1983/84 SKATER & GOALIE OF THE WEEK #14

Final Score: Andes 9 – Chicago 4

Labatts 3-Star Selection:
Star 1: AND – Michel Goulet 3G, 5Pts
Star 2: AND – Mike McEwen 2G
Star 3: AND – Stan Smyl 1G, 2Pts

Game Winner: – Michel Goulet

Notables:
AND – Michel Goulet Hat Trick & 5 Points
CHI – None

Second period – Jim Fox scores at the 22-second mark to tie it at 2-2. Then at the 55-second mark, the Ducks take the lead again on a goal by you guessed it – MIDDLETON – a pure hat trick for the Ducks star right-winger who now has 35 on the season. Then slightly over a minute later, the Ducks make it 4-2 when guess who? – MIDDLETON scores AGAIN. His FOURTH GOAL of the game and there are only 2 minutes gone by in the second period! Middleton scored three goals in 2 minutes and 1 second! Just when it looked like the Ducks were going to run away with this one Andes defenseman Larry Murphy did his Middleton imitation scoring unassisted at 11:01 and then unassisted AGAIN at 14:17. 4-4 in a crazy game! Second-period scoring was far from over as Dennis Potvin lit the lamp for the Ducks at 15:35 only to see Brad Park score for Andes with 36 seconds to go. 5-5 after 2 periods!

Third period: Tight checking in the period and no one has scored through the first 10 minutes. Then at 11:58, it’s Tony Currie getting the score for the Ducks and it’s 6-5 New Castle. Andes is pressing now – but its the Ducks who get the rush going and at 14:49 Pederson passes to McDonald who passes to MIDDLETON WHO SCORES YET AGAIN. FIVE GOALS FOR MIDDLETON! 7-5 Ducks. Clock winding down now and Andes still pressing – just over 2 minutes to go and it’s Potvin starting the rush giving it to McDonald who gives it to MIDDLETON AND YES – BELIEVE IT – HE DOES IT YET AGAIN. SIX GOALS FOR MIDDLETON – the most by a player in a game this season and (I believe) an all-time MWOTHL Record for most goals in a game. Aaron Broten scored for Andes with 14 seconds to go to make the final 8-6.

THREE STARS (Guess who’s #1)
1- NCD- Middleton 6 GOALS!
2- NCD Dennis Potvin 1G 2 A 3 PTS
3- NCD- Barry Pederson FIVE ASSISTS!

Pederson’s 5 assists were the most in a single game this season. CapJack’s Bryan Trottier also did it earlier this season. And Pederson’s 5 points also tied for the most points in a game this season EXCEPT for Middleton’s record-breaking 6 point performance in this game.

61 PIM in this one as there were 2 fights and a couple of misconduct penalties. Andes LW Willi Plett had 17 PIM, a fighting major (fought Schoenfeld), and then a holding penalty followed by a misconduct when he refused to leave the ice! Ducks Pat Boutette had 15 PIM with a 5-minute fighting major (fought Larry Murphy) and misconduct.

Pederson won 20 faceoffs (of 36) as the Ducks won 56.5% of the faceoffs. Each team had one power-play goal.

That last-minute goal in the 1st seemed to ignite the Moose and they treated the Rangers like “fudgies” (even though we were in the Garden) and blew up the 2nd period scoring 3 goals – and even strength, SH, and finally a PP goal. Propp got the 1st one, Rogers the 2nd (both of those unassisted), and O’Connell gets the PP goal.

Trottier tries to lift the Rangers spirit with a goal in the opening 27 seconds of the 3rd – but that was all the Moose would let the Rangers get away with. MacLean then adds a goal in the 2nd half of the 3rd and the 5-2 score holds up as the final. The Rangers tried hard but never seemed to have any control after the 1st. In fact, the MIM outshot the Rangers 13-5 in the final period.

STARS (all MIM)
1. Propp 1 goal, 2 assists
2. Quinn 1 goal
3. Rogers 1 goal

So – the 3rd-period starts and the Rangers concentrate more on defense and manage only 6 shots, but the Bulldogs fire 12 times at Resch. But most are not quality and then in the final minutes they come with 6 attackers and that results in a Trottier EN goal (his 2nd goal of the game) and a big 5-2 CapJack lead – and that is the final. Millen was able to turn aside 30 shots for Syracuse, but he faced 35.

