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Abbotsford Canucks Thread | Prospects Starting to Heat Up

0-0 midway through the first period, getting outshot 9-2 by the basement-dwelling Henderson Silver Knights. One of Abbotsford's "shots" was a dump-in from centre ice.
 
1-0 Abbotsford after one period. A wrist shot from the right point by McWard leaked under the arm of the Henderson goalie and Karlsson was there to poke the loose puck into an open net. Two struggling teams and the quality of play was representative of that fact.
 
Three minutes into the second period, watching both teams continue to hamfist their plays with the puck, my interest is hanging by a thread.
 
Late in a PP, Karlsson chips a bouncing puck across the crease to Mueller who scores from short range. 2-0, 13 minutes left in the second period.
 
A nice play was bound to happen and it was good work by Karlsson to maintain possession along the boards, getting the puck to Wolanin who drew multiple defenders to him and then spun and fired a perfect pass to Karlsson alone at the side of the net, he buried it for a 3-0 lead. Three points for Karlsson.
 
Woo joined the rush, took a pass from Blais and made an offensive zone pass that was deflected but went to Mueller who had a wide-open net to shoot into. Two goals each for Mueller and Karlsson.

Silver Knights scored on a rush down the left wing, getting a shot from the slot that found the five-hole of Tolopilo. 4-1 after two periods. Abbotsford has really struggled in third periods this season so the W isn't in the bag yet.
 
Abbotsford finally 'bumps the slump, first win in seven games, although it was against lowly Henderson.

Ty Mueller is having a nice rookie season in the AHL. Still unsure what, if any, NHL future he might have. But he's young enough (still only 21). So he has time to continue to develop.
 
Mueller was supposed to be a prospect with good defensive smarts and hustle, so his offensive output to this point has been a very pleasant surprise. Hopefully a promising indicator that we have an NHL player on our hands, too.
 
Abbotsford outshot Henderson 17-5 in the first period, scored a goal on a PP in the final minute. Raty tried a pass that was blocked but the puck ended up going right to Blais who buried it.

Henderson has had four PP chances, and scored in the first minute of the second period on one of them to tie the score.

Raty has been making too many careless mistakes with the puck. Henderson had a big chance after his most recent giveaway late in the second period but fortunately they whiffed on the shot; Abbotsford took the puck 4-on-2 the other way, Bains cut to the slot and put a wrist shot just inside the glove-side post. 2-1 Abbotsford after 40 minutes.
 
Silver Knights tied it early in the third when an attempted centring pass hit Kudryavtsev and went past Silovs. A few minutes later, Wolanin broke up a Henderson rush, Karlsson led a 3-on-2 and showed good patience to wait for a lane to get the puck to Aman who tipped it into a yawning cage. 3-2 Abby, 13 minutes to go and a delay of game penalty upcoming to Henderson.
 
Wouters with a good forechecking effort to steal the puck, then a quick centring pass to Glover who makes it 4-2 Abby with less than seven minutes to go.
 
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