Post by Shamrockville on Mar 10, 2023 12:55:07 GMT -7
Always a nervous set of games when Shamrockville plays Brooks. The threat of the still unknown Brooks Sniper fills the arena with a breathless dread that is palpable.
With Brooks electing to fly into Shamrockville first, that threat was somewhat diminished, though not forgotten after last years attempt on Brooks star, Sam Reinhart.
The two teams square off for the opening puck drop and Zack Whitecloud promptly slashes captain Bergeron and is sent off for two minutes at a mere :48 into the opening frame. On the ensuing powerplay, Shamrockville quickly sets the pace by testing Brooks veteran Bobrovsky with 2 in close chances early, but Goalie Bob turns them aside.
Not to be deterred, Shamrockville captain Patrice Bergeron rings one off the crossbar and in at 5:36 to grab an early lead for the home team. At 7:12, former Patriots Lehkonen breaks Jeff Petry's ankles with a dangle and looks to deposit the puck for the tie, when defensive stalwart Jamie Oleksiak slides across to make the block and keep the Patriots lead. At 8:48 youngling, Moritz Seider, get's a bit too familiar with Joel Eriksson-Ek and both players are sent off for two minutes to cool off. Goalie Bob is absolutely lights out with the new Tukka Rask edition webbing gear and stops 5 of 6 opportunities in the opening frame as the Patriots dominate the Brooks squad through one, outshooting them 22 to 1. Whitecloud again using a few too many 4 letter words with the ref crew, gets another 2 minutes at the end of the 1st period, allowing the home team to start the 2nd on the powerplay once again.
In the second, Eriksson-Ek gives Whitecloud a lesson in why you do not send this Patriots squad to a PP as he deposits the PP goal at a mere :24 into the period. Andre Burakovsky looks to break the shutout at 6:24, but Hakanpaa takes it off the shin pads to redirect the shot into the corner. At 10:48 Cpt. Bergeron intercepts a pass up the middle to extend the lead to 3-0 with a FC goal. The arena is eerily quiet as people in the upper deck mistake the old popcorn maker for the Brooks sniper and play is suspended for a few minutes to make a sweep with bomb detecting dogs, while Petry get's two minutes for not wanting to vacate his seat warmer at the 19:36 mark.
The teams regroup for the third period, and play is relatively even until Lehkonen is sent to the box at 6:00 for hooking. The guy's been told before that kind of "work" isnt allowed in the arena except on tuesday "Sailors Night". Goalie Bob holds the fort, and Seider get's back into the coaches good books with a sliding stop on Danault to keep the Brooks team hopes up. The hard work looks to pay off when Reinhart takes a pass from Lindholm and beats Kuemper blocker side to bring life to the Brooks bench at 11:12. But the Patriots just keep coming in waves and Landeskog puts this one away fo rgood, scoring at 16:24 of the third to seal the 4-1 victory at home.
Shamrockville was 49 Shots - 13 hard shots - 1 PP, 1 FC, 2 G
Brooks was 12 shots - 2 hard shots - 1 G
The return game in Brooks sees the home team with an early PP as Lindell takes 2 minutes at :48 for waterskiing. No harm done on the ensuing 2 minutes and then Demelo takes an ill advised penalty at 4:48. On the PP, Nichushkin makes Brooks pay and tallies at the 6:00 mark to get the games first goal. Brooks fights back in this game however, and Kaprisov ties the game up at 7:12 on a slick feed from Marner. Eriksson-Ek fires back at 9:12 to put the Patriots back up by one, and Brandon Carlo bombs one from the point to put them up 3-1 at 14:48. At 15:36, Quinn Hughes has his stick explode and Lindell finds himself sent in on a breakaway, only to flub the shot and fire the puck into a waiting Shesterkin, blowing a golden opportunity to extend the lead further.
