First Period: Guess the Bees are giving Andy Franck a break for the night. This is the first time the Bucks will face Rogers this season. ... Bucks have taken the first three shots of the game. ... First shifts by the enforcer types taken without any confrontation. ... Bucks get the game's first power play with Daymen Rycroft headed to the box for hooking Todd Griffith at 3:35. ... Nice glove save by Rogers on the Bucks' fourth shot of the game. Only one they got on the power play, which has expired. ... Pretty decent shift by the Neil Trimm-Evan Schwabe-Todd Griffith line, who got the Bucks' fifth shot on goal. ... The Bucks just had a completely empty net with Rogers down and out, and Eric Giosa's shot missed the net high. May have hit Mike Looby's stick on its way toward the goal. ... Another power play for the Bucks with Andrew Davis in the box at 8:27. The penalty was on Rogers, who was called for goaltender interference after being run into by Deschatelets. Don't think anyone who has anything to do with the Killer Bees is all too thrilled with that call. ... Penalty killed. ... Pelletier faced only one shot in the first 10 minutes, by the way. ... Deschatelets has drawn another penalty via another incident that he started and got away with his part of, this one against Muncy for hooking at 13:06. ... Some sloppy passing by the Bucks gave Topher Scott a shorthanded break, though Mohr was pretty close to him, and Pelletier had to make his second save of the game on Scott's shot. ... Penalty killed. ... Bucks have broken through at 16:05 in the period, as Trimm got a shot on net that bounced of Rogers back to Giosa, who banged it in almost effortlessly. Griffith gets the second assist. Bucks lead 1-0 with 3:55 to play in the first period. ... Nathan Ansell just got a shot off right between Benjamin Dieude-Fauvel's legs. The Killer Bees are up to five now. ... I just realized that the Bucks have gotten more than a third of their standings points from the Killer Bees. They are 9-0-3 against the Killer Bees, which adds up to 21 of their 59 total standings points. ... End of the period, Bucks lead 1-0, up 13-6 on shots. ... The Corpus Christi IceRays lead the Texas Brahmas 2-1 after scoring early in the second period of their game.
Second Period: Killer Bees got a good chance early, take two shots but couln't find each other with Pelletier out of position. ... Smith just led Griffith down the lane and set him up for a shot that missed the net wide. ... Tie game on Grant Goeckner-Zoeller's long wrist shot, set up by Rycroft at 2:10. ... First penalty on the Bucks at 3:52, with Deschatelets headed off for tripping. ... Bucks got a great shorthanded chance, but Rogers made a good save on Schwabe. ... Penalty killed. ... Bucks have taken back the lead on a goal by Trimm, who sure has been getting in on the offense a lot lately. The Bucks were able to score that one cleanly right off a breakout. Dieude-Fauvel gets what is currently the lone assist. Bucks lead 2-1 at 6:10. ... For some reason, the primary assist on Giosa's goal is listed as Griffith on Pointstreak. That makes zero sense. ... Bucks just scored a blink-and-you'll-miss-it goal right off a faceoff in the Killer Bees' zone. Smith won the faceoff, and Deschatelets banged it home for his first goal and fourth point with the Bucks. They lead 3-1 at 6:36. ... Griffith gets the second assist on the Deschatelets goal, and Joel Irving has been given the second on Goeckner-Zoeller's score. ... Killer Bees just got a 2-on-1 break but tried to get too fancy with their passes and missed each other on what would have been the last one. ... Ansell to the box for holding at 11:05. Bucks get their first power play of the period. ... As the "one minute remaining" announcement was being made, the Killer Bees scored on a crazy slap shot by Bauman that seriously went through about five bodies to get to the net. Bucks lead 3-2 at 19:01. Matt Sweazey and Irving get the assists. ... Bes took a slap shot just seconds before the period ended, breaking his stick and missing the net high. ... End of the period, Bucks lead 3-2, up 23-13 on shots.
Third Period: The Brahmas lead the IceRays 3-2 with under 10 minutes to play in regulation. ... Very close call for Rogers there with the Bucks in his face, but the Killer Bees were able to clear. ... The Bucks get the period's first power play with Irving headed to the box for slashing at 2:20. ... Penalty killed. ... Teams just exchanged good scoring chances, but neither got a goal. ... Bucks get another power play with Goeckner-Zoeller headed to the box for hooking at 7:11. ... Killer Bees got an excellent shorthanded chance, and Pelletier made probably his biggest save of the game while flipping over in the crease. ... Penalty killed. ... The Brahmas have beaten the IceRays 4-3 to improve to 29-19-5 (63 points). ... Trimm to the box for tripping at 11:11. Killer Bees on the power play. ... Killer Bees will get 1:06 on a 5-on-3 now with Looby joining Trimm in the box at 12:05. That reminds me, Looby was given an assist on Deschatelets' goal. He'll serve two for tripping. ... Trimm got the puck on a long pass right out of the box for a perfect breakaway chance, but Rogers made a good glove save. Trimm got another shot just seconds later and missed the net. ... Penalties killed. ... Another big chance for Trimm right out front a couple minutes later was stopped, and everyone on the ice immediately started pushing and shoving each other. ... Another good save by Pelletier has kept the Bucks in the lead with just under three minutes to go in regulation. ... Under a minute now, and Rogers is on the bench. Time out for the Killer Bees with 57.3 on the clock. ... Icing on the Bucks with 34.4 to go, bringing the faceoff back to their zone. ... A block on a shot by Bauman late was pretty key.
