2019-2020 PLAYER & GOALIE OF THE WEEK #1

Chicago has a 2-1 lead after the 1st Period of play and hold that throughout the 2nd Period as well. Entering the 3rd, Chicago scores first and now has a 2 goal lead, with 13 Minutes left to play.

Brentwood woke up from the Stanley Cup Hangover & tallies 4 unanswered goals the rest of the way & making the kids from Chicago look like a peewee team.

Final Score: Brentwood 5 – Chicago 3

Labatts – 3-Star Selection:

Star #1 – (BWB) Phil Kessel – 1G, 3A for 4 Pts.
Star #2 – (BEB) John Tavares – 1G, 2A for 3 Pts.
Star #3 – (CHI) Jonathan Toews – 2G

Notables:
(BWB) – Phil Kessel 3 Assists, Justin Braun 6 Blocked Shots
(CHI) – Will Butcher 5 Blocked Shots, Mackenzie Blackwood 43 Saves

Let’s host Gilbert and try to eat the Sharks!

10 mins later, Brentwood is on the PP when Captain Jon (1) makes ties it 1-1! So good to have him and Kessel together still (and at cheaper!).

2nd Period
Tavares scores his 2nd of the game and season on a breakout with Vasilevskiy getting an assist! 2-1 Bandits lead.

Less than a minute later Panarin (1) ties it up 2-2.

On their only PP chance of the game, the Sharks capitalize when Yandle fires one from the point to make it a 3-2 Gilbert lead!

The Sharks have thrown 30 shots on Vasilevskiy so far… he’s getting his workout!

3rd period. Back and forth. Both teams with 12 shots.

At 15:09 on the PP, Brodie fires one home from the point to tie it at 3!!

Vasilevskiy with two game saving saves to send it to OT!

3:36 into OT Phil Kessel (1) fires a wrister from the faceoff circle and buries it for the Bandit win! 4-3 OT WIN!!

But looking at Jagr, who got “robbed” last season in the playoffs (no comment lol), I don’t think I can trade enough to compete… but you never know!

ALSO – it looks as though the new DAILY DRESSED FEATURE IS WORKING!!

Period 1
A clean defensive game until Guenzels own Boychuk get interference and gets the box for 2. A big power play for the Buzzads 5 shots and a lot of time in the zone. I know there was no goal but if I am Buzzards Head coach in thinking we had a really nice two minutes but it hard to get by Greiss. Guenzel Puts another man in the box Watson for 2 and Guenzel was having trouble putting the puck to the Goal. The power play prevails and Charlotte scores Hamilton (1) scored it for his first of the season, Larkin(1) and Pavelski(1) get there first assist of the season. Guenzel not short to respond ties it at 1 with Baertschi(1) with the goal and Watson(1) and Koivu(1) with the assist. Waston out of the box helps his team to cover up his mistake. Charlotte goes to the box with a holding of the stick from Ekman-Larson. A three shot power play but Kane(1) comes up big Goal for Guenzels first lead. It was a pass from Bergeron(1) to Montour(1) who shot for a reflection off Kane. Those are 2 names Guenzel hopes to here a lot this year. Charlotte controlled the half but the Gunners came out up by one. Shots Charlotte 16 Gunners 11

2nd Period
Right off the bat Pavleski(1) got a reflection to tie it at 2. Assist Burns(1) and Hamonic(1). Hamilton(2) puts one in for his second this season to put Charlotte up by one. Assist Lee Tuch. Gunners struggling in the second period but hopefully get to turn it around with a PP Dzingle Interference 2 min. Guenzel didn’t get anything off that PP. Niskanen Slap shot scores his first of the season. Assist Bergeron (2) Dumba (1). Bad play for Guenzel Koivu in the box for high sticking for 4 minutes and this could be another Charlotte turning point to regain the lead. Guenzel kills the first half of it but it was a strong PP but the period ended still 1:44 to go on the PP. They had 9 shots on the PP so far.

Period 3
Being Charlotte having this period opening PP looks really nice already have 33 shot on the board putting in 1/11 shots tonight against Guenzel and 1-4 on the PP. With 21 seconds left on the PP Larkin(1) gets the net to put Charlotte up by 1 4-3. Assist Hamilton(1) and Pavelski(2). Guenzel got a 3-1 rush for Koivu but missed wide. When you have 38 shots a lot are going to going as another one did for Charlotte putting them up by 2 5-3. Goal Sissons (1) Assist Hamonic (2) Burns(2). Touch and Hathaway get into a fight both out for 2 minutes still a 5 on 5. Killorn to the box for Charlotte fir 2 minuets for holding. Could be a bug movement for Guenzel. An amazing PP kill only 2 shots Guenzel needs to score it they want back in this. Guenzel open net with 54 seconds left but couldn’t score.

