Post by Shamrockville on May 7, 2023 16:05:32 GMT -7
Round 1 of the Playoffs commenced with #1 seed Shamrockville Patriots hosting #4 seed Cremona Titans.
Game 1 features a stifling defensive effort from the Patriots, smothering the Titans offensive top 6. Titans D, Damon Severson, is called for 2:00 at the 2 minute mark, but the Patriots PP is stymied by the aggressive and potent Titans PK. Having a 9 on the PK certainly limits otherwise surefire shots.
5:12 in, Garnet Hathaway is left alone at the side of the net and slams home a rebound to stake the Patriots to a 1-0 lead. Hakanpaa and Nichushkin drawing assists. At the 8:48 mark, Esa Lindell is hauled down on a break and awarded a penalty shot, which of course is no good, sailing wide of Demko.
Both Goalies are good in this 1st period and hold their teams steady, until Kuemper takes exception to a snow shower at 16:48 and gets 2 minutes for slashing. No harm done as the Titans can’t seem to find any cohesion on the ensuing PP. The teams skate off with the Patriots up 1-0 after one period. Titans were outshot 18-5, with 3 of those shots coming off the FC. Unsurprisingly they had 3 HS on 5 shots while the Patriots managed 4 on 18.
Second period starts quickly as Timo Meier takes a feed from Danault off the opening faceoff and buries a wrister past Demko at :24 seconds in. Patriots go up 2-0. The Patriots keep the pace steady, and though the Titans show remarkably accurate shooting, they still fail to crack double digits in shots this period.
At 8:24, ageless captain Patrice Bergeron takes a pass from Robertson and Landeskog on a line change, to stake the Patriots to a 3-0 lead. Taking exception to the tight checking play, Titans Brady Tkachuk levels Patriots Brandon Carlo at 9:12, sending the defender into the locker room for repairs. He would return for the 3rd period, but was nursing a bad shoulder.
The third period starts off with some more shoving and bad blood. Bowen Byram gets 2 minutes for slashing at 1:12 and then Marchment and Sheary are both sent off at 1:36, for 2 minutes to keep things under control. No harm done on the disjointed PP for the Patriots.
Play is tense and though the Patriots have the edge in shots, the Titans keep the pressure on with extremely accurate shooting. The Titans are rewarded for their perseverance at the 4:00 mark when Taylor Hall breaks the shutout and gets the Titans on the board, with a screened in HS. Titans down 3-1, but cue the comeback, as Troy Terry takes matters onto his stick and snipes a shot bar down to get the Titans back within one at 7:36.
The Patriots have seen this all too many times, third period blunders lead to tense moments and frustration boiling up.
Thankfully, the line match ups and last change give the Patriots the extra push to get over the hill and Tage Thompson takes a breakout pass from Oleksiak and then Meier, to put the Patriots up 4-2 at 8:24. Mason Marchment seals the victory at 14:24 on a nice passing play from Robertson and Eriksson-Ek to make it 5-2. Titans Svechnikov takes 2 minutes at 17:36 to really stall any more offense from the Titans and game 1 goes down 5-2 for the Patriots.
Patriots were 53 shots, 12 HS for 5 goals.
Titans were 24 shots, 9 HS for 2 goals.
Expected score would have been 6-4 Patriots
Patriots won 25 faceoffs to 11 for the Titans. 4 of the Patriots wins were AA and 2 were A.
Patriots gave up 7 FC shots, 2 hard. 3 PF2’s, 2 PF3’s, 2 PF1’s. They also screened down 3 shots for hard shots.
Titans gave up 0 FC shots and no screened down shots for HS.
The line match ups made a big difference in this one, helping minimize the top 2 lines of the Titans, and at least giving some control over how to manage those beasts.
Game 2 is a much slower affair to start. The first period sees the Patriots again outshooting the Titans, but HS are even back and forth. Bergeron takes a penalty at 8:48, but the Titans can’t get the PP rolling, still 0-0.
Auston Matthews goes for tripping at 12:48, but the Patriots also can’t seem to generate anything on the PP, no harm done. At the 16:00 mark however, Hatahway once again get’s the Patriots rolling with a tip in on a Meier shot from the slot, Patriots up 1-0.
