The Remparts are still Blushing from the undressing the Donuts did of them. Donuts out shoot Quebec 70-17 ans out passes 151-87 and the game was about the same. Nothing much actually happened i the first period. Two goals in the second period killed the game, the goals came from Doan (18) and Jagr (24) both on power play. In the third Doan (19) continued in power play until Brunette finally broke Nabokovs zero. Straka (25) scored the donuts 4:th consecutive power play goal. Phillipe Boucher (11) finished off the game with 5-1 score.
Positive that the ´nuts scored on 4 out of 10 power play opportunities. Negative that Zubov is out for some games stopping a shot with his skate. It wont be too long though before he is back.
First star: Rolston with massive 14 SOG, 1A and 12-1 in passing.
Second star: Doan, 2G, 8 SOG and team high 3 hits.
Third star: Gomez, 3A, 6 SOG, 21-7 in FO and 15-4 in passing.
söndag 10 februari 2008
fredag 8 februari 2008
Ronin runs over Donuts
Lidstrom was not the problem the rest of Victoria Ronin was. This was however on away ice but it raises some questions. Let's see what happened.
Lots of penalties in the first period 3 to each team. Clowe started the scoring with the lone goal of the first period. The hot tempers subsided on both teams and the penalties became fewer and Doan (17) scored the equalizer at 14:16. About ½ minute later Staal scored his first of the two goals he scored in the period. This left a 3-1 lead to Ronin going into 3:rd. Havlat made it 4-1 on PP before Jagr (23) tried to catch up. In the end Bouwmeester capitalized on an empty net. Ending the game at 5-2 to Ronin.
There where four injuries in the game, to Donuts White and Lehtinen and for Ronin Foote and Hannan. Lehtinen, Foote and Hannan are class A players so a slight edge should go to Donuts, on the other hand Hannan occurs late in the game.
It sound a bit more convincing then the game logg tells me. First of all the empty net is a give away and should not count on this. Donuts had too many penalties in this game and Ronin cashed in once but at an important time to keep Donuts from within one goal difference. Ronin has a slight edge in SOG, hits and FO:s and Donuts a slight edge at passing.
Lessons to learn: Against a good team like Ronin on away ice you can't afford to give away the first goal or the lead after 2 periods. They are 20-2 after a lead in 2:nd period, Donuts themselves are 24-1. We can also not give up penalties to a team that capitalize, this is however usually not a problem. So on away ice preferably get a lead, hold on to it and don't sit and watch the game in the penalty box. Probably a series with Ronin would go to 7 games as the home ice advantage would be the difference.
First star: Jagr, 1G, 9 SOG:s team leader, +0 for the game, 2 hits and team higfh on completed passes with 16-2.
Second star: Gomez, no scoring, 4 SOG 2:nd on team, +1 for the game, 13-3 in passing and more wins than losses in FO.
Third star: Niedermayer, 1A, 27 min, +0 in the game and 15-1 in passing ratio.
Tomorrow we have visit from Quebec Remparts (if they haven't changed name again) and against Copenhagen the following day. After that a bit rest and then Springfield at home and then Thunder Bay away. Lethinen will be out for the next 2 home games but is probable for the Springfield game while White will probably miss 3 games but join the road trip to Thunder Bay.
Lots of penalties in the first period 3 to each team. Clowe started the scoring with the lone goal of the first period. The hot tempers subsided on both teams and the penalties became fewer and Doan (17) scored the equalizer at 14:16. About ½ minute later Staal scored his first of the two goals he scored in the period. This left a 3-1 lead to Ronin going into 3:rd. Havlat made it 4-1 on PP before Jagr (23) tried to catch up. In the end Bouwmeester capitalized on an empty net. Ending the game at 5-2 to Ronin.
There where four injuries in the game, to Donuts White and Lehtinen and for Ronin Foote and Hannan. Lehtinen, Foote and Hannan are class A players so a slight edge should go to Donuts, on the other hand Hannan occurs late in the game.
It sound a bit more convincing then the game logg tells me. First of all the empty net is a give away and should not count on this. Donuts had too many penalties in this game and Ronin cashed in once but at an important time to keep Donuts from within one goal difference. Ronin has a slight edge in SOG, hits and FO:s and Donuts a slight edge at passing.
Lessons to learn: Against a good team like Ronin on away ice you can't afford to give away the first goal or the lead after 2 periods. They are 20-2 after a lead in 2:nd period, Donuts themselves are 24-1. We can also not give up penalties to a team that capitalize, this is however usually not a problem. So on away ice preferably get a lead, hold on to it and don't sit and watch the game in the penalty box. Probably a series with Ronin would go to 7 games as the home ice advantage would be the difference.
