Before I start ranting about the Devils game, let me complain about Lowell's wretched game. First of all, what made them think that JP could play like he did last night 2 nights in a row? Yeah, he's amazing, but he played so hard yesterday, common sense would have told them to give the guy a break. Of course, 29 saves is a lot, but come on. Anyone could have told them that this would have been the one time Doyle should have played. But, they're out of the playoffs, and that sucks for them. As mad as I am, I have to say they deserved it. They made some horrible mistakes (mainly the coaches and who they played and scratched) in the past few games and that costed them a couple wins they could have used. Anyway, Chris Minard scored his 32nd of the season from Ryan Murphy and Tuomas Pihlman, and Rod Pelley got his 16th from David Clarkson and Mike Pandolfo. 5-2 Pirates. In Jordan's defense, their 5th goal was an empty netter.
Now for the big guys. Tonights game was probably some of the worst hockey they've played recently. Yeah, 36 shots is a lot, but if you can only score 2 goals on that, it means nothing. All of their shots were crappy, as were their passes. None of them seemed to have their heart in the game tonight, with the exception of the PZL line. Actually, no. I hate to say it, but Travis wasn't playing his best tonight either. It was all Zach, Jamie, and about 1/2 of the defense. Even the EGG line was lame. They were just plain horrible. And Marty was pretty bad too. What makes him go behind the net to play the puck when there are 2 or 3 bolts, lurking to get the puck and score on him? Seriously. I don't know what happened, but I didn't like this game at all.
GOALS:
Zach Parise (PPG) from Rafalski and Langenbrunner
Jamie Langenbrunner (PPG) from Brian Gionta and Patrik Elias
3 STARS (Just mine, because the "actual" ones were the crappiest chioces ever):
#3-Gionta
#2- Parise
#1- Langenbrunner
If they keep this crappy playing up, they might as well not even bother. So they should either call up Clarkson or play Janssen and all will be right with the world.
Saturday, April 14, 2007
Friday, April 13, 2007
Lowell keeps playoff hopes alive
So Lowell won their game tonight 2-0, and guess who was in the net? Yes, it was the rather attractive, and rather awesome Jordan Parise, getting his 2nd shutout of his rookie season. He's amazing. I know.
So the game was scoreless until 10:12 (which happens to be my birthday), when Chris Minard scored his team-leading 31st goal of the season from Grant Marshall and Toumas Pihlman. Aside from that goal and 10 saves from JP, the 2nd period wasn't a very good one. They were short handed for a total of 6 minutes. Not really much, unless you take into account that about 4 minutes of that was 5-3. And except for when David Clarkson was in the box in the 1st, we weren't short handed besides that.
2:12 into the 3rd, Clarkson scored his 19th of the season Petr Vrana and Olli Malmivaara. So..that's really it I guess. The Devils had 37 shots to Partland's 21. So the Pirates' goalie played well too, but JP's better. Neither team had any PPGs, with the Devils going 0/6 and the Pirates 0/4. Now, this has nothing to do with anything, but Stephen Gionta got smashed into the boards with 4:50 remaining, and had a little trouble getting off the ice. But hopefully he's ok.
3 STARS:
#3- Clarkson
#2- Minard
#1- Parise
Till tomorrow, my friends.
So the game was scoreless until 10:12 (which happens to be my birthday), when Chris Minard scored his team-leading 31st goal of the season from Grant Marshall and Toumas Pihlman. Aside from that goal and 10 saves from JP, the 2nd period wasn't a very good one. They were short handed for a total of 6 minutes. Not really much, unless you take into account that about 4 minutes of that was 5-3. And except for when David Clarkson was in the box in the 1st, we weren't short handed besides that.
2:12 into the 3rd, Clarkson scored his 19th of the season Petr Vrana and Olli Malmivaara. So..that's really it I guess. The Devils had 37 shots to Partland's 21. So the Pirates' goalie played well too, but JP's better. Neither team had any PPGs, with the Devils going 0/6 and the Pirates 0/4. Now, this has nothing to do with anything, but Stephen Gionta got smashed into the boards with 4:50 remaining, and had a little trouble getting off the ice. But hopefully he's ok.
3 STARS:
#3- Clarkson
#2- Minard
#1- Parise
Till tomorrow, my friends.
Thursday, April 12, 2007
The impossible has happened.
The Devils, the ones from New Jersey, the most awesomest hockey team ever has done what has seldom been done by them before- they scored more than 3 goals in a game. I kid you not. Not OT, no SO (which couldn't have happened anyway..), just a 5-3 win over the high-scoring Tampa Bay Lighening.
Zach Parise, who I officially declared a hockey God, along with Marty Brodeur (more on that in a bit) opened the scoring at 7:43. Patrik Elias followed suit with a power play goal at 12:31. 3:24 later, St Louis scored a PPG, with Travis Zajac and Johnny Oduya in the box (that was trip #2 to the sin bin for Johnny). The Devils held the Lightning to just 6 shots in the 1st, to their 10.
The Devils struck again in the 2nd, with another PPG from Brian Rafalski at 3:36. That goal was kind of confusing, with Rafalski first given credit, only to have it changed to Elias, to change it back to Elias. Vinnie Lecavalier scored 8:10 later, but the Bolts failed to tie it up in that period. Each team had 7 shots that period.
2:51 into the final period, Lecav tied it up, but Parise gave the Devils the lead yet again 1:03 later. Brian Gionta also scored in that period, making the final score 5-3, Devils.
The Devils were 2/3 on the PP, while Tampa was 1/6. The bolts held the edge on shots, with 26 to the Devils' 24. Brodeur had 24 saves on the night, most of which were, like, amazing. He could have easily let 3 or 4 more goals in than he did, at least, but Marty's Marty, so that didn't happen.
