Post by QC Mike on Jan 27, 2023 15:37:32 GMT -7
The Mammoth rumbled into the Quad Cities Qualcomm Quonset Hut fresh off a sweep of Bonavista and looked to continue their winning ways while the Q-Men were still smarting from their losing two to Andrew Mangiapane and the rest of his pack. Revelstoke had a decided edge in play over the home side but Alexander Georgiev was able to beat away both Mammoth chances as Quad Cities was escaped the first period in a scoreless draw. The second saw some energy brought into the game when Kevin Fiala ripped one past a startled Matt Murray while Colin Blackwell was off roughing. Both sides played shut down after that and the home side went into the second intermission up 1-0. The third period saw Claude Giroux fail to clear the his zone and Aaron Ekblad buried the ensuing chance to tie things up at ones. Giroux made up for his error, winning the folowing faceoff to Elais Lindholm who sent in a streaking Fiala for his second, restoring the Quarrymen's lead. Then with James van Riemsdyk off for a lazy tripping penalty, Lucas Raymond converted for the Mammoth at 8:24 to tie things back up. It looked like Revelstoke was playing for the tie but this may hav been a clever ruse as Mika Zibanejad broke in and wristed one past Georiev to give the visitors the lead with just two minutes left in the game. Johnny Gaidreau's empty netter with less than a minute left iced the win for the Mammoth 4-2.
Revelstoke 4 (9 chances on 33 shots +1EN) vs Quad Cities 2 (5 chances on 31 shots)
1. Zibanejad (REM) - GWG, 1G, 2A
2. Fiala (QCQ) - 2G, 4 chances on 8 shots
3. Georgiev (QCQ) - L, 3 GA on 9 chances (33 shots)
The rematch in Revelstoke saw the home side come out pressing . They held a decided edge in play but were unable to generate any chances. At 11:36 Barclay Goodrow was incensed when he found out he was ineligible to win the 50/50 and looked for an usher to beat up but was again unable to find a willing dance partner and so was tagged with a double minor for roughing - Quad Cities fourth in the past five games. The Quarrymen killed off the first one and were just baout thorugh the second when Mika Zibanejad pulled the loose puck out of a scrum and snapped it past Alexander Georgiev to give the home side the lead 1-0. It stayed that way until with just under two minutes remaining Goodrow, attempting to atone for his earlier transgressions, took a slick feed from Ryan Nugent-Hopkins and snapped it past Matt Murray, allowing the visitors to go into the break tied at ones. The second saw the Mammoth come out with some early jump that was rewarded at 3:36 when Mikael Backlund snuck one past Georgiev to restor the home side's lead. It was just over a minute later when Michael Rasmussen evened things up, converting the feed from RNH after Goodrow had dug the puck out of the corner. Revelstoke continued to press but Georgiev was there to deny the Mammoth and the game went into the second intermission even at twos. The third period saw the Q-Men come out flying, creating three consecutive chances before the fourth finally got past Matt Murray. Elias Lindholm capitalized on a poor clearing attempt to give the visitors the lead at 4:24. With Lindholm later off for hooking, Murray was pulled for the extra attacker and Tyler Seguin was able to even things back up. James Van Riemsdyk then was serving a bench minor for too many men on the ice (a questionable call any time JVR is on the ice) when Teuvo Teravainen capitalised on Mike Matheson's broken stick to skate in and bury the short handed break away for the lead. It was however short lived as Zibaneja was able to convert just before the bench minor expired to even the scores and send the game into overtime. Ilya Sorokin was forced to make a cameo appearance in OT after Lindholm's shot caught Murray in the throat but neither side was able to generate any quality chances off of their rushes. The team splitting the honours with the game ending 4-4.
Quad Cities 4 (9 chances on 34 shots) vs Revelstoke 4 (7 chances on 41 shots)
1. Zibanejad (REM) - 2G
2. RNH (QCQ) - 3A
3. Murray (REM) - T, 62:27 played, 4 GA on 9 chances from 32 shots (one of the goals against was the breakaway - not savable)