Pre-Game
Devan Dubyk getting the start, but would be pulled after the 4th goal.
Bretton Cameron wearing a full face cage.
1st Period
1-0 TIgersEtem, (5) (Vey, Isherwood), 5:21 (SH)
Tigers start the game out strong. They get a 2on 1 shorthanded goal. They get some luck as Isherwood rings the puck around the boards and it hits the linesman at the blueline. Linden Vey picks up the puck and scoots down the Ice with Emerson Etem on a 2on1. Vey passes To Etem who roofs a Nice shot.
Giants Goal 1-1 Mappin, (3) (Henry, Barnett), 12:14
Both Dmen get caught in the corner. Cass Mapin beats Isherwood to the net and gets fed a nice pass. Mappin roofs it.
2nd Period
Giants Goal 2-1 Gallagher, (2) (Bouma), 0:46
Kundratek would get caught skating forward in the neutral zone. A quick pass and the Giants get a 2 on1 and Gallagher roofs it.
Giants Goal 3-1 Gallagher, (3) (Cunningham, Manning), 7:02 (PP)
Cunnigham skates into the middle of the Ice passes down low TO Gallagher who roofs a shot at the side of the net. A PP goal and a very nice shot. Dubyk went down a little early but it was a perfect shot
Giants Goal 4-1 Manning, (3) (Hodder), 16:39
I dont know what the tigers were doing But the Giants Dman skated scott free down the middle of the ice from his own end. He faked a shot and slid a weak shot along the ice on goal. Somehow it went right through Devan Dubyk. It was a bad goal.
Willie Would Pull Dubyk, the last goal was his fault but the previous 3 goals were from shots that picked the top of the net, and from defensive miscues.
3rd Period
Tiger Goal 4-2 King, (2) (Hamilton, Cameron), 3:15
The tigers would get a 3on1 down low. Hamilton Fed a perfect pass over to King who had an open net and made no mistake.
Tiger Goal 4-3 MacKay, (1) (Kundratek, Cameron), 9:35
Tigers cycling down low. The puck hits the refs skate at the hashmarks, and the puck comes out perfectly to Cameron near the wall. Cameron passes to MacKay who shoots, then gets his own rebound and scores with the goalie sprawled out.
Tigers Goal 4-4 King, (3) (Coyle), 13:34
Colye PInching down low feeds the puck over to King at the side of the net. He waits out a diving Jamie TUcker and roofs it. TIEGAME
Giants Goal 5-4 Connauton, (3) (Barnett), 19:17
Wow a heartbreaker. The tigers came back being down 4-1 only to have a flip shot from the point beat Bunz who didn't see the puck.
Game Over
Fight
Zdenik Okal vs Ryan FUnk
Funk hit Emerson Etem from the side just as he was turning. Emerson went hard into the boards. Okal came over like a bat out of hell and started throwing punches. Funk being the bigger guy was also throwing rabbit shots, and he fell over top of Okal. No damage done but it was a very short Fight.
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More defensive Miscues gave the giants an early lead in the game. The giants were the much better team through the first two periods. In the third The tigers somehow turned it on and scored 3 goals in 10 minutes. However as soon as they scored the tieing goal they stepped off the gas pedal, and it was Vancouver slowly gaining Momentum.
The tigers played a tad better on defense however they still gave up 2 goals on Defensive mistakes. Plus 1 goal from a shot that should have been stopped.
The good thing about this team is that their offensive game can never be counted out. They fix these Defensive miscues, play better for an entire game and they will be a top team. However they have a loooooooong way to go to get there.
Josh Koper was scratched again.
Saturday, October 10, 2009
Friday, October 9, 2009
Chilliwack Defeats Tigers 5-4 OT
Tonight A few thoughts on the game.
Bretton Cameron
Bretton Cameron left the game and didn't return after a puck crawled up his stick and smacked him in the face. He also crashed heavily feet first into the boards minutes before and looked to be in some discomfort. As a result Willie was mixing up his lines regularly.
Defensive Troubles
Again the defense was having trouble. It wasn't that Bunz was the problem, It was mainly defensive coverage issues. I thought the tigers played well enough to win, but probably didn't deserve to. 2 of their goals were direct results of Chilliwack's goalie blundering the puck, and the Tigers went 1/8 on the powerplay.
Grbavac + Matt MacKay+Hamilton
I thought the two new guys looked good. They both were a part of a tigers 3rd goal. However they gave an assist to Bretton Cameron who wasn't even on the ice after getting hit by a puck in the face. I believe the assist should have gone to Matt MacKay. Grbavac seemed to have good chemistry with Taylor gal, and Triston king for the couple shifts they were paired together on. Wacey Hamilton also played great again.
