Post by Adam (Moose Jaw) on Oct 31, 2022 14:53:14 GMT -7
Viking's first games of their inaugural season sees them pitted against last year's runner-up, the Cole Harbour Butchers!
Game 1 - At the Slaughterdome in Cole Harbour - Starting Goalies: Marc-Andre Fleury vs Anton Forsberg
Period 1
In typical Sutter fashion, there was some truculence early on with injuries to Huberdeau (VFS) and Donato (CHB), both of whom would stay in the game. The scoring was opened with Travis Boyd (Unassisted) scoring the Flying Sutters first ever goal, but was quickly countered when McDavid (Fox, Carter) scored on a breakaway after a broken stick. Robby Fabbri (Laughton, Graves) mid-way through the period to give the visitors a 2-1 lead. There was some more truculence at the end of the period with Fleury going down with an injury and Reimer filling in.
Period 2
The Butchers came out flying in the second and Jeff Carter (Hedman, Donato) tucked a shot past Forsberg to tie the game. The Flying Sutters quickly responded two minutes later with a goal from Garnet Hathaway (Ekholm, Coleman) to regain the lead. After an unsuccessful powerplay for each team, the period ends with the score 3-2 for Viking.
(Arron editorial note after Viking scored on 3 of 4 hard shots to this point - this is bullshit!)
Period 3
Again, the Butchers start strong and get a goal from Brandon Saad (McDavid, McNabb) to tie it. It was back-and-forth play for the majority of the period, including a 4v4, with both goalies standing on their heads. The tie was broken when Victor Hedman (Letang, Barbashev) ripped a shot from the point past Forsberg for the Butcher's first lead of the game with under 4 minutes to go. The lead was short lived, however, as Hathaway (Pesce) scored his second of the game just 24 seconds later to tie it. As the time wound down in the period, the teams were getting set for overtime, when all of a sudden Morgan Reilly (Granlund, Fabbri) fired the puck by Reimer to give the Flying Sutters the lead with just 48 seconds left, and the eventual win.
Final: Viking 5 - Cole Harbour 4
3 Stars: 1st - Garnet Hathaway (2G), 2nd - Morgan Reilly (GWG), 3rd - Connor McDavid (1G, 1A)
Shots
Viking - 24 Reg, 10 Hard
Cole Harbour - 43 Reg, 11 Hard, 1 Hard that was Blocked
Game 2 - At the Sutterdome in Viking - Starting Goalies: James Reimer vs Linus Ullmark
Period 1
Cole Harbour continues their trend of good starts with a quick goal from McDavid (Fox, Carter). The rest of the period is pretty lackluster until Mason Appleton (Fox, Motte) scores with just over a minute to go, giving the Butchers a 2-0 lead. Interesting note - there was just two hard shots all period.
Period 2
Let the truculence commence! The second period got really chippy with a total of 9 penalties, including a fight between Robert Hagg and noted goon, Mark Scheifele. It wasn't until Huberdeau was in the box, along with Tkachuk and Ekholm on coincidental minors to make it 4v3, that Isac Lundestrom (Laughton, Pesce) scored short-handed when a Butcher broke their stick. Then Jack Roslovic (Barbashev, Hedman) scored a powerplay goal on the same penalty to restore the two goal Butcher lead. Alex Tuch (Reilly) scored near the end of the period to get the Flying Sutters within one.
Period 3
The truculence continued in the third with another 5 penalties. Huberdeau (Ekholm, Pesce) tied the game with a powerplay marker early in the period, which was answered by Adam Fox (McDavid, Tkachuk) around the midway point to put the Butchers ahead once again. The Flying Sutters kept fighting back and eventually got another powerplay goal from Mark Scheifele (Reilly, Graves) to tie it. And then proceeded to let in a Barbashev (Bonino, Motte) shot 24 seconds later to make it 5-4 Cole Harbour. An empty netter from Jack Roslovic (Fox, McNabb) sealed the win for the Butchers.
Final: Cole Harbour 6 - Viking 4
3 Stars: 1st - Adam Fox (1G, 3A), 2nd - Jack Roslavic (2G), 3rd - Connor McDavid (1G, 1A)
Shots
Viking - 23 Reg, 4 Hard (Arron editorial note - this is bullshit!)
