Weekly Summary: | Corktown continued their hot streak by defending their home ice and taking the maximum 4 points. |
Hampton Blizzard | Hampton hosted Gilbert, Corktown and Bucks County. |
Gilbert Sharks @ Hampton Blizzard | Hampton dominated the game in every aspect expect quality scoring chances and the score as Gilbert whipped netminder Antti Raanta and the Blizzard 5-1. |
Corktown Suds @ Hampton Blizzard | Brock Boeser made his season debut for Hampton and delivered big with a goal and two assists as Hampton bested Corktown 5-1. |
Bucks County Racoons @ Hampton Blizzard | Hampton netminder Carey Price was unbeatable, making 3 great saves to lead the Blizzard to a 5-0 win over the Racoons. The highlight reel though could have been filled by Racoons’ goalie Darling as he was phenomenal in the 3rd period allowing just one goal on six 3-on-1 rushes by Hampton as the Bucks County skaters threw caution to the wind trying to get back into the game. |
Weekly Summary: | Hampton captured 4 out of 6 which is one better than we were hoping for so that’s good. What is not good was having two computer crashes typing game summaries which resulted in the half-hearted blurbs above. |
Brentwood Bandits | Brentwood faces division foes last place Jagr and second place Lakeland. |
Jagr Mullets @ Brentwood Bandits | A battle of the brothers!
Jagr has a great team. No idea why they have had such a rough time. This game was exciting! A goaltender duel if ever I’ve seen one! Murray was on fire. Jagr finally breaks Gibson in the 3rd but the Bandits finally find the missing scale on Smaug’s chest and tie the game. Go to OT. Nothing. Off to a shootout… Gibson was perfect, Murray was not. 2-1 Brentwood wins in a SO. Murray is the No 1 star with 48 saves in a losing effort. 1 2 3 4 SO F Scoring Summary Penalty Summary Shootout: Jagr 0-Brentwood 1 SOG 1 SOG 2 SOG 3 SOG 4 JAG BWB Star 1: JAG Murray 48 saves GWG: Patrick Marleau Notables: JAG Murray 48 saves, Carlson 6 blocks, Kadri 15 PIM Jagr GA SV Save% TOI W L OL Rate Brentwood GA SV Save% TOI W L OL Rate |
Lakeland Flying Tigers @ Brentwood Bandits | Will Lakeland be flying all around Brentwood home ice?
Doesn’t appear so. Brentwood, led by Captain Sidney Crosby’s 4 point game, goes on to win handily 7-2. 1 2 3 F Scoring Summary Penalty Summary SOG 1 SOG 2 SOG 3 LAK BWB Star 1: BWB Crosby 1 G, 4 Pts GWG: Jonathon Merrill Notables: LAK Jones 32 saves Lakeland GA SV Save% TOI W L OL Rate Brentwood GA SV Save% TOI W L OL Rate |
Weekly Summary: | Brentwood wins both home games. One by the skin of their teeth and one by blowout. |
Bathgate Rangers | [Limited report – on the road] Rangers host three games this week as rumors float through the league on trading activity. Coming to town are Minneapolis and then division leaders Lakeland (2nd place) and Brentwood (1st place) |
