A few thoughts...
First, goals against...
1. Drop pass to the point, skates in a bit and beats Froggett blocker side. At the time, I thought Froggett just missed it but was he screened?
2. Hookey uses a third forward as bait for the D, does a bit of a toe-drag, and snaps it blocker side on Froggett. I think Carter wants that one back but it was a good shot.
3. Protas loses the puck behind the net and, with Cristoforo expecting a breakout pass, it becomes a 2-on-1, and then a 1-on-Froggett. Mathurin losing his stick, then Protas losing the puck contributed to that.
4. Simple play - puck from the boards to out front. Hicks can't handle his guy, who tips it high on Froggett.
5. PP for OS. Spitfires let two guys behind the D and one bangs it home.
The good:
- Nesbitt hat-trick. He's turning into a real beauty and showing why he was a first round pick last year. They weren't cheap goals, either.
- Belchetz's between-the-legs pass for Nesbitt's second. I mean........
- Outshooting the Attack 28-13 through 40 is impressive, I don't care which team it is.
- Five players with multi-point games and Morneau is becoming a legit point-per-game player.
- Another game with 11 players registering a point.
- This team stands up for each other. Every time something happened, you had two or three teammates right there to help.
- Froggett's first OHL win. It wasn't pretty but, going off the replays, it wasn't all on him by any stretch.
- Mathurin with a +6!! Cristoforo with a +4!! They're doing something right, whether people want them to or not.
The bad:
- Five goals on 20 shots can't be accepted. They know they got away from their game.
- The old "need a 60 minute effort" cliche came out tonight. The team knows they didn't do their best and that's the first step.
- No goals on the PP but... they looked okay at times. Not sure where to put this one.
Walton with a dandy tilt (poor Mikus) and Gaymes with one, too. BTW, last I looked, Gaymes was at two fights so far. Someone mentioned tonight it was three... Sarnia and now tonight are his two tilts. Walton is also at two.
As I said before, the last I've heard on Davis is that it's not a head injury but upper body and the team doesn't know much beyond that. We'll see what happens this weekend. The repay I saw (briefly) looked like Davis got a stick in the back of the neck as he was going down. A misplaced cross-check, if you will. I want to see the replay again, though, because my view was brief. Regardless, I hope he's okay. You never, ever want to see team doctors and a stretcher come out.
Buckle up for Taylor Swift night on Saturday!