1984/85 SKATER & GOALIE OF THE WEEK #6

Final Score: Chicago 4 – Michigan 3

Labatts 3-Star Selection:
Star 1: CHI – Pierre Mondou 1G, 2Pts
Star 2: CHI – John Chabot 1G, 2Pts
Star 3: MIC – Sylvain Turgeon 1G, 2Pts

Game Winner: – Anders Hakansson

Notables:
MIC – Dave Babych 5 Blocked Shots.
CHI – Pelle Lindbergh 30 Saves

Final Score: Mackinac 7 – Chicago 6

Labatts 3-Star Selection:
Star 1: MIM – Jari Kurri 3G, 4Pts
Star 2: ABV – Bossy 2G, 4Pts
Star 3: MIM – Brian Propp 1G, 4Pts

Game Winner: – Dan Quinn

Notables:
MIM – Jari Kurri – Hat Trick, Brian Propp 3 Assists
CHI – Peter Stastny 3 Assists

In OT, Smail (5) is the hometown hero as the Spirit win in OT 5-4.

Robinson scores his 2nd (PP) for CapJack in the 2nd and Boutilier (mc)Nabs a PP goal in the 3rd to seal the deal. Final 4-1 Rangers.

STARS (all CAP)
1. Robinson 2 goals
2. McNab 1 goal, 1 assist
3. Weeks 35 saves
The Brahmas outshot the Rangers 59-38 and 36-25 SOGs and lead in scoring chances (22-13) but Weeks held his ground (and going 2 for 5 on the PP didn’t hurt either, while shutting down 4 of 4 Brahmas PP attempts).

An early roughing penalty by the Rangers Donnelly opened the door for a Tonelli PP goal and a 1-0 lead for the Presidents less than 6 minutes into the game. But in the final 4 minutes of the period, the Rangers were able to flip that 1-0 deficit into a 2-1 lead. First Russell gets his 1st of the season with 4 to go and then McNab takes advantage of the Babych tripping penalty by scoring the PP goal and the Rangers end up leading 2-1 after 1. The 1st period ended up rather chippy as Lanz and Robertson go off for fighting with 4:03 to go. Then the Babych penalty and then Bellows and Barr tangle with just over a minute left in the period. As the 1st-period buzzer goes off, there are still 4 guys in the sin bins!!

The 2nd period sees 10 more penalty minutes – Leeman for Hyannisport goes off early for hooking, then Kromm exits for 2 minutes for cross-checking, and the Redmond (unsportsmanlike) and Crowder (roughing) tangle for coincidental minors, and finally Hunter for the President’s gets his 1st 2 minutes of the game with 7 to go. Lots of action for the Penalty Box monitors. So did anyone take advantage of these infractions? Well, yes, Pettersson gets a PP goal on the first Hyannisport penalty (3:25). Then when the teams are at full strength he scores again (10:55), and then he completes the natural hat trick scoring with 5 to go giving the Rangers a 3-0 second period and running the score to 5-1 through 2 periods.

Good thing because Hyannisport mounts a charge in the 3rd with Babych scoring 3 minutes in and then Laughlin scores with 6 1/2 to go to cut the Rangers lead to 5-3. As the game winds down, the Presidents keep attacking, bringing in more skaters (well 1) but Kromm is able to fire one at the empty net and scores with 7 seconds left to make the final 6-3!

Game stat – between the two teams there were 49 SOGs (26 for the Presidents, 23 for the Rangers). But there were 50 penalty minutes (22 for the Presidents and 28 for the Rangers)!!

STARS (all CAP)
1. Pettersson 3 goals, 1 assist (natural hat trick)
2. McNab 1 goal
3. Kromm 1 goal

Crowder had fun game with 3 assists. Torrie Robertson had 15 PIM and now has 84 for the 21 games he’s played leading the league and running at a 4 PIM/game clip!! Watch out – he might be carrying a Harry Howell hatchet!

Chicago 4 SCS 2

1-Stastny
2-Bossy
3-Lindbergh

2nd period- Napier scores for the Ducks and Nilan scores for the Saints. Late in the 2nd, Meagher scores again.

3rd period – Both teams exchange goals.