Minneapolis Deep Freeze @ Bathgate Rangers | Game goes to OT and then it appears a shoot-out might happen but Hossa puts one past Rinne with 35 seconds to go for the winner. Rangers did their usual – get a lead and let it slip away. Hartnell, Pavelski and Turris score the other 3 Deep Freeze goals. King, Wood and Kane tally for Bathgate. STARS (all Minneapolis) 1. Turris 1 goal, 1 assist 2. Hartnell 1 goal, 1 assist 3. Hossa 1 goal (GWG) |
Lakeland Flying Tigers @ Bathgate Rangers | Lakeland was flying high and acting like Tigers while doing it (picture that) and easily manhandled the Rangers for a 6-2 win. It was 5-0 before Kane scored in the 2nd and Ferland in the 3rd. Grabner closed out the scoring in the 3rd with his 2nd goal of the game. BUT the big gun in this one was Henrique with a HAT TRICK! Stars:All Lakeland 1. Henrique 3 goals 2. Grabner 2 goals 3. Oshie 1 goal |
Brentwood Bandits @ Bathgate Rangers | Malkin gets 2 goals, Kane gets a CAP trick (3 assists) but it’s 3-3 at the end of regulation. Guentzel scored in the 1st to make it 2-1 Brentwood. Then he scores in the 2nd to make it 3-1. But the Rangers pull a rare feat and actually come back with a Malkin and King goal in the 3rd – and they don’t yield any goals. So on to OT and again it looks like a shoot-out is looming but in the final mintute, Guentzel slips his 3rd goal of the game into the net for the HAT TRICK and the Rangers flame out. 4-3 OT win for Brentwood. Stars: 1. BWB – Guentzel 3 goals 2. BCR – Malkin 2 goals 3. BWB – Tavares 1 goal Notables: BWB Gibson 30 saves; BGR Rinne 34 saves Kane 3 assists |
Weekly Summary: | Rangers lose 3 at home, 2 of them 4-3 OT losses, and they get 2 points. Ugh! Gotta get better on defense. |
Jagr Mullets | Jagr’s doing the electric slide like they’re at a hopping wedding. Can they ease the fan’s achy breaky hearts with a victory in their lone home game this week? |
Columbus Brew Jackets @ Jagr Mullets | High scoring Columbus (most goals in the league) comes to town.
Jagr jumps out to an early 2-0 lead, and heads into the 3rd up 3-1. Can they hold the lead? Of course not. CBJ scores FOUR goals in the 3rd to win it 5-3 as the Mullets play like they’re doing the Chicken Dance. A shake-up may be in order… Scoring Summary Star 1: CBJ Ladd 2 G GWG: Andrew Ladd Notables: CBJ Budaj 35 saves |
Weekly Summary: | Jagr drops their sole home game after losing two others this week on the road (so far).
How low can they go? |
Alamo Defenders | Two games were played by Alamo at home. They taken on Pacific rivals, California and Gilbert. |
California Regulators @ Alamo Defenders | California despite struggling this year started well against Alamo. Gardiner scores first for Alamo, but early in the 2nd, Faulk scored his 4th goal of the season for the Regulators. After 2 periods, it was 1-1.
In the 3rd, the Defenders come on strong as they net three goals. Marchand, Karlsson, and Seguin all score. Seguin’s goal was an empty netter. California outshoots Alamo, 35-33. Ryan Miller plays a strong game in goal for Alamo. Alamo 4 California 1 1st star – Ryan Miller – Alamo -34 saves |
Gilbert Sharks @ Alamo Defenders | This was a low-scoring struggle between the Sharks and Defenders. The Sharks have an impressive 6 defensemen.
