1984/85 SKATER & GOALIE OF THE WEEK #17

THREE STARS:
1- NCD Tonelli 2G
2- NCD Mark Johnson 2G (36 on the season)
3- NCD Kent Nilsson 1G 2 A 3 PTS

Nilsson also continued to excel on faceoffs, winning 17 of 24.

John Ogrodnick two goals for Michigan

Tim Kerr four goals for Ohio, as Bobby Smith scores game ender

Moose open up the 3rd with 2 goals, even strength this time, from Seiling and Kurri. Ohio gets the last tally on a goal from Walter to make the final 6-2 Moose.

1st star – Zezel 2G 3pts
2nd – Kurri 1G 2pts
3rd – Propp 1G 2pts

2nd period sees the Saints control play, as the 14-6 SOG advantage shows. But the scoreboard says otherwise, and the Moose get the only score on a goal by Gilbert. It’s 3-2 Moose.

3rd period sees the Saints on offense more, but it’s the Moose with the first score. Maruk on a powerplay puts the Moose up 2. The Saints cut the lead to 1 on a goal by Murray, and we have 15 minutes to go. Moose hold it off until the Saints pull their goalie, and the usual barrage of shots and rebounds begins. It pays off with the tying goal with only 16 seconds to go. We are off to overtime.

Overtime sees both sides with chances, but the one that ends the game is a shot by Wilson to send the home crowd home sad, sad. Except for that group with all the empty beer cups.

Saints 5, Moose 4, OT

1st star – Federko 1G 4pts
2nd – Murray 2G
3rd – Maruk 2G

A Moose penalty early in the 2nd and Ponsson scores on the PP to even it at 2. Finally a penalty by the Stags, and a PP goal by Quinn. It’s 3-2

Stags even the game at 3 early in the 3rd with a goal by Turgeon. After that it’s all penalties and goals as the Moose get PP goals by MacLean and Quinn, a shortie by Gilbert, and on a late penalty, one more PP goal from MacLean. In all 6 PP goals, one shortie, and only 3 EV goals. The Moose win 7-3.

1st star – MacLean 2G 4pts
2nd – Propp 2G
3rd – Zezel 1G 3pts

The Saints score the remaining goals on Craven and Wilson’s goals.

SCS 4 Ohio 1

1- Barrasso
2-Wilson
3-McCarthy

In the 3rd, Ogrodnick scores for Michigan to tie it. We go to OT!

At 2:25, Bozek scores his 12th and the Saints pull out the OT victory.

Scoring Summary
Per Time Str Team
1 2:14 EV CHD Poulin (20), assisted by Simmer (16)
1 5:08 EV CHD Fraser (15), assisted by Fergus (13)
1 9:24 PP CHD Anderson (31), assisted by Samuelsson (3) and Poulin (33)
2 11:48 EV KAM Sutter (4), assisted by Lundholm (8)
3 19:11 EN CHD Hawerchuk (36), assisted by Boschman (31) and Moller (19)

By the way – there was a hockey game. Rangers jump out in front 2-0 on early 1st-period goals from Wickenheiser and Pettersson (PP), but Kamsack gets 1 back with 3 to go when Gartner lights the lamp.

Then the Rangers do it again with 2 early goals in the 2nd – Robinson (PP) at 1:45 and then McNab a minute later. 4-1 Rangers but again, the Cyclones score to cut the lead to 4-2 when Malone scores. But the period belongs to the Rangers as Donnelly and Beck add goals before the intermission and the Rangers take the big 6-2 lead into the 2nd intermission!

The rangers looking like winners today as they play defense in the 3rd – and it works well (for a while). But the Cyclones get revved up and are swirling all over the ice and Russell goes off for holding, Marsh scores his 1st goal of the season (PP) and it’s 6-3 with just over 5 to go. Still feels good to the home crowd, especially since the Rangers are holding off the heavy Kamsack pressure (20 SOGs to 2 in the 3rd). Then the bubble bursts. Cyclones play 6 attackers in the final minute + and with 18 seconds to go, Sutter scores to make it 6-4. 18 seconds, 2-goal lead, we’re OK – then Stastny scores! 7 seconds to go. six, five, four, three, two, …. one. HORN SOUNDS – it’s over and it’s a 6-5 win for the Rangers. As they say in WORDLE land – phew!! 11 different goal scores in this one. And everything but SOGs was pretty much dead even.

STARS
1. CAP – Pettersson 1 goal, 2 assists
2. KAM – Stastny 1 goal, 2 assists
3. CAP – McNab 1 goal, 1 assist

So – again, back to hockey and Pittsburgh takes a 2-0 lead into the locker room after the 1st. 6 to go, Mantha (former Ranger) scores, and then a minute later Payne scores when his slap shot cleanly beat wicks.

Rangers get 1 back in the 2nd when Crowder makes a Derlago penalty hurt as he scores a PP goal. but 4 minutes later Goulet scores on a rocket slapper for the Spirit to regain the 2-goal lead. Hruday has been sharp stopping 17 of 18 shots through 2 periods.

