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    Quote Originally Posted by the Royal Flush View Post
    not really certain what game pontcanna was watching but i didnt think we struggled throughout the game...again our achilles heel was our weak goaltending...the big save at the right time was again not to be found...after watching the first goal i thought "my 82 year old mother in law has better lateral movement than Hamilton"...the game was in my opinion closer than the score reads...give Rathjen the start tonight...although i feel bad for the kid,the Hamilton experiment has been a colossal failure and should be terminated immediately...Habshied,for the love of God please give the team and the fans a chance to win one or two.
    Royal Flush, you need to read the whole article. This was not written by Pontcanna. This was the article written in the TC and copied to this site.
    And yes, I do hope that our backup is in goal this evening to see what he can do.
    Granted though, Hamilton played well against Portland helping the team into the playoffs.

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    oooops...but everything else i wrote still stands...
    Last edited by the Royal Flush; 03-24-2012 at 11:46 AM.

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    Post Blazers too hot for Royals

    Blazers too hot for Royals

    CLEVE DHEENSAW

    KAMLOOPS — The “Blazers Legends” banner hanging here from the rafters of Interior Savings Centre lists names you’ve definitely heard of — Jarome Iginla, Shane Doan, Scott Niedermayer and Crofton’s Doug Bodger — and then some others who have largely been forgotten outside of this city.

    As the second seed in the Western Conference, the Blazers believe they may have a roster this season that has the potential to add some new heroes to that banner.

    Just to emphasize the point, each fan entering the arena Friday evening was given a white T-shirt with the Blazers logo above the single word: “Believe.”
    And these Kamloops players indeed proved true believers in a 4-1 victory over the Victoria Royals to open their best-of-seven first-round Western Hockey League playoff series.

    “I thought we played all right but they [Blazers] had a push in the second period [to break open a 1-1 game] and we didn’t react,” said Royals assistant captain Tim Traber.

    “But it’s a seven-game series for a reason. We’ll push tomorrow to get a win.”
    Blazers assistant captain Dylan Willick opened scoring in the series at 9:29 of the first period. Then 20year-old Czech import Robin Soudek welcomed himself back to the Royals lineup after injury with a laser shot that pinged in off the post at 11:36 on the power play.

    A wicked assist from behind the net by Colin Smith allowed Swiss sensation Tim Bozon — the 39th ranked North Americanbased skater for the 2012 NHL draft and the Western Conference nominee for WHL rookie of the year — to find the short side to make it 2-1 for Kamloops at 4:13 of the second period.
    Rookie Royals’ defenceman Keegan Kanzig, who put his team under a lot of pressure by drawing his third consecutive minor penalty, was punished when Blazers captain Chase Schaber scored to make it 3-1 after Kanzig had just stepped back onto the ice at 17:03 of the second. The wheels started coming off the Victoria bus when defenceman Austin Madaisky counted 47 seconds later.

    “We played OK but they had that second-period push and we didn’t respond,” said Victoria’s lone scorer Soudek.
    “We have to be more physical than we were today. We have to play our game. We let them play their game tonight.”

    Keith Hamilton made 30 saves in goal for Victoria while Western Conference second-team all-star Cole Cheveldave stopped 26 shots for Kamloops, including the save of the night off Victoria forward Ben Walker in the third period.

    “The second period lapse took the wind out of our sails,” said Royals head coach Marc Habscheid.
    “I thought we were just OK tonight. Our best players have to be our best players. There is more there. We’re not going away.”

    Game 2 is here tonight at 7 p.m. (live on Shaw TV) before the series shifts to the Island for Games 3-4 on Tuesday and Wednesday at Save-on-foods Memorial Centre.

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    Yep, when you score 1 goal over 60 minutes it has to be the goaltender's fault when you lose.

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    Quote Originally Posted by pontcanna View Post
    Yep, when you score 1 goal over 60 minutes it has to be the goaltender's fault when you lose.

    please dont try to defend him...its a season of bad goaltending...

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    Quote Originally Posted by pontcanna View Post
    Blazers too hot for Royals

    CLEVE DHEENSAW

    KAMLOOPS — The “Blazers Legends” banner hanging here from the rafters of Interior Savings Centre lists names you’ve definitely heard of — Jarome Iginla, Shane Doan, Scott Niedermayer and Crofton’s Doug Bodger — and then some others who have largely been forgotten outside of this city.

    As the second seed in the Western Conference, the Blazers believe they may have a roster this season that has the potential to add some new heroes to that banner.