There was no scoring in the 1st period. Benn scores his 4th goal of the year on a slapshot during the 2nd period. Gilbert fights back with 2 goals in the 3rd, as Panarin and Burrows score. With 4:17 to go, Marchand scores his 11th goal of the year to tie the game. This ones goes to overtime! With 3:23 elapsed, Seguin scores an overtime winner as Alamo wins its first OT game this year. Alamo 3 Gilbert 2 (OT) 1st star – Seguin – Alamo – 1 goal and 1 assist |
Weekly Summary: | Alamo takes both home games against Pacific rivals California and Gilbert. Seguin with the key OT winner against Gilbert. |
LA Great Danes | The Great Danes reach the quarter mark of the season in first place in the Pacific Division. With 3 home games this week, including games versus 2nd/3rd place Long Beach and Alamo, the Danes will try to continue their surprising performance early in their inaugural season. |
Long Beach Ice Dogs @ LA Great Danes | The Danes strike early 2:54 into the game on a goal by Ryan Kesler on their first shot, but the Ice Dogs respond with a goal by Mikael Granlund on their second shot of the game at 9:04. David Savard’s goal at 14:46 gave the Ice Dogs a 2-1 at the first intermission. A defensive 2nd period until the turning point of the game occurred late in the 2nd. Tyler Bozak of Long Beach took what I suspect is the first 5-minute major roughing penalty of his career, and Darnell Nurse scored his first goal of the season for LA on the PP to tie the game heading into the 3rd period. The Danes could not convert on the rest of the PP that carried into the 3rd period, but 15 seconds after Bozak left the box, Alex Pietrangelo scored at 2:52 to give LA the 3-2 lead. Cam Talbot, who had 40 saves for the game, kept Long Beach in it until the end with some key saves, but Jamie Benn sealed the 4-2 victory for LA with an empty net goal at 19:40. Three stars for LA were Darnell Nurse, Jamie Benn, and Ryan Kesler, each with a goal. |
Bucks County Racoons @ LA Great Danes | The Great Danes came out flat and stayed that way throughout. The Raccoons drew blood in the 1st period on a deflection goal by Kyle Palmieri, and put the game away on 3 goals in a 5-minute span mid-2nd period. Palmieri got his 2nd of the game on a wrap-around, followed by a SHG by Tom Wilson, and a PPG by Jaden Schwartz. That ended LA goalie Frederik Andersen’s night as the Danes looked to rest him for the next game with the off-chance a goalie change would spark the team. But there was no spark for LA in this one. Zack Smith made it 5-0 early in the 3rd, and a Brayden Schenn goal at 9:57 spoiled the shutout for Jake Allen. The three stars for the Raccoons were Palmieri 2G, Zack Smith 1G-1A, and Jake Allen with 27 saves. |
Alamo Defenders @ LA Great Danes | The Danes look to rebound from the stinker versus the Raccoons, taking on division foe Alamo. After a scoreless first period, Alamo scored first at 7:50 of period 2 on a Tyler Seguin goal off of a delayed penalty. But Tyler Toffoli and LA quickly responded with a goal to tie it at 1 just 27 seconds later. Phillip Danault gave LA its first lead with a goal at 15:09, and the Danes took a 2-1 lead into the 3rd period. In the 3rd, LA out-chanced Alamo 7-3, but a missed breakaway, a crossbar, and key saves by Alamo goalie Robin Lehner again left the Danes clinging a to one goal lead late. But Ryan Suter’s first goal of the season with 3:30 remaining put the game away for the Danes, a 3-1 win. Overall a very even game with the scoring chances 16-14 LA. Frederik Andersen rebounded from being pulled in the prior game to earn the #1 star with 29 saves. Goal scorers Suter and Toffoli received the 2nd/3rd stars, although the 2nd line for LA keyed the victory – Phillip’s Danault’s goal was the game-winner, and Kesler and Schenn had 2 assists each. |
Weekly Summary: | Two division wins in tight games sandwiched around a lackluster 5-1 loss appear to keep the Danes on top in the Pacific for now. Goaltending, strong defensive play, and enough scoring from different guys each night has translated into a very good start to the season for the Great Danes. |
Lakeland Flying Tigers | Lakeland has 1 home game this block vs Chicago. |
Chicago Cosa Nostra @ Lakeland Flying Tigers | Jones is awful in goal for the Tigers as he only faces 14 shots and lets 5 of those by into the goal. Lakeland outplays Chicago in every aspect of the game, except the scoreboard for in a 5-1 Chicago win. |
Weekly Summary: | One game and all it did was make me wonder how bad is going to get with Martin Jones in goal the rest of the way… |
Chicago Cosa Nostra | Chicago with two home games this week look to at least come away with 3 points. |
Wausau Lumberjacks @ Chicago Cosa Nostra | Down 1 to 0 with less than a minute played & the extra attacker on the ice for the Cosa Nostra whenJosh Baily tips home the tying goal from Hutton and newly acquired Pysyk. The Game goes to overtime where neither team puts one past the net-minders. However in the Shutout David Pastrnak gets the only goal & Chicago wins this one in Shoot out.Juuse Saros – is Star #1 with 34 saves. |
Toledo Walleye @ Chicago Cosa Nostra | Chicago & Toledo play to a 3-3 tie at the end of regulation play. Alex Galchenyuk gets the game winner with 1:55 left to play in overtime. Toledo was 0-4 on the Power Play, Chicago didn’t event have a chance.