New Castle 5 SCS 4

1-Hardy
2-Meagher
3-Nilan

The CapJack Rangers and the New Castle Ducks have had a long and storied rivalry. Bad blood exists between these two clubs, going back to the 1982-83 Stanley Cup Finals when the Ducks came back from a 3-0 deficit to win the Cup. Coach Schindel is still upset about that!
The bad blood spilled over in this week’s game as the teams combined for a season-high total of 111 penalty minutes in a game marked by EIGHT FIGHTS!
When the two teams got around to playing hockey, it was all Ducks as a Rick Middleton goal (9) gave them a 1-0 lead after two periods. Early in the third, Terry Ruskowski gave New Castle breathing room with his 6th goal of the year. Brad McCrimmon got a huge insurance goal at 9:35. Meanwhile, John Vanbiesbrouck stopped all 31 shots on goal to gain his first-ever MWOTHL shutout.
As for the fights, tough guys Gary Rissling of the Ducks and Terri Robertson of the Rangers set the stage. The two went at it at 10:37 of the first period with Rissling getting the better of the fight. So they did it again at 12:52 of the second as Rissling once again got the better of it. Robertson didn’t give up easily and so the two fought YET AGAIN at 8:24 of the third period! At one point, CapJack had a .5 intimidation rating against – the highest I have ever seen in a game! It wasn’t only Rissling and Robertson who decided to duke it out. In a span of 37 seconds midway through the third period, there were four separate fights! At 10:08 of the third, Keith Crowder and Tiger Williams went at it. And then 23 seconds later things really exploded as Trottier and Middleton squared off, with Middleton pummeling Trottier – and Boutillier and Lewis fought at the same time. Not only did all four get fighting penalties but Middleton received a GAME MISCONDUCT. And the fighting still wasn’t over. Fourteen seconds after those four went to the sin bin – Arniel and Kleinendorst went at it. The penalty box was so full that not all the players’ names could fit on the screen at the top of the scoreboard! At 18:17 there was yet another fight as Kromm and Hardy each got five-minute majors. It was literally FIGHT NIGHT AT THE DUCK POND! And it will be interesting to see what happens the next time these two teams meet.

Robertson had 17 PIM, Rissling 15, and Middleton 15. Boutilier had 10

THREE STARS:
1- NCD Vanbiesbrouck 31 saves SHUTOUT
2- NCD Terry Ruskowski 1 G
3- NCD Brad McCrimmon 1G

A tight-checking tense game goes to the Ducks as Mark Johnson scored twice. First, Johnson tied it at 1-1 at 6:24 of the third period. Then Johnson got the winner in overtime at 4:02. Johnson now has 14 goals on the season.

Shots on goal were virtually even with MIC having a 27-26 edge.

THREE STARS:
1- NCD Johnson 2G
2- NCD Billy Smith 26 saves
3- NCD Mark Napier 2A

New Castle looked for the equalizer, following a late cross-checking penalty to Charlotte left winger Curt Fraser, with about a minute and a half left in the period. Instead, the Dynamo got a morale-booster entering the locker room when with just two ticks on the clock when Paul Gillis chipped a pass ahead to Laurie Boschman who beat Vansbriesbrouk a low-stick side wraparound goal, good for a shorthanded goal and 2-0 lead.

Charlotte capitalized on the special teams again in the second – this time on the power play – when Fraser converted an assist by Hall of Famers Dale Hawerchuk and Lanny McDonald 4:12 into the second for the 3-0 Dynamo advantage.

The Ducks fired a steady stream of goals against Warren Skorodenski (15) in the second period and finally cashed in when Ric Middleton scored off assists from Mark Johnson and Rick Middleton and closed the deficit to 3-1, with 3:14 left in the second. New Castle was indeed alive.

We go to the third and it was here that Charlotte’s unsung hero of this campaign, Boschman again shined with an even-strength goal at 3:22 in off an assist from McDonald that salted it away. Hawerchuk added a late goal with 3:42 in regulation off an assist from defenseman Randy Moller as the Dynamo prevailed 5-1.

Three stars all Charlotte:
Star 1: Boschman 2 G
Star 2: Hawerchuk 1 G 2 Pots
Star 3: Skorodenski 28 saves

Notable: New Castle outshot Charlotte 29-25, but only mustered eight shots in the third when the game still hung in the balance.

What followed was Charlotte’s best third period of the season. The Dynamo stunned the Sasquatch with five unanswered goals, all from different players to rally for the 7-4 win.

The Dynamo erased Portland’s 4-2 lead on special teams; a power play goal from Fraser was followed up by a shorthanded goal by Boschman with 13:13 left in regulation. McDonald provided the game-winner with 9:37 left in the third that put Charlotte ahead 5-4. Fourth liner Louis Sleigher added an even-strength goal with 5:09 left to give the Dynamo the insurance it needed, and Hawerchuk added an empty netter for good measure with a minute left.

Three stars:
Star 1: POR Gretzky 2 G, 3 Pts
Star 2: Hawerchuk 1 G, 4 Pts
Star 3: Boschman 2 G

Notable: The Dynamo doubled Portland in shots on goal, 44-22, and found the net on five of its 11 shots in the third period as it rallied. Sasquatch backup goalie Corrado Micalef played exceptionally through the first two periods, saving 33 shots while allowing just two goals, before wilting in the third; he finished with 37 saves. This penalty-filled game included 14 penalties with both teams one for three on the power play.

