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PGS S51: Game 5 - St. Louis at Anaheim - Chevy - 12-09-2019

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[S]:  And welcome everyone to the Golden Horseshoe post game report.  I'm your host, Sip Nightley and with me as always is SHL/SMJHL analyst Allen Wench.

[A]:  Thanks, Sip.  What a wild opening night matchup we had tonight!

[S]:  Yes indeed Allen.  The Anaheim Outlaws looked to set the tone for their season tonight in their home opener against St. Louis but almost fell short just squeezing by in overtime 4-3.  There's definitely no love-loss here between these two teams either as both exchanged hard hits and shots in the pre-season, however, it seems that the Scarecrows have often had the upper hand and had the Outlaws often on defense.  This game is no different.

[A]:  No it isn't.  With guys on your team though like Flash Gordon who is incredibly quick on the ice and in the passing game, it doesn't take long before you're trying to prevent goals instead of make goals.  Speaking of which, what an incredible night this talented player had, netting three assists in the game and easily tying up the second star of the game with a basically first star performance.  Lets go back to the replays now and see how tonight all played out.



1st Period

[A]:  St. Louis came out swinging, literally, as they gave the Outlaws their first scoring chance thanks to a high-sticking penalty on Luc-Pierre Lespineau-Lebrunette.  The Scarecrow penalty kill unit did a superb job in denying while shorthanded and both teams remained scoreless even with an unusual double-holding penalty that hit both teams and sent the game into a 4-4 environment.  It was however, the Scarecrows that drew first blood at 9:16 on a goal by rookie Mega Tron who was able to pick up the shot in front of the net after assisting shots by both Marian Elsner and Flash Gordon.

[S]:  You can be a fantastic goaltender, as Anaheim's Abroop Dhami was here in stopping the two shots by Gordon and Elsner, but like my high-school coach Ted Orion always said:  "The first shot isn't how they beat you.  Its the second and the third.  If you want to win, you have to take out the trash (in front of the net)".  

[A]:  After another opportunity to score by the Outlaw's power play unit was missed, James Ronlain put the Scarecrows up 2-0 at the 12:31 mark by sliding past the defense and following up his own errant shot.

2nd Period

[A]:  Moving on to the second period, the Outlaw's power play crew finally were able to capitalize on the man advantage after St. Louis'  Borys Franciszek was sent to the box for roughing.  Rath McLeod lit the lamp with one minute to go in the power-play with a beautiful one-timer after intercepting on the faceoff which brought the Scarecrow lead back to one.  Neither team would score again in the period but instead exchange a couple of minors for holding and roughing which put the game once again into a 4-4 play format.  Anaheim's penalty kill unit remained on top of things to this point in keeping St. Louis without a power-play goal.

3rd Period

[S]:  Things heated back up in the third period as Ruslan Zaporozhets of St. Louis was hit with a two-minute minor for holding, thus opening the door for the Outlaws' second of three goals in regulation, all coming from the man advantage.  Leonid Kofix found the net with 30 seconds left in the power-play to tie the game at 2 apiece.  St. Louis would fire right back at 4:17 into the 3rd period as Yamamoto "Admiral" Mitsuharu, picked up the rebound on a shot blocked by Ivan Maximus deep in the Anaheim zone.  Both teams would exchange minor penalties again this period with Anaheim's penalty kill unit staying on top of things and shutting down the man-advantage offense for St. Louis.  It was however a goalie interference penalty assessed to St. Louis with 1:52 to play in the period that would really shake things up.  Not only did the Outlaws move up to a man advantage, but in a bold move Abroop Dhami was pulled from the net to give Anaheim a rare 6-4 man advantage.  The Outlaws dominated the next near ninety seconds and went unanswered with 8 shots to none before Leonid Kofix found the net for the second time of the night by stuffing in the garbage in front of the net to tie the game and send it into overtime.

OVERTIME

[A]:  That game tying goal on a gutsy play really ended up costing the Scarecrow's their momentum.  The Outlaws took full advantage of this by putting pressure in overtime completely in the St. Louis zone.  In an impressive showing of puck control, Leonid Kofix took what looked to be a regular shot but instead ended up being a pass bounced off the paneling behind the net to an otherwise untended Raquel Castillo Gutierrez who curled the puck into the net for the game winner.