In the second, Danault is sent to the sin bin for 2 minutes at 4:48, but Brooks can't manage to pull one back, as Hellebuyck stops Marner on a good chance to keep the 3-1 score. That's a key stop as Meier pots a goal at 6:48 to push the Patriots lead to 4-1. New Patriot Trenin is awarded a penalty shot at the 8:00 mark, but puts the puck off the crossbar into teh stands. During the next shift, Lindell is again sent off for 2 minutes at 9:36, but this time Lindholm unwisely over reacts and is sent off for 2 as well. At the 10:00 mark Seider collides awkwardly with Trenin on a line change and come sup limping -2, and misses the remainder of the period. At 12:24, Demelo looks to go from goat to hero with a wide open net shot, but Mikolla stacks the shin pads to deflect the sure goal into the stands. The teams go into the break with the Patriots up 4-1
To start the 3rd period Brad "Im still playing" Richardson, is sent off for 2 minutes at the 2:00 mark for perhaps his last appearance in a Solar Bears jersey. Patriots can't capitalize on this one however, and just as that penalty expires, Tage Thompson is called for roughing at 4:24, sending the Bears to the PP. At 8:00, Seider looks to exact some revenge and delivers a predatory, injurious hit to Bergeron, that clearly hampers the Patriots captain -2, but he stays in the game. at 10:12 Marchment picks off an errant Tatar pass and fires a FC shot on Shesterkin, who coughs up a rebound to Robertson and he makes no mistake putting the Patriots up 5-1. Not to be denied, Marchment makes it 6-1 on a cross creaser from Bergeron to make it 6-1 at 12:00. At the 14:48 mark, the Patriots are assessed a bench minor, served by Marchment. During the ensuing PP for Brooks, Seider again takes a run at a Patriots player, this time Petry is the recipient of an elbow to the head, that goes uncalled, and is -1 for the remainder. This only serves to fire up the Patriots PK and at 15:36, Formenton slots home a SH marker to make it 7-1. Burakovsky eventually scores at 16:24 on that PP, but the damage is done and there's no coming back from 7-2. Demelo takes 2 minutes at 18:00 for pouting and that rounds out the score sheet for game 2.
Shamrockville was 61 Shots - 17 hard shots - 1 PP, 1 SH, 5 G
Brooks was 24 shots - 5 hard shots - 1 PP, 1 G
Shamrockville is now 17-2-1-0, with an eye to finishing their season on Sunday.
With Brooks electing to fly into Shamrockville first, that threat was somewhat diminished, though not forgotten after last years attempt on Brooks star, Sam Reinhart.
The two teams square off for the opening puck drop and Zack Whitecloud promptly slashes captain Bergeron and is sent off for two minutes at a mere :48 into the opening frame. On the ensuing powerplay, Shamrockville quickly sets the pace by testing Brooks veteran Bobrovsky with 2 in close chances early, but Goalie Bob turns them aside.
Not to be deterred, Shamrockville captain Patrice Bergeron rings one off the crossbar and in at 5:36 to grab an early lead for the home team. At 7:12, former Patriots Lehkonen breaks Jeff Petry's ankles with a dangle and looks to deposit the puck for the tie, when defensive stalwart Jamie Oleksiak slides across to make the block and keep the Patriots lead. At 8:48 youngling, Moritz Seider, get's a bit too familiar with Joel Eriksson-Ek and both players are sent off for two minutes to cool off. Goalie Bob is absolutely lights out with the new Tukka Rask edition webbing gear and stops 5 of 6 opportunities in the opening frame as the Patriots dominate the Brooks squad through one, outshooting them 22 to 1. Whitecloud again using a few too many 4 letter words with the ref crew, gets another 2 minutes at the end of the 1st period, allowing the home team to start the 2nd on the powerplay once again.
In the second, Eriksson-Ek gives Whitecloud a lesson in why you do not send this Patriots squad to a PP as he deposits the PP goal at a mere :24 into the period. Andre Burakovsky looks to break the shutout at 6:24, but Hakanpaa takes it off the shin pads to redirect the shot into the corner. At 10:48 Cpt. Bergeron intercepts a pass up the middle to extend the lead to 3-0 with a FC goal. The arena is eerily quiet as people in the upper deck mistake the old popcorn maker for the Brooks sniper and play is suspended for a few minutes to make a sweep with bomb detecting dogs, while Petry get's two minutes for not wanting to vacate his seat warmer at the 19:36 mark.
