Post by QC Mike on Feb 23, 2020 20:50:45 GMT -7
This tie kicked off in the Quad Cities with James van Riemsdyk generating a clear scoring opportunity inside the first minute and giving the home crowd some hope that the Cup hangover was over and that the Q-Men would soon be returning to form. JVR however was denied and it took until the 10:48 mark for Michael Ferland to open the scoring and give the home side a 1-0 lead. With four minutes left in the first, Max Domi caught Johnny Gaudreau with a thunderous check that clearly disorienting the pint sized Mammoth, who when he got up went after Claude Giroux - both of them getting roughing minors. That was the last real action of the first, Quad Cities going into the intermission up 1-0 but Revelstoke on a power play called just before the end of the frame. The Q-Men killed the power play but Brad Marchand scored shortly after and then the ensuing face off saw Nikita Kucherov sent on a break and it was 2-1 Revelstoke after four minutes of the second. The Mammoth kept up the pressure, controlling play but Ben Bishop stood strong. It wasn't until 13:36 when Ilya Kovalchuk beat Bishop after a goal mouth scramble with Tyler Seguin scoring less than two minutes later to give the visitors a 4-1 lead heading into the third. Revelstoke out-shot 16-2 in the frame and out-chanced them 8-0. JVR scored 2:24 into the third to give the home side some life and then Elias Lindholm pulled the Q-Men to within 1 at the twelve minute mark but the Mammoth then shut down the Quarrymen and Revelstoke left with a deserved 4-3 win.
Revelstoke 4 (12 on 35 shots) v Quad Cities 3 (6 on 14)
1. Matt Grzelcyk (3 Assists)
2. Ben Bishop (3 GAA on 35 shots (12 chances))
3. Ilya Kovalchuk (1 Goal, 1 Assist)
The rematch in Revelstoke was a chippy affair that saw both sides get off to a bit of back and forth to start. With Claude Giroux in the box for interference, negating a Quad Cities power play, Nikita Kucherov snapped one past Bishop to give the Mammoth the 1-0 lead. The second period was dominated by Revelstoke but neither side was able to beat the other's keeper and it went to the third with that same scoreline. Less than a minute into the third, Michael Ferland beat Devan Dubnyk with a snap shot from the slot to tie the game at ones. Off the ensuing face-off, Alex Edler caught Ryan Nugent-Hopkins with his head down which seemed the cue for the officials to start a conga line of calls for players to the penalty box (six infractions plus one fight). During one of the few moments of even strength play, Sean Monahan one timed a pass from Brad Marchand to beat Bishop with what turned out to be the game winner to give Revelstoke the win.
Quad Cities 1 (4 on 27 shots) v Revelstoke 2 (8 on 39)
1. Ben Bishop (2 GAA on 39 shots (8 chances))
2. Devan Dubnyk (1 GAA on 27 shots (4 chances))
3. Sean Monahan (1 goal, GWG)