Beaner
11-19-2005, 12:12 AM
Well, the Giants won a game they were supposed to win tonight. Started out looking like they might not after a quick goal by Brandon early, but they managed to get it together and after that pretty much dominated the game. A few nice hits, Giants PP dominated, PK was excellent except for the first goal, and all around a nice effort from the Giants on the road. Giants took their foot off the gas in the third, but there was really no doubt which way the game was going to go at that point
NOTES
Slade and Plante got the Starts tonight.
Plante was pulled for Kurt after the score was 6-1 Giants.
Mikkelson (knee), Watt (Ankle), Festerling (Ankle), and Hunt were the Giants scratches tonight.
Scharff was again on Defence tonight and Dulle made it back intot he lineup.
Shots 28-24 Giants
PP, Giants 3/6, WK 1/5 note
GOALS
1. BRN Boyle, (3) (Sandell, Derlago), 1:06 (PP) Sandell takes a shot from the point, Boyle is cutting fromt he corner right in front of Slade and he manages to deflect it past Slade into the net. Boyle got right in front Slade as the puck arrived.
1. VAN Blum, (3) (Lamb, Dulle), 5:18 Blum cheats down from his point position and gets a nice Cross crease slot pass from Lamb and Blum Buries it.
1. VAN Repik, (12) (Kraus, Bartley), 7:58 Kraus goes hard to the net with puck and fires a shot, big rebound to Repik on the other side and he puts it home.
1. VAN Franson, (5) (Repik, Kraus), 18:32 (PP) Repik feeds Franson on another cross slot pass, and Franson wires it home backdoor for another goal.
2. BRN Wikner, (5) (Dittmer, Yeo), 2:02 Yeo intercepts a clearing attempt, gets it to Ditmer who passes cross slot to Wikner who puts it into the open net.
2. VAN Lamb, (10) (Reese, Rutherford), 9:14 Lamb redirects a pass from Reese right in front of the net for another tally.
2. VAN Voytechek, (2) (Machacek, Bliznak), 11:33 Off a face-off int he Giants zone, Machacek gets it up to Voytechek, who gets loose on a partial breakaway, gets away fromt he Dman, goes forehand, backhand, forehand and into the open side as Plante is going the wrong way.
2. VAN Bartley, (10) (Repik, Albers), 13:45 (PP) Yet another cross slot pass on the power play, this time its repik to Bartley who buries it.
2. VAN Kraus, (12) (Bartley, Franson), 19:14 (PP) Franson passes down to Bartley on the Faceoff dot, Bartley fires a hard shot, rebound to Kraus int he slot who puts it home. Kraus got flattened just as he let the shot go.
3. BRN Reaves, (6) (Louis), 7:10 Reaves gets the puck in the zone and fires a wrister from the point that Slade just misses.
FISTICUFFS
Aulie vs. Rutherford
This is not a Typo. Thats right, the 6'6" 210 lbs. Aulie vs. 5'9" 180lbs. Rutherford. Guess you can figure out how this went. Anyway, Rutherford and Aulie are pushing around near the front of the net, and then out of the middle of nowhere, the gloves are off and they are into it. Rutherford managed to get in tight but Aulie, but, like you imagine Aullie managed to just ragdoll him around and pop him a couple times. Rutherford may have got one shot in. Not really much of a fight, and I think Aulie may have let up a bit when he realized who he got a hold of there. Give the win to Aulie in not much of a fight. But Major props to Rutherford for giving it a go with a much bigger opponent. I think Rutherford may have actually dropped the gloves first????
OFFICIATING
Klein was the man tonight and the broadcasters and Hay were not too happy with his judgement. Some of the calls were pretty weak, I wasnt at the game just watching online, but didnt look to good to me. GRADE C-
INTERNET FEED
Feed video wise was good, but no audio tonight. Had to listen to the Giants broadcast, which like all feeds doesnt synch up with the video. Video usually runs a few seconds behind the audio. Bill and Joey from Vancouver were having fun tonight, but it semed like they were having too much fun. Too much Brandon water? :laugh:
OVERALL
Well, like I said before, the Giants were expected to win this game and they did. Pretty much dominated everything tonight. Nice to see it didnt get stupid in the third with cheap shots etc. Time to get on the bus, and drive to Saskatoon, have a nice trip and get some sleep guys.
And with the Cougars losing in OT tonight, that means the Giants are now tied for third in the BC Division, 1 point ahead of Kamloops, 3 points behind Kelowna for second, and 4 behind Kootenay. What a tight division. :)
3 Stars
1. VAN - 5 Mark Fistric
2. VAN - 37 Dustin Slade
3. BRN - 7 Tyler Dittmer
Not to take anything away from these guys, but, I am not going to even bother commenting on these picks. Whoever is picking these should probably actually watch the game as opposed to drawing names out of a hat.
