S30 Regular Season PGS Thread
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Registered Senior Member <div align="center">Game 164 of the SHL Regular Season.</div> <div align="center">Pre-Game</div> Tonight saw the 41st match of the season for the Colorado Mammoths and the Detroit Falcons. So far this season, it appears that the Mammoths’ management has had a firm policy of not paying for overtime. Colorado did not see an extra time minute the entire first half of the season, and only ventured past the 60 minute mark in their 25th game. They wouldn’t find their way to a shootout until the 28th game. All of this was probably for the best, as the Mammoths have now dropped 3 overtime games and 5 shootout losses in their past 13 matches alone! Unfortunately, the lack of endurance may not be surprising given the amount of youth that Colorado ices every night. The Mammoths have split their last four matchups with Detroit, winning two in regular time and losing two in shootouts. On paper, Detroit looks like the stronger team, but the Mammoths were looking for a late season turn around that could propel them into more than a spoiler during the playoffs. Let’s take you to the 1st period highlights to see how this one played out. <div align="center">1st Period</div> Shortly after winning the opening face-off, the Falcons played an aggressive dump and chase into the Mammoths zone. O’Dooley is the first to the puck and receives some jarring pressure from Nucky Toohoots, turning the puck back over to Detroit. O’Dooley takes issue with the check and returns the favor seconds later, catching Toohoots in the mouth with his stick. That’s Toohoots with a hurt tooth and two minutes in the sin booth for O’Dooley. The ensuing advantage, the Falcons get off a barrage of shots. Berkis shoots and kicked away by Rudnikova, Moleman fires the rebound back but Rudnikova’s blocker pushes it wide. Toohoots collects the errant puck and blasts one top shelf – Rudnikova’s with a flailing swat and another save! Sinikka, pinching in to the rebound and before the Mammoth’s backstop can regain her feet snaps one towards the opposite corner. Rudnikova can only reach back in vain as the goal siren sounds for Sinikka’s sixth of the season. 1-0 Detroit Jari Sinikka 6 (Nucky Toohoots, Hans Moleman) at 1:36 (PP) Too many shots and too many rebounds for Ekaterina Rudnikova. Five minutes later, the Mammoths 4th liners looking to answer. Evgeny Yakikov wins the puck off the Detroit zone draw and sends it back to Goddard. But he is immediately pressured and loses the puck out of the zone. As his team cycles back onside, he regains control and abruptly shifts direction on a forechecking Erik Muller, eludes the defender and finds Serj Kovalchuk streaking back into the zone. He feeds Kovalchuk a blue platter special and Serj claps one by the sliding McSieve. 1-1 Tied Score[ Serj Kovalchuk 5 (William Goddard) at 6:14 Not to be done in by Colorado’s checking line, the Detroit 2nd liners immediately turn up the heat. Wiljian Zjang, Rising Hippo, Kaspars Berzins, and Alexis Metzler play a game of keep away. When Matthew Leetch attempts to intervene, Berzins catches him out of position and sets up a give and go tic tac toe goal with Metzler providing the support. 2-1 Detroit Kaspars Berzins 12 (Alexis Metzler) at 7:00 After that impressive goal, Detroit has regained their swagger. They are shooting from every angle, but the Mammoths’ blueliners are starting to come together. Tord Yvel blocks a Moleman shot and then Goddard gets in front of an Evans snipe. And the shots that do get through, Rudnikova is now holding on to. With renewed spirits, Colorado’s staunch third line pairing of Yvel and Legend set up shop at the top of the Detroit zone, playing cat and mouse with the Falcons’ forwards in an attempt to draw an opening. What they draw instead, is the impatience of Alec Derin who recklessly swings his stick high while trying to clear the puck. It’s a double minor for him, and Colorado is going to have their first and second man-advantage of the night. Right off the bat, Colton Hagan puts a devastating hit on Hippo and I’m not sure he’s rising up from that one. The Mammoths step into the zone and cycle the puck to O’Dooley who takes a wicked slapper just wide. Eichelele quickly tries to stuff the loose puck by McSieve, but the veteran goalie quickly smothers the puck. The second unit pf Svensson, Browski, and Renninger comes on and continues the pressure. After a few neutral zone battles, Goddard emerges with the puck and finds Browski with a seam into the opponent’s zone. Browski draws the defender and as he pulls back to shoot McSieve quickly sidles out towards him to reduce the angle, but at the last second Browski fakes the shot and flips it to Jacob Renninger who is wearing Metzler like a prom dress, but still manages to get some tape on the puck and put it behind McSieve. 2-2 Even Stevens Jacob Renninger 6 (Sim Browski, William Goddard) at 10:30 (PP) The final 2 seconds of Derin’s first penalty is wiped out, and the Mammoths had two more minutes to find a lead, but can only manage a pair of icing restarts and no more shots before the advantage ends. At 16:29, Colorado again on the power play, but the Falcons’ penalty kill again holds strong as the Mammoths struggle to hit their target. The see-saw period draws to a close with the teams tied at 2. <div align="center">2nd Period</div> The second period was plagued by a bunch of sloppy play from Detroit as they gave up 4 power plays yet still managed to outshoot Colorado 7 to 6. Colorado maintenance teams will be working overtime to touch up the sponsor banners behind each goal as both teams combined to take 17 errant shots this period. <div align="center">3rd Period</div> The script was flipped in the third as Colorado’s defensemen were flagged for 3 penalties to Detroit’s one. But again, defense was stout and no further goals were meant for