Game Night Results

ECHL Game Night: 3-16-12

8 weeks 5 days ago

Florida Everblades 2 @ South Carolina Stingrays 4

W Alex Hutchings, FLA: 0-0-0, -1, 3 SOG, 0 PIM
Season totals: 39 GP, 13-19-32, -3, 30 PIM

D Charles Landry, FLA: 1-0-1, E, 1 SOG, 0 PIM
Season totals: 44 GP, 4-11-15, +5, 27 PIM

F Maxime Langelier-Parent, FLA: Did not play
Season totals: 3 GP, 2-1-3, -3, 5 PIM
(Syracuse Crunch contract)

D Daniel Milan, FLA: 0-0-0, E, 1 SOG, 2 PIM (tripping)
Season totals: 41 GP, 2-6-8, +4, 56 PIM

D Pat Nagle, FLA: L, 3.06 GAA, 22 S / 25 SA (.880 SV%)
Season totals: 31 GP, 14-9-3, 3.02 GAA, 787 S / 882 SA (.904 SV%)

Florida rallied from a two-goal deficit in the second period before allowing South Carolina its second power play tally of the game midway through the final frame and to tack on an empty netter. With the win, the Stingrays moved into a tie with the Everblades for 2nd-place in the South Division though Florida holds two games in hand. Both teams now trail division-leading Gwinnett by four points with the regular season rapidly approaching its conclusion. Charles Landry, who has spent chunks of the past couple months with Syracuse, notched his first goal for Florida since January 20th after having gone eight games without finding the net. Pat Nagle, after turning in a brilliant performance on Wednesday, took the loss for the Everblades. Florida (33-21-11, 77 PTS) and South Carolina(35-25-7, 77 PTS) will square off again late Sunday afternoon in yet another crucial match for both clubs.

Official Recap | Box Score
Elitserien Playoff Game Night: 3-16-13

8 weeks 5 days ago

Elitserien Playoffs (Sweden)
Quarterfinals
Brynas 1 @ Skelleftea 4
Skelleftea leads the series 3-0

Johan Harju, Brynas, 0-0-0, -1, 1 SOG, 0 PIM
Playoff totals: 3 GP, 0-0-0, -4, 0 PIM
Season totals: 55 GP, 18-10-28, -9, 16 PIM

Brynas came into the third game of the best-of-seven series in desperate need of a win but came up well short, allowing Skelleftea to score four unanswered goals after taking the initial lead just past the midpoint of the middle period, Saturday night. Brynas only managed to get 22 of 36 attempted shots on goal while, as was the case in the first match, Skelleftea was relentless with its possession game, registering 45 shots, 19 of which came in the final frame, on 60 attempts. Former Lightning netminder Johan Holmqvist was back between the pipes after being pulled in the previous match. Holmqvist, who was tested early and often, made 41 saves. Johan Harju, like so many of his teammates, continues to find himself stifled. Brynas will now host Skelleftea on Monday with their season in grave jeopardy of coming to the swiftest conclusion possible.

Official Recap | Box Score | Highlights
NCAA Game Night: 3-16-13

8 weeks 6 days ago

Cornell Big Red 0 @ No. 1 Quinnipac Bobcats 10
Best-of-3 ECAC quarterfinals tied, 1-1

D/W Kirill Gotovets, COR: Did not play
Season totals: 22 GP, 0-0-0, +1, 12 PIM

F Matthew Peca, QU: 1-2-3, +2, 0 PIM, 5 SOG
Season totals: 32 GP, 10-12-22, +11, 32 PIM

Matt Peca had three points and he and his linemates, twins Conner and Kellen Jones, combined for 10 points, as Quinnipiac rebounded from a Friday night loss with a crushing win on Saturday, 10-0. The game got ugly at the end of the second period and again in the late third with several roughing and misconduct calls. Fighting is not allowed in NCAA hockey.