NOTES
Slade and Plante got the Starts tonight.
Plante was pulled for Kurt after the score was 6-1 Giants.
Mikkelson (knee), Watt (Ankle), Festerling (Ankle), and Hunt were the Giants scratches tonight.
Scharff was again on Defence tonight and Dulle made it back intot he lineup.
Shots 28-24 Giants
PP, Giants 3/6, WK 1/5 note
GOALS
1. BRN Boyle, (3) (Sandell, Derlago), 1:06 (PP) Sandell takes a shot from the point, Boyle is cutting fromt he corner right in front of Slade and he manages to deflect it past Slade into the net. Boyle got right in front Slade as the puck arrived.
1. VAN Blum, (3) (Lamb, Dulle), 5:18 Blum cheats down from his point position and gets a nice Cross crease slot pass from Lamb and Blum Buries it.
1. VAN Repik, (12) (Kraus, Bartley), 7:58 Kraus goes hard to the net with puck and fires a shot, big rebound to Repik on the other side and he puts it home.
1. VAN Franson, (5) (Repik, Kraus), 18:32 (PP) Repik feeds Franson on another cross slot pass, and Franson wires it home backdoor for another goal.
2. BRN Wikner, (5) (Dittmer, Yeo), 2:02 Yeo intercepts a clearing attempt, gets it to Ditmer who passes cross slot to Wikner who puts it into the open net.
2. VAN Lamb, (10) (Reese, Rutherford), 9:14 Lamb redirects a pass from Reese right in front of the net for another tally.
2. VAN Voytechek, (2) (Machacek, Bliznak), 11:33 Off a face-off int he Giants zone, Machacek gets it up to Voytechek, who gets loose on a partial breakaway, gets away fromt he Dman, goes forehand, backhand, forehand and into the open side as Plante is going the wrong way.
2. VAN Bartley, (10) (Repik, Albers), 13:45 (PP) Yet another cross slot pass on the power play, this time its repik to Bartley who buries it.
2. VAN Kraus, (12) (Bartley, Franson), 19:14 (PP) Franson passes down to Bartley on the Faceoff dot, Bartley fires a hard shot, rebound to Kraus int he slot who puts it home. Kraus got flattened just as he let the shot go.
3. BRN Reaves, (6) (Louis), 7:10 Reaves gets the puck in the zone and fires a wrister from the point that Slade just misses.
FISTICUFFS
Aulie vs. Rutherford
This is not a Typo. Thats right, the 6'6" 210 lbs. Aulie vs. 5'9" 180lbs. Rutherford. Guess you can figure out how this went. Anyway, Rutherford and Aulie are pushing around near the front of the net, and then out of the middle of nowhere, the gloves are off and they are into it. Rutherford managed to get in tight but Aulie, but, like you imagine Aullie managed to just ragdoll him around and pop him a couple times. Rutherford may have got one shot in. Not really much of a fight, and I think Aulie may have let up a bit when he realized who he got a hold of there. Give the win to Aulie in not much of a fight. But Major props to Rutherford for giving it a go with a much bigger opponent. I think Rutherford may have actually dropped the gloves first????
OFFICIATING
Klein was the man tonight and the broadcasters and Hay were not too happy with his judgement. Some of the calls were pretty weak, I wasnt at the game just watching online, but didnt look to good to me. GRADE C-
INTERNET FEED
Feed video wise was good, but no audio tonight. Had to listen to the Giants broadcast, which like all feeds doesnt synch up with the video. Video usually runs a few seconds behind the audio. Bill and Joey from Vancouver were having fun tonight, but it semed like they were having too much fun. Too much Brandon water? :laugh:
OVERALL
Well, like I said before, the Giants were expected to win this game and they did. Pretty much dominated everything tonight. Nice to see it didnt get stupid in the third with cheap shots etc. Time to get on the bus, and drive to Saskatoon, have a nice trip and get some sleep guys.
And with the Cougars losing in OT tonight, that means the Giants are now tied for third in the BC Division, 1 point ahead of Kamloops, 3 points behind Kelowna for second, and 4 behind Kootenay. What a tight division. :)
3 Stars
1. VAN - 5 Mark Fistric
2. VAN - 37 Dustin Slade
3. BRN - 7 Tyler Dittmer
Not to take anything away from these guys, but, I am not going to even bother commenting on these picks. Whoever is picking these should probably actually watch the game as opposed to drawing names out of a hat.