Matthews takes another 2 minutes at 17:12 and this time the Patriots make them pay with a PP marker from Marchment, assisted by Bergeron and Nichushkin at the 18:00 mark. Patriots up 2-0.
This period was a glom of miscues and garbage on players cards. Matthews with 2 penalties, and 2 icings. Titans intercepted 3 P1’s with their only bar on the ice, Landeskog misses a broken stick shot, then Robertson misses a broken stick shot, Byram gets injured at 19:12 for the period with 2 bars out. I’m amazed we got as much offense as we did between the 2 of us.
The second period sees the home team start to get some flow to their game. A couple FC shots finally, some good passing, shots generated finally lead to Bergeron scoring on a 3 pass effort from Marchemnt and Nichushkin at 12:00 and the Patriots are up 3-0. Rantanen takes 2 minutes at 13:36 but the Titans PK is too much for the Patriots meager PP and they weather the storm once again.
At 18:48 Eriksson-Ek takes a pass from Landeskog and buries a one timer for a 4-0 lead going into the third period.
At 2:24 of the third period, Eriksson-Ek again pots a goal from Robertson and Lindell to make it 5-0. Danault takes 2 minutes off the faceoff at 2:36 but the Patriots kill that off quickly. Brett Pesce goes for 2 minutes at 9:36, but that Titans PK once again kills it off.
Jack Hughes spoils the shut out bid once again, on another costly FC shot at 15:36 to make it 5-1. Jeff Petry takes a penalty at 17:12, but Alex Formenton buries a SH marker just as the penalty is expiring to make it a 6-1 game.
Titans top 2 lines were very limited in effectiveness, I’m pretty sure Nash found just about every single subpar roll on Matthews, Pasternak, Rantanen and Tkachuk that he could.
Patriots were 50 shots, 9 HS with one PP and one SH goal. 6 Goals total
Titans were 32 shots, 5 hard with one FC goal. 1 Goal total
Expected Score would have been 5-2 Patriots
Face offs were 21-20 for the Patriots, no A’s or AA’s were won.
Patriots gave up 6 FC shots, 4 PF3’s, 1 PF2, 1 PF1. They missed on 4 PF3’s
Titans only gave up 2 FC shots, 2 PF1’s.
Game 3 back in Cremona.
The two games in Cremona were much more suited to the Titans make up as they could keep the top 2 lines more free from the tight checking lines of the Patriots.
The first period sees Titans star Auston Matthews crushed into the boards by Niko Mikkola. He wouldn’t return to the game until the 2nd period which really dampened the Titans offense. Sergachev and Danault get 2 minutes each for roughing at 12:48, but nothing else of any consequence happens in this hodge podge of a first period.
The second period sees Svechnikov sent off for 2 minutes at the :24 mark and the Patriots ready the PP….only to see Meier negate that with a penalty at :48. This game get’s rough early on with Demko being driven into the post at 7:12, ushering in Spencer Knight. At 11:12, an ultra rare miscue by the Titans results in a FC goal from Tage Thompson, Patriots up 1-0 in this disjointed period. Not long after, Hakanpaa gets 5:00 and a Game for running Svechnikov into the boards at 12:00. Svechnikov would be -1 for the remainder.
Blake Coleman takes 2 minutes at 14:00, but the PK holds up. Patriots still up 1-0. Sergachev and Carlo drop the gloves at 16:48 in a tilt that the home crowd gives to the young home side stud defenseman.
Amidst all of this carnage, Alex Formenton somehow slides a puck under Knight to extend the Patriots lead to 2-0 at 18:00 to finish the period.
The third period starts well for the Patriots as Landeskog buries a pass from Lindell to push the lead to 3-0 at 2:48. Petry goes for 2 minutes at 4:24, but the Patritos PK manages to hold off the Titans PP line. Then Robertson is in the box to serve a Bench Minor as Coach O’Sheigh is losing his marbles since seemingly everything the Titans touch turns into a HS in this period so we know what comes next.
