Comment One: Goaltending Woes in Colorado (120 Words)

Throughout the game Colorado mustered up 32 shots, while Vancouver had just 25. Still, Vancouver was the one who scored 4 times, while Colorado didn’t score once. Recording a shutout, Name Redacted had a great performance, and was probably the biggest difference maker of the night, which got him a well earned 1st star of the night. On the flip side of that, Colorado’s goaltending left something to be desired. With 4 goals scored on just 25 shots, and a save percentage of .625, it was a brutal night for the Raptors netminder. Colorado is going to struggle to win games with that kind of goaltending. Here’s hoping they get some better performances out of their netminders in the future.

Comment Two: Vancouver has to clean up their act (146 Words)

While they might have got the win tonight, it wasn’t pretty. As mentioned before, they were outshot, and can’t expect to be bailed out by bad goaltending from the opposition moving forward. Along with being outshot, they had 9 giveaways, to Colorado’s 2. That’s brutal. It’s a miracle they didn’t get punished for any of those 9 giveaways. If you are giving up the puck that much on a nightly basis, you are going to struggle in terms of possession, and better teams will be able to dominate against you. They were also down in the faceoff department, and less physical. The only thing they had going for them was their goaltending, and their discipline (they took 0 penalties). While these are good things to build off of, they need to sharpen up the rest of their game if they want to climb up the standings.

Comment Three: Rookies Shine for Vancouver (113 Words)

The Whalers have some experienced players on their team who you would expect to be leading the charge on any given night, but in this game, a lot of the rookies had good nights. Defensemen Johnny Shuffleboard recorded 2 assists, along with forward Domenic Alessandrini, as they were a big part in Vancouver’s second period onslaught. Later in the game, forward’s Wile Coyote, and Devin Basher would get helpers, to help seal the deal for the team. Getting production out of 4 of your rookies is huge, and a good sign for the Whalers moving forward. Just imagine what they could have done if some more of the veterans were on their game.