Ahhhh, its been a couple of weeks, a couple of busy weeks. Not a lot of hockey news to talk about. Well, there is, but whatever.
Ams came back from a road trip (finally) that went pretty well. A little shaky at first, but the team rebounded nicely and finished .500 through the eastern swing. Thats really all I'm going to say about that.
As for Shinnimins suspension - deserved and fair, and thats all im going to say about that...
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BACK TO THE PRESENT
What a game we had last night. A rough, gritty, grind it out physical game against a team that does just that so well. The guys matched Calgary's game plan and it worked. The Americans team known more for its speed, and high scoring ability brought a different game last night and it was wildly entertaining.
The first period saw no scoring as both teams had several chances. The best scoring chance came on an extended (really long) 5 on 3 for the Hitmen. I was pretty nervous but the Ams got several chances to clear, and there wasn't too much of a threat.
-The game went on and I noted several things:
:Stebner will be a good addition, looks like he spent most of the night perched in fron of Drew, and as a big body, that will most likely be his role, until he at least gets comfortable in the system.
: With Shinnimin out, Olstad got a lot of playing time last night. I mean awholehueckuvalot. We saw more of his gritty play and seemed to be everywhere on the ice. I noticed toward the end of the game he may have been a little slower, and he didnt win as many face offs. I was also kind of hoping hed pick another mis-match fight...just for entertainment purposes.
: Yuen had a moment of awesomeness when he came into the zone with no help against two D-Men, deked both of them and ended up in the slot by himself.......and then wiffed and fell. Even though there wasn't a shot it was still a great series of events and Jessica and I both said 'wow'.
:Drew seemed very focused in net last night, like he had something to prove. Great game for him, I felt he deserved the first star.
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Finally we got to some scoring:
"With 7:27 left in the period, Zachary Yuen dumped the puck into the right corner, where Macek would drive hard in after it. Out of the corner, Macek sent a feed to Adam Hughesman, who fired a shot past Juraj Holly. With his team-leading 8th goal of the season, Hughesman gave the Americans the 1-0 lead."
Jessica was about to get upset because of the though of OT making us miss Sons of Anarchy...then we scored. Woo!
Then 6 minutes into the third the guys showed more passing skills when Feser went down behind the net and slipped a pass into the slot for a hard crashing Brooks Macek who found the net.
At this point I turned to Jessica and said, great now were going to try and sit on it...sure enough the Hitmen won the faceoff and took control in the zone, scoring just a 1:30 after. Just as I finished shaking my head, Holland carried the puck into the zone with a 2 on 2. Holly (the hitmens netminder) expected pass and was in position to stop that and Holland instead ordered top shelf from the boards...a nifty wrister 18 seconds after the Hitmen had scored.
So we bumped up to 3-1 and the Ams held on for the win.
Three Stars:
1, Patrick Holland, Tri-City
2, Drew Owsley, Tri-City
3, Justin Feser, Tri-City
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Sam Grist was scratched last night, not sure why, didn't see any injury report or anything. Ill be looking into that.
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