SKATER & GOALIE OF THE WEEK #4
| CLARENCE SKATER | TEAM | GP | GOALS | ASISSTS | POINTS | PM | +/- | SOG | S% |
| Holmgren, Paul | SDM | 3 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 50% |
| CLARENCE GOALIE | TEAM | GP | GOALS AGAINST | G.A. AVERAGE | SAVES | SAVE % | |||
| Cheevers, Gerry | SDM | 2 | 4 | 2.02 | 80 | .952 | |||
| WALES SKATER | TEAM | GP | GOALS | ASSISTS | POINTS | PM | +/- | SOG | S% |
| Maloney, Don | BIL | 3 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 0 | 8 | 13 | 23% |
| WALES GOALIE | TEAM | GP | GOALS AGAINST | G.A. AVERAGE | SAVES | SAVE % | |||
| Smith, Billy | SCF | 3 | 4 | 1.33 | 86 | .956 | |||
| Chicago Underground | |
| Weekly Preview: | Chicago playing only a single game at home this week takes on the Mariners of San Diego. |
| San Diego Mariners @ Chicago Underground | Chicago takes a beating on home ice & has the fans totally disgusted after playing well last week. San Diego takes only 22 shots, scoring on 7 of them. Gerry Cheevers has 37 saves in the Shutout. Charlie Simmer continues to be hot with 2 Goals. |
| Weekly Summary: | Chicago fans are not happy with the way the team is playing at home. San Diego is doing better than expected. |
| Saskatoon Cyclone | |
| Weekly Preview: | Sask hosts Pit |
| Pittsburgh Spirit @ Saskatoon Cyclone | Pit scores twice within 30 seconds to win 4-2. Yeehaw |
| Weekly Summary: | Pit is victorious. |
| CapJack Rangers | |
| Weekly Preview: | Rangers get 3 home games this week after last week’s 4 road games and it was a good week to be named Danny Gare – 7 goals in the 3 home games…. And lot’s of points to share with others |
| Philadelphia Firebirds @ CapJack Rangers | Home stand starts with a fiery game against Philadelphia. The only difference in the game was in the 2nd were the Rangers get 2 goals to the Firebirds 1. They matched goals in period 1 (1 each) and period 3 (3 each)! Cloutier started it with an unassisted power play goal at 7:44, but Maruk tied it up a couple of minutes later. Cloutier then scored his 2nd goal of the game very early in the 2nd, but Roberts ties it up less than 3 minutes later. Gare then starts his scoring binge for the week just past the halfway point in the game for 3-2 CapJack lead. Then the 3rd period starts. Barnes went off the ice with just over a minute left in the 2nd so the Firebirds began the 3rd on the PP – and Carlye converts 34 seconds into the period to tie it up. 30 SECONDS later Lee scores to put the Firebirds up 4-3. A minute later Shutt scores to tie it. Then the game settles down for 4 and a half minutes before Secord puts one in the net for a 5-4 Philly lead. 2 minutes later Gare gets his 2nd to tie it up again. Then with just under 3 to go, Murdoch finds the back of the net for a 6-5 lead and the Rangers withstand a minute and a half of the extra attacker to win the game 6-5. STARS: 1. CAP – Gare 2 goals 2. CAP – Cloutier 2 goals 3. PHI – Carlyle 1 goal, 1 assist Notables:PHI Myre 36 saves (and 6 no saves); CAP- Trottier 3 assists and 28 faceoffs won! |
| Quebec City Le Blue @ CapJack Rangers | The Le Blue make their first trip to visit the Rangers and the Rangers were feeling le Blue when it was over. Gare opened the scoring for the game and the Rangers – but he only puts one in the net and that’s the difference in the game. Wensink ties it up in the last 2 minutes of the 1st. Then Shutt gets an unassisted PP goal 2 minutes into period 2, Goulet and LeDuc then pop in two for a 3-2 lead. But Shutt gets his 2nd of the game to tie it before the 2nd buzzer. Then Sedlbauer gets the Rangers a 4-3 lead after 3 in the 3rd, but Weir decides to take things into his own hands (or stick) when he converts not one, but two PPs into goals and Le Blue is le victor, 5-4. STARS: 1. QUE – Weir 2 goals, 1 assist 2. CAP – Shutt 2 goals 3. QUE – Goulet 1 goal Notables: CAP – Trottier 19 faceoff wins |
| Brooklyn Harbor Rats @ CapJack Rangers | Harbor Rats are not nice creatures! They get on the board first scoring two at the midway point in the 1st – Gartner and Christian. Then the Rangers EXPLODE. Gare gets his first goal of the game a couple of minutes before period 1 ends. Then he gets 3 more in the 2nd period, oh and Trottier gets 2 goals and for good measure Murdoch puts one in. Gare’s 4th goal actually came shortly into the 3rd but the Rangers scored 7 times after those 2 Harbor Rats tallys. Then Gustafsson finished the scoring getting one for Brooklyn in the 3rd. Final 7-3 CapJack. STARS (all CAP) 1. Gare 4 goals 2. Trottier 2 goals, 3 assists 3. Murdoch 1 goal Notables: besides the 4 Gare goals and 5 Trottier points, Trottier had 15 faceoff wins GOT that notable in all three games. |
| Weekly Summary: | Rangers go 2-1 at home this week – scores lots of points, entertain the fans!! |
| Silk City Whales | |
| Weekly Preview: | Struggling Whales host CapJack |
| CapJack Rangers @ Silk City Whales | Late goal from DeBlois put Rangers over Whales 4-3.