Michigan State Spartans 1 @ No. 3 Miami RedHawks 4
Best-of-3 CCHA quarterfinals tied, 1-1

F Jimmy Mullin, MIA: 1-0-1, +2, 0 PIM, 3 SOG
Season totals: 35 GP, 6-8-14, E, 14 PIM

Mullin (pictured) scored his sixth goal of the year and former Lightning prospect camper Austin Czarnik scored twice to lead the RedHawks to a big win on Saturday to even their CCHA quarterfinal series with MSU. The teams will play again on Sunday.

Michigan Tech Huskies 2 @ No. 4 North Dakota 1
Best-of-3 WCHA quarterfinals tied, 1-1

F Brendan O’Donnell, UND: 0-0-0, -1, 2 PIM, 0 SOG
Season totals: 25 GP, 1-7-8, -3, 18 PIM

Brendan O’Donnell had his two-game point streak snapped as Michigan Tech scored late and forced a deciding Game 3 on Sunday. Habs prospect Danny Kristo scored his 24th goal of the year for UND.

Bemidji State Beavers 3 @ No. 2 Minnesota Golden Gophers 4
Minnesota wins best-of-3 WCHA quarterfinals, 2-0

G Adam Wilcox, MIN: Win, 19 saves on 22 shots
Season totals: 37 GP, 25-6-5, 1.84 GAA, .923 sv%, 3 SO

Minnesota overcame two two-goal deficits and scored with less than a minute left in regulation to advance to the WCHA Final 5. Wilcox allowed three goals, two of which were scored on rebounds and one on a deflection.

Michigan Wolverines 5 @ No. 9 Western Michigan Broncos 1
Michigan wins best-of-3 CCHA quarterfinals, 2-0

D Luke Witkowski, WMU: 0-0-0, E, 2 PIM, 1 SOG
Season totals: 38 GP, 2-8-10, E, 46 PIM

The unseeded Wolverines swept out third-seeded WMU with a 5-1 win on Saturday. Witkowski and the Broncos will have to wait until next weekend to see if they earned an at large bid to the national tournament. WMU beat Michigan last year in the CCHA championship game.

*USCHO poll used
NA Juniors Game Night: 3-16-13

8 weeks 6 days ago

Quebec Major Junior Hockey League

Blainville-Boisbriand Armada 1 @ Rouyn-Noranda Huskies 4

C Cedric Paquette, BLB: Did not play
Season totals: 63 GP, 27-56-83, +29, 103 PIM

W Nikita Kucherov, R-N: 2-2-4, +3, 0 PIM, 0 SOG, 1 Hit
Season totals: 33 GP, 29-34-63, +17, 14 PIM
With R-N: 27 GP, 26-27-53, +18, 12 PIM
With Quebec: 6 GP, 3-7-10, -1, 2 PIM

Nikita Kucherov (pictured) responded to a zero point game with four points on Saturday against Blainville-Boisbriand. Paquette was out of the lineup again for the Armada, who have already clinched their division title. The regular season is finished for both Lightning prospects. Paquette set career highs in assists, points, plus/minus, and penalty minutes. This was Kucherov’s first and last year in the QMJHL. The Lightning already signed him and he will begin his pro contract next year.

Sherbrooke Phoenix 4 @ Val-d’Or Foreurs 3

D Artem Sergeev, VDO: 0-0-0, -2, 0 PIM, 1 SOG, 2 Hits
Season totals: 55 GP, 6-33-39, +20, 65 PIM

Val-d’Or gave up three third period goals to fall to the Phoenix, 4-3. Sergeev finishes the regular season with career highs in assists, points, plus/minus, and penalty minutes.

Ontario Hockey League

Niagara IceDogs 2 @ Barrie Colts 3

D Jake Dotchin, BAR: 0-0-0, E, 4 PIM
Season totals: 66 GP, 4-18-22, E, 81 PIM
With Barrie: 28 GP, 2-6-8, -1, 42 PIM
With Owen Sound: 38 GP, 2-12-14, +1, 39 PIM

Dotchin finishes his regular season with career highs in goals, assists, points, plus/minus, and penalty minutes. Barrie will start the playoffs as the two-seed in the East as Central Division champs.

