Post by Shamrockville on Jul 1, 2023 19:23:59 GMT -7
NNHL Finals finally get rolling on Saturday with games being played at a neutral site after repeated reports of the Brooks Sniper being seen in Shamrockville.
Shamrockville GM/Coach Daniel O’Sheigh nearly didn’t make the pre skate breakfast after being run off the road on his motorcycle going to meet GM/Coach Larry “Shaved Dice” Chang. Thankfully his well known cinder block head prevented any serious damage and the games went on as advertised.
GAME 1
Game 1 in The Ogres Den was a pure hockey clinic by Jason Robertson and Timo Meier, the 2 connecting for all 6 Shamrockville goals in a lopsided affair.
The first period see’s the Mammoths keeper, Sorokin, bombarded by quality chances left and right and only his supreme effort kept the Mammoths in it early.
Meier opens the scoring on the forecheck at 6:48, then promptly follows that up with a penalty at the end of his shift. No harm done on the ensuing PP by the Mammoths but they manage to draw back to even on a nice feed from Atkinson to Gaudreau who finds the back of the net past Kuemper at 12:48.
Moments later, at 13:36, Robertson finds himself alone in front for an easy tap in off of a Lindell shot for a 2-1 Shamrockville lead. Patriots had 5 chances in this period and it could have been much worse.
The 2nd period starts with Robertson heading to the box a mere :12 seconds into the frame, but again, the Patriots PK holds steady and bail him out. He returns the favor by jump starting the offense on the next shift and is rewarded with a goal off a slick no look pass from Landeskog to post the Patriots to a 3-1 lead at 3:36.
Mammoths defender Matt Grxz…Grezz…Matt Grizzlechuck goes off for holding at 4:24, but despite 2 quality chances, Sorkin holds the fort for the Mammoths.
The 10:00 mark sees Robertson alone on a line change and he makes no mistake and goes top shelf on Sorokin to extend the lead to 4-1, and a mere 2 minutes later, the usually calm Backlund launches an expletive laced tirade at the Patriots bench and get’s 2 for unsportsmanlike.
Things proceed to get chippy and Carlo goes off for 2 minutes at 14:24 for roughing, followed by Seguin at 16:00 for spearing. The refs step in and warn both benches and the teams trade a couple of shots before the 2nd comes to a close.
The 3rd period sees the Mammoths come out hard on the forecheck, maybe a little too hard though as Evans is called for a boarding minor at 3:36. The Patriots PP is unusually silent with multiple missed opportunities that usually result in goals.
Despite the special teams shortage, Timo Meier once again finds the back of the net off a crisp cross crease pass from Danault at 6:00 and it seems the Patriots are on cruise control.
Robertson finishes up his 4 goal night on a nice 3 way passing play from Thompson and Danault at 12:24 to send most of the visiting Mammoth fans to their cars. The Mammoths then take a bench minor at 15:12 and send Gaudreau to the box hoping to spring him once it expires. Turns out they don’t need to as they have Super Tanev on their side who goes coast to coast SH, at 16:48 and deposits the biscuit into the gravy to give the Mammoths some momentum heading into game 2. He then further ramps up his teammates by getting into some glove washing with Meier at 18:24 before the final whistle goes.
Patriots win this one 6-2.
Patriots had 47 shots, 13 quality for 1 FC goal, 5 ES goals.
Mammoths had 21 shots, 6 quality for 1 SH goal and 1 ES goal.
Faceoffs were 25 – 22 for Shamrockville.
Both Kucherov and Seguin had a hard shot blocked and Evans hit a # in between 2 auto shots twice.
GAME 2
Game 2 in Shamrockville starts off well for Shamrockville again, aside from Trenin going to the box at 11:12 for a pretty lame cross check call.
Game 1 hero Robertson opens the scoring at 15:12 on a break out pass from Eriksson-Ek to put the Patriots up by 1. Things are going smooth, lot’s of turnovers, scrumming in the corners and wasting time, until Nichushkin is called for closing his hand on the puck and is sent off for 2 at the 18:00 mark. Trouble is brewing for the Patriots, but Alex Formenton catches the Mammoths D napping and breaks in on a Lindell stretch pass to score a SH goal at 18:48, sending the Patriots into the break up 2-0.
