Last Tuesday, the Barons returned home to take on the Houston Aeros. After giving up a 3-1 lead, the Aeros were able to win in the shootout, stealing an important point from the Barons. Friday began the Barons 3-in-3 weekend. At home against the Manitoba Moose, the Barons were able to pull out a win, scoring 3 straight goals, Giroux's being 2 of them, to win 4-2. Saturday, the Barons headed to Chicago where they would be centralized for the rest of the weekend. Taking on Rockford on Saturday night, the Barons were able to hold off the IceHogs who scored 3 straight to take the game into overtime. Teemu Hartikainen got the game-winner 2 minutes in to walk out of Rockford with the 2 points. Sunday afternoon, the Barons headed north to Milwaukee to take on the Admirals, who were also on the end of a 3-in-3 of their own. After beating them twice before at home, the Barons couldn't get any momentum built after Liam Reddox's goal in the 1st and took the loss 2-1.
Winning 5 of a possible 8 points, the Barons find themselves in 3rd place in the division, tied with Milwaukee. They trail San Antonio by 5 points, the Rampage have 1 game in hand, and Peoria by 1 point, with the Rivermen having 2 games in hand. Liam Reddox had his 6th first goal of a game. The Barons are 3-2-0-1 when Reddox scores first. Here's the stats from the 4 games.
O'Marra and Omark were called up to the Oilers after the game in Houston. Dave Bonk was signed to a PTO from Allen of the CHL, and Jesse Gimblett was called up from Stockton. Jeff Petry had a 3 game goal streak that ended after Sunday night. Hartikainen got his first 2-goal game of the season against Rockford.
JDD was in net for both games that the opposing team made a late comeback. The Barons were able to sneak out of Rockford with a win. Gerber continues to perform well for the Barons. The difference in the shot count between the two goalies just shows how much different the defense plays in front of them.
The Barons were 2/18(11.1%) on the PP during the 4 games. The PK continued to excel, going 19/21(90.4%).
The Barons have only 2 games this week, both at home. They take on Hamilton on Friday at 6:05 CST. The Barons will be giving away Snuggie-style blankets to the first 2000 through the door. Some players will also be made available for autographs after the game. The NBA Thunder will be playing next door, so it will be interesting to see the attendance. Saturday, the Barons take on San Antonio at 7:05 CST. A very important game as far as the standings go. Saturday will be the Teddy Bear Toss. Fans will also get a chance to shoot for a Christmas ham following the game.
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VAN: A. Burrows (06:12 - 1st) , H. Sedin (06:37 - 2nd)
EDM: J. Eberle (PPG, 19:55 - 3rd)
GOALIES
VAN: R. Luongo EDM: D. Dubnyk
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POWER PLAY
Vancouver Canucks - 0/4 for 0%
Edmonton Oilers - 1/5 for 20%
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PENALTY KILL
Vancouver Canucks - 4/5 for 80%
Edmonton Oilers - 4/4 for 100%
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FACEOFFS
Vancouver Canucks - 32/23 for 58%
Edmonton Oilers - 23/32 for 42%
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HIT/BODYCHECK COUNT
Vancouver Canucks - 23
Edmonton Oilers - 26
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GIVEAWAY TOTALS
Vancouver Canucks - 13
Edmonton Oilers - 22
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TAKEAWAY TOTALS
Vancouver Canucks - 8
Edmonton Oilers - 11
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BLOCKED SHOTS
Vancouver Canucks - 20
Edmonton Oilers - 11
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BEERS & JEERS PLAYER GRADES
The Cult of Hockey Grading System: 10 perfect game, 9 extraordinary, 8 great, 7 good, 6 above average, 5 average, 4 below average, 3 poor, 2 terrible, 1 deserves to be in minors.
#2JIM VANDERMEER - (N/A) He was hurt after playing 1:32. They say it is an ankle injury.
