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  • NA Juniors Playoff Game Night: 4-22-13
    4 weeks 3 hours ago

    Ontario Hockey League

    (E1)Belleville Bulls 4 @ (E2)Barrie Colts 5 (OT)
    Barrie leads Best-of-7 Eastern Conference Finals, 2-1

    D Jake Dotchin, BAR: 1-0-1, +1, 2 PIM
    Playoff totals: 11 GP, 1-4-5, +7, 21 PIM
    Season totals: 66 GP, 4-18-22, E, 81 PIM
    With Barrie: 28 GP, 2-6-8, -1, 42 PIM
    With Owen Sound: 38 GP, 2-12-14, +1, 39 PIM

    Bolt prospect Jake Dotchin scored his first career playoff goal, helping his Colts to a 5-4 overtime win and a 2-1 series lead over Belleville. Dotchin’s goal was scored in the second period and gave the Colts a 3-2 lead. Bruins first rounder Malcolm Subban stopped 43 of 48 shots for the overtime loss. It was another Bruins prospect, Anthony Camara, who scored the game winner for Barrie against Subban. Game 4 is Wednesday.

  • NA Juniors Playoff Game Night: 4-21-13
    4 weeks 19 hours ago

    Quebec Major Junior Hockey League

    (8)Rouyn-Noranda Huskies 4 @ (1)Halifax Mooseheads 5 (OT)
    Halifax leads Best-of-7 Semifinals, 2-0

    W Nikita Kucherov, R-N: 0-0-0, -1, 0 PIM, 0 SOG, 0 Hits
    Playoff totals: 12 GP, 9-11-20, +10, 10 PIM
    Season totals: 33 GP, 29-34-63, +17, 14 PIM
    With R-N: 27 GP, 26-27-53, +18, 12 PIM
    With Quebec: 6 GP, 3-7-10, -1, 2 PIM

    Halifax got an overtime goal from Matthew Frk (Red Wings) to give the Mooseheads the win and a 2-0 lead in their QMJHL semifinal series against Nikita Kucherov and Rouyn-Noranda. Halifax not only kept Kucherov, who came into the game with five goals in his last two games, without a point, but without a shot. Elite 2013 prospects Nathan MacKinnon and Jonathan Druin both had one goal and four points apiece. Game 3 is Tuesday in Rouyn-Noranda.

  • NHL Game Night: 4-21-13 Hurricanes at Lightning
    4 weeks 1 day ago

    Competitive? Check. Strategic? Check.

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    TB-2

    Anders Lindback allowed 3 goals on 28 shots for the loss in his return from a high ankle sprain. I'm going to chalk up his first period performance to rust and compliment him on shutting the door the rest of the way. That's what good goaltenders do after they stub their toes in the opening frame.

    First Period
    00:16 CAR Semin (12), (E. Staal)
    10:45 CAR Tlusty (20), (Semin, Corvo)
    18:46 CAR Tlusty (21), (E. Staal, Semin)

    Second Period
    10:07 TB Stamkos (28), (Salo, St. Louis)(PP)

    Third Period
    02:16 TB St. Louis (13), (Lecavalier)

    Martin St. Louis was the game's second star.

    Again, the big thing for me in garbage time of the season is seeing effort and competitiveness. This string of 1-goal losses may not be the greatest for morale, but they show a team that is still trying and, whether we like to admit it or not, they're helping the Lightning strategically by improving potential draft position. Carolina leapfrogging Tampa Bay now puts the Lightning with the third most ping pong balls, 3 points ahead of Colorado in the standings. And, after 40 minutes, Colorado currently leads in their game 4-2. If they hold on, the Lightning move closer to having the second most ping pong balls.

    Why is that important? This is a 3+1 draft, which is to say there are 3 really coveted franchise caliber prospects and 1 wild card (Nichushkin). If the Lightning are in position in the top-3, they might be able to land top defenseman Seth Jones. But, even if they can't, having the opportunity to draft one of the two coveted forwards out of the QMJHL gives the Lightning a lot of flexibility. They could trade the pick for an NHL defenseman. They could hold onto the pick, use it, and trade one of the valuable young forwards they already have for an NHL defenseman. Or, they could trade down and try to extract a king's ransom and take multiple defensemen later in the top-60 in a very deep draft. The world definitely opens up if the Lightning pick in the top-3.

    Alex Killorn was -1 with 1 shot in 15:27.

    Richard Panik was -1 with 2 penalty minutes and 2 shots in 13:03.

    Radko Gudas was +1 with 2 penalty minutes, 1 shot, and 5 hits in 14:10.

    Pierre-Cedric Labrie had 2 penalty minutes, 4 hits, and 1 blocked shot in 12:11.

    Box score and extended statistics from NHL.com.

  • AHL Game Day: 4-21-13 Senators at Crunch
    4 weeks 1 day ago

    Get away day at War Memorial.