The 2nd period starts off hot again for the home team as Thompson and Meier play some give and go, with Thompson scoring on a wide open net past a sprawling Murray at 1:36. Patriots up 3-0.
The teams slow it down, playing some old school grinding playoff hockey and not much happens until Marchment takes 2 at 8:24, no damage on the ensuing PP. Neither teams special teams are very good in this game as Tanev goes off at 12:00 sending the Patriots onto the PP. Once again the patriots PP is silent as well. The teams finish the 2nd period with the Patriots up 3-0 and things look bleak for the Mammoths.
The 3rd period see’s some life in the Mammoths as Zibanajad strikes early at 3:12 on a stretch pass from Ekblad to cut the lead to 3-1. At 11:12 Kucherov, from Ekblad and Zibanajad strikes to close the gap to 3-2….where have we seen this movie before? Johhny Gaudreau turns into Johnny Rotten and piles on at 12:00 from Atkinson and Edmundson to tie the game up, because…of course he would…why not? And ya know what happens at 14:00? Yep ol’ Johnny is at it again to stake the Mammoths to a 4-3 lead. Cause you know…saves and all…don’t really exist when you need just one right?
Speaking of which….with the Patriots desperately trying to tie things up, Tage “Wunderkid” Thompson decides he’s had enough of this Mammoth uprising and goes coast to coast, deking Ekblad out of his jock strap and roofs a goal past Murray to tie the game up at 18:36.
Hold onto your hats folks….here we go into OT.
Some serious words were heard echoing from the Patriots locker room after this defensive breakdown and the Patriots come back to the bench properly ashamed of themselves. Who lets a 3 goal lead go inside 4 minutes in the 3rd period…I mean aside from the Leafs.
OT seems to be all Patriots as the weary Mammoths can only summon 3 shots on goal, while the Patriots rip 8 shots at Murray and Thompson finally solves him for the 5-4 Patriots win.
After the bumps and scrapes of his accident, I don’t think Coach O’Sheigh would have appreciated an aneurysm on top of that.
Patriots have 41 shots 10 quality, 1 SH goal, 4 ES goals
Mammoths have 32 shots, 6 quality for 4 ES goals.
Faceoffs were 27-17 for the Patriots.
With the games going so quickly, coach O`Sheigh and coach Chang decide to get in one of the Mammoths’ home games and proceed to knock out game 3 as well.
GAME 3
Game 3 in Revelstoke sees Sorokin again holding his team in early while they flounder and flail at the puck. The Patriots fire a whopping 6 quality chances at him in the opening frame. He`s so incensed that he chops down a passing Blake Coleman and get`s 2 minutes for his troubles at 5:36.
The Patriots PP finally wakes up and Meier is on the spot to pounce on a loose puck at 6:24 to give the patriots a 1-0 lead.
Joel Eriksson-Ek is left alone in the slot and he rips one past Sorokin at 16:48 to give the Patriots a 2-0 lead going into the 2nd period.
Tage Thompson once again takes matters into his own hands and muscles past the Mammoths D to stake the Patriots to a 3-0 lead on a great individual effort.
Hakanpaa takes an ill advised roughing call at 10:00 sending the Mammoths PP to work. This time they wont be denied and Kucherov pots a goal off a nice slap pass from Ekblad at 11:36 to put the Mammoths back on the board. Hmmm…queue the comeback again?
Coleman and Backlund stir it up after the whistle and both go for 2 minutes at 12:24 and the teams muck about for the remainder of the period, with very little happening. Patriots up 3-1 after 2.
The 3rd period see’s a good start for the Patriots but Landeskog is denied in tight by Sorokin and the mammoths D tightens up and keeps the Patriots to outside and perimeter shots. The Patriots hold the edge in play, but at 17:12, Atkinson from Seguin and Ceci puts one past Kuemper to bring the Mammoths back to within one goal. The Patriots Jeff Petry misses an open net after the Mammoths pull Sorokin for the extra attacker, but Kuemper manages to hold the fort and the Patriots win 3-2 to take a 3-0 series lead.
Crouse had 1 HS blocked, Evans had 1 HS blocked and also had 2 more # in between those autoshots.
Patriots had 39 shots with 10 hard for 1 FC goal, 1 PP goal and 1 ES goal
Mammoths had 30 shots with 5 hard for 1 PP Goal and 1 ES goal.
Faceoffs were 24-25 for the Mammoths.
