PP line to start the period:: Nodl, JVR, Labrecque, Yadlowski, Bourdon. This is clearly our top scoring line for the game, with both Nodl and JVR on it. JVR plants himself at the crease again. He is a BIG guy, or the Caps D are medium-sized; either way, he towers over them and the goalie (who appears to be in for the entire game). Actually, if I remember the name from last season, the Capitals' backup is a guy from their front office, who filled in as backup during the season last year. So I wouldn't say he's on their depth chart. :)
ANYWAY, back to reality. nice butterfly stop by DeSerres, after a couple minutes' worth of inactivity as we were in the Washington end. Clackson Thomas Hostetter Lehtivuori Beaulieu. Another feisty line, with Clacker and Beau on it, :They rush it to the Caps end, and Beau blasts the puck in from the point so we can make a line change.
Back in our end, and DeSerres keeps his cool during a scramble where the puck squeaked by our defender Yadlowski and in on goal anyway.
This period has had a lot more end-to-end play, rather than long stretches spent in one zone or the other. 4:45 left in the period: SOG Flyers 23, Capitals 28 and the Flyers are about to get a PP.
Nice D in front of the Caps net prevented Wellwood fro9m getting a chance at the creases edge. Bah, a Capital strips Lehtivuori of the puck behind our net. The ensuing shot attempt against us goes wide. We dodged that bullet, and back we go to the Caps end. Washington keeps clearing the puck on us, though, so we are not doing much on this PP. We haven't really been able to set up. Oh, there goes the goalie freezing the puck, so maybe we will get a chance from the faceoff.; JVR and Nodl in front just can't get a handle on the puck, though they try. A bit of scrambling around in the Caps end later, the PP is over. Out come Rinaldo Clackson, Thomas, Sloane, Marshall. NICE defensive positioning by Sloane to keep a rebound from being shot into the wide open net. No way could DeSerres have gone post to post that fast.
SCOOOORE on the ensuing rush! 6-3 Flyers. SOG Flyers 25, Capitals 29. There were just over 11 minutes remaining in the period.
OK, we are getting this back and forth tendency again. The Flyers are not a team that's constructed for river hockey, so even though this is our prospects and not the regular team, I would like to see us settle down and start pressuring the Capitals in their own end again. There, they must have heard me typing, as we are set up in front of Washington's net. Not that we got any SOG to show for it, but time spent in their end is time spent not defending OUR net. So that works for me, too.
Another shift, and down we go to the Caps end again. This time it's JVR/Nodl's line. Rinaldo is the third forward, and he charges the puck down the ice like it's on fire. The save gets made, but Rinaldo is another one who has created nice chances for himself in this game. I'm pleased with him and Labrecque.
Pooh, I hate when I can't see over everyone standing up and a fight is in progress.; Finally, the bout came out far enough to the center that I could see Clackson whaling away on number 65, Jasinsky. When the linesmen pried them apart, Jasinsky was yelling goodness-knows-what at Clackson. I don't think he was offering to send Christmss cards to Clackson, though. Speaking of whom, Clackson is departing the game with 8:02 remaining. So, it seems, is the Caps' 88, Bruess. Boy, I really do hope we get a box score. I would love to know what that was about, as Bruess wasn't even in the fight.
JVR!!! Scores! People wave hats at him, as the netting prevents us from throwing them onto the ice.
Klotz also got into it with someone a few minues later. He started off dominating the bout, then the Cap got in some licks of his own... but the end result was a largely jerseyless Capital.
Bellamy and someone else (Bouchard) get into a jawing match. Both wound up going off for two minutes. The rest of the game was played at 4 on 4, as there was 1:51 remaining at the time.
The final score was Flyers 7, Capitals 3. SOG Flyers 27, Capitals 32.
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Friday, September 11, 2009
Prospects game: Flyers vs Capitals, 9/11/09: Second Period
We began the period on the PK. Bourdon Kalinski Sinisalo and Yadlowski were out. So far so good. Morrison stopped the two shots that came at him in the first minute.
NICE kick save, Morrison!
SH breaik Rinaldo; the save is made but we draw a penalty with 2:12 remaining on our PK. Actually, a penalty shot ensues (in lieu of a penalty). The goalie makes the save again. On the next shift, Rinaldo managed to get Godfrey (Caps), who was trying to hit him, with an elbow as Godfrey tried to make contact and fell down. No call.
Aah, phooey. Caps tie he game 2-2 with 1:40 left in the PK. I pretty much would have preferred the Caps to kill a penalty a little while ago instead of having us get a penalty shot. At least then we would have been at 4 on 4 for most of the rest of that freakihg major.