Game Over: Bucks win 3-2, improve to 26-18-9 (61 points), two behind the Brahmas (29-19-5, 63 points), who will visit the LEC tomorrow night. ... Coach Ruskowski said the kill on that 5-on-3 was the key to the game for the Bucks. He was also surprised to hear the Brahmas closed out the IceRays in regulation tonight, said that worried him a bit because the IceRays have been playing great hockey. Additionally, Pelletier's performance in the third may have earned him another home start, as Ruskowski said he is considering straying from his original plan to have Kevin Desfosses in net tomorrow. You can check out my story in tomorrow's Times (on Page 6) for more, and I'll post the quotes up here tomorrow afternoon.
Second Period: Killer Bees got a good chance early, take two shots but couln't find each other with Pelletier out of position. ... Smith just led Griffith down the lane and set him up for a shot that missed the net wide. ... Tie game on Grant Goeckner-Zoeller's long wrist shot, set up by Rycroft at 2:10. ... First penalty on the Bucks at 3:52, with Deschatelets headed off for tripping. ... Bucks got a great shorthanded chance, but Rogers made a good save on Schwabe. ... Penalty killed. ... Bucks have taken back the lead on a goal by Trimm, who sure has been getting in on the offense a lot lately. The Bucks were able to score that one cleanly right off a breakout. Dieude-Fauvel gets what is currently the lone assist. Bucks lead 2-1 at 6:10. ... For some reason, the primary assist on Giosa's goal is listed as Griffith on Pointstreak. That makes zero sense. ... Bucks just scored a blink-and-you'll-miss-it goal right off a faceoff in the Killer Bees' zone. Smith won the faceoff, and Deschatelets banged it home for his first goal and fourth point with the Bucks. They lead 3-1 at 6:36. ... Griffith gets the second assist on the Deschatelets goal, and Joel Irving has been given the second on Goeckner-Zoeller's score. ... Killer Bees just got a 2-on-1 break but tried to get too fancy with their passes and missed each other on what would have been the last one. ... Ansell to the box for holding at 11:05. Bucks get their first power play of the period. ... As the "one minute remaining" announcement was being made, the Killer Bees scored on a crazy slap shot by Bauman that seriously went through about five bodies to get to the net. Bucks lead 3-2 at 19:01. Matt Sweazey and Irving get the assists. ... Bes took a slap shot just seconds before the period ended, breaking his stick and missing the net high. ... End of the period, Bucks lead 3-2, up 23-13 on shots.
Third Period: The Brahmas lead the IceRays 3-2 with under 10 minutes to play in regulation. ... Very close call for Rogers there with the Bucks in his face, but the Killer Bees were able to clear. ... The Bucks get the period's first power play with Irving headed to the box for slashing at 2:20. ... Penalty killed. ... Teams just exchanged good scoring chances, but neither got a goal. ... Bucks get another power play with Goeckner-Zoeller headed to the box for hooking at 7:11. ... Killer Bees got an excellent shorthanded chance, and Pelletier made probably his biggest save of the game while flipping over in the crease. ... Penalty killed. ... The Brahmas have beaten the IceRays 4-3 to improve to 29-19-5 (63 points). ... Trimm to the box for tripping at 11:11. Killer Bees on the power play. ... Killer Bees will get 1:06 on a 5-on-3 now with Looby joining Trimm in the box at 12:05. That reminds me, Looby was given an assist on Deschatelets' goal. He'll serve two for tripping. ... Trimm got the puck on a long pass right out of the box for a perfect breakaway chance, but Rogers made a good glove save. Trimm got another shot just seconds later and missed the net. ... Penalties killed. ... Another big chance for Trimm right out front a couple minutes later was stopped, and everyone on the ice immediately started pushing and shoving each other. ... Another good save by Pelletier has kept the Bucks in the lead with just under three minutes to go in regulation. ... Under a minute now, and Rogers is on the bench. Time out for the Killer Bees with 57.3 on the clock. ... Icing on the Bucks with 34.4 to go, bringing the faceoff back to their zone. ... A block on a shot by Bauman late was pretty key.
Game Over: Bucks win 3-2, improve to 26-18-9 (61 points), two behind the Brahmas (29-19-5, 63 points), who will visit the LEC tomorrow night. ... Coach Ruskowski said the kill on that 5-on-3 was the key to the game for the Bucks. He was also surprised to hear the Brahmas closed out the IceRays in regulation tonight, said that worried him a bit because the IceRays have been playing great hockey. Additionally, Pelletier's performance in the third may have earned him another home start, as Ruskowski said he is considering straying from his original plan to have Kevin Desfosses in net tomorrow. You can check out my story in tomorrow's Times (on Page 6) for more, and I'll post the quotes up here tomorrow afternoon.
2 comments:
Trying to put some pressure on Desfosses?
Deschatelets' been a great addition, hope he keeps playing like that.
Are you excited about sunday's Olympic matchup?
I was excited, but also terrified and too superstitious to respond before the game had been played. Now, just excited.
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