STARS:
1. CAP – Trottier 2 goals
2. SYR – Larouche 2 goals
3. CAP – Kromm 1 goal, 1 assist

A penalty-filled 2nd period sees 2 minor fights, Ducks kill off 2 minors, Moose kill off one minor, and then can’t quite kill the 2nd one late, as Potvin scores with just under 2 minutes to go. Off to intermission with the Ducks up 2-1.

3rd period opens slowly, then the Moose tie it up on a Beers blast, just under 14 minutes to go. Ducks kill off the only 2 penalties in the middle of the period, and just as we get to full strength, Middleton puts the Ducks up. Time winding down as the Moose try to get something going. It takes a pulled goalie and 6 on 5 to make it happen as Maruk saves the day in the final minutes with a goal to tie it a 3, and we are off to some free hockey.

The Ducks control action early and get shots on goal but nothing in. In a final push, the Moose get one last push and Quinn finds the open gap for the winner with only 2 tics left.

Final Moose 4, Ducks 3 OT

1st star – Beers 2G 3pts
2nd – Quinn 1G 2pts
3rd – Potvin 1G 2pts

Things cool down a bit in the 2nd as the Moose only get one more goal, from Lysiak. The defense stays spot on and keeps Texas from scoring. 4-0 heading to the 3rd.

Texan on the board early, taking advantage of a MacLean cross-check. Taylor with the score. Maruk responds 4 minutes later to take any doubt away as it’s 5-1. Lowe adds one late for the Brahmas to make the final 5-2

1st star – Lysiak 2G 3pts
2nd Kurri 1G 2pts
3rd Maruk 1G

Scoring Summary
Per Time Str Team
1 8:58 PP SYR Bellows (19), assisted by Larouche (23) and Lafleur (22)
1 12:41 EV SYR Bellows (20), assisted by Larouche (24) and Hajt (8)
1 14:01 PP SYR Boldirev (17), assisted by Larson (22)
1 19:09 EV CHA Nicholls (29), assisted by Krushelnyski (12)
2 1:30 EV CHA Preston (8), assisted by Nattress (10) and Malarchuk (3)
2 6:44 EV CHA Boutilier (1), assisted by Shedden (17) and Errey (9)
2 8:31 EV SYR Neely (19), assisted by Boldirev (27)
2 13:14 EV SYR Andersson (4), assisted by Larmer (10)
3 7:49 PP CHA McKegney (20), assisted by Coffey (45)
3 19:22 EN SYR Larouche (37), assisted by Marsh (11) and Mullen (29)

Injuries: Errey(CHA)-game

Star 1: SYR Bellows 2 G
Star 2: SYR Larouche 1 G, 3 Pts
Star 3: SYR Boldirev 1 G, 2 Pts

GWG: Kent-Erik Andersson

Notables: SYR Sevigny 38 saves
CHA Nicholls 17 faceoffs won

Scoring Summary
Per Time Str Team
1 1:03 EV CHD Hedberg (16), assisted by Moller (10) and Eriksson (22)
1 14:43 EV CHA Coffey (21), assisted by Nicholls (34) and McKegney (17)
1 15:16 EV CHD Hawerchuk (21), assisted by Glenn Anderson (25) and Simmer (33)
2 9:41 EV CHD Poulin (12), unassisted
2 15:07 EV CHD Dave Hunter (15), assisted by Crawford (7) and Lapointe (10)
2 19:05 EV CHA Fox (1), assisted by MacInnis (26)
3 14:55 EV CHD Simmer (26), assisted by Glenn Anderson (26) and Boschman (23)
3 19:48 PP CHD Hawerchuk (22), unassisted

Injuries: Krushelnyski(CHA)-game

Star 1: CHD Hawerchuk 2 G
Star 2: CHD Simmer 1 G, 2 Pts
Star 3: CHD Bester 39 saves

GWG: Dave Poulin

Notables: CHD Bester 39 saves
CHA None

In the 3rd, the Saints get back-to-back goals by McCarthy and Jarvis. Picard scores for Andes to tie it.

With 56 seconds to go, McCarthy scores his 38th for the Saints as they take the lead. Then, incredibly, Andes scores with 2 seconds to go. Goulet scores his 31st goal.

The game goes to OT, and no one scores.

