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notoriousTRON · 12-11-2019, 12:11 AM

Anaheim Outlaws Outlaws

@ St Louis Scarecrows

Final Score: 4-3 St. Louis Scarecrows

Thanks for joining us on the postgame show from St Louis where the Scarecrows just outlasted the Outlaws in an exciting back and forth battle that offered just about everything a hockey fan could ask for in a mid-season matchup. Both teams came into this game dropping 6 of their past 7 games and hungry to get back on track. Anaheim entered the night 3-6-0 while St. Louis came in at 2-6-1. In their previous matchup, Anaheim capitalized on 3/8 power plays to beat the Scarecrows in overtime on opening night in Anaheim. Tonight, St. Louis repaid the favor by finishing off the Outlaws in regulation. Lets get into the action.

Period 1:
Period 1 starts off looking a lot like where these two teams left off in their first game with Franciszek drawing a minor for delay of game just 2:28 into the game. A minute and some change after that and the Outlaws were on the board when Blake Faux blocked an Ursin Zimmerman shot from the point and Raquel Castillo Gutierrez picked up the loose puck and that missed the net wide to the right. The puck took a fortunate bounce back to the corner of the net and Gutierrez, who was following up her own shot was there to backhand in the loose puck. Anaheim up 1-0 early.

Period 2:
Fast forward to early 2nd period Aron Hernadivic intercepts an Outlaw pass in the neutral zone with speed and quickly gets it up to Jakub Bruchevski who beats the rookie Chamberlain on his blocker side for the equalizer.

Period 3:
Things were quiet from there until early in the 3rd period Kevin Robinson wins a face off back to Jacob Riley who passes up to rookie Rhys Pritchard who goes forehand backhand to get one by Doyle and put the Outlaws back on top. It wouldn't stay that way for long, however, as St. Louis would less than a minute later to tie it and 30 seconds after that to take their first lead of the game. The first came after Nicholas Owens was called for boarding and the resulting power play lasted just 16 seconds. St. Louis won the faceoff and had great sustained pressure. Mega Tron rifled a shot from the left circle that Chamberlain stopped while sprawling to his right but the rebound trickled right to the slot where Ruslan Zaporozhets got off a quick shot into the empty left side of the net. Less than 30 seconds later St. Louis' Flash Gordon intercepts a pass in their own offensive zone, a little tic tack toe and see you later, the rookie net-minder had no chance on this shot by Aron Hernadivic. That put the Scarecrows up 3-2. It would stay that way until under 2 minutes left in the period and Ivan Maximus intercepts a netural zone pass with the goalie pulled. Maximus gets it up to Kofix who dishes it to Castillo Gutierrez near the left hash. She moves it on to Jarvinen who one touches it back to Castillo Gutierrez who was able to bury the one timer to tie the game. At this point it looks like Anaheim has forced OT again but James Ronlain had other plans, he buries the pass from Flash Gordon with a nifty backhander that trickles through the five hole at 19:11 to give us our final of 4-3.

Anaheim is sent home at 3-7 while St. Louis picks up a much needed win to move to 3-6-1

3 Stars of the game:
1 - Aron Hernadivic Scarecrows

2- James Ronlain Scarecrows

3 - Raquel Castillo Gutierrez Outlaws

Sig Cred: Carpy, ML, RainDelay, Donini & Geekusoid

***Chevy*** · 12-11-2019, 10:53 AM

Another brutal matchup between these two western conference teams. Lets have a look at what lead to this route by the Scarecrows.

Penalty Kills

St. Louis' affinity for not staying out of the box continued to be apparent in this matchup. As it seems whenever these two teams meet there is no love loss between them and the penalty minutes rack up. The Scarecrows racked up an impressive fourteen minutes of time spent in the box compared to four minutes by Anaheim. Fortunately, compared to their previous matchup, the St. Louis penalty kill unit was able to keep up and stop six of seven attempts while undermanned. This undoubtedly helped St. Louis slide into a 4-3 win. Regardless though, staying out of the box will help St. Louis more than their penalty killing ability.