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    SYR-1

    Pat Nagle allowed 5 goals on 37 shots for the loss. That was Nagle's second appearance of his AHL career and his first decision as the Crunch threw out a B lineup and B effort with nothing much to play for in the last regular season game.

    First Period
    BNG Cowick, (16) (Grant, Schneider), 14:13

    Second Period
    BNG Grant, (19) (Wideman), 1:56
    BNG Ceci, (1) (Da Costa, Stone), 4:28

    Third Period
    SYR Sustr, (2) (Barberio, Sexton), 6:47 (PP)
    BNG Schneider, (17) (Cowick), 12:13
    BNG Robinson, (2) (Cannone), 19:17

    Dan Sexton was the game's third star.

    Tyler Johnson was not allowed to sniff the ice. Not surprising. Artem Sergeev made his AHL debut in the game. Again, not surprising. The kids were going to play in this one.

    With Portland getting thumped by Bridgeport 4-1, Syracuse's first round opponent is now set. The third seeded Crunch will draw the sixth seeded Pirates. To be honest, if I had to pick an opponent, Portland's not the scariest one on the board. When you look at their lineup, they have some nice defensemen but lack scoring depth up front and, above all, their goaltending doesn't really terrify you. This first round series may be the toughest one for Syracuse to get past, so I am fairly relieved they didn't draw a team like Wilkes-Barre/Scranton right away.

    Box score from TheAHL.com.

  • ECHL Playoff Game Night: 4-20-13
    4 weeks 1 day ago

    (4)Florida Everblades 2 vs. (1)Reading Royals 3
    Quarterfinals: The best-of-seven series is tied 1-1

    D Charles Landry, FLA: 0-0-0, -1, 0 SOG, 5 PIM (fighting)
    Playoff totals: 8 GP, 0-1-1, -1, 9 PIM
    Season totals: 51 GP, 4-12-16, +7, 33 PIM

    Florida was able to split a two-goal deficit late in the first period but Reading answered early in the middle frame and, though the Everblades got within one again with several minutes remaining in regulation, was able to hold off the visitors in order to even the series at a game apiece. The Eastern Conference's best club during the regular season, the Royals again managed to more than double up the Everblades in shots, by a margin of 40-17. Florida again went 1-for-4 with the man-advantage while Reading was slightly more efficient in this contest than in the opening match, scoring once on five power play opportunities. Jesse Deckert was yanked in favor of Brady Hjelle after stopping just 11 of 14 shots in 20:18 of action. Hjelle played the next 38:21, fending off all 26 Royals shots in the process. The series now moves to Estero where both clubs will resume hostilities again on Wednesday night.

    Official Recap | Box Score

  • Crunch Clinch Division With Win Over Sharks, 4-3
    4 weeks 2 days ago


    By Jeremy Houghtaling

    JT Wyman doesn't classify himself as a shootout specialist.

    But after the Syracuse surrendered a three-goal lead in the third period, the Crunch forward found himself up in the shootout with a chance to win the game and clinch the East Division title.

    Wyman tried to focus on the task at hand. He had an idea of where he wanted to shoot, and did his best to read Worcester Sharks goalie Alex Stalock.

    "I'm not really thinking about that when I'm going down there," Wyman said of the division implications.

    Wyman made it to the top of the circles and wired a shot over Stalock's glove. The goal emptied the Crunch bench, as the team celebrated the 4-3 win and the franchise's second division title and first since 2001-02.

  • AHL Game Night: 4-20-13 Sharks at Crunch
    4 weeks 2 days ago

    Syracuse wins the AHL East Division title... barely.

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    SYR-4 (SO)

    Cedrick Desjardins allowed 3 goals on 22 shots before stopping all 3 shooters he faced in the penalty shot session for the SOW.

    First Period
    SYR Connolly, (31) (Sexton, Barberio), 11:39

    Second Period
    SYR Devos, (7) (Connolly, Namestnikov), 3:50
    SYR Johnson, (37) (Brown, Cote), 5:40

    Third Period
    WOR Gogol, (4) (Comrie, Demelo), 6:37
    WOR Hayes, (3) (Comrie, Tarasov), 8:20
    WOR Tarasov, (14) , 12:26

    Overtime
    NO SCORING

    Shootout
    WOR- NONE
    SYR- Sexton, Connolly, Wyman

    Brett Connolly and Tyler Johnson were the game's first and second stars.

    My God, they made that so much harder than it needed to be. Syracuse needed the win tonight to nail down the division title with Binghamton defeating Hershey, and they looked in good shape holding a 3-0 lead heading into the final frame against a non-playoff team. And then the bottom fell out. Thank goodness they were able to get the extra point in the skills gimmick, because if they didn't Binghamton coming to town tomorrow could've stole the division title with a regulation win.