Chilliwack Stars
Chilliwack's Shayne Neigum has traits of his cousin Derek Dorsett, he has a mean side to his game. Chilliwack's 17 years old Chris COllins and 18 yr old Ryan Howse, looked very dangerous. When Chilliwack comes to the hat those are two players to keep an eye on.
I should also mention Colton Grant was named third star. HE was responsible for setting up Chilliwack's 1st goal, stealing the puck from behind the net and centering it out front. Winning teams need players like Colton Grant and he will help that team out considerably.
On the overtime winning Goal 17 yr old Chris Collins, absolutely undressed Jace Coyle. It was a 1on 3. Collins faked a shot, Colye went down on one knee to block it. Collins then skated around Coyle and shot the puck topshelf.
Disallowed Goal
Their is a definite loophole in favor of goalies if goals like this are disallowed.
The tigers had a 2on1 rush up the ice. Chilliwack's last defender fell. A pass to Zdenik Okal and he had a minibreakaway from the top left hand side of the faceoff circle.
Okal a left handed shot came from the left side of the ice with speed. He faked a shot then went to his backhand. At this point the goalie was beat, he went down early and was out of position. Sliding backwards in the wrong direction his skate/pad knocked the net out of place to stop from sliding backwards, half a second later Okal put the puck in the net. The goal was disallowed on a ruling that the net was knocked off accidentally.
While it was accidental but was because the goalie was beaten cleanly. The play was reviewed and still counted as no goal. The ref initially signaled the play as a goal.
Something like that being disallowed is just plain wrong. The goalie knocked the net off on a PREMIUM scoring chance, with half an open net.
Bretton Cameron
Bretton Cameron left the game and didn't return after a puck crawled up his stick and smacked him in the face. He also crashed heavily feet first into the boards minutes before and looked to be in some discomfort. As a result Willie was mixing up his lines regularly.
Defensive Troubles
Again the defense was having trouble. It wasn't that Bunz was the problem, It was mainly defensive coverage issues. I thought the tigers played well enough to win, but probably didn't deserve to. 2 of their goals were direct results of Chilliwack's goalie blundering the puck, and the Tigers went 1/8 on the powerplay.
Grbavac + Matt MacKay+Hamilton
I thought the two new guys looked good. They both were a part of a tigers 3rd goal. However they gave an assist to Bretton Cameron who wasn't even on the ice after getting hit by a puck in the face. I believe the assist should have gone to Matt MacKay. Grbavac seemed to have good chemistry with Taylor gal, and Triston king for the couple shifts they were paired together on. Wacey Hamilton also played great again.
Chilliwack Stars
Chilliwack's Shayne Neigum has traits of his cousin Derek Dorsett, he has a mean side to his game. Chilliwack's 17 years old Chris COllins and 18 yr old Ryan Howse, looked very dangerous. When Chilliwack comes to the hat those are two players to keep an eye on.
I should also mention Colton Grant was named third star. HE was responsible for setting up Chilliwack's 1st goal, stealing the puck from behind the net and centering it out front. Winning teams need players like Colton Grant and he will help that team out considerably.
On the overtime winning Goal 17 yr old Chris Collins, absolutely undressed Jace Coyle. It was a 1on 3. Collins faked a shot, Colye went down on one knee to block it. Collins then skated around Coyle and shot the puck topshelf.
Disallowed Goal
Their is a definite loophole in favor of goalies if goals like this are disallowed.
The tigers had a 2on1 rush up the ice. Chilliwack's last defender fell. A pass to Zdenik Okal and he had a minibreakaway from the top left hand side of the faceoff circle.
Okal a left handed shot came from the left side of the ice with speed. He faked a shot then went to his backhand. At this point the goalie was beat, he went down early and was out of position. Sliding backwards in the wrong direction his skate/pad knocked the net out of place to stop from sliding backwards, half a second later Okal put the puck in the net. The goal was disallowed on a ruling that the net was knocked off accidentally.
While it was accidental but was because the goalie was beaten cleanly. The play was reviewed and still counted as no goal. The ref initially signaled the play as a goal.
Something like that being disallowed is just plain wrong. The goalie knocked the net off on a PREMIUM scoring chance, with half an open net.
Thursday, October 8, 2009
Joey Frazer Suspended 2 Games
Joey Frazer Two games for cfb major and g.m. at Kelowna on October 7.
There was a race for the puck along the boards. Both players were coming in fast,Kyle Verdino was in front and Frazer was half a step behind him.Just as they got to the boards Frazer gave a push to get the guy off balance. Verdino fell feet first into the boards.
Tough weekend for the Tigers coming up.
Chilliwack:Friday
Vancouver: Saturday
Kamloops: Monday
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Both vancouver and Kamloops have started the season on a hot streak with 12 points in 8 games. The tigers will need to cut down on penalties, control the play and tighten up defensively.