Alex Galchenyuk was the 1st Star of the Game with 1 Goal & 3 Assists. |
Weekly Summary: | Chicago picks up 4 points at home & looks to do some damage on the road as well. |
Gilbert Sharks | |
Long Beach Ice Dogs @ Gilbert Sharks | Brown and Gallagher get goals in the 1st 10 minutes to jumpstart Long beach to a 2-0 lead. Jakob Voracek puts one home late in the period to cut the lead in half. The 2nd Period is all Gibert with Adam Mcquaid tying the score at 2 and Voracek getting his second of the game to give Gilbert the lead. Long Beach ties the game again midway through the 3rd period on Ellis’ 6th of the year. It looks like we are headed to overtime until Derek Stepan finds the back of the net with just 43 seconds left to win it for Gilbert 4-3. |
Weekly Summary: | Gilbert gets a big win in a very tight division. |
Long Beach Ice Dogs | |
Jagr Mullets @ Long Beach Ice Dogs | Jagr pounded Long Beach 6-0. Hall with 2 goals and Kadri with a goal and 2 assists led the Mullets offense. Vasilevskiy made 27 saves in the shutout.
Stars: |
Alamo Defenders @ Long Beach Ice Dogs | Long Beach built a 4-1 lead late in the 2nd period behind 2 goals from Teravainen but Alamo came out strong in the 3rd outshooting Long Beach 21-5 and tied the game on a shorthanded goal by Pacioretty with 6:37 left. Long Beach was able to regain the lead and win on a Lindholm goal with 1:13 left in the game. Talbot gave up 4 goals but made 36 saves in picking up the win.
Stars: |
Weekly Summary: | Long Beach splits their 2 home games. |
Clearfield Bison | With trade rumors swirling, Clearfield hosts an important 3-game set against Columbus, Jagr, and division rival Corktown. Can the Bison offense finally break out a bit? (I actually played these Friday but didn’t have time for the writeups until today, my apologies) |
Columbus Brew Jackets @ Clearfield Bison | Early on it was all Clearfield – they outshot the visitors early and often, and Hjalmorsson (of all people) opened the scoring for the Bison midway through the first.
In the second, the tide turned..huge push from the Jackets, and they got the tying marker from Couture at 8:05. We went to the 3rd all square – but two early strikes from the Kucherov line (how good is THAT guy!) made it 3-1 Columbus, and given Clearfield’s goal-scoring issues this one looked all but over…. …but FINALLY the team showed a little moxie.Rakell and Drouin scored 4 minutes apart in the middle portion of the third, Bobby Lu held the fort, and we went to….OOOOOVERTIME. Both teams had chances in OT, but Rakell blasted one at 3:36 to send the home fans home happy, 4-3. Shots were relatively even at 40-35 CLE. STARS: #1 Rakell 2G #2 Kucherov 3A #3 Bergeron 2A, also won an incredible 20 of 25 faceoffs in this game. VERY impressed with the CBJ roster, they look to be the ‘real deal’. |
Corktown Suds @ Clearfield Bison | This one was all Clearfield from the get-go. Rakell stayed hot with a goal in the 1st…Clearfield outshot Corktown 18-3 in the 2nd and added a goal from Pat Maroon, and early in the third – just as a major penalty to Smith had expired – Rakell struck again.
Simmonds scored late for the Suds to spoil the shutout, Clearfield wins 3-1. Shots were 47-21 Clearfield,scoring chances 18-9, faceoffs 73% to the Bison…it was that kind of a game. Stars: #1 Rakell (Again) 2G, #2 Maroon 1G, #3 Cullen 1A, 9-1 on faceoffs |
Jagr Mullets | Jagr’s roster is LOADED, yet they’ve been struggling. Would the giant wake for this one?