Yep..Brett Pesce on the PP makes it a 3-1 game. Pastrnak makes it 3-2 at 14:00. Anyone have some blood pressure medication? Someone is leaking steam from their ears. Severson slows the pace by taking a penalty at 15:12, but Knight is basically a brick wall by now. Svechnikov goads Meier into some matching penalties at 17:36, which suits the Titans just fine. On the last shift of the game, the Patriots give up a FC shot, a Broken Stick shot and then the FG hard shot goal to Severson at 19:12, because,…of course they do, and to top it off, Robertsons hard shot at 19:58 is stopped by Knight…of course. So much for a 3 goal lead being even remotely safe for this team.
Unfortunately for the Titans….at 8:00 of OT, Pasternak takes a penalty and Petry pots a PP OT winner at 9:12 and coach O’Sheigh collapses on the bench and needs medical assistance to get to the locker room.
Patriots were 56 shots, 8 hard shots with one FC goal, one PP goal and 4 goals total
Titans were 39 shots, 11 hard shots with one FC goal and 3 goals total.
Expected score would have been 5-4 titans
Faceoffs were 27 for the Patriots with 3 A’s and 24 for the Titans, no A’s
Patriots gave up 11 FC shots. 8 PF2’s, 3 PF3’s.
Titans gave up 4 FC shots. 3 PF1’s and 1 PF2
Game 4 in Cremona.
The first period starts with neither team being able to find a range, but finding lots of shots. Landeskog and Rantanen get tangled up at 7:36 leading to both men getting 2 minutes for their efforts. This seemed to shift the offenses of both teams, as quality opportunities started to come in bunches. At 10:48 Bergeron capitalizes on a stretch pass from Carlo to post the Patriots to a 1-0 lead. Landeskog takes another 2 minutes at 12:00 but both goalies seem to be in the groove, and the score stays 1-0 into the break.
The worrying trend of the Patriots giving up far too many FC opportunities continue in this game leaving coach O’Sheigh to contemplate retirement before he has a heart attack.
The second period starts off with Tkachuk sitting for 2 minutes at the 2:24 mark, but Demko shuts the door on the Patriots PP once again. Pesce takes 2 minutes at 5:12 however, and this time Thompson pots a PP marker from Danault and Mikkola to extend the lead to 2-0 at 6:00.
Not giving up an inch of ice this time, Connor Sheary rips a goal top shelf at 8:48 to get the Titans on the board, down 2-1. The forechecking onslaught continues, with the stagnant dice of the Titans the only thing keeping them off the board. At 13:36 Meier takes a cross crease pass from Thompson to make it a 3-1 Patritos lead.
At 18:00 Demko is once again helped off the ice for the 2nd time in the series andin comes Spencer Knight again. Mikkola and Rantanen have words after a scrum and each get 2 minutes at 19:12 to keep a lid on the tensions.
The third period sees the Patiots come out firing, looking to close out the series. At 4:00, Knight tweaks a knee making a stop, but since there’s no EBUG, he has to stay in and try to finish the game out.
9:24 Lindell gets a FC shot which is stopped by Knight, but Lindell fires a quick shot off the rebound before Knight can react and the Patriots are up 4-1. The Titans dice are ice cold in this period, unable to muster any kind of offence. At 13:12 Landeskog makes it 5-1 on a great individual effort. 14:12 Robertson makes it 6-1 from Petry and Oleksiak, 17:12 Landeskog from Eriksson-Ek and Robertson makes it 7-1 and 18:48 Marchment from Bergeron and Petry finalize the scoring. A late, 19:12 penalty to Oleksiak is inconsequential. Final score is 8-1 for the Patriots and a 4-0 series win.
Nash’s dice were totally against him in that 3rd period.
Patriots were 51 shots, 14 hard shots with one PP goal and 8 goals total.
Titans were 39 shots, 8 hard shots for one goal total.
Expected Score would have been 7-4 Patriots.
Faceoffs were 26-15 for the Patriots, Patriots had 2 A wins and Titans had 1 A win.
Patriots gave up 14 FC shots 3 PF1’s, 5 PF 2’s, 6 PF3’s.
