Post by Shamrockville on Jun 28, 2024 22:34:46 GMT -7
Game 1: Viking…I mean Houston @ Shamrockville
Game 1 of the second semi-finals for the ’23-’24 year got underway on Friday with guest coach Adam House as replacement for Charles Mousseau.
Out of the gates, Colton Sissons lines up Esa Lindell with a clear elbow to the head that leaves the Patriots defender shaken and stirred. -2 at 4;48. The Patriots are infuriated that no call was made, but play remained stagnant until 12:48 when Garnet Hathaway is the recipient of a brilliant pass from Tkachuk and solves Saros for a 1-0 Patriots lead.
Rasmus Andersson and Lawson Crouse have words at 15:12, but no further score sheet data is recorded for the 1st period.|
At 1:12 of the 2nd period Connor (playing anywhere but Shamrockville next year) McDavid, is sent off to the box for 2:00.
Not to be outdone, Brent Burns then goes for 2:00 at the 2:00 mark.
Houston’s Patrick Laine pots the equalizer on the PP at 3:12 from Petterson and Zacha.
As 12:48 rolls around again, Patrice Bergeron tucks the puck past Saros on a terrific feed from Robertson and Carlo to put the Patrios back up by one.
The Patriots are controlling play at this point and the only reason that Houston’s even close is because of Saros’ Tristan Jarry sized pads.
At 13:12 Laine again see’s light at the end of the tunnel with a wicked wrist shot from the right circle, only to be denied by the sliding train of Brandon Carlo, who deflects the attempt up into the rafters.
Oleksiak and Meier both go for 2:00 at 13:36 to cool the teams down, and Marchand drags Montour to the box for 2:00 at the 16:00 mark to further bog the game down.
Owen Powerless then gets tagged to sit for a Bench Minor at 16:24 to effectively end the 2nd period.
The 3rd period sees more mauling by the Patriots but again Saros and his invisible webbing snag pucks destined for goals and somehow keeps the Sundogs in position to rally. Of course those dogs would need to actually get a shot to make that happen, but the high/low-light of the period was Nurse taking a penalty at 16:00, as the Sundogs only manage one shot in the 3rd period and the Patriots win game 1 by a 2-1 score.
Shamrockville was 46 shots – 12 Hard for 2 ES goals. Only 14 Faceoff wins and a meager 2 shot blocks.
Houston was 19 shots – 7 Hard for 1 PP goal. 21 Faceoff wins and 4 shot blocks.
Saros gets the 1st star, Hellebuyck with the 2nd star and Bergeron with the 3rd star to finish the game.
Game 2: Viking…I mean Houston @ Shamrockville
Game 2 sees both teams with their number 1 netminders again.
The Patriots start off quick in this one with 6 hard shots,21 total in the frame. And this nets them….0 goals of course.
:24 seconds in, the Sundogs get a scare as Saros goes down in a heap off the opening faceoff, but manages to avoid serious injury by one pip on the red die.
Houston responds with a measly 10 shots and only 1 in range. The NNHL has it rigged against the Patriots for sure !! Despite numerous pleas, the refs refuse to check Saros’ pads against the league allowed rules.
Meier, being frustrated at being traded to Houston runs down Brandon Carlo (-1) and Matthew Tkachuk (-2) by the midway point of the first period.
Despite the nagging injury, Tkachuk takes a breakaway in of a broken stick…..and promptly misses the net.
Marchand and Mangiapane both sit for 2:00 to round out any significance in the 1st period score sheet.
The 2nd period sees Laine again beat Hellebuyck at 5:12 on a feed from Montour and Petterson. Sundogs up 1-0 !
At the 10:00 mark, a thunderous check by Hathaway runs Nurse out of the game!! To absolutely zero effect on the outcome. The Sundog reserves have enough shifts left over, the 1 defense would have made zero impact on the rest of the game, why was he even out there again?
The 15:12 mark sees John Tavares take a McDavid pass and find twine behind Saros finally to even the score at 1-1. Just over a minute and a half later, at 16:48, Joe Pavelski works a give and go with Jason Robertson and converts to make it 2-1 Patriots.
But the Sundogs aren’t going quietly into that good night just yet. Timo Meier, continuing his torment of his former team, scores on a break out pass from Zadorov to tie it up at 2-2 at the 18:00 mark. Thus endeth the 2nd period.
The 3rd period sees Tavares playing playoff hero with another goal at 4:00, completely unassisted to put the Patriots up 3-2.
Play goes back and forth, and by back and forth I mean 17 shots with 4 hard for the patriots to 8 shots with no hard for the Sundogs, with one more goal being added by Pavelski from McDavid and Burns at 16:24. Despite Houston pulling out all the stops to try and equalize, this one ends with a 4-2 Patriots victory to put them up 2 games to 0.
Shamrockville was 56 shots – 13 Hard for 4 ES goals. Winning 26 Faceoff wins and a 0 shot blocks.
Houston was 28 shots – 4 Hard for 2 ES goal. 21 Faceoff wins and 3 shot blocks.