regulation. <div align="center">Overtime</div> The five minutes of overtime saw a renewed effort for scoring that seemed to be lacking in the previous two periods. Colorado had two excellent chances to win it, first on a breakaway feed from McGraw to Hagan which McSieve shuts down with a fantastic glove save, and then 30 seconds later on an Eichelele shot that was deflected by McGraw past McSieve but was ultimately denied my Metzler diving across the goal line. This game was going the distance. <div align="center">Shootout</div> Taro Eichelele’s first career penalty shot wasn’t fooling McSieve and was easily turned away. Hans Moleman responded with a double move, but Rudnikova held her ground and foiled the attempt. Sim Browski provided the second Mammoths’ attempt and he would beat McSieve stick side with a mid-stride wristshot. Clearly McSieve was expecting something more involved from Browski. Cikgnar Konstantinov took his place, showed a forehand getting Rudnikova to drop to her knees before sliding back to his backhand at the last second to flip it towards the open post, but Rusnikova butterflies keeping the right pad flat to the iceand closes the gap – no goal! McGraw, the most experienced forward on the team, takes his run to the net but McSieve either guesses correctly or always knew that McGraw would try to go five hole, and he shuts it down. Alex Berkis to take Detroit’s 3rd shot, skates directly at Rudnikova waits until she reaches out to poke at the puck, and pulls it back out of reach, while punishing her positioning with the equalizing goal . <div align="center"> Berkis Baits Russian Backstop</div> With each round now sudden death pairings, Colorado’s skipper then defies conventional wisdom and bypasses the team’s 4 remaining top scorers in Dover, O’Dooley, Goddard, and Renninger to give rookie Colton Hagan the anchorman role. McSieve has the psychological edge after stoning Hagan's breakaway in overtime. Colton takes the puck at mid-ice and skates in along the right side. He finally cuts back towards net, but this angle isn't giving him much chance. Wait, McSieve has dropped his stick in front of Hagan's path and my goodness, it looks intentional! Hagan takes a wide berth around the prone stick (has McSieve pushed him too far wide?! but as he finally circles McSieve he slides it past the stickless wonder!! It’s a goal and it’s glorious! And Hagan responds to McSieve's tomfoolery with a mocking strut past the Falcons' bench. <div align="center"> Colton Hagan Mocks McSieve</div> Wiljian Zjang will have give Detroit another chance to prolong the game, but right now tempers are flaring on both benches as each team is accusing the other of poor sportsmanship. It's going to take a minute before we can continue play, so let's take a look at the regulation and overtime stats so far while the goaltenders change positions... Inside the Numbers: Code: Colorado Mammoths - Hits : 22 - Faceoff Wins : 26 - Blocked Shots : 13 - Penalty Minutes : 8 Shots : 18 While Detroit dominated the faceoff circle, Colorado played a physical but clean game, out-checking their opponents and getting whistled at a far lower rate for it. Despite being shorthanded twice as often as the Mammoths, the Falcons still nearly doubled Colorado in shots on net. This has become the disturbing trend for the Mile High club since trading away future star Steven Stamkos. Their answer so far, at least, has come in the form of a Russian tank. Goaltender Stats Code: Ekaterina Rudnikova (COL), 31 saves from 33 shots - (0.939), W, 14-19-7, 65:00 minutes Rudnikova has stopped twice as many shots as McSieve tonight, how many more will it be? Alright, we're back with Zjang skating in on the young Russian netminder. Zjang takes a more conventional approach down the middle but then shifts to his left and tries to beat Rudnikova to the same spot that Hagan just scored, but she instinctively flares her pads wide and... and... <div align="center"> Zjang Goes Unchained</div> ...Denied!! ...just like that, Colorado has won their first extra-time game and first shoot-out of the season! Players Stats for Colorado Mammoths Code: Player Name G A P +/- PIM S H SB GA TA FO MP PP MP PK MP Players Stats for Detroit Falcons Code: Player Name G A P +/- PIM S H SB GA TA FO MP PP MP PK MP <div align="center">Three Stars Colton Hagan <a href='index.php?showuser=2281' rel='nofollow' alt='profile link' class='user-tagged mgroup-3'>CampinKiller</a> Led the Mammoths in hits (4), contributed 3 shots, played more than 11 minutes on special teams combined, and showed veteran poise in ending the game with his first shootout goal. Ekaterina Rudnikova <a href='index.php?showuser=2240' rel='nofollow' alt='profile link' class='user-tagged mgroup-3'>mel24</a> Turned away 31 of 33 shots in regulation and overtime (good for a .939 save%) and only allowed a single shootout goal. Was partially responsible for the high number of shots as she struggled to control rebounds (5 in the 3rd period), however, her superior reflexes held the day. Nucky Toohoots @Gaia Mormont Led the team in penalty kill time (8:16) and shots blocked (3), won 18/24 faceoffs, contributed 4 shots, 2 hits, and assisted on the opening PP goal. Honorable Mentions: William Goddard Assisted on both of the Mammoth goals in regulation and chipped in with 23 minutes, including 10 minutes of special teams play Prada Clutch Player of the Game Colton Hagan <a href='index.php?showuser=2281' rel='nofollow' alt='profile link' class='user-tagged mgroup-3'>CampinKiller</a> Hagan narrowly missed winning the game outright at 2:25 of overtime when McSieve robbed him on a breakaway. Pressed into center duty during the 4 on 4, he won the ensuing faceoff allowing Legend to have a solid look at the net. 10 minutes later he found his revenge, beating McSieve with a beautiful deke to capture the 2 points for Colorado. </div> |
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