Post by bonavista on Apr 14, 2024 14:51:28 GMT -7
Game one starts off with Bonavista visiting Brandon. The home team comes out guns ablazing firing 3 shots on net within the first 24 seconds of the game and Skinner ripping one past a barely stretched DeSmith. Thankfully the bruisers settle down and even the game back up with a marker from Zucker at the 4 minute mark. at the 8:24 mark of the period JJ Moser actually discovers that he can skate into the offensive zone and surprises everyone especially DeSmith who was already skating out of the net to pickup the dump in. Konecny evens things back up at hte 14:24 mark and the teams go into the break tied 2-2
The second period was very disjointed for both teams. it started out with Zucker and Forsling both going for Roughing at the 2:48 mark. Strome and Soucy have words and follow just 24 seconds later to put the teams at 3 on 3. It seems like both teams were wary of more shenanigans as each team just kept giving the puck away until Maccelli hits the ref with the puck and gets called for unsportsmanlike conduct to the disbelief of the bruisers. thankfully they manage to kill off the ensuing 4 on 3 and 5 on 4 penalty time. The rest of the period was so boring the fans started booing both teams and Bonavista musters only 4 shots total and Brandon is not much better at 12
The 3rd period gets some flow back and is more like the first period but while some chances were generated there was only one goal with Konecny converting on the only power play of the game for Bonavista, with Forsling off for tripping at 11:12. Brandon presses late for the win with the goalie pulled but cant generate anything substantial.
Bonavista 3 (38 shots, 9 hard) at Brandon 2 (40 shots, 4 hard)
Notes - Stamkos was injured in early in the 2nd for the period.
Game 2 starts with Brandon trying to gain back the points they need. However the game quickly devolves for them with Zucker opening the scoring at 4:24 followed by Konecny extending the lead at 5:12. Bonavista again gets in penalty trouble with Foligno going off for Roughing at 7:36 and then Lunqvist for delay of game at 8:48 to give Brandon some 5 on 3 time, however Bonavista holds the fort and kills off the penalties, which were also the last powerplays of the game. Spurgeon cuts into the lead at 12:24 but Brandon cant generate any other chances and Konecny extends the lead back to 2 at 18:24.
Period 2 starts with Bonavista sniper Konecny powering a shot from the slot in on Oettinger, who makes a diving save to stop what actually was probably a puck that was going wide, however after the heroics to try to keep his team in it Oettinger doesn't get up and needs to be helped off the ice and back to the dressing room clearly favoring his right shoulder. This forces Carter Hart into what could be his final game (?). Stuztle brings the Moose back into the game scoring at 6:24 but the Bruisers, much to the chagrin of their GM who was hoping for a good draft pick, are not going to take it and the two Ryan's, O'Reily and Strome, push the lead to 3 at 8:48 and 12:00 respectively. Stamkos decides late that it is up to him and tries to atone for the previous game, after being injured for the 2nd period and not doing much in the 3rrd and manages to get one at 19:36 to trim the lead to 2 before the break.
Period 3 starts with Stamkos still trying to make a statement as he scores just 48 seconds in to cut the lead to 1. However once again any thoughts of a come back are snuffed fairly quickly with Strome scoring at 2:00 and Konecny getting his hat trick at 4:24. Brandon has a couple of chances later in the period but both are snuffed out by DeSmith while Bonavista puts 5 more quality attempts on Hart converting on 8:24 by Cirelli and Konecny adding his 4th just before the final buzzer.
Brandon 4 (33 shots, 6 hard) at Bonavista 9 (32 shots, 14 hard)
Notes. we did almost have a double goalie injury for Brandon as after Oettinger was injured he rolled the Fx1 again.
3rd period shots were super ridiculous for Bonavista. I had 8 shots in the period with 7 of the being hard and the one that was not hard was a PF shot given up for Hamilton. Every other shot i took that period was hard.
The second period was very disjointed for both teams. it started out with Zucker and Forsling both going for Roughing at the 2:48 mark. Strome and Soucy have words and follow just 24 seconds later to put the teams at 3 on 3. It seems like both teams were wary of more shenanigans as each team just kept giving the puck away until Maccelli hits the ref with the puck and gets called for unsportsmanlike conduct to the disbelief of the bruisers. thankfully they manage to kill off the ensuing 4 on 3 and 5 on 4 penalty time. The rest of the period was so boring the fans started booing both teams and Bonavista musters only 4 shots total and Brandon is not much better at 12
The 3rd period gets some flow back and is more like the first period but while some chances were generated there was only one goal with Konecny converting on the only power play of the game for Bonavista, with Forsling off for tripping at 11:12. Brandon presses late for the win with the goalie pulled but cant generate anything substantial.
Bonavista 3 (38 shots, 9 hard) at Brandon 2 (40 shots, 4 hard)
Notes - Stamkos was injured in early in the 2nd for the period.
Game 2 starts with Brandon trying to gain back the points they need. However the game quickly devolves for them with Zucker opening the scoring at 4:24 followed by Konecny extending the lead at 5:12. Bonavista again gets in penalty trouble with Foligno going off for Roughing at 7:36 and then Lunqvist for delay of game at 8:48 to give Brandon some 5 on 3 time, however Bonavista holds the fort and kills off the penalties, which were also the last powerplays of the game. Spurgeon cuts into the lead at 12:24 but Brandon cant generate any other chances and Konecny extends the lead back to 2 at 18:24.
Period 2 starts with Bonavista sniper Konecny powering a shot from the slot in on Oettinger, who makes a diving save to stop what actually was probably a puck that was going wide, however after the heroics to try to keep his team in it Oettinger doesn't get up and needs to be helped off the ice and back to the dressing room clearly favoring his right shoulder. This forces Carter Hart into what could be his final game (?). Stuztle brings the Moose back into the game scoring at 6:24 but the Bruisers, much to the chagrin of their GM who was hoping for a good draft pick, are not going to take it and the two Ryan's, O'Reily and Strome, push the lead to 3 at 8:48 and 12:00 respectively. Stamkos decides late that it is up to him and tries to atone for the previous game, after being injured for the 2nd period and not doing much in the 3rrd and manages to get one at 19:36 to trim the lead to 2 before the break.
Period 3 starts with Stamkos still trying to make a statement as he scores just 48 seconds in to cut the lead to 1. However once again any thoughts of a come back are snuffed fairly quickly with Strome scoring at 2:00 and Konecny getting his hat trick at 4:24. Brandon has a couple of chances later in the period but both are snuffed out by DeSmith while Bonavista puts 5 more quality attempts on Hart converting on 8:24 by Cirelli and Konecny adding his 4th just before the final buzzer.
Brandon 4 (33 shots, 6 hard) at Bonavista 9 (32 shots, 14 hard)
Notes. we did almost have a double goalie injury for Brandon as after Oettinger was injured he rolled the Fx1 again.
3rd period shots were super ridiculous for Bonavista. I had 8 shots in the period with 7 of the being hard and the one that was not hard was a PF shot given up for Hamilton. Every other shot i took that period was hard.