Final
Charlotte Buzzards – 5 with 41 shots
Guenzel Gunners – 3 with 33 shots
Stars (Btw I was having problem looking at those stats had to choose my own sorry.)
1. Joe Pavelski 1 goal 2 assist 3 points
2. Dougie Hamilton 2 goals 1 assist 3 points
3. Dylan Larkin 1 goal 1 assist 2 points
Charlotte Buzzards -5 Guenzel Gunners 3

Period 1
Nothing to exciting through 5 minutes
other than 6 shots for Guenzel and that what the coach of the gunners wants to see tonight is shots. Scandella in the box for two minutes Alamo gets the power play. Gunners killed on 3 shots a nice kill what they need for a big turn. A delayed penalty called but no need Baertschi(2) got it. Assist Niskanen (1) Watson (2). Guenzel up by one. Not slot of action In the first Period but it worked 16-13 on shots Guenzel winning the shots and Goals.

Period 2
Not much action until a delay of game on Polak 2 Minutes Guenzel Power Play. Not a huge PP just a couple shots but 80% possession. Another PP for the gunners this time Okposo. Pass all around Pass from Scandella(1) up to the top Dumba(2) clear shot Slapshot redirected by Barbashev(1) for a Goal. A big PP goal to put Guenzel up 2. A nice period For the Guenzel Gunners.

Period 3
Started off with an Alamo Hooking from McAvoy. One thing I have scene tonight from the Gunners is puck control getting shots off Through 2 periods and at 18:21 they have 29 shots and 61 shot attempts that is what the Gunners want to see and it worked so far. Alamo Killed it with only 4 shots. Guenzel gets the rush Guenzel shot deflected big hit from Alamo and they break free and score. Goal Marchand (1) Assist Wheeler (1), Matheson (1). Alamo another Penalty Slashing by Polak 2 minutes. Alamo In all efforts with a net cleared hits 5 shots one off a post but still doesn’t score.
Guenzel 2 goals 45 shots 88 shot attempts
Alamo 1 goal 24 shots and 60 shot attempts
Starts
1. Hutton 28 saves
2. Barbashev 1 goal
3. Baertschi 1 Goal
Noatibles
ALA – Lehner 43 saves
GUE -Koivu 15 Faceoff wins

Lots of changes in the Hills and Hollers of Tennessee ..excited to see how they pan out

Carter Hart mania starts today!

1st- Leblanc starts the Steaders out withtip of a Hutton blast via Duchene
2nd- Vlasic ties it from Kessell and Tavares
Gourde gives Lafayette the lead again from Lindblom and Ritchie
3rd- DeBrusk scores with just 41 seconds to go to throw the game into overtime
OT- with 5 seconds left in OT Tavares scores to give the Bandits the big win!

1st-Forsberg ( Risto/Duchene) 20 seconds into the game
Slavin ties it from Couturier/Jones
Backlund from Bertuzzi with 5 seconds left in the period
2nd – Garland gets his first of the season from Hutton/Duchene
Eichel from Ghost/ Kucherov
Garland gets his 2nd from Cizikas/Matinook
Duchene PP from Linblom gives Laf a 5-2 lead
Jonsson gets a PP goal from Petry/Paryko
3rd – Lablanc gets his 2nd on the year from Forsberg/Duchene Laf 6-3
Athanasiou from Barkov pulls Thunder within 2
Connor from Smith and O’Reilly

Lafayette holds on for the 6-5 win …phew

But it’s time to play this year and see what this team can do now with the core group we have and some grizzled vets to bridge the gap before the pups are ready to contribute.

But then the wheels come off.

Hertl almost gets a natural hat trick – scoring at 5:10, 8:10 (PP), and 15:24 (PP). Ferland ruined the natty by scoring at 13:14.

Down 4-1, the Mullets get a goal by Elias Lindholm at 19:43 against Halak to get back in the game.

Radulov pots one at 1:59 of the 2nd to make it 4-3, then Zibanejad puts the biscuit in to reclaim the 2 goal lead. But if nothing else, Jagr can score – and they tie it up with goals by Letang and Matthews.