Tavares gets the 1st star, Saros with the 2nd star and Pavelski with the 3rd star to finish the game.
Game 1 of the second semi-finals for the ’23-’24 year got underway on Friday with guest coach Adam House as replacement for Charles Mousseau.
Out of the gates, Colton Sissons lines up Esa Lindell with a clear elbow to the head that leaves the Patriots defender shaken and stirred. -2 at 4;48. The Patriots are infuriated that no call was made, but play remained stagnant until 12:48 when Garnet Hathaway is the recipient of a brilliant pass from Tkachuk and solves Saros for a 1-0 Patriots lead.
Rasmus Andersson and Lawson Crouse have words at 15:12, but no further score sheet data is recorded for the 1st period.|
At 1:12 of the 2nd period Connor (playing anywhere but Shamrockville next year) McDavid, is sent off to the box for 2:00.
Not to be outdone, Brent Burns then goes for 2:00 at the 2:00 mark.
Houston’s Patrick Laine pots the equalizer on the PP at 3:12 from Petterson and Zacha.
As 12:48 rolls around again, Patrice Bergeron tucks the puck past Saros on a terrific feed from Robertson and Carlo to put the Patrios back up by one.
The Patriots are controlling play at this point and the only reason that Houston’s even close is because of Saros’ Tristan Jarry sized pads.
At 13:12 Laine again see’s light at the end of the tunnel with a wicked wrist shot from the right circle, only to be denied by the sliding train of Brandon Carlo, who deflects the attempt up into the rafters.
Oleksiak and Meier both go for 2:00 at 13:36 to cool the teams down, and Marchand drags Montour to the box for 2:00 at the 16:00 mark to further bog the game down.
Owen Powerless then gets tagged to sit for a Bench Minor at 16:24 to effectively end the 2nd period.
The 3rd period sees more mauling by the Patriots but again Saros and his invisible webbing snag pucks destined for goals and somehow keeps the Sundogs in position to rally. Of course those dogs would need to actually get a shot to make that happen, but the high/low-light of the period was Nurse taking a penalty at 16:00, as the Sundogs only manage one shot in the 3rd period and the Patriots win game 1 by a 2-1 score.
Shamrockville was 46 shots – 12 Hard for 2 ES goals. Only 14 Faceoff wins and a meager 2 shot blocks.
Houston was 19 shots – 7 Hard for 1 PP goal. 21 Faceoff wins and 4 shot blocks.
Saros gets the 1st star, Hellebuyck with the 2nd star and Bergeron with the 3rd star to finish the game.
Game 2: Viking…I mean Houston @ Shamrockville
Game 2 sees both teams with their number 1 netminders again.
The Patriots start off quick in this one with 6 hard shots,21 total in the frame. And this nets them….0 goals of course.
:24 seconds in, the Sundogs get a scare as Saros goes down in a heap off the opening faceoff, but manages to avoid serious injury by one pip on the red die.
Houston responds with a measly 10 shots and only 1 in range. The NNHL has it rigged against the Patriots for sure !! Despite numerous pleas, the refs refuse to check Saros’ pads against the league allowed rules.
Meier, being frustrated at being traded to Houston runs down Brandon Carlo (-1) and Matthew Tkachuk (-2) by the midway point of the first period.
Despite the nagging injury, Tkachuk takes a breakaway in of a broken stick…..and promptly misses the net.
Marchand and Mangiapane both sit for 2:00 to round out any significance in the 1st period score sheet.
The 2nd period sees Laine again beat Hellebuyck at 5:12 on a feed from Montour and Petterson. Sundogs up 1-0 !
At the 10:00 mark, a thunderous check by Hathaway runs Nurse out of the game!! To absolutely zero effect on the outcome. The Sundog reserves have enough shifts left over, the 1 defense would have made zero impact on the rest of the game, why was he even out there again?
The 15:12 mark sees John Tavares take a McDavid pass and find twine behind Saros finally to even the score at 1-1. Just over a minute and a half later, at 16:48, Joe Pavelski works a give and go with Jason Robertson and converts to make it 2-1 Patriots.
But the Sundogs aren’t going quietly into that good night just yet. Timo Meier, continuing his torment of his former team, scores on a break out pass from Zadorov to tie it up at 2-2 at the 18:00 mark. Thus endeth the 2nd period.
The 3rd period sees Tavares playing playoff hero with another goal at 4:00, completely unassisted to put the Patriots up 3-2.
Play goes back and forth, and by back and forth I mean 17 shots with 4 hard for the patriots to 8 shots with no hard for the Sundogs, with one more goal being added by Pavelski from McDavid and Burns at 16:24. Despite Houston pulling out all the stops to try and equalize, this one ends with a 4-2 Patriots victory to put them up 2 games to 0.
Shamrockville was 56 shots – 13 Hard for 4 ES goals. Winning 26 Faceoff wins and a 0 shot blocks.
Houston was 28 shots – 4 Hard for 2 ES goal. 21 Faceoff wins and 3 shot blocks.
Tavares gets the 1st star, Saros with the 2nd star and Pavelski with the 3rd star to finish the game.