Pending coach O’Sheighs medical appointment on Friday, the Patriots and Mammoths may try to get in 2 more games next Saturday.
Shamrockville GM/Coach Daniel O’Sheigh nearly didn’t make the pre skate breakfast after being run off the road on his motorcycle going to meet GM/Coach Larry “Shaved Dice” Chang. Thankfully his well known cinder block head prevented any serious damage and the games went on as advertised.
GAME 1
Game 1 in The Ogres Den was a pure hockey clinic by Jason Robertson and Timo Meier, the 2 connecting for all 6 Shamrockville goals in a lopsided affair.
The first period see’s the Mammoths keeper, Sorokin, bombarded by quality chances left and right and only his supreme effort kept the Mammoths in it early.
Meier opens the scoring on the forecheck at 6:48, then promptly follows that up with a penalty at the end of his shift. No harm done on the ensuing PP by the Mammoths but they manage to draw back to even on a nice feed from Atkinson to Gaudreau who finds the back of the net past Kuemper at 12:48.
Moments later, at 13:36, Robertson finds himself alone in front for an easy tap in off of a Lindell shot for a 2-1 Shamrockville lead. Patriots had 5 chances in this period and it could have been much worse.
The 2nd period starts with Robertson heading to the box a mere :12 seconds into the frame, but again, the Patriots PK holds steady and bail him out. He returns the favor by jump starting the offense on the next shift and is rewarded with a goal off a slick no look pass from Landeskog to post the Patriots to a 3-1 lead at 3:36.
Mammoths defender Matt Grxz…Grezz…Matt Grizzlechuck goes off for holding at 4:24, but despite 2 quality chances, Sorkin holds the fort for the Mammoths.
The 10:00 mark sees Robertson alone on a line change and he makes no mistake and goes top shelf on Sorokin to extend the lead to 4-1, and a mere 2 minutes later, the usually calm Backlund launches an expletive laced tirade at the Patriots bench and get’s 2 for unsportsmanlike.
Things proceed to get chippy and Carlo goes off for 2 minutes at 14:24 for roughing, followed by Seguin at 16:00 for spearing. The refs step in and warn both benches and the teams trade a couple of shots before the 2nd comes to a close.
The 3rd period sees the Mammoths come out hard on the forecheck, maybe a little too hard though as Evans is called for a boarding minor at 3:36. The Patriots PP is unusually silent with multiple missed opportunities that usually result in goals.
Despite the special teams shortage, Timo Meier once again finds the back of the net off a crisp cross crease pass from Danault at 6:00 and it seems the Patriots are on cruise control.
Robertson finishes up his 4 goal night on a nice 3 way passing play from Thompson and Danault at 12:24 to send most of the visiting Mammoth fans to their cars. The Mammoths then take a bench minor at 15:12 and send Gaudreau to the box hoping to spring him once it expires. Turns out they don’t need to as they have Super Tanev on their side who goes coast to coast SH, at 16:48 and deposits the biscuit into the gravy to give the Mammoths some momentum heading into game 2. He then further ramps up his teammates by getting into some glove washing with Meier at 18:24 before the final whistle goes.
Patriots win this one 6-2.
Patriots had 47 shots, 13 quality for 1 FC goal, 5 ES goals.
Mammoths had 21 shots, 6 quality for 1 SH goal and 1 ES goal.
Faceoffs were 25 – 22 for Shamrockville.
Both Kucherov and Seguin had a hard shot blocked and Evans hit a # in between 2 auto shots twice.
GAME 2
Game 2 in Shamrockville starts off well for Shamrockville again, aside from Trenin going to the box at 11:12 for a pretty lame cross check call.
Game 1 hero Robertson opens the scoring at 15:12 on a break out pass from Eriksson-Ek to put the Patriots up by 1. Things are going smooth, lot’s of turnovers, scrumming in the corners and wasting time, until Nichushkin is called for closing his hand on the puck and is sent off for 2 at the 18:00 mark. Trouble is brewing for the Patriots, but Alex Formenton catches the Mammoths D napping and breaks in on a Lindell stretch pass to score a SH goal at 18:48, sending the Patriots into the break up 2-0.
The 2nd period starts off hot again for the home team as Thompson and Meier play some give and go, with Thompson scoring on a wide open net past a sprawling Murray at 1:36. Patriots up 3-0.