Early on…no. 26 seconds into the game, Bergeron breaks free behind the defense and slams it home, 1-0 Clearfield. 4 minutes later, while shorthanded, ANOTHER breakaway for Bergeron…another goal. 2 shots, 2 goals for the Bison….then the bear awoke. Jagr scored twice in the first to tie it..and when Kessel put Jagr ahead early in the second, I figured the Mullets were going to run away with it. But no, we weren’t even halfway done with the goals in this one… Clearfield exploded for three goals in under 4 minutes late in the third – and ironically, Old Man Jagr ignited the firestorm with his 6th of the year. Drouin and Subban also scored, and Clearfield somehow led 5-3 after 2. The Mullets got a quick goal from Paajarvi in the third and pressed HARD all period, but Anderson (finally) held strong and held the lead. I thought Alex Edler sealed the game at 15:38 when he got his 1st of the year..but 2 minutes later Vlasic struck from the point, making it 6-5. The game FINALLY was sealed when potted the empty netter at 19:03 in what was indisputably the craziest game Clearfield has been involved in all season. Shots were 39-28 for Jagr, Scoring chances 14-13 for the Mullets. They had a 2-1 attack time edge as well. The game was played at even strength, each team went 0-1 on the PP. As usual Clearfield did well on faceoffs, winning 64%. STARS: #1 Bergeron 2G 1A, #2 Subban 1G 2A, #3 Kadri 1G 2A |
Weekly Summary: | As the team filed into the locker room after the game, Subban and Okposo were summoned to the coach’s office and told they were traded. For Subban in particular this was a shock, as he just had his best game of the year and assumed he would be the linchpin of the PP for a few years in Clearfield…but the GM said ‘it’s nothing personal, PK…its strictly business. Bathgate made me an offer I can’t refuse’.
So we wave goodbye to Subban (one of my favorite players)..and prepare to welcome Patrick Kane. |
Bucks County Racoons | One team…One Game….One City….One Voice…..Hopefully more than 1 point versus visiting Minnesota…. |
Minneapolis Deep Freeze @ Bucks County Racoons | Connor McDavid scored his 10th goal of the season 3:42 into OT as the Bucks County Raccoons defeated the Minnesota Deep Freeze 2-1. As has been the norm, BC took an early lead in the first period on a goal by Milan Lucic, and as also been the norm, gave the lead up in the 3rd period on a goal by Paul Byron to set up McDavid’s OT game winner. In a chippy game that saw numerous pushing and shoving after the whistle, each team only accumulated 4 PIM’S each and both teams only had 1 PP. Jake Allen was the star of the game with 30 saves while Lucic and McDavid rounded out the 3 star selections for the game. Jason Spezza won 18 face offs for Deep Freeze. |
Weekly Summary: | Bucks County picks up the 2 points they were looking for while the Deep Freeze go home with their participation trophy, er, point….. |
Toledo Walleye | Toledo (8-10-2 18pts) faces division rivals Bucks County (8-8-4 20) and Wausau (9-10-1 19). Bucks County in first and Wausau in 2nd. A chance to move up in the division. |
Bucks County Racoons @ Toledo Walleye | Racoons 5 Walleye 1 – The Racoons show just how efficient they can be in the 2nd period when they score 4 goals on 6 shots. Toledo offense struggles to get quality shots and Allen saves 38 of 39 goals. Leddy and Lucic with 2 goals each for the winners. 1st star – Lucic 2g 2nd star – Leddy 2g 3rd star – Allen 38sv |
Wausau Lumberjacks @ Toledo Walleye | Walleye 4 Lumberjacks 1 – The Walleye figure out some offense and win comfortably as Toledo gets goals from 4 players and Dell saves 27 of 28. Toledo plays a clean game incurring no penalties while converting 2 of 5 penalties on the visitors. 1st star – Krejci 1g1a 2nd star – Brouwer 1g 5 hits 3rd star – Ward 1g |
Weekly Summary: | Toledo splits the home series. Visiting Bucks County sees 2 goals each from Leddy and Lucic. Toledo looking forward to the arrival of Kyle Okposo in the next block to add some punch to the offense. |
Columbus Brew Jackets | Columbus has two home games this week, including one against long time rival, Bathgate |
Toledo Walleye @ Columbus Brew Jackets | Columbus continues to do what Columbus does and score plenty of goals while completely ignoring the defensive end of the rink. They give the fans of both sides plenty of things to cheer about in this one.