Guelph Storm 4 @ Erie Otters 5 (OT)

C/W Tanner Richard, GUE: 0-0-0, E, 0 PIM
Season totals: 52 GP, 11-51-62, +18, 94 PIM

Erie scored with one second left in regulation to force overtime, then won the game in the extra period. Richard finishes his regular season with career highs in assists, points, plus/minus, and penalty minutes.

Note: Windsor’s Slater Koekkoek is out for the season with an injured shoulder.
Connolly, Crunch Rout Devils, 6-2

8 weeks 6 days ago

By Jeremy Houghtaling

With five of its top 10 scorers out of the lineup, the Syracuse Crunch still made due.

Brett Connolly registered a pair of goals and assists and 12 Crunch players showed up on the scoresheet -- including four with multiple points -- as Syracuse routed the Albany Devils, 6-2, at the Onondaga County War Memorial Saturday night.

"It's one of those nights, everything was going well and we got a little lucky," Connolly said.

The league-leading Crunch, who had AHL points leader Tyler Johnson called up earlier in the week, have registered a point in four straight games.
AHL Game Night: 3-16-13 Devils at Crunch

8 weeks 6 days ago

Jon Cooper? Still Jedi.

ALB-2
SYR-6

Riku Helenius allowed 2 goals on 30 shots for the victory.

First Period
SYR Connolly, (25) (Namestnikov, Devos), 6:08
SYR Cote, (2) (Angelidis, Nightingale), 6:38
SYR Panik, (22) (Connolly, Sexton), 10:38 (PP)

Second Period
SYR Brown, (9) (Angelidis, Mikkelson), 7:22
SYR Devos, (4) (Connolly, Namestnikov), 9:11
SYR Connolly, (26) (Barberio, Oberg), 9:57 (PP)

Third Period
ALB Kelly, (2) (Wohlberg), 8:00
ALB Whitney, (22) (Zalewski, Anderson), 12:38

Brett Connolly, Vladislav Namestnikov, and J.P Cote were the game's three stars.

With Tyler Johnson up in Tampa, Connolly becomes the Crunch's hope for hardware and plaudits. He currently sits in 3rd in the league in scoring, 4 points back of Grand Rapids' Gustav Nyquist. His 26 goals are also now tied for 5th is the AHL.

Vladdy Namestnikov continuing to play well continues to bode very well for the future.

As good a coaching job as Jon Cooper did last season, if he wins the Eastern Conference and even manages to post the best record in the AHL this season, it'll be an even more amazing job. It's hard to believe that with half of his team's core torturing the Carolina Hurricanes in Tampa, Cooper's team still managed to fly out to a 6-0 lead in Albany. He's a special coach. I can't say anything more and still do it justice.

Box score from TheAHL.com.
NHL Game Night: 3-16-13 Hurricanes at Lightning

8 weeks 6 days ago

And the kids shall lead them...

CAR-1
TB-4

Mathieu Garon allowed 1 goal on 22 shots for the win in his return from injury.

First Period
10:54 TB Johnson (1), (Killorn, Conacher)

Second Period
06:35 TB Palat (1), (Salo, Johnson)
12:55 TB Thompson (6), (Crombeen, Carle)

Third Period
03:54 TB Purcell (5), (St. Louis, Hedman)
06:21 CAR E. Staal (13), (Semin)

Victor Hedman, Tyler Johnson, and Nate Thompson were the game's three stars.

Lightning fans got a nice little taste of the future tonight. These are quality players the Lightning have brought up from Syracuse, and they have the ability to join with some of the young talent the team already had to be a very competitive and exciting team moving forward. The rest of this year is an opportunity for those players to learn on the job together and lay a foundation for success next season.

