Pete Choquette Lightning organization at a crossroads. TB-1FLA-6 Sunrise Wins the Series 4-1. Screw Sunrise. Andrei Vasilevskiy allowed four goals on 37 shots for the loss. He played a good series, certainly a far better series than last season against Toronto. But, ultimately, Bobrovsky made the situational saves that Vasilevskiy did (and when he didn’t the referees … Read more
Series momentum swings in Crunch comeback. SYR-4ROC-3 (OT) Series Tied 1-1 Brandon Halverson allowed three goals on 27 shots for the OT win. First Period10:40 ROC Mersch (1), (Kulich, Jobst)(PP) Second Period13:00 ROC Weissbach (1), (Rousek)19:13 SYR Bellerive (2), (Myers, Duke) Third Period4:59 SYR Goncalves (1), (Myers, Robert)9:03 SYR Day (1), (Groshev, Fortier)16:06 ROC Jobst … Read more
A sliver of hope. FLA-3TB-6 Sunrise leads the series 3-1. Andrei Vasilevskiy allowed three goals on 25 shots for the victory. First Period8:54 TB Stamkos (4), (Point, Hagel)(PP)12:09 TB Hagel (2), (Hedman)(SH)15:07 TB Point (2), (Kucherov, Hedman) Second Period4:17 FLA Verheaghe (3), (Tkachuk, Lundell)9:40 TB Hagel (3), (Sergachev, Cirelli)11:10 FLA Reinhart (3), (Montour, Tkachuk)14:33 FLA … Read more
Rochester draws first blood. SYR-2ROC-3 Rochester leads the series 1-0. First Period1:01 ROC Wahlberg (1), (Prow)13:38 ROC Ostlund (1), (Rousek, Neuchev)(PP) Second Period13:21 SYR Duke (1), (Walcott, Carlile) Third Period7:59 SYR Bellerive (1), (Walcott, Harpur)10:21 ROC Rosen (1), (Metsa, Novikov) Syracuse outshot Rochester 37-26, but Amerks starter Devon Levi was stout until Dylan Duke got … Read more
Gonna be a tough offseason. FLA-5TB-3 Sunrise Leads the Series 3-0 Andrei Vasilevskiy allowed four goals on 30 shots for the loss. First Period10:39 FLA Tkachuk (2), (Lundell, Verhaeghe) Second Period0:44 TB Stamkos (3), (Hedman, Kucherov)2:56 TB Motte (1), (Jeannot)9:58 FLA Reinhart (2), (Tarasenko, Montour)16:30 FLA Montour (1), (Lorentz, Okposo) Third Period9:41 FLA Lorentz (1), … Read more
Lightning finally awaken but still find their backs against the wall. TB-2FLA-3 (OT) Sunrise Leads the Series 2-0 Andrei Vasilevskiy allowed three goals on 37 shots for the OT loss. Again, this man deserved better than what the team in front of him gave him for support. There’s not another goaltender on earth who makes … Read more
Lightning waste a strong Vasilevskiy performance. TB-2FLA-3 Sunrise Leads the Series 1-0 Andrei Vasilevskiy allowed two goals on 27 shots for the loss. He deserved more goal support. First Period6:17 FLA Reinhart (1), (Forsling, Barkov)16:08 TB Hagel (1), (Cirelli, Stamkos) Second PeriodNO SCORING Third Period0:58 FLA Verhaeghe (1), (Barkov, Tkachuk)(PP)17:55 FLA Tkachuk (1), (Ekblad)(EN)19:50 TB … Read more
Syracuse whiffs their divisional pursuit. UTI-5SYR-2 Brandon Halverson allowed four goals on 17 shots for the loss. What a time for him to finally have a subpar performance. The Crunch’s goaltending and the health and availability of their skaters have become big issues in the final two to three weeks of the campaign. First Period2:03 … Read more
Crunch put themselves on the precipice of a division title. SYR-4UTI-3 Hugo Alnefelt allowed three goals on 13 shots before giving way to Brandon Halverson who stopped all 19 shots he faced the rest of the way for the win. The late season collapse of Hugo Alnefelt’s play, which also happened last season, is a … Read more
Kucherov joins hockey royalty while Auston Matthews does not. TOR-4TB-6 Matt Tomkins allowed four goals on 38 shots for the win. It’s a shame he allowed three goals in garbage time, but he also kept Auston Matthews from his 70th goal, which is a memory he can treasure for a lifetime. First Period3:58 TB Paul … Read more