ANYWAY... JVR with Kalinski for a PK pair, along with Bourdon and Yadlowski. They clear it well. SOG with 43 seconds left in the PK, SOG is Caps 13, Flyers 9, and the Caps are getting a penalty of their own. 67 (Casavant) goes.
YEAH -- 9 seconds into the infraction, we score. 3-2 Flyers. :)
JVR, one on one, takes a SOG from the right faceoff circle. No dice. But he crashes the crease a few moments later and we score another time from a scramble in front. 4-2 Flyers. It was probably JVR but I didn't see who actually shoved the loose puck in; there was too much traffic.
Thomas is back on the ice, so he was not ejected from the game.
SOG after our 4th goal are Flyers 12, Caps 13.
14:29 left in the period, and the Caps 76 (Mitchell) goes off for two minutes. PP line Marshall Kalinski Sinisalo Wellwood Sloane are out. Marshall's shot through a screen got deflected wide. Our next attempt was frozen by the goalie for a faceoff. Next PP line Labrecque JVR Nodl Hostetter Lehtivuori. JVR is planted at the crease again, and he is big enough to dwarf the Caps D. Now if we could get the flipping puck on net, that would be helpful. Gah, through the crease doesn't count. Finally Hostetter gets the puck on net at the last moment in the PP. The goalie saves it, though. SOG at end of PP Flyers 15, Capitals 12.
We are back at even strength. and we are doing well with getting the puck out. Klotz crashes the crease in a big way, and gives a whack to the defender who tries to dislodge him. Good luck moving him: Klotz is a BIG kid. No call on the whack, btw.
NICE SAVE MORRISON back in our end.
Bah, while defending our goal, we seem to have picked up a penalty. Yadlowski goes. They aren't even bothering to announce penalties or goals anymore. I guess they realize it's a lost cause with the acoustics in here. Even with the rink jammed with people, there is still way too much echo.
Anyway, PKing is on the menu with Sinisalo Kalinski, Hostetter and Lehtivuori.
Nice save by Morrison and then nice D by Bourdon to get the rebound out of harm's way.
The PK is over but the Caps are still swarming in our end. We need to make them Go Away.
SOG with 8:34 left, Flyers 15, Capitals 17. Change in goal for the Flyers: DeSerres comes in. Morrison exits to well-deserved applause. Unlike in a regular game, they are allowing the goalie to take a few shots to warm up. Good. No need to let these kdis get damaged during an exhibition game.
Even strength grouping: Nodl, JVR,, Lehtivuori, Hostetter, wellwood.
Even strength grouping: Beaulieu, Bellamy, Klotz -- our fiesty line :). Marshall and Sloane on D.
PP with 6:31 left in the period. SOG Flyers 16, Capitals 17.
PP group JVR, Sinisalo, Kalinski, Yadlowski, Bourdon.
GAH nice save by DeSerres on a giveaway in our end. We shouldn't be giving up SH chances to the Capitals like that, but DeSerres was up to the challenge.
AAAH heck, so close! Our shot caused a rebound to go into the slot, just barely past Labrecque . The Caps got to the puck first and cleared it out. Marshall gets another chance, but again the rebound just eludes Labrecque. If that kid keeps positioning himself like he is, though, he's sure to put something in. He's doing the right things by being where he can make himself dangerous.
Thomas has gone off again, so we are on a PK and De Serres is doinjg a nice job. He had some ups and downs last year at this time, but today he is definitely on an "up" so far. :) Nice lateral move on his part just there.
PK: Sinisalo Wellwood Lehtivuori, and OH FARG a bad, bad line change leaves a bunch of Caps going in en masse on a breakaway. They take advantage of it and score. 4-3 Flyers.
OK, guys, can we get out of our end now? We are at even strength but we are having issues getting our rears in gear. SOG with 1:35 left in the period: Flyers 19, Caps 24. Ah, that's better. Out we go.
Rinaldo nails a Capital who was clearing the puck out of his end. Said Capital (Hauswirth) gives Rinaldo a small thump on the rump with his stickblade.
Nodl and JVR rush in, finally we are looking like we did earlier in the period. JVR!!!! Score! Apparently his second goal of the game, presuming he got that goal from the mad scramble earlier in the game. Anyway, he fired from the right faceoff circle and got nothing but net. No way the goalie was going to get across the net that fast, unless he teleported. 5-3 Flyers.
Oh, now we have nice momentum going, too bad there's under 20 seconds remaining in the period. And there goes the buzzer.
SOG at the end of the second period: Flyers 20, Capitals 24.
Surprise -- we have a PP. Where did THAT come from? ;) So we will start the third period with a man advantage for 1:26. The score is Flyers 5, Capitals 3.