Alex Killorn had a helper and was +1 with 1 hit and 1 blocked shot in 16:33.

Johnson had 1 goal and 1 asisst and was +2 with 2 shots and 2 hits in 8:56. He was also 100% on draws. It was a magical night for the young man, getting his first NHL goal.

Ondrej Palat also got his 1st NHL goal and was +1 with 3 shots in 9:16.

Radko Gudas had 2 shots, 6 hits, and 3 blocked shots in 20:03. He's exploded on the scene like a supernova.

Cory Conacher had a helper and was +1 with 2 hits in 12:30.

Box score and extended statistics from NHL.com.
KHL Playoff Game Day: 3-16-13

8 weeks 6 days ago

KHL Playoffs (Russia):

Eastern Conference
(1)Kazan 4 vs. (5)Ufa 3 (OT)
Kazan Leads the Series 3-2
Andrey Vasilevskiy, Ufa, DNP
Playoff totals: 0 GP, 0-0-0, 0 SO, 0.00 GAA, 1.000 sv%
Regular season totals (KHL): 8 GP, 4-1-0, 1 SO, 2.22 GAA, .924 sv%
Regular season totals (MHL): 27 GP, 20-6-1, 3 SO, 1.93 GAA, .930 sv%

Ex-Penguin Alexei Morozov scored 9:45 into overtime to deliver Kazan a key 4-3 Game Five win over Ufa. The Kazan captain also had a helper in the match. Ex-Thrashers pick Ilya Nikulin also had a pair of goals in the win for Ak Bars. Former Lightning first rounder Alex Svitov had a goal in defeat for Ufa. Game Six is Monday.

(2)Omsk 0 vs. (3)Chelyabinsk 4
Chelyabinsk Wins the Series 4-1
Nikita Nesterov, Chelyabinsk, DNP
Playoff totals: 8 GP, 0-2-2, E, 6 PIM
Regular season totals (KHL): 35 GP, 0-1-1, +6, 14 PIM
Regular season totals (MHL): 2 GP, 0-0-0, E, 0 PIM

Ex-Thrashers pick Michael Garnett stopped all 33 shots he faced in Chelyabinsk's clinching Game Five win over Omsk. Ex-NHLer Stan Chistov had 2 assists in the win and Washington first rounder Evgeni Kuznetsov added a goal. Former Lightning goaltender Karri Ramo stopped 22 for the loss for Omsk.
NCAA Game Night: 3-15-13

8 weeks 6 days ago

Cornell Big Red 3 @ No. 1 Quinnipac Bobcats 2
Cornell leads beat-of-3 ECAC quarterfinals, 1-0

D/W Kirill Gotovets, COR: Did not play
Season totals: 22 GP, 0-0-0, +1, 12 PIM

F Matthew Peca, QU: 0-2-2, +1, 0 PIM, 3 SOG
Season totals: 32 GP, 10-12-22, +11, 32 PIM

Streaking No. 9 seed Cornell, without the services of Kirill Gotovets, upset No. 1 Quinnipiac in Game 1 of their ECAC quarterfinal series. Matt Peca had two helpers for the Bobcats.

Michigan State Spartans 3 @ No. 3 Miami RedHawks 0
MSU leads best-of-3 CCHA quarterfinals, 1-0

F Jimmy Mullin, MIA: 0-0-0, -1, 0 PIM, 1 SOG
Season totals: 34 GP, 5-8-13, -2, 14 PIM

Undrafted Jake Hildebrand stopped 34 shots for the upstart, unseeded Spartans, knocking off top-seeded Miami 3-0 in Game 1 of their CCHA quarterfinal series.

Michigan Tech Huskies 3 @ No. 4 North Dakota 5
UND leads best-of-3 WCHA quarterfinals, 1-0

F Brendan O’Donnell, UND: 0-1-1, +1, 1 SOG
Season totals: 24 GP, 1-7-8, -2, 16 PIM

Brendan O’Donnell (pictured) was on the top line and had an assist for the second straight game as third-seeded UND took a one game to zero lead on the 10th-seeded Huskies in the WCHA quarterfinals.