FINAL SCORE: CBJ 8 – TOL 5 |
Bathgate Rangers @ Columbus Brew Jackets | Later in the week, bitter rival Bathgate comes to Columbus for a anticipated weekend matchup. Bathgate opens up the scoring, but the Brew Jackets even it up 42 seconds later and they go into the first intermission tied up.
The CBJ dominate the second period firing the canon twice and holding the Rangers scoreless. The third period is more of the same as the Brew Jackets are finally able to play some defense and hold the Rangers to two goals. FINAL SCORE: CBJ 5 – BGR 2 |
Weekly Summary: | Columbus continues to win at home and outscoring teams as their only means of winning. |
New Jersey Grizzlies | 4 home games need to play well. |
Wausau Lumberjacks @ New Jersey Grizzlies | November 20 2017 12-05-2017
1 2 3 F Scoring Summary Penalty Summary SOG 1 SOG 2 SOG 3 WLJ NJG Star 1: NJG Arvidsson 3 G, 4 Pts GWG: Viktor Arvidsson Notables: WLJ Enstrom 5 blocks Wausau GA SV Save% TOI W L OL Rate New Jersey GA SV Save% TOI W L OL Rate |
Clearfield Bison @ New Jersey Grizzlies | November 22 2017 12-05-2017
1 2 3 F Scoring Summary Penalty Summary SOG 1 SOG 2 SOG 3 CLE NJG Star 1: NJG Eberle 2 G, 3 Pts GWG: Mikko Koivu Notables: CLE Little 17 faceoffs won, Luongo 46 saves Clearfield GA SV Save% TOI W L OL Rate New Jersey GA SV Save% TOI W L OL Rate |
Lakeland Flying Tigers @ New Jersey Grizzlies | November 23 2017 12-05-2017
1 2 3 F Scoring Summary Penalty Summary SOG 1 SOG 2 SOG 3 LAK NJG Star 1: NJG Schneider 28 saves GWG: Travis Konecny Notables: LAK Jones 33 saves Lakeland GA SV Save% TOI W L OL Rate New Jersey GA SV Save% TOI W L OL Rate |
Thunder Bay Nor’Westers @ New Jersey Grizzlies | November 25 2017 12-05-2017
1 2 3 F Scoring Summary Penalty Summary SOG 1 SOG 2 SOG 3 TBN NJG Star 1: TBN Couturier 2 G GWG: Andreas Athanasiou Notables: TBN Reimer 32 saves Thunder Bay GA SV Save% TOI W L OL Rate New Jersey GA SV Save% TOI W L OL Rate |
Weekly Summary: | Split 2, need to pick up Wins next week. |
California Regulators | |
Gilbert Sharks @ California Regulators | California wins a much-needed high-scoring 6-3 victory. |
LA Great Danes @ California Regulators | And takes a close 2-1 victory … could this be the comeback we’ve been waiting for? |
Weekly Summary: | California takes two of two at home. |
Minneapolis Deep Freeze | Minnepolis comes into the week riding a 4 game losing streak, and hopes to right the ship with their lone home game against division rival Chicago Cosa Nostra. |
Chicago Cosa Nostra @ Minneapolis Deep Freeze | Chicago Cosa Nostra (2) @ Minneapolis Deep Freeze (6)
Minneapolis comes out hot to start the game, taking a 3-0 lead on goals by Chara (5), Spezza (2), and Tkachuk (5). Chicago gets on the board with 5 minutes left in the first period when Kreider (1) deflects a shot from Hutton past Bobrovsky. Hossa (8) puts the Deep Freeze back up by 3 only a minute later, and Bernier takes over in net for the Cosa Nostra after Saros gives up 4 goals on 13 shots. Minneapolis holds a 4-1 lead heading into the first intermission. Pavelski (6) cracks Bernier barely a minute into the second period to make it 5-1 in favor of the Deep Freeze. The teams play 