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4 of 7 games have gone to overtime or a shootout. The tigers have come out with the extra point once. In 5 games Tyler Bunz has a 4.05 GAA and .860 save%.
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Team Canada Womens Hockey Team played the Midget AAA Tigers at the Arena tuesday. Curtis Valk was mentioned as playing for the AAA Midget Tigers.
Which would mean the tigers are down To Dylan Businius, Reid petryk, and Dylan Bredo, as their 16 year olds.
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Check out these two articles to read more about the Stampohar and Grbavac trade.
http://gdrinnan.blogspot.com/
http://www.medicinehatnews.com/content/view/141782/110/
There was a race for the puck along the boards. Both players were coming in fast,Kyle Verdino was in front and Frazer was half a step behind him.Just as they got to the boards Frazer gave a push to get the guy off balance. Verdino fell feet first into the boards.
Tough weekend for the Tigers coming up.
Chilliwack:Friday
Vancouver: Saturday
Kamloops: Monday
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Both vancouver and Kamloops have started the season on a hot streak with 12 points in 8 games. The tigers will need to cut down on penalties, control the play and tighten up defensively.
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4 of 7 games have gone to overtime or a shootout. The tigers have come out with the extra point once. In 5 games Tyler Bunz has a 4.05 GAA and .860 save%.
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Team Canada Womens Hockey Team played the Midget AAA Tigers at the Arena tuesday. Curtis Valk was mentioned as playing for the AAA Midget Tigers.
Which would mean the tigers are down To Dylan Businius, Reid petryk, and Dylan Bredo, as their 16 year olds.
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Check out these two articles to read more about the Stampohar and Grbavac trade.
http://gdrinnan.blogspot.com/
http://www.medicinehatnews.com/content/view/141782/110/
Tigers Deal Stampohar to Blazers
For a recap of last nights Game vs Kelowna scroll down 1 more post or click here for a direct link to the post.
Medicine Hat Tigers made their second trade in as many days with the acquisition of 18-year-old forward COLE GRBAVAC from the Kamloops Blazer, the team announced today.
http://www.tigershockey.com/media/media.php?stype=browsei&season=2009&month=Oct&lim1=0
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Stampohar was not really fitting in with the Tigers system of fast skaters. I thought as a 17 year old he looked like he may of had potential to one day be a power forward who could charge the net and run over anybody, create havoc and be tough to move from the front of the net. I remember Willie Desjardin saying he thought Stampohar could be a Milan Lucic type player.
2 years later....
His game never took off on another level. His 18 year old season was almost a step backwards. During the first part of this season he has been the same old Stampohar. I think a change will be good for him but, I think he has hit his potential ceiling already. I should add he was entertaining to watch him when he stepped up and fought somebody.
Kamloops will be getting a guy who is not afraid to drop the gloves. He should be able to stand toe-toe with anyone. However he is a little slow, and doesn't really have much offense in him. He needs to learn how to drive to the net and, better body positioning. He has a tendency to push a player rather than bodycheck him. Being a 19 year old he is eligible to come back next year, but I think there are better options available.
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COLE GRBAVAC - RW 18 Yr. 6'2 190lbs.
He recently left the Kamloops team because he was disappointed in his ice time. He was taken in the third round, 56th overall in the 2006 WHL Bantam Draft.
Scouting report says he is a tough gritty player.
here are 2 fight videos I located from hockeyfights.com
Medicine Hat Tigers made their second trade in as many days with the acquisition of 18-year-old forward COLE GRBAVAC from the Kamloops Blazer, the team announced today.
http://www.tigershockey.com/media/media.php?stype=browsei&season=2009&month=Oct&lim1=0
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Stampohar was not really fitting in with the Tigers system of fast skaters. I thought as a 17 year old he looked like he may of had potential to one day be a power forward who could charge the net and run over anybody, create havoc and be tough to move from the front of the net. I remember Willie Desjardin saying he thought Stampohar could be a Milan Lucic type player.
2 years later....
His game never took off on another level. His 18 year old season was almost a step backwards. During the first part of this season he has been the same old Stampohar. I think a change will be good for him but, I think he has hit his potential ceiling already. I should add he was entertaining to watch him when he stepped up and fought somebody.
Kamloops will be getting a guy who is not afraid to drop the gloves. He should be able to stand toe-toe with anyone. However he is a little slow, and doesn't really have much offense in him. He needs to learn how to drive to the net and, better body positioning. He has a tendency to push a player rather than bodycheck him. Being a 19 year old he is eligible to come back next year, but I think there are better options available.
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COLE GRBAVAC - RW 18 Yr. 6'2 190lbs.
He recently left the Kamloops team because he was disappointed in his ice time. He was taken in the third round, 56th overall in the 2006 WHL Bantam Draft.
