Post by Shamrockville on Jul 3, 2024 19:31:44 GMT -7
Game 4: Houston @ Shamrockville
Game 4 sees the teams star netminders back in for game 4.
Good gawd, are those lights getting shot out at the Houston Dogpound Arena? Why yes…..yes they are.
Elias Pettersson at :48 from Laine and Zadorov. Timo Meier at 1:36 from Zadorov and Schmidt start the route of the Patriots in Game 4. A stunned coach O’Sheigh contemplates a time out to check over those dice of substitute coach Adam House, but a calm and confident Brent Burns urges the coach to stick to the game plan. The plan? Panic? Rage, play the dog on fire meme “This is fine, everything’s fine”?
Burns from Robertson and Pavelski at 2:24, Patriots down 2-1. Robertson from Bergeron and Pavelski at 3:36, Patriots tie it up at 2-2. WTF is going on here? Where are the netminders? Where are all these hard shots coming from this early and this close together? What’s up or down, it’s pandemonium!
Labanc and Tkachuk mix it up at 4:48 for 2:00 each. Geekie and Palmieri go for roughing at 5:36.
McDavid from Lindell and Burns at 7:36 puts the Patriots up 3-2. Rasmoose Andersson at 14:48 with a broken stick breakaway ties it back up at 3-3. What is going on here? Is this Thunderdome? Will these goalies ever stop anything this game?
Hathaway at 15:00 on a nice individual effort puts the Patriots back up 4-3. Wilson adds one at 18:00 from Danault and Palmieri, Patriots up 5-3….I’ve run out of superlatives at this point. This was an absolutely nutters first period.
The 2nd period sees Crouse get the feed off the opening faceoff from McDavid and he makes no mistake to put the Patriots up 6-3.
Crosby from Tkachuk and Ekholm make it 7-3 at 6:48. Montour takes a penalty at 12:48 and Hathaway pots a PP marker at 14:24 to make it 8-3 Patriots ?!!? At this point, one would think about pulling their goalie right? Unless the goalie in question was 8 goals on 17 hard shots of course.
The 3rd period was even more feisty?!?
Rasmoose Andersson AGAIN has a broken stick breakaway at 6:24, but misses this time, as the Sundog faithful groan in despair. At 7:12, Jamie Oleksiak gets fed a point shot from Robertson and Bergeron and it eludes Saros to make it a 9-3 Patriots lead.
The Sundogs refuse to go away though. Sissons from Montour and Nurse make it 9-4.
At 9:12. Zadorov blocks a McDavid hard shot at 10:00 and the Sundogs pounce! Laine from Pettersson and Andersson at 10:48 make it 9-5. At 13:36 Nurse brings the fans to their feet as he crushes Lawson Crouse at 13:36 for a minor injury (-1).
Jarnkrok takes an ill-advised penalty at 14:24 and the arena holds its collective breath. Once again Pettersson steps up and intercepts another broken stick for a SH attempt….but sails it wide at 14:48.
Auston Watson starts off a feverish series of SH attempts with a R shot, followed by a 12. The rebound wasn’t in range, but the ensuing 12 SH shot was a 1-3-5 labeled for the top corner…..but was blocked and not screened down instead.
Robertson goes for 2:00 at 18:24 and Laine rips a shot on net that was screened down….but still not in range.
Montour and Oleksiak go off for 2:00, off the ensuing face off, and the Sundogs keep pressing, but a Patrice Bergeron SH attempt that is hard because of Laine on the point, finishes the Sundogs comeback to make it a 10-5 final score at 19:36.
Final score 10-5 Patriots, not for lack of trying by the Under….I mean Sundogs.
Shamrockville was 61 shots – 19 Hard-8 ES, 1 PP, 1 SH Goals. 38 Faceoff wins and a 2 shot block, both on quality chances.
Houston was 24 shots – 9 Hard for 5 ES goal. 27 Faceoff wins and 2 shot block.
Hathaway gets the 1st star, Pettersson with the 2nd star and McDavid with the 3rd star to finish the game.
Shamrockville wins series 4-0.