ASSISTS:
Parise (#1)- Unassisted
Elias- Scott gomez, Rafalski
Rafalski- gomez, Jamie Langenbrunner
Parise (#2)- Langenbrunner
Gionta- gomez, Elias
3 STARS (the "real" ones):
#3- Rafalski
#2- Lecav
#1- Parise
See, I would have had it more like:
#3- Langs
#2- Marty
#1- Zach the Hockey God
Until Saturday, my friends. Unless of course Lowell wins tomorrow, or loses as horribly as they did last night.
LMAO@THEBOLT!! Ok, maybe not LMAO, but at least LOL.
Zach Parise, who I officially declared a hockey God, along with Marty Brodeur (more on that in a bit) opened the scoring at 7:43. Patrik Elias followed suit with a power play goal at 12:31. 3:24 later, St Louis scored a PPG, with Travis Zajac and Johnny Oduya in the box (that was trip #2 to the sin bin for Johnny). The Devils held the Lightning to just 6 shots in the 1st, to their 10.
The Devils struck again in the 2nd, with another PPG from Brian Rafalski at 3:36. That goal was kind of confusing, with Rafalski first given credit, only to have it changed to Elias, to change it back to Elias. Vinnie Lecavalier scored 8:10 later, but the Bolts failed to tie it up in that period. Each team had 7 shots that period.
2:51 into the final period, Lecav tied it up, but Parise gave the Devils the lead yet again 1:03 later. Brian Gionta also scored in that period, making the final score 5-3, Devils.
The Devils were 2/3 on the PP, while Tampa was 1/6. The bolts held the edge on shots, with 26 to the Devils' 24. Brodeur had 24 saves on the night, most of which were, like, amazing. He could have easily let 3 or 4 more goals in than he did, at least, but Marty's Marty, so that didn't happen.
ASSISTS:
Parise (#1)- Unassisted
Elias- Scott gomez, Rafalski
Rafalski- gomez, Jamie Langenbrunner
Parise (#2)- Langenbrunner
Gionta- gomez, Elias
3 STARS (the "real" ones):
#3- Rafalski
#2- Lecav
#1- Parise
See, I would have had it more like:
#3- Langs
#2- Marty
#1- Zach the Hockey God
Until Saturday, my friends. Unless of course Lowell wins tomorrow, or loses as horribly as they did last night.
LMAO@THEBOLT!! Ok, maybe not LMAO, but at least LOL.
Wednesday, April 11, 2007
I lied again.
Well, I said I would only do a recap of the Lowell game if they won, and they didn't, but it was just such a horrible game, I couldn't help myself.
Where to begin..That wretched attempt at goaltending by Doyle, of the lack of offense that seems to be contagious with the Devils..I think I'll start with the lack of scoring, just so you can stop reading once I start bashing Doyle.
So, the little Devils had 2 amazing scoring chances in the 1st, but only scored one goal, Chris Minard's team-leading 30th goal of the season, from Mark Fraser and Alexz Brooks at 9:28. Grant Marshall and David Clarkson missed on golden opportunities, and the 1st ended 1-0. Lowell. And then it went down hill. The Sharks scored twice in about a minute and a half (1:14, 2:53) and again at 11:35. They scored 3 more times in the 3rd, and after the 1st, I shut it off. But they scored 3 times in a ten minute span to expand the lead to 6-1. But at least they had the sense to not pull Doyle, of that would have ended worse then the St Patty's day game.
Now you can stop reading (especially if you're a fan of Doyle). I just need to rant.
I really can't stand him. He's not very good, especially compared to JP. Yeah, even if JP was worse, I would probably still like him better, because he's Zach's brother, but still. Go compare Jordan's stats to Doyle's, and look to see which teams who played against. Parise's played18 less games, and most of the teams he's played were better then most of the ones Doyle's played, and he only has 4 less wins. Yeah, his GAA isn't as good, but that's it. He won a higher percentage of games then Doyle, and, like I said, had played better teams, and he's a rookie. And keep in mind that their save % is nearly the same, due to Doyle's wonderful performance tonight (6 goals against on 27 shots). If they really want to get into the playoffs so badly, I strongly suggest they start JP in at least 2 of their last 3 games. That's all.
Where to begin..That wretched attempt at goaltending by Doyle, of the lack of offense that seems to be contagious with the Devils..I think I'll start with the lack of scoring, just so you can stop reading once I start bashing Doyle.
So, the little Devils had 2 amazing scoring chances in the 1st, but only scored one goal, Chris Minard's team-leading 30th goal of the season, from Mark Fraser and Alexz Brooks at 9:28. Grant Marshall and David Clarkson missed on golden opportunities, and the 1st ended 1-0. Lowell. And then it went down hill. The Sharks scored twice in about a minute and a half (1:14, 2:53) and again at 11:35. They scored 3 more times in the 3rd, and after the 1st, I shut it off. But they scored 3 times in a ten minute span to expand the lead to 6-1. But at least they had the sense to not pull Doyle, of that would have ended worse then the St Patty's day game.
Now you can stop reading (especially if you're a fan of Doyle). I just need to rant.
I really can't stand him. He's not very good, especially compared to JP. Yeah, even if JP was worse, I would probably still like him better, because he's Zach's brother, but still. Go compare Jordan's stats to Doyle's, and look to see which teams who played against. Parise's played18 less games, and most of the teams he's played were better then most of the ones Doyle's played, and he only has 4 less wins. Yeah, his GAA isn't as good, but that's it. He won a higher percentage of games then Doyle, and, like I said, had played better teams, and he's a rookie. And keep in mind that their save % is nearly the same, due to Doyle's wonderful performance tonight (6 goals against on 27 shots). If they really want to get into the playoffs so badly, I strongly suggest they start JP in at least 2 of their last 3 games. That's all.
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