Post by Shamrockville on Feb 12, 2023 15:50:46 GMT -7
Game 1
The inaugural dust up between these two truculent teams had the Patriots visiting the newly formed Flying Sutters.
The troubles of an expansion team reared it's head early and often in this one. A bit too much exuberance in play lead to three 1st period penalties against the F.S's with Huberdeau @ 1:36, Poolman @ 6:48 and Dzingle @ 13:12 giving the Patriots a huge advantage in play.
Fortunately for the F.S's they only surrendered 1 PP goal during the onslaught. Unfortunately they also gave up a FC, regular strength and a triple Rebound goal to go into the intermission down 4-0. The V.S's only managed 7 shots against the Patriots in this frame.
The 2nd period didn't go any better as goals by Treenin, Reiksson-Ek, Robertson and Lindel short handed, stake the Patriots to an 8-0 lead before former Patriot Josh Norris finally breaks the shut out at 19:36 of the 2nd on a defensive gaff by Petry that gives him a golden FC opportunity.
During the 2nd period, Danault looks for a willing dance partner, but much to everyone's surprise, not a single F.S. had a major on their dance card so 2:00 for Danault lead to the Esa Lindell short handed goal.
The 3rd period see's a beleaguered F.S's goalie finally start to get his skates under him and he turns in a solid performance, stopping 6 of 7 more quality chances, allowing only one goal to Eriksson-Ek again to make it 9-1 before fan favorite Tanner Jeannot pots one on a broken stick from Nichushkin to finish the scoring and give the Patriots a 9-2 win.
Patriots were 58 shots with 17 quality for 9 goals. 1 SH, 1 PP, 1 FC and 6 ES
Flying Sutters were 31 shots with 6 quality for 2 goals. 1FC, 1 ES
Game 2
In the return game in Shamrockville the Patriots continue their hot start with goals by Thompson (the 4th shot of a rebounding sequence !!), Meier (PP, and Burns (PP) to stake them to a 3-0 lead after one period of play. Penalties once again seem to haunt the F.S's with Barrie, Willman and Granlund all sitting in the box during the 1st period.
In the 2nd period Landeskog puts the Patriots up by 4 a mere :48 into the frame on a PP goal with Granlund sitting in the box still from the 1st period. Patriots scored on all 3 of those 1st period penalties.
With tempers flaring on the F.S's bench, Gallagher goes a bit too far in his protest of his cross checking penalty and get's an additional 10 minutes tacked on at 16:48 of the 2nd. On the ensuing penalty Bergeron once again makes the F.S's pay with a PP tally at 18:00.
The Patriots are skating to the bench at the end of the 2nd when Huberdeau sneaks a shot in at 19:58. The Patriots protest, but the goal is upheld after grainy footage is insufficient to overturn the goal. Patriots up 5-1 after 2.
The 3rd period starts off as the last two ended. Jakub Vrana tallies 2 goals at 4:24 and 15:12 to make the margin 7-1 and Danault pots one at 17:12 to finish the scoring at 7-1.
The F.S's clearly show the fatigue of the long flight and muster a mere 2 shots in the 3rd period.
Patriot win 7-1.
Shamrockville was 68 shots with 14 quality and 7 goals. 3 PP, 1 FC, 3 ES
Viking was 18 shots with 6 quality and 1 goal.
There were at least 6 sequences of 2 or more rebounding shots in this game. Danault was run into teh boards at 18:00 of the 3rd by Huberdeau and missed the remainder getting stitched up. Both Robertson and Nichushkin had 1-3 HS's blocked.
The inaugural dust up between these two truculent teams had the Patriots visiting the newly formed Flying Sutters.
The troubles of an expansion team reared it's head early and often in this one. A bit too much exuberance in play lead to three 1st period penalties against the F.S's with Huberdeau @ 1:36, Poolman @ 6:48 and Dzingle @ 13:12 giving the Patriots a huge advantage in play.
Fortunately for the F.S's they only surrendered 1 PP goal during the onslaught. Unfortunately they also gave up a FC, regular strength and a triple Rebound goal to go into the intermission down 4-0. The V.S's only managed 7 shots against the Patriots in this frame.
The 2nd period didn't go any better as goals by Treenin, Reiksson-Ek, Robertson and Lindel short handed, stake the Patriots to an 8-0 lead before former Patriot Josh Norris finally breaks the shut out at 19:36 of the 2nd on a defensive gaff by Petry that gives him a golden FC opportunity.
During the 2nd period, Danault looks for a willing dance partner, but much to everyone's surprise, not a single F.S. had a major on their dance card so 2:00 for Danault lead to the Esa Lindell short handed goal.
The 3rd period see's a beleaguered F.S's goalie finally start to get his skates under him and he turns in a solid performance, stopping 6 of 7 more quality chances, allowing only one goal to Eriksson-Ek again to make it 9-1 before fan favorite Tanner Jeannot pots one on a broken stick from Nichushkin to finish the scoring and give the Patriots a 9-2 win.
Patriots were 58 shots with 17 quality for 9 goals. 1 SH, 1 PP, 1 FC and 6 ES
Flying Sutters were 31 shots with 6 quality for 2 goals. 1FC, 1 ES
Game 2
In the return game in Shamrockville the Patriots continue their hot start with goals by Thompson (the 4th shot of a rebounding sequence !!), Meier (PP, and Burns (PP) to stake them to a 3-0 lead after one period of play. Penalties once again seem to haunt the F.S's with Barrie, Willman and Granlund all sitting in the box during the 1st period.
In the 2nd period Landeskog puts the Patriots up by 4 a mere :48 into the frame on a PP goal with Granlund sitting in the box still from the 1st period. Patriots scored on all 3 of those 1st period penalties.
With tempers flaring on the F.S's bench, Gallagher goes a bit too far in his protest of his cross checking penalty and get's an additional 10 minutes tacked on at 16:48 of the 2nd. On the ensuing penalty Bergeron once again makes the F.S's pay with a PP tally at 18:00.
The Patriots are skating to the bench at the end of the 2nd when Huberdeau sneaks a shot in at 19:58. The Patriots protest, but the goal is upheld after grainy footage is insufficient to overturn the goal. Patriots up 5-1 after 2.
The 3rd period starts off as the last two ended. Jakub Vrana tallies 2 goals at 4:24 and 15:12 to make the margin 7-1 and Danault pots one at 17:12 to finish the scoring at 7-1.
The F.S's clearly show the fatigue of the long flight and muster a mere 2 shots in the 3rd period.
Patriot win 7-1.
Shamrockville was 68 shots with 14 quality and 7 goals. 3 PP, 1 FC, 3 ES
Viking was 18 shots with 6 quality and 1 goal.
There were at least 6 sequences of 2 or more rebounding shots in this game. Danault was run into teh boards at 18:00 of the 3rd by Huberdeau and missed the remainder getting stitched up. Both Robertson and Nichushkin had 1-3 HS's blocked.