NICE kick save, Morrison!
SH breaik Rinaldo; the save is made but we draw a penalty with 2:12 remaining on our PK. Actually, a penalty shot ensues (in lieu of a penalty). The goalie makes the save again. On the next shift, Rinaldo managed to get Godfrey (Caps), who was trying to hit him, with an elbow as Godfrey tried to make contact and fell down. No call.
Aah, phooey. Caps tie he game 2-2 with 1:40 left in the PK. I pretty much would have preferred the Caps to kill a penalty a little while ago instead of having us get a penalty shot. At least then we would have been at 4 on 4 for most of the rest of that freakihg major.
ANYWAY... JVR with Kalinski for a PK pair, along with Bourdon and Yadlowski. They clear it well. SOG with 43 seconds left in the PK, SOG is Caps 13, Flyers 9, and the Caps are getting a penalty of their own. 67 (Casavant) goes.
YEAH -- 9 seconds into the infraction, we score. 3-2 Flyers. :)
JVR, one on one, takes a SOG from the right faceoff circle. No dice. But he crashes the crease a few moments later and we score another time from a scramble in front. 4-2 Flyers. It was probably JVR but I didn't see who actually shoved the loose puck in; there was too much traffic.
Thomas is back on the ice, so he was not ejected from the game.
SOG after our 4th goal are Flyers 12, Caps 13.
14:29 left in the period, and the Caps 76 (Mitchell) goes off for two minutes. PP line Marshall Kalinski Sinisalo Wellwood Sloane are out. Marshall's shot through a screen got deflected wide. Our next attempt was frozen by the goalie for a faceoff. Next PP line Labrecque JVR Nodl Hostetter Lehtivuori. JVR is planted at the crease again, and he is big enough to dwarf the Caps D. Now if we could get the flipping puck on net, that would be helpful. Gah, through the crease doesn't count. Finally Hostetter gets the puck on net at the last moment in the PP. The goalie saves it, though. SOG at end of PP Flyers 15, Capitals 12.
We are back at even strength. and we are doing well with getting the puck out. Klotz crashes the crease in a big way, and gives a whack to the defender who tries to dislodge him. Good luck moving him: Klotz is a BIG kid. No call on the whack, btw.
NICE SAVE MORRISON back in our end.
Bah, while defending our goal, we seem to have picked up a penalty. Yadlowski goes. They aren't even bothering to announce penalties or goals anymore. I guess they realize it's a lost cause with the acoustics in here. Even with the rink jammed with people, there is still way too much echo.
Anyway, PKing is on the menu with Sinisalo Kalinski, Hostetter and Lehtivuori.
Nice save by Morrison and then nice D by Bourdon to get the rebound out of harm's way.
The PK is over but the Caps are still swarming in our end. We need to make them Go Away.
SOG with 8:34 left, Flyers 15, Capitals 17. Change in goal for the Flyers: DeSerres comes in. Morrison exits to well-deserved applause. Unlike in a regular game, they are allowing the goalie to take a few shots to warm up. Good. No need to let these kdis get damaged during an exhibition game.
Even strength grouping: Nodl, JVR,, Lehtivuori, Hostetter, wellwood.
Even strength grouping: Beaulieu, Bellamy, Klotz -- our fiesty line :). Marshall and Sloane on D.
PP with 6:31 left in the period. SOG Flyers 16, Capitals 17.
PP group JVR, Sinisalo, Kalinski, Yadlowski, Bourdon.
GAH nice save by DeSerres on a giveaway in our end. We shouldn't be giving up SH chances to the Capitals like that, but DeSerres was up to the challenge.
AAAH heck, so close! Our shot caused a rebound to go into the slot, just barely past Labrecque . The Caps got to the puck first and cleared it out. Marshall gets another chance, but again the rebound just eludes Labrecque. If that kid keeps positioning himself like he is, though, he's sure to put something in. He's doing the right things by being where he can make himself dangerous.
Thomas has gone off again, so we are on a PK and De Serres is doinjg a nice job. He had some ups and downs last year at this time, but today he is definitely on an "up" so far. :) Nice lateral move on his part just there.
PK: Sinisalo Wellwood Lehtivuori, and OH FARG a bad, bad line change leaves a bunch of Caps going in en masse on a breakaway. They take advantage of it and score. 4-3 Flyers.
OK, guys, can we get out of our end now? We are at even strength but we are having issues getting our rears in gear. SOG with 1:35 left in the period: Flyers 19, Caps 24. Ah, that's better. Out we go.
