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Pots scores on MT Knett! 5-3 Checkers with 1 to go!
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Nice rebound game for the Checkers. Go win 2 in Chicago.
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Wolves goon it up at the end of the game. Punch a player down on the ice. Scum.
HisIceness
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They pulled their heads out of their asses and tie the series up.
Wolves apparently trying to goon it up at the end
Lorentz hurt but skating under his own power
Wolves apparently trying to goon it up at the end
Lorentz hurt but skating under his own power
Navin R Slavin
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Wow, McKenzie is some kind of punk for throwing punches at Lorentz while he's literally laying on the ice. I dunno if that's suspension-worthy, but by God it ought to be.
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That extra shot McKenzie gave when Lorentz was down on the ice was bullshit. Punk move.
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McKenzie was sucker punching the wrong guy in the first place, then hitting him when he was laying on the ice too. What a moron.
HisIceness
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Should be, should also fire the Checkers up for game 3 and beat some f***ing ass.
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Still a lot to clean up, but glad they pulled out the win. Not a fan of these Wolves announcers.
My Special Purpose
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Are we just ignoring the fact that Brown started that whole thing with a brutal check from behind? Because if we are, I'm OK with that. But I think it's OK to note it.
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You're not wrong, but still not sure it warranted the reaction it got.
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Looked like he went flying in both fists in the air and just decked him, then sat on him and punched him several times while in the ice...I see no way the league can let that go without suspension
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That's fine. Still doesn't excuse punching a dude who's literally laying flat on the ice.
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Yeah, I don't think there's a lot of "cleaning up" to be done at this point in the season. I think it's basically "survive and advance" time.
Watching these two games, I think it's also important to point out that Chicago is a *much* more veteran team than Charlotte. Most of their key guys are in their mid- to late-20s (Tye McGinn 28, Curtis McKenzie 28, T.J. Tynan 27, Stefan Matteau 25, Gage Quinney 23, Griffin Reinhart 25, Jake Bischoff 24, Josh Atkinson 26 and Zac Leslie 25) and have a bunch of NHL experience. We've got Jurco, Schilkey, Sanguinetti and Tokarski, and the rest of our guys are prospects.
As a result, Chicago is a much stronger team physically and they are more solid with the fundamentals. I think they're a better AHL team than we are. We're a young team getting by on talent and speed. I was surprised at how much we were getting pushed around on the boards and in the faceoff dot until I looked some of this stuff up and it made sense. On top of that, our young guys have got to be running on fumes by now. Morgan Geekie, 20, just played his 89th game of the year, many of them on back-to-backs and even three games in three nights situations. Gauthier, 21, would be over 90 games had he not been injured in Game 7 of the Toronto series.
There's nothing wrong with that. I'd rather be us than them, especially in two years when 4-7 of our guys are in the NHL. But I think they've got to be huge favorites to win this series.
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Watching it back, I did not see a brutal check from behind. That was nothing more than a standard minor penalty.
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It was definitely not necessary as the clock ran out in a 5-3 game. I thought it was a bad play by Brown to give Chicago an excuse to muck things up. We should've taken our win and got out of dodge.
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Wouldn't have minded it at all if he didn't go after the wrong guy then proceed to punch him while he was down on the ice.
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Well, it's gonna end up with one of their guys suspended, so good play.
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Roy has been playing some great hockey. Necas and Bean obviously have more high-end skill, but Roy will be key if the Checkers are to get by Chicago.
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I agree with this. He's one of the few who plays a "heavy" game for Charlotte. He was very noticeable, especially killing penalties. From a prospect standpoint, I'm really worried about his skating. But in this series, he's definitely a key guy.
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I’m impressed by how much Necas has grown over the course of the year. He was very “fish out of water” during his limited time in the NHL early this year, but he’s looked absolutely dominant playing for Charlotte.
Hope to see him with the big club next season.
Hope to see him with the big club next season.
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