Scouting report says he is a tough gritty player.
here are 2 fight videos I located from hockeyfights.com
Wednesday, October 7, 2009
Rockets Beat Tigers 6-5 SO
Interesting Note:
Ryan Holfeld Did not make the trip with the Tigers through B.C.
Neither did John Stampohar as he is suspended.
Director Of officiating is in the house
Long Post With Goal Highlights
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1st Period
1-0 Kelowna Novotny, (8) (McMillan, Bloodoff), 0:44
Kundratek got caught pinching, but managed to come back however Brandon McMillan made a perfect cross ice pass to Stepan Novotny just out of the reach of Kundratek in the high slot area. Novotny would put it past an outstretched Tyler Bunz.
Moments later Kundratek would hit the post on a point shot.
2-0 Kelowna Main, (1) (Astles), 7:53
Tiger right winger(Bretton Cameron I think) gave the puck up along the boards. The rocket player skated in with the puck got a shot off. Bunz made the save, but didn't keep track of the rebound. It squirted out to a rocket near the right side as Tyler Bunz lost sight of the puck on a goal mouth scramble.
3-0 Kelowna KEL McMillan, (1) , 19:50 (SH)
On the PP Zdenik Okal fumbled the puck along the point, A rocket player poked the puck past him and skated in alone on a breakaway.
Kale Kessey absolutely hammered 2 Rockets Players, big hits and got into a scrap. I'll recap it later. Tigers aren't moving their feet. Kelowna controlled the majority of the play.
End Of First
Second Period
WOWOWOW what a period
3-1 Tiger Goal King, (1) , 2:11
Tigers with some sutained pressure just after thier PP. Triston King had the puck near the side of the net and Picked the top left hand corner.
3-2 Tiger Goal Frazer, (2) (Carlson, Koper), 2:34
Cody Calrson with the point shot, rebound came out and Joey frazer popped in the rebound in front.
3-3 Tiger Goal Okal, (1) (Vey), 3:00
Linden Vey passed to Okal coming into the zone, Okal absolutly wired a rocket top shelf.
4-3 Kelowna McMillan, (2) (Novotny, McColgan), 5:32 (PP)
Kelowna gets a 5-3 The defenceman fanned on the shot but the puck dribbled like a turtle along the ice past everyone. Bunz stuck out a pad to make a light save but the puck rebounded right to McMillan who was johhny on the spot.
4-4 Tie Tiger Goal Cameron, (6) (Hamilton, Kundratek), 9:37
Off a turnover at the blueline Bretton Cameron feeds wacey Hamilton in front of the slot and ties the game.
The tigers would get a 5on3 but Fail to score. Will that come back to hurt them?
Joey Frazer would get a 5 minute major and kicked out of the game. He was racing behind Kelowna rocket Defender Kyle Verdino to get the puck along the boards. Frazer would give a slight push to get the guy off balance. Unfortunately it put him off balance to much and he fell into the boards awkwardly. The tigers will have a 4 minute Powerplay to kill.
The tigers played much better and it was a complete reversal of the first period scoring 3 goals within 49 seconds.
3rd Period
Goal 5-4 Kelowna St. Denis, (4) (Main, Borejko), 13:32 (SH)
The webcast was out showing fans but when it came back Kelowna's Kyle St. Denis had a breakaway off a faceoff in Kelowna's end.
Goal 5-5 Tie Cameron, (7) (Hamilton, Isherwood), 19:46
With seconds left in the game and the goalie pulled The Tigers get one last rush up the ice. Bretton Camerson gets fed the puck in the slot and roofs it.
OT
Tigers control the majority of overtime with a couple decent chances. No Goals. This is going to a shootout.
ShootOut
Rockets win with 12 total shooters. 3 of 6 Tigers shots missed the net or had no shot. Triston King didn't get a shot off for the 3rd straight shootout. Mark Isherwood scored for the tigers just under the blocker.
END GAME
Fights
Kyle Kessey vs Colin Bowman
Kessey just rocked a rocket behind the net. Bowman immediately stepped up to challenge kessey. They both threw a couple punches as Kessey overpowered him and they fell backwards. Nor much of a fight but edge to kessey
Bretton Cameron vs Kyle Verdino
Not sure how it started but Cameron was throwing punches at Verdino who was in an awkward position as the refs half had him pinned down. Both players would get double roughing penalties.
Tanner Sohn Jesse Astles
Again not sure how it started. Sohn would throw a bunch of short rabbit punches overpowers Astles to the ice Edge:Sohn
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Overall it was a HIGHLY ENTERTAINING GAME. The defense was basically non-existent with chances galore. The rockets going up 3-0, Then the tigers scoring 3 goals in 49 seconds. The rockets would score on a shorthanded breakaway to go up 5-4 with 7 minutes left in the game.Bretton Cameron would tie the game with Bunz pulled.