[S]:  Definitely a nail biter, and if that is what sets the tone for Anaheim's season, I think we're going to be in for one heck of a ride.  Before we wrap up here on the Golden Horseshoe post game report, here's tonight's stars of the game!

1st Star: Leonid Kofix (2 Goals, 1 Assists, +/- 0, 3 Points)
2nd Star: Flash Gordon (3 Assists, +/- 2, 3 Points)
3rd Star: Marian Elsner (2 Assists, +/- 3, 2 Points)

[S]: And that wraps it up here on the Golden Horseshoe post game report where the Anaheim Outlaws beat the St. Louis Scarecrows in overtime, 4-3.

FINAL SCORE
Scarecrows 3-4 (OT) Outlaws

RE: PGS S51: Game 5 - St. Louis at Anaheim - JSS331 - 12-09-2019

Special Teams Shine for Anaheim

While this game was ultimately decided in overtime, Anaheim's key to success in this game was it's special teams play.  Not only was their power play clicking by scoring on three of their eight opportunities but their penalty kill was perfect in stopping St. Louis on all three chances.  Leonid Kofix was particularly dangerous tonight by potting two of the three power play goals Many games are decided by the success or failure on the power play and St. Louis proved to be very strong five on five in this one.  Unfortunately for them, they were very undisciplined in this one by giving up eight extra man opportunities.

RE: PGS S51: Game 5 - St. Louis at Anaheim - Mutedfaith - 12-10-2019

Rookie of the Game

Despite not getting on the scoreboard for the last fifty-two minutes of the game, our Rookie of the Game for today is the young, Austrian right winger Mega Tron. Mega Tron scored the opening goal halfway through the 1st period on his second shot on goal of the game, laying the foundation for the 2-0 lead after the first period. He kept his plus/minus rating in the positives during his fourteen minutes of ice time in this close game and the penalty he took late in the second period had no serious consequences for the St Louis Scarecrows. the only other rookie to get himself on the scoresheet was Rhys Pritchard for Anaheim, who grabbed an assist and ended the game with a plus/minus rating of minus one.


Face-off analysis

Nothing has indicated there is any meaningful statistical correlation in large sample sizes between winnings face-offs and winning hockey games, and this game is no different. Despite losing the game eventually in OT, the St Louis Scarecrows won over fifty-five percent of the face-offs conducted. Jakub Bruchevski, their first line center, was especially strong on the dot, with twenty-four out of thirty-eight face-offs won for a game-high sixty-three percent. It didn't bring them any succes however, with none of the goals scored (by either team) directly following a succesfull face-off. Given the statistics, the St Louis GM might want to consider changing his tactics to make more use of the face-offs won, or shift the teams focus more towards getting shots on net.


Stay out of the Sin Bin

St Louis started off this game on a high, leading by two goals after the first period despite their players spending a combined six minutes in the  penalty box. However, their abundance of penalties in this period and the rest of the games (a total of nine minor penalties, versus the four penalties for the Anaheim Outlaws) eventually cost them the game. After two periods they both outscored the Outlaws by one goal, and out shot them by twenty-six versus twenty-one shots. All their time on the penalty kill took it's toll on the Scarecrows though, and they ended up out shot and out scored after sixty-two minutes of play.

RE: PGS S51: Game 5 - St. Louis at Anaheim - RedCapeDiver - 12-10-2019

Untimely Penalty:

Let’s take a look at what caused the Anaheim Outlaws to get a power play with just 1:58  remaining in the game With time running out on the Roughing minor to Anaheim’s Jaakko Jarvin, The puck is dumped into Anaheim’s Zone, Abroop Dhami pushes the puck to Grant Thurber who attempts a pass through the neutral zone which is intercepted by Flash Gordon. Flash Gordon take a step into the zone and he sees a breaking Borys Franciszek who is wide open and crashing the net hard. Flash Gordon’s sweet saucer pass is knocked out of the air by Jequavis Adebayo. Borys wasn't expecting the pass not to make it to him and wasn't paying attention to where he was skating and ran into the Outlaws goalie Abroop Dhami. The whistle was blown immediately as Dhami’s helmet was knocked off and then the whole of Anahaim’s team on the ice proceed to dog pile Borys for touching their goalie. No one was injured on the play, but as our next breakdown will show i’m sure the rookie will regret taking this untimely penalty as the Outlaws were able to tie the game in the dying seconds of the powerplay, and go on to win in overtime. And even prior Borys took a roughing penalty early in the second period which also resulted in a powerplay goal for Anaheim, this is definitely a game the rookie will want to get past him.


