Beaner
11-06-2005, 02:07 AM
A full 60 min. effort tonight from the Giants who worked very hard all night and took advantage of a tired team that lost its cool in the third period. First period was very exciting, lots of quick action back and forth, but after the first you could see the Hitmen started to tire. Hitmen came completely unglued in the third, taking 8 Penalties and numerous 5-3 PP's with very selfish penalties. Kudus to the Giants for keeping their heads and punishing the Hitmen for their lack of discpline by putting the puck in the Net.
NOTES
Slade and Spence got the starts in the nets.
Rutherford did not play - getting more dental work done after a high stick on Firday.
Voytechuk, Dulle, and Hunt were other scratches for the Giants.
Flatters played forward tonight on the 4th line. He did pretty good out there.
Shots 29-18
Hitmen 0-5, Giants 3/12 on the PP
GOALS
1. VAN Repik, (7) (Kraus, Bartley), 10:23 A lot of good work down low for the giants who manage to get the puck to Repik who is right at the edge of the crease - does a full 360 spin and tuck it into the far side of the net. Nice move with a D-man right on top of him.
3. VAN Bartley, (8) (Albers, Kraus), 0:21 (PP) 5-3 PP, Albers takes the big shot from the point and Bartley manages to get a stick on it and deflect it top shelf.
3. VAN Bartley, (9) (Repik), 12:03 Bartley gets the puck in the slot and just blasts it right past Spence Top shelf, destorying the water bottle in the process
3. VAN Kraus, (8) (Albers, Franson), 14:02 (PP) 5-3 PP, more nice puck movement, comes to Kraus who puts in over a sprawling Spence.
3. VAN Machacek, (4) (Scharff, Albers), 16:42 (PP) Yet ANOTHER 5-3 PP, and I cant remember the details.
FISTICUFFS
Flatters vs. Klener
- Flatters is being pinned against the side of the net by Klener, play stops they wrestle a bit and then its on, Klener gets Flatters tied up and gets a few shots in, Flatters with a couple body shots near the end, and Klener with the take down. WIN Klenner, or a draw, not much of a fight.
Fistric vs.Vantuch
Vantuch hits Fistric with a High stick at the end of the play, and Fistric has had enough. Pushing and wrestling then Fistric throws of the mits and gets a couple shots in, and falls down on top of Vantuch. Gets one more shot in when they are down. Vantuch never even got his gloves off. WIN Fistric, but could also be a draw considering Vantuch never even got his gloves off. I was surprised Vantuch got the 5.
OFFICIATING
MacIssac was our official tonight and even though he called a lot tonight I thought he did a good job. Calgary was extremely chippy tonight, especially Dupont. I dont think Dupont went one shift without throwig a slash or an elbow etc. The penalties he called on Calgary int he third were all good calls, the Hitmen gave him no real choice but to call them. GRADE B
DUMB PENALTY OF THE NIGHT
Well, so many to choose from, you could basically call any player on the Calgary side in the third period as a stupid penalty. I'll go with the bench minor they took at the end of the 2nd, to give the Giants the 5-3 PP to start the third, in a 1-0 game.
OVERALL
A great start and some very good hockey for the first 20 mins. Calgary was starting to show their fatigue heading into the 2nd, and then at the end of the 2nd, when White took the 10min Misconduct for beaking off during the Fistric Fight, Calgary came unglued. The hitmen look like a very good team, the 1st period was one of the best I have seen at the coliseum this year. Nice work for Slade tonight as he finally gets the shutout, even though Calgary didnt mount a lot of pressure in the last half of the game, he stood tall when he needed too. Nice to see the Giants not retiliate with their own cheapshots, and just focus on winning the game. Great job. :thumb:
Felt bad for Spence - he was playing well, but then his team just lost it and he eneded up paying the price. He could hardly be faulted on any of those goals.
3 Stars
1. VAN - 12 Tim Kraus
2. VAN - 19 Mitch Bartley
3. VAN - 37 Dustin Slade
NOTES
Slade and Spence got the starts in the nets.
Rutherford did not play - getting more dental work done after a high stick on Firday.
Voytechuk, Dulle, and Hunt were other scratches for the Giants.
Flatters played forward tonight on the 4th line. He did pretty good out there.
Shots 29-18
Hitmen 0-5, Giants 3/12 on the PP
GOALS
1. VAN Repik, (7) (Kraus, Bartley), 10:23 A lot of good work down low for the giants who manage to get the puck to Repik who is right at the edge of the crease - does a full 360 spin and tuck it into the far side of the net. Nice move with a D-man right on top of him.
3. VAN Bartley, (8) (Albers, Kraus), 0:21 (PP) 5-3 PP, Albers takes the big shot from the point and Bartley manages to get a stick on it and deflect it top shelf.
3. VAN Bartley, (9) (Repik), 12:03 Bartley gets the puck in the slot and just blasts it right past Spence Top shelf, destorying the water bottle in the process
3. VAN Kraus, (8) (Albers, Franson), 14:02 (PP) 5-3 PP, more nice puck movement, comes to Kraus who puts in over a sprawling Spence.
3. VAN Machacek, (4) (Scharff, Albers), 16:42 (PP) Yet ANOTHER 5-3 PP, and I cant remember the details.
FISTICUFFS
Flatters vs. Klener
- Flatters is being pinned against the side of the net by Klener, play stops they wrestle a bit and then its on, Klener gets Flatters tied up and gets a few shots in, Flatters with a couple body shots near the end, and Klener with the take down. WIN Klenner, or a draw, not much of a fight.
Fistric vs.Vantuch
Vantuch hits Fistric with a High stick at the end of the play, and Fistric has had enough. Pushing and wrestling then Fistric throws of the mits and gets a couple shots in, and falls down on top of Vantuch. Gets one more shot in when they are down. Vantuch never even got his gloves off. WIN Fistric, but could also be a draw considering Vantuch never even got his gloves off. I was surprised Vantuch got the 5.
OFFICIATING
MacIssac was our official tonight and even though he called a lot tonight I thought he did a good job. Calgary was extremely chippy tonight, especially Dupont. I dont think Dupont went one shift without throwig a slash or an elbow etc. The penalties he called on Calgary int he third were all good calls, the Hitmen gave him no real choice but to call them. GRADE B
DUMB PENALTY OF THE NIGHT
Well, so many to choose from, you could basically call any player on the Calgary side in the third period as a stupid penalty. I'll go with the bench minor they took at the end of the 2nd, to give the Giants the 5-3 PP to start the third, in a 1-0 game.
OVERALL
A great start and some very good hockey for the first 20 mins. Calgary was starting to show their fatigue heading into the 2nd, and then at the end of the 2nd, when White took the 10min Misconduct for beaking off during the Fistric Fight, Calgary came unglued. The hitmen look like a very good team, the 1st period was one of the best I have seen at the coliseum this year. Nice work for Slade tonight as he finally gets the shutout, even though Calgary didnt mount a lot of pressure in the last half of the game, he stood tall when he needed too. Nice to see the Giants not retiliate with their own cheapshots, and just focus on winning the game. Great job. :thumb:
Felt bad for Spence - he was playing well, but then his team just lost it and he eneded up paying the price. He could hardly be faulted on any of those goals.
3 Stars
1. VAN - 12 Tim Kraus
2. VAN - 19 Mitch Bartley
3. VAN - 37 Dustin Slade