1st Star – Muller
2nd Star – Gilmour
3rd Star – Naslund

1st Star – Sinisalo
2nd Star – Sundstrom
3rd Star – Romano

3 Stars

1. Graham (OH) – 2G
2. Kurvers (Tex) – 1G, 1A
3. Taylor (Tex) – 1G

The Chiefs break it open with a Tremblay goal 90 seconds into the period. A Bothwell minor puts the Moose on PK, and they are successful for the 5th time in the game. Young with a minor gives the Moose a chance, but once again the Moose struggle to get even one SOG. Just past the halfway point, Coffey finds the back of the net, and the Chiefs inch out to a 2-0 lead. Later, Lemieux with a penalty opens the door for the Moose, but once again, hardly a shot on goal. Just after the penalty expires, Maruk gets the Moose on the board. and we go to break 2-1 Chiefs. Moose is down 6-26 in SOG for the game.

A blistering locker room session results in the Moose getting some offense generated in the 3rd. Unfortunately, the period starts trying to kill off a double minor, and Krushelnyski puts a goal on the board for the Chiefs early. The Moose control play most of the period, but can only manage one goal, MacLean, before we get to the final 2 minutes. Down 3-2, The Moose let Dineen slip by and add the insurance goal, 4-2, before a pulled goalie and the 6 on 5 get the Moose their 3rd goal, Propp. Too many errors and penalties cost the Moose this one, 4-3.

1st star – Coffey 1G 2pts
2nd – Krushelnyski 1G 2pts
3rd – Tremblay 1G

Scoring Summary
Per Time Str Team
1 4:07 EV SCS Tocchet (5), assisted by Francis (6)
1 4:51 EV CHA Dineen (6), assisted by Krushelnyski (9)
1 18:45 EV CHA Wilson (5), assisted by Patrick (4)
2 5:41 PP CHA MacInnis (5), assisted by Lemieux (10)
2 14:21 EV SCS Stevens (5), assisted by Federko (13)
2 16:06 PP CHA Patrick (3), assisted by Lemieux (11)
3 5:05 EV SCS Craven (5), assisted by Francis (7) and Federko (14)
3 9:35 EV SCS Federko (7), assisted by Wilson (15) and Barrasso (3)
3 14:27 SH CHA Driver (1), unassisted
3 19:21 EN CHA Krushelnyski (13), assisted by Driver (7) and MacInnis (18)

Star 1: CHA Krushelnyski 1 G, 2 Pts
Star 2: CHA MacInnis 1 G, 2 Pts
Star 3: CHA Patrick 1 G, 2 Pts

GWG: Bruce Driver

Notables: SCS Murray, Troy 16 faceoffs won, Barrasso 33 saves
CHA None

Scoring Summary
Per Time Str Team
1 3:51 PP CHD Vaive (8), unassisted
1 17:28 EV CHD Sleigher (1), assisted by Fogolin (3) and Tippett (1)
2 2:19 EV CHD Poulin (7), assisted by Simmer (6)
2 11:27 PP CHA Lemieux (10), assisted by Nicholls (16) and Chelios (14)
3 5:34 EV CHA Lever (1), assisted by O’Reilly (6) and Hartsburg (3)
3 19:47 EN CHD Boschman (7), assisted by Hawerchuk (12) and Anderson (10)

Injuries: Halward(CHD)-game

Star 1: CHD Moog 53 saves
Star 2: CHD Vaive 1 G
Star 3: CHD Boschman 1 G

GWG: Dave Poulin

Notables: CHD Moog 53 saves
CHA Krushelnyski 12 PIM, Lemieux 17 faceoffs won

Scoring Summary
Per Time Str Team
1 :22 EV KAM Perreault (9), assisted by Gartner (19) and Stastny (9)
1 1:36 PP KAM Sundstrom (4), assisted by Christian (5) and Gradin (4)
1 14:08 EV KAM Neely (2), assisted by Erixon (2)
2 9:13 SH CHA Coffey (5), assisted by Lever (2)
3 3:13 EV CHA Dineen (7), unassisted
3 17:07 EV CHA Lemieux (11), assisted by Young (2)
3 18:32 EV CHA Lemieux (12), assisted by Coffey (15) and Chelios (15)
3 18:47 EV KAM Gartner (11), assisted by Courtnall (3) and Lundholm (3)
3 19:26 EV KAM Lundholm (2), assisted by Howe (9) and Courtnall (4)
3 19:56 EV CHA Young (8), assisted by Lemieux (12) and Tremblay (9)
4 4:42 EV CHA Driver (2), assisted by Lemieux (13) and Coffey (16)

Injuries: Hartsburg(CHA)-game

Star 1: CHA Lemieux 2 G, 4 Pts
Star 2: CHA Coffey 1 G, 3 Pts
Star 3: CHA Young 1 G, 2 Pts

GWG: Bruce Driver

Notables: KAM Wilson, Behn 15 PIM, Peeters 34 saves
CHA Hartsburg 15 PIM

Dan Bouchard comes up strong with a 30-save performance in notching the shutout for Ohio. The Legends took advantage on the power play, cashing in twice on six opportunities. The penalty kill was up to the challenge, stopping all four chances for Andes.

Moe Lemay, Brian MacLellan, and Mike Allison netted the lamp lights for Ohio.