1st Star – Schutt (CAP), goal & assist |
| Weekly Summary: | Whales continue to struggle, now having lost five in a row |
| Charlestown Chiefs | |
| Weekly Preview: | Three home games – will the Chiefs make a surge in the standings, or plummet like a lead balloon? |
| Mackinac Island Moose @ Charlestown Chiefs | The Chiefs go down 2-0, but score three unanswered goals to lead 3-2. But they fail to hold the lead, as Sjoberg scores his first of the year for Mackinac to force the 3-3 tie.
Scoring Summary Star 1: CHA McEwen 1 G Notables: MAC Lysiak 16 faceoffs won |
| Biloxi Blades @ Charlestown Chiefs | The Blades slice the Chiefs to pieces (6, to be exact) as they have a scoring party the Beer Garden.
Two unconsequential goals late by Charlestown makes the score look respectable (6-3), but it was an embarrasing showing for the home team. Scoring Summary Star 1: BIL Middleton 2 G, 5 Pts GWG: Mike Rogers Notables: BIL Don Maloney 4 assists, Don Maloney 5 points, Middleton 3 assists, Middleton 5 points |
| Saint Croix Falls Lumberjacks @ Charlestown Chiefs | The Chiefs show some moxie in this one – scoring two late goals (13:23 and 19:28) to turn a pending 2-0 loss into a 2-2 tie.
Scoring Summary Star 1: CHA Paiement 1 G Notables: SCR None |
| Weekly Summary: | The Chiefs kiss their sister twice, and suffer a slashing in the other to only manage 2 of a possible 6 points at home this week. It’s going to be a long winter… or is it summer? |
| Syracuse Bulldogs | |
| Weekly Preview: | One home game for tha Dogs. |
| CapJack Rangers @ Syracuse Bulldogs | A back and forth game. Syracuse hangs on beating the Rangers 3-2. |
| Weekly Summary: | The Bulldogs remain in the hunt in the tight Norris division. |
| Brooklyn Harbor Rats | |
| Weekly Preview: | A pair of home games in Brooklyn for a team struggling to get to .500 hockey and missing a couple of key players (Bobby Smith and Guy Lapointe). |
| St. Clair Shores Saints @ Brooklyn Harbor Rats | Gary McAdam’s hat trick leads the Rats to a 6-2 over the visitors. Dennis Ververgaert (Saints) and McAdam trade first period scores. Then Rick Martin and Behn Wilson tally goals just :33 seconds apart early in the second period, both set up by Pete Mahovlich. J.P. Bordeleau (Saints) makes it a one goal game midway through the second, but McAdam answers less than a minute later with his second of the night. Then he finishes off the first hat trick in Brooklyn history before the period’s over. Martin would add his second of the game for the only goal of the 3rd and the 6-2 final score. |
| Philadelphia Firebirds @ Brooklyn Harbor Rats | Rick Martin nets his 11th goal of the season just :23 seconds after puck drop to send the home crowd into a frenzy. Marcel Dionne’s power play goal ties it for Philly and we head into intermission even. In the 2nd, Mahovlich nets a power play score for a Rats lead, then sets up D-man Dave Lewis for his first of year and a 2 goal lead. The final frame goes scoreless until Pat Hickey’s empty netter seals the win, 4-1 Rats. |
| Weekly Summary: | A pair of home wins for the Rats. Brooklyn has also announced the December 12th home game against Silk City as “Family Night”. In honor of hosting his cousin’s team, Rats owner Jim Martin says anyone with a ticket can get a family member in for free. |
| Philadelphia Firebirds | |
| Weekly Preview: | Philly enters their home struggling on offense and their power play. |
| San Diego Mariners @ Philadelphia Firebirds | Chippy game from the start that featured 6 fights and game misconducts for Holmgren and Mulvey. The Firebirds could not contain Simmer and Perreault. They started the game with an 18-2 shot differential while behind 1-0. Goals by Lee and McKegney tied the game up late in the third only to see Zuke leave the penalty box and going one on one with Stephenson …scoring the winning goal with a minute late.
