FIRST PERIOD
Mash - St. Croix - Miller with Syvret - Allen are starting. Miss is in the net.
McIlrath still having trouble receiving the puck.
Kantor is doing a good job forechecking.
Miss with a good save on a wrister from up close on his left.
Mash with a good defensive play on a guy trying to go around him.
St. Croix with a nice pass to Mash, who makes another nice pass to Syvret. Shot, but no goal.
Lindberg displaying his defensive ability. Should be our third or fourth line center next year. He's almost ready for the NHL, just needs minor adjustments.
Syvret with a dumb play behind the net, which resulted in his shooting on Miss. Guess that doesn't count as a save.
Hrivik skating well, driving to the net.
Dupont with a dumb giveaway, shot above Miss's glove and it's 1-0 for M&Ms.
St. Croix working hard along the boards. Still on the first line with Miller and Mashinter.
McI with a giveaway trying to pass the puck out of his zone. The giveaway results in a penalty against Lindberg.
McI with a good pass to Jean, which resulted in a good scoring chance.
Kantor with a fight. About even until he was tackled down. Nothing special about this fight.
I like what Michael St. Croix is doing out there. Working hard, putting pressure on the opposing defense.
MSC continues to create more offense on the next shift.
Miss lets the puck through, but it hits the goal post.
Mash with a big hit, but it was from behind. Penalty.
Powe playing well, moving the puck from defense to offense. But can't do much offensively.
Weal fumbles the puck, Miller almost took it away to go on a breakaway, but was tripped up. Penalty on M&Ms, and in 12 seconds the Pack will be on a PP.
Hrivik drives to the net, almost scoring, Lindberg picks up the puck and misses the net.
Jean looking confident.
Good PP, but nothing went in.
McIlrath has the tendency to just throw the puck at the goalie, just to see what happens. Just put it up high and see if the goalie fumbles it or if the high rebound will go to someone. I am not even talking about doing it when someone is screening the goalie, I mean at random when nobody is anywhere near the goalie.
Dupont is off for a penalty. Miss with a good save on the PK taking advantage of his size.
SECOND PERIOD
Penalty on Andreoff, but again the Pack can't score.
Nicolls with a good pass to create an offensive chance.
M&Ms with a 3-on-1, but McI blocks the pass by being in good position and thinking quickly.
Hrivik needs to improve his shot because he has a lot of other offensive abilities. He could become a second liner if he improves his offense.
The Mash-St. Croix-Miller line continues to play well. Mash pressures, St. Croix takes away the puck and passes, Miller with a good shot. It was stopped, but good work.
McI with a pair of good defensivev plays, including a hit.
M&Ms run into Miss, call for goalie interference. Pack can't settle in on the PP. In and out several times.
Miss shuts up his detractors big time: first he stops a breakaway, then he has to stop a penalty shot. He should not have stopped this penalty shot last year, but his side to side movement got better.
GOAL: Dupont with a nice pass to Powe who shoots the puck between an M&M's legs, but it goes up high, so the goalie really couldn't see it. McI also gets an assist for trying to shoot the puck on the net, which got deflected and went to Dupont to begin the play. 1-1.
Kantor involved again. Not a fight, just a pushing and shoving match that results in an M&M PP.
Miller with a couple of really good saves, but then the M&Ms score. Not his fault, he didn't even have his stick anymore because he was run into. He's played well tonight.
Miller looks like a very good, confident player.
THIRD PERIOD
A couple of early saves by Miss. Pack is just running around with no purpose.
Kantor hussles hard.
Nicholls with a good shift.
Hartford's inability to finish is painful to watch. Maybe when Fast returns.
Allen with a shot, another shot by Dupont on a rebound, but nothing going in.
Pretty glove save by Miss.
Nash gives away the puck right in front of Miss, literally a few feet out and it's now 3-1.
Losing Newbury (for Syvret) was a big deal. He was the team's offensive catalyst. Without him, the Pack couldn't score to save a life last year, and that's what happening right now. Awful trade.
St. Croix creating offense.
Miss makes a good pad save.
Berube stops Nicholls.
Every game the Pack make their opposing goalie look like Patrick Roy.
MCI just runs over the M&M. Looked like a car hit the guy who just want down. Andreoff attacked MCI in return, but MCI landed 7-8 punches while taking only 1 back. Great hit, good fight. Plus Andreoff pick up the extra penalty. Penalty killed off.
Pack pressured well the last couple of minutes of the game, but simply don't have the offensive fire-power.
Game: 3-1.
