Kingston Frontenacs 2024-25 Season Thread, Part II

[frontsfan67]

Decent first period but on that short handed goal. Burns fanned on the pass but I believe the guy right there with him was Uronen and D’amato raced way past him and made it a 2 on 1. Could’ve been a 2 on 2 but Uronen either didn’t try to get back or gave up. Don’t ever have anything negative to say about Uronen ever but that goal was a heart breaker. Short handed goal right before period ends

 

[leafs4life94]

All said and done 4/6 is definitely a good one weekend considering the teams played, but it shows there's still so room for improvement.

Friday - great game against the hottest team. That's the kind of game they'll need night in/night out in the playoffs. Absolute bomb by Uronen on the PP and one of the nicer goals all year with Battaglia and Guindon.

Saturday - amazing start, let off the gas pedal and let Niagara get back into it. Pretty safely the best 4th line game all year - Clark has an incredible wrist shot and with all the players graduating next year it wouldn't surprise me if he put up 20+ next year with the increased opportunity.

Sunday - Schenkel kept them in it for as long as he could but eventually the rebounds and effort in front of him end up turning it into a gongshow. Hopefully Hay isn't out long-term - I know the hits are 100% legal and it would've been a significantly worse outcome with the old stanchions but I still find running someone into the curved glass as predatory.

Good to see Williamson back - again a clean hit in a vacuum but you can't waive the icing off that late. Williamson may have slowed up a little bit but the call is supposed to be made when the first player hits the faceoff dots. Make the judgement call on if the puck is going to get there and make the decision - the puck being at the goal line is too late for a player to protect themself.

Oshawa doesn't really scare me as a team like Brantford or even a healthy Barrie - lots of talent obviously, solid goaltending and they've clearly had Kingston's number - what scares me about a potential playoff match-up is that Kingston's composure just goes out the window when they play them. Burns had an awful game (although that call at the beginning of the 3rd is 100% a reputation call) - but they just need to move on and focus on another tough couple games this weekend with Windsor and Barrie.

I noticed Adam Kelly getting a lot more ice-time with top 9 players last night, most of it was after the Hay injury but I think he had some shifts before too - he's another one that'll be a big player next year.

 

[Logosarejusttargets]

All said and done 4/6 is definitely a good one weekend considering the teams played, but it shows there's still so room for improvement.

Friday - great game against the hottest team. That's the kind of game they'll need night in/night out in the playoffs. Absolute bomb by Uronen on the PP and one of the nicer goals all year with Battaglia and Guindon.

Saturday - amazing start, let off the gas pedal and let Niagara get back into it. Pretty safely the best 4th line game all year - Clark has an incredible wrist shot and with all the players graduating next year it wouldn't surprise me if he put up 20+ next year with the increased opportunity.

Sunday - Schenkel kept them in it for as long as he could but eventually the rebounds and effort in front of him end up turning it into a gongshow. Hopefully Hay isn't out long-term - I know the hits are 100% legal and it would've been a significantly worse outcome with the old stanchions but I still find running someone into the curved glass as predatory.

Good to see Williamson back - again a clean hit in a vacuum but you can't waive the icing off that late. Williamson may have slowed up a little bit but the call is supposed to be made when the first player hits the faceoff dots. Make the judgement call on if the puck is going to get there and make the decision - the puck being at the goal line is too late for a player to protect themself.

Oshawa doesn't really scare me as a team like Brantford or even a healthy Barrie - lots of talent obviously, solid goaltending and they've clearly had Kingston's number - what scares me about a potential playoff match-up is that Kingston's composure just goes out the window when they play them. Burns had an awful game (although that call at the beginning of the 3rd is 100% a reputation call) - but they just need to move on and focus on another tough couple games this weekend with Windsor and Barrie.

I noticed Adam Kelly getting a lot more ice-time with top 9 players last night, most of it was after the Hay injury but I think he had some shifts before too - he's another one that'll be a big player next year.

I agree and disagree on the Williamson hit, at the very least it was a boarding and best a charge, that being said it never should have been waved off, and definitely not that late. The linesman waved it off after it cross the goal line. I was at the game, and happened to be in standing room toward that end, so got a good view of it. He ended up with 5 stitches by the way. Hay was in the stands afterwards and he said he was ok.