Unfortunately, McCann scores his 1st of the young season at 10:22 of the 3rd, and Halak holds on as the Rangers win it 6-5.

John Gibson, the Secret Agent Man of the draft, does not acquit himself very well, surrendering 6 goals against 27 saves. We hope he enjoys pine, as he’ll be sitting on the bench for awhile.

Scoring Summary
Per Time Str Team
1 2:26 EV JAG Couture (1), assisted by Letang (1) and Parise (1)
1 5:10 EV BGR Hertl (1), assisted by Zibanejad (1) and Klingberg (1)
1 8:10 PP BGR Hertl (2), assisted by Ferland (1)
1 13:14 EV BGR Ferland (1), assisted by Zibanejad (2) and Hertl (1)
1 15:24 PP BGR Hertl (3), assisted by Ferland (2) and Klingberg (2)
1 19:43 EV JAG Lindholm (1), assisted by Tkachuk (1) and Ekholm (1)
2 1:59 EV JAG Radulov (1), assisted by Ekholm (2)
2 9:14 PP BGR Zibanejad (1), unassisted
2 11:33 EV JAG Letang (1), assisted by Couture (1) and Parise (2)
3 2:37 PP JAG Matthews (1), assisted by Radulov (1) and Rielly (1)
3 10:22 EV BGR McCann (1), assisted by Pionk (1) and Vrana (1)

Star 1: BGR Hertl 3 G, 4 Pts
Star 2: BGR Zibanejad 1 G, 3 Pts
Star 3: BGR Ferland 1 G, 3 Pts

GWG: Jared McCann

Notables: BGR Carlo 7 blocks, Halak 34 saves, Provorov 7 blocks, Hertl hat trick
JAG Matthews 15 faceoffs won

Ekholm starts off the scoring with a PP marker at 12:55 of the 1st, and Elias Lindholm (2) puts one behind Ben Bishop early in the 2nd as the Mullets carry the play.

But then BCR scores 3 unanswered goals by Meier, Wilson, and Hyman (sounds like a shady law firm) to stun the home crowd.

Matthew Tkachuk scores at 13:20 of the 3rd to knot it up at 3-3 – but Brossoit gets beaten by Kevin Hayes on the PP at 16:37 to make it 4-3 bad guys.

Bishop makes it check mate as the Mullets can’t score with the extra attacker – and just like that the Mullets drop their opening two games. You know it’s bad when the home scorer awards the 3 stars to Meier, Wilson, and Hyman – he must have to launder some funds or something.

Scoring Summary
Per Time Str Team
1 12:55 PP JAG Ekholm (1), assisted by Matthews (1) and Rielly (2)
2 2:00 EV JAG Lindholm (2), assisted by Bortuzzo (1) and Ekholm (3)
2 13:19 PP BCR Meier (1), assisted by McDavid (1) and Shaw (1)
3 3:41 EV BCR Wilson (1), assisted by Leddy (1)
3 7:52 EV BCR Hyman (1), assisted by Murray (1) and Kane (1)
3 13:20 EV JAG Tkachuk (1), assisted by Letang (2) and Lindholm (1)
3 16:37 PP BCR Hayes (1), assisted by Keith (1) and Johansen (1)

Star 1: BCR Hyman 1 G
Star 2: BCR Wilson 1 G
Star 3: BCR Meier 1 G

GWG: Kevin Hayes

Notables: BCR Bishop 36 saves
JAG Letang 5 blocks, Brossoit 37 saves

Shaw continues the pummelling with a shot off Dubnyks noggin into the net, just 21 seconds into the 2nd period, making things look bleak at 4-1 Raccoons. As the trainer checks out a wobbly Devan, he does a vision check and they realize that Dubnyk has his contact lenses in the wrong eyes. They swap contacts and hope that the cross-eyed goalie can get it together. The rest of the period, Dubnyk is golden, and the offense comes around, as Arvidsson nets 2, JVR adds another on the power play, and the period ends with the score tied 4-4

The Walleye get a PP one minute into the 3rd on a Kane trip, and Krejci is able to make him pay, giving the Walleye their first lead of the young season at 5-4. Both goalie hold tight the next 12 minutes, and then Compher finds an opening past Dubnyk to tie it back up with 5 minutes left in the game. Both teams played spirited hockey, back and forth, until with the final push, with under 30 seconds to go, the Walleye get in the offensive zone, and Foligno get a desperation slapshot into the net with only 2 seconds remaining to win a breathtaking 6-5 home opener.