The tigers should be happy with a point. But its bittersweet they could not pull a complete comeback. Getting 1 point when you start the game down 3-0 , then allow 2 shorthanded goals is not bad I suppose.
I thought Talyor Gal, Wacey Hamilton, Thomas Carr had pretty good nights.
I thought Kelowna's broadcaster were very entertaining to listen to and did a remarkable job. Their Camera switchboard operator could use some work. Zoomed in to much, and missed 2 of the tigers shootout attempts.
Let me know if you like these recaps or If i should try to shorten them up a bit?
Ryan Holfeld Did not make the trip with the Tigers through B.C.
Neither did John Stampohar as he is suspended.
Director Of officiating is in the house
Long Post With Goal Highlights
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1st Period
1-0 Kelowna Novotny, (8) (McMillan, Bloodoff), 0:44
Kundratek got caught pinching, but managed to come back however Brandon McMillan made a perfect cross ice pass to Stepan Novotny just out of the reach of Kundratek in the high slot area. Novotny would put it past an outstretched Tyler Bunz.
Moments later Kundratek would hit the post on a point shot.
2-0 Kelowna Main, (1) (Astles), 7:53
Tiger right winger(Bretton Cameron I think) gave the puck up along the boards. The rocket player skated in with the puck got a shot off. Bunz made the save, but didn't keep track of the rebound. It squirted out to a rocket near the right side as Tyler Bunz lost sight of the puck on a goal mouth scramble.
3-0 Kelowna KEL McMillan, (1) , 19:50 (SH)
On the PP Zdenik Okal fumbled the puck along the point, A rocket player poked the puck past him and skated in alone on a breakaway.
Kale Kessey absolutely hammered 2 Rockets Players, big hits and got into a scrap. I'll recap it later. Tigers aren't moving their feet. Kelowna controlled the majority of the play.
End Of First
Second Period
WOWOWOW what a period
3-1 Tiger Goal King, (1) , 2:11
Tigers with some sutained pressure just after thier PP. Triston King had the puck near the side of the net and Picked the top left hand corner.
3-2 Tiger Goal Frazer, (2) (Carlson, Koper), 2:34
Cody Calrson with the point shot, rebound came out and Joey frazer popped in the rebound in front.
3-3 Tiger Goal Okal, (1) (Vey), 3:00
Linden Vey passed to Okal coming into the zone, Okal absolutly wired a rocket top shelf.
4-3 Kelowna McMillan, (2) (Novotny, McColgan), 5:32 (PP)
Kelowna gets a 5-3 The defenceman fanned on the shot but the puck dribbled like a turtle along the ice past everyone. Bunz stuck out a pad to make a light save but the puck rebounded right to McMillan who was johhny on the spot.
4-4 Tie Tiger Goal Cameron, (6) (Hamilton, Kundratek), 9:37
Off a turnover at the blueline Bretton Cameron feeds wacey Hamilton in front of the slot and ties the game.
The tigers would get a 5on3 but Fail to score. Will that come back to hurt them?
Joey Frazer would get a 5 minute major and kicked out of the game. He was racing behind Kelowna rocket Defender Kyle Verdino to get the puck along the boards. Frazer would give a slight push to get the guy off balance. Unfortunately it put him off balance to much and he fell into the boards awkwardly. The tigers will have a 4 minute Powerplay to kill.
The tigers played much better and it was a complete reversal of the first period scoring 3 goals within 49 seconds.
3rd Period
Goal 5-4 Kelowna St. Denis, (4) (Main, Borejko), 13:32 (SH)
The webcast was out showing fans but when it came back Kelowna's Kyle St. Denis had a breakaway off a faceoff in Kelowna's end.
Goal 5-5 Tie Cameron, (7) (Hamilton, Isherwood), 19:46
With seconds left in the game and the goalie pulled The Tigers get one last rush up the ice. Bretton Camerson gets fed the puck in the slot and roofs it.
OT
Tigers control the majority of overtime with a couple decent chances. No Goals. This is going to a shootout.
ShootOut
Rockets win with 12 total shooters. 3 of 6 Tigers shots missed the net or had no shot. Triston King didn't get a shot off for the 3rd straight shootout. Mark Isherwood scored for the tigers just under the blocker.
END GAME
Fights
Kyle Kessey vs Colin Bowman
Kessey just rocked a rocket behind the net. Bowman immediately stepped up to challenge kessey. They both threw a couple punches as Kessey overpowered him and they fell backwards. Nor much of a fight but edge to kessey
Bretton Cameron vs Kyle Verdino
Not sure how it started but Cameron was throwing punches at Verdino who was in an awkward position as the refs half had him pinned down. Both players would get double roughing penalties.