The teams slow it down, playing some old school grinding playoff hockey and not much happens until Marchment takes 2 at 8:24, no damage on the ensuing PP. Neither teams special teams are very good in this game as Tanev goes off at 12:00 sending the Patriots onto the PP. Once again the patriots PP is silent as well. The teams finish the 2nd period with the Patriots up 3-0 and things look bleak for the Mammoths.
The 3rd period see’s some life in the Mammoths as Zibanajad strikes early at 3:12 on a stretch pass from Ekblad to cut the lead to 3-1. At 11:12 Kucherov, from Ekblad and Zibanajad strikes to close the gap to 3-2….where have we seen this movie before? Johhny Gaudreau turns into Johnny Rotten and piles on at 12:00 from Atkinson and Edmundson to tie the game up, because…of course he would…why not? And ya know what happens at 14:00? Yep ol’ Johnny is at it again to stake the Mammoths to a 4-3 lead. Cause you know…saves and all…don’t really exist when you need just one right?
Speaking of which….with the Patriots desperately trying to tie things up, Tage “Wunderkid” Thompson decides he’s had enough of this Mammoth uprising and goes coast to coast, deking Ekblad out of his jock strap and roofs a goal past Murray to tie the game up at 18:36.
Hold onto your hats folks….here we go into OT.
Some serious words were heard echoing from the Patriots locker room after this defensive breakdown and the Patriots come back to the bench properly ashamed of themselves. Who lets a 3 goal lead go inside 4 minutes in the 3rd period…I mean aside from the Leafs.
OT seems to be all Patriots as the weary Mammoths can only summon 3 shots on goal, while the Patriots rip 8 shots at Murray and Thompson finally solves him for the 5-4 Patriots win.
After the bumps and scrapes of his accident, I don’t think Coach O’Sheigh would have appreciated an aneurysm on top of that.
Patriots have 41 shots 10 quality, 1 SH goal, 4 ES goals
Mammoths have 32 shots, 6 quality for 4 ES goals.
Faceoffs were 27-17 for the Patriots.
With the games going so quickly, coach O`Sheigh and coach Chang decide to get in one of the Mammoths’ home games and proceed to knock out game 3 as well.
GAME 3
Game 3 in Revelstoke sees Sorokin again holding his team in early while they flounder and flail at the puck. The Patriots fire a whopping 6 quality chances at him in the opening frame. He`s so incensed that he chops down a passing Blake Coleman and get`s 2 minutes for his troubles at 5:36.
The Patriots PP finally wakes up and Meier is on the spot to pounce on a loose puck at 6:24 to give the patriots a 1-0 lead.
Joel Eriksson-Ek is left alone in the slot and he rips one past Sorokin at 16:48 to give the Patriots a 2-0 lead going into the 2nd period.
Tage Thompson once again takes matters into his own hands and muscles past the Mammoths D to stake the Patriots to a 3-0 lead on a great individual effort.
Hakanpaa takes an ill advised roughing call at 10:00 sending the Mammoths PP to work. This time they wont be denied and Kucherov pots a goal off a nice slap pass from Ekblad at 11:36 to put the Mammoths back on the board. Hmmm…queue the comeback again?
Coleman and Backlund stir it up after the whistle and both go for 2 minutes at 12:24 and the teams muck about for the remainder of the period, with very little happening. Patriots up 3-1 after 2.
The 3rd period see’s a good start for the Patriots but Landeskog is denied in tight by Sorokin and the mammoths D tightens up and keeps the Patriots to outside and perimeter shots. The Patriots hold the edge in play, but at 17:12, Atkinson from Seguin and Ceci puts one past Kuemper to bring the Mammoths back to within one goal. The Patriots Jeff Petry misses an open net after the Mammoths pull Sorokin for the extra attacker, but Kuemper manages to hold the fort and the Patriots win 3-2 to take a 3-0 series lead.
Crouse had 1 HS blocked, Evans had 1 HS blocked and also had 2 more # in between those autoshots.
Patriots had 39 shots with 10 hard for 1 FC goal, 1 PP goal and 1 ES goal
Mammoths had 30 shots with 5 hard for 1 PP Goal and 1 ES goal.
Faceoffs were 24-25 for the Mammoths.
Pending coach O’Sheighs medical appointment on Friday, the Patriots and Mammoths may try to get in 2 more games next Saturday.