18 scoreless minutes to finish the period, while the Deep Freeze struggle to stay out of the penalty box but remains stout defensively on the penalty kill. The Cosa Nostra go 0-3 on the powerplay courtesy of 8 blocked shots by the Deep Freeze and some big stops from Bobrovsky. Minneapolis kills off another penalty early in the third period, but can’t stop Pastrnak (3) when he gets loose on a breakaway after stealing the puck from Hossa at the other end of the ice. Minneapolis still leads 5-2. As the Deep Freeze try to keep the Cosa Nostra at bay, they end up controlling much of the third period, and eventually Speeza (3) gets his second of the game to take a 6-2 lead with 23 seconds to go. The lead holds, and the Deep Freeze get a much needed win. Scoring Summary SOG 1 SOG 2 SOG 3 CHI MIN Star 1: MIN Spezza 2 G, 3 Pts GWG: Matthew Tkachuk Notables: CHI None |
Weekly Summary: | The Deep Freeze get a much needed win in their only home game this week as the offense gets back on track. Some lineup changes might be in order based on other recent performances. |
Thunder Bay Nor’Westers | Struggling as we hit the Thanksgiving holidays, Thunder Bay made a trade acquiring Center Frans Nielsen and Defenseman Jeff Petry from Hampton in return for Pavel Zacha and Jake McCabe. Both Nielsen and Petry jumped right into the lineup. |
Brentwood Bandits @ Thunder Bay Nor’Westers | The early part of this game was sloppy with little success for either team. Brentwood,s Vermette scored at 6:53 of the 2nd period his 1st of the season to give the Bandits a 1-0 lead after 40 minutes. At 6:05 of the 3rd period Brentwood scored again. This time it was Sid Crosby his 11th and Brentwood look to be in control.
Then the new 2nd line of the Nor’westers took control of the game. Seth Jones (6) scored to cut the lead to 1 goal. He was assisted by Couturier and smith. Three minutes later Couturier (7) scored to tie the game at 2-2 assisted by Ahtnaasiou and Smith. With just 19 seconds left in the game (19:41) and the hot line on the ice Andreas Athanasiou (1) assisted by Smith and Zaitsev won the game 3-2. Gibson played well in the Bandits goal making 30 saves. The Nor’Wester’s 2nd line of Athanasiou-Couturier-Smith all went +3 and dominated play in the 3rd period. |
Hampton Blizzard @ Thunder Bay Nor’Westers | Coming off a big victory the night before, Thunder Bay’s Athanasiou scored his 2nd goal of the season to give the Nor’Westers a 1-0 lead early in the 2nd period. With Nyquist in the sin bin for high sticking, Hampton’s Lee tied the game with a Power Play goal 1-1.
Charlie Coyle scored late in the 3rd (18:29 his 7th of the season to push Thunder Bay ahead 2-1. Hampton pulled Carey Price with 0:50 to go, but it back fired as Thunder Bay’s Jake Muzzin scored not once but twice into Hampton’s empty net (19:16 & 19:39). Thunder Bay’s new 2nd line was one the ice once again at crunch time. |
Weekly Summary: | The story of the week was the stellar play of Athanasiou-Couturier-Smith each posting +6 in the 2 home games. Hidden behind their great play was Big Ben Bishop’s 1.50 gaa and .948 sv% at home. |
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