Midway in the 3rd however, Kromm beats him and it’s 3-2 Pittsburgh with 10 to go. Still 3-2 into the final minute. Weeks heads to the bench and CapJack goes all out, but Hrudy and the defense keep shutting the door. Seconds ticking away. 7 seconds to go. six, five, four, three, – last-ditch shot by Wickenheiser – OH HE SCORES!! That ties it up and we are going to OT!

In OT, both teams give it a shot – great shots – but Hrudy and Weeks are up to the task and the game ends 3-3 and each team gets a point.

STARS
1. CAP – Wickenheiser 1 goal (with 3 seconds left to tie it)
2. PIT – Payne 1 goal
3. PIT – Goutlet 1 goal

3 Stars (all TEX)

1. LaFontaine – 2G, 1A
2. Andreychuk – 1G, 2A
3. Sandstrom – 1G, 1A

We have a literal “back and forth” scoring fest here. Each team scores, then the other team scores, then back and forth until CapJack ties it with the goalie pulled at 19:29 of the 3rd… 5-5!!

Head to OT and Rogers sends the crowd home happy as the Spirit wins in OT 6-5!!

Larmer with a 5-point game (1g, 4a).

Spirit up late in the 3rd 4-1 when at 18:24 Gillis (6) makes it 4-2.

At 19:04 O’Connell (9) gives the spirit back a 3-goal lead. All good right? Nope…

Gillis (7) scores again to make it 5-4 with 35 seconds left!

and THEN Hawerchuk (36) scores 15 seconds later with 20 seconds to go to make it 5-4!!!

Finally, some defense stops the Dynamo from tying it!! Whew!! Spirit hold on (barely!) with a 5-4 win!!

O’Connell (10) who is on fire lately cuts the lead in half… 2-1.

Gradin (13) scores in the 2nd to make it 3-1, Cyclones.

Goulet (46) scores on the PP toward the end of the 2nd to make it 3-2!

In the 3rd the Spirit fire 19 shots on Peeters, of which he saves 17… meaning the Spirit skates to a 4-3 win!

1st – Lemelin
2nd – Tanti
3rd – Ciccarelli

1st – Smyl
2nd – Bodger
3rd – Sauve

1st – Nichols
2nd – Hayward
3rd – MacInnis

Mullen in the first minute of the 2nd. And then Babych 10 minutes later, to make it 3-1 visitors. Chicago scores twice in a couple of minutes, Paterson and Stastny (remember that name), and we are tied 3-3 heading to the 3rd.

Bullard breaks the tie on the powerplay and the visitors are up 4-3. Chicago with a quick response just seconds later from Bossy. Followed 3 minutes later by Stastny, and now it’s Chicago 5-4. About 12 minutes of calm, and then Stastny adds an insurance goal with under 2 minutes to go. Visitors pull the goalie and it pays off in spades, as Mullen scores and somehow Turnbull just 6 seconds later, and all are tied at 6 now. 48 seconds to go. No more scores, and off to overtime.

Visitors carry their momentum into OT and score just 2 minutes with Persson the GWG. 7-6.

1st star – Stastny 3G 5pts Hat Trick
2nd – Mullen 2G 3pts
3rd – Babych 1G 3pts

Dallas gets a single goal from Carson, and then Lindberg shuts the doors to make the 4-1 score stand. Lots of penalties with Dallas 0-7 on PP, while Chicago was only 1-8.

1st star – Bossy 1G 2pts
2nd – Lindberg 27 saves
3rd – Duchesne 1G

The Ducks bounced back with goals from Nilsson early and Smith late. In between Chicago spends a good bit of time killing 3 minors. A Maloney penalty late lets Chicago grab the lead back on the goal from Paterson. It’s 3-2 heading to the 3rd.

The Ducks are their own worst enemy in the 3rd, racking up 4 minors. Luckily they can kill all 4 off, but Chicago keeps their noses clean, and the zero on the scoreboard for goals allowed in the 3rd, and escape with a tense 3-2 win over another team just a little bit ahead of them.

1st star – Paterson 2G
2nd – Stastny 1G
3rd – Mondou 2A

The Dynamo’s home games this week were crucial division matchups, against a first-place CapJack squad seeking to defend its division title, and also a critical matchup against Kamsack scratching and clawing for the fourth playoff spot in the East. The Dynamo can ill afford to slip back: Pittsburgh entered the week just two points behind, and Kamsack was also not too far back (just seven points trailing the Dynamo). Should Pittsburgh and Kamsack supplant Charlotte it would knock the Dynamo, which is enjoying a promising season to date, smack out of the playoffs?

Facing a moment-of-truth point in the season, Charlotte rallied. Less than two minutes after Gradin’s goal, Charlotte defenseman Joel Quenneville put the Dynamo on the board with a power play goal, then a Curt Fraser goal for Charlotte 15:34 into a furious opening period narrowed the deficit to 3-2.

The rest of the way, Charlotte responded with four more unanswered goals from four other players, Anders Hedberg, Dale Hawerchuk, Tom Fergus, and Louis Sleigher (the last one was an empty netter with 29 seconds to play), and in a gut check, the Dynamo prevailed 6-3. Hawerchuk’s goal the game-winner came 14:09 into the second period and Fergus added an insurance goal with 1:12 left in the second period that put the Dynamo ahead 5-3.