Stars 01. Perreault |
| Chicago Underground @ Philadelphia Firebirds | After another close one goal game the Firebirds take on their hated rivals Chicago Underground. The Firebirds controlled play in this one from the beginning to the end. A close 2-0 game was blown open by 2 slap shot goals by Craig Hartsburg. Phil Myre complete the 32 save team first shutout of all time |
| Weekly Summary: | Another split and 0-9 on the powerplay. If they Firebirds could get responses from trade request some moves might be made. |
| Mackinac Island Moose | |
| Weekly Preview: | 3 home games for the Moose (3-8-1) this week. Silk City (2-9-1) Saskatoon (6-4-2) and Quebec City (5-4-3) all take the ferry out to the island this week for some fun. The Moose got 5 points last week and the pressure on the team is a little less intense. |
| Silk City Whales @ Mackinac Island Moose | The Moose set a team record for quickest goal as Lysiak wins the opening face-off and then races in front of the goal for a deflection of a Ferguson shot to light the lamp only 13 seconds into the game. The Whales tie it up 8 minutes later as Brasar from Houston on a 2 man rush is successful. First period ends 1-1. 2nd period is controlled by the defense until just under 2 minutes left when the Moose 4th line runs a nifty play and Hislop to Boutette to Jensen who nails a one-timer for a 2-1 lead. And before the clock hits zero, the Moose get a Larson to Barber play and Barber makes it 3-1 at the break. The 3rd period is quiet until late when the Moose strike again, Larson to Ferguson and a slapshot to make it 4-1 Moose. Hoping for a 5th goal and free fudge at the Rocky and Bullwinkle Fudge Shoppe, the fans chant Fudge! Fudge! the remaining 5 minutes but the Moose are unable to convert, as well as the Whales, and the game ends 4-1 1st star – Meloche 38 saves 2nd star – Ferguson 1g1a 3rd star – Barber 1g |
| Saskatoon Cyclone @ Mackinac Island Moose | The Moose get big production from the 3rd and 4th lines, including a hat trick from Dunlop, in a 5-0 shutout of the powerful Cyclones. Jim Corsi got the call to hold off the league leading Gretzky scoring machine, and he was up to the task with 31 saves and the win. Moose perfect on 4 penalty kills while converting on 1 of 5 powerplays. Not only free fudge for 5 goals and the win, but free Waffles at the Boris and Natasha Waffle House for the shutout. Good eating for ticket holders the next morning. 1st star – Dunlop 3g1a 2nd star – Corsi 31 saves – shutout 3rd star – Russell 4a |
| Quebec City Le Blue @ Mackinac Island Moose | Special appearance by Dudley Do-Right and Nell Fenwick who sang the Canadian National Anthem in pre-game ceremonies. Apparenly inspired, the Le Blue start the scoring early, 4 minutes in, on a Milbury to Weir to Howe goal. The rest of the first period is defensive, and ends 1-0 Quebec. About 7 minutes into the 2nd, with Quebec on a powerplay, McKechnie nails Dunn and speeds off to beat Esposito for a nifty shorty and a 1-1 tie. About 2 minutes later with Le Blue on another power play, Milbury gets picked by Sheppard who takes off with McKechnie, who returns the puck to Sheppard who pops it in for another shorty and a 2-1 Moose lead. As the penalty expires the Moose move the puck into the zone and Lever converts the opportunity to make it 3 goals in 5 minutes for the home team. After that burst of activity, all goes quiet and the period ends 3-1 Moose. Early in the 3rd Le Blue get another powerplay and a nervous crew works the puck around, this time keeping control with Ratelle getting a wraparound to work and cut the lead to 1. But before echoes die, the Moose win the faceoff and rush into the zone, 3 quick passes and a one-timer by Sjoberg catches Esposito off guard to make the Moose lead 2, at 4-2. With fans periodically chanting for Fudge, both teams play spirited the final 14 minutes, but no more goals are had. Final 4-2 Moose 1st star – MxKechnie 1g1a 2nd star – Lever 1g 3rd star – Sjoberg 1g |
| Weekly Summary: | Another strategy change this week, with much better results, 3 wins, 0 losses, outscoring the visitors 13-3 in 3 games. One shutout.