Now the slugfest with Cremona looms heavy like an albatross around our neck.
Game 4 sees the teams star netminders back in for game 4.
Good gawd, are those lights getting shot out at the Houston Dogpound Arena? Why yes…..yes they are.
Elias Pettersson at :48 from Laine and Zadorov. Timo Meier at 1:36 from Zadorov and Schmidt start the route of the Patriots in Game 4. A stunned coach O’Sheigh contemplates a time out to check over those dice of substitute coach Adam House, but a calm and confident Brent Burns urges the coach to stick to the game plan. The plan? Panic? Rage, play the dog on fire meme “This is fine, everything’s fine”?
Burns from Robertson and Pavelski at 2:24, Patriots down 2-1. Robertson from Bergeron and Pavelski at 3:36, Patriots tie it up at 2-2. WTF is going on here? Where are the netminders? Where are all these hard shots coming from this early and this close together? What’s up or down, it’s pandemonium!
Labanc and Tkachuk mix it up at 4:48 for 2:00 each. Geekie and Palmieri go for roughing at 5:36.
McDavid from Lindell and Burns at 7:36 puts the Patriots up 3-2. Rasmoose Andersson at 14:48 with a broken stick breakaway ties it back up at 3-3. What is going on here? Is this Thunderdome? Will these goalies ever stop anything this game?
Hathaway at 15:00 on a nice individual effort puts the Patriots back up 4-3. Wilson adds one at 18:00 from Danault and Palmieri, Patriots up 5-3….I’ve run out of superlatives at this point. This was an absolutely nutters first period.
The 2nd period sees Crouse get the feed off the opening faceoff from McDavid and he makes no mistake to put the Patriots up 6-3.
Crosby from Tkachuk and Ekholm make it 7-3 at 6:48. Montour takes a penalty at 12:48 and Hathaway pots a PP marker at 14:24 to make it 8-3 Patriots ?!!? At this point, one would think about pulling their goalie right? Unless the goalie in question was 8 goals on 17 hard shots of course.
The 3rd period was even more feisty?!?
Rasmoose Andersson AGAIN has a broken stick breakaway at 6:24, but misses this time, as the Sundog faithful groan in despair. At 7:12, Jamie Oleksiak gets fed a point shot from Robertson and Bergeron and it eludes Saros to make it a 9-3 Patriots lead.
The Sundogs refuse to go away though. Sissons from Montour and Nurse make it 9-4.
At 9:12. Zadorov blocks a McDavid hard shot at 10:00 and the Sundogs pounce! Laine from Pettersson and Andersson at 10:48 make it 9-5. At 13:36 Nurse brings the fans to their feet as he crushes Lawson Crouse at 13:36 for a minor injury (-1).
Jarnkrok takes an ill-advised penalty at 14:24 and the arena holds its collective breath. Once again Pettersson steps up and intercepts another broken stick for a SH attempt….but sails it wide at 14:48.
Auston Watson starts off a feverish series of SH attempts with a R shot, followed by a 12. The rebound wasn’t in range, but the ensuing 12 SH shot was a 1-3-5 labeled for the top corner…..but was blocked and not screened down instead.
Robertson goes for 2:00 at 18:24 and Laine rips a shot on net that was screened down….but still not in range.
Montour and Oleksiak go off for 2:00, off the ensuing face off, and the Sundogs keep pressing, but a Patrice Bergeron SH attempt that is hard because of Laine on the point, finishes the Sundogs comeback to make it a 10-5 final score at 19:36.
Final score 10-5 Patriots, not for lack of trying by the Under….I mean Sundogs.
Shamrockville was 61 shots – 19 Hard-8 ES, 1 PP, 1 SH Goals. 38 Faceoff wins and a 2 shot block, both on quality chances.
Houston was 24 shots – 9 Hard for 5 ES goal. 27 Faceoff wins and 2 shot block.
Hathaway gets the 1st star, Pettersson with the 2nd star and McDavid with the 3rd star to finish the game.
Shamrockville wins series 4-0.
Now the slugfest with Cremona looms heavy like an albatross around our neck.