Faceoff Wins

You can't score if you don't have possession of the puck and the best place to get that is on the dots. Anaheim, thanks to extra training from their leadership, has a well established credibility for winning on the faceoff. In all, Anaheim went up 48 to 31 on faceoff wins with Kevin Robinson leading the pack at 23 dot wins. The next nearest player to match that is St. Louis' Jakub Bruchevski who ticked up 15 dot wins. Third period's shooting gallery aside, both teams will have to learn to improve or capitalize on their efforts here in order to improve their overall records.

Scoring Opportunities

Goals aren't automatic and every team has to work for them. That is a given, but just like in the lottery, you can't score if you don't take the shot. Anaheim has no reservations taking shots to keep the fore check up even if it is unlikely that the puck will actually see the net. Out-shooting St. Louis 31-23, they offered themselves enough chances but failed to convert. St. Louis on the other hand, capitalized their shot opportunities against Anaheim's rookie netminder and exploited his inexperience on well developed plays. Both teams took the majority of their shots in the third period when it became apparent that time was against them for the win.

JSS331 · 12-12-2019, 04:49 PM

Top Line Spotlight

Your top forward line should be the best players on your team. They are the line that is counted on to put the puck in the back of the net with regularity. St. Louis has a great trio in their top three with Aron Hernadivic centering Jakub Bruschevski and James Ronlain on the left and right wings respectively. In this game, they were dominate, producing three of the four goals including the game winner to go along with three assists for a cumulative six point night. They played the hard minutes against Anaheim's top defensive pairing and won that battle.

Questionable Line Usage by St. Louis

As reported before, your first line should be your strength. St. Louis' coach generally gets his top line on the ice for about 35% of the five on five ice time. In this game however, he chose to utilize his third line more with them logging just shy of fifteen minutes on the ice. Unfortunately, this line did not reward their coaches additional time and ultimately almost cost them this game. All three players, Danny Marston, Borys Franciszek, and Mega Tron were all minus two in the contest. Danny Marston and Mega Tron did contribute on the power play with an assist each.

Discipline Continues to be a Problem for St. Louis

You would think that St. Louis learned from their tilt earlier in the season where their undisciplined play cost them the game as they gave up three power play goals. They were fortunate tonight in that their penalty kill was on point as they still gave up seven shorthanded opportunities. Only one goal got scored tonight but this type of play will not be sustainable in the long term. Sasha Dangelchek was the worst offender by getting two minor penalties but five others also ended up in the sin bin for their infractions. This team will need to clean their play up if they hope to contend this year.

prettyburn · 12-31-2019, 11:07 AM

3 Stars

*thedangazone* · 01-06-2020, 06:02 PM

3 Underrated players of the game!

1. Alex Petrenko - 4 shots blocked is a lot of personal bruisage for a team. Add in 2 shots and a little smidge of penalty kill time and he's an easy choice for the list.

2. Marian Elsner - A ridiculous 6 minutes and 40 seconds on the penalty kill. An assist and a +1 just for good measure but really the penalty kill time is the reason.

3. Kevin Robinson - 7 shots on goal and a little bit of penalty kill time for fun. 1 hit, an assist, and most importantly 23/34 on faceoffs for a nice well rounded performance. The -2 is a little rough but it happens and it's a team game after all.

3 Overrated players of the game!

1. James Ronlain - Yea he had a goal and an assist but he was also 1 for 3 on faceoffs and had no penalty kill time either. So he never had to get in those gritty areas to help the team. 0 hits and 0 shots blocked shows his selfishness for the scoreboard.

2. Danny Marston - 1 Assist gets you a little glory in a game but to throw in 0 hits and 0 shots blocked as well as going an absolutely terrible 1 for 12 on faceoffs deserves you an overrated slot even if you probably weren't rated in the first place.

3. Raquell Castillo Guttierez - Yea the 2 goals are really nice but it took 7 shots on goal to get them and 1 was on the power play. To be honest after spending over 6 minutes on the ice of power play time she should probably had gotten more goals or even a hat trick just to make it sound nicer. Also 2 goals and a 0 +/- is a bad look defensively.

Wiad · 01-08-2020, 09:39 AM

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