Titans gave up 2 FC shots 1 PF1, 1 PF2.
Game 1 features a stifling defensive effort from the Patriots, smothering the Titans offensive top 6. Titans D, Damon Severson, is called for 2:00 at the 2 minute mark, but the Patriots PP is stymied by the aggressive and potent Titans PK. Having a 9 on the PK certainly limits otherwise surefire shots.
5:12 in, Garnet Hathaway is left alone at the side of the net and slams home a rebound to stake the Patriots to a 1-0 lead. Hakanpaa and Nichushkin drawing assists. At the 8:48 mark, Esa Lindell is hauled down on a break and awarded a penalty shot, which of course is no good, sailing wide of Demko.
Both Goalies are good in this 1st period and hold their teams steady, until Kuemper takes exception to a snow shower at 16:48 and gets 2 minutes for slashing. No harm done as the Titans can’t seem to find any cohesion on the ensuing PP. The teams skate off with the Patriots up 1-0 after one period. Titans were outshot 18-5, with 3 of those shots coming off the FC. Unsurprisingly they had 3 HS on 5 shots while the Patriots managed 4 on 18.
Second period starts quickly as Timo Meier takes a feed from Danault off the opening faceoff and buries a wrister past Demko at :24 seconds in. Patriots go up 2-0. The Patriots keep the pace steady, and though the Titans show remarkably accurate shooting, they still fail to crack double digits in shots this period.
At 8:24, ageless captain Patrice Bergeron takes a pass from Robertson and Landeskog on a line change, to stake the Patriots to a 3-0 lead. Taking exception to the tight checking play, Titans Brady Tkachuk levels Patriots Brandon Carlo at 9:12, sending the defender into the locker room for repairs. He would return for the 3rd period, but was nursing a bad shoulder.
The third period starts off with some more shoving and bad blood. Bowen Byram gets 2 minutes for slashing at 1:12 and then Marchment and Sheary are both sent off at 1:36, for 2 minutes to keep things under control. No harm done on the disjointed PP for the Patriots.
Play is tense and though the Patriots have the edge in shots, the Titans keep the pressure on with extremely accurate shooting. The Titans are rewarded for their perseverance at the 4:00 mark when Taylor Hall breaks the shutout and gets the Titans on the board, with a screened in HS. Titans down 3-1, but cue the comeback, as Troy Terry takes matters onto his stick and snipes a shot bar down to get the Titans back within one at 7:36.
The Patriots have seen this all too many times, third period blunders lead to tense moments and frustration boiling up.
Thankfully, the line match ups and last change give the Patriots the extra push to get over the hill and Tage Thompson takes a breakout pass from Oleksiak and then Meier, to put the Patriots up 4-2 at 8:24. Mason Marchment seals the victory at 14:24 on a nice passing play from Robertson and Eriksson-Ek to make it 5-2. Titans Svechnikov takes 2 minutes at 17:36 to really stall any more offense from the Titans and game 1 goes down 5-2 for the Patriots.
Patriots were 53 shots, 12 HS for 5 goals.
Titans were 24 shots, 9 HS for 2 goals.
Expected score would have been 6-4 Patriots
Patriots won 25 faceoffs to 11 for the Titans. 4 of the Patriots wins were AA and 2 were A.
Patriots gave up 7 FC shots, 2 hard. 3 PF2’s, 2 PF3’s, 2 PF1’s. They also screened down 3 shots for hard shots.
Titans gave up 0 FC shots and no screened down shots for HS.
The line match ups made a big difference in this one, helping minimize the top 2 lines of the Titans, and at least giving some control over how to manage those beasts.
Game 2 is a much slower affair to start. The first period sees the Patriots again outshooting the Titans, but HS are even back and forth. Bergeron takes a penalty at 8:48, but the Titans can’t get the PP rolling, still 0-0.
Auston Matthews goes for tripping at 12:48, but the Patriots also can’t seem to generate anything on the PP, no harm done. At the 16:00 mark however, Hatahway once again get’s the Patriots rolling with a tip in on a Meier shot from the slot, Patriots up 1-0.