#4TAYLOR HALL - (5)He was one of the better Oilers tonight (that's not saying much). He had a team high 3 shots. He hustled out there and didn't get much help from his linemates. He was out chanced 4/7.
#5 LADISLAV SMID - (4) He was average at best. He ended the night -1 and really did nothing on the stats sheet even though he played 22:12.
#6 RYAN WHITNEY - (4)JEERS He was not very good in my eyes, yet managed to be on the plus for chances (6/4). Go figure. Hence the score of 4 and not a 3. He had a team high and a season high 6 giveaways. He had 2 hits and had 3 takeaways.
#10 SHAWN HORCOFF - (0) DNP (Injured)
#13 ANDREW COGLIANO - (4)JEERS Cogs stunk. Even with Renney changing up the lines, he still stunk. He was -2, had 2 giveaways, had no shots, 1 hit and 1 takeaway. On the plus side, he went 6/6 for 50% on faceoffs (which is good for his standards).
#14 JORDAN EBERLE - (5) He was the only Oiler player to score. It came with 4 seconds left in the game and I suppose we should be happy about that. He also contributed 2 of the 22 team giveaways.
#16 COLIN FRASER - (2) JEERS Did he even play? Not noticeable at all. 10:38 of playing time resulted in no shots, 3 hits and 1 blocked shot. I can think of two words when I watch him play... LIAM REDDOX
#22 JF JACQUES - (2)JEERS He was brutal as well. He lines guys up for big hits and misses. He hits the boards more often than players. Someone needs to tell him to slow down and actually hit a guy. Way more effective than missing a check. In 9:49 of ice time, he registered nothing but 3 hits. And Stortini sits for this slug? WTF?
#23 LINUS OMARK - (3)JEERS He was brutal 5 on 5. Zero chances for. He had 1 blocked shot and a giveaway. Not a special night like the last one. Can he improve or is he another Rob Schremp? I'm betting he can improve.
#26 KURTIS FOSTER - (3)JEERS He tried to get shots to the net but just couldn't. He had 4 that were blocked before hitting the net. So because of that he had zero chances on paper. He did pick up an assist on the Eberle goal.
#27 DUSTIN PENNER - (4) Penner was expected to lead this team and failed for the most part. He tried but it wasn't enough. He took 2 shots, 2 giveaways, 1 blocked shot and he was 3/6 for scoring chances. He also picked up an assist on Eberle's goal. He went 5/4 for 56% on faceoffs. A team high. He was also -2 with Cogliano.
#28 RYAN JONES - (4) He was so-so. He tried hard to do something out there and with no avail. I liked his effort, but if all else fails, hammer some players with hits. He didn't do that. He had 1 shot and 2 blocked shots in 14:22 of ice time.
#33 STEVE MACINTYRE - (0) DNP (Healthy Scratch)
#35 NIKOLAI KHABIBULIN - (0) DNP (Backup)
#40 DEVAN DUBNYK - (7)BEERS He was pretty good. Both goals were hard for him to save so I can't really blame him. He kept this game respectable and did his best to not make this a blowout. WHat more can you ask for? Well... he could have scored I suppose. Kidding!
#42 RYAN O'MARRA - (4) His line sucked like all the Oilers lines did. I liked O'Marra though. I think he's a way better player than Fraser and I would hope that the Oilers see the light as well. He threw 4 hits and had a blocked shot. From my memory, he lost faceoffs because h\the guys he was with failed to win the second battles to gain possession. Hence his 2/5 for 29% faceoff record. Unlike Omark, I can see great potential in O'Marra.
#43 JASON STRUDWICK - (0) DNP (Healthy Scratch)
#46 ZACK STORTINI - (0) DNP (Healthy Scratch)
#49 THEO PECKHAM - (4) Not really a standout like games past but I won't complain. However, I don't think Don Cherry would approve of this game. He had 4 hits (good), 1 giveaway and a takeaway. I understand that he's labeled a physical guy, so when the team is sinking like tonight, beat the crap out of someone. Get the team fired up. That's what your here for.