Moose top players: |
| San Diego Mariners | |
| Syracuse Bulldogs @ San Diego Mariners | Syracuse made the long trip to the west coast to face the bully Mariners. Of course there was 5 fights in the game and of course Holmgren was involved in at least 1 of them. Mariners jumped all over the travel weary Syracuse team in the 1st period with 4 goals. Goals by Holmgren, Callighen, Simmer and Chapman paced San Diego to 4-0 1st period lead. Perreault’s PP goal in the first 3:30 of the second period squashed any comeback hopes from Syracuse. San Diego cruised home to victory 6-2. 1st star: Perreault 1G & 2A (San Diego) 2nd star: Holmgren 1G & 2A (San Diego) 3rd star: Smith 1G & 1A (San Diego) |
| Weekly Summary: | San Diego 1-0 |
| Biloxi Blades | |
| Weekly Preview: | Three home games for Biloxi. Home cooking, Game one is Crawfish Night, Game two is Leftover Crawfish Night, Game three is fend for yourself night. |
| Silk City Whales @ Biloxi Blades | Jean Pronovost a true hat trick, three straight goals (first three of the game) all coming within 2 minutes at start of third period – 2:05, 3:01, and 3:59 of first period. Pretty nice, He assisted on empty netter. Biloxi 4 Silk City 1 |
| Saskatoon Cyclone @ Biloxi Blades | Peter Sullivan two goals and an assist for Biloxi matched by two goals and an assist from Cyclone Dave Taylor. Saskatoon 4 Biloxi 4 |
| St. Clair Shores Saints @ Biloxi Blades | Three third period Blade goals erased a 2-0 Saint lead. Schoenfeld his 3rd goal and Jarvis is 2nd the tieing and winning goals Biloxi 3 St. Clair 2 |
| Weekly Summary: | Biloxi with 2 wins and a tie. |
| Pittsburgh Spirit | |
| Weekly Preview: | Two home games. PIT trying to figure out who they are still. |
| Quebec City Le Blue @ Pittsburgh Spirit | Skate to a 2-2 tie. |
| Chicago Underground @ Pittsburgh Spirit | Chicago over powers with a 6-4 win. |
| Weekly Summary: | Winless at home 0-1-1. Not a good week. Let’s see how things play out when we aren’t so busy next week! |
| St. Clair Shores Saints | |
| Weekly Preview: | The Saints host Charlestown and Vermont |
| Charlestown Chiefs @ St. Clair Shores Saints | St. Clair Shores 2 Charlestown 1 |
| Vermont Foresters @ St. Clair Shores Saints | Vermont 8 St. Clair Shores 6 |
| Weekly Summary: | SCS split their home series with Charlestown and Vermont |
| Vermont Foresters | |
| Weekly Preview: | 3 home games again this week for the foresters with chicago, syracuse and san diego coming for a visit. |
| Chicago Underground @ Vermont Foresters | the week starts off with a game against chicago. vermonts plan to start the week off conservatively got blown out the door early as chicagos bob dailey gets called for a 5 minute roughing major just 26 seconds into the game. just over 4 minutes in and reggie leach made it 1-0 on the long pp. a little over a minute after that powerplay, the undergrounds persson gets whistled for holding and mike foligno scores for a 2-0 lead just 8:15 in. mike eaves answers for chicago just 16 seconds later to cut the lead in half but just over a minute later foligno strikes again for a 3-1 lead at 9:38 of the 1st period. the teams manage to keep the puck out of the net for 13 minutes until reggie leach nets his 2nd at the 2:38 mark of the 2nd period. another 12 minutes scoreless streak ends when mike foligno gets the 1st hat trick of the game at the 14:58 mark giving vermont a 5-1 lead. then the action really picks up as 30 seconds later pierre mondou scores for chicago to make it 5-2. that lasts only 15 seconds before mark howe scores to make it 6-2 and ends pete peeters night. just over 2 minutes later the undergrounds bob dailey scores to make it 6-3 and gives his team some hope going into the 3rd. just under 3 minutes into the final period dale hoganson scores for vermont and a 7-3 lead. john tonelli