Us Road Trip

[Wildeyes]

Not a bad road trip so far for the raiders
4 out of 6 points and a close game against portland hopefully this team has turned the corner and will play some great hockey

[the voice]

Big test tonight. Will have to be a tight defensive game and take advantage of any scoring chances. Sounds cliche, but will have to be a team effort. Definite improvements all over. All 4 lines will need to start scoring as we can't rely on our D to score against top end teams..they'll be busy taking care of our end.

[AMSRocker]

Looking forward to seeing the Raiders once more! Kind of treat to see the Eastern teams as we only see your boys every other year.
The AMS have almost hit full stride. Almost. Still working on getting the timing of some quick pass/shots down but over all we are very happy with how the AMS are playing!

[puckdad]

Einstein's definition of Insanity: Doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results. Putting best power forward on the point for the power play over and over seems to match this definition. Another shortie was the difference in the game.
Raiders played even with a very good Tri-Cities team 5 on 5. They once again lost the special teams match-up, and took a number of bad penalties that killed any momentum they had.

[nohockey]

i agree with 15 seconds left were trying to get a goal and we win the draw back to the point and we lose the puck up the boards from are best forward who should be in front of the net where that d men would of put the puck. how long bruno give the euro a chance to prove himself? first line , power play, stupid penalties!! hmmm

[TalkHockey]

Tonight can make or break this trip. Big game for confidence!
Did anyone else watch the last game and feel that while the penalties called on us were deserving, they let a ton slide for the americans? Penalties should have been even. The trip on McNeil which turned into a penalty against us was the most obvious call.
While Yaworski's play is much better than last year someone needs to tell him to stay out of the box. The leader in penalties on any team is typically the guy who fights. Yaworski rarely fights and takes way to many stick infractions for my liking. Taking a penalty that results in a goal during a 1 goal game is a real back breaker.
I would like to see Mcneil, Herrod and Maylan up front on the pp with 2 players who play defense actually on the point.
Our goalies are looking sharp although our last 2 loss' were 1 goal games in which each goalie took turns on a give away. Need to work on when to and not to play the puck.