Andes 3 SCS 3

Star 1: MIC Ogrodnick 3 G
Star 2: MIC Messier 4 A
Star 3: MIC Gardner 1 G

3 Stars

1. Middleton (NCD) 2G
2. Hickey (NCD) 1G
3. Sutter (TEX) 1G

Star #1: Ciccarella 2 goals 1 assist
Star #2 – Gretzky 1 goal 2 assists
Star #3: Fogolin 1 goal 1 assist

Lemelin had 35 saves as Brooklyn outshot Portland 37-18

Steve Yzerman’s goal at 1:58 of overtime capped a furious comeback as Ohio defeated Charlotte, 7-6. Yzerman’s dramatics were set up by goals from Tony Tanti and Tim Kerr, 33 seconds apart, in the final minute to force the extra session.

Ray Bourque added a goal and three assists to the winning effort. Charlotte was led by Dale Hawerchuk’s hat trick (goals 21, 22, 23). Three times in the contest the Dynamo built two-goal leads.

Both goaltenders (Mike Liut for Ohio and Doug Keans for Charlotte) registered 26 saves. Each team collected a power-play goal.

The Ohio Legends finished the third period with three goals, breaking a 2-2 tie and skating away with a 5-2 win over Pittsburgh. Tim Kerr had a pair of third-period goals and had two assists earlier, to pace the Ohio attack.

Tony Tanti had a goal and two assists for Ohio, while Thomas Steen had a pair of assists for Pittsburgh. Mike Liut stopped 28 shots in picking up his 20th win of the season. Rick Wamsley turned away 33 shots while absorbing his 30th loss.

Tony Tanti finished his hat trick with an empty-net goal with 46 seconds remaining to seal the win for Ohio, 3-1, over Chicago. Mark Howe’s first-period goal opened the scoring and was the lone tally for the Underground.

Mike Liut stopped 23 shots in the win, while Bob Froese kicked away 13 shots in the loss.

A three-goal second-period explosion helped propel the New Castle Ducks to a 7-6 win over Ohio. The Ducks held a 5-2 lead after two periods before a furious finish let the Legends creep to within one.

Denis Potvin collected two goals and two assists to lead New Castle. Tony Currie added two more goals for the winners and Bobby Clarke had a pair of assists. Tony Tanit had a hat trick for the Legends and Bill Barber added four assists in the losing cause.

Ohio outshot New Castle, 44-27, but the Ducks converted four of seven power-play chances to collect the victory. Bill Smith picked up the win with 38 saves. Mike Liut received the loss with 20 saves.

Anyway – one home game this week against the St. Clair Shores Saints

Each team accounted for at least two goals in every single period, and the busy hero of the game was Charlotte’s Dale Hawerchuk who continues to soar up the MWOTHL scoring leaderboards. Hawerchuk turned in a hat-trick (including the game-winning goal) and three assists to total six points and he also won 15 faceoffs.

The Dynamo overcame a 6-5 deficit after two periods with three unanswered goals, capped off by a Hawerchuk goal with 4:56 left in regulation to put the Dynamo ahead 8-6. From there, the teams, traded goals: Marcel Dionne closed the gap for Dallas with a goal with 1:24 left in the third, but that was answered by a Hawerchuk empty netter with 44 ticks left in the third. Joey Mullen scored a scant 22 seconds later for the Drakes who simply ran out of time during that final minute, in a game where no lead was safe.

Dallas, which outshot Charlotte 40-36, was led by Patrik Sundstrom with two goals and three assists for five points. Defenseman Paul Baxter had four assists for the Drakes and Dionne added three helpers.

Three stars:
Star 1: Hawerchuk 3 G, 6 Pts, 15 FO won
Star 2: DAL Sundstrom
Star 3: CHD Charlie Simmer 2 G, 3 Pts

Melanson was a rare first-star goalie and he deserved it, especially after stopping six Dynamo power-play opportunities, and also considering that the Moose were outshot 32-17.

The game was for all intents and purposes was decided following an early checking from behind penalty by Charlotte fourth-line goon Perry Anderson that led to a game misconduct and kept the Dynamo shorthanded all evening. Following the ejection, Brian Propp cashed in on a power-play goal 5:59 into the first, assisted by Dan Quinn and that was all Mackinac Island really needed.

Propp scored his second goal with 9:30 left in the second period (also assisted by Quinn) and Jarri Kurri followed up with two more Moose goals – one late in the second and a power-play tally 1:50 into the third. Charlotte goalie Alan Bester struggled, saving just 13 while surrendering all four Moose goals.

Three stars: all MIM
1. Melanson (32 saves)
2. Kurri 2 G
3. Propp 2 G