Matthews takes another 2 minutes at 17:12 and this time the Patriots make them pay with a PP marker from Marchment, assisted by Bergeron and Nichushkin at the 18:00 mark. Patriots up 2-0.
This period was a glom of miscues and garbage on players cards. Matthews with 2 penalties, and 2 icings. Titans intercepted 3 P1’s with their only bar on the ice, Landeskog misses a broken stick shot, then Robertson misses a broken stick shot, Byram gets injured at 19:12 for the period with 2 bars out. I’m amazed we got as much offense as we did between the 2 of us.
The second period sees the home team start to get some flow to their game. A couple FC shots finally, some good passing, shots generated finally lead to Bergeron scoring on a 3 pass effort from Marchemnt and Nichushkin at 12:00 and the Patriots are up 3-0. Rantanen takes 2 minutes at 13:36 but the Titans PK is too much for the Patriots meager PP and they weather the storm once again.
At 18:48 Eriksson-Ek takes a pass from Landeskog and buries a one timer for a 4-0 lead going into the third period.
At 2:24 of the third period, Eriksson-Ek again pots a goal from Robertson and Lindell to make it 5-0. Danault takes 2 minutes off the faceoff at 2:36 but the Patriots kill that off quickly. Brett Pesce goes for 2 minutes at 9:36, but that Titans PK once again kills it off.
Jack Hughes spoils the shut out bid once again, on another costly FC shot at 15:36 to make it 5-1. Jeff Petry takes a penalty at 17:12, but Alex Formenton buries a SH marker just as the penalty is expiring to make it a 6-1 game.
Titans top 2 lines were very limited in effectiveness, I’m pretty sure Nash found just about every single subpar roll on Matthews, Pasternak, Rantanen and Tkachuk that he could.
Patriots were 50 shots, 9 HS with one PP and one SH goal. 6 Goals total
Titans were 32 shots, 5 hard with one FC goal. 1 Goal total
Expected Score would have been 5-2 Patriots
Face offs were 21-20 for the Patriots, no A’s or AA’s were won.
Patriots gave up 6 FC shots, 4 PF3’s, 1 PF2, 1 PF1. They missed on 4 PF3’s
Titans only gave up 2 FC shots, 2 PF1’s.
Game 3 back in Cremona.
The two games in Cremona were much more suited to the Titans make up as they could keep the top 2 lines more free from the tight checking lines of the Patriots.
The first period sees Titans star Auston Matthews crushed into the boards by Niko Mikkola. He wouldn’t return to the game until the 2nd period which really dampened the Titans offense. Sergachev and Danault get 2 minutes each for roughing at 12:48, but nothing else of any consequence happens in this hodge podge of a first period.
The second period sees Svechnikov sent off for 2 minutes at the :24 mark and the Patriots ready the PP….only to see Meier negate that with a penalty at :48. This game get’s rough early on with Demko being driven into the post at 7:12, ushering in Spencer Knight. At 11:12, an ultra rare miscue by the Titans results in a FC goal from Tage Thompson, Patriots up 1-0 in this disjointed period. Not long after, Hakanpaa gets 5:00 and a Game for running Svechnikov into the boards at 12:00. Svechnikov would be -1 for the remainder.
Blake Coleman takes 2 minutes at 14:00, but the PK holds up. Patriots still up 1-0. Sergachev and Carlo drop the gloves at 16:48 in a tilt that the home crowd gives to the young home side stud defenseman.
Amidst all of this carnage, Alex Formenton somehow slides a puck under Knight to extend the Patriots lead to 2-0 at 18:00 to finish the period.
The third period starts well for the Patriots as Landeskog buries a pass from Lindell to push the lead to 3-0 at 2:48. Petry goes for 2 minutes at 4:24, but the Patritos PK manages to hold off the Titans PP line. Then Robertson is in the box to serve a Bench Minor as Coach O’Sheigh is losing his marbles since seemingly everything the Titans touch turns into a HS in this period so we know what comes next.