    Just to emphasize the point, each fan entering the arena Friday evening was given a white T-shirt with the Blazers logo above the single word: “Believe.”
    And these Kamloops players indeed proved true believers in a 4-1 victory over the Victoria Royals to open their best-of-seven first-round Western Hockey League playoff series.

    “I thought we played all right but they [Blazers] had a push in the second period [to break open a 1-1 game] and we didn’t react,” said Royals assistant captain Tim Traber.

    “But it’s a seven-game series for a reason. We’ll push tomorrow to get a win.”
    Blazers assistant captain Dylan Willick opened scoring in the series at 9:29 of the first period. Then 20year-old Czech import Robin Soudek welcomed himself back to the Royals lineup after injury with a laser shot that pinged in off the post at 11:36 on the power play.

    A wicked assist from behind the net by Colin Smith allowed Swiss sensation Tim Bozon — the 39th ranked North Americanbased skater for the 2012 NHL draft and the Western Conference nominee for WHL rookie of the year — to find the short side to make it 2-1 for Kamloops at 4:13 of the second period.
    Rookie Royals’ defenceman Keegan Kanzig, who put his team under a lot of pressure by drawing his third consecutive minor penalty, was punished when Blazers captain Chase Schaber scored to make it 3-1 after Kanzig had just stepped back onto the ice at 17:03 of the second. The wheels started coming off the Victoria bus when defenceman Austin Madaisky counted 47 seconds later.

    “We played OK but they had that second-period push and we didn’t respond,” said Victoria’s lone scorer Soudek.
    “We have to be more physical than we were today. We have to play our game. We let them play their game tonight.”

    Keith Hamilton made 30 saves in goal for Victoria while Western Conference second-team all-star Cole Cheveldave stopped 26 shots for Kamloops, including the save of the night off Victoria forward Ben Walker in the third period.

    “The second period lapse took the wind out of our sails,” said Royals head coach Marc Habscheid.
    “I thought we were just OK tonight. Our best players have to be our best players. There is more there. We’re not going away.”

    Game 2 is here tonight at 7 p.m. (live on Shaw TV) before the series shifts to the Island for Games 3-4 on Tuesday and Wednesday at Save-on-foods Memorial Centre.

    Cleve...Bodge is from Chemainus!!! His whole life before the NHL!!!

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    Post Royals in a hole against Blazers

    Royals in a hole against Blazers

    BY CLEVE DHEENSAW, TIMES COLONIST MARCH 24, 2012 10:26 PM

    KAMLOOPS — On the base of an old bridge across the North Thompson River, someone has spray painted in large blue letters “Go Blazers.”

    The local junior hockey team is integral to the identity of Canadian small towns in a way it can never be in larger markets. Added to the mix here in this quintessential junior hockey town is the sense that after a low decade in the Western Hockey League, the Kamloops Blazers are finally back.

    They certainly appear to be as the second-seed Blazers took a 2-0 lead over the seventh-seed Victoria Royals in their best-of-seven opening round Western Conference playoff series with a 7-4 victory Saturday night before 4,527 fans. Kamloops’ 53-28 shots advantage spoke volumes, especially considering the Blazers spent the last half of the game in clampdown mode.

    “We’ve got to believe in ourselves we can do it [rebound in the series],” said Royals forward Zane Jones.

    The Interior Savings Centre is a gem of a rink that has the feature which old-school Victoria hockey fans constantly complain they miss most from the old Memorial Arena on Blanshard Street — a mezzanine walkway encircling the bowl between levels from which fans can watch the game while standing. Standing or sitting, these Kamloops fans know they have a team more than capable of advancing to the second round of the playoffs for the first time since 1999.

    “We’ve got to be better for the full 60 from puck drop to the end,” said Victoria defenceman Jordan Fransoo, a draft pick of the Ottawa Senators.

    “We’ve got to stick with our style of game and we can’t go with them and their style.”

    Jordan DePape, on a penalty shot, gave Kamloops the lead at 19:24 of the first period.

    Then Tim Bozon scored his third goal of the playoffs in the first minute of the second period before Jamie Crooks responded for Victoria at 2:54. But a questionable goaltender interference call on Dakota Conroy allowed Brady Gaudet to restore Kamloops’ two-goal cushion at 8:15. Kamloops captain Chase Schaber counted at 9:03 and that was it for Victoria starting goalie Keith Hamilton as Jared Rathjen came in to the game. Not that it helped as Dylan Willick and Cole Ully continued scoring for Kamloops in the second period. Austin Carroll, Robin Soudek and Taylor Crunk with his first career WHL goal scored third-period goals for Victoria and DePape on the power play for Kamloops.