    Now tomorrow's game looks to be rather meaningless, and I wouldn't be surprised if certain key players like Mark Barberio, Connolly, and Johnson find most of their ice time given to younger players for precautionary reasons.

    Box score from TheAHL.com.

  • NA Juniors Playoff Game Night: 4-20-13
    4 weeks 2 days ago

    Quebec Major Junior Hockey League

    (8)Rouyn-Noranda Huskies 4 @ (1)Halifax Mooseheads 6
    Halifax leads Best-of-7 Semifinals, 1-0

    W Nikita Kucherov, R-N: 2-0-2, +1, 0 PIM, 5 SOG, 0 Hits
    Playoff totals: 11 GP, 9-11-20, +11, 10 PIM
    Season totals: 33 GP, 29-34-63, +17, 14 PIM
    With R-N: 27 GP, 26-27-53, +18, 12 PIM
    With Quebec: 6 GP, 3-7-10, -1, 2 PIM

    Bolt prospect Nikita Kucherov scored twice, but it wasn’t enough for the upstart Huskies to upset heavily favored Halifax in Game 1 of their semifinal series. Nathan MacKinnon, who will go top-3 in this summer’s draft, scored three times and added an assist. His teammate, Jonathan Druin, who is also expected to go top-3, had two goals and five points. Kucherov has five goals and eight points in his last two games. Game 2 is Sunday in Nova Scotia.

    Ontario Hockey League

    (E2)Barrie Colts 5 @ (E1)Belleville Bulls 0
    Best-of-7 Eastern Conference Finals tied, 1-1

    D Jake Dotchin, BAR: 0-0-0, +1, 0 PIM
    Playoff totals: 10 GP, 0-3-3, +5, 19 PIM
    Season totals: 66 GP, 4-18-22, E, 81 PIM
    With Barrie: 28 GP, 2-6-8, -1, 42 PIM
    With Owen Sound: 38 GP, 2-12-14, +1, 39 PIM

    Barrie got to Bulls goalie Malcolm Subban early and often beating him five times en route to a 5-0 Game 2 win. Colts goalie Mathias Niederberger (undrafted) stopped 32 shots for the shutout. Game 3 is on Monday in Barrie.

  • NA Juniors Playoff Game Night: 4-19-13
    4 weeks 2 days ago

    Quebec Major Junior Hockey League

    (3)Blainville-Boisbriand Armada 1 @ (2)Baie-Comeau Drakkar 2
    Drakkar lead best-of-7 semifinals, 1-0

    C Cedric Paquette, BLB: 0-0-0, E, 4 PIM, 2 SOG, 4 Hits
    Playoff totals: 10 GP, 7-5-12, +5, 17 PIM
    Season totals: 63 GP, 27-56-83, +29, 103 PIM

    The Drakkar struck first in their semifinal series with the Armada, scoring a 2-1 win. The winning goal was scored on the power play near the mid-point of the final period.

    Ontario Hockey League

    (E2)Barrie Colts 2 @ (E1)Belleville Bulls 3
    Bulls lead best-of-7 Eastern Conference Finals, 1-0

    D Jake Dotchin, BAR: 0-0-0, -1, 7 PIM
    Playoff totals: 9 GP, 0-3-3, +4, 19 PIM
    Season totals: 66 GP, 4-18-22, E, 81 PIM
    With Barrie: 28 GP, 2-6-8, -1, 42 PIM
    With Owen Sound: 38 GP, 2-12-14, +1, 39 PIM

    Belleville scored the game’s final two goals and Bruins first rounder Malcolm Subban stopped 26 shots to lead the Bulls to a Game 1 win over Barrie. Dotchin fought Garrett Hooey of Belleville in the second period.

  • ECHL Playoff Game Night: 4-19-13
    4 weeks 2 days ago

    (4)Florida Everblades 4 vs. (1)Reading Royals 3
    Quarterfinals: Florida leads the best-of-seven series 1-0

    D Charles Landry, FLA: 0-0-0, E, 0 SOG, 0 PIM
    Playoff totals: 7 GP, 0-1-1, -1, 4 PIM
    Season totals: 51 GP, 4-12-16, +7, 33 PIM

    Florida, which never trailed in the opening match of the series, took a 2-0 lead into the first intermission but had to retake the lead after a lackluster start to the second period saw the game tied and fend off the Eastern Conference's top club during the course of the regular season for the better part of the final half of the contest. The host Royals doubled up the Everblades in shots, 37-16, hammering the visitors particularly hard with a 14-shot, 2-goal second period that Florida only salvaged by scoring on one of the mere 3 shots it managed to muster. Florida's special teams play, which was so critical to its first round success, shined again as the Everblades went 1-for-4 with the man-advantage while the penalty-killers negated 6 of 7 Royals opportunities. Jesse Deckert did an admirable job holding the fort, thwarting 34 of 37 shots against. Both teams square off again Saturday night in Reading.

    Official Recap | Box Score

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