Tanner Sohn Jesse Astles
Again not sure how it started. Sohn would throw a bunch of short rabbit punches overpowers Astles to the ice Edge:Sohn
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Overall it was a HIGHLY ENTERTAINING GAME. The defense was basically non-existent with chances galore. The rockets going up 3-0, Then the tigers scoring 3 goals in 49 seconds. The rockets would score on a shorthanded breakaway to go up 5-4 with 7 minutes left in the game.Bretton Cameron would tie the game with Bunz pulled.
The tigers should be happy with a point. But its bittersweet they could not pull a complete comeback. Getting 1 point when you start the game down 3-0 , then allow 2 shorthanded goals is not bad I suppose.
I thought Talyor Gal, Wacey Hamilton, Thomas Carr had pretty good nights.
I thought Kelowna's broadcaster were very entertaining to listen to and did a remarkable job. Their Camera switchboard operator could use some work. Zoomed in to much, and missed 2 of the tigers shootout attempts.
Let me know if you like these recaps or If i should try to shorten them up a bit?
Tigers Deal Colton Grant to Chilliwack
Medicine Hat, AB - Medicine Hat Tigers announce this afternoon they have completed a deal with the Chilliwack Bruins.
The Tigers have traded 20-year-old Colton Grant to the Bruins for a sixth round bantam pick in the 2010 WHL Bantam Draft.
http://www.tigershockey.com/media/media.php?stype=browsei&season=2009&month=Oct&lim1=0
I believe this leaves Chilliwack with 4 overagers, and It reduces the Tigers overagers to 4. Overager Cutoff date is October 15th at 1PM pst.
The Tigers have traded 20-year-old Colton Grant to the Bruins for a sixth round bantam pick in the 2010 WHL Bantam Draft.
http://www.tigershockey.com/media/media.php?stype=browsei&season=2009&month=Oct&lim1=0
I believe this leaves Chilliwack with 4 overagers, and It reduces the Tigers overagers to 4. Overager Cutoff date is October 15th at 1PM pst.
Tuesday, October 6, 2009
Central Division Challenge
Central Division Challenge Trivia
If your interested in entering a free online contest keep reading
Subway is doing the challenge again this year. Each week there is a new question. If answered correctly you are entered to win prizes from subway.
There is a trip for 2 to the memorial cup and, 1 eat free subway for a year for each city if the central Division Challenge, and a couple other prizes.
This weeks question is: Who is the only Central Division player to record 10 points in a single game?
Hint: He was a former tiger.
You can find the answer on this list of records http://www.whl.ca/Single-Game-p121193
GO to this website for more Information and to enter the contest:
http://www.whl-central.com/
If your interested in entering a free online contest keep reading
Subway is doing the challenge again this year. Each week there is a new question. If answered correctly you are entered to win prizes from subway.
There is a trip for 2 to the memorial cup and, 1 eat free subway for a year for each city if the central Division Challenge, and a couple other prizes.
This weeks question is: Who is the only Central Division player to record 10 points in a single game?
Hint: He was a former tiger.
You can find the answer on this list of records http://www.whl.ca/Single-Game-p121193
GO to this website for more Information and to enter the contest:
http://www.whl-central.com/
Monday, October 5, 2009
Stampohar suspended 4 games
According to the whl's discipline page John Stampohar is being suspended 4 games for his open ice interference hit from behind in yesterdays game vs the Oil Kings.
http://www.whl.ca/2009-10-discipline-p137550
You can watch the hit in one the fight videos I added yesterday down below.
The hit was a dumb decision, the penalty was a little harsh, but justifiable. The guy did back into him, but stampohar just ran him over.
I think if that happened with 2 guys the same size you only see a 2 minute minor penalty. I looked over the last 2 years of suspensions and I couldn't find any previous suspension for Stampohar.
http://www.whl.ca/2009-10-discipline-p137550
You can watch the hit in one the fight videos I added yesterday down below.
The hit was a dumb decision, the penalty was a little harsh, but justifiable. The guy did back into him, but stampohar just ran him over.
I think if that happened with 2 guys the same size you only see a 2 minute minor penalty. I looked over the last 2 years of suspensions and I couldn't find any previous suspension for Stampohar.
Sunday, October 4, 2009
Tigers Defeat Oil Kings 4-3 SO
I'm tired so I'm keepin' it short...Added youtube Fight clips.
I thought the tigers played fairly well tonight, better that yesterday. Although they still have quite a few areas to improve upon. I thought Tyler Bunz rebounded and played a good game. Edmonton as expected tried to shoot upstairs allot and Bunz played very well standing up to those shots better.