Cole Harbour - 38 Reg, 11 Hard
Final Note - I didn't deserve to even be in this game, I was only lucky that all of my hard shots went in. Definitely would have been a blow out, otherwise.
Game 1 - At the Slaughterdome in Cole Harbour - Starting Goalies: Marc-Andre Fleury vs Anton Forsberg
Period 1
In typical Sutter fashion, there was some truculence early on with injuries to Huberdeau (VFS) and Donato (CHB), both of whom would stay in the game. The scoring was opened with Travis Boyd (Unassisted) scoring the Flying Sutters first ever goal, but was quickly countered when McDavid (Fox, Carter) scored on a breakaway after a broken stick. Robby Fabbri (Laughton, Graves) mid-way through the period to give the visitors a 2-1 lead. There was some more truculence at the end of the period with Fleury going down with an injury and Reimer filling in.
Period 2
The Butchers came out flying in the second and Jeff Carter (Hedman, Donato) tucked a shot past Forsberg to tie the game. The Flying Sutters quickly responded two minutes later with a goal from Garnet Hathaway (Ekholm, Coleman) to regain the lead. After an unsuccessful powerplay for each team, the period ends with the score 3-2 for Viking.
(Arron editorial note after Viking scored on 3 of 4 hard shots to this point - this is bullshit!)
Period 3
Again, the Butchers start strong and get a goal from Brandon Saad (McDavid, McNabb) to tie it. It was back-and-forth play for the majority of the period, including a 4v4, with both goalies standing on their heads. The tie was broken when Victor Hedman (Letang, Barbashev) ripped a shot from the point past Forsberg for the Butcher's first lead of the game with under 4 minutes to go. The lead was short lived, however, as Hathaway (Pesce) scored his second of the game just 24 seconds later to tie it. As the time wound down in the period, the teams were getting set for overtime, when all of a sudden Morgan Reilly (Granlund, Fabbri) fired the puck by Reimer to give the Flying Sutters the lead with just 48 seconds left, and the eventual win.
Final: Viking 5 - Cole Harbour 4
3 Stars: 1st - Garnet Hathaway (2G), 2nd - Morgan Reilly (GWG), 3rd - Connor McDavid (1G, 1A)
Shots
Viking - 24 Reg, 10 Hard
Cole Harbour - 43 Reg, 11 Hard, 1 Hard that was Blocked
Game 2 - At the Sutterdome in Viking - Starting Goalies: James Reimer vs Linus Ullmark
Period 1
Cole Harbour continues their trend of good starts with a quick goal from McDavid (Fox, Carter). The rest of the period is pretty lackluster until Mason Appleton (Fox, Motte) scores with just over a minute to go, giving the Butchers a 2-0 lead. Interesting note - there was just two hard shots all period.
Period 2
Let the truculence commence! The second period got really chippy with a total of 9 penalties, including a fight between Robert Hagg and noted goon, Mark Scheifele. It wasn't until Huberdeau was in the box, along with Tkachuk and Ekholm on coincidental minors to make it 4v3, that Isac Lundestrom (Laughton, Pesce) scored short-handed when a Butcher broke their stick. Then Jack Roslovic (Barbashev, Hedman) scored a powerplay goal on the same penalty to restore the two goal Butcher lead. Alex Tuch (Reilly) scored near the end of the period to get the Flying Sutters within one.
Period 3
The truculence continued in the third with another 5 penalties. Huberdeau (Ekholm, Pesce) tied the game with a powerplay marker early in the period, which was answered by Adam Fox (McDavid, Tkachuk) around the midway point to put the Butchers ahead once again. The Flying Sutters kept fighting back and eventually got another powerplay goal from Mark Scheifele (Reilly, Graves) to tie it. And then proceeded to let in a Barbashev (Bonino, Motte) shot 24 seconds later to make it 5-4 Cole Harbour. An empty netter from Jack Roslovic (Fox, McNabb) sealed the win for the Butchers.
Final: Cole Harbour 6 - Viking 4
3 Stars: 1st - Adam Fox (1G, 3A), 2nd - Jack Roslavic (2G), 3rd - Connor McDavid (1G, 1A)
Shots
Viking - 23 Reg, 4 Hard (Arron editorial note - this is bullshit!)
Cole Harbour - 38 Reg, 11 Hard
Final Note - I didn't deserve to even be in this game, I was only lucky that all of my hard shots went in. Definitely would have been a blow out, otherwise.