scores 3 minutes later trying to keep chicago in the game at 7-4 but that turned out to be chicagos final goal and vermont still had 3 more to come including reggie leach getting the foresters 2nd hat trick of the game and chicagos nightmare ends with a 10-4 final score. the refs did chicago no favors with vermont getting a 9-1 advantage in pp opportunities and scoring on 4 of them. vermont held a 54-33 edge in shots and limited chicago star mike bossy to 1 assist. foligno and leach had hat tricks, nilsson and murray each had 3 assists as only 3 skaters didnt get a point for the foresters. mcnab, mondou, eaves and tonelli had 2 points each for chicago. |
| Syracuse Bulldogs @ Vermont Foresters | vermonts 2nd game of the week welcomed syracuse to ben and jerrys and a ron grahame sighting. vermont dominated this game but did not get the result they wouldve expected with a 55 to 30 edge in shots. macadam started the scoring on the bulldogs 1st shot 16 seconds into the game. reggie leach answered with a little more than 5 minutes to go in the period, his 4th goal in 2 games, to make it a tie at 1 at the end of the opening period. 1 minute into the 2nd morris lukowich gave the home team the lead that lasted for just over a minute before pierre larouche tied it at 2. ivan boldirev scored late in the 2nd to give the visitors a 3-2 lead going into the 3rd. the 3rd period the craziness of 80s hockey came out. lukowich scored his 2nd of the game to tie it at 3 early in the period. brian propp scored on a pp and offensive machine brad marsh scored to give syracuse a 5-3 lead with under 7 minutes to go. mike foligno scored his 4th in the last 2 games to make it 5-4 and it stayed that way until the 18:37 mark with grahame pulled for an extra attacker pat price snuck a shot past rogie vachon for one of the happiest ties youll ever see. kent nilsson had another 3 assists along with 2 assists each for dale mccourt and bob murray. brian propp had a 3 point night for syracuse. vermont was without star defenseman mark howe this game who was scratched for an undisclosed reason just before game time. |
| San Diego Mariners @ Vermont Foresters | vermonts busy home week ends with a visit by the patrick division leading mariners from san diego and yet another exciting finish as there were more goals scored in the last 10 minutes then the 1st 50. vermont dominated the 1st period outshooting the mariners 15-4 but the period ended scoreless. san diego netted 2 pp goals, including 1 by charlie simmer to take a 2-0 lead half way through the period but pat price scored his 2nd in as many games to cut the lead in half. the visitors held the 2-1 lead more then halfway through the 3rd and then the teams remembered it was the 80s. mark howe celebrated his return to the lineup with an unassisted goal with 9:13 to go to tie the score at 2. kent nilsson scored on the pp 2 and a half minutes later to give vermont the lead 3-2. less then 2 minutes later with foresters defenseman dale hoganson in the penalty box, paul holmgren scored the mariners 3rd ppg of the game to knot the score at 3. it looked like the teams were headed for another tie with less then 2 minutes left but kent nilsson was tired of kissing his sister at scored his 2nd of the game with 97 seconds left to win it for the home team. gerry cheevers made 43 saves in the losing effort for san diego as vermont shut down everyone not named simmer (1g 2a) holmgren (1g 2a) and sargent (1g 1a) all on the powerplay. vermont had a 47-23 advantage in shots. |
| Weekly Summary: | vermont gave their fans quite a bit of excitement for the week going 2-0-1 outscoring the visitors 19-12 and an unbelievable shots on goal advantage of 156-86 in the 3 games. kent nilsson had 2 goals and 6 assists, leach and foligno both had 4g and 1a and lukowich 2g and 4a. |