Yep..Brett Pesce on the PP makes it a 3-1 game. Pastrnak makes it 3-2 at 14:00. Anyone have some blood pressure medication? Someone is leaking steam from their ears. Severson slows the pace by taking a penalty at 15:12, but Knight is basically a brick wall by now. Svechnikov goads Meier into some matching penalties at 17:36, which suits the Titans just fine. On the last shift of the game, the Patriots give up a FC shot, a Broken Stick shot and then the FG hard shot goal to Severson at 19:12, because,…of course they do, and to top it off, Robertsons hard shot at 19:58 is stopped by Knight…of course. So much for a 3 goal lead being even remotely safe for this team.
Unfortunately for the Titans….at 8:00 of OT, Pasternak takes a penalty and Petry pots a PP OT winner at 9:12 and coach O’Sheigh collapses on the bench and needs medical assistance to get to the locker room.
Patriots were 56 shots, 8 hard shots with one FC goal, one PP goal and 4 goals total
Titans were 39 shots, 11 hard shots with one FC goal and 3 goals total.
Expected score would have been 5-4 titans
Faceoffs were 27 for the Patriots with 3 A’s and 24 for the Titans, no A’s
Patriots gave up 11 FC shots. 8 PF2’s, 3 PF3’s.
Titans gave up 4 FC shots. 3 PF1’s and 1 PF2
Game 4 in Cremona.
The first period starts with neither team being able to find a range, but finding lots of shots. Landeskog and Rantanen get tangled up at 7:36 leading to both men getting 2 minutes for their efforts. This seemed to shift the offenses of both teams, as quality opportunities started to come in bunches. At 10:48 Bergeron capitalizes on a stretch pass from Carlo to post the Patriots to a 1-0 lead. Landeskog takes another 2 minutes at 12:00 but both goalies seem to be in the groove, and the score stays 1-0 into the break.
The worrying trend of the Patriots giving up far too many FC opportunities continue in this game leaving coach O’Sheigh to contemplate retirement before he has a heart attack.
The second period starts off with Tkachuk sitting for 2 minutes at the 2:24 mark, but Demko shuts the door on the Patriots PP once again. Pesce takes 2 minutes at 5:12 however, and this time Thompson pots a PP marker from Danault and Mikkola to extend the lead to 2-0 at 6:00.
Not giving up an inch of ice this time, Connor Sheary rips a goal top shelf at 8:48 to get the Titans on the board, down 2-1. The forechecking onslaught continues, with the stagnant dice of the Titans the only thing keeping them off the board. At 13:36 Meier takes a cross crease pass from Thompson to make it a 3-1 Patritos lead.
At 18:00 Demko is once again helped off the ice for the 2nd time in the series andin comes Spencer Knight again. Mikkola and Rantanen have words after a scrum and each get 2 minutes at 19:12 to keep a lid on the tensions.
The third period sees the Patiots come out firing, looking to close out the series. At 4:00, Knight tweaks a knee making a stop, but since there’s no EBUG, he has to stay in and try to finish the game out.
9:24 Lindell gets a FC shot which is stopped by Knight, but Lindell fires a quick shot off the rebound before Knight can react and the Patriots are up 4-1. The Titans dice are ice cold in this period, unable to muster any kind of offence. At 13:12 Landeskog makes it 5-1 on a great individual effort. 14:12 Robertson makes it 6-1 from Petry and Oleksiak, 17:12 Landeskog from Eriksson-Ek and Robertson makes it 7-1 and 18:48 Marchment from Bergeron and Petry finalize the scoring. A late, 19:12 penalty to Oleksiak is inconsequential. Final score is 8-1 for the Patriots and a 4-0 series win.
Nash’s dice were totally against him in that 3rd period.
Patriots were 51 shots, 14 hard shots with one PP goal and 8 goals total.
Titans were 39 shots, 8 hard shots for one goal total.
Expected Score would have been 7-4 Patriots.
Faceoffs were 26-15 for the Patriots, Patriots had 2 A wins and Titans had 1 A win.
Patriots gave up 14 FC shots 3 PF1’s, 5 PF 2’s, 6 PF3’s.
Titans gave up 2 FC shots 1 PF1, 1 PF2.