#67 GILBERT BRULE - (4) He was better tonight. He laid out a team high 5 hits and had 1 shot on goal. He also contributed to the giveaway cause by coughing up 2 himself. He somehow out chanced the Canucks 3/2 and when Renney changed the lines in the 3rd, he was promoted. Hard work can pay off, even when your not that good. His dumb moment of the game? The boarding call. He deserved that one.
#77 TOM GILBERT - (4)JEERS He was out chanced by a 2/7 margin. Not good enough for one of the "best" Oilers defencemen. "He had 1 shot, 1 hit, 2 giveaways, 2 takeaways and 2 blocked shots. I would expect more from anyone else too if they played 25:57 like Gilbert did.
#83 ALES HEMSKY - (0) DNP (Injured Groin)
#89 SAM GAGNER - (3)JEERS He has a chance to be "the guy"and he failed to do so tonight. I expect a ton out of this kid and maybe that's my problem. He's still just a kid. He's not meshing with Hall and Eberle and I don't expect him to be on that line next game. He took two penalties and tried to take 5 shots in the game, but only 1 manged to hit the net. He went 6/9 for 40% on faceoffs.
#91 MAGNUS PAAJARVI - (3)JEERS He tried out there. He even had a penalty shot that looked slow motion and predictable. No way he was fooling Luongo with that move. He only registered 2 shots. 1 was on net and the other was a miss. No hits, no nothing. A tad disappointed with MPS.
Theo Peckham - Gilbert Brule just took a stupid boarding penalty and with only a few seconds burned off on that penalty, Peckham (I'm sure not on purpose) high sticked a Canucks player. That gave the Canucks a 5 on 3 for a minute forty something. Lucky for those two, the Canucks failed to score.
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GAMES 3 STARS
1st: HENRIK SEDIN
2nd: DANIEL SEDIN
3rd: DEVAN DUBNYK
The Thunder returned home to Stockton Arena tonight after a tough road loss to the Bakersfield Condors the day before. The 5-3 loss to Bakersfield broke the Thunder's ECHL streak of not having lost a road game in regulation.
Tonight the Thunder brought a great, energetic product to home ice, taking on the Utah Grizzlies. In net for Stockton was Garrett Zemlak, giving starting goalie Bryan Pitton a break after last night's loss. JP Lamoureux was goaltending for Utah.
Thunder center Marcus Watson, who before today was on a free-agent tryout agreement, played his first game tonight on a professional contract, and scored the opening goal at 5:47 of the first period. Shortly after, Stockton's Bretton Cameron added a goal to make the score 2-0.
Fraser Clair's powerplay goal in the second period put the Thunder up 3-0 and had Grizzlies goalie Lamoureux visibly exhibiting some frustration.
It was a spirited game in front of a crowd of 8,330. In the second period, Thunder left-winger Garet Hunt dropped the gloves with Grizzlies defenseman Matt Sorteberg. Garet was clearly the winner of that fight and both players were escorted to the penalty box charged with five minutes for fighting. Three minutes later, Garet Hunt's brother, Thunder defenseman Trevor Hunt, took on Grizzlies defenseman David Schulz.
Utah scored their first goal late in the second period from center Marcus Carroll on a powerplay. Carroll also brought the score to 3-2 by scoring another powerplay goal in the third period.
There was no love lost between the Stockton Thunder and Utah Grizzlies. According to the ECHL site, a total of 32 penalties were charged overall, including a 10-minute game misconduct for abuse of officials to Utah Grizzlies Matt Clarke after he slammed his stick on the glass while on his way to the penalty box to serve an interference call.
The score remained 3-2 despite opposing goalie Lamoureux being pulled for the extra attacker in the last seconds of the game. Thunder goalie Zemlak made 27 saves for the win.
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