Goal Breakdown

With 20 seconds remaining in the third period Anaheim Outlaws Forward Leonid Kofix scored the game tying goal on the powerplay with assists going to Paolo Tavano and Ursin Zimmermann. It was great for them to get the goal, but looking at the powerplay as a whole it could have been played a lot better. The Outlaws started the powerplay by winning the draw in the offensive zone and immediately pulled Abroop Dhami for the extra skater giving them the 6 on 4 man advantage. The puck goes from Zimmermann to Kofix and the shot by Kofix misses the net. Anaheim’s Mike Richard retrieves the puck, and after a few tick tack passes by the Outlaws Kofix gets off another shot that missed the net. Anaheim again gets the puck back, but some good work by the defense gets it cleared. The Outlaw eventually get the puck back into the St. Louis zone and make a total of 8 passes before its cleared again. The Outlaws then get 5 more shots on net in quick succession 2 of which are blocked and 3 again miss the net, before finally Leonid Kofix’s shot makes it to and past the St. Louis goalie for the tying goal. So all in all the Outlaws had 8 shots on net in the 1:38 before their goal, Two of those shots were blocked, the last one went in and the remaining 5 all missed the net. Next practice each player on Anaheim needs to get a bucket of pucks and work on getting shots on net

RE: PGS S51: Game 5 - St. Louis at Anaheim - notoriousTRON - 12-11-2019

Today's Hero of the Game:
Leonid Kofix. Not only did Kofix net the equalizer with 20 seconds left in the game, he also scored Anaheim's 2nd goal to tie the game at 2 early in the 3rd period AND picked up the primary assist on the overtime game winner. Not one but two clutch power play goals by the big Canadian as well as a brilliant pass to end the night, he really put the Outlaws on his back to get them back into this game and wouldn't take no for an answer. Kofax had a night to remember tonight and is hopefully setting the stage for what could be a great season for Anaheim.

Turning Point of the Game:
With all that said about our first star, the true turning point in this game was the first goal by Rath McLeod that came on a power play early in the 2nd period. This was kind of a broken play where Anaheim was changing after dumping the puck in, St Louis gathered up the loose puck but rookie Rhys Pritchard made a heads up play to intercept a pass and keep the puck in the offensive zone. He dished the puck over to Kevin Robinson who couldn't quite handle the heat the rookie had put on the pass and the puck trickled into the slot where McLeod was there to get off a quick shot to beat Doyle to his glove side. Just a heads up play by McLeod being in the right place at the right time.

Difference Maker of the Game:
Tonight's difference maker of the game goes to the entire Anaheim power play unit. They got eight chances tonight but the capitalized on three of them, especially as mentioned above when it mattered most. St Louis didn't appear to have an answer for what Anaheim could bring with the man advantage. Their passes with crisp and they found good lanes to set up quality scoring opportunities and most importantly, the Outlaw skill players finished the job. I don't know if Anaheim will convert powerplays at this kind of clip all year, but if they're going to posses this kind of skill with the man advantage, opposing teams would be wise to stay out of the box against these guys.

RE: PGS S51: Game 5 - St. Louis at Anaheim - Esso2264 - 12-12-2019

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RE: PGS S51: Game 5 - St. Louis at Anaheim - thedangazone - 01-06-2020

3 underrated players of the game!

1. Aaron Hernadivic - While tallying an assist in the game he was able to throw 6 shots on goal to help wear down the opposing goalie. Most impressively he had over 6 min of penalty kill time, though they did let in 3 power play goals out of 8.

2. Jakub Bruchevski - Also tallying over 5 minutes and 30 seconds on the penalty kill he also went 24/38 in the faceoff dot helping his team keep possession.

3. James Ronlain - Only getting 18 minutes in the game as a forward when many of them had well over 20 he was able to tally a goal, get 5 shots, and go 3 for 4 on faceoffs while coming in for his thrown out centers.

RE: PGS S51: Game 5 - St. Louis at Anaheim - Wiad - 01-08-2020

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