PP – BCR 1-4 TOL 2-2

1st star – van Riemsdyk 2G1A
2nd – Arvidsson 2G
3rd – Compher 2G

The carnage continues in the 2nd, after some defense is found, the Gunner get the lead to 2 when Hathaway scores, and we wonder where the defense and offense have gone. Finally, with under a minute left in the 2nd Lindell blasts a long range bomb to cut the lead to 1, and hope is restored as we go to intermission.

3rd period sees the emergence of the 3rd offensive weapon, as Dadonov scores at the 2 minute mark, and again at the 8 minute mark, to give the Walleye a 5-4 lead. The teams battle to a standoff for 7 minutes until Elias Pettersson gets his 2nd of the game for insurance, and Dubnyk stays perfect in the 3rd period to make the 2 goal lead stand.

PP — GUE 0-1 TOL 3-4

1st star – Pettersson 2G 2A
2nd – Dadonov 2G
3rd – Barrie 3A

Lindell gives Toledo the lead early in the 2nd, but only 2 minutes later Zibanejad evens things up and we move on at 2-2. Arvidsson wipes that lead off the board just a minute later, and adds another (HAT TRICK) just before intermission, to make it 4-2 Toledo at intermission.

The visitors show signs of a comeback as Buchnevich cuts the lead to 1 at the 5 minute mark into the 3rd. But its a pair of unlikely heroes that emerge late when Foligno and Vanek add insurance goals, Vanek on the PP, to make the final 6-3

PP BGR 0-4 TOL 1=3

From that point on, its all Peka Rinne, as he builds a wall in front of the net and tells the boys to grow up. 27 shots from the Walleye all die at the hands of the Thunder Bay goal keep. Meanwhile Johnsson, Jones and Connor all add their first goals of the season, and the NorWesters pop the perfect home opening winning streak, Final 5-2

PP TB 1-2 TOL 0-3

1st star – Jones 1G 3A
2nd – Pettersson 2G
3rd – Johnsson 1G 1A

Rinne – 29 saves, 2 GA (should have gotten a star – I think the game software burped on this one)

Cincinnati gets on board early in the 2nd as Laine scores. Heinen scores on a power play and it’s now 3-1.

In the 3rd, Wheeler scores an empty netter and Alamo gets the win, 4-1.

1st – Lehner,38 saves
2nd – Marchand, 1 goal and 1 assist
3rd – Wheeler 1 goal

In the second, David Patrnak’s first of the campaign at 18:19 from Zach Werenski and Jonathan Toewes to give Chicago a 3-1 edge at the second intermission. Cincinnati controlled the shots in the second, doubling up at 14-7.

In the third, Chicago got an early goal from Pirri (1:32 in)–his second of ther night from Chris Kreider and Sanheim. The Inferno put the pressure on throughout the frame–but Chicago held off all advances and won the game 3-1. Cincinnati nearly tripled up the shots in the third, winning the battle, 17-6. For the game, Cincinnati outshot Chicago, 44-27.

Petr Mrazek was the number one star with 43 saves to lead the Cosa Nostra and Pirri was the second star. Pastranak was named third star. Jacob Markstrom was the tough-luck loser, turning away 24 shots in the defeat. The Inferno went zero-for-five on the power play, while the Cosa Nostra were turned away in their lone effort with the man-advantage.

Brayden Point opens the scoring giving Cinci a 1-0 lead. Gabe Landeskog follows with 2 goals to push Thunder Bay into the lead 2-1. Perron ties the game at 16:33 of the 1st period. At 18:00 Landeskog is sent to the Pbox for interferance, but Ryan O’Reilly intercepts a pass and gets a breakaway a shorty for a 3-2 at the end of 20 minutes.

Point starts the 2nd the same way he started the 1st tieing the game at 3-3. Landeskog once again follows Point – his hat trick and pushes the Nor’Westers into 4-3 lead. At 14:33 Alexander Barkov scores on a power play ending the 2nd period scoring with Thundar Bay leading 5-3.

In a wild – wide open game Sid the Kid scored closing the lead back to one goal. The Thunder Bay 4th line found success as Todd Bertuzzi banged home a 6 inch rebound to extend the lead 6-4 and sent Hellbuyck to the showers. Defenseman Jeff Petry beat Markstrom for 7-4 lead with less than 2 minutes to play. Jeff skinner put one past Pekka Rinne but it was too little to late. Thunder Bay 7 Cincinnati 5