First star: Jagr, 1G, 9 SOG:s team leader, +0 for the game, 2 hits and team higfh on completed passes with 16-2.
Second star: Gomez, no scoring, 4 SOG 2:nd on team, +1 for the game, 13-3 in passing and more wins than losses in FO.
Third star: Niedermayer, 1A, 27 min, +0 in the game and 15-1 in passing ratio.
Tomorrow we have visit from Quebec Remparts (if they haven't changed name again) and against Copenhagen the following day. After that a bit rest and then Springfield at home and then Thunder Bay away. Lethinen will be out for the next 2 home games but is probable for the Springfield game while White will probably miss 3 games but join the road trip to Thunder Bay.
tisdag 5 februari 2008
Straka stomps on Scorpions
Straka has been bitching the coach for not letting him play on first line even though he is Donuts biggest point producer, top scorer. When Rolston was out with a sore elbow he took his chance. He scored three consecutive Donut goals in three different periods, including the game winner. It will be interesting to see how the coach handles this as Rolston is scheduled next game.
For once the Donuts came out flying(!?) in the start of the game. First period won Donuts with a score 3-1 and out shooting Southwest 17-9. On his first shift Stumpel (12) scored assisted by Doan and Lehtinen. A few minutes later Sedin brother combined for Daniels 25:th goal. Later Langkow (19) scored assisted by Stumpel and Boucher combining on a breakaway while shorthanded. Then started the Straka show with his first of the night, his 22:nd.
The second period was even in scoring and shooting, 1-1 in goals and 12-11 SOG. Ouellet made it 3-2 with his 15:th. With Stumpel in the penalty box Straka was thrown in on the 2:ns PK unit and there he scored his second of the night and 23:rd in total. The second SHG in the game for Donuts!
The period was 4-2 going in and was even in scoring and Donuts protecting the lead letting the Scorpions out shoot them 7-15. McLean put scorpions close until Straka (24) got the hattrick.
The game closed out with Gill getting it close while Zajac (1) got the chance to play a bit more than usual due to the Rolston injury.
First star: Straka, 3G and the GWG, 1 SHG, tied for team lead in shots with 5 SOG.
Second star: Jagr 4A, has played a lot with Straka on the Broadway line earlier assisted him on all 3 goals and Zajac.
Third star: Boucher, 1A played 26 min and was +2 for the game, a BS, a hit and 14-2 in passing.
Next game in 3 days against and in Victoria with newly acquired Lidstrom, should be a defensive battle. Rolston is scheduled to return and we will have to see if the Broadway line is kept as the top line, including Straka. Straka is now the legit top scorer surpassing Jagrs 22 goals while having 24 himself.
For once the Donuts came out flying(!?) in the start of the game. First period won Donuts with a score 3-1 and out shooting Southwest 17-9. On his first shift Stumpel (12) scored assisted by Doan and Lehtinen. A few minutes later Sedin brother combined for Daniels 25:th goal. Later Langkow (19) scored assisted by Stumpel and Boucher combining on a breakaway while shorthanded. Then started the Straka show with his first of the night, his 22:nd.
The second period was even in scoring and shooting, 1-1 in goals and 12-11 SOG. Ouellet made it 3-2 with his 15:th. With Stumpel in the penalty box Straka was thrown in on the 2:ns PK unit and there he scored his second of the night and 23:rd in total. The second SHG in the game for Donuts!
The period was 4-2 going in and was even in scoring and Donuts protecting the lead letting the Scorpions out shoot them 7-15. McLean put scorpions close until Straka (24) got the hattrick.
The game closed out with Gill getting it close while Zajac (1) got the chance to play a bit more than usual due to the Rolston injury.
First star: Straka, 3G and the GWG, 1 SHG, tied for team lead in shots with 5 SOG.
Second star: Jagr 4A, has played a lot with Straka on the Broadway line earlier assisted him on all 3 goals and Zajac.
Third star: Boucher, 1A played 26 min and was +2 for the game, a BS, a hit and 14-2 in passing.