Bemidji State Beavers 1 @ No. 2 Minnesota Golden Gophers 2 (OT)
Minnesota leads best-of-3 WCHA quarterfinals, 1-0

G Adam Wilcox, MIN: Win, 17 saves on 18 shots
Season totals: 36 GP, 24-6-5, 1.85 GAA, .924 sv%, 3 SO

Wilcox stopped all but one shot through three periods and overtime, helping the second-seeded Gophers to a Game 1 win over the 11th-seeded Beavers in their quarterfinal series. The Beavers scored the tying goal with 38 seconds left in regulation. Game 2 is Saturday.

Michigan Wolverines 4 @ No. 9 Western Michigan Broncos 3
Michigan leads best-of-3 CCHA quarterfinals, 1-0

D Luke Witkowski, WMU: 0-0-0, -1, 0 PIM, 0 SOG
Season totals: 37 GP, 2-8-10, E, 44 PIM

The unseeded Wolverines struck first in this CCHA quarterfinal match-up, beating the third-seeded Broncos on their home ice. Michigan outshot WMU 30-18. Jets first round pick Jacob Trouba had two goals for Michigan. Game 2 is Saturday.

*USCHO poll used
NA Juniors Game Night: 3-15-13

8 weeks 6 days ago

Quebec Major Junior Hockey League s

Sherbrooke Phoenix 4 @ Rouyn-Noranda Huskies 5 (SO)

W Nikita Kucherov, R-N: 0-0-0, -1, 0 PIM, 0 SOG, 1 Hit
Season totals: 32 GP, 27-32-59, +16, 14 PIM
With R-N: 26 GP, 24-25-49, +15, 12 PIM
With Quebec: 6 GP, 3-7-10, -1, 2 PIM

Kucherov had a rare game without a point, but the Huskies picked up two points with a shootout win. Rouyn-Noranda only needed two shooters to win the shootout, 2-0.

Blainville-Boisbriand Armada 3 @ Val-d’Or Foreurs 1

C Cedric Paquette, BLB: Did not play
Season totals: 63 GP, 27-56-83, +29, 103 PIM

D Artem Sergeev, VDO: 0-0-0, E, 2 PIM, 5 SOG, 1 Hit
Season totals: 54 GP, 6-33-39, +21, 61 PIM

Paquette was out of the lineup again for the Armada, who has already clinched their division title. Sergeev was scoreless for the Foreurs, who look locked into the 10-seed of the 16-team playoff tournament.

Ontario Hockey League

Brampton Battalion 5 @ Niagara IceDogs 2

D Jake Dotchin, BAR: 0-0-0, -1, 7 PIM
Season totals: 65 GP, 4-18-22, E, 77 PIM
With Barrie: 27 GP, 2-6-8, -1, 38 PIM
With Owen Sound: 38 GP, 2-12-14, +1, 39 PIM

D Dylan Blujus, BRAM: 0-0-0, -2, 4 PIM
Season totals: 67 GP, 2-25-27, -10, 57 PIM

Blujus’ Battalion topped Dotchin’s Colts on Friday night, though neither prospect registered a point. Dotchin fought Barclay Goodrow of the Colts. Brampton is locked into the East’s four-seed for the playoffs, while Barrie is No. 2 in the East.

Erie Otters 1 @ Guelph Storm 2 (OT)

C/W Tanner Richard, GUE: 0-0-0, E, 0 PIM
Season totals: 51 GP, 11-51-62, +18, 92 PIM

Former Lightning prospect Brock Beukeboom had an assist and was named second star for Guelph in their 2-1 overtime win over Erie on Friday. Beukeboom was traded to St. Louis by the Lightning in the Eric Brewer deal. The Blues passed on signing him.

Note: Windsor’s Slater Koekkoek is out for the season with an injured shoulder.