Fights
John Stampohar vs Drew Nichol
Stampohar just creamed an Oil King from the side exiting the zone, the Oil King player didn't see Stampohar coming, and went down in a bundle of pain.
I thought that was a dumb thing to do and stampohar payed for it in the fight. You could hear a loud helmet to hand crunch sound from one of Stampohar's punches, and Drew Nichol fed him some good shots. Decision Nichol. Stampohar also received a 5 minute major for interference, and a game misconduct in addition to the fighting major.
Mark Pysk vs Tanner Sohn
The oil kings were really crashing the net hard, and Pysk gave Bunz an elbow to the head. Tanner Sohn didn't hesitate at all and started throwing punches. Edge to Sohn
Matt MacKay vs Travis Ewanyk
I'm not sure how this one started it was behind the play. But all of a sudden these two started going at it. I don't think anything major landed but it looked like Ewanyk had the edge in this one.
19 year old Josh Koper was scratched for a second straight game. With the Injuries to Carlson and Konan it gave way for Tanner Sohn, and Scott McKay to get some ice time.
Other Thoughts
I didn't like Isherwood's game tonight he was caught pinching 3-4 times, and gave the puck away a few times. I think he is trying to do too much. Just simplify your game. Make a good first pass and take a guy out if your gonna pinch.
EDIT
I incorrectly listed Matt Mackay as wearing an A on his jersey, the whl gamesheet misdirected me.....Blame it on them :)
HE is still getting used to things but his line created a handful of scoring opportunities, and He scored a very good goal in the shootout.
I haven't really made a prediction on how I think the tigers will do this year yet.
I've watched all of their games either live or via webcast.
I don't believe they are championship caliber, but I think they have the potential to make it to the 2nd/3rd round if they were to improve their team defensive game.
I think they will be in tough going for the 3rd,4th spots in the conference.
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I noticed Boston Leier has been deleted as having an x on the whl skaters page.
www.whl.ca
So now it looks like the tigers are down to 4 16 year olds.
I thought the tigers played fairly well tonight, better that yesterday. Although they still have quite a few areas to improve upon. I thought Tyler Bunz rebounded and played a good game. Edmonton as expected tried to shoot upstairs allot and Bunz played very well standing up to those shots better.
Fights
John Stampohar vs Drew Nichol
Stampohar just creamed an Oil King from the side exiting the zone, the Oil King player didn't see Stampohar coming, and went down in a bundle of pain.
I thought that was a dumb thing to do and stampohar payed for it in the fight. You could hear a loud helmet to hand crunch sound from one of Stampohar's punches, and Drew Nichol fed him some good shots. Decision Nichol. Stampohar also received a 5 minute major for interference, and a game misconduct in addition to the fighting major.
Mark Pysk vs Tanner Sohn
The oil kings were really crashing the net hard, and Pysk gave Bunz an elbow to the head. Tanner Sohn didn't hesitate at all and started throwing punches. Edge to Sohn
Matt MacKay vs Travis Ewanyk
I'm not sure how this one started it was behind the play. But all of a sudden these two started going at it. I don't think anything major landed but it looked like Ewanyk had the edge in this one.
19 year old Josh Koper was scratched for a second straight game. With the Injuries to Carlson and Konan it gave way for Tanner Sohn, and Scott McKay to get some ice time.
Other Thoughts
I didn't like Isherwood's game tonight he was caught pinching 3-4 times, and gave the puck away a few times. I think he is trying to do too much. Just simplify your game. Make a good first pass and take a guy out if your gonna pinch.
EDIT
I incorrectly listed Matt Mackay as wearing an A on his jersey, the whl gamesheet misdirected me.....Blame it on them :)
HE is still getting used to things but his line created a handful of scoring opportunities, and He scored a very good goal in the shootout.
I haven't really made a prediction on how I think the tigers will do this year yet.
I've watched all of their games either live or via webcast.
I don't believe they are championship caliber, but I think they have the potential to make it to the 2nd/3rd round if they were to improve their team defensive game.
I think they will be in tough going for the 3rd,4th spots in the conference.
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I noticed Boston Leier has been deleted as having an x on the whl skaters page.
www.whl.ca
So now it looks like the tigers are down to 4 16 year olds.
Saturday, October 3, 2009
Kootenay Ice's Tigers 5-4 OT
Players of the Game
I thought Zdenik Okal, Taylor Gal, Linden Vey, Thomas Kundratek, Emerson Etem all had themselves a pretty good game. Honorable mentions to Jace Coyle, and Joey Frazer.
I was pleasantly surprised seeing Linden Vey actually finish his checks out there tonight. Zdenik Okal played a strong physical game, and was a catalyst on offense. Taylor Gal won a lot of battles along the boards. Kundratek looked like he was used to playing against stronger competition.