Next game in 3 days against and in Victoria with newly acquired Lidstrom, should be a defensive battle. Rolston is scheduled to return and we will have to see if the Broadway line is kept as the top line, including Straka. Straka is now the legit top scorer surpassing Jagrs 22 goals while having 24 himself.
söndag 3 februari 2008
Colin White scores in NHL
Now everybody is going to go after him for next season. He has scored his first goal in ages and will probably loose his big zeros in the shooting department.NJD 6- LA 3
lördag 2 februari 2008
Donut of the month (Jan): Scott Niedermayer
So it is time to figure out which player wins 50 kilos of Donuts as a reward from our sponsor.
It is determined from the Stars in the game where the first get 3 points down to one point on the third star. As a tie breaker most 3´s win and so on.
5 games played:
Niedermayer: 2+3=5 points
Rolston: 3+1=4 points
Gomez: 3 points
Jagr: 3 points
Straka:3 points
Nabokov: 1+2=3 points
Boucher: 2 points
Doan: 2 points
Jovanovski: 2 points
Langkow: 1 point
Stumpel: 1 point
Zubov: 1 point
Note: 12 different players out of possible 15, as only 3 gets stars in two games. Kind of shows that the team work is evenly spread but it could maybe be on an even higher level.
Congrats Scott, you can collect your prize in the kiosk.
Donuts killed Killers cold
A few days ago it was the Spurs and Lawmasters now it was Killers and in two games it is Victoria. It is busy in the donut factory.
The game against Karlstad Killers was no different than it has looked over the last 20 games. Get behind early, come back and loose it and then a come back again.
The new Killer Hemsky made a payback to GM Johan Eriksson with the lone goal in the first period. a soft start for both teams one goal, one penalty and 9 SOG a piece. Late in the period Rolston dished out a hit on Nagy but hurt his elbow in the hammering and rested the rest of the game.
After the now usual hollering in the break Wisborg took control. Niedermayer and Hamrlik showed already after 36 seconds that it was a different intensity, they where high sticking each other and calling each other words enough to be a minor each. When the combatant hit the ice again Hamrlik skate past Niedermayer and gave him a late hit, after some new bad language Donuts where set for power play. It hasn't been much to worry about so the Killers though it would be easy, now without Rolston as well. But after 40 seconds Lehtinen held the shot on Giguere and scored his 17:th. In an odd looking PP-unit with Straka and Sharp. a couple of minutes later Johnsson tried the sin bin and the power play quickly connected again, this time Straka (21). At the end of the period Straka added his (team leading) 22:nd for a 3-1 lead in the break. Eight minors where handed out in the period. The rest should be easy, not for these ´nuts.
Killers didn't let up and Giguere had got hold of his breath again after a busy 2:nd period. Killers scored on 3 of the next 9 shots Nagy (4), Perreault (5) and Nodano (14). So with 4 minutes to go Donuts where now down 3-4. Langkow (18) recently demoted to third line wanted differently with Nabokov out he scored the game tier with 30 seconds to go.
This season Donuts have not lost a game in the 5 OT games they have been in, 2-0-3. Kuba slashed at Straka and prevented a scoring from him but was pointed to the sin bin for 2 minutes. After 40 seconds Stumpel (11) scored the game winner in OT.
An important victory over the rival Karlstad but why do they have to play only every second period?!
First star: Stumpel, game winner, +2 rating and more than half of the face off wins. Looking good on the second line.
Second star: Straka a big 32 minute game when Rolston went away early, 2G 1A, +1 rating and solid passing.
Third star: Langkow for the clutch game tier and good game except for -2 rating while Donuts as a team got -9 rating this game.
In two days we meet Southwest Scorpions for a third straight home game. This far Rolston looks questionable for that game. If so Straka will get his long awaited shot at the first line duty.
The game against Karlstad Killers was no different than it has looked over the last 20 games. Get behind early, come back and loose it and then a come back again.
The new Killer Hemsky made a payback to GM Johan Eriksson with the lone goal in the first period. a soft start for both teams one goal, one penalty and 9 SOG a piece. Late in the period Rolston dished out a hit on Nagy but hurt his elbow in the hammering and rested the rest of the game.
After the now usual hollering in the break Wisborg took control. Niedermayer and Hamrlik showed already after 36 seconds that it was a different intensity, they where high sticking each other and calling each other words enough to be a minor each. When the combatant hit the ice again Hamrlik skate past Niedermayer and gave him a late hit, after some new bad language Donuts where set for power play. It hasn't been much to worry about so the Killers though it would be easy, now without Rolston as well. But after 40 seconds Lehtinen held the shot on Giguere and scored his 17:th. In an odd looking PP-unit with Straka and Sharp. a couple of minutes later Johnsson tried the sin bin and the power play quickly connected again, this time Straka (21). At the end of the period Straka added his (team leading) 22:nd for a 3-1 lead in the break. Eight minors where handed out in the period. The rest should be easy, not for these ´nuts.