The teams regroup for the third period, and play is relatively even until Lehkonen is sent to the box at 6:00 for hooking. The guy's been told before that kind of "work" isnt allowed in the arena except on tuesday "Sailors Night". Goalie Bob holds the fort, and Seider get's back into the coaches good books with a sliding stop on Danault to keep the Brooks team hopes up. The hard work looks to pay off when Reinhart takes a pass from Lindholm and beats Kuemper blocker side to bring life to the Brooks bench at 11:12. But the Patriots just keep coming in waves and Landeskog puts this one away fo rgood, scoring at 16:24 of the third to seal the 4-1 victory at home.
Shamrockville was 49 Shots - 13 hard shots - 1 PP, 1 FC, 2 G
Brooks was 12 shots - 2 hard shots - 1 G
The return game in Brooks sees the home team with an early PP as Lindell takes 2 minutes at :48 for waterskiing. No harm done on the ensuing 2 minutes and then Demelo takes an ill advised penalty at 4:48. On the PP, Nichushkin makes Brooks pay and tallies at the 6:00 mark to get the games first goal. Brooks fights back in this game however, and Kaprisov ties the game up at 7:12 on a slick feed from Marner. Eriksson-Ek fires back at 9:12 to put the Patriots back up by one, and Brandon Carlo bombs one from the point to put them up 3-1 at 14:48. At 15:36, Quinn Hughes has his stick explode and Lindell finds himself sent in on a breakaway, only to flub the shot and fire the puck into a waiting Shesterkin, blowing a golden opportunity to extend the lead further.
In the second, Danault is sent to the sin bin for 2 minutes at 4:48, but Brooks can't manage to pull one back, as Hellebuyck stops Marner on a good chance to keep the 3-1 score. That's a key stop as Meier pots a goal at 6:48 to push the Patriots lead to 4-1. New Patriot Trenin is awarded a penalty shot at the 8:00 mark, but puts the puck off the crossbar into teh stands. During the next shift, Lindell is again sent off for 2 minutes at 9:36, but this time Lindholm unwisely over reacts and is sent off for 2 as well. At the 10:00 mark Seider collides awkwardly with Trenin on a line change and come sup limping -2, and misses the remainder of the period. At 12:24, Demelo looks to go from goat to hero with a wide open net shot, but Mikolla stacks the shin pads to deflect the sure goal into the stands. The teams go into the break with the Patriots up 4-1
To start the 3rd period Brad "Im still playing" Richardson, is sent off for 2 minutes at the 2:00 mark for perhaps his last appearance in a Solar Bears jersey. Patriots can't capitalize on this one however, and just as that penalty expires, Tage Thompson is called for roughing at 4:24, sending the Bears to the PP. At 8:00, Seider looks to exact some revenge and delivers a predatory, injurious hit to Bergeron, that clearly hampers the Patriots captain -2, but he stays in the game. at 10:12 Marchment picks off an errant Tatar pass and fires a FC shot on Shesterkin, who coughs up a rebound to Robertson and he makes no mistake putting the Patriots up 5-1. Not to be denied, Marchment makes it 6-1 on a cross creaser from Bergeron to make it 6-1 at 12:00. At the 14:48 mark, the Patriots are assessed a bench minor, served by Marchment. During the ensuing PP for Brooks, Seider again takes a run at a Patriots player, this time Petry is the recipient of an elbow to the head, that goes uncalled, and is -1 for the remainder. This only serves to fire up the Patriots PK and at 15:36, Formenton slots home a SH marker to make it 7-1. Burakovsky eventually scores at 16:24 on that PP, but the damage is done and there's no coming back from 7-2. Demelo takes 2 minutes at 18:00 for pouting and that rounds out the score sheet for game 2.
Shamrockville was 61 Shots - 17 hard shots - 1 PP, 1 SH, 5 G
Brooks was 24 shots - 5 hard shots - 1 PP, 1 G
Shamrockville is now 17-2-1-0, with an eye to finishing their season on Sunday.