Emerson Etem
Emerson Etem keeps impressing me. 2 more goals tonight. He has the potential to be a very high NHL draft pick. Very solid skater.
Goats of the Game
I thought Tyler Bunz and Cody Carlson had poor games. Cody was INJURED in the third period after taking 3 minor penalties, and being on the ice for Kootenay's first 3 goals. He had a game to forget.
Tyler Bunz.....I dont know what to say....To me it seems like he is having a hard time keeping an eye on the puck, and the other teams are picking up on that he is beatable upstairs. If he plays tomorrow you will see the Oil Kings going upstairs until Bunz starts stopping those shots. The Oil Kings keyed on him upstairs last game.
I also didn't like the play of Triston King. He needs to get his shirt dirtier and keep his feet moving, he is playing the perimeter too much.
Fight
Kale Kessey vs Jesse Ismond
-wrestling match, no fight.
Mathew Konan Vs Brock Montgomery
- Very impressive fight. These are the fights you love to watch as a fan. They looked like they were getting tired then both went into second gear, and kept going. After Reviewing the fight I'm calling it a draw. Both players landed some real quality shots to the head. It was brought to my attention that Konan never came back afterwards.
More Thoughts
The Tigers need to do a better job at playing in their own zone. They gave Kootenay too many second and third chances.
Tomorrow the Tigers are in Tough Vs the Oil Kings. The Oil Kings look like they have a very hard working and solid team this year. Kruger said after the game they expect to have some lineup changes for tomoroww.
Refs
That hooking call with 30 seconds left in the game was a....."very brave" call for the ref to make. I was watching another player at the time, and didn't fully see the hook, but you could definitely hear the boos in the arena when the ref blew the whistle.
The 2 refs let a few things go including a slash by Kootenay's goaltender near the end of the game, and another borderline hook by an Ice player On Tomas Kundratek.
3 Stars
1. M.H - 11 Zdenek Okal
2. KTN - 12 Dustin Sylvester
3. M.H - 26 Emerson Etem
http://www.tigershockey.com/multimedia/mc.php For Highlights of the game
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Theirs were reports that Regina's GM Brent Parker was in attendance for last nights game.
I thought Zdenik Okal, Taylor Gal, Linden Vey, Thomas Kundratek, Emerson Etem all had themselves a pretty good game. Honorable mentions to Jace Coyle, and Joey Frazer.
I was pleasantly surprised seeing Linden Vey actually finish his checks out there tonight. Zdenik Okal played a strong physical game, and was a catalyst on offense. Taylor Gal won a lot of battles along the boards. Kundratek looked like he was used to playing against stronger competition.
Emerson Etem
Emerson Etem keeps impressing me. 2 more goals tonight. He has the potential to be a very high NHL draft pick. Very solid skater.
Goats of the Game
I thought Tyler Bunz and Cody Carlson had poor games. Cody was INJURED in the third period after taking 3 minor penalties, and being on the ice for Kootenay's first 3 goals. He had a game to forget.
Tyler Bunz.....I dont know what to say....To me it seems like he is having a hard time keeping an eye on the puck, and the other teams are picking up on that he is beatable upstairs. If he plays tomorrow you will see the Oil Kings going upstairs until Bunz starts stopping those shots. The Oil Kings keyed on him upstairs last game.
I also didn't like the play of Triston King. He needs to get his shirt dirtier and keep his feet moving, he is playing the perimeter too much.
Fight
Kale Kessey vs Jesse Ismond
-wrestling match, no fight.
Mathew Konan Vs Brock Montgomery
- Very impressive fight. These are the fights you love to watch as a fan. They looked like they were getting tired then both went into second gear, and kept going. After Reviewing the fight I'm calling it a draw. Both players landed some real quality shots to the head. It was brought to my attention that Konan never came back afterwards.
More Thoughts
The Tigers need to do a better job at playing in their own zone. They gave Kootenay too many second and third chances.
Tomorrow the Tigers are in Tough Vs the Oil Kings. The Oil Kings look like they have a very hard working and solid team this year. Kruger said after the game they expect to have some lineup changes for tomoroww.
Refs
That hooking call with 30 seconds left in the game was a....."very brave" call for the ref to make. I was watching another player at the time, and didn't fully see the hook, but you could definitely hear the boos in the arena when the ref blew the whistle.
The 2 refs let a few things go including a slash by Kootenay's goaltender near the end of the game, and another borderline hook by an Ice player On Tomas Kundratek.
3 Stars
1. M.H - 11 Zdenek Okal
2. KTN - 12 Dustin Sylvester
3. M.H - 26 Emerson Etem
http://www.tigershockey.com/multimedia/mc.php For Highlights of the game
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Theirs were reports that Regina's GM Brent Parker was in attendance for last nights game.
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