Post by amack17 on Oct 10, 2022 9:28:18 GMT -7
Game #1 Revelstoke @ Cole Harbour
Marc-Andre Fleury and Matt Murray squared off against their former teams and did their best impressions of Shooter Tutors ensuring the game would be exciting for the fans, and nerve-wracking for the coaches. The visitors got off to a fast start as super rookie Lucas Raymond finished a pretty passing play from Aaron Ekblad and Mika Zibanejad into a 1-0 lead for the Mammoths two minutes in. Five minutes later with Kris Letang in the box the same three players would combine, this time with Zbad potting the powerplay marker. Mason Appleton, making his season debut, replied on the next shift for the home side. Tyler Seguin potted the fourth goal of the game at the 10:00 mark restoring the two goal advantage, a lead that would hold up through the remainder of the first period. Ivan Barbashev kicked off festivities in the second period three minutes in and the Butchers drew even on a powerplay marker from Victor Rask. The Mammoth defenders then got in on the act as Mike Matheson and Matt Grzelcyk scored on back to back tics to get the game back to a two goal spread. All seemed lost for the Butchers, it looked as though no matter what they put together they would not be able to overcome the deficit that was Fleury's performance through the first 40 minutes of the game. The Butchers came out flying in the third trying to rally around the veteran netminder as goals from Adam Fox and Matt Tkachuk (on the powerplay) tied up the game before Tkachuk scored again to give the home crowd their first chance to cheer for a lead at 6-5. It looked like it was all wrapped up when a broken stick and a defensive breakdown allowed Zibanejad to go in all alone on Fleury with less than two minutes left, would Fleury stand tall? Could he get through a twenty minute span without giving up a goal? No... no he could not. Regulation settled nothing and the teams went to OT where Fleury finally earned his paycheck. He turned aside all seven shots he faced in bonus hockey (2IR) as the butchers failed to ever even enter the offensive zone and the game ended in a 6-6 draw.
Final score: Revelstoke 6 (48 shots, 12 IR) @ Cole Harbour 6 (39 shots, 9 IR)
Game #2 Cole Harbour @ Revelstoke
The rematch in Revelstoke can be summed up in two words. Connor McDavid. Not much point in getting into the weeds on this one, McDavid simply took the rest of the team on his back and carried them across the finish line scoring the first four goals of the game for the Butchers, the fourth being the eventual game winner, McSaviour also picked up an assist as the top line for the visitors counted 6 times in total. Revelstoke out shot the visitors soundly getting goals from Athanasiou, Gaudreau and Atkinson, but it was no where near enough in this one as James Reimer earned his second road win of the season.
Final score: Cole Harbour 6 (28 shots, 10 IR) @ Revelstoke 3 (43 shots, 10 IR)
Cole Harbour sits at 3-0-1, 22 GF vs 12 GA.
Marc-Andre Fleury and Matt Murray squared off against their former teams and did their best impressions of Shooter Tutors ensuring the game would be exciting for the fans, and nerve-wracking for the coaches. The visitors got off to a fast start as super rookie Lucas Raymond finished a pretty passing play from Aaron Ekblad and Mika Zibanejad into a 1-0 lead for the Mammoths two minutes in. Five minutes later with Kris Letang in the box the same three players would combine, this time with Zbad potting the powerplay marker. Mason Appleton, making his season debut, replied on the next shift for the home side. Tyler Seguin potted the fourth goal of the game at the 10:00 mark restoring the two goal advantage, a lead that would hold up through the remainder of the first period. Ivan Barbashev kicked off festivities in the second period three minutes in and the Butchers drew even on a powerplay marker from Victor Rask. The Mammoth defenders then got in on the act as Mike Matheson and Matt Grzelcyk scored on back to back tics to get the game back to a two goal spread. All seemed lost for the Butchers, it looked as though no matter what they put together they would not be able to overcome the deficit that was Fleury's performance through the first 40 minutes of the game. The Butchers came out flying in the third trying to rally around the veteran netminder as goals from Adam Fox and Matt Tkachuk (on the powerplay) tied up the game before Tkachuk scored again to give the home crowd their first chance to cheer for a lead at 6-5. It looked like it was all wrapped up when a broken stick and a defensive breakdown allowed Zibanejad to go in all alone on Fleury with less than two minutes left, would Fleury stand tall? Could he get through a twenty minute span without giving up a goal? No... no he could not. Regulation settled nothing and the teams went to OT where Fleury finally earned his paycheck. He turned aside all seven shots he faced in bonus hockey (2IR) as the butchers failed to ever even enter the offensive zone and the game ended in a 6-6 draw.
Final score: Revelstoke 6 (48 shots, 12 IR) @ Cole Harbour 6 (39 shots, 9 IR)
Game #2 Cole Harbour @ Revelstoke
The rematch in Revelstoke can be summed up in two words. Connor McDavid. Not much point in getting into the weeds on this one, McDavid simply took the rest of the team on his back and carried them across the finish line scoring the first four goals of the game for the Butchers, the fourth being the eventual game winner, McSaviour also picked up an assist as the top line for the visitors counted 6 times in total. Revelstoke out shot the visitors soundly getting goals from Athanasiou, Gaudreau and Atkinson, but it was no where near enough in this one as James Reimer earned his second road win of the season.
Final score: Cole Harbour 6 (28 shots, 10 IR) @ Revelstoke 3 (43 shots, 10 IR)
Cole Harbour sits at 3-0-1, 22 GF vs 12 GA.