Rinaldo nails a Capital who was clearing the puck out of his end. Said Capital (Hauswirth) gives Rinaldo a small thump on the rump with his stickblade.
Nodl and JVR rush in, finally we are looking like we did earlier in the period. JVR!!!! Score! Apparently his second goal of the game, presuming he got that goal from the mad scramble earlier in the game. Anyway, he fired from the right faceoff circle and got nothing but net. No way the goalie was going to get across the net that fast, unless he teleported. 5-3 Flyers.
Oh, now we have nice momentum going, too bad there's under 20 seconds remaining in the period. And there goes the buzzer.
SOG at the end of the second period: Flyers 20, Capitals 24.
Surprise -- we have a PP. Where did THAT come from? ;) So we will start the third period with a man advantage for 1:26. The score is Flyers 5, Capitals 3.
Prospects game: Flyers vs Capitals, 9/11/09: First Period
I lost the starting lineup when my computer crashed partway through the period. Phooey. I am hoping that they post a regular box score for this game online, at which point we will get some of the details that are missed on here.
I do have a roster for both teams, so later on, I will update any numbers in the recap and insert players' names instead.
Morrison started in goal for us; our other netminder is DeSerres.
We killed the first penalty when one of our guys nailed the Cap who had just passed the puck, Dubic, at the Caps half-boards. With two seconds left in our PK, Clackson got into a fight with someone whom I couldnt see because the dang linesman was in the way. I would award points to both combatants, with the Cap getting at least one takedown (they bounced back up) and Clackson landing some nice punches. I can't say I'm surprised to see a Caps prospect challenging the guy who was the Phantoms' top fighter last year. Nor am I surprised to see that Clackson was willing to throw down.
During the ensuing PP, because the Caps got assessed an extra two minutes out of the sequence of events leading to the fight, we scored. It's well-nigh impossible to understand anything being said over the PA in here; it sounds like Charlie Brown's teacher is announcing the goals and penalties.But at any rate, we got a PP goal. Again, we will have to wait for what I hope is a Real Box Score for some of the specifics.
The Caps tied the game after a flurry in front of our net which started when number Bruess of the Caps left his feet in his attempt to challenge our defenseman at the point. He did get the puck into our zone, and though Morrison made the initial stops, we couldn't seem to get the puck away from them and eventually they put it in. There was nothing Morrison could do with that.
We scored again to take a 2-1 lead, and again the announcement was unintelligible.
Soon afterward, our Thomas got a five-minute major after yet another Capital was hit at the Caps half boards and remained in a heap on the ice. I can't tell if it was just the fice minutes or if he was ejected into the bargain, as this time there was NO announcement, unintelligible or otherwise, of the penalties.I guess we'll see if he comes back during the second period or not.
At the end of the first period, the Flyers have 4:05 left on the PK. SOG are Flyers 8, Capitals 9. The Flyers currently lead 2-1.
I do have a roster for both teams, so later on, I will update any numbers in the recap and insert players' names instead.
Morrison started in goal for us; our other netminder is DeSerres.
We killed the first penalty when one of our guys nailed the Cap who had just passed the puck, Dubic, at the Caps half-boards. With two seconds left in our PK, Clackson got into a fight with someone whom I couldnt see because the dang linesman was in the way. I would award points to both combatants, with the Cap getting at least one takedown (they bounced back up) and Clackson landing some nice punches. I can't say I'm surprised to see a Caps prospect challenging the guy who was the Phantoms' top fighter last year. Nor am I surprised to see that Clackson was willing to throw down.
During the ensuing PP, because the Caps got assessed an extra two minutes out of the sequence of events leading to the fight, we scored. It's well-nigh impossible to understand anything being said over the PA in here; it sounds like Charlie Brown's teacher is announcing the goals and penalties.But at any rate, we got a PP goal. Again, we will have to wait for what I hope is a Real Box Score for some of the specifics.
The Caps tied the game after a flurry in front of our net which started when number Bruess of the Caps left his feet in his attempt to challenge our defenseman at the point. He did get the puck into our zone, and though Morrison made the initial stops, we couldn't seem to get the puck away from them and eventually they put it in. There was nothing Morrison could do with that.
We scored again to take a 2-1 lead, and again the announcement was unintelligible.
Soon afterward, our Thomas got a five-minute major after yet another Capital was hit at the Caps half boards and remained in a heap on the ice. I can't tell if it was just the fice minutes or if he was ejected into the bargain, as this time there was NO announcement, unintelligible or otherwise, of the penalties.I guess we'll see if he comes back during the second period or not.
At the end of the first period, the Flyers have 4:05 left on the PK. SOG are Flyers 8, Capitals 9. The Flyers currently lead 2-1.
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