    “We’re not going away,” said Royals GM and head coach Marc Habscheid.

    “We believe we can win this series.”

    Games 3-4 are Tuesday and Wednesday at Save-on-Foods Memorial Centre.

    “Again a 10-12 minute stretch did us in like the first game [4-1 Kamloops victory Friday]. We’re coming home now and believe we can beat these guys,” said Victoria assistant captain Tim Traber.

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    Default You're a Goalie, You're Supposed to be like that

    Quote Originally Posted by the Royal Flush View Post
    please dont try to defend him...its a season of bad goaltending...
    Agreed that the 'keeping hasn't been up to snuff all season, but our D has been absolutely appalling as well. For all Rintoul's offensive upside and extensive experience, he has been a liability more often than not. Tonight's Rintoul "own goal" against Rathjen was a classic.

    All in, Rathjen deserves the start on Tuesday. Both on his own merits and for development purposes.

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    cant really argue with that...

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    Post 'Key guys' must step up

    'Key guys' must step up, Habscheid says, as Royals return from Kamloops down 2-0

    BY CLEVE DHEENSAW, TIMESCOLONIST.SPORTS MARCH 25, 2012 7:02 PM

    KAMLOOPS — The biggest stars are attracted to the biggest stages.

    That’s why Victoria Royals GM and head coach Marc Habscheid wants to see more out his top-drawer producers when his club’s best-of-seven opening-round Western Hockey League playoff series shifts to Save-on-Foods Memorial Centre Tuesday and Wednesday nights after the Kamloops Blazers won the first two games in the Interior.

    “We need to see more from some of our key guys,” said Habscheid, after the Western Conference second-seed Blazers defeated the seventh-seed Royals 4-1 Friday night and 7-4 on Saturday evening.

    “Your best players have to be your best players. Our top-six forwards have got to produce. If you are in that position [top-six forward], you have to produce. Right now, our depth guys are outplaying our top producers.”

    It’s perhaps telling that rookie Taylor Crunk has the same points total in the series as Royals MVP and regular-season leading-scorer Jamie Crooks, with a goal and assist each. California native Crunk scored his first career WHL goal Saturday in the third period in garbage time.

    Robin Soudek, the Royals’ third-leading scorer in the regular season, has shown fairly well in returning from injury, with two goals in the series. Steven Hodges, the quicksilver and elusive forward ranked No. 55 among North American skaters for the 2012 NHL draft, has two assists.

    Rookie revelation Logan Nelson from Minnesota, the 108th-ranked North American skater for this year’s NHL draft, has a lone assist but has yet to otherwise leave an imprint on the series.

    “The top guys are expected to stand up in the playoffs because it’s the biggest stage,” Crooks agreed.

    “The top guys need to be the go-to guys in the playoffs.”

    That’s what is happening on the other side, with the most touted Blazers indeed blazing. Rookie Swiss standout Tim Bozon, whose stock continues to rise for this summer’s NHL draft, scored three times over the first two games. Captain Chase Schaber had four points on two goals and two assists.

    Kamloops is ranked ninth among all major-junior teams in North America and scores in bunches, a fact noted by observers of the series.

    “It’s tough because we stay with them, but then let down for maybe 12 minutes in both games. And in both games that put us behind,” said rugged Victoria forward Zanes Jones.

    “We were solid other than those 12 minutes in each game. We have to go the full 60 minutes and win the 50-50 battles against these guys. We’ve got to believe in ourselves and that we can do it [rebound to win the series].”

    Victoria forward and assistant captain Tim Traber concurred.

    “Those 10 to 12 minutes let us down both games, and they [the Blazers] used those moments to shove it in our faces a bit. But we’re coming home now in front of our large crowds.”

    It’s a different stage, swinging from the Interior to the Island, but no less important this time of year in hockey.

    ICE CHIPS: While Victoria famously goes for hosting fewer but more select prestige events such as Commonwealth Games, FIFA and world curling, the signs welcoming people to Kamloops proudly proclaim it as “Canada’s Tournament Capital.” The city has built an impressive array of fields, diamonds and courts to back that up. It doesn’t matter what it is — from kids’ sports to old-timer events — this city wants those heads on hotel pillows and bums in restaurant seats . . .
    Victoria Mayor Dean Fortin is a native of Kamloops, which could perhaps lead to some conflicting emotions this week.

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