Killers didn't let up and Giguere had got hold of his breath again after a busy 2:nd period. Killers scored on 3 of the next 9 shots Nagy (4), Perreault (5) and Nodano (14). So with 4 minutes to go Donuts where now down 3-4. Langkow (18) recently demoted to third line wanted differently with Nabokov out he scored the game tier with 30 seconds to go.
This season Donuts have not lost a game in the 5 OT games they have been in, 2-0-3. Kuba slashed at Straka and prevented a scoring from him but was pointed to the sin bin for 2 minutes. After 40 seconds Stumpel (11) scored the game winner in OT.
An important victory over the rival Karlstad but why do they have to play only every second period?!
First star: Stumpel, game winner, +2 rating and more than half of the face off wins. Looking good on the second line.
Second star: Straka a big 32 minute game when Rolston went away early, 2G 1A, +1 rating and solid passing.
Third star: Langkow for the clutch game tier and good game except for -2 rating while Donuts as a team got -9 rating this game.
In two days we meet Southwest Scorpions for a third straight home game. This far Rolston looks questionable for that game. If so Straka will get his long awaited shot at the first line duty.
fredag 1 februari 2008
Law and order in Wisborg
It was a shock up team entering the game against Beverly Hills Lawmakers. The usual Donut line was broken into pieces on three different lines. The Broadway line was transformed as a first line but Rolston remained instead of high scoring Straka.
Straka was talking about it to media after game that he isn't getting the credit he deserves as the teams top scorer and making a shake up but not letting him move to the first line, is a sign of that.
First period was at best tentative where both teams trying to feel there own strengths and finding their places. Lots of shots but no real big chances and only one penalty. The pace of the game picked up in the second period as the players started to find each other and also the penalty box, 9 minors handed out in the period. Again the Donuts had trouble and was left behind 1-0 when Rivet scored his 4:th on a nifty backhand flip pass across the ice from Forsberg. But Langkow (17) got the immediate face off and started an attack which he himself ended 16 seconds after the Lawmasters score.
The third period started 1-1 and the intensity was still there with 7 penalties in the period. Recchi picked up a loose puck when Ohlund made a weak outlet pass and scored his 15:th unassisted. While playing power play while Jagr and Malkin also where out on coincidental penalty Straka set up Zubov who found Stumpel (10) in the slot, the game was tied 2-2 at 9:17.
A minut later Doan pried the puck loose in the corner to Stumpel who found Niedermayer who has snuck down behind the defense. Niedermayer (9) at 11:03. Donuts held on to the lead the restof the game with some help from the law since the got 3 minors during the rest of the game.
First star: Niedermayer a classy game winner, tied for lead in hits and a great game in all.
Second star: Nabokov, faced 41 shots and let in 2.
Third star: Stumpel found his place on the second line both scoring a goal and setting up game winner.
Straka was talking about it to media after game that he isn't getting the credit he deserves as the teams top scorer and making a shake up but not letting him move to the first line, is a sign of that.
First period was at best tentative where both teams trying to feel there own strengths and finding their places. Lots of shots but no real big chances and only one penalty. The pace of the game picked up in the second period as the players started to find each other and also the penalty box, 9 minors handed out in the period. Again the Donuts had trouble and was left behind 1-0 when Rivet scored his 4:th on a nifty backhand flip pass across the ice from Forsberg. But Langkow (17) got the immediate face off and started an attack which he himself ended 16 seconds after the Lawmasters score.
The third period started 1-1 and the intensity was still there with 7 penalties in the period. Recchi picked up a loose puck when Ohlund made a weak outlet pass and scored his 15:th unassisted. While playing power play while Jagr and Malkin also where out on coincidental penalty Straka set up Zubov who found Stumpel (10) in the slot, the game was tied 2-2 at 9:17.
A minut later Doan pried the puck loose in the corner to Stumpel who found Niedermayer who has snuck down behind the defense. Niedermayer (9) at 11:03. Donuts held on to the lead the restof the game with some help from the law since the got 3 minors during the rest of the game.
First star: Niedermayer a classy game winner, tied for lead in hits and a great game in all.
Second star: Nabokov, faced 41 shots and let in 2.
Third star: Stumpel found his place on the second line both scoring a goal and setting up game winner.
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