Phil 5,119 Posted July 25, 2016 Share Posted July 25, 2016 Game 36: Meute vs. Express Final Score: 2 - 5 Since I won't be in town for 2 weeks after tonight, I figured I'd release this edition early. It is an appropriate game for the edition still. After that win against the Legion, we cruised through two more wins, beating Riga and Seattle before landing in Canada to play the fake Frenchmen of Quebec. The league has been doing funny things this season already, as previously predicted. Helsinki, with their 3 rookies, 3 complete washups, and terrific goalie, somehow are managing to keep pace with this talented Cologne team, while expect top EU favourites, Davos, seem to be struggling. Regardless, the Express know that every point counts, especially against league favourites, and despite being in a foreign country, that did not seem to phase them. Nor did it when Koponen stuffed the puck in the back of the net to give Quebec the league. The Cologne team skated calmly back to the center circle, and took only 4 minutes to find the equalizer. Skovgaard shuffled the puck back to Kaminogi, who fired a one-timer at the net, which was deflected five-hole by the stick of Jarvi with 35 seconds left in the period. The Express turned the tables in the second, outshooting the Meute 12-5, but it took 15 minutes before they could find a way past Clegane. D. Hamitlon passed to Jarvi at the corner of the boards, who found Skovgaard cutting back out to the top of the slot. He wasted no time and snapped the shot over the blocker of Clegane to have Cologne jump out in front. Then on some sloppy play by Quebec, with 10 second to go, COL D4, COL D3, and COL LW2 connected for a goal that probably should have been stopped by Clegane, giving the Express a 3-1 lead heading into the final period. Koponen scored his second of the game to make it interesting, but it was David Hamilton with his 6th goal of the season (same amount as Koponen) who received the puck from COL C1 and Kaminogi, as that second line depth seemed to continue to punish teams. Finally, because the top line defensemen were feeling quite inadequate, with 28 seconds left in the game, Kyanon found Phil Hamilton, who split the defense with a beautiful through pass to send Skovgaard on a breakaway, lifting the puck over the shoulder of Clegane. The difference in this game was definitely the goaltending, Zhumbayev boasted a .913 SV%, stopping 21 of 23 shots, while Clegane struggled with a .792 SV% saving just 19 shots of the 24. The Express can't expect things to go their way forever and they will need to find a way to dominate when teams are playing as well as they are. 3 Stars 1 - Niels Skovgaard (COL) 2 - Joel Jarvi (COL) 3 - Aleksi Koponen (QUE) Game Link Link to comment https://vhlforum.com/topic/32363-s50-game-of-the-week-edition-2/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
Head Moderator frescoelmo 1,276 Posted July 25, 2016 Head Moderator Share Posted July 25, 2016 PHIL WHERE ARE YOU GOING Link to comment https://vhlforum.com/topic/32363-s50-game-of-the-week-edition-2/#findComment-362267 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil 5,119 Posted July 25, 2016 Author Share Posted July 25, 2016 52 minutes ago, frescoelmo said: PHIL WHERE ARE YOU GOING England! Cousin's wedding. Link to comment https://vhlforum.com/topic/32363-s50-game-of-the-week-edition-2/#findComment-362269 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daniel 565 Posted July 25, 2016 Share Posted July 25, 2016 Just now, Phil said: England! Cousin's wedding. As if Phil's in England while I'm in Wales Link to comment https://vhlforum.com/topic/32363-s50-game-of-the-week-edition-2/#findComment-362270 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smarch 3,153 Posted July 25, 2016 Share Posted July 25, 2016 3 minutes ago, Phil said: England! Cousin's wedding. you'er attending the wrong wedding this weekend Link to comment https://vhlforum.com/topic/32363-s50-game-of-the-week-edition-2/#findComment-362271 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil 5,119 Posted July 25, 2016 Author Share Posted July 25, 2016 6 minutes ago, Smarch said: you'er attending the wrong wedding this weekend I got banned from the one that mattered frescoelmo 1 Link to comment https://vhlforum.com/topic/32363-s50-game-of-the-week-edition-2/#findComment-362273 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Admin Victor 10,940 Posted July 25, 2016 Admin Share Posted July 25, 2016 13 minutes ago, Phil said: England! Cousin's wedding. WHERE Link to comment https://vhlforum.com/topic/32363-s50-game-of-the-week-edition-2/#findComment-362276 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil 5,119 Posted July 25, 2016 Author Share Posted July 25, 2016 (edited) 1 minute ago, Victor said: WHERE West Sussex Knight will be there too Edited July 25, 2016 by Phil Link to comment https://vhlforum.com/topic/32363-s50-game-of-the-week-edition-2/#findComment-362279 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Admin Victor 10,940 Posted July 25, 2016 Admin Share Posted July 25, 2016 2 minutes ago, Phil said: West Sussex Knight will be there too HOW LONG Link to comment https://vhlforum.com/topic/32363-s50-game-of-the-week-edition-2/#findComment-362281 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil 5,119 Posted July 25, 2016 Author Share Posted July 25, 2016 1 minute ago, Victor said: HOW LONG I'm there until the 7th. I fly out tonight Link to comment https://vhlforum.com/topic/32363-s50-game-of-the-week-edition-2/#findComment-362283 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Admin Victor 10,940 Posted July 25, 2016 Admin Share Posted July 25, 2016 3 minutes ago, Phil said: I'm there until the 7th. I fly out tonight get in chat fam Link to comment https://vhlforum.com/topic/32363-s50-game-of-the-week-edition-2/#findComment-362284 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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